[House Report 118-125]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
118th Congress } { Report
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
1st Session } { 118-125
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NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024
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R E P O R T
OF THE
COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
ON
H.R. 2670
together with
ADDITIONAL VIEWS
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
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June 30, 2023.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
118th Congress } { Report
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
1st Session } { 118-125
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NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024
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R E P O R T
OF THE
COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
ON
H.R. 2670
together with
ADDITIONAL VIEWS
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
[GRAPHIC(S) NOT AVAILABLE IN TIFF FORMAT]
June 30, 2023.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
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U.S. GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE
52-647 WASHINGTON : 2023
COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES
One Hundred Eighteenth Congress
MIKE ROGERS, Alabama, Chairman
JOE WILSON, South Carolina ADAM SMITH, Washington
MICHAEL R. TURNER, Ohio JOE COURTNEY, Connecticut
DOUG LAMBORN, Colorado JOHN GARAMENDI, California
ROBERT J. WITTMAN, Virginia, Vice DONALD NORCROSS, New Jersey
Chair RUBEN GALLEGO, Arizona
AUSTIN SCOTT, Georgia SETH MOULTON, Massachusetts
SAM GRAVES, Missouri SALUD O. CARBAJAL, California
ELISE M. STEFANIK, New York RO KHANNA, California
SCOTT DesJARLAIS, Tennessee WILLIAM R. KEATING, Massachusetts
TRENT KELLY, Mississippi ANDY KIM, New Jersey
MIKE GALLAGHER, Wisconsin CHRISSY HOULAHAN, Pennsylvania
MATT GAETZ, Florida ELISSA SLOTKIN, Michigan
DON BACON, Nebraska MIKIE SHERRILL, New Jersey
JIM BANKS, Indiana VERONICA ESCOBAR, Texas
JACK BERGMAN, Michigan JARED F. GOLDEN, Maine
MICHAEL WALTZ, Florida SARA JACOBS, California
MIKE JOHNSON, Louisiana MARILYN STRICKLAND, Washington
LISA C. McCLAIN, Michigan PATRICK RYAN, New York
RONNY JACKSON, Texas JEFF JACKSON, North Carolina
PAT FALLON, Texas GABE VASQUEZ, New Mexico
CARLOS A. GIMENEZ, Florida CHRISTOPHER R. DELUZIO,
NANCY MACE, South Carolina Pennsylvania
BRAD FINSTAD, Minnesota JILL N. TOKUDA, Hawaii
DALE W. STRONG, Alabama DONALD G. DAVIS, North Carolina
MORGAN LUTTRELL, Texas JENNIFER L. McCLELLAN, Virginia
JENNIFER A. KIGGANS, Virginia TERRI A. SEWELL, Alabama
NICK LaLOTA, New York STEVEN HORSFORD, Nevada
JAMES C. MOYLAN, Guam JIMMY PANETTA, California
MARK ALFORD, Missouri MARC VEASEY, Texas
CORY MILLS, Florida
RICHARD McCORMICK, Georgia
Chris Vieson, Staff Director
C O N T E N T S
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Purpose of the Legislation....................................... 1
Rationale for the Committee Bill................................. 2
Hearings......................................................... 2
Committee Position............................................... 3
Explanation of the Committee Amendments.......................... 3
Relationship of Authorization to Appropriations.................. 3
Summary of Discretionary Authorizations in the Bill.............. 4
Budget Authority Implication..................................... 4
NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024.......... 4
Section 1--Short Title..................................... 4
Section 2--Organization of Act Into Divisions; Table of
Contents................................................. 4
Section 3--Congressional Defense Committees................ 4
DIVISION A--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATIONS................. 5
TITLE I--PROCUREMENT............................................. 5
Aircraft Procurement, Army................................... 5
Items of Special Interest.................................. 5
Long-range reconnaissance unmanned aircraft system....... 5
MQ-1C Gray Eagle National Guard integration and strategic
considerations......................................... 5
Short Range Reconnaissance fielding and prioritization... 6
Missile Procurement, Army.................................... 6
Items of Special Interest.................................. 6
Air and missile defense.................................. 6
Long range precision fires............................... 7
Shoulder Launched Munitions Acquisition.................. 7
Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles, Army..... 8
Items of Special Interest.................................. 8
Auxiliary power units for Army ground vehicles........... 8
Combat Vehicle Propulsion................................ 8
Ground Vehicle Threat Assessment......................... 8
Light Tactical Wheeled Vehicle acquisition strategy and
investment plan........................................ 9
M240 industrial base..................................... 9
Mk-93 Machine Gun Mount Upgrades......................... 10
Modernization of main battle tanks....................... 10
Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle Modular Open Systems
Approach standards..................................... 11
Predictive maintenance capabilities for medium- and
large-caliber weapon systems........................... 11
Report on M4 Carbine Mod Program......................... 12
Other Procurement, Army...................................... 12
Items of Special Interest.................................. 12
Army Contested Logistics Operations...................... 12
Combat Vehicle Crewman Headset........................... 13
Improving cold weather mobility capability and safety.... 13
Integrated tactical network and crypto modernization..... 13
Micro-Grid Charging Systems.............................. 14
Modernization of armored brigade combat teams............ 14
Soldier electromagnetic signature management............. 14
Tactical Scalable Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks................. 15
U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Ground
Vehicles Systems Center modeling and simulation tools.. 15
Aircraft Procurement, Navy................................... 16
Items of Special Interest.................................. 16
Ultra-Long Endurance unmanned aircraft system for
persistent intelligence, surveillance, and
reconnaissance......................................... 16
Weapons Procurement, Navy.................................... 16
Items of Special Interest.................................. 16
Advanced Low-Cost Munitions Ordnance..................... 16
Persistent Overhead Naval Intelligence, Surveillance, and
Reconnaissance......................................... 17
Shipborne air defense.................................... 17
Sonobuoy production...................................... 18
U.S. Navy hypersonic strike capability................... 18
Unmanned Carrier Aviation Mission Control System......... 18
Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy............................ 19
Items of Special Interest.................................. 19
Amphibious Small Crafts and Next-Generation Expeditionary
and Reconnaissance Watercraft for Littoral Operations.. 19
DDG 51 degaussing........................................ 19
Explosion welding for shipbuilding....................... 20
LPD 33................................................... 20
Plan for offshore support vessels in the Pacific area of
responsibility......................................... 20
U.S. Ship Design Capabilities............................ 21
Other Procurement, Navy...................................... 21
Items of Special Interest.................................. 21
Aegis SPY-1 fleet sustainability......................... 21
Next Generation Surface Search Radar..................... 21
Procurement, Marine Corps.................................... 22
Items of Special Interest.................................. 22
Study on Maneuver Support Vessel and Landing Ship Medium
joint venture.......................................... 22
Aircraft Procurement, Air Force.............................. 23
Items of Special Interest.................................. 23
Air Force Fighter Force Structure........................ 23
Air National Guard fighter recapitalization.............. 23
Air national guard KC-135 association.................... 24
C-40 aircraft............................................ 24
EC-37B Compass Call Force Requirements................... 24
F-16 Integrated Viper Electronic Warfare Suite........... 25
Infrared hardware suppression report..................... 25
Mobility Guardian report................................. 26
Mobility tactical data link.............................. 26
National Airborne Operations Center recapitalization..... 26
Procurement of C-130 engine upgrade kits................. 27
T-38 Engine Availability Shortage........................ 27
T-7 Advanced Trainer Procurement Acceleration Roadmap.... 28
Tanker recapitalization.................................. 28
Unmanned aircraft system units with geographically
separated launch and recovery elements................. 29
VC-25A consideration..................................... 29
Missile Procurement, Air Force............................... 29
Items of Special Interest.................................. 29
Air to Air Missiles...................................... 29
Other Procurement, Air Force................................. 30
Items of Special Interest.................................. 30
Deployable Air Base System............................... 30
Procurement, Defense-Wide.................................... 31
Items of Special Interest.................................. 31
Collaborative autonomous systems in support of Joint All-
Domain Command and Control............................. 31
Cost-Benefit Analysis of Polyethylene-based and
Polystyrene-based Food Service Products Used by the
Department of Defense.................................. 31
Multiyear Procurement of Rare Earth Minerals............. 32
National Guard and Reserve Equipment Account............. 32
Non-Standard Commercial Vehicle.......................... 33
Operational assessment of installation defense using
directed energy capabilities against unmanned aircraft
systems and unmanned aircraft system swarms............ 33
Reducing Reliance on Foreign-Manufactured Active
Pharmaceutical Ingredients............................. 33
USSOCOM Unmanned ISR Command and Control................. 34
LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS......................................... 34
Subtitle A--Authorization of Appropriations.................. 34
Section 101--Authorization of Appropriations............... 34
Subtitle B--Army Programs.................................... 34
Section 111--Limitation on Availability of Funds Pending
Assessment of Army Trackless Moving Target Systems....... 34
Subtitle C--Navy Programs.................................... 34
Section 131--Multiyear Procurement Authority for Virginia
Class Submarine Program.................................. 34
Section 132--Multiyear Procurement Authority for MK-48
Torpedoes................................................ 34
Section 133--Procurement Authority for Auxiliary Personnel
Lighter Program.......................................... 35
Section 134--Limitation on Upgrades to Nacelles of MV-22
Aircraft Pending Certification of Upgrade Plan........... 35
Subtitle D--Air Force Programs............................... 35
Section 151--Extension of Requirements Relating to C-130
Aircraft................................................. 35
Section 152--Modification of Annual Reports on T-7A
Advanced Pilot Training System........................... 35
Section 153--Modification to Prohibition on Certain
Reductions to B-1 Bomber Aircraft Squadrons.............. 35
Section 154--Modification of Minimum Inventory Requirements
for A-10 Aircraft........................................ 35
Section 155--Procurement of Over-the-Horizon Radar Systems. 35
Section 156--KC-135 Aircraft Recapitalization Program...... 36
Section 157--Prohibition on Reduction of KC-135 Aircraft in
PMAI of the Reserve Components........................... 36
Section 158--Prohibition on Availability of Funds for
Termination of Production Lines for the HH-60W Aircraft.. 36
Section 159--Limitation on Termination of Fighter Squadrons 36
Section 160--Limitation on Divestment of F-16 Aircraft..... 36
Section 161--Limitation on Procurement of KC-46A Aircraft.. 36
Section 162--Limitation on Actions Relating to Remote
Vision Systems of KC-46A Aircraft........................ 36
Subtitle E--Defense-Wide, Joint, and Multiservice Matters.... 37
Section 181--Multiyear Procurement Authority for
Domestically Processed Rare Earth Elements............... 37
Section 182--Prohibition on Procurement of Certain Tactical
Vehicles................................................. 37
Section 183--Prohibition on Availability of Funds for
Procurement of Certain Battery Technology................ 37
Section 184--Plan to Expedite Integration of Long-Range
Anti-ship Missiles into Legacy Aircraft Fleets........... 37
TITLE II--RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION............ 37
Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Army............ 37
Items of Special Interest.................................. 37
Advanced materials and manufacturing processes for Army
modernization.......................................... 37
Advanced Process Technology for Energetics............... 37
Army Modeling and Simulation Modernization............... 38
Army Pathfinder program.................................. 38
Army use of digital engineering for rotorcraft predictive
maintenance............................................ 38
Counter-unmanned aircraft system transition and fielding. 39
Development of small unmanned aircraft system signature
management capability.................................. 40
Digital night vision technology.......................... 40
Dynamic digital definition of armaments systems.......... 40
Enhancement of modeling and simulation activities........ 40
Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft.................... 41
Heavy-Payload Medium-Range VTOL Aircraft Logistical
Support................................................ 41
High-temperature composites based on U.S. sources for
hypersonic weapon applications......................... 42
Hypersonics test infrastructure.......................... 42
Hyperspectral sensors for autonomous operations and
survivability.......................................... 42
Inter-Service Application of Fixed-Wing Intelligence,
Surveillance, and Reconnaissance....................... 43
Material development for personal protection systems..... 43
Medium-Range Reconnaissance Unmanned Aircraft System
Modernization.......................................... 44
Multi-domain operations Ready Ranger Initiative.......... 44
Next generation hybrid and electric vertical take-off and
landing vehicles for Army modernization................ 44
Novel concrete materials................................. 45
Passive radar for air defense and counter-unmanned
aircraft systems....................................... 45
Real-time biotech water analysis......................... 46
Single-vehicle counter-small unmanned aircraft systems... 46
Soldier Load Reduction Efforts........................... 47
Soldier Tactical Awareness and Signature Management...... 47
U.S. Army modeling and simulation infrastructure......... 48
Ultra-Long Endurance High Altitude Pseudo-Satellites
(HAPS)................................................. 48
Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Navy............ 48
Items of Special Interest.................................. 48
Additive Manufacturing in DDG(X) Design.................. 48
Automated acoustic signal classification................. 49
Briefing on dual modality autonomous vehicles............ 49
Briefing on expanding Unmanned Underwater Vehicles
investment and integration of commercial Large
Displacement Unmanned Undersea Vehicles into test and
evaluation............................................. 50
Briefing on integration of autonomy into naval operations 50
Briefing on lessons learned from the demonstration of
Unmanned Surface Vessels supporting Fifth Fleet........ 50
Composite patch repair of armored military vehicles...... 51
Composite shafts......................................... 51
DDG(X) Design Tool....................................... 51
DDG(X) Destroyer Plant Test.............................. 51
E/A-18G Growler Noise Reduction Research................. 52
Maritime Domain Awareness................................ 52
Naval Research Laboratory facilities..................... 53
Navy Counter-Unmanned Systems Capability Gap............. 54
Resilient autonomous systems research and workforce
diversity.............................................. 54
Shipboard electronic warfare self-protection............. 54
Support for Future Naval Capabilities research and
development programs................................... 55
Talent and technology for Navy power and energy systems.. 55
Task Force Ocean......................................... 56
Unmanned aerial systems degraded environment facility.... 56
Vessel Stopping Prototypes and Vessel Incapacitation
Power Effect Radiation................................. 56
Water purification on ships.............................. 57
Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Air Force....... 57
Items of Special Interest.................................. 57
Advanced Manufacturing for Hypersonic Systems............ 57
Air Force Agility Prime.................................. 57
Air Force Research Lab Future Flag testbed............... 58
Air Force Research Laboratory's ``one laboratory serving
two services'' policy.................................. 58
Air Force Test Center.................................... 59
Air-based air defense.................................... 59
Airborne augmented reality for increased pilot training
production............................................. 59
Automated geospatial intelligence detection algorithms... 60
Briefing on Air Force Studies Board...................... 60
Collaborative Combat Aircraft propulsion systems......... 61
Counter directed energy weapon executive agent........... 61
Development of the Rapidly Adaptable Affordable Cruise
Missile................................................ 62
Digital engineering and prototyping capability for Air
Force Research Lab Munitions Directorate............... 63
Digital Literacy at Air Force............................ 63
High accuracy robotics and localization for depot
sustainment............................................ 64
High mach turbine engine................................. 64
Joint All-Domain Command and Control concept of
operations for digital engineering..................... 65
Metals Affordability Initiative.......................... 65
Report Assessing All Domain Multisensor Data Fusion and
Integration Capabilities in the Air Force.............. 66
Report on commercial rocket accelerated flight testing
program................................................ 66
Report on Integrating Hypersonic Aircraft into the Global
Strike Force........................................... 67
Rotary machines with advanced magnetic materials......... 67
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM)
Partnership Expansion.................................. 68
Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Defense-Wide.... 68
Items of Special Interest.................................. 68
3D printing with indigenous materials.................... 68
Additive Manufacturing involving Metals and Composites... 68
Advanced Training Range Capabilities..................... 69
Allies' and Partners' Telecommunications Networks in the
Middle East............................................ 69
Artificial intelligence.................................. 69
Artificial Intelligence Capabilities of Foreign
Adversaries............................................ 70
Assessment of Defensive and Offensive Cybersecurity
Capabilities in 5G/NextG Environments.................. 70
Augment Foreign Language Translation with Technology..... 71
Autonomous resupply for contested logistics.............. 71
Biomedical Research with Animal Models................... 72
Blast exposure monitoring for special operations......... 72
Brief on Current Requirements for Electromagnetic
Spectrum Training in Support of Multi-Domain Operations
(MDO).................................................. 72
Carbon nanotube technology............................... 73
Cardiac Monitoring for Human Performance and Medical
Support................................................ 73
Coherent Beam Combining Directed Energy.................. 74
Comptroller General Review of the Functions of the Office
of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and
Engineering............................................ 74
Countering Command, Control, Communications, Computers,
Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance
Table-Top Exercises with Interagency and Industry
Participants........................................... 75
Defense Innovation Unit Due Diligence Responsibilities... 76
Department of Defense and Intelligence Community
Innovation Coordination................................ 76
Digital Engineering Support for Department of Defense
Digital Acquisition.................................... 76
Electromagnetic Pulses and Geomagnetic Disturbances...... 77
Energetics science and technology........................ 77
Energetics-dedicated manufacturing technology investments 78
Expansion of electromagnetic spectrum sensing
capabilities........................................... 78
F-35 power thermal management and propulsion systems
modernization.......................................... 79
Gallium nitride laser capabilities....................... 79
High Energy Laser Counter Anti-Ship Cruise Missile
Program thermal energy storage......................... 79
Hispanic-serving institutions............................ 80
Historically Black Colleges and Universities............. 80
Hyper-Enabled Awareness Kit.............................. 81
Hypersonics workforce development........................ 81
Identifying innovation organizations..................... 81
Legal Implications of Lethal Autonomy.................... 82
Magnetoresistive random-access memory.................... 82
Mobile nuclear reactors.................................. 83
MyTravel implementation.................................. 83
National Guard Bureau State mission research,
development, test, and evaluation enhancement.......... 84
Near-term and long-term science and technology........... 84
Neural biosensors........................................ 85
Northeast Multi-Domain Operations Consortium............. 85
Partnership Intermediary Agreements...................... 86
Protective Equipment Modernization....................... 86
Report on Dual-Capable Life Sciences Collaboration....... 87
Report on human-machine interface technologies to
integrate autonomous systems into military operations.. 87
Reusable hypersonic multi-mission aircraft............... 88
Rotating Detonation Engines.............................. 88
Science and technology transition definitions............ 88
Science, Mathematics, and Research for Transformation
Scholarship-for-Service Program........................ 89
SMART and Cognitive Research for Radio Frequency (RF)/
Radar.................................................. 89
Telematics............................................... 90
United States Marine Corps development of vertical
takeoff and landing systems............................ 90
Value of spectrum sharing................................ 90
Venture advisory roles................................... 91
Operational Test and Evaluation, Defense..................... 91
Items of Special Interest.................................. 91
Hypersonic Test Bed Investment Plan...................... 91
LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS......................................... 92
Subtitle A--Authorization of Appropriations.................. 92
Section 201--Authorization of Appropriations............... 92
Subtitle B--Program Requirements, Restrictions, and
Limitations.............................................. 92
Section 211--Naval Air Warfare Rapid Capabilities Office... 92
Section 212--Clarification of Role of Partnership
Intermediaries to Promote Defense Research and Education. 92
Section 213--Modification of Support for Research and
Development of Bioindustrial Manufacturing Processes..... 92
Section 214--Certain Disclosure Requirements for University
Research Funded by the Department of Defense............. 92
Section 215--Consortia to Assist in Protection of Sensitive
Research Performed on Behalf of the Department of Defense 92
Section 216--Consortium on Use of Additive Manufacturing
for Army Aviation and Missile Capability Development..... 92
Section 217--Support for Defense Innovation Activities of
the North Atlantic Treaty Organization................... 93
Section 218--Next Generation Air Dominance Family of
Systems Development Program Accountability Matrices...... 93
Section 219--Continuous Capability Development and Delivery
Program for F-35 Aircraft................................ 93
Section 220--Process to Ensure the Responsible Development
and Use of Artificial Intelligence....................... 93
Section 221--Pilot Program to Commercialize Prototypes of
the Department of the Air Force.......................... 93
Section 222--Pilot Program on Near-Term Quantum Computing
Applications............................................. 93
Section 223--Pilot Program on Access to Small Business
Advanced Technology for Army Ground Vehicle Systems...... 94
Section 224--Prohibition on Availability of Funds for Gain-
of-Function Research..................................... 94
Section 225--Limitation on Availability of Funds pending
Documentation on Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft
Program.................................................. 94
Section 226--F-35 Propulsion and Thermal Management
Modernization Program.................................... 94
Subtitle C--Energetics and Other Munitions Matters........... 95
Section 241--Establishment of Joint Energetics Transition
Office................................................... 95
Section 242--Consideration of Lethality as a Key
Performance Parameter for Munitions...................... 95
Section 243--Pilot Program on Incorporation of CL20
Compound in Certain Weapon Systems....................... 95
Section 244--Assessment of Energetics Industrial Base...... 95
Section 245--Limitation on Sourcing Chemical Materials for
Munitions from Certain Countries......................... 95
Subtitle D--Plans, Reports, and Other Matters................ 95
Section 261--Hypersonic Testing Strategy and Evaluation of
Potential Hypersonic Test Ranges......................... 95
Section 262--Modification to Annual Reports on Critical
Technology Areas Supportive of the National Defense
Strategy................................................. 96
Section 263--Intellectual Property Strategy................ 96
Section 264--Study on Establishment of Centralized Platform
for Development and Testing of Autonomy Software......... 96
Section 265--Annual Report on Incremental and
Transformational Research and Development................ 96
Section 266--Congressional Notification of Changes to
Department of Defense Policy on Autonomy in Weapon
Systems.................................................. 96
Section 267--Sense of Congress on Dual Use Innovative
Technology for the Robotic Combat Vehicle of the Army.... 96
TITLE III--OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE............................. 96
ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST...................................... 96
Energy Issues................................................ 96
Additives for Battery Safety in the Armed Services......... 96
Areawide Contracts for Energy.............................. 97
Army Depot Energy Assessment............................... 98
Authorities of the Secretary of Defense Pursuant to section
501 of title 46, United States Code...................... 98
Development and Acquisition of High-Powered, Fuel
Efficient, Hybrid Energy Technology...................... 98
Munitions and Rocket Propellant Manufacturing and
Development.............................................. 99
No Conflicts of Interest Certification for Fuel Services
Financial Management Contracts........................... 99
Operational Energy Resilience Practices.................... 100
Propane Fueled Primary and Backup Power Generation......... 100
Propane/Alternative Fuel Powered Vehicles.................. 100
Report language to address known risk in Western Pacific
fuel supply chain........................................ 101
Report on PFAS Contamination at Former Wurtsmith Air Force
Base (Oscoda, MI)........................................ 101
Ship-to-Shore Fuel Distribution System Upgrade............. 102
Streamlining Portable Battery Charging Systems............. 102
Supporting Army Energy Resilience.......................... 103
Sustainable and Reliable Energy Sources for Army
Installations............................................ 103
Logistics and Sustainment Issues............................. 104
Air Logistics Center Capital Equipment Requirements........ 104
Briefing on Floating Dry Docks Posture in the Indo-Pacific. 104
Commercial Air Refueling Report............................ 104
Comptroller General Review of Air Force's New Force
Generation Model......................................... 105
Comptroller General Review of Contested Logistics in U.S.
Indo-Pacific Command..................................... 106
Comptroller General Review of Department of Defense
Sustainment Plans for the Defense of Guam................ 107
Comptroller General Review of Navy Ship Sustainment Budget
Presentation and Execution............................... 107
Comptroller General Review of Prepositioned Assets in the
Indo-Pacific Region...................................... 108
Foreign Dispatch Services.................................. 109
Global Household Goods Contract Risk Mitigation............ 109
Laser Peening Application to Ship and Submarine
Construction, Maintenance, and Repair.................... 110
Naval Air Systems Command Condition Based Maintenance...... 110
Naval Air Systems Command Fleet Readiness Centers
Maintenance Repair and Overhaul Analytics................ 111
Radar Sustainment Industrial Base.......................... 111
Weapon System Sustainment Quick Looks...................... 112
Readiness Issues............................................. 112
Air Force Operational Training Digital Infrastructure...... 112
Army Field Feeding Systems................................. 113
Army Squad Training........................................ 113
Army Vantage Program....................................... 114
Critical Minerals and Metal Reserve........................ 115
Ensuring the Continued Success of the Euro-NATO Joint Jet
Pilot Training........................................... 115
Exercise Northern Strike................................... 116
Identifying Vulnerabilities in Transportation Networks..... 116
Immersive Training......................................... 116
Mission Training Complexes................................. 117
Nursing Staffing Levels.................................... 118
Report on the Army's Logistics Augmentation Program
Acquisition Strategies................................... 118
Review of Utilizing Automation and Machine Learning........ 119
Terbium Oxide, Beryllium and Gallium Addition to the
National Defense Stockpile............................... 120
Other Matters................................................ 120
A report on the Use of CH-47 Helicopters for Wildfire
Response and Search and Rescue........................... 120
Briefing on Atmospheric Water Generation Machines.......... 120
Briefing on the Strategic Significance of Homestead Air
Reserve Base............................................. 121
Deployable Solid Waste Disposal Solutions for Expeditionary
Bases.................................................... 121
Environmental restoration and future conveyance of former
Rio Vista Army Reserve Center, Rio Vista, California..... 122
Fire and Emergency Services................................ 122
Georgia Combat Readiness Training Center................... 123
North Carolina Air National Guard.......................... 123
PFAS Non-Incineration Destruction Technologies............. 123
Preservation of Ship Repair Industrial Base Capacity....... 124
Public Naval Shipyards..................................... 124
Puu Paa and Waikoloa Maneuver Area......................... 124
Report on Department of Army's Plan to Maintain and Sustain
Military Service Memorials Using Authorized Funds........ 125
Report on Implementation of Detection Working Dog Pilot
Program Requirements..................................... 125
Utilization of Additive Manufacturing at Pearl Harbor Naval
Shipyard................................................. 126
Water Quality at and around Military Installations......... 126
LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS......................................... 127
Subtitle A--Authorization of Appropriations.................. 127
Section 301--Authorization of Appropriations............... 127
Subtitle B--Energy and Environment........................... 127
Section 311--Equivalent Authority to Carry Out Certain
Projects at Facilities of the National Guard and the Air
National Guard........................................... 127
Section 312--Modifications to Pilot Program on Use of
Sustainable Aviation Fuel................................ 127
Section 313--Required Determination on Availability of
Charging Stations Prior to Replacement of Non-Tactical
Vehicle Fleet of Department of Defense................... 127
Section 314--Modification to Prototype and Demonstration
Projects for Energy Resilience at Certain Military
Installations............................................ 127
Section 315--Authority to Transfer Certain Funds as Payment
Relating to Naval Air Station, Moffett Field, California. 128
Section 316--Requirement for Secretary of Defense to
Develop Plan for Transition of Joint Task Force Red Hill. 128
Section 317--Designation of Official Responsible for
Coordination of Renegotiation of Certain Land Leases
Owned by Department of Defense in Hawai'i................ 128
Section 318--Prohibition and Limitation on Availability of
Funds for Certain Energy Programs of Department of
Defense.................................................. 128
Section 319--Analysis of Alternatives for Battlefield
Storage and Distribution of Electric Power............... 128
Subtitle C--Treatment of Perfluoroalkyl Substances and
Polyfluoroalkyl Substances............................... 128
Section 331--Improvements Relating to Exposures to
Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances............ 128
Section 332--Prizes for Development of Technology for
Thermal Destruction of Perfluoroalkyl Substances or
Polyfluoroalkyl Substances............................... 128
Section 333--Restriction on Department of Defense
Acquisition of Covered Items Containing or Produced Using
Certain Substances....................................... 129
Subtitle D--Logistics and Sustainment........................ 129
Section 341--Repeal of Comptroller General Review
Requirement Relating to Core Logistics Capabilities...... 129
Section 342--Disaggregation of Certain Information in
Annual Report Relating to Performance of Depot-Level
Maintenance.............................................. 129
Section 343--Foreign Military Sales Exclusion in
Calculation for Certain Workload Carryover of Department
of Army.................................................. 129
Section 344--Matters Relating to Briefings on Shipyard
Infrastructure Optimization Program of the Navy.......... 129
Section 345--Pilot Program on Optimization of Aerial
Refueling and Fuel Management in Contested Logistics
Environments Through Use of Artificial Intelligence...... 129
Section 346--Limitation on Availability of Funds Pending
Quarterly Briefing on Availability of Amphibious Warships 129
Section 347--Requirement for Secretary of Navy to Complete
Common Readiness Models.................................. 130
Section 348--Plan Regarding Condition and Maintenance of
Prepositioned Stockpiles of Army......................... 130
Subtitle E--Reports and Other Matters........................ 130
Section 361--Modification to Joint Safety Council.......... 130
Section 362--Recognition of Service of Military Working
Dogs..................................................... 130
Section 363--Improvements Relating to End-to-End Travel
Management System of the Department of Defense........... 130
Section 364--Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Personnel
Grade Cap................................................ 130
Section 365--Prohibition on Elimination of Caisson Platoon
and Support by Such Platoon of Military Funeral Services
at Arlington National Cemetery........................... 130
Section 366--Assessment on Use of Certain Areas in
Southeastern United States for Testing and Training in
Support of Pacific Deterrence Initiative................. 131
TITLE IV--MILITARY PERSONNEL AUTHORIZATIONS...................... 131
LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS......................................... 131
Subtitle A--Active Forces.................................... 131
Section 401--End Strengths for Active Forces............... 131
Subtitle B--Reserve Forces................................... 131
Section 411--End Strengths for Selected Reserve............ 131
Section 412--End Strengths for Reserves on Active Duty in
Support of the Reserves.................................. 132
Section 413--End Strengths for Military Technicians (Dual
Status).................................................. 132
Section 414--Maximum Number of Reserve Personnel Authorized
To Be on Active Duty for Operational Support............. 133
Subtitle C--Authorization of Appropriations.................. 133
Section 421--Military Personnel............................ 133
TITLE V--MILITARY PERSONNEL POLICY............................... 133
ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST...................................... 133
9/11 Memorial & Museum..................................... 133
Air Force Professional Development Education Partnerships.. 134
Air Force Reserve Officers' Training Corps Programs at
Historically Black Colleges and Universities............. 134
Briefing on Law Enforcement Training....................... 134
Briefing on the Feasibility of Transferring Any Army
Recruitment Shortfalls to the National Guard Bureau...... 135
Camp Lejeune Claims Judicial Status Update................. 135
Civil Affairs Officer Energy Functional Specialist......... 135
Communication of Benefits for the Family................... 136
Comptroller General Review of the Policies and Procedures
the Department of Defense Uses to Declare Personnel
Missing in Action and Absent Without Leave............... 136
Comptroller General Review on Improper Release of Service
Member Records........................................... 137
Cyber Curriculum and Professional Military Education....... 137
Defense Organizational Climate Survey Results Report....... 137
Drop-In Child care for Parents with Deployed Spouses....... 138
Enhance Department of Defense Science, Technology,
Engineering, and Mathematics Pathways.................... 138
Financial Literacy in Department of Defense Education
Activity Schools......................................... 139
GAO Review on Employment by Foreign Governments of Former
Officers of the Armed Forces............................. 139
Gender Identity Impact Study for Female Active Duty
Servicemembers........................................... 140
General Officer Promotion Process Transparency............. 140
Gold Star Family Commissary Utilization Briefing........... 140
Impact of MHS Genesis on Military Accessions............... 141
Investigation and Disposition of Matters Pertaining to
Conduct of Military Attorneys............................ 141
Irregular Warfare in Professional Military Education....... 142
Maintaining BUD/S Training Standards....................... 143
Military Community Relations............................... 143
Military trials and non-judicial punishment public records
report................................................... 143
National Defense University Mission Assessment............. 144
National Guard Judge Advocate and Senior Leader Title 32
Training Study........................................... 144
Navy DD214 Backlog......................................... 145
Navy Limited Duty Resource Expansion Briefing.............. 145
Non-Appropriated Fund Impact Accountability................ 146
Permanent Change of Station Process Automation............. 147
Policy for Serving Medal of Honor Recipients............... 147
Privacy of Military Records................................ 148
Protecting Widows of Servicemembers from Financial
Exploitation............................................. 148
Providing 1-Star Billet for Navy Conventional Prompt Strike
Program.................................................. 149
Religious Freedom Training................................. 149
Report on Dwell Times and other Concerns for Air National
Guard Units Supporting Space Mission Deployments......... 150
Report on Extremism-Related Training and Education Programs
for Servicemembers....................................... 150
Report on Military Enlistment with Dependents.............. 151
Report on Modernization and Reform of the Promotion System. 151
Report on National Guard Bureau practices and procedures
surrounding the ``No Wrong Door'' Policy................. 152
Report on National Service Information Sharing for
Recruitment.............................................. 153
Report on the Office of the Attending Physician to Congress 153
Report on Unanimous Panels for Conviction, Sentencing, and
Other Matters in General and Special Courts-Martial...... 154
Report on Unclaimed Property of Service Members Who Undergo
a Permanent Change of Station............................ 154
Review of Command Selection Board Procedures............... 154
Review of Service Academy conduct and performance
adjudication process..................................... 155
Review of the Department of Defense's Diversity, Equity,
and Inclusion Programs................................... 155
Satellite Reserve Officers' Training Corps Unit Report..... 156
Sexual Assault and Harassment in Joint Task Forces Support
Forces Antarctica........................................ 156
Study on Department of Defense reinstatement with backpay
and bonus, for service members separated for refusal to
get the COVID vaccine report............................. 157
Study on ROTC programs consistently failing their annual
assessments.............................................. 158
Study on the Prevention of Sexual Assault or Sexual
Harassment for Students in the Junior Reserve Officers'
Training Corps........................................... 159
Timely Adjudication of Service Member Complaints........... 159
U.S. Space Force Legacy Designation........................ 160
Update of Military Academy Misconduct Process Review....... 160
LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS......................................... 161
Subtitle A--Officer Personnel Policy......................... 161
Section 501--Removal of Exemption Relating to Attending
Physician to the Congress for Certain Distribution and
Grade Limitations........................................ 161
Section 502--Number of General Officers and Flag Officers
on Active Duty........................................... 161
Section 503--Promotions and Transfers between Components of
Certain Armed Forces or to Other Certain Armed Forces.... 161
Section 504--Modification to Grade of Attending Physician
to the Congress.......................................... 161
Section 505--Verification of the Financial Independence of
Financial Services Counselors in the Department of
Defense.................................................. 161
Section 506--Retired Grade for the Director of Admissions
of a Service Academy..................................... 161
Section 507--Establishment of Legislative Liaison of the
Space Force.............................................. 162
Subtitle B--Reserve Component Management..................... 162
Section 511--Grades of Certain Chiefs of Reserve Components 162
Section 512--Removal of Prohibition on Active Duty Members
of the Air Force Reserve Policy Committee................ 162
Section 513--Removal of Prohibition on Active Duty Members
of the Air Force Reserve Policy Committee................ 162
Section 514--Grade of Vice Chief of the National Guard
Bureau................................................... 162
Section 515--Transfers of Officers between the Active and
Inactive National Guard.................................. 162
Section 516--Authorization for FireGuard Program........... 162
Section 517--Designation of at Least One General Officer of
the Marine Corps Reserve as a Joint Qualified Officer.... 162
Section 518--Report on Foreign Disclosure Officer and
Foreign Military Sales Officer Billets................... 162
Subtitle C--General Service Authorities and Military Records. 163
Section 521--Requirement to Classify Certain Persons as
Unaccounted for from World War II under Certain
Conditions............................................... 163
Section 522--Authority to Designate Certain Separated
Members of the Air Force as Honorary Separated Members of
the Space Force.......................................... 163
Section 523--Military Personnel: Recruiting; Merit-Based
Determinations........................................... 163
Section 524--Improvements to Medical Standards for
Accession to Certain Armed Forces........................ 163
Section 525--Protections for Members of Certain Armed
Forces Who Refuse to Receive Vaccinations against COVID-
19....................................................... 163
Section 526--Reviews of Characterization of Administrative
Discharges of Certain Members on the Basis of Failure to
Receive COVID-19 Vaccine................................. 163
Section 527--Certain Members Discharged or Dismissed on the
Sole Basis of Failure to Obey a Lawful Order to Receive a
Vaccine for COVID-19: Communication Strategy regarding
Reinstatement Process.................................... 164
Section 528--Pilot Program on Cardiac Screenings for
Military Accessions...................................... 164
Subtitle D--Military Justice................................. 164
Section 531--Prohibition on Certain Communications
regarding Courts-Martial................................. 164
Section 532--Technical and Conforming Amendments to the
Uniform Code of Military Justice......................... 164
Section 533--Treatment of Certain Records of Criminal
Investigations........................................... 164
Section 534--Limitation on Availability of Funds for
Relocation of Army CID Special Agent Training Course..... 164
Subtitle E--Other Legal Matters.............................. 165
Section 541--Supreme Court Review of Certain Actions of the
United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces...... 165
Section 542--Study on Removal of Sexual Assault Victim
Advocates from the Chain of Command of Victims........... 165
Subtitle F--Member Education................................. 165
Section 551--Military Education for Special Operations
Forces................................................... 165
Section 552--Expansion of Individuals Eligible to Serve as
Administrators and Instructors in the Junior Reserve
Officers' Training Corps................................. 165
Section 553--Prohibition of Establishment or Maintenance of
a Unit of the Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps at
an Educational Institution Owned, Operated, or Controlled
by the Chinese Communist Party........................... 165
Section 554--Inclusion of Advanced Research Programs at
Certain Institutions of Professional Military Education.. 165
Section 555--Pilot Program for Enlisted Members of the Army
and the Navy to Attend the Naval Postgraduate School..... 166
Subtitle G--Member Training.................................. 166
Section 561--Increase in Accession Bonus for Nurse Officer
Candidates............................................... 166
Section 562--Service Academies: Numbers of Nominations by
Members of Congress and Appointments by the Secretaries
of the Military Departments.............................. 166
Section 563--Increase in the Number of Nominees from Guam
to the Service Academies................................. 166
Section 564--Exemption of Cadet or Midshipman Who Refuses
to Receive a Vaccination against COVID-19 from
Requirement to Repay Tuition at Military Service Academy. 166
Section 565--Training on the National Defense Strategy for
Members of Certain Armed Forces.......................... 166
Section 566--Prohibition on Use of Federal Funds for
Certain Training or Education That Promotes Critical Race
Theory................................................... 166
Section 567--Sex-Neutral High Fitness Standards for Army
Close Combat Force Military Occupational Specialties..... 166
Section 568--Costs of Training on Critical Race Theory..... 166
Section 569--Publication of Training Materials of the
Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute........... 167
Subtitle H--Member Transition................................ 167
Section 571--Amendments to Pathways for Counseling in the
Transition Assistance Program............................ 167
Section 572--Skillbridge: Staffing; Budgeting; Outreach;
Report................................................... 167
Section 573--Troops-to-Teachers Program: Expansion;
Extension................................................ 167
Section 574--Report on the Transition Assistance Program... 167
Section 575--Skillbridge: Apprenticeship Programs.......... 167
Section 576--Female Members of Certain Armed Forces and
Civilian Employees of the Department of Defense in STEM.. 167
Section 577--Department of Defense Report on Third-Party
Job Search Technology.................................... 167
Subtitle I--Decorations and Awards........................... 167
Section 581--Extension of Time to Review World War I Valor
Medals................................................... 167
Section 582--Authorization for Award of the Medal of Honor
to Marcelino Serna for Acts of Valor during World War I.. 168
Subtitle J--Other Personnel Matters, Reports, and Briefings.. 168
Section 591--Armed Forces Workplace Surveys................ 168
Section 592--Electronic Notarization for Members of the
Armed Forces............................................. 168
Section 593--Due Date for Report on Efforts to Prevent and
Respond to Deaths by Suicide in the Navy................. 168
Section 594--Posting of Promotional Materials for the 988
Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at Military Installations.... 168
Section 595--Prohibition on Drag Shows and Drag Queen Story
Hour..................................................... 168
Section 596--Defense Advisory Committee on Diversity and
Inclusion: Report; Sunset................................ 168
Section 597--Force Structure and Personnel Requirements of
Special Operations Forces: Review; Briefing; Report...... 168
Section 598--Prohibition on Federal Funds for the
Department of Defense Countering Extremism Work Group.... 169
Section 599--Digital Ambassador Program of the Navy:
Cessation; Report; Restart............................... 169
Section 599A--Report on Military OneSource................. 169
Section 599B--Study on Service by Neurodivergent
Individuals in the Department of Defense................. 169
TITLE VI--COMPENSATION AND OTHER PERSONNEL BENEFITS.............. 169
ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST...................................... 169
Bonus and Special Pay Spending Report...................... 169
Briefing on Current Requirements for Health and Safety
Checks at Child Development Centers...................... 170
Briefing on MilitaryChildcare.com.......................... 170
Child care Community Relationships and Partnerships........ 171
Cost of Living Allowance Report............................ 171
Department of Defense Adoption Support Services............ 172
Fee Structure for Child Care Provided at Military Child
Development Centers...................................... 173
Fort Drum Cold Weather Pay................................. 173
Gap between Hiring Authority and Human Resource
Implementation........................................... 174
Guam Overseas Cost of Living Allowance Adjustment Report... 174
Housing Oversight Positions Across Services................ 174
Improvements to the Department of Defense Military Spouse
Employment Partnership Program........................... 175
Military Survivors......................................... 175
Month of the Military Child................................ 176
Navy Junior Enlisted Unaccompanied Housing Shortfalls...... 176
Navy Quality of Life Programs Dashboard.................... 177
Online School Choice for Military Families................. 177
Quality of Life Concerns at Military Installations in
Alaska................................................... 178
Remotely Piloted Aircraft Crews Tax Relief................. 178
Report on School Meal Direct Certification................. 179
Review of Basic Allowance for Subsistence.................. 180
Review of Mental Health Services Available at Schools
Operated by the Department of Defense Education Activity. 180
Review of the Basic Needs Allowance........................ 180
Review of Unpaid and Delayed Payments to Service Members... 181
Standardization of Permissible Costs for Department of
Defense Credentialing Programs........................... 181
Status Report of Implementation of the Blended Retirement
System................................................... 182
Supporting Commissaries.................................... 182
Supporting Military Children with Special Education........ 183
LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS......................................... 183
Subtitle A--Basic Pay, Retired Pay, and Leave................ 183
Section 601--Parental Leave Parity for Members of Certain
Reserve Components of the Armed Forces................... 183
Section 602--Expansion of Authority of the Secretary of a
Military Department to Pay a Member Who Is Absent without
Leave or Over Leave for Such Absence..................... 183
Section 603--Report on Modernized Retirement System........ 184
Subtitle B--Bonus and Incentive Pays......................... 184
Section 611--One-Year Extension of Certain Expiring Bonus
and Special Pay Authorities.............................. 184
Section 612--Authorization of Monthly Bonus Pay for a
Junior Member of the Uniformed Services during Calendar
Year 2024................................................ 184
Section 613--Determination of Cold Weather Location for
Purposes of Assignment or Special Duty Pay............... 184
Subtitle C--Allowances....................................... 184
Section 621--Basic Needs Allowance: Exclusion of Basic
Allowance for Housing from the Calculation of Gross
Household Income of an Eligible Member of the Armed
Forces................................................... 184
Section 622--Improved Calculation of Basic Allowance for
Housing for Junior Enlisted Members...................... 184
Section 623--Expansion of Authority of a Commanding Officer
to Authorize a Basic Allowance for Housing for a Member
Performing Initial Field or Sea Duty..................... 184
Section 624--Dual Basic Allowance for Housing for Training. 185
Section 625--Basic Allowance for Housing: Pilot Program to
Outsource Rate Calculation............................... 185
Section 626--Independent Assessment of Housing for Military
Personnel in Guam........................................ 185
Section 627--Briefings on Pilot Program on Hiring of
Special Needs Inclusion Coordinators for Department of
Defense Child Development Centers........................ 185
Subtitle D--Family Readiness and Survivor Benefits........... 185
Section 631--Modifications to Transitional Compensation for
Dependents of Members Separated for Dependent Abuse...... 185
Section 632--Lodging Expenses for Dependents of Members
Separated for Dependent Abuse............................ 185
Section 633--Access to Commissary and Exchange Privileges
for Remarried Surviving Spouses.......................... 185
Section 634--Authority for Peer Mentoring Program for
Military Dependents...................................... 185
Section 635--Expansion of Qualifying Events for Which a
Member of the Uniformed Services May Be Reimbursed for
Spousal Relicensing or Business Costs Due to the Member's
Relocation............................................... 186
Section 636--Student Loan Deferment for Dislocated Military
Spouses.................................................. 186
Section 637--Grants to Assist Caregivers in Military
Families................................................. 186
Section 638--MySTeP: Provision Online and in Multiple
Languages................................................ 186
Subtitle E--Child Care....................................... 186
Section 641--Increase in the Target Funding Level for
Military Child Care...................................... 186
Section 642--Recurring Review and Revision of Pay for
Military Child Care Employees............................ 186
Section 643--Discounted Child Care for Child Care Employees
of the Department of Defense............................. 186
Section 644--Expansion of Pilot Program to Provide
Financial Assistance to Members of the Armed Forces for
In-Home Child Care....................................... 186
Section 645--Wait Times for Child Care Services Provided
through Military Child Development Centers: Publication;
Feasibility of Certain Improvement....................... 187
Section 646--Study on Effects of Child Care on Readiness
and Retention............................................ 187
Subtitle F--Dependent Education.............................. 187
Section 651--Rights of Parents of Children Attending
Schools Operated by the Department of Defense Education
Activity................................................. 187
Section 652--Certain Assistance to Local Educational
Agencies That Benefit Dependents of Military and Civilian
Personnel................................................ 187
Section 653--Verification of Reporting of Eligible
Federally Connected Children for Purposes of Federal
Impact Aid Programs...................................... 187
Section 654--Financial Literacy Education in Schools
Operated by the Department of Defense Education Activity. 187
Section 655--Pilot Program for Routine Mental Health Check-
Ups in Schools Operated by the Department of Defense
Education Activity....................................... 187
Section 656--Briefings on Implementation of Universal Pre-
Kindergarten Programs.................................... 188
TITLE VII--HEALTH CARE PROVISIONS................................ 188
ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST...................................... 188
9-8-8 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline Awareness................ 188
Access to Military and Dependent Mental Health Care........ 188
Annual Health Screening Review............................. 189
Army Combat Fitness Test................................... 189
Army Strategic Management System........................... 189
Athletic Trainers to Provide Services under the TRICARE
Program.................................................. 190
Availability of Autoinjectors for the Warfighter for
Chemical and Nerve Agent Exposure........................ 190
Biobanking Feasibility Briefing............................ 191
Briefing on AI-Generated Broad Spectrum Anti-infective
Peptides to Counter Antibiotic Resistance................ 191
Briefing on Breast Cancer Screening........................ 192
Briefing on the Impact of Glioblastomas on Active Duty
Service Members and Veterans............................. 192
Cell-Based Recombinant Technologies........................ 192
Chiropractic Care in the TRICARE Program................... 193
Combat Casualty Care....................................... 193
Comptroller General Report on Perinatal Mental Health in
the Military............................................. 194
Comptroller General Review of Suicide Prevention and Mental
Health Awareness Training in the Department of Defense... 194
Comptroller General Study on the Feasibility of
Administering Comprehensive Mental Health Exams for
Service Members.......................................... 194
COVID-19 Era Telehealth Suicide Prevention Services........ 195
Department of Defense Briefing Regarding Tricare Coverage
of Traction Alopecia..................................... 195
Department of Defense Prioritization of Medical
Countermeasures for Mosquito-Borne Illnesses............. 196
Dietary Supplement Safety Education to Improve Service
Member Readiness......................................... 196
Directive to Provide a Report on Illicit Fentanyl Use and
Overdose by Service Members.............................. 196
Drop Boxes on Military Installations for Unused
Prescription Drugs....................................... 197
Fertility Testing Report................................... 197
Heat Casualty and Fatality Prevention in Department of
Defense Initial Entry Training........................... 197
Illicit Drugs, Counterfeit Drugs, Fentanyl, and Xylazine
Awareness and Prevention in the Department of Defense.... 198
Impacts of TRICARE Reimbursement Final Rule on Children's
Hospitals................................................ 199
Medical Countermeasures for Mosquito-Borne Illnesses....... 199
Medical examination requirements for service academy
applicants in the Northern Mariana Islands............... 199
Medical Separation Timeline for Limited Duty Sailors
Briefing................................................. 200
Military Health System Civilian Partnerships for Increased
Military Medical Readiness............................... 200
Military Medical Standards for Accession................... 201
Missileer Cancer........................................... 201
Musculoskeletal Injury Prevention.......................... 201
National Disaster Medical System Pilot Program............. 202
Navy Multiple Suicide Strategy Briefing.................... 202
Next Generation Carrier Screening.......................... 203
Non-Opioid Pain Relief for TRICARE Beneficiaries........... 203
Nuclear Medicine for Patient Care.......................... 203
Obesity in the Ranks of the Armed Services................. 204
Operation Warp Speed Briefing.............................. 204
Patient Movement Medical Logistics Standardization Briefing 205
Patient Safety in the Military Health System Review........ 206
Permafrost Related Pathogens............................... 206
Pharmacogenomics Testing................................... 206
Pharmacy Reimbursement Transparency........................ 206
Potential Benefits of Increasing Availability of
Chiropractic Care for Servicemembers..................... 207
Report on Access to Breastfeeding Support.................. 207
Report on Affects to Beneficiaries from the Change in
Policy regarding Reimbursement for Providers of Applied
Behavior Analysis in Schools and Community Settings...... 208
Report on DoD's fertility preservation policy.............. 208
Report on improving fertility support services for
geographically distant service members................... 209
Report on the Military Health Services' Activities to
Prevent, Intervene, and Treat Perinatal Mental Health
Conditions of Members of the Armed Forces and Their
Dependents............................................... 209
Report on Tricare Coverage Issues for National Guardsmen
and Reservists........................................... 210
Report on Tricare Coverage of Human Donor Milk............. 211
Report on TRICARE Delays................................... 211
Self-Expanding Foam for Temporary Hemorrhage Control....... 212
Sepsis Study............................................... 212
Sergeant First Class Richard Stayskal Military Medical
Accountability Act Update Briefing....................... 213
Severe Depression Reduction................................ 213
SilverSneakers Benefit under for TRICARE for Life.......... 214
State of Combatant Command Health Readiness Training as
Part of U.S. Security Sector Assistance Programs......... 214
Study to Improve Military Readiness Through Nutrition and
Wellness Initiatives..................................... 215
Substance Abuse Report..................................... 215
Suicide Prevention among National Guard and Reservists..... 216
The Feminine Hygiene Product Expansion Initiative.......... 216
Traumatic Brain Injury Care in Response to Department of
Defense Inspector General Report......................... 217
Traumatic Brain Injury Preventative Devices................ 217
TRICARE Dialysis Reimbursement Rate........................ 217
Valley Fever Impacts on Military........................... 218
LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS......................................... 218
Subtitle A--TRICARE and Other Health Benefits................ 218
Section 701--TRICARE Dental Plan for the Selected Reserve.. 218
Section 702--Extension of Period of Eligibility for Health
Benefits under TRICARE Reserve Select for Survivors of a
Member of the Selected Reserve........................... 218
Section 703--Clarification of Applicability of Required
Mental Health Self-Initiated Referral Process for Members
of the Selected Reserve.................................. 219
Section 704--Non-Medical Counseling Services for Military
Families................................................. 219
Section 705--Doulas: Certification Assistance for Military
Spouses; Expansion of Demonstration Project.............. 219
Section 706--Medical Testing and Related Services for
Firefighters of Department of Defense.................... 219
Section 707--Temporary Requirement for Contraception
Coverage Parity under the TRICARE Program................ 219
Section 708--Naloxone and Fentanyl: Regulations; Report.... 219
Section 709--Rates of Reimbursement for Providers of
Applied Behavior Analysis................................ 219
Section 710--Department of Defense Pilot Program on Health
Effects of Medical Marijuana Use by Veterans............. 220
Section 711--Pilot Program on Cryopreservation and Storage
of Gametes of Certain Members of the Armed Forces........ 220
Section 712--Psychological Evaluations for Certain Members
of the Armed Forces Who Served in Kabul.................. 220
Section 713--Authority to Expand the TRICARE Competitive
Plans Demonstration Project.............................. 220
Subtitle B--Health Care Administration....................... 220
Section 721--Clarification of Grade of Surgeon General of
the Navy................................................. 220
Section 722--Clarification of Responsibilities regarding
the Integrated Disability Evaluation System.............. 220
Section 723--Sharing of Medical Data regarding Members of
the Coast Guard.......................................... 220
Section 724--Organizational Framework of the Military
Health System to Support the Medical Requirements of the
Combatant Commands....................................... 221
Section 725--Mandatory Training on Health Effects of
Perfluoroalkyl or Polyfluoroalkyl Substances............. 221
Section 726--Establishment of Military Pharmaceutical and
Medical Device Vulnerability Working Group............... 221
Section 727--Establishment of Medical and Surgical
Consumables Standardization Working Group................ 221
Section 728--Pilot Program on Remote Health Monitoring
Technologies............................................. 221
Section 729--Task Force of Department of Defense on Mental
Health................................................... 221
Section 730--Disclosures by Entities Receiving Grants the
Secretary of Defense for Biomedical Research............. 221
Subtitle C--Studies and Reports.............................. 221
Section 741--Amendments to Report on Behavioral Health
Workforce of the Department of Defense................... 221
Section 742--Comprehensive Strategy on Force Resilience of
the Department of Defense................................ 222
Section 743--Study on Non-Clinical Mental Health Services
of the Department of Defense............................. 222
Section 744--Clinical Study on Treatment of Certain Members
with Certain Conditions Using Certain Psychedelic
Substances............................................... 222
Section 745--Study on Opioid Alternatives.................. 222
Section 746--Report on Overdoses by Members of Certain
Armed Forces............................................. 222
Section 747--Feasibility Report regarding DHA Employment of
Certain Mental Health Providers Awaiting Licensure....... 222
Section 748--Study on Health Care Available to Individuals
Supporting the Missions of United States Forces, Japan,
and Joint Region Marianas................................ 222
Section 749--United States-Israel PTSD Collaborative
Research................................................. 222
Section 750--Feasibility Study on Creation of Centers of
Excellence in Ukraine for Treatment of Traumatic Brain
Injuries and Traumatic Extremity Injuries................ 223
Section 751--Testosterone Levels among Members of Special
Forces of the Army: Study; Report........................ 223
Section 752--GAO Report on TRICARE Payments to Behavioral
Health Professionals..................................... 223
TITLE VIII--ACQUISITION POLICY, ACQUISITION MANAGEMENT, AND
RELATED MATTERS.............................................. 223
ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST...................................... 223
Access to Carbon Fiber..................................... 223
Acquisition of Titanium.................................... 223
Advanced Domestic Defense Capabilities..................... 224
Alternate Extraction and Processing Methods of Rare Earth
Elements and Critical Minerals........................... 224
Alternative Corrosion Control Technologies................. 225
Aluminum-Scandium Master Alloy Production.................. 225
Aluminum-Scandium Master Alloy Production.................. 225
APEX Accelerators.......................................... 226
Artificial Intelligence Facilitated Supply Chain Visibility 226
Assessment of Additive Manufacturing for Legacy Weapons
Systems.................................................. 227
Briefing on the Resiliency of the United States' Nuclear-
Grade Graphite Supply Chain.............................. 228
Capability Portfolio Model Budget Pilots................... 228
Co-Production of Asymmetric Defense Capabilities with
Taiwan................................................... 229
Critical and Strategic Minerals and Materials Sourcing from
Seafloor Resources....................................... 229
Demand for Metals in Additive Manufacturing................ 230
Department of Defense Microchip Security................... 231
Department of Defense STEM Pathways........................ 232
Division of Hardware and Software Contracts................ 232
Domestic Graphite Extraction and Processing Facilities..... 232
Early Stage Firm Pathway to Production Enhancement......... 233
Economic Impacts on Defense Textile Industrial Base........ 233
Existing Contracts with United States Export Control
Violators................................................ 234
Extraction and Processing Methods of Rare Earth Elements
and Critical Minerals.................................... 234
Glass Fiber-Based Structural Composites Supply Chain
Assessment............................................... 235
Home Textile Goods......................................... 235
Improve the Timeliness of Department of Defense Capability
Fielding Necessary for Success in Strategic Conflict..... 236
Inclusion of Other Transaction Past Performance in Certain
Department of Defense Systems............................ 237
Inefficiencies in Small Administrative Computer and Printer
Purchases................................................ 238
Input and Analysis Provided to the Federal Trade Commission 238
Investigating Delays in Payments to Small and Medium-Sized
Businesses............................................... 239
Large Medium-Speed Diesel Engines for Auxiliary Ships
Briefing................................................. 239
Microelectronics Security of Supply........................ 240
Modernizing the Department of Defense Requirements Process. 240
National Security Threats Related to Chinese Commercial
Autonomous Ground Vehicles Operating in the United States 241
Nickel Zinc Battery--Supply Chain Resiliency Report........ 242
Non-Telecommunications Contract Waivers for Section 889,
Public Law 115-232....................................... 242
Plan to Modernize Network Used for Transmission of
Classified Information................................... 243
Proliferation of Chinese Light Detection and Ranging
(LIDAR) Technology in the United States.................. 243
Report Best Value Contracting Procedures for Contracts and
Delivery Orders of Body Armor............................ 244
Report on DoD Efforts to Strengthen NATO's Semiconductor
Supply Chain Resiliency.................................. 245
Report on Implementation of the National Industrial
Security Program......................................... 245
Report on Potential Application of Domestic Sourcing
Requirements for Amoxicillin and Amoxicillin Clavulanate. 246
Report on Secure Spaces for Small Businesses............... 246
Report on Supply Chains within the Department of Defense
Major Weapon System Acquisition Programs................. 247
Report on the Impact of Small Businesses through
Authorization to Operate Processes....................... 248
Report on the Resiliency of the Defense Industrial Base for
Solid Rocket Propulsion Systems.......................... 248
Report on Vulnerabilities in Chemical and Basic Material
Supply Chains............................................ 249
Report to Improve Contracting Officer Knowledge of SBIR
Phase III Direct Award................................... 250
Rhodium Sourcing........................................... 250
Secure Supply Chains for Tungsten.......................... 250
Secure Supply of Niobium Oxide............................. 251
Securing Defense Supply Chains from the People's Republic
of China for Critical Minerals........................... 251
Strategic Sources of Magnesium Metal for Defense Systems... 252
Study into Boron Supply Chains............................. 253
Study on Noncombat Department of Defense Needs............. 253
Trusted Foundry Program.................................... 254
Utilization of Middle Tier of Acquisitions and Other
Transaction Authority Across Services.................... 254
Women-Owned Small Businesses Contracting with the
Department of Defense.................................... 255
LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS......................................... 256
Subtitle A--Acquisition Policy and Management................ 256
Section 801--Commercial Nature Determination Memo Available
to Contractor............................................ 256
Section 802--Prohibition on the Transfer of Certain Data on
Employees of the Department of Defense to Third Parties.. 256
Section 803--Principal Technology Transition Advisor....... 256
Section 804--Pilot Program on Payment of Costs for Denied
Government Accountability Office Bid Protests............ 256
Section 805--Pilot Program for Prototype Projects for
Anything-As-A-Service.................................... 256
Section 806--Low-Methane Intensity Natural Gas Pilot
Program.................................................. 256
Section 807--Prohibition on Contracting with Persons That
Have Business Operations with the Government of the
Russian Federation or the Russian Energy Sector.......... 257
Section 808--Organizational Conflict of Interests Relating
to National Security and Foreign Policy.................. 257
Subtitle B--Amendments to General Contracting Authorities,
Procedures, and Limitations.............................. 257
Section 822--Modification to Truthful Cost or Pricing Data
Submissions and Report................................... 257
Section 823--Competition Requirements for Purchases from
Federal Prison Industries................................ 257
Section 824--Modification of Approval Authority for High
Dollar Other Transactions for Prototypes................. 257
Section 825--Clarification of Authority of the Department
of Defense to Carry Out Certain Prototype Projects....... 257
Section 826--Acquisition of Sensitive Materials Prohibition
Exception Amendment...................................... 257
Section 827--Modification to Acquisition Authority of the
Senior Official with Principal Responsibility for
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning............. 258
Section 828--Amend Prohibition on Contracting with Entities
Operating Certain Unmanned Aircraft Systems.............. 258
Section 829--Avoidance of Use of Lowest Price Technically
Acceptable Source Selection Process for Certain Logistics
Services................................................. 258
Section 830--Modification and Extension of Temporary
Authority to Modify Certain Contracts and Options Based
on the Impacts of Inflation.............................. 258
Section 831--Modification of Contracts and Options to
Provide Economic Price Adjustments....................... 258
Section 832--Prohibition on Computers or Printers
Acquisitions Involving Entities Owned or Controlled by
China.................................................... 258
Section 833--Pilot Program on the Use of Acquisition
Authority for Office of Naval Research to Aid in
Technology Transition.................................... 258
Subtitle C--Domestic Sourcing Requirements................... 259
Section 841--Require Full Domestic Production of Flags of
the United States Acquired by the Department of Defense.. 259
Section 842--Inclusion of Titanium Powder in Definition of
Specialty Metals Exempted from Certain Domestic Sourcing
Requirements............................................. 259
Section 843--Amend Requirement to Buy Certain Metals from
American Sources......................................... 259
Section 844--Modification to Miscellaneous Limitations on
the Procurement of Goods Other Than United States Goods.. 259
Section 845--Procurement of Covered Hearing Protection
Devices.................................................. 259
Subtitle D--Provisions Relating to Program for Accelerating
Acquisition.............................................. 259
Section 851--Pilot Program for Recurring Awards for
Production, Investment, and Deployment Through
Competitions............................................. 259
Section 852--Demonstration and Prototyping Program to
Advance International Product Support Capabilities in a
Contested Logistics Environment.......................... 259
Section 853--Defense Industrial Base Advanced Capabilities
Pilot Program............................................ 260
Subtitle E--Industrial Base Matters.......................... 260
Section 861--Additional National Security Objectives for
the National Technology and Industrial Base.............. 260
Section 862--Use of Industrial Base Fund for Support for
the Workforce for Large Surface Combatants............... 260
Section 863--Redesignation of Industrial Base Fund as
Industrial Base and Operational Infrastructure Fund;
Additional Uses.......................................... 260
Section 864--Modifications to the Procurement Technical
Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program................. 260
Section 865--Modification to Procurement Requirements
Relating to Rare Earth Elements and Strategic and
Critical Materials....................................... 260
Section 866--Securing Maritime Data from China............. 260
Section 867--Pilot Program for Analyzing and Continuous
Monitoring of Key Supply Chains.......................... 261
Section 868--Study and Report on Country of Origin of End
Items and Components Procured by Department of Defense... 261
Section 869--Enhanced Domestic Content Requirement for
Major Defense Acquisition Programs....................... 261
Subtitle F--Small Business Matters........................... 261
Section 881--Entrepreneurial Innovation Project
Designations............................................. 261
Section 882--Extension and Modification of Domestic
Investment Pilot Program................................. 261
Section 883--Study and Report on the Expansion of the
Strategic Funding Increase Program of the Air Force...... 261
Subtitle G--Other Matters.................................... 262
Section 891--Employee-Owned Business Contracting Incentive
Pilot Program Clarification and Extension................ 262
Section 892--Pilot Program on the Use of Budget Transfer
Authority for Army Research to Aid in Technology
Transition............................................... 262
Section 893--Seaplane Procurement and Employment........... 262
Section 894--Limitation on Availability of Funds Relating
to Contracts with Contract Managers and Auditors......... 262
Section 895--Inspector General Report on Defense
Acquisition and Contract Administration.................. 262
TITLE IX--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT...... 262
LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS......................................... 262
Subtitle A--Office of the Secretary of Defense and Related
Matters.................................................. 262
Section 901--Under Secretary of Defense for Science and
Innovation Integration................................... 262
Section 902--Repeal of Position of Director of Cost
Assessment and Program Evaluation........................ 263
Section 903--Conforming Amendments to Carry Out Elimination
of Position of Chief Management Officer.................. 263
Section 904--Elimination of the Chief Diversity Officer of
the Department of Defense................................ 263
Subtitle B--Other Department of Defense Organization and
Management Matters....................................... 263
Section 921--Modification of Analysis Required for
Reductions to Civilian Workforce under General Policy for
Total Force Management................................... 263
Section 922--Additional Requirements under General Policy
for Total Force Management............................... 263
Section 923--Eligibility of Chief of the National Guard
Bureau for Appointment as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff.................................................... 263
Section 924--Coast Guard Input to the Joint Requirements
Oversight Council........................................ 263
Section 925--Codification of the Defense Innovation Unit
and Establishment of the Nontraditional Innovation
Fielding Enterprise...................................... 264
Section 926--Designation of Explosive Ordnance Disposal
Corps as a Basic Branch of the Army...................... 264
Section 927--Repeal of Authority to Appoint a Naval
Research Advisory Committee.............................. 264
Section 928--Eligibility of Members of Space Force for
Instruction at the Naval Postgraduate School............. 264
Section 929--Membership of the Air Force Reserve Forces
Policy Committee......................................... 264
Section 930--Framework for Classification of Autonomous
Capabilities............................................. 264
Section 931--Comprehensive Assessment of Force Design
Modernization Efforts of the Marine Corps................ 264
Section 932--Enhancing Department of Defense Coordination
of Geoeconomic Affairs................................... 264
Subtitle C--Space National Guard............................. 265
Section 951--Establishment of Space National Guard......... 265
Section 952--No Effect on Military Installations........... 265
Section 953--Implementation of Space National Guard........ 265
Section 954--Conforming Amendments and Clarification of
Authorities.............................................. 265
TITLE X--GENERAL PROVISIONS...................................... 265
ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST...................................... 265
Counterdrug Activities....................................... 265
Joint Interagency Task Force South Capabilities............ 265
Ship Special Mission Support............................... 266
Other Matters................................................ 266
Assessment of the Efficacy of U.S. Operations in the
Information Environment.................................. 266
Authorities of the Secretary of Defense Pursuant to section
501 of title 46, United States Code...................... 267
Briefing on Cooperation between the Department of Defense
and the Department of Commerce........................... 267
Comptroller General Review of Reliability of Data for
Oversight of the Personnel Security Clearance Process.... 267
Comptroller General Review of Reserve Component
Capabilities to Support Challenges from Near-Peer
Adversaries.............................................. 268
Defense Exchanges.......................................... 269
Deployment of Prepositioned Stocks in Europe............... 269
Domestic Response Training Center.......................... 270
Feasibility Study on the development and future use of Mare
Island Finger Piers...................................... 271
Foreign Ports Ship Repair.................................. 271
Gaps in Writings on Joint Chiefs of Staff History.......... 271
Gaps in Writings on Office of the Secretary of Defense
History.................................................. 271
Gaps in Writings on U.S. Special Operations Forces History. 272
Implementation Plan for Identifying Resources Required for
Achieving Materiel Readiness Objectives.................. 272
Less-Lethal Force Requirements for the National Guard
Bureau and Department of the Navy........................ 272
Littoral Combat Ships Divestments.......................... 273
Maintenance of Military Sealift Command Vessels............ 273
Mare Island Naval Shipyard Recapitalization Report......... 274
Naval Surface Vessel Availability Improvement.............. 274
Navy Wargaming and Multi-Domain Operations................. 274
Report on Congressional Increases to Defense Spending...... 275
Report on Department of Defense's security clearance
screening process for individuals under current or
previous investigation for terrorist or foreign state
sympathies............................................... 275
Report on Encounters with Unmanned Aircraft Systems in the
Pacific Region........................................... 276
Report on Large-Scale, Government-Owned Remotely Piloted
Aircraft Flight Operations............................... 276
Report on Streamlining the Approval Process for Low-Risk
Reprogramming Requests................................... 277
Report on the Need for Classified Administrative Space..... 277
Report on United States Naval Meteorology and Oceanography
Command Continuity of Operations......................... 278
Review of Security Clearance Processing Times.............. 278
Rotary Wing Support to West Coast Navy Special Warfare
Units.................................................... 279
Special Operations Capabilities in Wargames and Tabletop
Exercises................................................ 279
Special Operations Forces Use of Secure Digital Financial
Assets................................................... 280
Supporting Department of Defense Efforts to Pass the Audit. 280
Throwable Cameras for Close Quarters Situational Awareness. 280
Trade Intelligence Data for Maritime Domain Awareness...... 281
Wind Energy Concerns Near Department of Defense Facilities. 281
LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS......................................... 282
Subtitle A--Financial Matters................................ 282
Section 1001--General Transfer Authority................... 282
Section 1002--Requirement for a Covered Armed Force to
Submit Posture Statements in Support of Congressional
Budget Process........................................... 282
Subtitle B--Counterdrug Activities........................... 282
Section 1006--Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities 282
Section 1007--Threat Analysis regarding Fentanyl Crisis.... 282
Section 1008--Report on Role of Department of Defense in
Supporting National Emergency Declaration Combating
Fentanyl Crisis.......................................... 283
Subtitle C--Naval Vessels and Shipyards...................... 283
Section 1011--Modifications to Annual Naval Vessel
Construction Plan........................................ 283
Section 1012--Critical Components of National Sea-Based
Deterrence Vessels....................................... 283
Section 1013--Grants for Improvement of Navy Ship Repair or
Alterations Capability................................... 283
Section 1014--Repeal of Obsolete Provision of Law regarding
Vessel Nomenclature...................................... 283
Section 1015--Responsibility of Commandant of the Marine
Corps with Respect to Naval Force Battleship Assessment
and Requirement Reporting................................ 283
Section 1016--Policy of the United States on Shipbuilding
Defense Industrial Base.................................. 283
Section 1017--Availability of Funds for Retirement or
Inactivation of Landing Dock Ships and Guided Missile
Cruisers................................................. 283
Section 1018--Expeditionary Fast Transport Vessels......... 284
Section 1019--Guam Shipyard Assessment..................... 284
Section 1020--Authority to Use Incremental Funding to Enter
into a Contract for the Advance Procurement and
Construction of a San Antonio-Class Amphibious Ship...... 284
Section 1021--Authority to Use Incremental Funding to Enter
into a Contract for the Advance Procurement and
Construction of a Submarine Tender....................... 284
Section 1022--Plan for Extended Prohibition on Retirement
of Ships................................................. 284
Section 1023--Congressional Notification regarding Pending
Retirement of Naval Vessels Viable for Artificial Reefing 284
Section 1024--Quarterly Briefings on Submarine Readiness... 284
Subtitle D--Counterterrorism................................. 284
Section 1031--Extension of Prohibition on Use of Funds for
Transfer or Release of Individuals Detained at United
States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to the United
States................................................... 284
Section 1032--Extension of Prohibition on Use of Funds to
Construct or Modify Facilities in the United States to
House Detainees Transferred from United States Naval
Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba............................ 285
Section 1033--Extension of Prohibition on Use of Funds for
Transfer or Release of Individuals Detained at United
States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to Certain
Countries................................................ 285
Section 1034--Extension of Prohibition on Use of Funds to
Close or Relinquish Control of United States Naval
Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba............................ 285
Subtitle E--Miscellaneous Authorities and Limitations........ 285
Section 1041--Modification to Definitions of Confucius
Institute................................................ 285
Section 1042--Limitation on Provision of Funds to
Institutions of Higher Education Hosting Confucius
Institutes............................................... 285
Section 1043--Modification of Vetting Procedures and
Monitoring Requirements for Certain Military Training.... 286
Section 1044--Limitation on Availability of Funds until
Delivery of Report on Next Generation Tactical
Communications........................................... 286
Section 1045--Limitation on Use of Funds Related to
Military Religious Freedom Foundation.................... 286
Section 1046--Prohibition on Use of Funds for Advisory
Committees Related to Environmental, Social, and
Governance Aspects....................................... 286
Subtitle F--Studies and Reports.............................. 286
Section 1061--Annual Report on Unfunded Priorities of
Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency........................ 286
Section 1062--Quarterly Briefings on Joint All Domain
Command and Control Effort............................... 286
Section 1063--Extension of Requirement to Submit a Report
on Department of Defense Support for Department of
Homeland Security at the International Borders of the
United States............................................ 286
Section 1064--Air Force Plan for Maintaining Proficient
Aircrews in Certain Mission Areas........................ 287
Section 1065--Assessment and Strategy Relating to Range
Capability and Capacity for Joint All-Domain Operations.. 287
Section 1066--Report on Defense of Department of Defense
Facilities and Forces in European and Indo-Pacific
Regions from Missile and Air Attack...................... 287
Section 1067--Independent Study on Naval Mine Warfare...... 287
Section 1068--Report on Establishment of Joint Force
Headquarters in Indo-Pacific Region...................... 287
Section 1069--Annual Briefings on Implementation of Force
Design 2030.............................................. 287
Section 1070--Plan for Taiwan Noncombatant Evacuation
Operations............................................... 288
Subtitle G--Other Matters.................................... 288
Section 1081--Navy Consideration of Coast Guard Views on
Matters Directly Concerning Coast Guard Capabilities..... 288
Section 1082--Development of Commercial Integration Cells
Action Plan Within Certain Combatant Commands............ 288
Section 1083--Requirement to Update Warfighting
Requirements for Confronting Russia in Europe............ 288
Section 1084--Update to Strategic Plan on Department of
Defense Combating Trafficking in Persons Program......... 288
Section 1085--Guidance for Use of Unmanned Aircraft Systems
by National Guard........................................ 288
Section 1086--Sense of Congress regarding Defense Presence
in the Indo-Pacific Region............................... 288
TITLE XI--CIVILIAN PERSONNEL MATTERS............................. 289
ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST...................................... 289
Report on Post-Employment Restrictions for former
Department of Defense Civilians.......................... 289
Reporting on the Personnel Practices within the Department
of Defense Education Activity............................ 289
Review of the Department of Defense's Telework Policy
Compliance............................................... 289
Shortage of Civilian Simulator Instructors................. 290
Stopping Improper Payments in the Federal Employees Health
Benefits Program......................................... 290
LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS......................................... 291
Section 1101--Authority to Establish Excepted Service
Positions for Army Law Enforcement Activities............ 291
Section 1102--Authorization to Pay a Living Quarters
Allowance for Department of the Navy Civilian Employees
Assigned to Permanent Duty in Guam for Performing Work,
or Supporting Work Being Performed, Aboard or Dockside,
of U.S. Naval Vessels.................................... 291
Section 1103--Consolidation of Direct Hire Authorities for
Candidates with Specified Degrees at Science and
Technology Reinvention Laboratories...................... 291
Section 1104--Direct Hire Authority for Certain Personnel
of the Department of Defense............................. 291
Section 1105--One-Year Extension of Authority to Waive
Annual Limitation on Premium Pay and Aggregate Limitation
on Pay for Federal Civilian Employees Working Overseas... 291
Section 1106--Extension of Authority to Grant Competitive
Status to Employees of Inspectors General for Overseas
Contingency Operations................................... 292
Section 1107--Extension of Direct Hire Authority for
Domestic Industrial Base Facilities and Major Range and
Test Facilities Base..................................... 292
Section 1108--Waiver of Limitation on Appointment of
Recently Retired Members of Armed Forces to DOD
Competitive Service Positions............................ 292
Section 1109--Exclusion of Nonappropriated Fund Employees
from Limitations on Dual Pay............................. 292
Section 1110--One-Year Extension of Temporary Authority to
Grant Allowances, Benefits, and Gratuities to Civilian
Personnel on Official Duty in a Combat Zone.............. 292
Section 1111--Support United States Strategic Command and
United States Space Command Enterprises.................. 292
Section 1112--Temporary Extension of Authority to Provide
Security for Former Department of Defense Officials...... 292
Section 1113--GAO Report on Civilian Support Positions at
Remote Military Installations............................ 293
Section 1114--Modification to Shore Leave Accrual for Crews
of Vessels to Support Crew Rotations and Improve
Retention of Civilian Mariners........................... 293
Section 1115--Assessments of Staffing in Office of the
Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness... 293
Section 1116--Military Spouse Employment Act............... 293
Section 1117--Amendments to the John S. McCain Strategic
Defense Fellows Program.................................. 293
Section 1118--Including Military Service in Determining
Family and Medical Leave Eligibility for Federal
Employees................................................ 293
Section 1119--Assessments of Staffing in Office of the
Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering.. 293
Section 1120--Assessments of Staffing in DOD Office for
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion......................... 293
TITLE XII--MATTERS RELATING TO FOREIGN NATIONS................... 294
ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST...................................... 294
Access to New Technology for Foreign Military Sales........ 294
Africa Institute for Security Cooperation.................. 294
Assessment of African War Colleges......................... 295
Assessment of Moldovan Security Capabilities............... 295
Assessment of Participation of Contractors in the Boycott,
Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Movement Against Israel... 295
Black Sea Flotilla......................................... 296
Briefing on EUCOM-INDOPACOM Irregular Warfare Coordination. 296
Briefing on Irregular Warfare Center Location Selection.... 297
Department of Defense State Partnership Program............ 297
Ensuring Burden Sharing with Europe in Support of Ukraine.. 297
Foreign Military Sales for Indo-Pacific Allies and Partners 298
Ground-Launched Small Diameter Bomb for U.S. European
Command Maritime Targets................................. 298
Illicit Goldmining in Venezuela............................ 299
Mission Support to Ukraine................................. 299
Morocco Joint Exercise Participation....................... 299
Philippines Coast Guard.................................... 300
Report on Global Fragility Act Implementation.............. 300
Report on Misuse in End-Use Monitoring..................... 300
Report on Pre-Positioning Precision-Guided Munitions in
Israel................................................... 301
Russia and China's Defense and Security Presence in Latin
America and the Caribbean................................ 301
Russia Leaving the Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty.... 302
Saudi Arabia-People's Republic of China Defense Cooperation 302
Strategic Competition in Latin America and the Caribbean... 303
U.S.-Israel Defense Assessment............................. 303
U.S.-Israel on Emerging Defense Technologies............... 303
U.S.-Nordic SOF Exchange................................... 304
Ukraine Security Assistance for Army Tactical Missile
Systems.................................................. 304
Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative..................... 304
United States Support for Iraqi Minorities................. 304
LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS......................................... 305
Subtitle A--Assistance and Training.......................... 305
Section 1201--Support of Special Operations for Irregular
Warfare.................................................. 305
Section 1202--Modification of Combatant Commander
Initiative Fund.......................................... 305
Section 1203--Equipment Disposition with Respect to
Building Capacity of Foreign Security Forces............. 305
Section 1204--Mission Training through Distributed
Simulation............................................... 306
Section 1205--Modifications to Security Cooperation
Workforce Development Program and Establishment of
Defense Security Cooperation University.................. 306
Section 1206--Requirement for Military Exercises........... 307
Section 1207--Report on End-Use Monitoring................. 307
Section 1208--Report on Enhanced End-Use Monitoring........ 307
Section 1209--Report on Partner Country Forces............. 307
Subtitle B--Matters Relating to the Middle East and Central
Asia..................................................... 307
Section 1211--Extension of Cross-Servicing Agreements for
Loan of Personnel Protection and Personnel Survivability
Equipment in Coalition Operations........................ 307
Section 1212--Modification of Quarterly Reports on Ex-
Gratia Payments.......................................... 308
Section 1213--Extension and Modification of Authority to
Provide Assistance to Vetted Syrian Groups and
Individuals.............................................. 308
Section 1214--Extension and Modification of Authority to
Provide Assistance to Counter the Islamic State of Iraq
and Syria................................................ 308
Section 1215--Plan of Action to Equip and Train Iraqi
Security Forces and Kurdish Peshmerga Forces............. 308
Section 1216--Extension of United States-Israel Anti-Tunnel
Cooperation.............................................. 308
Section 1217--Plan to Enable Israel to Gain Observer Status
in the Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training Program........ 308
Section 1218--Extension and Modification of Annual Report
on Military Power of Iran................................ 308
Section 1219--Prohibition on Transporting Currency to the
Taliban and the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan........... 309
Section 1220--Modifications to the Office of the Special
Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction......... 309
Subtitle C--Matters Relating to Ukraine...................... 309
Section 1221--Direct Hire Authority for Certain Personnel
of the Office of the Inspector General of the Department
of Defense............................................... 309
Section 1222--Special Inspector General for Ukraine
Assistance............................................... 309
Section 1223--Extension of Ukraine Security Assistance
Initiative............................................... 309
Section 1224--Extension of Lend-Lease Authority to Ukraine. 309
Section 1225--Plan and Report Relating to Allied and
Partner Support to Ukraine............................... 309
Subtitle D--Matters Relating to Russia, Europe, and NATO..... 309
Section 1231--Statement of Policy relating to NATO-Russia
Founding Act............................................. 309
Section 1232--Strategy to Delay, Disrupt, and Degrade
ROSATOM's Proliferation Activities and Other Revenue
Streams.................................................. 310
Section 1233--Baltic Security Initiative................... 310
Section 1234--Prohibition on New START Treaty Information
Sharing.................................................. 310
Subtitle E--Matters Relating to the Armed Forces Abroad and
the Authorities of the Department of Defense............. 310
Section 1241--Report on Hostilities Involving United States
Armed Forces............................................. 310
Section 1242--Protection and Legal Preparedness for
Servicemembers Abroad.................................... 310
Section 1243--Prohibition on Funding for the Global
Engagement Center........................................ 310
Section 1244--Determination of Location for McCain
Irregular Warfare Center................................. 310
TITLE XIII--OTHER MATTERS RELATING TO FOREIGN NATIONS............ 311
ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST...................................... 311
Acquisition and Cross Servicing Agreements with Pacific
Island Countries......................................... 311
African C-130 Aircraft Coalition........................... 311
Briefing on Defense Cooperation Involving Japan and the
Republic of Korea........................................ 311
Briefing on Requirements for Measuring Regional Sentiment
and Leveraging Commercially Available Technology to
support Information Operations in USINDOPACOM............ 312
Cooperation Among U.S. Defense Partners.................... 312
Extreme Weather Wargames................................... 313
GAO Report on Civilian Harm Training....................... 313
Indo-Pacific Command Stockpiles for Submarine and Anti-
Submarine Warfare Forces................................. 314
LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS......................................... 314
Subtitle A--Matters Relating to the Indo-Pacific and Pacific
Regions.................................................. 314
Section 1301--Extension of Pacific Deterrence Initiative
and Report, Briefings, and Plan under the Initiative..... 314
Section 1302--Independent Assessment and Report on the
Progress Made under the Pacific Deterrence Initiative.... 315
Section 1303--Sense of Congress on South Korea............. 315
Section 1304--Sense of Congress on Taiwan Defense Relations 315
Section 1305--Briefing on Multi-Year Plan to Fulfill
Defensive Requirements of Military Forces of Taiwan...... 315
Section 1306--Modification to the American, British,
Canadian, and Australian Armies' Program................. 315
Section 1307--Modifications to Initiative to Support
Protection of National Security Academic Researchers from
Undue Influence and Other Security Threats............... 315
Section 1308--Limitation on Availability of Funds Pending
Submittal of List Identifying Certain Foreign Academic
Institutions............................................. 315
Section 1309--Expansion of International Technology Focused
Partnerships and Experimentation Activities in the Indo-
Pacific.................................................. 316
Subtitle B--Matters Relating to China........................ 316
Section 1311--Modifications to Public Reporting of Chinese
Military Companies Operating in the United States........ 316
Section 1312--Modification to Annual Report on Military and
Security Developments Involving the People's Republic of
China.................................................... 316
Section 1313--Prohibition on Use of Funds for Work
Performed by EcoHealth Alliance, Inc., in China on
Research Supported by the Government of China............ 316
Section 1314--Study and Report on Implementation of Naval
Blockades of Shipments of Fossil Fuels to China in Event
of Armed Conflict........................................ 316
Section 1315--Independent Study on Defense Budget of
People's Republic of China............................... 316
Section 1316--Determination on Involvement of the PRC in
the Mexican Fentanyl Trade............................... 317
TITLE XIV--OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS.................................. 317
LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS......................................... 317
Subtitle A--Military Programs................................ 317
Section 1401--Working Capital Funds........................ 317
Section 1402--Chemical Agents and Munitions Destruction,
Defense.................................................. 317
Section 1403--Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug
Activities, Defense-Wide................................. 317
Section 1404--Defense Inspector General.................... 317
Section 1405--Defense Health Program....................... 317
Subtitle B--Other Matters.................................... 317
Section 1411--Expansion of National Defense Stockpile
Requirements for Era of Great Power Competition.......... 317
Section 1412--Membership of Coast Guard on Strategic
Materials Protection Board............................... 317
Section 1413--Authority for Transfer of Funds to Joint
Department of Defense-Department of Veterans Affairs
Medical Facility Demonstration Fund For Captain James A.
Lovell Health Care Center, Illinois...................... 318
Section 1414--Authorization of Appropriations for Armed
Forces Retirement Home................................... 318
TITLE XV--CYBERSPACE-RELATED MATTERS............................. 318
ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST...................................... 318
Army Cyber Auxiliary Utilization........................... 318
Artificial Intelligence Decision Aids...................... 318
Authority to Operate....................................... 319
Cyber Kinetic Combat Environment........................... 319
Cyber Protection for Certain Department of Defense
Personnel................................................ 319
Cyber-peculiar Test & Evaluation Environments.............. 320
Data Literacy in Artificial Intelligence................... 320
Data Repositories, Access, and Utilization................. 320
Department Use of Open-Source Software..................... 321
Digital Cross Domain Solution Policy....................... 321
Digital Expertise Training and Certification............... 321
Digital Transformation for Multi-Level Secure Programs..... 322
Ensuring Generation of High-Quality Labeled Data........... 322
Evaluation of National Centers of Academic Excellence in
Cybersecurity............................................ 322
Innovation for Cybersecurity of the Defense Industrial Base 323
Internet Access Point Modernization........................ 323
Internet Operations Management............................. 324
JADC2 Advisory Panel....................................... 324
Joint Data Integration Layer............................... 324
Leveraging Commercial Capability for Cybersecurity in Cloud
Environments............................................. 325
Leveraging Edge-Compute Platform Data for Comprehensive
Artificial-Intelligence Enabled Training................. 325
Next Generation 9-1-1 Implementation....................... 325
Next Generation Cyber Red Teams............................ 325
North Atlantic Treaty Organization and Cyberspace
Operations............................................... 326
Report on Cloud Computing Strategy for the United States
Army Corps of Engineers.................................. 327
Report on Collaboration Technologies for Military
Operations............................................... 327
Report on U.S. Space Force Program Information Technology
Infrastructure........................................... 327
Sensor Open Systems Architecture........................... 328
Shipyard Cybersecurity..................................... 328
Technologies Capable of Rapidly Delivering Wireless
Internet................................................. 329
Thunderdome and Other Zero Trust Initiatives in the
Department of Defense.................................... 329
Tracking Cyber Skill Sets amongst Department of Defense
Components............................................... 329
U.S. Northern Command Employment of Technology in Homeland
Defense.................................................. 330
Utilization of National Guard and Reserve Forces in
Cyberspace Operations.................................... 330
LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS......................................... 331
Subtitle A--Cyber Matters.................................... 331
Section 1501--Harmonization and Clarification of Strategic
Cybersecurity Program and Related Matters................ 331
Section 1502--Office for Academic Engagement Relating to
Cyber Activities......................................... 331
Section 1503--Modification to Department of Defense
Enterprise-Wide Procurement of Cyber Data Products and
Services................................................. 331
Section 1504--Authority to Establish Program of United
States Cyber Command on Dark Web and Deep Web Analysis
Tools.................................................... 331
Section 1505--Military Cybersecurity Cooperation with
Taiwan................................................... 331
Subtitle B--Personnel........................................ 332
Section 1521--Authority to Accept Voluntary and
Uncompensated Services from Cybersecurity Experts........ 332
Section 1522--Matters Relating to Management of United
States Marine Corps Cyberspace Operations Officers....... 332
Section 1523--Modifications to Rates of Pay for Certain
Cyber-Related Positions of Department of Defense......... 332
Section 1524--Responsibility for Cybersecurity and Critical
Infrastructure Protection of the Defense Industrial Base. 332
Subtitle C--Reports and Other Matters........................ 332
Section 1531--Oversight for Command Post Computing
Environment Contract Award............................... 332
Section 1532--Prohibition on Availability of Funds Relating
to Censorship or Blacklisting of News Sources Based on
Subjective Criteria or Political Biases.................. 333
Section 1533--GAO Review of Cyberspace Operations
Management............................................... 333
Section 1534--Study on Occupational Resiliency of Cyber
Mission Force............................................ 333
TITLE XVI--SPACE ACTIVITIES, STRATEGIC PROGRAMS, AND INTELLIGENCE
MATTERS...................................................... 333
ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST...................................... 333
Space Activities............................................. 333
Activities to Accelerate the Development and Deployment of
Sea-Based Orbital Launch Platforms....................... 333
Briefing on Aerospike Rocket Integration and Suborbital
Experiment............................................... 334
Commercial Day of Launch Service Providers................. 334
Commercial Satellite Intelligence, Surveillance, and
Reconnaissance Procurement............................... 335
Commercial Weather Data and Forecasting Capabilities....... 335
High-Power Nuclear-Electric Space Propulsion............... 336
Launch Infrastructure...................................... 336
Missile Warning Enterprise Capability...................... 336
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Economic Indicator
Monitoring and LUNO Programs............................. 337
National Space Test and Training Complex................... 338
Naval Air Station Pensacola Feasibility Study on
Demonstrated Spaceport................................... 338
Navigation Technology Satellite-3.......................... 338
Plan for the Development and Fielding of Fire Control
Quality Missile Defense Data from Proliferated Warfighter
Space Architecture....................................... 339
Space Constellation Security Program....................... 340
Space Development Agency Tranche 2 Requirements............ 340
Space Force Small Business Report.......................... 340
Space Launch Protection.................................... 341
Tactically Responsive Space................................ 341
Tracking of High-Altitude Surveillance Objects Report...... 342
Intelligence Matters......................................... 342
Addressing the Cellular Intercept Threat................... 342
Analysis of Chinese Penetration of Transportation Nodes and
Impact on the Department of Defense...................... 343
Army Publicly Available Information Collection and
Exploitation............................................. 343
Briefing on Telematics Use as an Intelligence Tool......... 343
Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency Reporting
and Establishing Defense Industrial Base Accreditation
Efficiency............................................... 344
GAO Study on Protecting Classified Information from Insider
Threats within the Department of Defense................. 344
Global Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR)
Commercial Capacity Initiative........................... 345
Intelligence Sharing with Allies and Partners.............. 345
Nuclear Forces............................................... 346
Airborne Nuclear Command and Control Modernization and
Posture.................................................. 346
Artificial Intelligence in U.S. Nuclear Command, Control,
and Communications....................................... 346
Nuclear Command, Control and Communications Enterprise
Modernization............................................ 346
Report on Maximum Deployable Capacity...................... 347
U.S. Nuclear Policy and Hedging Against Future Uncertainty. 347
Missile Defense Programs..................................... 347
East Coast Missile Defense Site............................ 347
Enhanced Near-Term Homeland Missile Defense................ 348
Guam Defense Munitions Requirements........................ 348
Guam Defense System--Missile Defense CONOP................. 348
Homeland Missile Defense Options........................... 349
Integrated Air and Missile Defense Architecture in NATO
Area of Operations....................................... 349
Leveraging Commercial Launch Capabilities for Missile
Defense Agency Targets and Countermeasures............... 350
Missile Defense Technology................................. 350
Next Generation Interceptor Acquisition Strategy........... 351
Next Generation Interceptor Testing........................ 351
Reusable Hypersonic Missile Defense Testing Capability..... 351
Other Matters................................................ 351
Addressing Diminishing Inventory of Legacy Rocket Motors... 351
Aerial Target Vehicle Replenishment........................ 352
Availability of Autoinjectors for Chemical and Nerve Agent
Exposure................................................. 352
Biodefense Posture, Capabilities, and Activities Briefing.. 353
Brief on Technology Transfers and Technical Assistance from
the People's Republic of China to Iran................... 353
Broad Spectrum Antivirals.................................. 354
Chemical, Biological, Radiological & Nuclear Response
Enterprise............................................... 354
Emergent Technologies Biological Risk Assessment........... 354
Encouraging the Department of Defense to Expand Passive
Detection of Pathogens................................... 355
Force Protection Readiness to Weapons of Mass Destruction.. 355
Increasing Hypersonic Testing through Collaboration with
Australia................................................ 355
Iranian Hardening of Nuclear Facilities.................... 356
Multi-Service Advanced Capability Hypersonics Test Bed
(MACH-TB)................................................ 356
Nuclear and Radiological Exposure Countermeasures.......... 357
Report on Department of Defense Spending for Track 1.5,
Track 2 Dialogues........................................ 357
Report on National Hypersonic Test Range and Accelerator-
Launched Technologies.................................... 357
Solid Rocket Motors........................................ 357
Southern Cross Integrated Flight Research Experiment
Results.................................................. 358
LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS......................................... 358
Subtitle A--Space Activities................................. 358
Section 1601--Classification Review of Space Major Defense
Acquisition Programs..................................... 358
Section 1602--Enhanced Authority to Increase Space Launch
Capacity through Space Launch Support Services........... 358
Section 1603--Modification to Prohibition on Foreign
Commercial Satellite Services............................ 358
Section 1604--Authorization for Establishment of the
National Space Intelligence Center as a Field Operating
Agency................................................... 359
Section 1605--Limitation on Use of Funds for WGS-12
Satellite................................................ 359
Section 1606--Limitation on Use of Funds pending Submission
of Certain Reports on Space Policy....................... 359
Section 1607--National Security Space Launch Program Phase
Three Acquisition........................................ 359
Section 1608--Application of TNT Equivalency to Launch
Vehicles and Components Using Methane Propellant......... 359
Section 1609--Plan to Improve Threat-Sharing Arrangements
with Commercial Space Operators.......................... 359
Section 1610--Plan for an Integrated and Resilient
Satellite Communications Architecture for the Space Force 359
Section 1611--Process and Plan for Space Force Space
Situational Awareness.................................... 360
Section 1612--Report on National Security Space Vehicle
Processing Capabilities.................................. 360
Subtitle B--Nuclear Forces................................... 360
Section 1631--Establishment of Major Force Program for
Nuclear Command, Control, and Communications Programs.... 360
Section 1632--Repeal of Requirement for Review of Nuclear
Deterrence Postures...................................... 360
Section 1633--Retention of Capability to Redeploy Multiple
Independently Targetable Reentry Vehicles................ 360
Section 1634--Pilot Program on Development of Reentry
Vehicles and Related Systems............................. 360
Section 1635--Integrated Master Schedule for the Sentinel
Missile Program of the Air Force......................... 360
Section 1636--Form of Contracting Authorized to Mitigate
Risk to Sentinel Program Schedule and Cost............... 361
Section 1637--Notification of Decision to Delay Strategic
Delivery System Test Event............................... 361
Section 1638--Prohibition on Reduction of the
Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles of the United States. 361
Section 1639--Limitation on Availability of Funds for
Retirement of B83-1 Nuclear Gravity Bombs................ 361
Section 1640--Prohibition on Availability of Funds for
Naval Nuclear Fuel Systems Based on Low-Enriched Uranium. 361
Section 1641--Establishment of Nuclear Sea-Launched Cruise
Missile Program.......................................... 361
Section 1642--Quarterly Reports on Progress of Sea-Launched
Cruise Missile-Nuclear Program........................... 362
Section 1643--Congressional Notification of Nuclear
Cooperation between Russia and China..................... 362
Section 1644--Report on Acceleration of Nuclear
Modernization Priorities................................. 362
Subtitle C--Missile Defense Programs......................... 362
Section 1661--Qualifications of Director of Missile Defense
Agency................................................... 362
Section 1662--National Missile Defense Policy.............. 362
Section 1663--Programs to Achieve Initial and Full
Operational Capabilities for the Glide Phase Interceptor
Program.................................................. 362
Section 1664--Research and Analysis on Multipolar
Deterrence and Escalation Dynamics....................... 362
Section 1665--Limitation on Use of Funds pending Submission
of Report on Missile Defense Interceptor Site............ 362
Section 1666--Report on Hawaii Missile Defense............. 363
Section 1667--Report on Potential Enhancements to Aegis
Ashore Sites in Poland and Romania....................... 363
Section 1668--Rescission of Memorandum on Missile Defense
Governance............................................... 363
Section 1669--Policy and Report on North Atlantic Treaty
Organization Effective Integrated Air and Missile Defense
Capabilities in Europe................................... 363
Section 1670--Independent Analysis of Space-Based Missile
Defense Capability....................................... 363
Subtitle D--Other Matters.................................... 363
Section 1681--Inclusion of Permanent Select Committee on
Intelligence of the House of Representatives as a
Recipient of the Quarterly Information Operations
Briefings................................................ 363
Section 1682--Modification to Authority to Use Operation
and Maintenance Funds for Cyber Operations-Peculiar
Capability Development Projects.......................... 363
Section 1683--Cooperative Threat Reduction Funds........... 364
Section 1684--Quarterly Briefings on Implementation of
Military-Code Compliant GPS Receivers through Military
GPS User Equipment Program............................... 364
Section 1685--Moving Target Indicator Programs of
Department of Defense.................................... 364
Section 1686--Reporting Mechanism on Use of Consultants,
Informants, and Other Human Sources to Acquire
Intelligence Information................................. 364
Section 1687--Report on Concept of Operations for Offensive
Hypersonic Systems....................................... 364
Section 1688--Indo-Pacific Missile Strategy................ 365
TITLE XVII--SPACE FORCE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT..................... 365
LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS......................................... 365
Section 1701--Short Title.................................. 365
Subtitle A--Space Force Military Personnel System without
Component................................................ 365
Sections 1711-1720--Space Force Military Personnel System
Without Component........................................ 365
Subtitle B--Conforming Amendments Related to Space Force
Military Personnel System................................ 365
Sections 1731-1733--Conforming Amendments Related to Space
Force Military Personnel System.......................... 365
Subtitle C--Transition Provisions............................ 365
Sections 1741-1747--Transition Provisions.................. 365
Subtitle D--Other Amendments Related to the Space Force...... 365
Sections 1751-1752--Other Amendments Related to the Space
Force.................................................... 365
TITLE XVIII--OTHER DEFENSE MATTERS............................... 365
ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST...................................... 365
Collection of Biological Threat Information................ 365
Domestic Balloon Identification and Research............... 366
LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS......................................... 367
Subtitle A--Miscellaneous Authorities and Limitations........ 367
Section 1801--Extension of Authority to Engage in Certain
Commercial Activities.................................... 367
Section 1802--Modification of Defense Sensitive Support
Notification Requirement................................. 367
Section 1803--Modification to Requirements Relating to
Combating Military Reliance on Russian Energy............ 368
Section 1804--Support for Execution of Bilateral Agreements
Concerning Illicit Transnational Maritime Activity in
Africa................................................... 368
Section 1805--Clarification of Waiver Authority for
Organizational and Consultant Conflicts of Interest under
the Federal Acquisition Regulation....................... 368
Section 1806--Genealogy Collection of Family Members of
Servicemembers Killed at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 368
Subtitle B--Studies and Reports.............................. 368
Section 1821--Report on Increasing National Cemetery
Capacity................................................. 368
Section 1822--Limitation on Funds Relating to Federal
Contractor Disclosure of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and
Climate-Related Financial Risk........................... 368
Section 1823--Study and Report on Damage to Infrastructure
in Guam Resulting from Typhoon Mawar..................... 368
Subtitle C--Other Matters.................................... 369
Section 1851--Technical and Conforming Amendments.......... 369
Section 1852--Referral to Museum Located at Blytheville/
Eaker Air Force Base as the National Cold War Center..... 369
Section 1853--Exemption under Marine Mammal Protection Act
of 1972 for Certain Activities That May Result in
Incidental Take of Rice's Whale.......................... 369
Section 1854--Revision of Requirement for Transfer of
Certain Aircraft to State of California for Wildfire
Suppression Purposes..................................... 369
Section 1855--Restrictive Housing Reform................... 369
Section 1856--Sense of Congress Regarding Unmanned Aerial,
Surface, and Underwater Vehicles......................... 369
Section 1857--Sense of Congress Regarding Naming of Vessel
for Battle of Dai Do..................................... 369
Section 1858--Risk Framework for Foreign Phone Applications
of Concern............................................... 369
DIVISION B--MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATIONS................. 370
PURPOSE........................................................ 370
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AND FAMILY HOUSING OVERVIEW.............. 370
Section 2001--Short Title.................................. 370
Section 2002--Expiration of Authorizations and Amounts
Required To Be Specified by Law.......................... 370
Section 2003--Effective Date............................... 370
TITLE XXI--ARMY MILITARY CONSTRUCTION............................ 370
SUMMARY........................................................ 370
ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST...................................... 371
Explanation of Funding Adjustments......................... 371
LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS......................................... 372
Section 2101--Authorized Army Construction and Land
Acquisition Projects..................................... 372
Section 2102--Family Housing............................... 372
Section 2103--Authorization of Appropriations, Army........ 372
Section 2104--Extension of Authority to Use Cash Payments
in Special Account From Land Conveyance, Natick Soldier
Systems Center, Massachusetts............................ 372
Section 2105--Extension of Authority to Carry Out Fiscal
Year 2018 Project at Kunsan Air Base, Korea.............. 372
Section 2106--Extension of Authority to Carry Out Certain
Fiscal Year 2019 Army Military Construction Projects..... 372
Section 2107--Extension of Authority to Carry Out Certain
Fiscal Year 2021 Army Military Construction Projects..... 372
TITLE XXII--NAVY MILITARY CONSTRUCTION........................... 373
SUMMARY........................................................ 373
ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST...................................... 373
Explanation of Funding Adjustments......................... 373
LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS......................................... 375
Section 2201--Authorized Navy Construction and Land
Acquisition Projects..................................... 375
Section 2202--Family Housing............................... 375
Section 2203--Authorization of Appropriations, Navy........ 375
Section 2204--Extension of Authority to Carry Out Certain
Fiscal Year 2019 Navy Military Construction Projects..... 375
Section 2205--Extension of Authority to Carry Out Certain
Fiscal Year 2021 Navy Military Construction Projects..... 376
TITLE XXIII--AIR FORCE MILITARY CONSTRUCTION..................... 376
SUMMARY........................................................ 376
ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST...................................... 376
Explanation of Funding Adjustments......................... 376
LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS......................................... 377
Section 2301--Authorized Air Force Construction and Land
Acquisition Projects..................................... 377
Section 2302--Family Housing............................... 377
Section 2303--Authorization of Appropriations, Air Force... 377
Section 2304--Extension of Authority to Carry Out Certain
Fiscal Year 2017 Air Force Military Construction Projects 377
Section 2305--Extension of Authority to Carry Out Certain
Fiscal Year 2018 Air Force Military Construction Projects 377
Section 2306--Extension of Authority to Carry Out Certain
Fiscal Year 2019 Air Force Military Construction Projects 378
Section 2307--Extension of Authority to Carry Out Fiscal
Year 2021 Air Force Military Construction Projects....... 378
TITLE XXIV--DEFENSE AGENCIES MILITARY CONSTRUCTION............... 378
SUMMARY........................................................ 378
ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST...................................... 378
Explanation of Funding Adjustments......................... 378
LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS......................................... 380
Section 2401--Authorized Defense Agencies Construction and
Land Acquisition Projects................................ 380
Section 2402--Authorized Energy Resilience and Conservation
Investment Program Projects.............................. 380
Section 2403--Authorization of Appropriations, Defense
Agencies................................................. 380
Section 2404--Extension of Authority to Carry Out Certain
Fiscal Year 2018 Defense Agencies Military Construction
Projects................................................. 380
Section 2405--Extension of Authority to Carry Out Certain
Fiscal Year 2019 Defense Agencies Military Construction
Projects................................................. 381
Section 2406--Modification of Authority to Carry Out Fiscal
Year 2019 Project at SOF Joint Parachute Rigging
Facility, Baumholder, Germany............................ 381
Section 2407--Extension of Authority to Carry Out Fiscal
Year 2021 Project at Defense Fuel Support Point Tsurumi,
Japan.................................................... 381
Section 2408--Extension of Authority to Carry Out Certain
Fiscal Year 2021 Energy Resilience and Conservation
Investment Projects...................................... 381
Section 2409--Authority to Carry Out Military Construction
Projects to Improve Certain Fiscal Year 2022 Utility
Systems.................................................. 381
Section 2410--Additional Authority to Carry Out Certain
Military Construction Projects to Improve Certain Fiscal
Year 2023 Utility Systems................................ 381
TITLE XXV--INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS................................ 381
SUMMARY........................................................ 381
LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS......................................... 382
Subtitle A--North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security
Investment Program....................................... 382
Section 2501--Authorized NATO Construction and Land
Acquisition Projects..................................... 382
Section 2502--Authorization of Appropriations, NATO........ 382
Subtitle B--Host Country In-Kind Contributions............... 382
Section 2511--Republic of Korea Funded Construction
Projects................................................. 382
Section 2512--Republic of Poland Funded Construction
Projects................................................. 382
TITLE XXVI--GUARD AND RESERVE FORCES FACILITIES.................. 382
SUMMARY........................................................ 382
ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST...................................... 382
Explanation of Funding Adjustments......................... 382
LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS......................................... 385
Section 2601--Authorized Army National Guard Construction
and Land Acquisition Projects............................ 385
Section 2602--Authorized Army Reserve Construction and Land
Acquisition Projects..................................... 385
Section 2603--Authorized Navy Reserve and Marine Corps
Reserve Construction and Land Acquisition Projects....... 385
Section 2604--Authorized Air National Guard Construction
and Land Acquisition Projects............................ 385
Section 2605--Authorized Air Force Reserve Construction and
Land Acquisition Projects................................ 385
Section 2606--Authorization of Appropriations, National
Guard and Reserve........................................ 385
Section 2607--Extension of Authority to Carry Out Fiscal
Year 2018 Project at Hulman Regional Airport, Indiana.... 386
Section 2608--Extension of Authority to Carry Out Fiscal
Year 2019 Project at Francis S. Gabreski Airport, New
York..................................................... 386
Section 2609--Extension of Authority to Carry Out Certain
Fiscal Year 2021 National Guard and Reserve Military
Construction Projects.................................... 386
Section 2610--Modification of Authority to Carry Out Fiscal
Year 2023 Project at Camp Pendleton, California.......... 386
TITLE XXVII--BASE REALIGNMENT AND CLOSURE ACTIVITIES............. 386
SUMMARY........................................................ 386
ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST...................................... 386
Explanation of Funding Adjustments......................... 386
Conditions on the Final Closure of Certain Portion of
Pueblo Chemical Depot and Chemical Agent Destruction
Pilot Plant, Colorado.................................... 386
LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS......................................... 387
Section 2701--Authorization of Appropriations for Base
Realignment and Closure Activities Funded through
Department of Defense Base Closure Account............... 387
TITLE XXVIII--MILITARY CONSTRUCTION GENERAL PROVISIONS........... 387
ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST...................................... 387
Air Force Process for Strategic Emplacement of Fighter
Aircraft................................................. 387
Air National Guard Facility Modernization.................. 388
Assessment of Marine Concrete for Military Construction
Projects in the INDOPACOM................................ 388
Benefits and Use of Electrochromic Glass in Military Bases
and Installations........................................ 389
Briefing on Feasibility of Prefabricated Housing at Remote
Military Installations................................... 389
Briefing on Infrastructure of Naval Air Station Pensacola.. 389
Briefing on Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake and
Military Construction Process............................ 389
Briefing on Remediation of the Former Lone Star Ammunition
Plant.................................................... 390
Briefing on Runway Conditions at Wright-Patterson Air Force
Base..................................................... 390
Briefing on Telecommunications Infrastructure at Alabama
Army National Guard Facilities........................... 391
Briefing on the Utilization of B-2 Infrastructure to
Support B-21............................................. 391
Camp Lejeune Rail Reporting................................ 391
Cecil Airport and Other Civilian Airports Supporting
Defense Training and Readiness........................... 392
Comptroller General Review of Department of Defense Real
Property in the National Capital Region.................. 392
Comptroller General Review of Military Installation
Maintenance Management................................... 393
Comptroller General Review of Military Installation Safety
and Security............................................. 394
Condition of Water Utility Systems on Military
Installations............................................ 394
Defense Laboratory Modernization Pilot Program............. 395
Department-Wide Fitness Standard Report.................... 395
Digital Platforms to Manage the Military Construction
Process.................................................. 396
DoD Study of Defense Access Roads in Guam.................. 396
DoD Unaccompanied Privatizing Housing Report............... 396
Financial Viability of Privatized Housing Projects......... 397
Fort Liberty Roadway Infrastructure........................ 397
Funding Accounts for Housing Unaccompanied Junior Enlisted
Service Members.......................................... 397
Future Operations Planning for Multi-Modal Sites........... 398
Gull Cottage Prospect Harbor, ME........................... 398
Hawaii Infrastructure Assessment........................... 398
Indoor Air Quality Monitoring and Remediation.............. 399
Insurance for Military Housing Projects.................... 400
Metrics for On-Base Housing................................ 400
Naval Air Station Key West Family Housing.................. 401
Naval Air Station Lemoore Assessment....................... 401
Naval Innovation Center at the Naval Postgraduate School... 401
Physical Security at Defense Health Agency Facilities...... 402
Report on Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake
Infrastructure........................................... 402
Report on Progressive Design-Build Model for Military
Construction............................................. 403
Report on the Determination of Pore and Subterranean Rights
Below Department of Defense Installations................ 403
Report on Western Range Interoperability................... 403
Safety in Department of Defense Education Activity Schools. 404
Study on Limiting Light Pollution at US Military Facilities
and Installations........................................ 404
Utilization of Existing Authorities for Construction and
Maintenance of Research, Development, Test, and
Evaluation Facilities.................................... 405
Visitor Identify Verification Technology................... 406
LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS......................................... 406
Subtitle A--Military Construction Programs................... 406
Section 2801--Modifications to Defense Community
Infrastructure Program................................... 406
Section 2802--Modification to Authority for Unspecified
Minor Construction....................................... 406
Section 2803--Modification of Authority to Carry Out
Defense Laboratory Modernization Program................. 406
Section 2804--Expansion of Maximum Amount of Funds
Available for Certain Defense Laboratory Improvement
Projects................................................. 406
Section 2805--Prioritization of Certain Military
Construction Projects to Improve Infrastructure at
Certain Facilities Determined to be Critical to National
Security................................................. 406
Section 2806--Expansion of Amount of Certain Funds
Secretary Concerned May Obligate Annually for Military
Installation Resilience Projects......................... 407
Section 2807--Certification of Consideration of Certain
Methods of Construction for Military Construction
Projects; Annual Report.................................. 407
Section 2808--Authority for Certain Construction Projects
in Friendly Foreign Countries............................ 407
Section 2809--Reporting Requirements and Congressional
Notification for Certain Military Construction Projects.. 407
Subtitle B--Military Housing Reforms......................... 407
Section 2821--Authority to Operate Certain Transient
Housing of the Department of Defense Transferred to
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Energy, Installations,
and Environment.......................................... 407
Section 2822--Department of Defense Military Housing
Readiness Council........................................ 407
Section 2823--Inclusion of Information Relating to
Compliance with Military Housing Privatization Initiative
Tenant Bill of Rights in Certain Notifications Submitted
to Congress.............................................. 408
Section 2824--Establishing Additional Requirements for a
Military Housing Complaint Database...................... 408
Section 2825--Modification of Authority to Grant Certain
Waivers Relating to Configuration and Privacy Standards
for Military Unaccompanied Housing; Limitations on
Availability of Certain Funds............................ 408
Section 2826--Revision of Certain Minimum Standards
Relating to Health, Safety, and Condition for Military
Unaccompanied Housing; Termination of Authority to Grant
Certain Waivers.......................................... 408
Subtitle C--Real Property and Facilities Administration...... 408
Section 2831--Improvements Relating to Access to Military
Installations in United States........................... 408
Section 2832--Real Property Usage in the National Capital
Region................................................... 408
Section 2833--Revision Unified Facilities Criteria on Use
of Life Safety Accessibility Hardware for Covered Doors.. 408
Subtitle D--Land Conveyances................................. 409
Section 2841--Extension of Sunset for Land Conveyance,
Sharpe Army Depot, Lathrop, California................... 409
Section 2842--Land Conveyance, Eglin Air Force Base,
Florida.................................................. 409
Section 2843--Land Acquisition, Westmoreland State Park,
Virginia................................................. 409
Subtitle E--Pilot Programs and Reports....................... 409
Section 2851--Clarification on Amounts Available for
Projects under Certain Pilot Program Relating to Testing
Facilities at Installations of the Department of the Air
Force.................................................... 409
Section 2852--Pilot Program to Provide Air Purification
Technology in Military Housing........................... 409
Section 2853--Quarterly Briefings on Military Construction
Related to the Sentinel Intercontinental Ballistic
Missile Weapon System Program............................ 409
Section 2854--Plan for Use of Excess Border Wall
Construction Materials................................... 409
Section 2871--Joint Housing Requirements and Market
Analysis for Military Installations in Hawaii............ 410
Subtitle F--Other Matters.................................... 410
Section 2861--Expansion of Certain Exemption Relating to
Funding Requirement for Certain Defense Community
Infrastructure Projects.................................. 410
Section 2862--Development and Operation of Marine Corps
Heritage Center and National Museum of the Marine Corps.. 410
Section 2863--Prohibition on Joint Use of Homestead Air
Reserve Base with Civil Aviation......................... 410
Section 2864--National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air
Force.................................................... 410
Section 2865--Recognition of Memorial, Memorial Garden, and
K9 Memorial of the National Navy UDT-SEAL Museum in Fort
Pierce, Florida, as a National Memorial, Memorial Garden,
and K9 Memorial, Respectively, of Navy SEALs and Their
Predecessors............................................. 410
Section 2866--Limitation on Availability of Certain Funds
Relating to the Location of the Headquarters for United
States Space Command..................................... 410
Section 2867--Limitation on Use of Funds for Closure of
Combat Readiness Training Centers........................ 411
Section 2868--Limitation on Availability of Certain Funds
until Submission of Certain Report on Military Housing... 411
Section 2869--Guidance on Encroachment That Impacts Covered
Sites.................................................... 411
Section 2870--Continuing Education Curriculum on the Use of
Innovative Products for Military Construction Projects... 411
DIVISION C--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY AUTHORIZATIONS
AND OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS....................................... 411
TITLE XXXI--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY PROGRAMS...... 411
ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST...................................... 411
Comptroller General Study on National Nuclear Security
Administration Management and Operation Contracting
Process.................................................. 411
Department of Energy Insider Threat Program................ 412
Development of Expanded X-ray Nuclear Weapons Effects
Testing Using an Advanced KrF Laser...................... 412
High Explosives and Energetics Modernization............... 412
Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant--Cleanup Support Facility.. 413
Plutonium Pit Re-use for the W-93 Warhead.................. 413
Report on the Status of the Advanced Recovery and
Integrated Extraction System............................. 413
Security Enhancements at National Nuclear Security
Administration Sites..................................... 414
Technology Readiness Levels................................ 414
LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS......................................... 415
Subtitle A--National Security Program and Authorizations..... 415
Section 3101--National Nuclear Security Administration..... 415
Section 3102--Defense Environmental Cleanup................ 415
Section 3103--Other Defense Activities..................... 415
Section 3104--Nuclear Energy............................... 415
Subtitle B--Program Authorizations, Restrictions, and
Limitations.............................................. 415
Section 3112--Extension of Authority on Acceptance of
Contributions for Acceleration or Removal or Security of
Fissile Materials, Radiological Materials, and Related
Equipment at Vulnerable Sites Worldwide.................. 415
Section 3113--Cybersecurity Risk Inventory, Assessment, and
Mitigation Working Group................................. 416
Section 3114--Modification of Minor Construction Threshold
for Plant Projects....................................... 416
Section 3115--Technical Correction to National Nuclear
Security Administration Unfunded Priorities.............. 416
Section 3116--Criminal Penalties for Interference with the
Transport of Special Nuclear Materials, Nuclear Weapons
Components, or Restricted Data........................... 416
Section 3117--Deadlines for Commencement of Operations of
Certain Atomic Energy Replacement Projects............... 416
Section 3118--Integrated Master Schedule for the Future-
Years Nuclear Security Program........................... 416
Section 3119--Prohibition on Availability of Funds to
Reconvert or Retire W76-2 Warheads....................... 417
Section 3120--Limitation on Use of Funds Pending Submission
of Certain National Nuclear Security Administration
Reports.................................................. 417
Section 3121--Increase in Number of Authorized Contracting,
Program Management, Scientific, Engineering, and
Technical Positions in National Nuclear Security
Administration........................................... 417
Subtitle C--Plans, Reports, and Other Matters................ 417
Section 3131--Biennial Detailed Report on Nuclear Weapons
Stockpile Stewardship, Management, and Responsiveness
Plan..................................................... 417
Section 3132--Plan for Domestic Enrichment Capability to
Satisfy Department of Defense Uranium Requirements....... 417
Section 3133--Independent Assessment of Plutonium Pit Aging
Milestones and Progress.................................. 417
TITLE XXXII--DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES SAFETY BOARD............. 418
LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS......................................... 418
Section 3201--Authorization................................ 418
TITLE XXXIV--NAVAL PETROLEUM RESERVES............................ 418
LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS......................................... 418
Section 3401--Authorization of Appropriations.............. 418
TITLE XXXV--MARITIME ADMINISTRATION.............................. 418
LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS......................................... 418
Subtitle A--Maritime Administration.......................... 418
Section 3501--Authorization of Appropriations for Maritime
Administration........................................... 418
Subtitle B--Maritime Infrastructure.......................... 418
Section 3511--Port Infrastructure Development Program
Eligible Projects........................................ 418
Section 3512--Assistance for Small Inland River and Coastal
Ports and Terminals...................................... 418
Section 3513--Eligibility of Shore Power Projects under
Port Infrastructure Development Program.................. 418
Section 3514--Codification of Existing Language; Technical
Amendments............................................... 418
Section 3515--Update to Categorical Exclusions Used by
Maritime Administration in Reviewing Environmental
Impacts of Transportation Projects....................... 419
Subtitle C--Reports.......................................... 419
Section 3521--Report on Administration of Programs......... 419
Section 3522--Report on Availability of Used Sealift
Vessels.................................................. 419
Section 3523--Report on Port Preferences for US-Flag
Vessels.................................................. 419
Section 3524--Reports to Congress.......................... 419
Subtitle D--Other Matters.................................... 419
Section 3531--Cargoes Procured, Furnished, or Financed by
the United States Government............................. 419
Section 3532--Recapitalization of National Defense Reserve
Fleet.................................................... 420
Section 3533--Limitation on Use of Funds pending Submission
of Reports on Merchant Marine Academy.................... 420
Section 3534--Maritime Workforce Working Group............. 420
Section 3535--Consideration of Life-Cycle Cost Estimates
for Acquisition and Procurement of Vessels............... 420
Section 3536--Source Restrictions on Auxiliary Ship
Components............................................... 420
Section 3537--Authorization of Appropriations for National
Maritime Strategy........................................ 420
DIVISION D--FUNDING TABLES....................................... 420
Section 4001--Authorization of Amounts in Funding Tables... 420
Summary of National Defense Authorizations for Fiscal Year
2024..................................................... 421
National Defense Budget Authority Implication.............. 425
TITLE XLI--PROCUREMENT........................................... 427
Section 4101--Procurement.................................. 427
TITLE XLII--RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION.......... 470
Section 4201--Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation.. 470
TITLE XLIII--OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE........................... 519
Section 4301--Operation and Maintenance.................... 519
TITLE XLIV--MILITARY PERSONNEL................................... 540
Section 4401--Military Personnel........................... 540
TITLE XLV--OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS.................................. 541
Section 4501--Other Authorizations......................... 541
TITLE XLVI--MILITARY CONSTRUCTION................................ 544
Section 4601--Military Construction........................ 544
TITLE XLVII--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY PROGRAMS..... 559
Section 4701--Department of Energy National Security
Programs................................................. 559
Savings Table, FY 2024 National Defense Authorization Act.. 571
Communications from Other Committees............................. 578
Congressional Budget Office Estimate............................. 595
Statement Required by the Congressional Budget Act............... 596
Committee Cost Estimate.......................................... 597
Disclosure of Earmarks and Congressionally Directed Spending
Items.......................................................... 597
Oversight Findings............................................... 600
General Performance Goals and Objectives......................... 600
Statement of Federal Mandates.................................... 600
Federal Advisory Committee Statement............................. 600
Applicability to the Legislative Branch.......................... 600
Duplication of Federal Programs.................................. 600
Committee Votes.................................................. 601
Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported............ 631
Additional Views................................................. 632
118th Congress } { Report
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
1st Session } { 118-125
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NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024
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June 30, 2023.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
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Mr. Rogers of Alabama, from the Committee on Armed Services, submitted
the following
R E P O R T
together with
ADDITIONAL VIEWS
[To accompany H.R. 2670]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Armed Services, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 2670) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2024 for military activities of the Department of Defense and
for military construction, and for defense activities of the
Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths
for such fiscal year, and for other purposes, having considered
the same, reports favorably thereon with an amendment and
recommends that the bill as amended do pass.
The amendment is as follows:
The amendment strikes all after the enacting clause of the
bill and inserts a new text which appears in italic type in the
reported bill.
PURPOSE OF THE LEGISLATION
The bill would: (1) authorize appropriations for fiscal
year 2024 for procurement and for research, development, test,
and evaluation; (2) authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2024 for operation and maintenance and for working capital
funds; (3) authorize for fiscal year 2024 the personnel
strength for each Active Duty Component of the military
departments, and the personnel strength for the Selected
Reserve for each Reserve Component of the Armed Forces; (4)
modify various elements of compensation for military personnel
and impose certain requirements and limitations on personnel
actions in the defense establishment; (5) authorize
appropriations for fiscal year 2024 for military construction
and family housing; (6) authorize appropriations for fiscal
year 2024 for the Department of Energy national security
programs; and (7) authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2024
for the Maritime Administration.
RATIONALE FOR THE COMMITTEE BILL
H.R. 2670, the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2024, is the primary vehicle through which Congress
fulfills its responsibility as mandated in Article I, Section
8, of the Constitution of the United States, which grants
Congress the power to provide for the common defense, to raise
and support an Army, to provide and maintain a Navy, and to
make rules for the government and regulation of the land and
naval forces. Rule X of the House of Representatives provides
the House Committee on Armed Services with jurisdiction over
the Department of Defense generally and over the military
application of nuclear energy. The committee bill includes
findings and recommendations resulting from its oversight
activities, conducted through hearings and briefings with
Department of Defense and Department of Energy civilian and
military officials, intelligence analysts, outside experts, and
industry representatives, and it is informed by institutional
experience. H.R. 2670 provides the Department of Defense and
the Department of Energy with important policy authorities to
speed decision making and improve agility, while improving
readiness and increasing capabilities and capacities.
Central to H.R. 2670 is the focus on improving the lives of
our men and women in uniform. The committee believes our
service members confront unique, complex challenges and deserve
our support.
H.R. 2670 meets the committee's goal of facilitating a
strong national defense apparatus that is resourced properly,
accountable for its actions, and cognizant of the essential and
direct oversight role of Congress. H.R. 2670 emphasizes
transformational change and leans forward to fortify the
Department's technological advantage to respond to ensure our
servicemembers have the tools required to address growing
threats in this area. H.R. 2670 allows our military to improve
readiness, expand capabilities, and invest in the new
technologies required to secure our country and protect us
against our adversaries.
HEARINGS
In compliance with clause 3(c) of House rule XIII, (1) the
following hearing was used to develop or consider H.R. 2670:
On March 29, 2023, the committee held a hearing, ``Fiscal
Year 2024 Defense Budget Request''.
(2) The following related hearings were held:
On February 7, 2023, the committee held a hearing, ``The
Pressing Threat of the Chinese Communist Party to U.S. National
Defense''.
On February 8, 2023, the committee held a hearing, ``State
of the Defense Industrial Base''.
On February 28, 2023, the committee held a hearing,
``Oversight of U.S. Military Support to Ukraine''.
On March 8, 2023, the committee held a hearing, ``U.S.
Military Posture and National Security Challenges in North and
South America''.
On March 23, 2023, the committee held a hearing, ``U.S.
Military Posture and National Security Challenges in the
Greater Middle East and Africa''.
On April 18, 2023, the committee held a hearing, ``U.S.
Military Posture and National Security Challenges in the Indo-
Pacific Region''.
On April 19, 2023, the committee held a hearing,
``Department of the Army Fiscal Year 2024 Budget Request''.
On April 26, 2023, the committee held a hearing, ``U.S.
Military Posture and National Security Challenges in Europe''.
On April 27, 2023, the committee held a hearing,
``Department of the Air Force Fiscal Year 2024 Budget
Request''.
On April 28, 2023, the committee held a hearing,
``Department of the Navy Fiscal Year 2024 Budget Request''.
On May 16, 2023, the committee held a hearing, ``Member
Day''.
In addition, the seven subcommittees of the committee
conducted 23 hearings and 7 markups to develop and consider
H.R. 2670.
COMMITTEE POSITION
On June 21, 2023, the Committee on Armed Services held a
markup session to consider H.R. 2670. The committee ordered the
bill H.R. 2670, as amended, favorably reported to the House of
Representatives by a recorded vote of 58-1, a quorum being
present.
EXPLANATION OF THE COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
The committee adopted an amendment in the nature of a
substitute during the consideration of H.R. 2670. The remainder
of the report discusses the bill, as amended.
RELATIONSHIP OF AUTHORIZATION TO APPROPRIATIONS
The bill does not provide budget authority. This bill
authorizes appropriations; subsequent appropriations acts will
provide budget authority.
The bill addresses the following categories in the
Department of Defense budget: procurement; research,
development, test, and evaluation; operation and maintenance;
military personnel; working capital funds; and military
construction and family housing. The bill also addresses the
Armed Forces Retirement Home, Department of Energy National
Security Programs, the Naval Petroleum Reserve, and the
Maritime Administration.
Active Duty and Reserve personnel strengths authorized in
this bill and legislation affecting compensation for military
personnel determine the remaining appropriation requirements of
the Department of Defense. However, this bill does not provide
authorization of specific dollar amounts for each military
personnel account.
SUMMARY OF DISCRETIONARY AUTHORIZATIONS IN THE BILL
The President requested a total discretionary budget
authority of $886.3 billion for national defense budget
function (050) for fiscal year 2024. Of that amount, $874.2
billion was requested for national defense programs within the
jurisdiction of the committee for fiscal year 2024. Of this
amount, $841.2 billion was requested for Department of Defense
programs, $32.6 billion was requested for Department of Energy
national security programs and the Defense Nuclear Facilities
Safety Board, and $0.4 billion was requested for defense-
related activities associated with the Maritime Administration.
The committee recommends an overall discretionary
authorization for national defense programs of $886.3 billion
for fiscal year 2024 and authorizes $874.2 billion for fiscal
year for programs within its jurisdiction. The committee
authorization represents a $26.9 billion increase above the
national defense levels provided for in the James M. Inhofe
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public
Law 117-263).
The table preceding the detailed program adjustments in
division D of this report summarizes the committee's
recommended discretionary authorizations by appropriation
account for fiscal year 2024 and compares these amounts to the
President's request.
BUDGET AUTHORITY IMPLICATION
The President's total request for the national defense
budget function (050) in fiscal year 2024 is $909.5 billion,
based on assumptions provided by the Congressional Budget
Office. In addition to discretionary funding for defense
programs authorized in this Act, the total 050 request includes
mandatory programs not authorized in this Act, discretionary
funding for national defense programs not in the committee's
jurisdiction and not authorized in this Act, and discretionary
funding for programs that do not require additional
authorization in fiscal year 2024.
The table preceding the detailed program adjustments in
division D of this report details changes to the budget request
for all aspects of the national defense budget function.
NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024
Section 1--Short Title
This section would cite the short title of this Act as the
``National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024''.
Section 2--Organization of Act Into Divisions; Table of Contents
This section would organize the Act into divisions and
contain the table of contents.
Section 3--Congressional Defense Committees
This section would provide the definition of
``congressional defense committees''.
DIVISION A--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATIONS
TITLE I--PROCUREMENT
Aircraft Procurement, Army
Items of Special Interest
Long-range reconnaissance unmanned aircraft system
The committee notes that the final report from the Future
of Defense Task Force authorized by section 229 of the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116-
92), recommended that to maintain its technological advantage
over competitors, the Department of Defense must significantly
increase opportunities for operators in the field, the
acquisition force, program managers, and industry to partner
and work together to more quickly develop requirements and
identify solutions. While the committee commends the Army on
its fielding of the RQ-28A short-range reconnaissance unmanned
aircraft system (UAS), it remains concerned about the long
procurement timeline of a Long-Range Reconnaissance (LRR) UAS
capability.
The committee believes this procurement effort could
benefit by leveraging the years of development and sizeable
investments already made by the comparable Marine Corps' Long
Range Long Endurance program and Special Operations Command's
Expeditionary Organic Tactical Airborne Intelligence,
Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) Capability Set. By using
surrogate aircraft from these programs to develop an Army LRR
UAS variant, the Army could provide ground maneuver elements
with critical situational awareness and enhanced force
protection at significantly reduced cost on a compressed
timeline.
Therefore, the committee encourages the Secretary of the
Army to leverage existing technology from the Marine Corps'
Long Range Long Endurance program and Special Operation
Command's Expeditionary Organic Tactical Airborne ISR
Capability Set to the maximum extent practicable when
developing the Army's Long-Range Reconnaissance Unmanned
Aircraft System.
MQ-1C Gray Eagle National Guard integration and strategic
considerations
The committee recognizes the significant contributions of
the MQ-1C Gray Eagle unmanned aircraft system to national
defense and intelligence capabilities. The MQ-1C Gray Eagle has
proven to be a reliable and cost-effective platform for various
missions, including intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance,
and strike operations.
To ensure a prudent allocation of resources and maintain
operational effectiveness, the committee encourages the Army to
conduct a thorough examination of the MQ-1C Gray Eagle's role
within the broader defense strategy and to explore further
opportunities to integrate the platform into the National
Guard. The committee is interested in understanding how
integration of the MQ-1C Gray Eagle into the National Guard
would provide additional, cost-effective benefits and enhance
the overall capabilities of the defense apparatus.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Army,
in coordination with the Chief of the National Guard Bureau, to
submit a report to the House Committee on Armed Services not
later than February 1, 2024, on the Army's plans for the MQ-1C
Gray Eagle unmanned aircraft system. The report should include,
but not be limited to:
(1) a status update on existing requirements for the
integration of the MQ-1C Gray Eagle into the National Guard,
including the potential roles, missions, and necessary support
infrastructure for such integration;
(2) a roadmap for the current and future integration
process, including timelines, milestones, and estimated costs;
and
(3) the potential benefits and drawbacks of further
integrating the MQ-1C Gray Eagle into the National Guard's
operational capabilities, as well as the feasibility of such
integration in light of current requirements and priorities.
Short Range Reconnaissance fielding and prioritization
The committee commends the Department of the Army for its
Short Range Reconnaissance program, which is designed to
rapidly procure and field commercial drone technology at the
tactical level. The committee notes that the Army has leveraged
expedited acquisition authorities to cut the time for procuring
this technology by a significant margin. Despite these
advances, the committee remains concerned with the time it to
takes to get these essential small unmanned aircraft systems to
the warfighter. The conflict in Ukraine has demonstrated that
small drones that are employed properly can become strategic
assets in the hands of front-line units. However, many Army
light infantry units continue to lack small drone capability.
As such, the committee supports maximizing contracts under the
Army Short Range Reconnaissance program and supporting the
rapid integration of tactical-level unmanned aircraft systems
across the Department of Defense.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Army
to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services
not later than February 1, 2024, on the Army's plan to
prioritize procurement and fielding of small unmanned aircraft
systems to Army light infantry units.
Missile Procurement, Army
Items of Special Interest
Air and missile defense
Critical to the Army's vision for future warfare is the
ability to protect its combat formations from modern and
advanced air- and missile-delivered fires, including drones.
Events in the current conflict in Ukraine underscore the need
for such capabilities. Providing these capabilities could be
challenging as the Army has not focused on the need for air and
missile defense in its recent conflicts in Iraq and
Afghanistan. Given the emerging tactics of near-peer
competitors, however, it is vital that the Army secure these
capabilities or risk failing in any future conflict.
Therefore, the committee directs the Comptroller General of
the United States to provide a briefing to the congressional
defense committees not later than June 28, 2024, on the
Department of the Army's air and missile defense program and
present the final report in a format and timeframe agreed to at
the time of the briefing. At a minimum, the report should
address the following elements:
(1) systems or technologies the Army seeks in the near,
mid, and long term to improve air and missile defense;
(2) analyses the Army has performed to determine these
needs, to include an assessment of the joint force;
(3) to what extent the Army has applied leading practices
for acquisitions in air and missile defense programs;
(4) to what extent lessons learned from the Ukrainian
conflict have been incorporated into the air and missile
defense portfolio; and
(5) how the Army has positioned itself with research and
development resources, in terms of both funding and personnel,
to develop these technologies.
Long range precision fires
In 2017, the Chief of Staff of the Army announced a new
effort to modernize Army capabilities in six priority areas to
close perceived gaps in competitive advantage against emerging
near-peer adversaries. The top priority within these six
capabilities was long range precision fires. The Army is
currently considering a wide range of options to modernize its
fires capabilities including new missiles and launchers,
extended range cannon munitions, and hypersonic weapons.
Achieving both the range and precision desired by the Army for
these capabilities will be challenging and requires
considerable development of both requirements and technologies.
Failure to achieve these goals could leave future soldiers
outgunned and outranged by potential adversaries.
Therefore, the committee directs the Comptroller General of
the United States to provide a briefing to the congressional
defense committees not later than March 1, 2024, on the
Department of the Army's Long Range Precision Fires program and
present the final report in a format and timeframe agreed to at
the time of the briefing. At a minimum, the final report should
address the following elements:
(1) the Army's overall acquisition strategy for the systems
or technologies it seeks in the near- and long-term to improve
its long range precision fires;
(2) analyses the Army has performed to determine these
needs;
(3) to what extent the Army has applied leading practices
for acquisitions in its Long Range Precision Fires Program;
(4) the applicability of long range precision fires in U.S.
Indo-Pacific Command operational plans; and
(5) how the Army has positioned itself with research and
development resources, in terms of both funding and personnel,
to develop these technologies.
Shoulder Launched Munitions Acquisition
The Committee is aware that the U.S. Army is pursuing a
single-shot, disposable, shoulder-launched weapon, known as the
XM919 Individual Assault Munition (IAM). The program seeks a
mature, production-ready, Shoulder-Launched Munition (SLM)
system capable of engaging multiple target configurations from
open and confined spaces.
The committee notes that both the United States Marine
Corps and United States Special Operations Command have adopted
a Family of Munitions strategy to satisfy target engagement
requirements.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Army
to submit a report to the congressional defense committees, no
later than December 1, 2023, evaluating the Army's Individual
Assault Munition acquisition strategy, including information on
necessary research and development investments, and an analysis
of the program's potential weight and ability to defeat
multiple targets, including a comparison to a notional Family
of Munitions strategy.
Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles, Army
Items of Special Interest
Auxiliary power units for Army ground vehicles
The committee recognizes the need to provide auxiliary
power capabilities to relieve the demand on the primary engine
to support additional payloads, applications, silent watch, and
other consumers of electrical power on the platform. The
committee understands that legacy auxiliary power units (APUs)
have been utilized effectively but is concerned that legacy
APUs are purpose-built for specific vehicles, which limits
scalability and standardization across a ground vehicle fleet
that is becoming increasingly diverse.
Accordingly, the committee directs the Secretary of the
Army to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed
Services not later than December 15, 2023, on next-generation
APU development. This briefing should include, at a minimum, an
overview of the current next-generation APU effort, including
technical achievements and an identification of potential
benefits; a transition and integration plan for the application
of the next-generation APU across the Program Executive Office
Ground Combat Systems fleet; and budgetary outlook for next-
generation APU funding across the Future Years Defense Program.
Combat Vehicle Propulsion
The committee directs the Assistant Secretary of the Army
for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology to provide a briefing
to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than June 1,
2024, on combat vehicle propulsion in current combat vehicle
development programs and detail its plans to maintain a robust
combat engine industrial base.
Ground Vehicle Threat Assessment
The committee is concerned about the development of so-
called suicide drones, glide munitions and top attack tactics,
techniques and procedures that have been evident in Russia's
unprovoked attack on Ukraine. As the rest of the world watches
the conflict, our adversaries are also gaining valuable insight
as to how to defeat NATO provided equipment to Ukraine. To
date, western planners have not adequately prepared for an
attack from above (``top-attack'') delivered from a suicide
drone, glide-type munition, or pop-up mines to our armored
vehicles and tanks.
The Committee is adamant about staying ahead of the threat
and need for protecting deployed US forces. The Committee
believes that the Department should be developing solutions to
protect US forces in today's threat environment from attacks,
specifically from small, fast suicide drones and glide
munitions that would attack directly and quickly from above.
The Committee is aware of at least one composite ``add-on''
armor solution already tested by the Army at Aberdeen and
demonstrating protection from the highest-level threats. This
composite armor solution has been adapted to selected ground
combat vehicles and could quickly be retrofit into U.S. ground
combat systems.
The Committee directs the Director of the U.S. Army Ground
Combat Capabilities Development Command's Ground Vehicle
Systems Center to provide a briefing to the House Committee on
Armed Services, no later than March 31, 2024, on the specific
threats seen in Ukraine as it pertains to attacks from above,
as well as the immediately available top-attack armor defense
options. The briefing should define the specific threats that
US forces would encounter for armored, mechanized, and wheeled
forces maneuvering against an enemy with suicide, glide and
pop-up mine capabilities attacking from above. The briefing
should detail service requirements as well as provide possible
Commercial Off the Shelf options to quickly integrate into DoD
inventories to add another layer of protection against such
top-type attacks. This briefing shall include an unclassified
threat assessment with a classified annex, if necessary.
Light Tactical Wheeled Vehicle acquisition strategy and investment plan
The committee understands the Army will continue divestment
of many High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV)
models as it continues to field modernized light Tactical
Wheeled Vehicle (TWV) programs, such as the Joint Light
Tactical Vehicle and Infantry Squad Vehicle programs.
Therefore, the committee directs the Assistant Secretary of
the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology, in
coordination with the Commanding General, Army Futures Command,
to submit a report to the congressional defense committees not
later than March 1, 2024, that details the Army's near- and
long-term strategy to meet the Army's current and future
requirements for light TWVs, specifically the HMMWV. The report
should address how the Army will assess and manage risk in the
light TWV industrial base, provide details on current and
future light TWV development, and outline the acquisition plans
to include funding profiles through the Future Years Defense
Program.
M240 industrial base
The committee remains concerned that the Army is
underestimating risk in the small arms industrial base,
particularly with respect to the family of M240 medium machine
guns. The committee notes that the Army has programmed no
weapons procurement funding for the M240, the Army's only
medium machine gun, in fiscal year 2024, instead relying on the
replacement of individual parts for sustainment. The committee
is concerned that the Army lacks consolidated, detailed
information on the state and status of its M240 inventory.
Concurrently, the committee notes that a shrinking industrial
supply base and a global shortage of raw materials present
additional risk to the M240 industrial base. The committee
believes that, in addition to further M240 weapons procurement,
these risks could be mitigated through product improvements and
modifications that enhance service life and incorporate
materials that are more widely available. The committee
encourages the Army to explore implementing such improvements
through mechanisms such as contract modifications or
Engineering Change Proposals.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Army
to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services
not later than December 22, 2023, on the family of M240 medium
machine guns. This briefing should include, at a minimum:
(1) a detailed evaluation of the current fleet of M240s to
establish accurate baseline information on the inventory;
(2) an assessment of M240 industrial base inputs, to
include an evaluation of replacement materials and metals that
are more widely available in the U.S. market; and
(3) an evaluation of potential M240 product improvements
that could improve reliability and lengthen the service life of
the weapons.
Mk-93 Machine Gun Mount Upgrades
The committee is aware that the conflict in Ukraine has
demonstrated the importance of heavy weapons in modern warfare.
The committee urges the Army to continue its efforts to ensure
that its infantry units receive the upgrades necessary to
maintain overmatch against peer competitors through the upgrade
of its inventory of Mk-93 machine gun mounts. The committee
believes that the enhancements to stability and reduction in
user fatigue enabled by the upgraded Mk-93 mount are critical
to realizing lethality improvements to the Army's crew-served
weapon platforms such as the M2 .50 caliber machine gun and Mk-
19 40mm grenade launcher. Moreover, the committee is concerned
that despite millions of dollars spent on development of the
mount upgrade, the Army has yet to fully capitalize on the
investment by rapidly moving to procurement.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Army
to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services,
not later than December 31, 2023, on the Army's plans to
upgrade its Mk-93 inventory, including projected funding and
fielding timelines.
Modernization of main battle tanks
The Army is currently reviewing the modernization strategy
for its main battle tank and may recommend discontinuing System
Enhanced Package Version 4 modernization as it considers how to
develop and acquire an entirely new platform. This could
abandon the investment in Third Generation Forward Looking
Infrared and leave tanks and fighting vehicles using Second
Generation sights for an indeterminate amount of time. The
committee is concerned that this review could delay the
acquisition and employment of advanced capabilities that would
immediately improve the lethality and survivability of the
current M1A2 platforms.
Accordingly, the committee directs the Assistant Secretary
of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology, in
coordination with the Commanding General, Army Futures Command,
to submit a report to the House Committee on Armed Services not
later than April 30, 2024, on plans to continually modernize
and improve the current main battle tanks with capability
upgrades, including, but not limited to Third Generation
Forward Looking Infrared sights, the Trophy Active Protection
System, and the 360 Situational Awareness System.
Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle Modular Open Systems Approach
standards
The committee believes the continued use of modular and
open systems standards, as well as building of a virtual
prototype, is beneficial to reducing cost and increasing speed
of evaluating and integrating new technologies to enhance
competition, innovation, and interoperability. As the Army
continues its acquisition of the Optionally Manned Fighting
Vehicle (OMFV) and modernization of legacy ground vehicles, the
committee is confident the Army will continue to integrate
Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA) standards, as required by
section 4401 of title 10, United States Code.
Accordingly, the committee directs the Assistant Secretary
of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology, in
coordination with the Commanding General, Army Futures Command,
to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services
not later than March 15, 2024, on adherence to MOSA standards
on ground vehicle modernization programs, including OMFV.
Predictive maintenance capabilities for medium- and large-caliber
weapon systems
The committee understands that the Department of Defense
has broadly implemented predictive maintenance capabilities
across vehicles, ships, and fixed-wing and rotary aircraft.
These capabilities are currently being utilized in the Next
Generation Squad Weapon program to improve weapon readiness and
situational awareness. The committee believes that artificial
intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML)-enabled sensors and
data analytics can likewise be utilized to provide critical
sustainment insights at the tactical edge for medium- and
large-caliber weapon systems.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Army
to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services
not later than December 1, 2023, on plans to utilize AI/ML-
enabled sensors and data analytics to achieve operational and
lethality benefits for medium- and large-caliber weapon
systems, including combat vehicle platforms. The briefing
should include, but is not limited to:
(1) the Army's plans to utilize AI/ML-enabled sensors to
provide real-time, echelon-specific transmission of weapon
system usage data within an electromagnetic-contested
environment;
(2) the potential for such sensors to optimize
survivability, logistics, and maintenance; and
(3) the potential for such sensors to enable automated
resupply while reducing excess tactical ammunition levels.
Report on M4 Carbine Mod Program
The committee applauds Army efforts to field the Next
Generation Soldier Weapon--Rifle program. Given this program's
procurement timeline, it is critical to make modest, necessary
improvements to the M4A1 in the short term. The fiscal year
2024 President's Budget included no funding for the M4 Carbine
Mod Program although the M4A1 will remain in service with a
majority of the total force for at least the next 10 years.
While the Army has made some recent upgrades to the M4A1, it
has not modernized the legacy Picatinny rail or adopted cold
hammered forged barrels, both validated requirements by
USSOCOM. Formal Army testing shows SOCOM rails are
significantly more accurate than Army rails and SOCOM testing
shows that SOCOM barrels last four to five times longer.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Army to
provide a briefing to House Committee on Armed Services by
December 1, 2023 on plans to provide improved upper receivers
to select Army units.
Other Procurement, Army
Items of Special Interest
Army Contested Logistics Operations
The Secretary of the Army has stated that one of the major
roles the Army has in the Indo-Pacific theater is to establish,
build-up, secure, and protect staging areas and joint operating
bases in theater. The committee commends the Army for
establishing the contested logistics CFT and encourages the
Army to pursue all opportunities to support the U.S. Indo-
Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM) theater from a contested
logistics perspective.
For example, the committee notes that the Army is pursuing
modernization of their watercraft fleet. The Maneuver Support
Vessel Light--a replacement for the Vietnam-era LMC-8, will
provide an essential intra-theater lift capability upgrade
increasing cargo capacity, vessel speed, and vessel self-
protection. The importance of modernizing the Army's
capabilities to provide the Joint Force with inter- and intra-
theater transportation of personnel and materiel, delivering
cargo from advanced bases and deep-draft strategic sealift
ships to harbors, inland waterways, remote and unimproved
beaches and coastlines, and denied or degraded ports cannot be
overstated.
The committee requires a better understanding of the Army's
plans to meet the challenging demands of contested logistics in
the USINDOPACOM theater specifically as it pertains to
watercraft. Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of
the Army to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed
Services by December 1, 2023 on Army watercraft programs,
opportunities to accelerate existing programs, and resources
required to execute required programs.
Combat Vehicle Crewman Headset
The committee is concerned with the prevalence of acoustic
trauma, hearing loss, and tinnitus amongst military service
members. Hearing acuity is a key component affecting combat
performance. The committee is aware of the Product Improved
Combat Vehicle Crewman (PICVC) Headset's use on tracked armored
vehicles such as the M1 Abrams Tank, the Bradley Fighting
Vehicle, and the Paladin vehicle, providing an operational
intercom and hearing protection. The committee is encouraged by
the PICVC's ability to provide full communication capability,
as well as active and passive noise reduction.
The committee is aware of the Army's final purchase of
approximately 50,000 PICVC headsets and is concerned with the
availability of replacement components, which would extend the
service life of these headsets until a replacement has been
developed, procured, and fielded to the force. Therefore, the
committee directs the Secretary of the Army to provide a report
to the House Committee on Armed Services by December 31, 2023
regarding the PICVC headsets used in tracked armored vehicles.
The report shall address the following issues:
(1) identification of replaceable headset components;
(2) supply chain availability of replaceable components
across the Defense Logistics Enterprise as of the report date;
(3) assessment of supply chain's ability to ensure PICVC
relevancy, functionality, and sustainability for the remainder
of its service life or until initial fielding of replacement;
and
(4) comprehensive plan to ensure sufficient stock of
replaceable components is available until a replacement has
been fielded to the force.
Improving cold weather mobility capability and safety
The committee is aware that the U.S. Army has a maneuver
capability gap within the tactical vehicle portfolio due to an
absence of winter-rated vehicle mobility solutions designed for
Arctic regions.
The committee believes the ability to equip such tactical
vehicles with winter-rated mobility solutions is of critical
importance for safety and operational success in the event of
an engagement in a future contested Arctic region. Therefore,
the committee supports the Army's efforts to build winter-rated
mobility solutions to improve the Army's capability and
readiness in the Arctic and to enhance the safety of its
personnel operating in such regions.
Integrated tactical network and crypto modernization
The committee notes that the Army's Handheld, Manpack, and
Small Form Fit (HMS) radio program is providing important
upgraded capabilities to soldiers, including modern crypto,
advanced networking waveforms, and Mobile User Objective System
satellite access. The committee appreciates that the Army has
embraced a commercial acquisition model with the HMS radio
program to allow vendors to leverage their own internal
research and development dollars to develop solutions to meet
warfighters' needs.
The HMS radio program includes the multi-channel Manpack
and the multi-channel Leader Radio. The committee appreciates
the Army's investments in this critical program and therefore
encourages the Army to continue to prioritize funding for this
program to meet fielding requirements for both the Manpack and
Leader Radio programs. Additionally, the committee encourages
the Army to ensure that communications capabilities the Army is
interested in procuring are part of its Integrated Tactical
Network, particularly those related to sensitive but
unclassified devices. The committee notes that the Department
of Defense Chief Information Officer requires a cybersecurity
strategy for all acquisitions of systems containing information
technology. Additionally, the committee notes that to ensure
all radios and systems meet cybersecurity guidelines, the Chief
Information Officer outlines a Risk Management Framework for
Department of Defense systems. As such, the committee notes the
importance of sensitive but unclassified assets conforming to
security, privacy, and cyber supply chain risk management
activities and leveraging the Risk Management Framework
process. Therefore, the committee encourages the Army to ensure
these minimum levels of security are met in any future
Integrated Tactical Network procurements.
Micro-Grid Charging Systems
The committee directs the Secretary of the Army to provide
to the House Armed Services Committee, a briefing, not later
than February 1, 2024, on efforts to adapt and test proven
integrated vehicle and stall-based micro-grid charging systems
using appropriate electric vehicles for nontactical
applications.
Modernization of armored brigade combat teams
The committee is eager to learn the progress the Department
of the Army is making on its efforts to modernize active
armored brigade combat teams (ABCTs) in accordance with ABCT
2030, as well as outline the action plan to complete these
modernization efforts.
Accordingly, the committee directs the Assistant Secretary
of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology, in
coordination with the Commanding General of Army Futures
Command, to submit a report to the congressional defense
committees not later than March 1, 2024, that details the
Army's progress incorporating the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle
to the fleet, training exercises utilizing the M109A7 Paladin
howitzer, fielding the M2A4 Bradley Fighting Vehicle, testing
the Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle, and transitioning the fleet
from the M1A1 Abrams tank to the M1A2 Sepv3 Abrams tank.
Soldier electromagnetic signature management
Critical to the Army's vision for future warfare is the
ability to manage its units' signatures across the
electromagnetic spectrum. Events in the current conflict in
Ukraine underscore the need for such capabilities and doctrinal
changes. During counterinsurgency operations, the Army was able
to engage in a much more permissible environment in regard to
electromagnetic signature management. However, as the Army
shifts focus from counterinsurgency operations to near-peer
competition, the committee is concerned that efforts between
training, maneuver, doctrine, and acquisitions to manage
electromagnetic signature lack cohesion.
The committee is concerned that there is a lack of
attention to how the Army oversees, adjudicates, and examines
its soldiers' electromagnetic signature management efforts
holistically. Moreover, the committee believes the Army must do
more to solicit combatant commanders' input from lessons
learned during operational employment of electromagnetic
signature management.
Tactical Scalable Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks
The committee is concerned that the Army is failing to
address the shortcomings of the Tactical Scalable Mobile Ad-Hoc
Network and their impact on Army network modernization efforts.
Moreover, the committee is concerned that the Army is not
leveraging commercially available, non-developmental
technologies to fill capability gaps and bolster the Army's
networking capabilities.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Army
to submit a report to the House Committee on Armed Services not
later than February 1, 2024, on the Army's efforts to leverage
commercially available capabilities in its network
modernization efforts and detail progress made in developing
the Army's Tactical Scalable Mobile Ad-Hoc Network
capabilities. The report shall address issues including, but
not limited to:
(1) efforts to improve network functionality while moving
and data throughput;
(2) efforts to integrate the Tactical Scalable Mobile Ad-
Hoc Network into Project Convergence;
(3) identification of any impediments that limit the
ability of the Army to consider other commercial-off-the-shelf
mobile ad-hoc network technologies that have previously been or
are currently being assessed;
(4) an assessment of other mobile ad-hoc network
capabilities in use today that are complementary to existing
Single Channel Ground and Airborne Radio Systems and legacy,
disparate communications-based systems; and
(5) an assessment of the current fleet of vehicles,
aircraft, and tactical operations centers not included in the
fiscal year 2023 capability set-aligned units that would
benefit from non-developmental mobile ad-hoc networks.
U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Ground Vehicles
Systems Center modeling and simulation tools
The committee recognizes the importance of modeling and
simulation (M&S) activities in combat vehicle development and
believes the Army should continue its approach to ensure
success.
Using M&S tools in the early stages of developing a
vehicle, prior to ``bending metal'' for a prototype and
production, will assist in rapidly fielding technology with a
clear understanding of the operational capability and reducing
development cost and time of physical prototyping in both the
early phases and throughout the life cycle.
Aircraft Procurement, Navy
Items of Special Interest
Ultra-Long Endurance unmanned aircraft system for persistent
intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance
The committee recognizes the importance of persistent,
attritable overhead intelligence, surveillance, and
reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities in providing real-time
situational awareness to warfighters and continuously
monitoring low-intensity, highly dispersed regions where
competing global powers are asserting influence. The committee
notes that current systems may be limited by payload,
endurance, and forward positioning.
The committee is aware of the ongoing development efforts
by the Office of Naval Research to create an operational
unmanned ISR capability. As such, the committee directs the
Secretary of the Navy to submit a report to the House Committee
on Armed Services not later than March 1, 2024, detailing the
development and implementation of Ultra-Long Endurance unmanned
aircraft system (ULE UAS) platforms. The report should include
the following elements:
(1) a description of the current development status of ULE
UAS platforms, including demonstrated capabilities and
performance metrics;
(2) a comparison of ULE UAS capabilities, payload capacity,
endurance, and operational lifecycle costs with existing Group
III systems;
(3) an analysis of the potential operational benefits and
cost savings of deploying ULE UAS systems across various
theaters of operation;
(4) an assessment of any results stemming from ULE UAS
experimentation with combatant commands; and
(5) an assessment of the feasibility of the integration of
ULE UAS platforms into the Department of the Navy's ISR
capabilities and strategies and any recommendations for further
development or procurement of ULE UAS systems.
Weapons Procurement, Navy
Items of Special Interest
Advanced Low-Cost Munitions Ordnance
The committee continues to support the accelerated
development, deployment, and production of the Advanced Low-
Cost Munitions Ordnance (ALaMO), a guided 57mm projectile, with
fire-and-forget capability. This projectile is designed to
counter the growing threats posed by small boat swarms,
unmanned aerial systems, and other emerging threats. The
Committee is aware that the ALaMO round has been tested to
confirm its effectiveness and that initial lot 1 LRIP
deliveries have occurred to the Navy, providing confidence that
Full Rate Production should continue. The Committee also
recognizes that supply chains for national defense items are
under stress and that component lead times for items critical
to ALaMO production have grown, eclipsing the annual government
fiscal year cycle. Therefore, the committee directs the
Secretary of the Navy to provide a briefing to House Committee
on Armed Services by March 31, 2024. The briefing should
include an assessment of the benefits that could be achieved by
ensuring the continuity of orders and economic order quantity
efficiencies that could be achieved through multiyear
procurement.
Persistent Overhead Naval Intelligence, Surveillance, and
Reconnaissance
The committee recognizes the importance of persistent,
overhead intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR)
capabilities in providing real-time situational awareness to
warfighters and continuously monitoring low intensity, highly
dispersed regions where competing global powers are asserting
influence.
The committee is aware of the ongoing efforts by the Naval
Aviation Systems Command to transition the Autonomous Maritime
Patrol Aircraft (AMPA) to U.S. Navy ownership in order to
enhance mission-specific development, testing and eventual
fielding.
As such, the committee directs the Secretary of the Navy to
submit a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not
later than March 1, 2024, detailing the transition pathway and
continued development strategy for the AMPA platform. The
report should include the following elements:
(1) a description of the current development status of the
AMPA platform, including demonstrated capabilities and
performance metrics;
(2) a comparison of existing UAS capabilities, payload
capacity, endurance, and operational lifecycle costs with
existing UAS systems;
(3) an analysis of the potential operational benefits and
cost savings of deploying the AMPA UAS systems across various
theaters of operation;
(4) an assessment of the feasibility of the integration of
the AMPA platform into the Department of the Navy's ISR
capabilities and strategies and any recommendations for further
development of the AMPA UAS system.
Shipborne air defense
The committee is concerned about People's Liberation Army
activities in the Pacific Ocean and their acquisition of
medium- and lower tier cruise missiles and other air threats
that pose risks to U.S. naval assets. In addition to the higher
end threats that the Aegis Combat System is built to defeat,
carrier strike groups, amphibious vessels, and smaller ships
may be the target of large salvos of lower flying and less
expensive missiles that can oversaturate existing U.S. naval
air defense systems. Therefore, the committee directs the
Secretary of the Navy to provide a briefing to the House
Committee on Armed Services not later than March 31, 2024, on
options for integrating lower cost and combat-proven air
defense capabilities into its fleet, including littoral combat
ships, landing platform docks, destroyers, and ships operating
either independently or remotely from a carrier strike group,
to protect against cruise missile and other short- and medium-
range air and missile threats.
Sonobuoy production
The budget request included $311.2 million for sonobuoy
production. The current operational tempo for the Maritime
Patrol Aircraft (MPA) hasn't been observed since the Cold War.
The result is sonobuoy expenditures consistently exceed the
Navy's projected annual expenditure rates forcing sonobuoy
inventories below Navy's peacetime and war-reserve inventory
minimum munition requirements. In addition, the Navy has fully
transitioned its Active Duty MPA forces to the P-8A and will
transition the two Reserve P-3C squadrons to the P-8A by 2024.
After Reserve transition, MPA forces will be capable of
expending 53 percent more sonobuoys per sortie than the
previous P-3C MPA force. The committee understands the Navy is
working hard to bring up inventories of sonobuoys. Expanding
facilities to support the additional raw material flow and
manufacturing processes is important. The committee supports
additional funds to expand the sonobuoy industrial base. The
committee recommends $313.7 million, an increase of $2.5
million, for sonobuoy production.
U.S. Navy hypersonic strike capability
The committee recognizes the United States has actively
pursued development of hypersonic weapons for both the Army
(Long Range Hypersonic Weapon, LRHW) and the Navy (Conventional
Prompt Strike, CPS). The committee is aware and supportive of
the progress made in LRHW launcher development, ongoing CPS
launcher development and All Up Rounds (AURs) for U.S. Navy
Virginia-class submarines and DDG 1000 Zumwalt-class
destroyers. The committee is supportive of these initial
efforts and is interested in increasing deployment options and
the capacity of CPS missiles into the surface fleet.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Navy
to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services
not later than April 15, 2024, on expanding hypersonic strike
capabilities to additional naval platforms. The briefing should
include, at a minimum, how the MK 41 Vertical Launching System
cells on DDGs can be modified to take on CPS-sized missiles for
future and current classes of Navy warships, estimated costs to
implement such modifications, and potential impacts to the
existing missions of the DDG fleet.
Unmanned Carrier Aviation Mission Control System
The committee supports the Unmanned Carrier Aviation
Mission Control System (UMCS) which manages all aircraft
carrier and shore-based infrastructure modifications and
systems integration needed for MQ-25 operations. Installing the
UMCS on aircraft carriers occurs over two maintenance
availabilities and takes time to field making the funding
requirement appear early to need. Therefore, the committee
encourages the Navy to prioritize the UMCS installations and
continue to message when funds are needed.
Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy
Items of Special Interest
Amphibious Small Crafts and Next-Generation Expeditionary and
Reconnaissance Watercraft for Littoral Operations
The committee applauds the Marine Reserves, the Marine
Corps Warfighting Laboratory, and the Defense Innovation Unit
for their recent efforts to assess small, multi-role watercraft
suitable for reduced signature, distributed reconnaissance and
counter-reconnaissance operations in the littoral zone.
Per the National Defense Authorization Act of Fiscal Year
2023, the Marine Corps has longstanding, identified gaps and
requirements for reconnaissance battalions' need for advanced
reconnaissance and insertion craft. Littoral maneuver from the
sea will support the control of key maritime terrain and choke
points. Empowering small tactical units to operate on multi-
mission reconnaissance craft with lower signature and greater
mobility will deliver capability with outsize influence,
surveillance, collections, target acquisition, battlespace
shaping and reconnaissance. The committee supports acquiring a
modern platform with software agnostic features for modularity
and advanced sensors and communications capabilities to enhance
interoperability, deception, survivability, and lethality. This
capability will support emerging critical needs that have the
potential to launch and recovery various sizes of unmanned
systems platforms with kinetic and non-kinetic payloads to
include the launch of mines.
While the Marine Corps has studied this problem for several
years, the urgent National Security needs of our nation,
particularly the INDOPACOM area of responsibility, make solving
the capability gap urgent.
Therefore, the committee encourages the Commandant of the
Marine Corps to prioritize procurement of small, tactically
mobile watercraft for test and evaluation in order to determine
specific capability needs such as advanced sensor and reduced
signature features, and software agnostic, open system
architecture attributes. These maritime platforms must possess
the ability to execute operator insertion and reconnaissance
missions for distributed, forward operations in austere
expeditionary environments.
The committee directs the Secretary of the Navy, in
coordination with the Commandant of the Marine Corps, to
provide a briefing to the House Armed Services Committee by
February 1, 2024, At a minimum, the briefing shall address the
following issues:
(1) potential uses for an amphibious small craft vessel
that can transition from water to land seamlessly to help
support insertion/extraction of troops and/or equipment,
surveillance, interdiction, rescue and first response
operations.
(2) existing technologies/crafts available including any
commercially available options.
(3) any plans for procurement.
DDG 51 degaussing
The committee is concerned about the threat posed by
magnetic mines, particularly as it pertains to adversaries'
anti-access/area denial strategies. For the past several years,
Congress required the Navy to review the threat and funded
lightweight advanced degaussing systems to counter magnetic
mines. However, the committee remains concerned about the
Navy's lack of a comprehensive plan to ensure that Arleigh
Burke-class destroyers are adequately protected.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Navy
to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services
not later that December 15, 2023, on the Navy's plan to
modernize the DDG 51 to effectively mitigate the threat from
magnetic mines. The report should include at a minimum the
following information:
(1) an assessment of the threat from magnetic influence
mines; and
(2) a cost estimate to install lightweight advanced
degaussing systems on all DDG 51 class destroyers.
Explosion welding for shipbuilding
The committee is aware that multiple Department of Defense
systems rely on explosion welding to produce components from
dissimilar metals. The U.S. industrial base currently has one
large explosion welding facility, which has been in operation
for 60 years. Due to natural wear after thousands of explosion
events, the committee supports recapitalization to allow for
continued operations and to prevent the outsourcing for these
dissimilar metal composites that can only be produced by
explosion welding.
LPD 33
The committee continues to support the statutory
operational requirement of no less than 31 amphibious warships.
The committee is concerned by efforts to pause or delay
amphibious ship construction, particularly those that may
result in plans for less capable ships. The committee supports
funding for LPD 33 in fiscal year 2024, and is concerned that
further delay of amphibious warship construction plans could
result in additional costs and harm to the shipyard industrial
base.
Plan for offshore support vessels in the Pacific area of responsibility
U.S. Transportation Command was designated as the Executive
Agent for Bulk Fuel Management in the James M. Inhofe National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-
263) and is responsible for the distribution of fuel to meet
geographic combatant commanders' operational requirements. The
Maritime Administration is currently implementing the Tanker
Security Program to provide inter-theater tanker capacity, but
the committee is concerned about how Transportation Command
will access or procure intra-theater and coastal tanker
capability. Therefore, the committee directs the Commander of
U.S. Transportation Command to provide a briefing to the House
Committee on Armed Services not later than December 1, 2023, on
a strategy to procure or assure access to offshore support
vessels or other similar vessels for fuel distribution. The
briefing shall include relevant details on timelines to meet
requirements, vessel specifications, and vessel ownership.
U.S. Ship Design Capabilities
The committee recognizes the importance of maintaining
vibrant national shipbuilding infrastructure as our nation's
shipyards are a critical national security asset. The committee
also believes that ship design and maritime engineering
capability in the United States has not been adequately
prioritized in recent years. This workforce is critical in
solving emerging maritime challenges, supporting our nation in
time of national emergency, and providing high quality STEM
careers for both high school and college graduates. The United
States has enjoyed a long history of leadership in ship design
and continued advancement of this skillset is critical to our
maritime future particularly in large volume ship design.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense, in
coordination with the Secretary of Transportation, to provide a
briefing to the House Armed Services Committee not later than
March 1, 2024, detailing efforts to engage U.S. companies with
U.S. based workforces for design of future sealift and other
vessels to ensure that the United States maintains a robust and
skilled ship design and engineering workforce.
Other Procurement, Navy
Items of Special Interest
Aegis SPY-1 fleet sustainability
The committee recognizes the urgent need to deliver
improved maritime warfighting capability to combatant
commanders, and critical to this mission is maintaining Aegis
destroyers until the end of their service lives. The committee
is aware that the AN/SPY-1 radar production line closed in
2022, and that Aegis destroyers equipped with the AN/SPY-1
radar are projected to be in the fleet until 2060. The
committee supports a comprehensive technical refresh and
sustainment plan to keep those Aegis destroyers mission capable
in order to meet evolving maritime and ballistic missile
threats.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Navy
to submit a report to the House Committee on Armed Services not
later than January 31, 2024, on specific initiatives to improve
AN/SPY-1 radar performance, provide comprehensive materiel
sustainment, and mitigate future obsolescence issues of the AN/
SPY-1 radar systems in the fleet for the remaining service life
of the AN/SPY-1 radar system.
Next Generation Surface Search Radar
The committee is aware that the AN/SPS-73(V)18 Next
Generation Surface Search Radar (NGSSR) is a multi-mission
software configurable radar that delivers improved situational
awareness capabilities to the U.S. Navy surface fleet through
advancements in safe navigation, periscope detection, fast
attack defense, and drone detection. When fully integrated into
the Aegis and Ship Self-Defense combat systems, the NGSSR will
replace up to five existing radars, enabling common interfaces,
displays, and reducing sparing deficiencies afflicting current
radar systems. NGSSR will also improve watch stander readiness,
training proficiency, navigation skills, and warfighting
capabilities.
The committee is pleased that the NGSSR has successfully
achieved all phases of developmental testing and has
transitioned to full rate production, with radar systems being
delivered to shipyards for installation across the surface
fleet, including: aircraft carriers, guided-missile destroyers,
guided-missile cruisers, guided-missile frigates, and
amphibious platforms. However, the committee is concerned about
the slow pace of the Navy's current NGSSR ship installation and
contract funding execution. Further delays run contrary to
recommendations included in the October 2017 Commander Fleet
Forces Comprehensive Review related to the USS McCain and USS
Fitzgerald collisions, which mandated the acceleration of NGSSR
fielding.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Navy
in coordination with the Chief of Naval Operations to submit a
report to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than
December 1, 2023, about the Navy's plan to improve the pace of
NGSSR installations and to restore full rate production and
funding execution for additional shipsets to support the
requirement for rapid fielding of this essential radar upgrade
across the surface fleet. The report should describe where
additional resources will be required to accelerate the
timeline for NGSSR installations onboard Navy ships and to
increase shipset production to get this enhanced capability
into the hands of sailors.
Procurement, Marine Corps
Items of Special Interest
Study on Maneuver Support Vessel and Landing Ship Medium joint venture
The committee continues to support multiyear and block buy
procurement authority, and is interested in the feasibility,
cost, and strategic benefits of combining the Army Maneuver
Support Vessel (MSV) and Navy/Marine Landing Ship Medium (LSM)
programs into a shared base platform contract to expedite
production, provide cost savings from block buys and higher
quantity and guarantee contracts, and the series of options to
make this possible in the most efficient timeline to provide
capability to forces in-theater faster.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Navy
to submit a report to the House Committee on Armed Services not
later than December 15, 2023, on the feasibility of a joint
venture between the Department of the Army and the Department
of the Navy for joint contracts, shared platform development,
and block buys for the MSV and the LSM programs. The report
shall include the following information:
(1) the requirements for each program that can and cannot
be met with a shared base platform;
(2) the value and cost savings of contracting the shared
base platform under the same contract and builder;
(3) the value and cost savings of contracting the platforms
as described in (2) as a block buy;
(4) a series of options, approaches, and timelines to
bidding these programs jointly, including detailing service
acquisitions authorities and divided financing; and
(5) the effect of a multiple platform (MSV/LSM) acquisition
plan and block buy on force development, and in-theater
logistics and fleet capability.
Aircraft Procurement, Air Force
Items of Special Interest
Air Force Fighter Force Structure
The committee is concerned that the Air Force fighter fleet
has declined by nearly 60 percent since the 1991 Gulf War and
is projected to lose approximately 400 additional fighter
aircraft by the end of fiscal year 2029. The committee notes
with concern that the fighter fleet is the now smallest in Air
Force history and lacks sufficient capacity to meet combatant
command requirements today. In this context, the committee
believes that further reductions will significantly increase
operational demands on a diminishing inventory of fighter
aircraft and personnel and create conditions for an impending
readiness crisis. The committee acknowledges the Department of
the Air Force's stated intent to modernize the fighter fleet
but concludes that its current procurement plan is insufficient
and will fail to deliver the fighter capacity and capability
required by the National Defense Strategy. Finally, the
committee is concerned that without procurement of additional
fighter aircraft in the near term, fighter squadrons in the
Total Force will soon be deactivated or re-missioned, resulting
in the permanent loss of experienced fighter pilots and
maintenance personnel.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Air
Force, in coordination with the Commander, Air Combat Command,
the Director of the Air National Guard, and the Chief, Air
Force Reserve Command to provide a report to the House
Committee on Armed Services not later than January 19, 2024,
with a plan to meet Air Force fighter capacity requirements.
The report should include:
(1) the number of Total Force fighter squadrons required to
meet steady-state and war-time capacity requirements;
(2) how the Air Force plans to modernize and recapitalize
the active, reserve, and guard fighter fleets to achieve the
required number of Total Force squadrons;
(3) authorities and resource requirements necessary to
provide sufficient demand to industry to increase fighter
aircraft production to prevent the closure or re-missioning of
Total Force fighter squadrons;
(4) an explanation of how Collaborative Combat Aircraft
(CCA) are accounted for in capacity analysis; and
(5) an explanation of how the Air Force will meet fighter
capacity requirements should CCA operational fielding be
cancelled or delayed.
Air National Guard fighter recapitalization
The committee is concerned with the aging and shrinking
nature of the Air National Guard fighter fleet. The committee
notes that during Operation Desert Storm, Air Combat Command
fielded 139 fighter squadrons, 49 of which belonged to the Air
National Guard, whereas of January 1, 2023, Air Combat Command
fields 81 squadrons, only 25 of which are allocated to the Air
National Guard.
Given the rising challenges posed by near-peer competitors
such as Russia and China, and operational deployment
commitments that may occur in other, less than highly contested
threat environments, the committee is concerned that the
shrinking of the fighter fleet, and particularly the loss of
force structure and manpower resources in the Air National
Guard, poses a serious national security challenge.
The committee believes that the F-15EX could serve a
critical need as a cost-effective, highly versatile airframe
capable of performing air superiority, homeland defense and
interdiction missions. The committee encourages the Secretary
of the Air Force and the Chief of the National Guard Bureau to
commit any additional procurement of the F-15EX above the
program of record for the purpose of full recapitalization of
any Air National Guard A-10 squadrons currently planned to lose
their fighter missions.
Air national guard KC-135 association
The committee is aware that Air National Guard active
associations provide additional air refueling capability. The
committee has also heard in testimony that aerial refueling
capacity is sufficient but, under the new National Defense
Strategy, has an elevated risk. The committee directs the
Secretary of the Air Force to brief the House Committee on
Armed Services no later than 1 November 2023 on the potential
increase in air refueling capacity to make all remaining KC-135
units active associations, and all cost savings, to include
manpower, of moving all KC-135 units to active associations.
C-40 aircraft
The committee supports the added funding to the C-40
aircraft. The committee is concerned about the aging fleet
given the operational demands placed on the Active Duty, Air
National Guard, and Air Force Reserve C-40 aircraft. The
committee also understands that due to economic impacts on the
commercial airline market, there may be affordable inventory
that could be converted at a low cost to ensure aircraft
availability for Government senior leaders, including combatant
commanders. Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of
Air Force to submit a report to the congressional defense
committees not later than October 1, 2023, that includes a
market survey of available aircraft that could be modified for
executive airlift, the total cost impact of such an action, and
a recommendation on the future fleet size for all C-40
aircraft.
EC-37B Compass Call Force Requirements
The committee is concerned that the current programmed
fleet size of 10 EC37B Compass Call aircraft is insufficient to
meet Combatant Command contingency requirements in a contested
electromagnetic spectrum environment. The committee notes that
EC-37B is the only dedicated airborne electronic attack
platform in the Air Force inventory and is designed to provide
the joint force with a significant tactical advantage in a
potential conflict against a peer competitor. However, the
committee is concerned that an insufficient fleet size will
leave the joint force vulnerable in the electromagnetic
spectrum during a potential conflict. Therefore, the committee
directs the Secretary of the Air Force, in coordination with
the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Commander,
Air Combat Command to provide a report to the House Committee
on Armed Services not later than March 1, 2024 on the Air
Force's plan to meet Combatant Command EC-37B capacity
requirements. The report should include:
(1) the number of EC-37B Compass Call aircraft required to
meet contingency capacity requirements for the Combatant
Commands;
(2) a procurement strategy that would allow the Air Force
to meet these requirements by 2027;
(3) additional resources that would be required to support
the number of aircraft required; and
(4) equivalent partner nation capabilities that can be
leveraged to meet Combatant Command capacity requirements.
F-16 Integrated Viper Electronic Warfare Suite
The budget request contained $98.6 million in PE 0207133F
for research and development and $297.3 million in procurement
for F-16 modernization but did not include any funding for the
continued development, procurement, and installation of the
Integrated Viper Electronic Warfare Suite (IVEWS) advanced
electronic attack and self-protection system for the post-block
F-16 aircraft of the Air Force.
The committee notes that the Air Force unexpectedly and
unjustifiably removed previously planned funding for the F-16
IVEWS system which has successfully demonstrated to provide
more advanced self-protection capabilities for the post-block
F-16 aircraft against threats expected to be encountered in a
highly contested combat threat environment against near-peer
integrated air defense systems. The committee questions the Air
Force's motives regarding this action and maintains that this
action would negatively impact F-16 survivability and lethality
in future threat environments and could lead to the Air Force
proposing to retire in the future a significant amount of post-
block F-16 aircraft.
Therefore, the committee recommends $139.2 million, an
increase of $40.6 million, in PE 0207133F for research and
development and $427.8 million, an increase of $130.5 million,
for procurement and restoration of the IVEWS capability for Air
Force F-16 aircraft.
Infrared hardware suppression report
The committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a
report by January 31, 2024 to the House Committee on Armed
Services on the evolving threat that portable surface-to-air
missile systems pose to joint force and the Department of
Defense's designation of engine infrared suppression hardware
for the C-130J, and relevant variants, as a critical
modernization need to bolster countermeasure effectiveness and
left-of-launch defeat.
The report should contain the following information:
(1) Technical challenges and programmatic delays in
fielding infrared suppression hardware on the AC-130J gunship
variant;
(2) Whether the Department of Defense conducted no wing and
engine impact analysis flight testing prior to selecting a non-
U.S. suppressor design without the blocking vane technology
successfully fielded on AC-130W with minimize structural
fatigue;
(3) The risk to operational readiness and operating cost
should structural failures occur as a result of the selected
AC-130J infrared suppression hardware;
(4) The structural and lifecycle cost impact analysis
conducted for the selected AC-130J infrared suppressor
technology;
(5) The plans to field engine infrared suppression
equipment across the Air Force, Air National Guard, Navy and
Marine Corps C-130J fleets; and
(6) The compounding risk to fleetwide deployment should no
approved alternative C-130J infrared suppression source be
available and whether the testing of a secondary C-130J
infrared suppression hardware system sourced in the United
States is necessary.
Mobility Guardian report
The committee understands Mobility Guardian is Air Mobility
Command's (AMC) largest full-spectrum readiness exercise. This
exercise demonstrates AMC readiness to move military personnel
and equipment in combat operations and conduct Rapid Global
Mobility on behalf of the National Defense Strategy. The
committee also understands this exercise is where AMC looks at
new concepts to employ mobility assets and test tactics,
techniques, and procedures. The committee directs the Commander
of Air Mobility Command to provide a briefing, including a
classified annex, to the House Committee on Armed Services by
December 1, 2023, on all lessons learned during Air Mobility
Guardian 2023.
Mobility tactical data link
The committee understands connectivity of mobility forces
is essential to support the National Defense Strategy. The
committee believes the Air Force needs to move faster to
provide tactical data links for mobility weapons platforms. The
committee directs the Commander, Air Combat Command, as the
Executive Agent for Airborne Communication, to provide a
briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not later
than December 1, 2023, on the priority plan for all mobility
aircraft tactical datalink procurement.
National Airborne Operations Center recapitalization
The committee notes that the aging E-4B National Airborne
Operations Center (NAOC) fleet requires recapitalization and
modernized systems to ensure it maintains sufficient aircraft
availability and communications reliability to perform nuclear
command, control, and communications (NC3) missions for the
duration of its service life. The committee further recognizes
that going forward, a replacement airframe, the Survivable
Airborne Operations Center (SAOC), is required to ensure a
robust, airborne communications layer for NC3.
The committee understands that the SAOC weapon system will
be comprised of a Commercial Derivative Aircraft, mission
systems, and ground support systems, with an Engineering and
Manufacturing Development award currently scheduled for the
first quarter of fiscal year 2024. The committee is encouraged
by the program's effort to maintain a competitive acquisition
to ensure the Air Force receives a final platform with open
architecture, has built in growth and modernization capacity,
and reduces costly operation and sustainment costs.
The committee directs the Secretary of the Air Force to
provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not
later than December 1, 2023, on the status of efforts to
sustain the NAOC and field the SAOC. Additionally, the
committee encourages the Secretary to maintain the current
recapitalization schedule in order to replace the aging fleet
and field the more capable aircraft by the 2032 Required Assets
Available date.
Procurement of C-130 engine upgrade kits
The Committee recognizes that the Air National Guard C-130H
fleet continues to undergo a comprehensive propulsion upgrade
program comprised of an engine enhancement package and new
eight-bladed propellers. Combined, the systems deliver
significant improvements in safety, fuel economy, and aircraft
availability.
The committee understand the Air National Guard aims to
complete the installation of both engine and propeller upgrades
across all Series 3 C-130H aircraft by calendar year 2025. The
Committee is concerned that multiple state units remain without
programmed engine upgrades. The Committee is also concerned
there is a potential desynchronization in planning that
resulted in no Fiscal Year 2024 base funding for engine kit
procurement.
The Committee directs the Deputy Director of Plans and
Requirements, Air National Guard, in coordination with the
Director of the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center
Propulsion Directorate to brief the congressional defense
committees not later than February 1, 2024, on the status of
the C-130H propulsion upgrade program. This briefing shall, at
a minimum, detail the National Guard Bureau's execution of
congressionally directed funding for Series 3.5 engine
enhancement kit procurement over the last five fiscal years and
funding requirements for completing fleetwide fielding of
engine enhancement kits, including engine spares and parts, by
the calendar year 2025.
T-38 Engine Availability Shortage
The Air Force's fighter and bomber pilot training program
depends on the T38 Talon, an aircraft training platform that
has been in service for over 60 years. The T-38's aging
airframe, especially its General Electric J85 turbojet engines,
requires significant maintenance, and spare parts are becoming
increasingly difficult to procure. The committee notes that in
May, 2020, the Air Force switched from performing organically
sourced engine maintenance on T-38 engines to relying upon
contractor logistics and maintenance support for performing
full overhauls.
The committee is concerned that in recent years T-38
sorties have declined due to a lack of serviceable J85 engines.
Problems with spare parts and limited fiscal resources have
created a maintenance backlog preventing aircraft from flying,
thereby constraining the number of pilots the Air Force can
produce, and thus exacerbating its current pilot shortage.
Three years of delays for procurement of the Air Force's
new fighter trainer, the T-7 Red Hawk, amplifies the impact of
the J85 engine shortage as the Air Force is compelled to
continue to rely upon the T-38 as the Air Force awaits the
arrival of the new training aircraft. Consequently with the T-
7's expected delivery rate, the Air Force will continue
reliance upon the T-38 in pilot training for the foreseeable
future.
In order to ensure airworthy T-38 aircraft and continued
Air Force pilot production capability and capacity, the
committee directs the Secretary of the Air Force to provide a
briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not later
than January 31, 2024 on the status of the T-38 fleet and its
J85 engine availability. The briefing should include:
(1) an overview of the T-38 fleet, including airworthiness
and readiness rates;
(2) the strategic maintenance plan for the T-38;
(3) J85 engine readiness and availability rates;
(4) impacts of the T-7 program's delays on the lifespan of
the T-38 fleet;
(5) an analysis of canceled or curtailed sorties caused by
T-38 engine availability and performance, and T-7 program
delays; and,
(6) the Secretary's plan to increase T-38 sortie generation
rates to increase pilot production capacity.
T-7 Advanced Trainer Procurement Acceleration Roadmap
Fielding the T-7 Redhawk is critical to improving the
safety, quality, and throughput of Air Force pilot training.
The committee is concerned about schedule delays to the T-7
program, particularly given the rapid deterioration of the T-38
fleet and the urgent need for a more relevant trainer for
pilots of next generation aircraft.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Air
Force to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed
Services not later than March 1, 2024 on options to expedite
procurement and fielding of the T-7 aircraft and associated
ground-based training systems. The briefing shall include:
(1) options for program acceleration with the
identification of any additional authorities or resources
required;
(2) consideration of expediting Milestone C for the
aircraft or ground-based training systems and increasing the
pace of procurement and deliveries;
(3) an update on other requirements for successful fielding
and operations, such as facilities, spare parts availability,
necessary ground support equipment, sufficient manpower, and
relevant training for personnel; and
(4) a summary of primary limiting factors preventing the
timeline from being accelerated beyond what the Air Force
believes feasible.
Tanker recapitalization
The committee believes nothing reduces weapon system costs
and improves contractor performance efficiencies and innovation
more than competition. The committee believes that where it
makes sense contracts should be full and open competition.
Unmanned aircraft system units with geographically separated launch and
recovery elements
The committee notes the significantly increased demand in
continuation training requirements for the remotely piloted
aircraft enterprise currently supplied wholly by Air National
Guard launch and recovery elements. Operating a launch and
recovery element not co-located with the mission control
element produces inefficiencies.
As such, the committee directs the Secretary of the Air
Force, in coordination with the Chief of the National Guard
Bureau, to submit a report to the House Committee on Armed
Services not later than March 1, 2024, on remotely piloted
aircraft units with launch and recovery elements that are
geographically separated from mission control and maintenance
elements. Specifically, this report should assess the potential
benefits of co-locating these activities in order to improve
efficiencies and reduce operational costs. The report should
include both a findings and recommendations section.
VC-25A consideration
The committee understands the VC-25B program is 26 months
behind schedule. As a result, the VC-25A will have to go
through one more heavy maintenance period costing approximately
$100.0 million. The committee believes the Air Force should ask
for consideration from the contractor for the additional cost.
Missile Procurement, Air Force
Items of Special Interest
Air to Air Missiles
The committee supports the Air Force's work on modernizing
its arsenal of air-to-air missiles, acknowledges their
criticality to effective deterrence, and if necessary, combat
operations. The committee recognizes that work is currently
underway to replace the AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air to
Air Missile with the AIM-260 Joint Air Tactical Missile but
notes that the AIM-260 is yet to be fielded. The committee
notes that a more comprehensive and integrated approach to air-
to-air missile development is needed to remain competitive
against strategic competitors as it reduces the time between
capability improvements, fosters increased competition, builds
a stronger and more resilient defense industrial base, and
improves production capacity. The committee also recognizes
that improvements to requirements, integration, and testing are
required to support more rapid development and fielding of air-
to-air weapons.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense
to provide a briefing to the House Armed Services Committee,
not later than February 1, 2024, on a plan to execute a more
comprehensive, integrated, and rapid approach to air-to-air
missile acquisition and development to include:
(1) strategies and policies for executing air-to-air
weapons missile programs that provides more integrated and
rapid capability advances while strengthening the defense
industrial base;
(2) plans to streamline and accelerate the integration and
testing of multiple air-to-air munitions across weapon systems
to include an evaluation of whether weapons open system
architecture is being implemented;
(3) strategies to ensure effective coordination and
collaboration across military services to leverage cross-
service development and testing efficiencies;
(4) an evaluation of whether additional infrastructure, and
any resources required in such case to support air-to-air
weapons evaluations at open-air testing ranges, would support
acceleration of air-to-air missile development programs;
(5) an evaluation of whether the use of unmanned aircraft
as a launch platform for early air to air missile development
would enable accelerated development at lower risk;
(6) and, a list of any additional resources or authorities
required to execute the Department's strategy.
Other Procurement, Air Force
Items of Special Interest
Deployable Air Base System
The Committee understands that the United States Air
Force's Agile Combat Employment (ACE) concept is critical to
support a resilient and dispersed posture, both in Europe and
in the Indo-Pacific. Central to the success of this initiative
is the Deployable Air Base System (DABS), which includes
culpabilities such as basic expeditionary airfield resources,
fuels support equipment, expeditionary airfield and ground
logistics equipment, and rapid airfield damage recovery
machinery. Unfortunately, delivery of this critical capability
has faced consistent challenges, many of which were detailed in
Department of Defense Inspector General Report 2019-040. In
light of the importance of a dispersed and resilient posture,
particularly in the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM)
area of operations, the committee directs the Secretary of the
Air Force to provide a briefing to the House Armed Services
Committee not later than January 1, 2024 on each of the
following:
(1) A list of actions taken pursuant to the DoD Inspector
General Report 2019-040, along with the status of those
actions.
(2) A comprehensive assessment of the status of DABS,
including an inventory of complete deployable air base systems,
industrial base capacity, readiness rates, and total cost per
system.
(3) An overview of the training programs and deployment
exercises associated with DABS, including any identified
challenges or opportunities for improvement.
(4) A detailed review of the funding allocated to DABS
relative to operational requirements.
(5) An examination of potential enhancements or
modifications to improve the system's flexibility,
responsiveness, or capability, particularly in the USINDOPACOM
area of operations.
(6) An update on any technological innovations or upgrades
implemented or planned within the DABS program.
(7) A detailed breakdown of the USINDOPACOM requirement for
DABS to facilitate ACE.
(8) An analysis of the optimal DABS pre-positioned
deployment posture, in particular between USINDOPACOM and U.S.
European Command.
Procurement, Defense-Wide
Items of Special Interest
Collaborative autonomous systems in support of Joint All-Domain Command
and Control
The committee commends the Department of Defense for its
investments and technological advances in artificial
intelligence-enabled autonomous systems, which have saved
lives, reduced operator cognitive load, and extended
situational awareness. The committee believes that the next
steps of integration of these developing systems with each
other and with human operators are critical to speeding problem
solving, decision making, and enhancing survivability,
resiliency, and lethality.
The committee emphasizes the importance of integrating
these autonomous systems and facilitating their communication
using the tenets of Joint All-Domain Command and Control
(JADC2) enabling concepts such as ``Deterrence by Denial'' and
Deterrence by Resilience.'' The committee urges the Department
to continue to expand coordinated development of these systems
and their integration, supporting a robust and diverse
industrial base in autonomous systems, software-defined
autonomy, and joint all-domain communications solutions.
In order to achieve rapid technological advancement and
adoption, the committee recommends the Department to:
(1) support the separation of autonomy capabilities from
hardware providers, extending the life cycle and mission-
relevance of the hardware;
(2) continue challenge-based rapid prototyping and
procurement programs, ensuring a clear path to integration of
successful prototypes into programs of record;
(3) continue cross-service JADC2 procurement programs, such
as Project Overmatch, Advanced Battle Management System, and
Project Convergence; and
(4) promote diversity in the defense industrial base,
supporting small and non-traditional businesses leading
innovation in these areas.
The committee encourages further investment and focus on
the advancement of ongoing efforts, including networked,
collaborative autonomous systems; collaborative combat
aircraft; and cross-domain artificial intelligence training and
development tools.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense
to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services
not later than March 1, 2024, detailing a comprehensive plan to
resource and advance these critical concepts and technologies.
Cost-Benefit Analysis of Polyethylene-based and Polystyrene-based Food
Service Products Used by the Department of Defense
The committee is concerned about the costs to the
Department of Defense and host nations associated with the
disposal of high volumes of polyethylene-based and polystyrene-
based food service products required for domestic and overseas
operations. The committee urges the Department to consider
purchasing domestically produced food service product
alternatives for all operations should a cost comparison
indicate the disposal costs of polyethylene-based and
polystyrene-based food service products are more expensive.
Multiyear Procurement of Rare Earth Minerals
The committee is concerned that our dependence on importing
processed rare earth metals from adversarial nations presents a
significant risk of supply chain disruption to the United
States and our allies. This is particularly true with respect
to China, which controls approximately 85 percent of critical
mineral processing, including rare earth elements necessary for
U.S. defense applications. The committee recognizes that China
has, in the past, threatened to leverage its dominant position
in the rare earth market to retaliate against the United States
and our allies by restricting rare earth exports. China has
also used its virtual monopoly to manipulate the price of rare
earths, including lowering prices to bankrupt overseas
competitors. The committee understands that multiyear
procurement by the Department can help ensure a sufficient
stockpile of rare earths and protect the nascent domestic
processing industry from Chinese market manipulation. Multiyear
procurement contracts can also offer significant benefits to
the federal government, including cost savings, improved
planning, increased efficiency, enhanced competitiveness, and
improved contractor performance. Given both the importance and
exigency of establishing a reliable supply of domestically
processed rare earth metals for military readiness, the
committee encourages the Department to prioritize mature,
proven technologies.
National Guard and Reserve Equipment Account
The budget request contained no funds for a National Guard
and Reserve Equipment Account. The committee has long been
concerned about the availability of dual use and modern
equipment needed to ensure the relevance and readiness of the
National Guard and Reserve Components as an operational reserve
and for their domestic support missions. The committee notes
that the annual National Guard and Reserve Equipment Reports
over the last several years identify continuing shortages in
modernized equipment and challenges associated with efficiently
fulfilling combat readiness training requirements.
The committee believes additional funds would help manage
strategic risk and eliminate identified critical dual-use
equipment shortfalls. The committee expects these funds to be
used for the purposes of, but not limited to, the procurement
and modernization of equipment and programs such as
communications interoperability improvements for Weapons of
Mass Destruction Civil Support Teams; Long Range, Lightweight
Mesh Network Radios; Cross-Cloud Threat Hunting Cyber Security;
Transportable Tactical Command Communications upgrades; Non-
Lethal Capabilities for Civil Support; Joint Threat Emitter
Simulators; and other critical dual-use and readiness unfunded
procurement items for the National Guard and Reserve
Components.
The committee recommends $100.0 million for National Guard
and Reserve equipment.
Non-Standard Commercial Vehicle
The committee recognizes the importance of the Non-Standard
Commercial Vehicle (NSCV) in enabling U.S. Special Operations
Command (USSOCOM) operations in hostile and austere
environments to advance U.S. interests. As the current NSCV
fleet is nearing the end of its current service life, the
committee recognizes the importance of NSCV's lifecycle
replacement and encourages USSOCOM to field the appropriate
number of vehicles per year to meet the operational needs of
the NSCV fleet. The committee supports NSCV requirements and
encourages the Commander of USSOCOM to continue to fully fund
this requirement as part of the President's annual budget
request until the completion of the contract.
Operational assessment of installation defense using directed energy
capabilities against unmanned aircraft systems and unmanned
aircraft system swarms
Reported unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) incidents have
increased from 63 in 2020 to 115 in 2022. Rogue and malicious
drones have interfered with sporting events, caused airport
shutdowns, violated border laws, delivered illegal contraband
into prisons, and damaged critical infrastructure. The
committee believes high-power microwave systems must continue
to advance the effectiveness of waveforms against new UAS
software and hardware to effectively counter the escalating UAS
and UAS swarm threat.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense
to submit a report to the congressional defense committees not
later than March 1, 2024, on the operational assessment of its
installation defense capabilities to defeat UAS threats and
recommendations for required changes or modifications to
equipment, procedures, regulations, or existing laws to
operationally employ directed energy. The assessment should
include the following information:
(1) operation of high-energy lasers, high-power microwaves,
and other emerging directed energy technologies;
(2) ability to defeat UAS threats at operationally relevant
distances;
(3) ability to integrate with other counter-UAS systems and
existing security infrastructure;
(4) ability to rapidly transport and set up;
(5) ability to regulate defeat distances;
(6) ability to safely operate on U.S. installations, to
include effects on the spectrum and airspace inside and outside
of established defeat distances and human beings and vehicles
inside and outside of established defeat distances;
(7) ease of training and operation;
(8) maintainability and sustainability;
(9) cost-effectiveness; and
(10) scalability.
Reducing Reliance on Foreign-Manufactured Active Pharmaceutical
Ingredients
The committee is concerned the Department of Defense
remains heavily reliant on foreign manufacturing for active
pharmaceutical ingredients and essential medicines. Therefore,
the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to submit the
report to the House Committee on Armed Services by February 1,
2024, on the Department of Defense efforts to strengthen
domestic production supply chains. The report shall include a
review of technologies that leverage synthetic biology to on-
demand, rapidly produce active pharmaceutical ingredients and
key starting materials for pharmaceutical products determined
to be of strategic importance by the Secretary.
USSOCOM Unmanned ISR Command and Control
The committee acknowledges the importance of robust command
and control (C2) for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) and U.S.
Special Operations Command's urgent need for an expeditionary
and modern Ground Control Station (GCS) for UAS. Legacy GCS
have a large logistical footprint, greatly increasing the cost
and schedule required to deploy the system into theater.
Therefore, the committee directs the Commander, U.S. Special
Operations Command to provide a briefing to the House Committee
on Armed Services not later than November 23, 2023, on plans to
complete upgrades of the MQ-1C Gray Eagle UAS inventory with
expeditionary command and control stations and advanced mission
processing kits.
LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS
Subtitle A--Authorization of Appropriations
Section 101--Authorization of Appropriations
This section would authorize appropriations for procurement
at the levels identified in section 4101 of division D of this
Act.
Subtitle B--Army Programs
Section 111--Limitation on Availability of Funds Pending Assessment of
Army Trackless Moving Target Systems
This section would limit appropriations for the Trackless
Moving Target program of the Army until the Secretary of the
Army meets certain conditions and submits a report to the
congressional defense committees.
Subtitle C--Navy Programs
Section 131--Multiyear Procurement Authority for Virginia Class
Submarine Program
This section would authorize multiyear procurement
authority for not more than 13 Virginia class submarines.
Section 132--Multiyear Procurement Authority for MK-48 Torpedoes
This section would provide multiyear procurement authority
for the Department of the Navy to procure up to 550 MK-48
torpedos.
Section 133--Procurement Authority for Auxiliary Personnel Lighter
Program
This section would provide the Secretary of the Navy
authority to enter into multiyear contracts for procurement of
up to six Auxiliary Personnel Lighter class vessels.
Section 134--Limitation on Upgrades to Nacelles of MV-22 Aircraft
Pending Certification of Upgrade Plan
This section would restrict moving the MV-22 Nacelle
Improvement production line until the Secretary of the Navy
certifies the implementation plan for MV-22 Tailored Nacelle
Improvement program results in greater performance and
reliability than the MV-22 Nacelle Improvement program.
Subtitle D--Air Force Programs
Section 151--Extension of Requirements Relating to C-130 Aircraft
This section would keep the C-130 total aircraft inventory
at 271 with a sunset date of October 1, 2024.
Section 152--Modification of Annual Reports on T-7A Advanced Pilot
Training System
This section would amend section 156 of the James M. Inhofe
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public
Law 117-263) by requiring the Secretary of the Air Force to
include additional reporting requirements related to the
acquisition strategy and execution of the T-7A training
aircraft program.
Section 153--Modification to Prohibition on Certain Reductions to B-1
Bomber Aircraft Squadrons
This section would extend the prohibition on B-1
retirements.
Section 154--Modification of Minimum Inventory Requirements for A-10
Aircraft
This section would reduce the minimum A-10 aircraft primary
mission aircraft inventory requirement to 135 total aircraft,
and would repeal a duplicate A-10 aircraft primary mission
aircraft inventory requirement contained in section 142(b) of
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016
(Public Law 114-92). This section would also require the
Secretary of Defense to evaluate any A-10 aircraft that is
retired, during fiscal year 2023 or later fiscal years, for
potential transfer to military forces of an ally or partner
nation of the United States.
Section 155--Procurement of Over-the-Horizon Radar Systems
This section would require the Secretary of the Air Force
to procure not more than six over-the-horizon radar systems, as
soon as practicable. This section would also establish certain
requirements relating to the use of competitive procedures for
such procurement.
Section 156--KC-135 Aircraft Recapitalization Program
This section would require the Secretary of the Air Force
to provide the congressional defense committees the business
case analysis and Joint Staff validated requirements for the
KC-135 recapitalization program along with the analysis of
alternative for the Next Generation Air Refueling System before
deciding on an acquisition strategy for the KC-135
recapitalization program.
Section 157--Prohibition on Reduction of KC-135 Aircraft in PMAI of the
Reserve Components
This section would prevent the Air Force from reducing the
number of primary mission aircraft inventory KC-135 aircraft
from the Air Force Guard and Reserve.
Section 158--Prohibition on Availability of Funds for Termination of
Production Lines for the HH-60W Aircraft
This section would prohibit any funds authorized to be
appropriated or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2024
for the Air Force from being obligated or expended to terminate
the operations of, or to prepare to terminate the operations
of, a production line for the HH-60W Combat Rescue Helicopter.
Section 159--Limitation on Termination of Fighter Squadrons
This section would prohibit the termination of any fighter
flying mission of any fighter squadron of the Air National
Guard until a period of 180 days after the Secretary of the Air
Force, in coordination with the Director, Air National Guard,
develops a notional plan to recapitalize all fighter squadrons
of the Air National Guard with replacement aircraft and submits
the results of the plan to the congressional defense
committees.
Section 160--Limitation on Divestment of F-16 Aircraft
This section would prohibit the divestment of any F-16
aircraft beginning on January 1, 2024, until the Secretary of
the Air Force provides to the congressional defense committees
a report, including certain plans and assessments, not less
than 180 days prior to divesting or preparing to divest any F-
16 aircraft.
Section 161--Limitation on Procurement of KC-46A Aircraft
This section would limit the Air Force from buying more
than 179 KC-46A on the current contract until the Assistant
Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Technology, and
Logistics certifies to the congressional defense committees
that there are validated needs and provide long-term cost
estimates.
Section 162--Limitation on Actions Relating to Remote Vision Systems of
KC-46A Aircraft
This section would require a certification from the
Secretary of the Air Force before retrofitting KC-46A aircraft
with Remote Vision System 2.0.
Subtitle E--Defense-Wide, Joint, and Multiservice Matters
Section 181--Multiyear Procurement Authority for Domestically Processed
Rare Earth Elements
This section would provide multiyear procurement authority
for rare earth elements processed domestically.
Section 182--Prohibition on Procurement of Certain Tactical Vehicles
This section would prohibit the Secretary of Defense from
including in a solicitation for a tactical tracked vehicle or
tactical wheeled vehicle a requirement that such vehicle use
proprietary armor. This section would also modify section 4863
of title 10, United States Code, requiring the application of
such section to include tactical tracked vehicles and tactical
wheeled vehicles.
Section 183--Prohibition on Availability of Funds for Procurement of
Certain Battery Technology
This section prohibits DOD from purchasing battery
technology produced by Contemporary Amperex Technology Company
AKA CATL.
Section 184--Plan to Expedite Integration of Long-Range Anti-ship
Missiles into Legacy Aircraft Fleets
This section would require a plan from the Secretary of
Defense to integrate the Long Range Anti-Ship Missile onto
certain legacy aircraft.
TITLE II--RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION
Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Army
Items of Special Interest
Advanced materials and manufacturing processes for Army modernization
The committee notes the importance of novel materials and
manufacturing processes to support Army modernization
priorities including Long Range Precision Fires and Next
Generation Combat Vehicles. It is necessary to develop
processing parameters, microstructures, and performance
standards to certify and qualify new materials and
manufacturing methods at scale. The committee encourages the
Army to continue to invest in advanced materials and
manufacturing research to alleviate supply chain bottlenecks
for critical Army modernization priorities.
Advanced Process Technology for Energetics
The committee is aware of the Army's ammunition enterprise
modernization efforts and has supported for the last several
years its emphasis to mature research and development of safe
and clean ammunition manufacturing technology and novel
materials such as Next Generation propellant energetics and
nitrocellulose manufacturing in Army ammunition plants. To that
end, the committee authorized a $5 million increase to
Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Army, Line 028,
Program Element 0603000D8Z, for Advanced Process for Technology
for Energetics. The Committee directs the Secretary of the Army
to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services,
not later than January 1, 2024, on the Army's planned efforts
in Fiscal Year 2024 to mature technologies related to next
generation propellant energetics and nitrocellulose
manufacturing, and any expected future lines of effort related
to these innovative challenges.
Army Modeling and Simulation Modernization
The committee is concerned that without increased
investment the Army's modeling and simulation infrastructure
may be unable to evaluate modernization programs most
accurately. Many acquisition programs within the Department of
Defense rely upon modeling and simulation during key
development milestones. However, the committee is concerned
that the Army may be struggling with the capability to capture,
curate, and reuse modeling and simulation data generated during
the acquisition process.
The committee is aware of and encourages the Army's efforts
to modernize its modeling and simulation enterprise in order to
provide better decision-ready data to its senior leaders. The
committee encourages the Army to accelerate these efforts.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Army, to
provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services,
not later than February 1, 2024, on the Army's roadmap for
modernizing its modeling and simulation infrastructure as it
relates to evaluating acquisition programs.
Army Pathfinder program
The committee recognizes the critical role that soldiers
play in the early identification of technological opportunities
and threats relevant to future capability development. The
committee supports the Army's efforts to implement programs
like the Pathfinder-Air Assault program at the Army Research
Laboratory which promote bottom-up innovation from the force as
a basis for advanced soldier lethality capability research and
development.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Army
to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services
not later than December 1, 2023, on the Army's Pathfinder-Air
Assault Program. The briefing should include:
(1) outcomes from the Pathfinder-Air Assault program and
impact of the program on soldier lethality technology
development; and
(2) the Army's strategy for incorporating the Pathfinder
program into the budget request in future appropriations
cycles.
Additionally, the committee recommends an increase of $2.5
million in PE 0602143A for the Pathfinder program.
Army use of digital engineering for rotorcraft predictive maintenance
The committee understands that the Army's Future Vertical
Lift (FVL) drive systems represent a significant portion of the
cost, schedule, and technical risk for the Future Long-Range
Assault Aircraft and the Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft
programs. Dual-use digital engineering technologies can prove
exceptionally valuable in prognostics and predictive
maintenance for these programs. The committee encourages the
Army to leverage innovative technologies including digital
twins, high-performance computing, artificial intelligence, and
cloud computing technologies to support prognostic and
predictive maintenance for FVL programs.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Army
to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services
not later than December 1, 2023, on how the Army plans to
incorporate digital engineering, artificial intelligence, and
other dual-use capabilities to assess FVL rotorcraft drive
systems. The briefing should also include how these
technologies might reduce risk to and cost of Army FVL
programs.
Counter-unmanned aircraft system transition and fielding
The committee supports the rapid transition of leading
counter-UAS (c-UAS) capabilities from U.S. Special Operations
Command (USSOCOM) to conventional units across the joint force.
The committee notes that the Secretary of Defense designated
the Secretary of the Army, through the Joint Counter-small
Unmanned Aircraft Systems Office (JCO), as the executive agent
responsible for testing and evaluating c-UAS capabilities for
use across the joint force. The committee understands that
since its inception, the JCO has carried out several
demonstrations in realistic operational environments and has
recommended systems and capabilities to serve as providers of
c-UAS capabilities for the military services.
The committee is concerned that the military services, in
particular the Army, have neither transitioned proven systems,
specifically systems currently operating in combat environments
with USSOCOM or systems that have been recommended by the JCO,
to production at scale, nor acquired them for wider deployment
across the joint force. The committee commends efforts by
USSOCOM to work with the military services, including the Army,
to identify fielding opportunities for fully tested and combat-
evaluated capabilities, but the committee believes that the JCO
can and should drive broader progress toward these objectives.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Army
to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services
not later than December 1, 2023, on the following:
(1) the Army's plan to ensure that JCO-approved c-UAS
capabilities are adopted and acquired by the Army and joint
forces and integrated with current systems to close critical
capability gaps, enhance and adapt technology, and reduce cost;
(2) identification of gaps, if any, in existing authorities
that would prevent the Army from carrying out the transition
and acquisitions described above;
(3) opportunities for greater integration of JCO equities
into the planning, programming, budgeting, and execution
process and the Future Years Defense Program, consistent with
JCO strategy and DoD Directive 3800.01E; and
(4) recommendations that would speed the transition and
acquisition of approved c-UAS capabilities to the joint force.
Such recommendations should address whether modifications to
the JCO's mandate and authorities are advisable, or whether an
alternative structure (other than the JCO) would be better
suited to facilitate the transition and fielding of validated
technologies.
Development of small unmanned aircraft system signature management
capability
The committee supports Army Program Executive Office (PEO)
Simulation, Training, and Instrumentation (STRI) efforts to
deploy and test swarms of small unmanned aircraft systems
(sUAS). The development of this swarm capability has been vital
to understand the current and future capability of drones,
detect the swarms and payloads capable of being employed, and
assess ways to mitigate and defeat potential adversarial sUAS
swarms.
The committee encourages Army PEO STRI Threat Systems
Management Office to develop a sUAS signature management
capability. This capability would enable the detection of
signature levels and provide material developers and
operational units with the needed information to avoid
detection and minimize attribution of sUAS platforms.
Digital night vision technology
The committee is supportive of the Army's Command, Control,
Communication, Computers, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance and
Reconnaissance Center's efforts to develop and evaluate low-
light level imagers including digital night vision camera
systems with a technology called Charge Domain Binning (CDB).
CDB technology is often found to be superior to other digital
vision system approaches and is more advanced than currently
fielded and aging night vision technology. This new night
vision technology can be used for dismounted soldiers, border
cameras, bomb defusal systems, vision systems for vehicles from
tanks to ships, and more. The committee encourages the Army to
scale efforts to develop CDB night vision technology in future
years and field this needed capability. Therefore, the
committee recommends an increase of $5.0 million in PE 0602143A
for digital night vision technology.
Dynamic digital definition of armaments systems
The committee notes armament system sustainment challenges
created by tolerances and variability in the manufacturing and
maintenance processes that affect subsequent weapon systems
performance and considers them to be a significant capability
gap.
Therefore, the committee recommends that the Army
Development Command accelerate available resources to work with
industry partners and academia with expertise in digital
engineering data and 3D modeling from physical artifacts to
address this capability gap.
Enhancement of modeling and simulation activities
The committee recognizes the importance of modeling and
simulation (M&S) activities in combat vehicle development and
believes the Army should continue its use to ensure success.
The committee believes using M&S tools in the early stages of
vehicle development prior to prototype manufacturing and
subsequent unit production may assist in rapidly fielding
technology with a clear understanding of operational
capability, which reduces development cost and physical
prototyping time in early phases and throughout the lifecycle.
The committee also notes continued adoption and development
of modern M&S tools may support the advanced development of
next generation combat vehicles. Therefore, the committee
directs the Secretary of the Army to provide a briefing to the
House Committee on Armed Services not later than January 17,
2024, on the use and enhancement of M&S technologies at the
United States Army's Combat Capabilities Development Command's
Ground Vehicle Systems Center (GVSC) for rapid fielding of
emerging technologies. The briefing shall include:
(1) An overview of current M&S efforts underway at the
GVSC;
(2) A detailed analysis of how M&S tools improve the
development of prototypes and production;
(3) An assessment of how M&S tools inform requirements for
subsystems to brigade combat team formations; and
(4) Methods for how GVSC will continue to develop and
advance M&S tools.
Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft
The committee notes the Army consistently identifies the
Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) as its highest
aviation modernization priority. In fiscal year 2024, the Army
again states: ``FARA is the Army's number one aviation
modernization priority to restore attack/reconnaissance
dominance by mitigating enemy long-range capabilities by
creating lethal effects from outside enemy sensor/weapons range
and allowing joint force commanders to maneuver from relative
sanctuary.'' The committee is encouraged by the Army's
continued prioritization of the program and urges the Army to
uphold a program timetable that facilitates expeditious
development of the platform and associated systems while
avoiding additional setbacks. However, the committee further
notes the Army has had considerable difficulty fielding this
requirement and has failed to bring forth an aircraft to fill
this light attack and reconnaissance mission.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Army
to submit a report to the Congressional Defense Committees by
March 1, 2024, on the FARA program. The report should include,
at a minimum, the following information:
(1) an update on program requirements; and
(2) an update on the program's acquisition strategy
including detailed procurement fielding timelines; and
estimated outyear funding.
Heavy-Payload Medium-Range VTOL Aircraft Logistical Support
The committee believes that reliable logistics chains are
an operational imperative, and near-peer adversaries currently
pose a significant risk to the reliable distribution of
essential resources for the Department of Defense. The
committee understands that unmanned vertical takeoff and
landing (VTOL) aircraft can be utilized to reduce the
Department's logistics capability shortfall while also
supporting reconnaissance or humanitarian missions. Therefore,
the committee directs the Secretary of the Army to provide a
briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not later
than June 1, 2024, on current and future efforts to utilize
unmanned VTOL aircraft to provide low-cost, heavy-payload,
medium-range, logistical support in both contested and
permissive environments.
High-temperature composites based on U.S. sources for hypersonic weapon
applications
The committee notes the Army Research Lab is committed to
the development of carbon-carbon high-temperature composites
for use on hypersonic weapons. The committee understands the
Army is currently evaluating U.S.-sourced isotropic and
mesophase pitches in support of this development. Isotropic and
mesophase pitch are key components for producing composite
materials that are effective in shielding hypersonic weapons
from the extreme heat generated during flight. Using
domestically produced mesophase pitch for high-temperature
composites can reduce the United States dependency on foreign
sources for hypersonic weapons. Accordingly, the committee
encourages the Army to continue research and development of
carbon-carbon high temperature composites for hypersonic
weapons.
Hypersonics test infrastructure
The committee notes with concern the advancements in
hypersonic capabilities made by peer and near-peer adversaries.
To ensure the U.S. military can effectively deter and, if
necessary, defeat these national security threats, the
Department of Defense must make investments to enhance its
ability to develop, test, and field advanced hypersonic
capabilities.
The committee believes U.S. academia can play a vital role
in expanding testing infrastructure related to the development
of hypersonic systems. Accordingly, section 237 of the James M.
Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023
(Public Law 117-263) required the Department of Defense to
submit a strategy for hypersonic testing, including the role
that academic institutions can play. Elsewhere in this Act, the
committee includes a provision that would limit funds until
this report is submitted. The committee encourages the
Department to complete this report expeditiously.
Additionally, the committee urges the Department to
continue to coordinate with academia to invest in
infrastructure to bridge the gap between lab-scale experiments
and open-range testing for hypersonic technologies. Such
infrastructure could allow for large-scale prototype testing
that provides controllable in-flight conditions prior to the
advancement to more expensive full-scale system testing;
enables investigation into the influence of weather effects on
realistic hypersonic vehicle materials; and facilitates the
development of new armor and other protective materials systems
for extreme environments.
Hyperspectral sensors for autonomous operations and survivability
The committee understands the need for modular, adaptive
unmanned ground and aerial vehicle payloads to detect adversary
threats and mobility hazards. Currently deployed optical
sensors often cannot provide the spectral data needed to easily
identify, detect, and engage targets and other hazards. The
committee notes the value of hyperspectral imaging sensors in
effectively identifying these threats, particularly Ultra-
Compact Hyperspectral Imaging Systems (UCHIS) which are more
mobile and maneuverable. UCHIS provide the necessary
discrimination required to detect, identify, and defeat
existing and future adversaries more rapidly and can be fitted
on existing and future Army platforms including combat
vehicles, unmanned aircraft systems, and more. However, the
committee is concerned with the pace of development of this
critical technology.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Army
to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services
not later than December 1, 2023, on the Army's plans and
strategy to incorporate and develop UCHIS capabilities for
current and next generation Army platforms. The briefing should
include:
(1) investments to date in the development of UCHIS sensing
systems;
(2) overall development and integration timeline for UCHIS
capabilities; and
(3) total anticipated program cost.
Inter-Service Application of Fixed-Wing Intelligence, Surveillance, and
Reconnaissance
The committee notes the successful evolution of the Army's
multi-domain sensing system and High-Accuracy Detection and
Exploitation System (HADES) program capabilities. The committee
also notes the ever-increasing demand for advanced sensing,
intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) assets to
be deployed and employable world-wide, and particularly in the
Indo-Pacific and Europe. Therefore, the committee directs the
Secretary of Defense to provide a briefing to the House
Committee on Armed Services, no later than February 1, 2024, on
the potential expanded application of HADES to support
Department of Defense command and control, mission planning,
intelligence, theater battle control, joint operations and
force application planning, and force protection requirements.
The briefing shall, at minimum, address:
(1) a consolidated list of theater commander ISR
capabilities and requirements,
(2) highlight shortfalls in service plans to meet theater
commander requirements, and
(3) interim options to close the requirements gap.
Material development for personal protection systems
The committee recognizes the benefit of collaboration with
academic partners for increasing support for computational and
simulation research to advance ballistic materials,
technologies, and methodologies to enhance lethality and
survivability of military personnel. Therefore, the committee
directs the Commander, U.S. Army Futures Command, to provide a
briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not later
than April 1, 2024, that details ongoing work with academic
partners to advance computational and simulation research for
advanced ballistic materials and technologies, as well as
efforts to advance design and development methodologies and
models.
Medium-Range Reconnaissance Unmanned Aircraft System Modernization
The committee is aware of the Army's efforts to modernize
its Family of Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems through its
Short, Medium, and Long-Range Reconnaissance programs. While
the Army is moving forward with the Short- and Long-Range
Reconnaissance programs, the committee observes that
competitive prototyping for the Medium-Range Reconnaissance
(MRR) program appears to be moving more slowly, which could
compromise the effectiveness of company-level maneuver as
threats rapidly evolve. The committee also notes the
significant advances in commercial unmanned aircraft systems
(UAS) technology that have occurred since the current company-
level capability was first fielded in the early 2000s and
supports incorporation of those advances into the competitive
prototyping for the MRR program. Further, the committee is
aware of the critical role that small and medium-range vertical
take-off and landing UAS have played in enhancing
reconnaissance, targeting, survivability, and lethality, as the
current conflict in Ukraine has highlighted.
The committee encourages the Army to move forward with the
MRR program expeditiously. The committee directs the Assistant
Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology
to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services
not later than April 1, 2024, that includes the following
information:
(1) a summary of the most important advances in commercial
UAS capabilities that have occurred since the current program
of record was established;
(2) a description of any potential capability gaps for
company-level UAS missions, including those beyond electro-
optical/infrared-based surveillance, in light of those
advancements;
(3) actions, with an associated timeline, to address such
gaps through the MRR program; and
(4) any other relevant material the Assistant Secretary
deems appropriate.
Multi-domain operations Ready Ranger Initiative
The Army Research Laboratory's Pathfinder initiative
creates valuable partnerships between Army divisions and
universities to involve soldiers in cutting-edge research and
development. The committee is aware of a proposed Pathfinder to
utilize Translational Research Advanced Capability Acceleration
methodology to guide university research focused on soldier
needs in multi-domain operations (MDO).
MDO will be fundamental to the future of the Army, so
research into capabilities and technologies to improve soldier
readiness within MDO is crucial to the future wellness of the
force. The committee is encouraged by the focus of the proposed
Pathfinder and encourages the Army to proceed quickly.
Next generation hybrid and electric vertical take-off and landing
vehicles for Army modernization
The committee understands the important role that Future
Vertical Lift (FVL) will play in the Army's modernization
efforts and future warfighting concepts, including hybrid and
electric vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) capabilities.
These systems will enable more modern, versatile, and lethal
power projection in support of Army multi-domain operations
(MDO). The committee encourages the Army to continue to explore
the development of novel VTOL concepts, including hybrid and
electric propulsion technologies for unmanned aircraft systems
that enable Army MDO. The committee also encourages the Army,
in coordination with industry, to continue research and
development efforts for hybrid and electric VTOL power systems
to ensure these battery sources have the necessary power
output, decreased heat signatures, and stability to withstand
the environmental conditions associated with vertical flight.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Army
to submit a report to the House Committee on Armed Services not
later than December 15, 2023, on the Army's current and future
hybrid and electric VTOL research and development efforts. The
report should include:
(1) how the Army is incorporating hybrid and electric VTOL
solutions into FVL modernization efforts and the impact such
systems will have on the Army's ability to conduct MDO;
(2) an overview of current and future research efforts
focused on hybrid and electric VTOL energy sources, including
ongoing efforts to improve the size, weight, power, and cost of
future VTOL systems and power sources as well as Army efforts
to date to survey what hybrid electric propulsion systems are
currently available in the commercial sector using conventional
fuel;
(3) any future fielding strategies for hybrid and electric
VTOL platforms within the Army; and
(4) an overview of collaboration between the Army and the
Air Force's Agility Prime program on the research, development,
or fielding of next generation hybrid and electric VTOL
solutions.
Novel concrete materials
The committee believes it is critical to maintain and
modernize existing military infrastructure across the United
States and around the world to ensure the U.S. military can
carry out its objectives. The committee is concerned, however,
that Department of Defense infrastructure is at risk of decline
without proper maintenance, adequate funding, and modernized
materials.
The committee understands that new, innovative materials
exist that can improve the performance of concrete structural
elements in new or existing buildings, roadways, airfields, and
more. These materials, including nano sensor technologies,
allow concrete to adapt to the environment and provide real-
time monitoring of the health and structural integrity of
infrastructure. These technologies and materials would be
extremely beneficial to the Department of Defense and have the
potential to reduce maintenance costs and provide necessary
real time monitoring of critical military infrastructure. The
committee encourages the U.S. Army Engineer Research and
Development Center to test and evaluate with these types of
novel concrete materials.
Passive radar for air defense and counter-unmanned aircraft systems
The committee believes that the Department of Defense must
adopt passive radar technology to complement active radar
systems and modernize its enemy surveillance capability. Such a
passive capability would allow for lower maintenance costs and
the undetected tracking of enemy movements without signaling
the location of friendly forces.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Army
to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services
not later than February 1, 2024, on passive radar capabilities
relating to air defense and counter-unmanned aircraft systems.
Specifically, the briefing should include the following:
(1) a review and articulation of existing passive radar
solutions available today and an assessment of each identified
solution's technology readiness level;
(2) an assessment of passive radar technology and its
viability for operational use, to include teaming with active
systems, as well as the cost effectiveness of using it as a
standalone capability; and
(3) any current or planned research, development, test, and
evaluation initiatives to further develop passive radar
capabilities.
Real-time biotech water analysis
The committee notes the risk that contaminated water poses
to warfighters at the tactical edge. Developing techniques and
procedures to test water quality and detect contamination on
the battlefield is necessary to protect warfighters and ensure
U.S. military readiness. The committee understands that current
practices for water testing requires sampling and sending
samples to laboratory facilities, which can often take days.
Real-time testing capabilities at the point of need are
required to adequately protect the health of U.S. service
members.
The committee understands there are ongoing industry
investments in such testing capabilities, including Raman
spectroscopy-based platform technology. This type of technology
can enable the development of portable rapid water sampling
systems that can assess water quality at the tactical edge. The
committee encourages the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities
Development Command to leverage these industry investments and
test and evaluate with Raman spectroscopy-based platform
technology and integrate these technologies into current and
future Army platforms.
Single-vehicle counter-small unmanned aircraft systems
The committee notes the proliferation of inexpensive small
unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS) is expanding rapidly, and the
technology payloads employed on these sUAS continue to become
more dangerous to ground maneuver forces. Drone attacks in the
Middle East, and most recently in Ukraine, have been effective
against vehicles and critical infrastructure. The employment of
kinetic attack drones has been effective against combat
vehicles, artillery, and critical infrastructure. Recent
conflicts have exposed a protection vulnerability in all
maneuver formations. The Army brigade combat teams share a
common gap in protection against Group I-III UAS, which must be
addressed as quickly as possible.
Combat vehicles within Army units require a counter-small
unmanned aircraft systems (C-sUAS) capability to detect,
identify, track, and defeat enemy UAS of various sizes at long
range. Any mobile C-sUAS solution must have the mobility,
firepower, and protection to operate at the small-unit tactical
level and must employ kinetic and non-kinetic defeat
capabilities.
Therefore, the committee encourages the Army to accelerate
the fielding of a mobile single-vehicle C-sUAS solution to
protect soldiers and equipment. The committee is aware of
mature technologies tested and ready to address these threats.
To expedite fielding, the Army should make maximum use of
existing Army programs and pursue commonality with other mobile
ground-to-air systems to reduce the sustainment and training
burden on units and soldiers. The committee believes sUAS
threats will continue to evolve rapidly and that any mobile C-
sUAS solution should include modularity to keep up with this
ever-changing threat. The committee encourages the Army to
field a single-vehicle mobile C-sUAS capability with similar
urgency pursued against the improvised explosive device threat
during operations in the Middle East.
Soldier Load Reduction Efforts
The committee recognizes that reducing soldier load is a
priority for the Army and that reducing soldier load will help
increase performance of soldiers on the battlefield and reduce
musculoskeletal injuries. Despite the ongoing interest by the
Army, the committee remains concerned about the impact of
soldier load. The committee notes and encourages the Army's
ongoing experimentation with the Maneuverable Lightweight
Electric Weight Reducer to increase the operational
effectiveness of our soldiers and reduce the long-term injuries
caused from overloading.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Army
to submit a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services
by March 1, 2024, that summarizes the findings of the
experimentation and the roles that the Maneuverable Lightweight
Electric Weight Reducer may play in increasing overall mission
effectiveness, lethality, and increased survivability of
soldiers.
Soldier Tactical Awareness and Signature Management
The committee is aware of Army efforts to develop enhanced
situational awareness capabilities for the individual soldier
and understands that signature management will be increasingly
important in high threat environments. The committee sees
promise in distributed mission command systems such as Nett
Warrior and Integrated Tactical Network that can improve
soldier situational awareness with hardware-agnostic three-
dimensional mapping while managing tactical signatures.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Army to
provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services by
February 1, 2024, on the status of integrating commercial,
hard-ware agnostic three-dimensional mapping software
capabilities into the Nett Warrior and Integrated Tactical
Network system. This briefing should address how the Army
intends to update software regularly to prevent obsolescence
and upgrade or provision new software when units are deployed.
Additionally, this briefing should describe capabilities to
provide individual soldiers with a real-time common operating
picture enabled by three-dimensional mapping and analytics in
environments where cloud server access is either not possible
or unreliable.
U.S. Army modeling and simulation infrastructure
The committee notes the Army's modeling and simulation
infrastructure is antiquated and unable to evaluate
modernization programs. The committee understands that many, if
not most, acquisition programs rely upon modeling and
simulation during key development milestones, however the
committee is concerned the U.S. Army may not have the
capability to capture, curate, and reuse modeling and
simulation data generated information during the acquisition
process. The committee directs the Secretary of the Army, not
later than December 31, 2023, to provide a report to the
congressional defense committees on the resources needed to
modernize the U.S. Army's modeling and simulation
infrastructure.
Ultra-Long Endurance High Altitude Pseudo-Satellites (HAPS)
The committee is aware of Department of Defense efforts to
operationalize the stratosphere with its recent investments in
testing and demonstration of ultra-long endurance fixed-wing
High Altitude Pseudo-Satellites (HAPS) that demonstrated
stratospheric operations of over 60 days and 30,000 miles
endurance.
The committee believes the stratosphere is an important
domain and that ultralong endurance fixed-wing HAPS may offer a
low-risk, cost-effective solution to operationalize the
stratosphere. Moreover, the committee notes that fixed-wing
HAPS are highly maneuverable and are less susceptible to winds
aloft dictating their flight path which may provide additional
capability at high altitudes.
The committee notes that HAPS may benefit combatant
commands by providing an extension of resilient networks and
enhancing the ability to sense and deliver critical information
in crisis or conflict.
The committee believes that HAPS are relevant and useful
for operationalizing the stratospheric domain for national
security and encourages Department of Defense efforts to use
highly maneuverable, ultra-long endurance HAPS capable of
hosting a wide variety of sensors and communications payloads.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense
to submit a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services
by March 1, 2024, on the ability to increase fixed-wing HAPS
secure payload data-backhaul capacity and interoperability with
Department of Defense networks. The briefing should include, at
minimum, a schedule and costs for fielding HAPS in the 2025
timeframe.
Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Navy
Items of Special Interest
Additive Manufacturing in DDG(X) Design
The committee continues to support the development of
additive manufacturing capabilities involving metals as well as
plastics and composites, and notes that the Navy has begun
initial fielding of additive manufacturing capability on select
surface and subsurface ships. The committee believes that
additive manufacturing has the potential to provide the Navy's
surface and subsurface ships with significantly enhanced
ability to sustain operations while deployed, particularly in
geographically dispersed areas such as the Indo-Pacific region.
The committee also notes that the Navy's DDG(X) next-
generation large surface combatant is designed to have
increased power-generation for the fielding of more advanced
sensors and directed energy systems and that it will possess
sufficient growth margin to incorporate emerging technologies
and capabilities. Congress has taken steps to maximize planning
and minimize risk in DDG(X) design.
The committee believes that incorporating additive
manufacturing capability into the DDG(X) design may help ensure
that the Navy can make maximum use of this technology for its
future large surface combatants and minimize risk in the DDG(X)
design process. Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary
of the Navy to submit a report to the House Committee on Armed
Services by December 31, 2023 regarding the incorporation of
additive manufacturing capability into the DDG(X) design. At a
minimum, the report shall address the following issues:
(1) whether the Navy plans to incorporate additive
manufacturing capability in the DDG(X) design;
(2) whether the Navy plans to utilize metal additive
manufacturing capability, or plastics/composites additive
manufacturing capability, or both in the DDG(X) design; and
(3) a description of what steps, if any, the Navy has taken
to incorporate additive manufacturing capability into DDG(X)
design planning.
Automated acoustic signal classification
The committee is aware that given advances in acoustic
sensor technologies, acoustic intelligence (ACINT) specialists
are now tasked with interpreting an increased quantity of
information at substantially increased rates. Given this
increased demand on ACINT specialists, the committee believes
additional research and development is needed to create methods
to mitigate and prevent information overload for sonar
operators. The committee believes the Navy can better leverage
artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML) to more
rapidly parse out benign sonar contacts from tactically
relevant contacts. This integration of AI/ML and digital signal
processing can help sonar operators better identify key signals
of interest at faster rates, thus increasing efficiency and
improving ship safety. The committee encourages the Office of
Naval Research, in coordination with commercial partners, to
continue research and development efforts to develop signal
processing tools for ACINT specialists to facilitate more
efficient acoustic signal classification.
Briefing on dual modality autonomous vehicles
The committee is aware of advancements in autonomous
unmanned vehicle technology that enable unmanned vehicles to
operate as both surface and subsurface vehicles. To better
understand how these dual-modality autonomous vehicles could
fill capability gaps for the Department of the Navy, the
committee directs the Chief of Naval Operations to provide a
briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not later
than December 1, 2023, on testing and evaluation of dual-
modality unmanned vehicles.
Briefing on expanding Unmanned Underwater Vehicles investment and
integration of commercial Large Displacement Unmanned Undersea
Vehicles into test and evaluation
The committee notes the significant advancements in
automation, undersea battery, and additive manufacturing
technologies that have increased the capability of commercially
available Large Displacement Unmanned Underwater Vehicles
(LDUUVs) related to range, endurance, and payload capacity.
Integration of commercially available LDUUVs into maritime
operations of the Department of the Navy can potentially
benefit maritime domain awareness efforts as well as augment
the capability and operations of the manned fleet. The
committee directs the Chief of Naval Operations to provide a
briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not later
than December 1, 2023, on the Department of the Navy's efforts
to test and evaluate commercially available LDUUVs. The
briefing shall also include information on the types of LDUUVs
evaluated and concepts of operation for utilization by the
Department of the Navy.
Briefing on integration of autonomy into naval operations
The integration of autonomy as a bridge aid has the
potential benefit of improving surface ship navigational
safety, while also freeing up manpower for other warfighting
priorities. Integration of autonomy onto fleet small craft
could also provide additional benefits to the fleet through
various other mission sets. Therefore, the committee directs
the Chief of Naval Operations to provide a briefing to the
House Committee on Armed Services not later than December 1,
2023, on the integration of autonomous technology across the
manned fleet. The briefing shall include potential areas for
integration of autonomy on vessels of different sizes and
examine potential benefits to navigational safety and mission
capability.
Briefing on lessons learned from the demonstration of Unmanned Surface
Vessels supporting Fifth Fleet
Advances in unmanned surface vessel technologies have
allowed for new concepts of operation particularly in lower-end
maritime security missions. The committee recognizes Task Force
59's successful demonstration of autonomous vessels during the
Digital Horizon exercise in support of the Fifth Fleet in the
U.S. Central Command area of operations for various maritime
security applications. The committee similarly recognizes the
successes of the Overlord program in demonstrating and
prototyping additional unmanned capabilities. The committee
remains interested in the Navy's plans to incorporate lessons
learned from these integration and experimentation efforts into
the fleet. Specifically, the committee is interested in
understanding the Navy's plan to further develop integration of
autonomous surface vessels based on the findings from the
demonstrations and experiments conducted in support of U.S.
Central Command.
Therefore, the committee directs the Chief of Naval
Operations to submit a report to the congressional defense
committees not later than March 31, 2024, on the increased
utilization of Medium Unmanned Surface Vessels (MUSVs) and
Small Unmanned Surface Vessels (SUSVs) to address gaps in
lower-end maritime security missions. The report shall include:
(1) information on future vessel capabilities or
requirements;
(2) planned acquisition strategies for additional MUSs and
SUSs;
(3) strategies for integrating data management and
visualization tools at scale; and
(4) future demonstration efforts.
Composite patch repair of armored military vehicles
The committee notes that the Marine Corps, in coordination
with the Naval Research Laboratory, academia, and industry, has
developed technology to repair cracked armor on military
vehicles by patching the crack at relatively low temperatures
using high-performance composites as compared to welding. This
technology has the opportunity to decrease the need for
frequent repairs on military vehicles, thus decreasing
sustainment costs and improving readiness levels. The committee
encourages the Navy and Marine Corps to continue in-field
implementation and testing of composite patch repairs of
armored military vehicles and other weapon systems.
Composite shafts
The committee is aware that the use of composite materials
in the construction of submarine shafts can offer performance
and maintenance benefits relative to traditional steel shafts.
The committee understands that in early 2023, a logistics
support vessel \1/4\-scale composite shaft was manufactured and
delivered to the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock
Division Acoustic Research Detachment, Lake Pend Oreille, for
testing and evaluation. Therefore, the committee directs the
Secretary of the Navy to provide a briefing to the House
Committee on Armed Services not later that December 15, 2023,
that includes the results of composite shaft testing, planned
efforts, and any benefits of composite shafting related to the
current and evolving requirements of the Next-Generation Attack
Submarine program, or SSN(X).
DDG(X) Design Tool
The committee supports the Navy's efforts to embrace
digital engineering as a means to maximize agility,
interoperability, reusability and scalability in Navy
shipbuilding programs. The committee is aware of the need to
incorporate the use of digital technologies throughout the
design and development phases of the DDG(X) destroyer program
to improve the cost, quality, consistency, and timely delivery
of this warfighter capability. The committee notes that the
choice of a design tool is an important milestone decision in
ship construction and that the choice of common design tool for
the DDG(X) destroyer program remains under consideration.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Navy
to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services,
not later than December 31, 2023, on the metrics to be used in
assessing the design tool for the DDG(X) destroyer program.
DDG(X) Destroyer Plant Test
The committee expects the Navy to execute a robust land-
based test program for the DDG(X) destroyer engineering plant
during the detailed design period and prior to the construction
start date. However, it has come to the committee's attention
that the Navy released a propulsion motor RFP to industry in
May that specifies and requires only one motor technology
prototype to be built and tested at the land-based test site.
The committee believes this will result in the premature class
selection of one motor technology and one motor company,
effectively creating a sole source supplier situation nearly
ten years prior to the lead ship construction start date.
Moreover, this plan does not provide the Navy with a motor
technology back up should the currently specified permanent
magnet motor technology fail, as it did on the Zumwalt
destroyer program.
The Navy has already invested well over $300 million in
both the permanent magnet and high temperature superconductor
motor technologies. To establish real program risk mitigation,
the committee believes the Navy should build and test both
motors in full scale at the land-based test site. This provides
both program risk mitigation should one motor fail and in the
best-case scenario a competition between two fully tested
motors prior to a serial build decision providing the
government the best total cost value over the expected 50+ year
DDG(X) program life.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Navy
to provide a report to the House Armed Services Committee not
later than January 1, 2024, detailing a plan to incorporate
both the permanent magnet and high temperature superconductor
motors into the DDG(X) test program to manage risk and provide
competition prior to a serial build decision.
E/A-18G Growler Noise Reduction Research
The Fiscal Year 2022 and 2023 National Defense
Authorization Acts authorized $2 million for the E/A-18G
Growler Noise Reduction program. The committee is concerned
with the progress and status of the Department of the Navy's
Noise Reduction program for the E/A-18G.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Navy
to submit a report to the House Committee on Armed Services,
not later than September 30, 2023, on resultant findings and
recommendations for jet noise reduction.
The report shall include:
(1) Technical findings to include: (A) the sound level of
the E/A-18G without noise reduction modifications; (B) the
sound level of the E/A-18G with noise reduction modifications;
and (C) the impact noise reduction modifications have on
conducting training events including Field Carrier Landing
Practice.
(2) Recommendations to include: (A) whether to continue the
current Noise Reduction Research program, with justification;
and, (B) whether to continue investments in projects to reduce
E/A-18G noise levels during training events, with
justification.
Maritime Domain Awareness
The committee recognizes that the growing presence of
Chinese dual-use vessels in disputed waters threatens U.S.
national security and economic interests. The committee is
increasingly concerned about the ability of the United States
to counter this threat due to the vastness of the maritime
environment. Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA), driven by
artificial intelligence (AI), would enhance the Navy's ability
to monitor the maritime environment, increase strategic
planning activities, and expose emerging threats through lead
generation. In addition, unclassified commercial capabilities
would improve the Navy's ability to share relevant information
with allies and partners in real time.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Navy
to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services
not later than February 1, 2024, on the Navy's utilization of
AI-powered MDA systems and any capability gaps. The briefing
should include the following:
(1) a review and assessment of current unclassified AI MDA
tools for enhanced lead generation, decision-making, and
identification of capacity gaps;
(2) an analysis of the potential for existing commercial
MDA tools with artificial intelligence capabilities to enhance
current unclassified and classified systems; and
(3) an assessment of the potential integration of
commercial technology into existing MDA tools to fill
capability gaps including, but not limited to: evolving short-
and long-term behavioral analysis, predictive insights using
AI-driven recommendations to increase asset utilization and
deployment, tipping and cueing of remote sensors, and enhancing
information-sharing with international partners.
Naval Research Laboratory facilities
The budget request contained $124.3 million in PE 0605853N
for Management, Technical, and International Support. The
committee is concerned about the state of facilities at the
Naval Research Laboratory (NRL). This laboratory is home to
critical research and engineering programs that are necessary
to foster innovation within the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps
through close collaboration with industry, academia, and the
larger Department of Defense science and technology enterprise.
The work being conducted at NRL is crucial to secure the U.S.
technological edge now and in the future.
Despite this vital mission, the committee notes that the
facilities at NRL have not been properly recapitalized to
ensure the laboratory can effectively carry out its mission. As
of 2023, the average age of NRL's buildings is 68 years, with
an actual recapitalization rate of 152 years. The committee
understands that in the last 20 years, NRL has only received
funding for three military construction (MILCON) projects.
The lack of state-of-the-art facilities at NRL makes it
challenging for researchers to carry out the necessary science
and technology efforts to achieve Navy priorities.
Additionally, the committee is aware that poor facilities make
it extremely difficult to recruit and retain the necessary
science and technology talent within the Navy. The committee
notes that nearly 50 percent of departing NRL employees cited
dissatisfaction with the laboratory's facilities.
Accordingly, the committee urges the Navy to prioritize
future MILCON projects at NRL. In addition, the committee
recommends $131.8 million, an increase of $7.5 million, in PE
0605853N for NRL restoration and modernization initiatives to
help mitigate the deterioration of current facilities at NRL.
Navy Counter-Unmanned Systems Capability Gap
The committee is concerned about the ability of U.S. Navy
to mitigate the Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) and Unmanned
Surface Vessel (USV) threats. Additionally, the committee is
concerned by the lack of structure and cohesion amongst
stakeholders in the Navy to address this already pervasive
problem. Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the
Navy to provide a report to the congressional defense
committees no later than December 1, 2023, on the actions being
taken by the Department of the Navy to develop an enterprise
approach to counter-UAS. The report shall include, at a
minimum, the following:
(1) an evaluation of Department of the Navy's current
counter-UAS and counter-USV systems' effectiveness and how the
systems can work together to satisfy the requirements of each
Navy directorate;
(2) plans to develop tactics, techniques, and procedures to
properly locate, track, identify, mitigate and exploit UAS and
USV threats;
(3) Department of the Navy's defense-in-depth plans for UAS
and USV threats for ships and submarines in port, in transit
and at sea;
(4) an analysis of how Navy and Marine Corps can
collaborate for cost-effective systems which could work
together to create a mesh network for afloat and dismounted
units; and
(5) any other relevant matters the Secretary of the Navy
deems appropriate.
Resilient autonomous systems research and workforce diversity
The committee supports the Navy's investment in autonomous
systems. These systems enable key warfighting advantages such
as decision superiority and more affordable, distributed
capabilities. However, the complex interdependencies aboard
these autonomous vessels and the large number of deployed
assets also introduces cyber vulnerabilities to the Navy's
autonomous systems fleet.
These emerging threats warrant additional investment in new
technologies and also require a diverse workforce equipped with
the technical skills needed to defend autonomous systems
against cyberattacks. The committee encourages the Navy to
partner with academia, including historically Black colleges
and universities and minority-serving institutions, to develop
techniques and automated cybersecurity methods to improve trust
and resilience of autonomous systems against cyberattacks.
These academic partnerships will also cultivate needed
technical talent and develop a skilled and diverse science,
technology, engineering, and math workforce.
Shipboard electronic warfare self-protection
The committee recognizes the development and deployment of
electronic countermeasures for larger surface combatants to
defend against anti-ship missile attacks. However, the smaller
multi-mission combatants remain vulnerable and unable to carry
Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program Block III
electronic attack packages due to limitations in size, weight,
power, and cooling. As air- and surface-launched anti-ship
missile threats increase, smaller vessels must be equipped with
more minor, lightweight, and affordable electronic attack
solutions to complement the Navy's layered Anti-Ship Guided
Missiles self-protection concept.
The committee understands the Navy seeks to address this
gap with the new Scale Onboard Electronic Attack program.
However, the committee also maintains that developing a high-
band active electronically scanned array (AESA) subsystem is
essential to address current and future threats in conjunction
with the recent development of low- and medium-band
capabilities.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Navy
to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services
not later than December 15, 2023, regarding the development of
AESA technology for small surface combatants and the unique
requirements of the force to bring this technology to the small
surface combatant fleet.
Support for Future Naval Capabilities research and development programs
The committee is supportive of the Office of Naval
Research's focus on developing cutting-edge technology in
coordination with Navy acquisition program offices through
Future Naval Capabilities (FNC) programs. These collaborative
efforts between the science and technology and acquisition
communities show promise to more efficiently and effectively
transition innovative technologies from science and technology
to acquisition and fielding at speed and at scale.
For example, the committee notes the importance of
development efforts into key enabling technologies, such as
data interconnects, which are key contributors to the success
of broader FNC programs. Rapid and efficient data processing
and synthesis from multiple sensors, aided by robust and
capable interconnects, is essential for distributed command,
control, communications, computers, and intelligence,
surveillance, and reconnaissance. This is particularly the case
at extended ranges for unmanned platforms such as Medium/Large
Unmanned Surface Vessels, and represents a vital capability to
ensure the military maintains its decision-making advantage at
the tactical edge in times of conflict. The committee
encourages the Navy to continue adequately programming and
budgeting for FNCs.
Talent and technology for Navy power and energy systems
The committee supports the Navy's investment in power and
energy systems research for the future fleet. However, the
committee believes gaps remain, including in the management of
energy systems for the distributed fleet of the future.
Specifically, new innovations are needed for the monitoring and
control of energy systems, next-generation battery systems, and
recycling and repurposing technology in order to extend the
persistence of distributed Naval operations and protect the
supply chain for energy-related elements. The committee
encourages the Navy to continue efforts to develop energy
management systems for the future fleet while also cultivating
the necessary workforce and talent pipeline for emerging energy
and power technologies.
Task Force Ocean
The committee notes the important role that Task Force
Ocean (TFO) plays in improving the Navy's competitive advantage
in the undersea domain through collaboration with academia and
industry. TFO helps advance the Navy's scientific understanding
of complex undersea environments through research efforts in
acoustics, signal processing, oceanography, unmanned systems,
and more. The committee encourages the Navy to continue efforts
associated with TFO and engage closely with academia and
private sector organizations to continue research at sea to
assess seagoing technical capabilities.
Unmanned aerial systems degraded environment facility
Small unmanned aerial systems (sUAS) are rapidly becoming a
common tool for missions involving intelligence, surveillance,
and reconnaissance (ISR) in both military and civilian domains.
However, the application of these systems is limited in
environmental conditions such as wind, rain, dust, and fog, and
under other constraints, including GPS-denied environments.
Expansion of test infrastructure for autonomous platforms like
sUAS is necessary to allow for a much larger variety of
unmanned systems and autonomy technologies to be tested in
additional degraded environments. In addition, such testing
facilities will create a long-term pipeline of opportunities
and training for students and engineers for careers in drones
and autonomous vehicles, thus expanding the Department of
Defense's talent pipeline for these critical technologies.
The committee understands that the Naval Surface Warfare
Center has begun to invest in an unmanned systems degraded
environment facility to enable testing of autonomous systems in
a controlled environment. The committee commends the Navy for
establishing a testing infrastructure for this critical mission
and encourages the Navy to budget for this facility in future
years.
Vessel Stopping Prototypes and Vessel Incapacitation Power Effect
Radiation
The committee is encouraged by the work of the Department
of Defense to develop and test capabilities employing high
power microwaves (HPM) to non-lethally stop vessels that may
pose a threat to U.S. forces and assets. The use of HPM
presents advantages over current vessel stopping capabilities,
including employment of entanglement nets, engine disabling
munitions, and physical boarding of the vessel. The committee
understands that the Vessel Incapacitating Power Effect
Radiation Program, sponsored by the Joint Intermediate Force
Capabilities Office is currently conducting an operational
utility assessment with the U.S. Coast Guard. The results of
the research may also be applicable to the missions of each
branch of the military.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense
to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services
not later than March 1, 2024, that includes the following:
(1) an update on the timeline for the program;
(2) the extent to which the results of research on Coast
Guard cutters is and will be shared with the military services;
(3) the potential for use of this technology aboard Navy
vessels and on land in order to secure Navy ports and other
military installations near water;
(4) any plans to expand the testing of this technology
beyond Coast Guard cutters;
(5) any potential limitations on the technology; and
(6) any other matters the Secretary deems relevant.
Water purification on ships
United States Navy ships continue to disinfect potable
water using bromine cartridges as the primary source of
disinfectant. The committee is aware that this could expose
sailors to a personnel hazard, in addition to incurring costs
associated with hazardous material handling. Congress has
previously encouraged the Navy to explore use of systems that
eliminate bromine usage, and previously funded proof of
scalability in DDG-51 class ships in fiscal year 2018 and
fiscal year 2020. The committee continues to support new
solutions to water purification that are inexpensive, readily
available, require no special handling, and are easy to store.
Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Air Force
Items of Special Interest
Advanced Manufacturing for Hypersonic Systems
The committee believes that hypersonic systems will provide
an essential set of capabilities for the Department of Defense,
and that advancements in structure and materials, including
manufacturing processes, will be essential to the continued
advancement of this class of systems. Therefore, the committee
directs the Commander, Air Force Research Laboratory, to
provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not
later than April 1, 2024, that details the Air Force's efforts
to develop the next generation of advanced thermal protection
systems (TPS), including multifunctional and integrated
approaches, in order to enable the next generation of
hypersonic systems. The briefing shall include information
related to the development of advanced manufacturing techniques
essential to next-generation TPS.
Air Force Agility Prime
The budget request contained $83.3 million in PE 0604009F
for the AFWERX Prime program.
The committee commends the Air Force Agility Prime program
for its work to accelerate the investment and deployment of
low-cost, safe, and reliable electric vertical take-off and
landing (eVTOL) technologies for light mobility missions.
Agility Prime has been successfully leveraging eVTOL
capabilities that support mobility and sustainment in contested
environments to enable agile, lower-cost, distributed
logistics; humanitarian operations; disaster response
operations; distinguished visitor transport; and communications
capabilities. The committee understands the importance of
future Agility Prime initiatives, which will leverage
commercial technology and investment to advance the fielding of
dual-use eVTOL capabilities, which will in turn bolster U.S.
national security and economic leadership.
However, the committee is concerned that the Air Force does
not have a sufficient plan for the transition, acquisition, and
fielding of these eVTOL systems into the force in the near
term.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Air
Force to submit a report to the House Committee on Armed
Services not later than March 1, 2024, on the Air Force's
future acquisition strategy for eVTOL systems. The report
should include the following elements:
(1) the status of current and future eVTOL research and
development programs;
(2) plans and potential locations for testing eVTOLs with
dual-use applications;
(3) a summary of acquisition efforts to include planned and
programmed funding to transition these capabilities from
Agility Prime to fielded capabilities across the military
services;
(4) planned operational use cases for these aircraft across
the military services;
(5) issues and problems experienced or anticipated in the
effort to acquire eVTOL aircraft at scale for operational use
in the Air Force and other military services; and
(6) any recommendations for needed changes to existing
authorities or new authorities required to streamline the
fielding and acquisition of eVTOL aircraft in the Department of
Defense.
The committee recommends an increase of $5.0 million in PE
0604009F for the Agility Prime program.
Air Force Research Lab Future Flag testbed
The budget request contained $182.1 million in PE 0602788F
for Dominant Information Sciences and Methods.
The committee recognizes the unique role that the Air Force
Research Laboratory Information Directorate's annual Future
Flag exercise plays in connecting practitioners to the broader
Department of Defense research, development, test, and
evaluation infrastructure. The committee encourages the
Department of the Air Force and the Department of the Army to
continue pursuing unique testing and evaluation exercises,
including Future Flag and others, in order to enable rapid
design, solution development, and exploitation of lessons
learned in a field operational environment.
The committee recommends an increase of $5.0 million in PE
0602788F for Air Force Research Laboratory's High Performance
Systems Branch Future Flag operational experimentation.
Air Force Research Laboratory's ``one laboratory serving two services''
policy
The committee notes the close collaboration between the
U.S. Air Force (USAF) and U.S. Space Force (USSF) at the Air
Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and the value of AFRL's ``one
laboratory serving two services'' policy. The committee expects
continued close collaboration between the two services moving
forward.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Air
Force to submit a report to the House Committee on Armed
Services not later December 1, 2023, on the following:
(1) a review of the effectiveness of the Air Force Research
Laboratory's ``one laboratory serving two services'' policy;
(2) identification of the scientific areas of common
relevance to both USAF and USSF;
(3) a review of the synergies and effectiveness of
maintaining the ``one laboratory serving two services'' policy
for space-related scientific areas to advance operations
outside the Earth's atmosphere, including: artificial
intelligence, autonomy, biotechnology, cyber, quantum,
microelectronics, materials, sensors, human systems,
propulsion, directed energy, and hypersonics;
(4) recommendations for any organizational and
administrative changes needed to strengthen mission-
effectiveness and cost-effectiveness and meet the needs of both
USAF and USSF through maintaining the ``one laboratory serving
two services'' policy; and
(5) recommendations for any changes to existing authorities
or need for new authorities to optimize defense-focused space-
related science and technology missions.
Air Force Test Center
The Air Force Test Center is an eclectic entity given the
mixture of complex requirements that must be satisfied to meet
the developmental test needs of current and future efforts.
Given the Air Force Test Center's designation as a Major Range
and Test Facility Base that focuses on developmental testing,
the Center's activities are funded primarily with research,
development, test, and evaluation funding. While this funding
generally provides the necessary flexibility to meet these
demands, the committee is interested in enhancing flexibility,
where appropriate, to maximize the return on investment.
Air-based air defense
The Air Force's Agile Combat Employment (ACE) strategy is a
major step forward that will ensure the Air Force is at the
ready to deter and stop threats. The committee notes that this
plan is a major innovation. However, with the proliferation of
threats and the Air Force's plan to deploy in remote locations
independent from other major service elements, the committee is
concerned these critical assets will lack sufficient air
defense. The committee appreciates that ACE places expanded
pressures on the Army's air defense capabilities.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Air
Force to submit a report to the congressional defense
committees not later than February 1, 2024, on the Secretary's
plan to provide expeditionary, mobile air defense to remote and
forward-deployed air fields, including estimated costs and
schedule to procure such air defense systems. To the extent the
Air Force is concerned about lacking authorities to develop or
procure air defense systems, the report should provide a
summary of authorities that may need updated or changed.
Airborne augmented reality for increased pilot training production
The budget request contained $7.6 million in PE 0207701F
for full combat mission training but no funding for airborne
augmented reality (AAR) for pilot training. The committee is
aware of Air Force initial pilot training shortfalls and
remains deeply concerned that insufficient strategies and
courses of action are currently being implemented year over
year to address the ongoing problem. The committee notes that
Air Education and Training Command (AETC) has tried several
initiatives to increase production with unsuccessful results.
Although AETC has adopted virtual, augmented, and mixed-reality
technologies for ground training activities, AETC's flight
training program still relies largely on legacy technologies
and antiquated methodologies.
The committee previously supported AAR technology currently
being evaluated by the Air Force under the Small Business
Innovative Research program. Based on existing and mature
available technology, the committee is strongly convinced AAR
can increase pilot training production capacity, reduce pilot
production time, and use fiscal resources more efficiently
without negatively impacting student flying hours.
Therefore, the committee recommends $17.6 million in PE
0207701F, an increase of $10.0 million, for AAR for pilot
training activities. Finally, the committee expects the
Secretary of the Air Force to implement a more aggressive
approach and actions plan for leveraging AAR technologies for
both initial pilot training and pilot continuation training in
the combat air forces.
Automated geospatial intelligence detection algorithms
The committee is supportive of the U.S. Air Force's ongoing
efforts to develop and test automated geospatial intelligence
(GEOINT) detection algorithms. Automated processing of GEOINT
data can substantially improve the speed of decision making and
provide a more holistic threat picture at the speed of
operational and tactical relevance. This type of data
processing can be used for various Department of Defense
mission sets, including collecting post-strike battlefield
damage assessments. The committee encourages the Air Force to
expand on these research efforts and include development and
operational testing of automated GEOINT detection algorithms in
future budgets.
Briefing on Air Force Studies Board
The committee notes the Air Force Studies Board's (AFSB)
important role in bringing together leading experts to discuss
topics related to the development of science and technology
(S&T) within the U.S. Air Force and the integration of cutting
edge S&T for future airpower applications. The committee is
aware the AFSB is responsible for connecting the Department of
the Air Force and the National Academies on issues relating to
science, technology, engineering, and acquisition in support of
both Air Force and Space Force mission sets. As next-generation
technology continues to play an important role in national
security and future warfighting concepts, the committee
believes the Department of the Air Force can better leverage
and utilize the expertise and resources provided by the AFSB.
Accordingly, the committee directs the Secretary of the Air
Force to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed
Services not later than February 1, 2024, on the Department of
the Air Force's efforts to maximize utilization of the Air
Force Studies Board. The briefing shall include, but not be
limited to, the following:
(1) An overview of the scope of capabilities offered by the
Air Force Studies Board;
(2) Current rate of utilization of the Air Force Studies
Board by the Department of the Air Force and its components;
(3) A strategy to better integrate the Air Force Studies
Board into the broader Air Force S&T ecosystem; and
(4) Costs, benefits, and potential savings associated with
leveraging the AFSB for studies as compared to alternative
extramural research methods.
Collaborative Combat Aircraft propulsion systems
The committee remains concerned about reports that China is
expanding its exclusive economic zone and recognizes that
successful combat air operations in an Indo-Pacific contingency
will be increasingly dependent on unmanned Collaborative Combat
Aircraft (CCA) to supplement finite numbers of fifth and sixth
generation fighter aircraft. The committee encourages continued
clarification of manned-unmanned aircraft teaming concepts and
investment in cost-effective, limited-life technologies to
facilitate this emerging warfighting concept. Additionally, the
committee supports the use of these technologies as a
sustainable long-term training solution for adversary air
applications, which will become increasingly critical as the
Department of Defense seeks to resolve its current pilot
shortage and pilot training deficiencies.
While Air Force leadership has actively championed this
capability, the committee is aware that development poses a
uniquely challenging business case for industry, exemplified by
the lack of aftermarket services. Without sufficient Department
of Defense investment, industry could face delays that could
put the 2030 early operational capability goals at risk. As
such, the committee is concerned about the lack of a clear plan
for funding and operationalizing key technologies. In
particular, a clear plan for cost-effective, large attritable
engine technologies is necessary to inform operational
concepts, aircraft requirements, and procurement quantities.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Air
Force to submit a report to the congressional defense
committees not later than October 15, 2023, on the schedule and
plans for funding, development, testing, and establishment of
high-volume manufacturing of large attritable engine
technologies for CCA. Additionally, the committee appreciates
the use of a unique program element number for CCA technology
development and encourages the Secretary of the Air Force to
include designated project numbers within CCA program elements
in future budget submissions specifically for attritable
propulsion developmental activities.
Counter directed energy weapon executive agent
The committee is concerned about the threat that
adversarial directed energy weapons pose to U.S. weapon systems
and service members. These weapons can inhibit and damage
critical U.S. military systems and sensors, rendering them
inoperable while also causing personal harm or injury to U.S.
military personnel. The committee believes concerted investment
and focus is needed in forward-fitting military systems with
the necessary protections to counter adversarial directed
energy weapon capabilities. Ensuring counter directed energy
weapon (CDEW) protections are included at the onset of
capability research, development, and production is vital to
ensure the survivability and resiliency of U.S. weapon systems,
protect our service members, and mitigate the costs associated
with retrofitting existing military equipment. CDEW protections
should not be an afterthought in weapon system development.
The committee understands the Air Force Research Laboratory
has invested in needed research and development for CDEW
protections to address specific capability gaps. The committee
is concerned, however, that given the cross-cutting, and often
classified, nature of CDEW challenges, adequate focus and
prioritization of this issue has not extended across the
Department of Defense and military services.
Therefore, the committee directs the Under Secretary of
Defense for Research and Engineering, in coordination with the
Secretaries of the military services, to submit a report to the
House Committee on Armed Services not later than February 1,
2024, on the Department of Defense's strategy for CDEW research
and development and plans to integrate needed CDEW protections
on future and current weapon systems. The report shall include,
but not be limited to:
(1) an overview of how CDEW capabilities are developed,
coordinated, and integrated into weapon system development
across the military services and Department of Defense; and
(2) any organizational changes needed to ensure adequate
prioritization and funding of CDEW technology development,
including an assessment of the need for a dedicated CDEW
Executive Agent at the Office of the Secretary of Defense to
ensure unified advocacy for CDEW.
Development of the Rapidly Adaptable Affordable Cruise Missile
The committee continues to support the expansion of the
cruise missile production industrial base. The committee is
encouraged by the Air Force's use of the Small Business
Innovative Research (SBIR) program to contract with a small
business to design an innovative Rapidly Adaptable Affordable
Cruise Missile (RAACM). The RAACM will be a Weapon Open System
Architecture design, Government Reference Architecture
compliant family of weapon systems developed in parallel with a
digital model. This use of digital engineering technologies and
fasttrack to production concepts like determinant manufacturing
allows for the rapid development and production of cost-
effective, air-launched cruise missiles. This speed to field a
family of affordable weapons capacity is required to deter peer
and near-peer threats now, by providing aircrews a capable
weapon in the quantities needed to overwhelm an enemy's
defenses.
The committee notes that RAACM does not have an identified
future funding path in fiscal year 2024, or in the Future Years
Defense Program (FYDP). Without a defined plan, it is
challenging to quickly execute this vision of providing
affordable capacity in time to deter peer threats. For small
businesses investing in the people, parts, and test equipment
needed to develop, test, fly and ultimately produce at rate a
weapon like RAACM, instability in future funding is a risk that
makes development inefficient, slow, and more expensive.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Air
Force to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed
Services not later than December 1, 2023, that explains in
detail the Air Force's RAACM development and acquisition
strategy to include:
(1) threshold and objective performance characteristics
provided in the initial System Performance Specification
delivered by the contractor;
(2) draft schedule for future production and how that will
increase the draft schedule for future production and how that
will increase the missile industrial base;
(3) streamlined test and evaluation plan that takes into
account commercial-off-the-shelf and previously developed SBIR
technology;
(4) proposed funding profile across the FYDP; and,
(5) issues for consideration and planning related to
transitioning the program from prototype to production
activities.
Digital engineering and prototyping capability for Air Force Research
Lab Munitions Directorate
The committee notes the important role that emerging
technologies like digital engineering can play in the
development of critical military weapon systems while also
cultivating the necessary science and technology workforce of
the future at key military installations. The committee
encourages the Air Force Research Laboratory to leverage
public-private partnerships to collaborate across academia,
industry, and government for these critical technologies and
capabilities, including digital engineering. These
collaborative partnerships would enable the creation of a
technically skilled talent pipeline for high-demand,
multidisciplinary engineering and cyber careers to support
digital engineering efforts.
Therefore, the committee directs the Commander, Air Force
Research Laboratory to provide a briefing to the House
Committee on Armed Services not later than December 1, 2023,
on:
(1) plans to leverage public-private partnerships for
digital engineering; and
(2) the impact such engagements would have on workforce
development in surrounding military installation communities.
Digital Literacy at Air Force
The committee is aware of and supports efforts undertaken
by the Secretary of the Air Force to provide digital literacy
training for the Air Force and Space Force servicemembers,
government civilians, and contractors in advanced technologies,
such as cyber, artificial intelligence and machine learning
(AI/ML), and cloud computing. The committee encourages the Air
Force and Space Force to leverage government owned training
platforms with curricula informed by private sector expertise
to accelerate learning and career path development.
To that end, the committee encourages the Secretary of the
Air Force to expand existing mobile enabled platforms to train
and develop the cyber workforce of Air Force and Space Force.
To better understand how the Air Force and Space Force are
providing digital literacy to its components, the committee
directs the Secretary of the Air Force to provide a briefing to
the House Committee on Armed Services no later than March 1,
2024, on current digital literacy training platforms in use
within the service. The report, at a minimum, should include
the following:
(1) a list of current mobile enabled cyber training
platforms in use and the number of users enrolled by service
component;
(2) an explanation of the cyber, AI/ML, cloud computing,
and other training courses being offered on the platforms
listed in (1);
(3) a list of current cyber, AI/ML, and cloud computing
literacy requirements;
(4) an explanation of each training platform's capability
to (i) assess servicemember proficiency, (ii) customize a
servicemember's path to facilitate continuous learning; and
(iii) track training progress and servicemember's feedback; and
(5) a description of how the training platform integrates
into the services' MyLearning system or equivalent.
High accuracy robotics and localization for depot sustainment
The budget request contained $44.4 million in PE 0603680F
for the Manufacturing Technology Program. The committee is
encouraged by the U.S. Air Force's development of standardized
robot accuracy and localization capabilities across the Air
Force depot enterprise. These systems can help lower
sustainment costs for aging and advanced complex weapon systems
and also improve warfighter readiness. As such, the committee
encourages the Secretary of the Air Force to continue the
development and deployment of this technology to provide
improved capability and productivity and lessen workforce
development challenges.
Accordingly, the committee recommends $46.9 million, an
increase of $2.5 million in PE 0603680F for high accuracy
robotics and localization for depot sustainment.
High mach turbine engine
The committee remains supportive of Air Force Research
Laboratory's (AFRL) efforts to develop Mach 5 and Mach 6
aircraft, as this capability serves as a flexible, reusable
means to overwhelm near-peer anti-access capabilities. However,
the committee is concerned that the AFRL roadmap for the
development of these capabilities has not been properly
reflected in the level of funding requested in the budget
request over successive fiscal years.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Air
Force to submit a report to the House Committee on Armed
Services not later than December 15, 2023, on the following:
(1) the projected timetable for fielding hypersonic
aircraft;
(2) an assessment of the test infrastructure necessary for
the development of reusable hypersonic propulsion technology,
including turbine-based combined cycle engines;
(3) the discretionary budget authority to be allocated for
technology development; and
(4) the anticipated schedule for issuing requirements to
industry.
Additionally, the committee encourages the military
services and the Office of the Secretary of Defense to support
investments in critical technologies including propulsion,
advanced materials and fuels, and thermal management, all of
which are necessary to rapidly develop, test, and field
reusable high Mach capabilities.
Accordingly, the committee recommends $189.9 million, an
increase of $5.0 million, in PE 0602203F, for high mach and
multi mach turbine engines.
Joint All-Domain Command and Control concept of operations for digital
engineering
The committee is aware that the U.S. Air Force released
Doctrine Note 1-21, Agile Combat Employment, in December 2021.
The document highlights a 65 percent reduction in overseas
basing since the end of World War II because adversary
technology has advanced to a point where once secure overseas
bases are now under threat. As a result, the Air Force is
investing heavily in a concept called Agile Combat Employment
(ACE). This emerging concept is designed to execute logistical
activity such as refueling, repairs, and rearming and then
return aircraft to battle before an adversary can react.
The committee is also aware that the Department of Defense
is developing the Joint All-Domain Command and Control (JADC2)
system to connect sensors from each of the military services
into a single network and use the data collected and processed
by artificial intelligence to enable commanders to make better
decisions across the entire spectrum of defense-related
activities. The committee believes that the Air Force would
benefit from a JADC2 system that includes a concept of
operations for digital engineering, including sustaining
military operations in a contested logistics environment
enabled by Digital Materiel Management, advanced onsite
inspection, and deployed manufacturing and repair capabilities.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Air
Force to submit a report to the Senate Committee on Armed
Services and the House Committee on Armed Services not later
than January 30, 2024, on a strategy to integrate Digital
Material Management in contested environments into a JADC2
framework. Such a report shall include, but is not limited to,
the following:
(1) elements of a Digital Materiel Management System
necessary to transform supply and distribution systems from
fully connected ``pull'' systems optimized for efficiency to
``push'' systems that maximize distributed mission
effectiveness in an ACE environment;
(2) the potential for rapid, repetitive, and real-time
modeling and simulation analysis of big data to aid in the
development of the Digital Materiel Management System;
(3) an assessment of the potential benefits of artificial
intelligence and machine learning in a Digital Material
Management System; and
(4) the cost and timeline associated with implementing such
a strategy.
Metals Affordability Initiative
The budget request contained $30.4 million in PE 0603112F
for Advanced Materials for Weapon Systems. The committee
understands the value that public-private partnerships like the
Metals Affordability Initiative have in fostering innovative
solutions for critical aerospace needs and supply chains. Such
consortiums provide the opportunity to reduce component costs,
sustain the U.S. aerospace metals industrial base, and improve
the speed of technology transfer. The committee also
understands that funding for this initiative has been
extensively supplemented by Congress since the consortium's
inception almost 25 years ago. Given the value of this program,
the committee expects the Air Force to begin adequately
programming and budgeting for this consortium beginning in
fiscal year 2025.
Accordingly, the committee recommends $32.9 million, an
increase of $2.5 million, in PE 0603112F for the Metals
Affordability Initiative.
Report assessing all domain multisensor data fusion and integration
capabilities in the Air Force
The Committee believes there is an urgent need for sensor-
to-sensor distributed learning across a broad array of
platforms. While the committee believes that capabilities exist
for sensor fusion on single platforms, the committee is
concerned that there may not currently be an effective way to
apply insights from one platform to accelerate learnings on
other platforms, irrespective of the specific platform or their
sensing capabilities. The committee believes that such
capability would accelerate model retraining in combat
situations, avoiding the need to independently train each
platform to recognize new threats.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Air
Force to submit to a report to the House Committee on Armed
Services, not later than February 1, 2024, describing the
Department's current and future efforts to develop, test, and
deploy on-platform skills capabilities and the capabilities
needed to enable a sensor-to-sensor distributed learning
architecture that can support accelerated model retraining
across not-like-in-kind air platforms, without the need for
external communication.
Report on commercial rocket accelerated flight testing program
Maintaining the United States' superiority in aerospace
propulsion is critical to ensure U.S. leadership in technology
areas including missile defense, hypersonics, cislunar and deep
space, and more. To accomplish this, the committee believes the
United States needs a reliable testing infrastructure for
propulsion systems, including commercial rocket and propulsion
systems. The committee understands that currently no program
dedicated to flight testing new commercial propulsion
technologies and vehicle systems developed under Department of
Defense contracts exists, which threatens the United States'
ability to compete against foreign competitors like China,
which is investing extensively in next generation propulsion
capabilities.
Given the criticality of testing new propulsion
technologies, the committee recommends the Department of the
Air Force, working through the Air Force Research Laboratory,
establish a commercial rocket accelerated flight testing
program. This program would be an invaluable resource for the
Air Force, Space Force, and industry and help mature high-
priority propulsion systems, integral components, and vehicle
designs to ensure operational readiness, meet the needs of the
future force, and stay ahead of future national security
threats.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Air
Force to submit a report to the House Committee on Armed
Services not later than December 1, 2023, on how the Air Force
would establish and execute a commercial rocket accelerated
flight testing program. The report should include, but not be
limited to:
(1) an overview of the current flight testing facilities
and capabilities the Air Force uses to test new propulsion
technologies and vehicle systems;
(2) how much funding over the Future Years Defense Program
would be required to successfully establish and execute a
commercial rocket accelerated flight testing program;
(3) contracting mechanisms to be used to select qualified
flight providers, experimental systems, and test flight
campaigns; and
(4) options for streamlining vehicle and launch
authorization procedures to enable flight testing to occur on
Air Force bases in 12 months or less from the date of contract
issuance.
The committee also encourages the Air Force to look to
existing testing programs across the U.S. Government, like the
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Flight
Opportunities program, as a model for future flight testing
programs.
Report on integrating hypersonic aircraft into the global strike force
The committee is encouraged by the Department of Defense's
partnering with non-traditional industry in the rapid
prototyping of hypersonic aircraft in response to the Joint
Force's rapid strike capability needs.
The committee notes that, per previous congressional
direction, the Department was to establish a timeline for
incorporating hypersonic flight research and development into
the Fiscal Year 2023 budget and that there continues to be no
clear development requirements or transition plan. Accordingly,
the committee directs the Secretary of Defense in consultation
with the Secretary of the Air Force to submit a report to the
Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives not
later than April 1, 2024 on integrating high-Mach and
hypersonic aircraft into the global strike force and
determining the appropriate payload configuration. The report
shall include, at a minimum:
(1) An overview of how a program office would develop
program requirements in consultation with the user community.
(2) An overview of remaining technical challenges
associated with demonstrating and producing high-Mach and
hypersonic aircraft.
(3) An assessment of the currently available domestic
commercial and non-traditional capabilities that can accelerate
the development and production of a hypersonic aircraft.
(4) An assessment of the personnel, training, and
logistical support requirements high Mach and hypersonic
aircraft would generate.
(5) Other information as the Secretary deems appropriate.
Rotary machines with advanced magnetic materials
The committee understands that permanent magnets are widely
used in military and industrial rotary machines such as motors,
generators, and shafts, which are used in various platforms
including fighter aircraft, missile guidance systems, electric
vehicles, wind turbines, and other weapon systems. However, the
committee notes that the permanent magnet supply chain has
vulnerabilities. For example, nearly two-thirds of U.S.
permanent magnet imports come from China. It is necessary that
the United States develop innovative solutions to manufacture
needed materials domestically to decrease U.S. dependencies on
foreign supply chains.
The committee is aware that U.S. industry has developed
innovative designs and cost-effective manufacturing processes
of dual magnetic permeabilities to fabricate high-efficiency
motors that contain significantly reduced to zero rare earth
elements (REE). This process allows for higher motor
efficiency, a more compact design of both the motor stator and
rotor, and more importantly, low to zero REE, which reduces the
motor cost and more importantly, eliminates dependency on
countries such as China and Russia for sourcing materials.
The committee believes such technology can be beneficial
for Air Force Research Laboratory's ongoing materials research
and development. The committee encourages the Air Force to
expand research and development efforts with manufacturing
processes for dual magnetic permeabilities for high-efficiency
motors and leverage these technology advancements to decrease
the U.S. military's dependence on foreign-sourced REEs for
critical weapon systems.
Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (stem) partnership
expansion
The Department of Defense faces challenges recruiting and
retaining a workforce skilled in science, technology,
engineering, and mathematics (STEM). The Committee supports the
efforts of the Department of Defense to grow the STEM workforce
pipeline, particularly for women and under-represented
minorities in the areas of cybersecurity, artificial
intelligence, augmented reality, and Additive Manufacturing.
The Committee directs the Secretary of the Air Force to
provide a briefing to the House Armed Services Committee by
December 30, 2023 on how it plans to partner with Historically
Black Colleges and Universities to leverage their expertise in
the aforementioned research areas to inform future requirements
while building the next generation of STEM leaders.
Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Defense-Wide
Items of Special Interest
3D printing with indigenous materials
The committee believes that 3D printing of structures is a
proven technology that provides flexibility and portability in
construction, the benefits of which have been demonstrated at
installations such as Fort Bliss. The committee recognizes the
impact these benefits may provide as it pertains to natural
disaster response, force posture requirements, or austere
environments with indigenous materials across combatant
commands. The committee encourages the Department of Defense
and military services to continue key investments in these
efforts, and to support research and development initiatives
aligned with these objectives.
Additive manufacturing involving metals and composites
The committee notes that additive manufacturing plays an
increasingly important role in the development of novel
industrial base processes that support the National Defense
Strategy. In particular, the committee notes that additive
manufacturing involving metals, as well as composites and
plastics, have important national security applications. The
committee believes that the production of additive
manufacturing capability that incorporates both metallic as
well as composite materials holds significant promise for the
development of emerging defense capabilities.
Therefore, the committee directs the Under Secretary of
Defense for Research and Engineering to provide a report to the
House Committee on Armed Services, not later than December 31,
2023, on the potential of additive manufacturing that
incorporates both metallic as well as composite materials,
including plastics.
Advanced training range capabilities
The committee recognizes the need for improved in-theater
air range training capabilities in order to meet readiness
demands. The committee is aware that capabilities such as
Synthetic Inject to Live (SITL)--Live Virtual Constructive
(LVC) systems may provide improved capability in support of
training against near-peer threats.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense
to provide a briefing, no later than December 15, 2023, on its
plans to develop, procure, and field mobile in-theater, SITL
LVC air combat training systems across the services, including
joint efforts with coalition partners.
Allies' and partners' telecommunications networks in the Middle East
The committee recognizes the value of fifth-generation (5G)
technologies to telecommunications networks, including inherent
commercial and security benefits. The committee also recognizes
that the potential exists for foreign strategic competitors to
exploit communications technology through a variety of
mechanisms.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense
to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services
not later than March 1, 2024, on the national security
implications of deployment and expanded use of 5G within allied
and partner nations in the Middle East. The briefing shall
include:
(1) a description of existing Department of Defense
cooperation with Middle Eastern allies and partners to address
national security concerns related to 5G communications
networks;
(2) a description of the risks to Department of Defense
operations and activities stemming from ally and partner 5G
communications networks, including a description of the change
in risk from legacy systems;
(3) opportunities to apply lessons learned from allies and
partners undertaking similar efforts in Europe and South
America; and
(4) such other information as the Secretary deems
appropriate.
Artificial intelligence
The committee recognizes the potential for artificial
intelligence (AI)-enabled solutions to address Department of
Defense and warfighter needs. The committee also notes the
continued need for investment in AI research and fielding of AI
capabilities across the military services. The John S. McCain
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public
Law 115-232) established the role of senior official with
principal responsibility for artificial intelligence and
machine learning. In February 2022, the Department stood up the
Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office to accelerate
the Department's adoption of AI. The committee encourages the
Department to build upon this progress and sustain efforts to
research, develop, test, and where appropriate, operationalize
AI capabilities.
Artificial intelligence capabilities of foreign adversaries
The committee continues to recognize that artificial
intelligence (AI) and machine learning technologies are
critical to the national security interests of the United
States. Additionally, the committee notes that similar tools
are currently being developed and utilized by potential
adversaries, including the government of the People's Republic
of China. The committee commends the export controls issued by
the U.S. Government to limit the export of advanced
semiconductors and supercomputer components used to create
large language models and artificial intelligence capabilities.
However, the committee is concerned by reports of efforts by
potential adversaries to expand their AI capabilities and
believes that further efforts may be needed to secure elements
of the supply chain, including the software supply chain, for
these and other related technologies.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense,
in coordination with relevant agencies, to submit a report to
the congressional defense committees not later than December 1,
2023, on national security challenges associated with recent
developments in the artificial intelligence and machine
learning capabilities of foreign adversaries. The report should
include the following information:
(1) new or continued national security implications of
commercially available artificial intelligence technologies in
the commercial and military sectors by the United States and
foreign adversaries;
(2) efforts by strategic adversaries to circumvent export
controls relating to components used to develop large language
models; and
(3) efforts by strategic adversaries to access or develop
new advanced artificial intelligence technologies.
Assessment of defensive and offensive cybersecurity capabilities in 5G/
NextG environments
The committee is supportive of efforts to expand 5G and
NextG technology into missile and aviation weapon systems,
military installations, and tactical operations. Therefore, the
committee directs the Secretary of Defense to submit a briefing
to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than March
31, 2024, to assess the cybersecurity risks inherent in 5G/
NextG technology and adversarial abilities to exploit those
vulnerabilities. The briefing should include:
(1) use cases for 5G/NextG for weapon systems and
operational and prototype deployments;
(2) the ability of adversaries of the United States to deny
or degrade U.S. military 5G/NextG communications capabilities;
(3) an assessment of Department of Defense cybersecurity
vulnerabilities in 5G / NextG infrastructure; and
(4) plans to establish tools, tactics, and procedures to
defend military 5G / NextG infrastructure.
Augment foreign language translation with technology
The committee is encouraged by actions to complement
existing national security translator capabilities with
commercially available adaptive neural machine learning
translation technologies to boost translators' efficiency and
output. The committee is concerned there is a significant
volume and backlog of critical foreign language material with
national security implications. Therefore, the committee
encourages the Department of Defense to further adopt
commercially available adaptive neural machine learning
translation technologies to supplement existing trained
linguists and analysts to explore a department-wide strategy to
address the backlog of critical foreign language material.
Accordingly, the Committee directs the Secretary of Defense to
provide a report to the House and Senate Armed Services
Committees, by December 31, 2023, that details current
translator capabilities and the technology being used to
augment them. The report shall, at a minimum, include the
following:
(1) An analysis of the shortfalls of critical linguists and
the impact of those shortfalls on Department requirements;
(2) A survey of the backlog of critical foreign language
material with national security implications that remains
untranslated;
(3) A survey of commercial capabilities currently utilized
by DOD that are available to assist in adaptive neural machine
learning translation;
(4) A cost estimate for implementing such program(s); and
The report shall be unclassified and may include a
classified annex if necessary.
Autonomous resupply for contested logistics
The budget request included $257.1 million in PE 0603838D8Z
for Defense Innovation Acceleration. The committee is
encouraged by the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and
Engineering's commitment to experimentation and technology
demonstrations, particularly in response to geographic
combatant command and unified command requirements. The
committee recognizes the importance of Defense Innovation
Acceleration activities, including the Joint Capability
Technology Demonstration program, to assess operational
utility, accelerate new concepts of operation, and measure
integrity of new technologies.
The committee is encouraged by the program's interest in
assessing technology to meet the growing need for autonomous
and distributed logistics capabilities in contested
environments. Recent global events have demonstrated the
criticality of sustaining resilient logistics networks in
support of direct military and partner operations. The
committee recognizes the important contributions that these new
capabilities can have on reducing the risk to life of personnel
in combat operations, achieving greater logistics flexibility,
and supporting the development of new concepts of operations.
Further, the committee believes accelerating the timeline for
this program is critical to meeting the operational
requirements of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command and U.S.
Transportation Command.
Therefore, the committee recommends an increase of $2.5
million in PE 0603838D8Z for autonomous resupply for contested
logistics.
Biomedical research with animal models
The committee notes that the Department of Defense plays an
important role in protecting the United States from biological
threats. The committee further understands the value of animal
models and studies, including those with laboratory mice,
towards the safe development of new biodefense diagnostic tools
and treatments. The increased need for biosafety, biosecurity,
and pandemic preparedness and response amplifies the importance
of research conducted with these precision models.
Therefore, the committee directs the Under Secretary of
Defense for Research and Engineering to submit a report to the
House Committee on Armed Services, not later than December 31,
2023 regarding the Department's collaboration with biomedical
research non-profit organizations. At a minimum, the report
should examine:
(1) how such partnerships can create and utilize precision
animal models to advance basic research discoveries; and
(2) how the expertise of biomedical research non-profit
organizations may enhance the Department's bio-defense
capabilities and protect the health of the Armed Forces.
Blast exposure monitoring for special operations
The committee notes that U.S. Special Operations Command
(USSOCOM) is working to identify blast overpressure exposure
that occurs with heavy weapons systems use, breaching, and in
dynamic combat and training environments. USSOCOM's knowledge
of the effects of blast exposure is limited by lack of
objective blast exposure monitoring (BEMO). The committee
understands USSOCOM is currently developing the BEMO sensor and
is in the process of phase III of testing. The committee
believes the development of sensors that measure blast
overpressure exposure are critical to the safety and welfare of
service members and remains committed to funding the
procurement and fielding of BEMO sensors upon successful
completion of phase III testing. The committee looks forward to
receiving the briefing from USSOCOM on the results of such
testing as directed by the committee report accompanying the
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (H.
Rept. 117-397).
Brief on current requirements for electromagnetic spectrum training in
support of multi-domain operations (MDO)
The committee believes that competency in the
electromagnetic spectrum (EMS), including electronic warfare
(EW), will be essential to future conflicts. The committee is
concerned, therefore, that highly restrictive training
environments and necessary administrative coordination may
restrict efforts to train the Joint Force and integrate EW into
training events.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense
to deliver a briefing to the Committee on Armed Services in the
House of Representatives not later than March 1, 2024,
outlining the current process and requirements for units to
schedule and conduct exercises and training activities that
include significant EMS activities. The brief shall include:
(1) information on the process and timeline for planning
EW, EMS-intensive, or multi-domain operations training,
including coordination with external agencies;
(2) elucidation of classes of training activities that
incur more significant administrative requirements;
(3) examples of units that have proven able to successfully
and repeatably conduct multi-domain operation training events
at home installations and recommendations on how to replicate
their success across the military services;
(4) recommendations for creating an enduring approval
process for preapproved frequencies reserved for military use;
and
(5) recommendations for the creation of permissive
parameters to conduct routine multi-domain operations training
such that external approvals are either not required or
significantly reduced.
Carbon nanotube technology
The committee is encouraged by the promise of aligned
carbon nanotube technology as an enabler of predictable and
efficient thermal interfaces in national security systems.
Predictable system interfaces would increase performance,
decrease the overall cost of mission critical systems, and
eliminate a common and costly failure mode in mission critical
applications. The committee believes carbon nanotube
technology, and the predictable system interfaces it enables,
should be safeguarded by the Department of Defense,
particularly given the advanced competition and investment by
the Chinese government in carbon nanotubes.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense
to submit a report to the House Committee on Armed Services not
later than March 1, 2024, detailing a plan for ensuring
Department of Defense mission critical systems leverage
predictable thermal interface solutions enabled with carbon
nanotube technology to reduce redundancy, schedule, and costs.
Cardiac monitoring for human performance and medical support
The committee notes novel advances in the development of
wearable tissue oxygen based diagnostics to non-invasively
monitor the heart in both military treatment facilities and
operational environments. The committee believes these systems
could optimize force effectiveness, aid in the diagnosis and
treatment of combat injuries, and prevent sudden cardiac death.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to
provide a report to the congressional defense committees by
March 1, 2024, on the accelerated development, clinical
evaluation, and assessment of the utility of operational
medical units of ruggedized tissue oxygen monitoring systems.
The report, at a minimum, shall include:
(1) an assessment on how robust it is for field use as well
as integration with existing military medical software systems;
(2) an assessment of the integration into existing care
practice by operational medical units; and
(3) an assessment of the ease of use by a diversity of
medical personnel with varying degrees of medical training.
Coherent Beam Combining directed energy
The committee is encouraged by the progress being made in
the Department of Defense on development and incorporation of
directed energy technology. The committee understands that the
Department has focused on Spectral Beam Combining (SBC) lasers
for its high energy laser air defense solutions, but is aware
that Coherent Beam Combining (CBC) lasers have had some
success. The Committee is concerned that the Department has
committed too heavily to one technological approach. Therefore,
the committee directs the Under Secretary of Defense for
Research and Engineering, in coordination with each Service
Secretary, to provide a briefing to the House Armed Services
Committee by February 1, 2024 on the Department's investments
into SBC and CBC, including a breakdown by type. This briefing
shall include an overview of CBC cooperative research and
development efforts.
Comptroller General review of the functions of the Office of the Under
Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering
In the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
2017, Congress called for the Department of Defense (DOD) to
establish the position of Under Secretary of Defense for
Research and Engineering [USD(R&E)] to serve as DOD's Chief
Technology Officer and elevate and enhance the mission of
defense technological innovation. The Act required that the new
office take a larger role than its predecessor office in
establishing policies to overcome challenges DOD has faced in
promoting innovation. The USD(R&E) was also charged with
responsibility for the allocation of resources for defense
research and engineering, including unifying these efforts
across DOD.
In July 2020, DOD issued a directive establishing the
position, responsibilities and functions, relationships, and
authorities of the USD(R&E). Among other things, the directive
requires USD(R&E), in coordination with the Secretary of
Defense, to identify and define DOD's modernization priorities,
establish timelines for delivering future capabilities, and
develop roadmaps for investing in modernization priority areas.
Importantly, the directive charges USD(R&E) with recommending
investments that advance these goals and identifying activities
across DOD that run counter to the modernization roadmaps for
potential resource allocation.
The committee is concerned that the Office of the USD(R&E)
has neither fully nor sufficiently executed the authorities
granted to it under statute and in policy for managing,
overseeing, and improving innovation-related investments across
DOD. The committee is also concerned the Department of Defense
may be missing opportunities to fully collaborate science and
technology efforts within and across all components for maximum
efficiency and effectiveness. The mix of investments that
military components and defense agencies make in disruptive and
incremental technology development remains unknown and
unassessed. Further, new technologies continue to get bogged
down in long, linear development structured defense acquisition
programs that delay their delivery to the warfighters who need
them. And most importantly, innovation progress continues to
lag competitor states in certain key defense technology areas--
the primary impetus that led Congress to legislate
establishment of a USD(R&E).
Weapon systems annual assessments and defense science and
technology reports issued by the Comptroller General have
identified similar concerns with DOD's innovation performance
and resource management. Accordingly, the committee directs the
Comptroller General to review the functions of the Office of
the USD(R&E) and report out its findings to the congressional
defense committees not later than February 23, 2024. As part of
this review, the committee requests that the Comptroller
General recommend any policy and statutory changes needed to
better position the Office of the USD(R&E) to manage, oversee,
and improve DOD's innovation investments and outcomes.
Countering command, control, communications, computers, cyber,
intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance table-top
exercises with interagency and industry participants
The committee is concerned with the Chinese Community
Party's (``CCP'') national strategy of military-civil fusion to
enable the People's Liberation Army (``PLA'') to become the
most technologically advanced military in the world by 2049.
The military-civil fusion strategy blurs the delineation among
civil, commercial, and military technology development and
application and targets advancements in the fields of quantum
computing, big data, semiconductors, 5G, advanced nuclear
technology, aerospace technology, and artificial intelligence.
These technologies enhance the PLA's ability and capacity to
conduct sustained joint operations that integrate its
capabilities across the electromagnetic spectrum in the space
and cyber warfighting domains.
The committee supports efforts by the Department of Defense
(``the Department'') to address growing threats across the
electromagnetic spectrum and protect the security of the
networks that connect and enable joint and combined operations.
The U.S. defense industrial base plays a critical role in
contributing to national defense and is a global leader in
developing and operationalizing new and emerging technologies,
especially in the fields of cyber and space. Countering the
PLA's command, control, communications, computers, cyber,
intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (``C5ISR'')
capabilities, which cyber and space technologies contribute to,
will play a decisive role in determining conflict outcomes.
Therefore, the committee directs the Under Secretary of
Defense for Policy, in coordination with the Chair of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff, combatant commanders, Secretaries of the
Military Departments, to submit a report to the House Committee
on Armed Services not later than March 30, 2024, on the
Department's efforts to better coordinate with the U.S. defense
industrial base in the space and cyber domains and solicit and
incorporate feedback from U.S. government and commercial
partners on the defense industrial base implications of a
potential conflict with the PLA as it relates to enhancing the
Department's C5ISR capabilities and countering the PLA's C5ISR
capabilities. This includes but is not limited to table-top
exercises with interagency and industry participants,
institutions that interface with commercial partners, and
mechanisms through which the U.S. defense industrial base can
share threat information with the Department. The report should
also include a plan to expand on these types of efforts going
forward.
Defense Innovation Unit due diligence responsibilities
The committee notes with approval the Department of
Defense's elevation of the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU). The
committee also notes the acknowledged challenges posed by
adversarial countries' theft of intellectual property from U.S.
companies, which is particularly pronounced in advanced and
dual-use technology sectors. The demonstrated ability of
adversaries, in particular the Chinese Communist Party, to
compromise and influence U.S. companies is of concern to the
committee, and the committee notes the particular need to
address these challenges in companies engaged with DIU.
Therefore, not later than February 1, 2024, the committee
directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a briefing to the
House Committee on Armed Services on DIU's foreign influence
screening protocols as they pertain to private industry in
advanced technology sectors. The briefing shall, at a minimum,
address the following:
(1) a summary of the current policies and procedures in
place at DIU to screen potential industry partners for
influence by foreign actors;
(2) planned efforts to bolster DIU's screening policies and
procedures, including an assessment of related manpower
requirements and a cost estimate;
(3) efforts being taken by DIU and the Department of
Defense to deter, prevent, and mitigate foreign influence on
industry partners that are already contracted to work with DIU;
and
(4) any other information as determined by the Secretary.
Department of Defense and Intelligence Community Innovation
Coordination
The committee notes the efforts made by the Department of
Defense to expedite innovative technology investment and
development, particularly through the Defense Innovation Unit
(DIU). The committee is concerned, however, that disjointed
investment efforts in innovative technologies by the Department
and the Intelligence Community (IC) are leading to inefficient
investments that come at a higher cost. Investments made by DIU
and other entities within the Department of Defense often
overlap with the priorities and activities of the IC. The
committee also notes that the National Defense Strategy
identifies the People's Republic of China (PRC) as the pacing
challenge for the Department. Accordingly, the committee
directs the Secretary of Defense no later than February 1,
2024, to brief the House Armed Services Committee on attempts
to coordinate investments, development, and other efforts
related to innovative technologies as part of the Department's
focus on the pacing challenge presented by the PRC.
Digital engineering support for Department of Defense digital
acquisition
The committee recognizes advanced manufacturing, driven by
digital engineering, as vital to support the Department of
Defense's (DOD) transition to digital acquisition. The
committee believes that innovation in digital engineering and
investment in a workforce with advanced digital skills are
critically important to Department efforts to counter rapidly
evolving threats. However, the committee is concerned that
there may be insufficient uptake of digital engineering,
digital transformation, and digital twin modeling in
acquisition efforts. The committee believes that to remain
competitive and ensure military readiness, the Department of
Defense must make the necessary investments in the development
of digital skills for the next-generation aerospace and defense
workforce.
Therefore, the committee directs the Under Secretary of
Defense for Research and Engineering, in consultation with the
Secretaries of each military service, to provide a report to
the House Committee on Armed Services not later than December
1, 2023, on the advisability and feasibility of establishing a
Digital Engineering Center of Excellence. At a minimum, the
report shall include:
(1) an assessment of efforts by the military services to
examine the applicability of digital engineering in their
design, development, and sustainment chains;
(2) estimates of the cost and schedule impacts of various
lines of effort regarding integration of digital engineering
into design, development, and sustainment enterprises in the
military services; and
(3) an evaluation of whether a Digital Engineering Center
of Excellence would enable increased efficiency and
coordination in Department of Defense efforts to digitally
develop, test, and field new systems.
Electromagnetic pulses and geomagnetic disturbances
The committee remains concerned about the potential threat
to Department of Defense missions posed by electromagnetic
pulses (EMP) and geomagnetic disturbances (GMD). The committee
notes the guidance on risk assessment and mitigation contained
in National Defense Authorization Act of Fiscal Year 2020
(Public Law 116-92) and believes more must be done to ensure
the protection and resilience of Department of Defense systems
and infrastructure from EMD and GMD threats. Therefore, the
committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a
briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services by March 26,
2024 summarizing the Department's strategy for protection
against EMP and GMD threats.
This briefing shall include:
(1) a current risk assessment of EMD and GMD threats to the
successful execution of Department of Defense missions;
(2) a summary of priority defense missions, systems and
infrastructure requiring protection from EMD and GMD threats;
(3) a summary of actions taken by the Department of Defense
since 2020 to protect critical defense missions, systems, and
infrastructure from EMP and GMD threats; and
(4) a description of technologies, resources, and
additional actions required to ensure the defense of critical
mission, systems, and infrastructure from EMP and GMD threats.
Energetics science and technology
Energetics are central to the performance of many of the
military weapons systems, but energetics research and
development efforts are using practices that are decades old. A
central challenge to regaining energetic superiority is the
high cost of formulating, processing, and manufacturing new and
better energetics. The Department of Defense's current
practices are done by individual scientists hand mixing in the
lab. This approach increases risk and cost, and it is not
scalable for production. Therefore, the committee encourages
the Department to consider practices that other industries use
for chemical manufacturing to scale their formulation and
processing of chemicals.
Energetics-dedicated manufacturing technology investments
The committee recognizes that energetics-dedicated
manufacturing technology investments are needed to restore
domestic manufacturing and accelerate the adoption of more
flexible and efficient production technologies, techniques, and
processes across the U.S. energetics production base.
Transitioning new production technologies and processes for
high production volume and cost-sensitive materials, such as
energetics, to industry requires reducing risk and assessing
manufacturing maturity.
To effectively address these complexities, the committee
directs the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and
Engineering, in coordination with the Navy Manufacturing
Technology Program, to submit an implementation plan and
provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not
later than March 1, 2024, on program activities designed to
support current eligible academic and industry institutions to
effectively transition manufacturing technologies to revitalize
the domestic industrial base for manufacturing energetic
materials essential to U.S. national defense. The
implementation plan should include efforts to support fully
automated, integrated test beds that can demonstrate and de-
risk continuous manufacturing processes for energetic materials
designed to improve flexibility, capacity, quality, safety, and
capability prior to transitioning to the energetics industrial
base.
Expansion of electromagnetic spectrum sensing capabilities
The committee understands that cyber and electronic
warfare-contested environments present an acute challenge in
conflict with a technologically advanced near-peer adversary.
Maintaining the highest levels of battlefield awareness will
require warfighters to have the ability to rapidly detect,
analyze, and identify new signals in the electromagnetic
spectrum (EMS). The ongoing conflict in Ukraine has exposed the
threat that adversarial electronic warfare systems pose.
Accordingly, the committee believes that the Department of
Defense should pursue capabilities that give the warfighter the
ability to maintain awareness of the EMS environment and
rapidly develop insights at the tactical edge.
The committee is aware that special operations forces have
successfully employed mature, artificial intelligence (AI)-
enabled EMS classification technologies in recent deployments.
The committee believes that the Department of Defense should
take steps to increase the adoption of such technologies,
including by conventional units, to ensure reliable EMS
awareness across the joint force.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense
to submit a report to the House Committee on Armed Services not
later than December 1, 2023, on the Department's efforts to
expand the use of proven AI-enabled EMS classification
technologies to conventional units. The report should include,
but is not limited to, the following elements:
(1) an assessment of the Department's conventional EMS
sensing and classification capabilities and operational
requirements;
(2) efforts to expand the use of proven, AI-enabled EMS
classification systems to conventional units;
(3) efforts to develop next generation EMS classification
systems for conventional units; and
(4) market research to determine whether scalable,
commercially available solutions exist that can meet the
operational requirements of conventional units.
F-35 power thermal management and propulsion systems modernization
The budget request contained $462.4 million for F135 Engine
Core Upgrade (ECU) technology maturation and no funding in PE
0604534F for Adaptive Engine Transition Program (AETP)
technology maturation, related to the Department of Defense's
budget request for the F-35 propulsion and thermal management
systems modernization efforts.
Therefore, the committee recommends $462.4 million for F135
ECU technology maturation. The committee also recommends $588.4
million, an increase of $588.4 million, in PE 0604534F to
continue technology maturation and risk reduction activities
for AETP engine technology. Continuing AETP technology
maturation and learning will reduce development risk of the
Next Generation Adaptive Propulsion engine planned to be
integrated, at an undetermined point in the future, into the
Next Generation Air Dominance aircraft.
Gallium nitride laser capabilities
The committee is interested in the potential of high tech
laser capabilities, including gallium nitride (GaN) technology.
This unique light technology is the world's first safety-
certified laser light source that can also enable dual-emission
lighting with infrared and visible light output. Innovative
GaN-based technologies are in use today in penetrating, eye-
safe, laser-based lighting, empowering search and rescue teams
and airfield lighting systems in the severely degraded visual
conditions experienced in many operational environments.
In addition to high brightness and high efficiency lighting
technologies, other GaN-based technologies are under active
development for a wide variety of critical applications. These
include ultra-compact red, green, blue lasers that can enable
augmented reality and virtual reality headsets; high speed
lasers and photodiodes for secure Light Fidelity
communications; and high power lasers and photodiodes for
optical wireless power transfer.
The committee believes GaN-based technology could be
further leveraged to improve a multitude of Department of
Defense programs. The committee encourages the Department of
Defense to explore the potential applications of this
technology for both search and rescue applications and fixed
and contingency airfield operations.
High Energy Laser Counter Anti-Ship Cruise Missile Program thermal
energy storage
The budget request included $171.7 million in PE
0604055D8Z, Research, Development, Testing and Evaluation,
Defense-Wide, Operational Energy Capability Improvement. The
committee is encouraged by the Department of Defense moving
toward Directed Energy Weapons, specifically High Energy Lasers
for installation on next generation vehicles and integration
into existing platforms.
However, the Department operates high energy lasers that
produce large thermal loads based on outdated technology that
requires significant modifications in next generation directed
energy systems. The Navy currently uses monolithic water tanks
for cooling its High Energy Lasers which is an inefficient
solution that requires significant modifications and limits the
potential output of next generation directed energy systems.
The High Energy Laser Counter Anti-Ship Cruise Missile Program
(HELCAP) is intended to evaluate, develop, experiment, and
demonstrate laser technologies for a system that would offer a
capability to provide an anti-ship cruise missile system for
Navy ships. The committee encourages the Department to advance
the Navy's HELCAP capabilities in the area of thermal energy
storage to support pulsed power systems on Navy ships.
Therefore, the committee recommends $181.7 million, an
increase of $10.0 million, in PE 0604055D8Z Research,
Development, Testing and Evaluation, Defense-Wide, Operational
Energy Capability Improvement for the High Energy Laser
Counter-Anti Ship Cruise Missile Program.
Hispanic-serving institutions
The committee notes that the James M. Inhofe National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-
263) included provisions directing the Department of Defense to
work with historically Black colleges and universities and
minority-serving institutions to support science, technology,
engineering, and mathematics education and research, which
includes Hispanic-serving institutions.
Historically Black Colleges and Universities
The budget request contained $100.5 million in PE
0601228D8Z for Historically Black Colleges and Universities/
Minority Institutions. The committee recognizes that
Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and
Minority-Serving Institutions (MSIs) are essential for
developing a diverse science, technology, engineering, and
mathematics workforce. The James M. Inhofe National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-263)
required the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and
Engineering to formulate a plan to establish a pilot program to
increase defense research capacity at HBCUs and MSIs, including
implementation of select recommendations from the National
Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine report
entitled ``Defense Research Capacity at Historically Black
Colleges and Universities and Other Minority Institutions:
Transitioning from Good Intentions to Measurable Outcomes.''
The committee also notes historically high levels of funding
support for HBCUs and MSIs in previous fiscal years.
Accordingly, the committee recommends $125.5 million, an
increase of $25.0 million, in PE 0601228D8Z for Historically
Black Colleges and Universities/Minority Institutions.
Hyper-Enabled Awareness Kit
The committee supports the Department of Defense's efforts
to develop a hyper-enabled awareness kit (HEAK) to supplement
manual communication systems and to address challenges with
primary communications channels. The committee recognizes the
Department's need for a secure software messaging platform-
based communications system that allows the warfighter to
simultaneously communicate and transmit data that is often lost
through manual processes. Therefore, the committee directs the
Commander, U.S. Special Operations Command to provide a
briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services no later than
February 1, 2024, on HEAKs and how future funding would be used
within this program.
Hypersonics workforce development
The committee continues to support the Department of
Defense's development and fielding of hypersonic capabilities
and supports the Department's hypersonics modernization
strategy. However, the committee is concerned about the
Department's ability to sustain the highly skilled workforce of
scientists and engineers required to push the boundaries of
hypersonic technology and realize the strategic imperatives of
the National Defense Strategy.
While the committee commends the Department of Defense and
specifically the Office of Naval Research for its science,
technology, engineering, and mathematics and graduate program
efforts, it believes those programs should be expanded and
fully funded, particularly in the field of hypersonic
technology.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense
to submit a report to the House Committee on Armed Services not
later than December 1, 2023, on the Department's efforts to
ensure the development and sustainment of its future hypersonic
workforce. The report shall include:
(1) an overview of hypersonic workforce development
objectives and the personnel qualifications needed to sustain
the development of hypersonic capabilities;
(2) plans to strengthen partnerships with academic
institutions, including service academies, research centers,
and industry to promote and educate undergraduate- and
graduate-level students in the field of hypersonic technology;
(3) a plan for how the Department of Defense could
establish a pilot program at select academic institutions to
expand the hypersonics workforce through the development of
graduate and pre-doctoral degree programs; and
(4) plans to increase funding for advanced hypersonics
facilities for research and graduate-level education.
Additionally, the committee recommends $543.9 million, an
increase of $3.0 million, in PE 0601153N for hypersonic
education efforts.
Identifying innovation organizations
The committee notes that with the success of the Defense
Innovation Unit (DIU) in accelerating the adoption of
commercial technology to transform military capabilities, other
elements of the Department of Defense and military services
have launched similar non-traditional innovation fielding
enterprises. While the committee is supportive of innovation
organizations within the Department and military services, the
committee believes that the unchecked proliferation of them
could allow for significant duplication and confusion both
inside and outside the Department.
Therefore, the committee directs the Director of the DIU to
submit a report to the House Committee on Armed Services not
later than December 31, 2023, that identifies each innovation
organization and suggests a consolidation plan of those
different organizations under a lead organization in each
military service that has shown competence at engaging with
non-traditional technology providers.
Legal implications of lethal autonomy
The committee recognizes the work of the Department of
Defense in updating the policy framework surrounding
advancements in weapons system autonomy, including through the
issuance of updates to DoD Directive 3000.09. The committee
further recognizes that the pace of advancements in this field
create challenges for the legal and policy underpinnings of
military operations and is concerned that the legal
implications of lethal autonomy may require stricter scrutiny.
The committee believes such insights could prove valuable in
ensuring that the uses of artificial intelligence (AI) or
autonomous systems comply with international norms of behavior.
Accordingly, the committee directs the Under Secretary of
Defense for Policy to submit a report to the Senate Committee
on Armed Services and the House Committee on Armed Services not
later than January 31, 2024, addressing:
(1) Current legal frameworks governing the approval and
utilization of autonomous systems with lethal capabilities;
(2) Current legal frameworks governing the design and
engineering of AI and autonomy systems with potential lethal
capabilities;
(3) The manner in which the use of force through lethal
autonomous means would fall under existing legal frameworks
governing accountability and the use of force;
(4) The effects of unintended bias, deception capabilities,
and other deleterious effects on AI decision-making tools with
regard to governance of lethal autonomous capabilities; and
(5) Such other information as the Under Secretary may wish
to include.
This report shall be unclassified, but may contain a
classified annex.
Magnetoresistive random-access memory
Due to the high sensitivity of computing memory to both
natural and man-made radiation, satellites and other critical
defense applications utilizing traditional memory storage are
at significant risk to disruption or degradation. Advances in
silicon-based memory devices that store information in magnetic
fields, magnetoresistive random-access memory (MRAM), have
proven to create a commercially viable, hardened memory storage
solution that provides protection against disruption or
corruption in these critical Department systems.
The committee believes that there is a critical need for a
supply of radiation-hardened memory storage used for civil and
Department of Defense applications but recognizes that a
current dependency on an overseas supply chain exacerbates the
vulnerabilities of Department systems.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense
to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services
not later December 31, 2023, on the Department's plans to
utilize current onshore suppliers for the advancement of MRAM
solutions across the military services.
Mobile nuclear reactors
The committee is aware of the Department of Defense's
efforts to address the growing challenges of reliable,
sustainable, and resilient energy sources to power its various
military installations and forward operating positions around
the world. The committee has directed investments in previous
years in micro-nuclear reactors as a promising emerging
technology to provide portable, safe, consistent, clean
electric and thermal power, regardless of environmental or
operational conditions.
The committee notes Congress' effort to establish a second
source for the mobile microreactor program which greatly
improves the Strategic Capabilities Office's ability to develop
electrical power sources that are responsive to differing
military service requirements. However, the importance of
mobile nuclear reactors is critical to the future fight.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense
to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services,
not later than February 1, 2024, on the Department's research
and development efforts related to micro-nuclear reactors,
including diverse development avenues, a cost-benefit analysis
of their viability, identification of any logistical or
statutory challenges to the supply chain to fuel these
reactors, and an evaluation of the whether or not an executive
agent should be designated for the program.
MyTravel implementation
The committee notes that the Department of Defense has
invested significant resources to replace the Defense Travel
System with a modern travel system, MyTravel. This is expected
to improve the travel experience for Department of Defense
personnel, create efficiencies, drive down costs, and allow the
Department to retire legacy travel systems. On October 21,
2022, the Department designated MyTravel as the ``single
official travel system for currently supported travel functions
as well as those supported in the future, as they become
available.''
The committee is concerned that the military services and
some Department of Defense entities have not complied with this
direction. Delayed implementation of MyTravel wastes resources
that could be reallocated to other Department priorities and
keeps outdated process and legacy systems in place.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense
to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services
not later than December 1, 2023, on the status of
implementation of MyTravel across the military services and a
plan for transitioning any military services or Department
entities that have not yet transitioned to MyTravel.
National Guard Bureau State mission research, development, test, and
evaluation enhancement
The committee notes that the National Guard is unique in
that it simultaneously serves the Federal Government and State
governments. While the missions in these two areas often
overlap, there is a significant array of missions and
requirements supporting State operations that do not directly
map or overlap Federal requirements. While the National Guard
must continue to address evolving and pacing national security
threats, it must also address the unique non-Federal threats to
the homeland and support domestic operations. In addition,
while States take the lead in protecting the homeland and
domestic populations, they seldom have the resources or
capabilities to perform research, development, test and
evaluation (RDT&E) to address current homeland defense and
emerging threats.
Given both the National Guard's unique position and the
challenges of addressing Federal and non-Federal homeland
defense in combination with national security, the committee
directs the Director, National Guard Bureau to provide a
briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not later
than December 31, 2023, on current gaps in how the National
Guard Bureau and the 54 State National Guard organizations
would like to better deploy their array of resources (to
include funding, equipment, and personnel) to identify,
analyze, and develop requirements. The briefing should also
address how the National Guard Bureau assesses it could
optimally implement plans to address unique State challenges
and emerging threats by acting as a liaison and coordinator
between national RDT&E assets and State level requirements.
This includes the coordination of RDT&E requirements and
efforts to ensure that they are leveraged to the maximum extent
possible across State boundaries and mission areas. This
briefing should specifically reference current challenges and
limitations of both State and Federal funding sources,
including National Guard and Reserve Equipment Appropriations
funding.
Near-term and long-term science and technology
With the conflict in Ukraine and China's aggression towards
Taiwan, the United States cannot predict when and where the
Department of Defense's capabilities and technology will be
needed.
The Department's research and development enterprise is the
foundation for the Department's future capabilities and
technology. However, with the uncertainty of where and when
these capabilities and technologies may be needed, the science
and technology portfolio must be balanced between capabilities
and technologies that will transition in the near-term, within
5 years, and those which will transition in the long-term,
after 5 years.
The committee is concerned with the balance of the science
and technology portfolio. Therefore, the committee directs the
Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering to
submit a report to the House Committee on Armed Services not
later than February 1, 2024, detailing a metric or analysis to
determine which capabilities are near-term transition
capabilities and which are long-term and a methodology for how
these two should be balanced.
Neural biosensors
The committee notes that wearable intelligent neural
biosensors have applicability across Department of Defense user
groups, including dismounted operators, security forces,
watchstanders, maintainers, aviators, and unmanned system
pilots. This artificial intelligence-enabled technology
provides assessments of a user's level of mental alertness via
peripheral nervous system signals, while improving operational
readiness and risk management.
The committee understands several organizations are
currently in the process of generating uniform standards and
requirements regarding the deployment of wearables and operator
state monitoring. The committee believes these efforts should
address the importance of implementing encryption and neural
data access rights in the design of sensor hardware components
to protect user information that is vital to national security.
Therefore, the committee directs the Under Secretary of Defense
for Research & Engineering to report to the House Committee on
Armed Services not later than December 29, 2023, on
(1) plans for the development of dual-purpose wearable
neural biosensor technologies via the Microelectronics Commons
program to support broader transition to the military services;
and
(2) what steps can be taken to accelerate the funding and
development of these technologies.
Northeast Multi-Domain Operations Consortium
The committee recognizes that electronic warfare (EW),
commercial telecommunications capabilities, and cyber
operations are key enablers for Multi-domain Operations (MDO).
The committee further recognizes that China has advanced its
ability to deny, disrupt, and degrade U.S. underlying networks
and infrastructure by developing its own multi-domain
capabilities. In response to this operational reality, the
committee is concerned by the Department of Defense's current
lack of resources and terrain to test, evaluate, and train MDO
capabilities in contested EW environments.
The committee notes the progress of the Northeast Regional
National Security Consortium in creating a joint, interagency
MDO training environment. The consortium endeavors to promote
research, experimentation, and training in realistic
environments that represent near-peer adversary EW capabilities
and activities. This cooperative effort between the military,
industry, academia, and Native American organizations,
throughout a multistate region, is unique in its approach and
scope.
Therefore, the committee directs the Under Secretary of
Defense for Research and Engineering, in coordination with the
Commander, Air Force Research Laboratory, the Assistant
Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Technology and
Logistics, and others the Under Secretary deems relevant, to
provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not
later than December 31, 2023, on how the unique environment of
the Northeast can be utilized for training in EW and MDO. The
briefing should include:
(1) a description of the current state of non-kinetic MDO
training ranges for use by the Department of Defense, including
limitations of the Department to effectively conduct MDO at
these ranges;
(2) an assessment of existing capabilities in the Northeast
region and the potential to expand MDO training opportunities
in the Northeast region;
(3) identification of future sites, including contractor-
owned, contractor-operated sites, that are uniquely postured
for MDO training;
(4) recommendations on how to streamline continuous
training, testing, and evaluation activities that replicate an
EW-contested environment; and
(5) opportunities to enhance integration of the National
Guard Bureau within the aforementioned constructs.
Partnership Intermediary Agreements
The establishment of Partnership Intermediary Agreements
(PIAs) has succeeded in transitioning technology from the
defense laboratories to industry, and from industry and
academia to the government. However, efforts to transition
technology from industry and academia back to the military
services for incorporation into the development of weapon
systems has lagged behind expectations. Therefore, the
committee expects the Under Secretary of Defense for Research
and Engineering to encourage the defense laboratories to use
PIAs to secure services from partnership intermediaries,
including:
(1) assisting the government in the collection, management,
licensing, and transfer of intellectual property developed by
research, development, test, and evaluation programs managed by
defense laboratories to the private sector;
(2) assisting government offices in the development,
operation, and support of software tools, processes, and
programs to assist the government to connect with small
businesses, large businesses, and academia to transfer
technology from the private sector to the government; and
(3) developing and managing programs to assist in the rapid
identification and understanding of government and commercial
markets, as well as to help inventors and investigators build
proof of concepts around Department of Defense use cases,
facilitate workshops and other testing events to increase
Department end-user engagement with commercial technology
providers, and assist in the transition of technologies to the
commercial sector and from the commercial sector to the
government, or for dual use.
Protective Equipment Modernization
The committee understands the importance of service members
being given the appropriate equipment to be able to perform at
a peak performance. Female service members and small-stature
male service members require additional measures to modernize
their personal protective equipment to ensure they are
protected appropriately. These members of the Armed Forces
suffer from preventable injuries attributable to ill-fitting or
malfunctioning personal protective equipment. The committee
directs the Secretary of the Defense to provide a report to the
House Committee on Armed Services not later than March 1st,
2024, on the status of personal protective equipment
modernization. The report shall include:
(1) efforts to share best practices and research efforts
across the services;
(2) efforts to expand research on body type specific
equipment as well as smaller sizes;
(3) an assessment of need for additional funding for
continued research on the full compliment of female and small-
stature male personal protective equipment; and
(4) an assessment of need for additional funding for the
expedited personal protective equipment to ensure equipment and
proper sizes are available when needed, including for non-
combat units.
Report on Dual-Capable Life Sciences Collaboration
The committee recognizes the value biology and
biotechnology research provide to the improvement of human
health and ecosystems. However, the committee is concerned of
the potential for biotechnology research to be used by
adversaries for harmful purposes in order to further their
military goals. Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary
of Defense to submit a report to the House Committee on Armed
Services no later than February 1, 2024, with recommendations
for actions or policies that could serve to provide additional
protections for dual-use biotechnology research in academia or
the private sector supported by the Department of Defense.
Report on human-machine interface technologies to integrate autonomous
systems into military operations
The committee observes that an effective human-machine
interface is necessary for successful manned-unmanned teaming,
and the responsible integration of autonomous systems into
military operations. Human-machine interface shortfalls can
result in increased operational, training, and sustainment
burdens on service members and budgets. The committee is aware
of the cognitive burden placed on service members operating
unmanned systems while concurrently executing other demanding
tasks such as conducting an infantry patrol, flying an
aircraft, or operating multiple unmanned systems
simultaneously. Available human-machine interface capabilities
continue to mature rapidly with the integration of natural
language understanding and speech recognition technologies. The
committee encourages the Department to explore the application
of these technologies to enhance the human-machine interface
for unmanned systems and test their application to relevant
systems currently in development or procurement.
Accordingly, the committee directs the Under Secretary of
Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment to provide a briefing
to the House Committee on Armed Services no later than March 1,
2024, on human-machine interface technologies that have the
potential to enhance the integration of autonomous systems into
military operations. The briefing should, at a minimum, include
the following:
(1) a list of autonomous and semi-autonomous systems where
the Department is funding, or considering funding, continued
development of human-machine interface enhancements such as
natural language understanding;
(2) a survey of government and commercial entities
currently focused on enhancing human-machine interfaces for
autonomous systems; and
(3) an identification of the impediments to the procurement
of enhanced human-machine interface capabilities for
integration into current systems, including funding or policy
constraints.
Reusable hypersonic multi-mission aircraft
The committee notes the potential applications of reusable
hypersonic multi-mission aircraft to critical intelligence,
surveillance, and reconnaissance, and strike missions,
particularly in exclusion areas in the Indo-Pacific theater of
operations. Peer adversaries continue to advance in hypersonic
technology, including reusable systems, that pose a threat to
U.S. national security interests.
However, the committee is concerned by the lack of research
and development funding directed towards fielding a reusable
hypersonic platform with aircraft-like operations and
qualities. Therefore, the committee directs the Under Secretary
of Defense for Research and Engineering to submit a report to
the House Committee on Armed Services not later than December
31, 2023, on the status of budgeting for future development of
reusable hypersonic multi-mission aircraft, as well as
requirements for development and key technology activities
determined necessary. The report should be submitted in
unclassified format but may contain a classified annex.
Rotating Detonation Engines
The committee is encouraged by the Defense Advanced
Projects Research Agency's (DARPA) work to develop ground-
breaking technologies that could allow for revolutionary
changes in Department of Defense capabilities. The committee is
aware of DARPA's Gambit program, which focuses on incorporation
of Rotating Detonation Engines (RDEs), a potentially more
efficient and affordable form of supersonic propulsion, into a
high-supersonic long range missile. The committee notes the
value the Gambit program may provide as a foundation for future
potential development efforts. The committee is concerned about
the lack of multiple performers at this very early phase and
encourages DARPA to consider how it plans to execute RDE
combustor and inlet testing, full-scale testing of the
demonstration system at flight conditions, on-ramp
opportunities for additional performers, and the agency's
planned transition to a flight test of a prototype weapon in a
future program.
Science and technology transition definitions
The committee recognizes that while not every research and
development project should become a program of record, there
are challenges across the Department of Defense in
transitioning technologies to support the warfighter. The
``valley of death'' is a problem recognized by those both
inside and outside of the Department, but few can clearly
define it.
Therefore the committee directs the Under Secretary of
Defense for Research and Engineering, in coordination with the
Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, to
submit a report to the House Committee on Armed Services not
later than December 31, 2023, detailing quantitative measures
of effectiveness and performance to assess and track transition
of science and technology projects from the initial stages of
research and development to fielded capabilities or technology.
Metrics may include, but are not limited to:
(1) definition of technology transition, including the
various types of technology transition;
(2) amount of time taken to transition from the research
and development phase to the acquisition and fielding phase;
(3) cost required to transition from the research and
development phase to the acquisition and fielding phase; and
(4) manhours used to transition from the research and
development phase to the acquisition and fielding phase.
Science, Mathematics, and Research for Transformation Scholarship-for-
Service Program
The budget request included $131.7 million for the Science,
Mathematics, and Research for Transformation (SMART) Defense
Education Program. The committee recognizes that historically
Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and minority-serving
institutions (MSIs) play a pivotal role in developing a diverse
and capable science, technology, engineering, and mathematics
(STEM) workforce. The SMART Scholarship-for-Service Program
aims to grow the Department of Defense civilian STEM workforce
by providing educational and professional development
opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students pursuing
degrees in 21 disciplines critical for national security needs.
Since the program began in fiscal year 2005, almost 2,800
students have transitioned into Department of Defense
employment. The James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization
Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-263) established a
fellowship to further diversify SMART program participants,
with an emphasis on students at HBCUs and MSIs.
The committee recommends $131.7 million in PE 0601120D8Z
for the SMART Defense Education Program.
SMART and Cognitive Research for Radio Frequency (RF)/Radar
The committee understands that systems, which depend on
electromagnetic (EM) spectrum, such as communications and
radar, face an ever-growing challenge from the increased
congestion in and demand for spectrum and the sustained
development of electronic warfare (EW) technologies by peer and
near-peer adversaries (e.g., GPS jamming and denial of
service). The committee is concerned that the congested and
contested EM environments of the future may severely challenge
the performance of legacy and future systems to the point where
performance and functionality could be significantly degraded
and denied.
The committee believes that recent advances in spectrum
sensing and exploitation technologies may enable the spectrum
agility and adaptability required to operate in future
congested and contested EM environments. The committee is aware
of an example of this research being conducted at Baylor
University's Spectrum Management with Adaptive and
Reconfigurable Technologies (SMART) Hub.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense
to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services
by February 1, 2024, containing information on the following:
(1) Department efforts to advance spectrum use research,
management, and sharing;
(2) A description of planned efforts to harmonize spectrum
efforts within the Department; and
(3) An elucidation of planned investments in spectrum
management tools and capabilities essential to the development
and deployment of future spectrum capabilities in congested and
constrained RF environments.
Telematics
The committee is aware that telematics can provide
information capabilities to military end users. The committee
also recognizes the potential for telematics to augment
existing intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR)
systems. The committee encourages the Department of Defense to
explore the expanded use of telematics by the Department. The
Department should evaluate its telematics research and
development efforts to determine if these efforts meet the
needs of the combatant commanders with respect to ISR
requirements and priority target tasking, including by
providing additional value to existing or planned ground moving
target indicator systems.
United States Marine Corps development of vertical takeoff and landing
systems
The committee is aware that in certain theaters and
contingencies, there may be a need for unmanned systems able to
meet a variety of missions and able to operate from ship,
shore, and in austere environments with minimal site
preparation. The committee believes this need to be
particularly relevant given the United States Marine Corps'
recent shifts in force design. The committee is therefore
concerned that emergent requirements may not be able to be
fully addressed either by fixed-wing unmanned aerial systems
(UAS) or current vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) UAS. The
committee encourages the Navy to develop next generation VTOL
UAS to address capability gaps, particularly in the Indo-
Pacific. Accordingly, the committee recommends an increase of
$2.5 million in PE 0603640M for hybrid and electric VTOL UAS
development.
Value of spectrum sharing
The Department of Defense has acknowledged that spectrum
sharing solutions are the key to ensuring that U.S. spectrum
policy meets national security and economic goals, both of
which are critical to the Nation's future. These sharing
solutions will require much more dynamic operations than have
previously been employed, including sharing among Department
users, as well as sharing between Federal and non-Federal
users. To facilitate this, the Department should pursue
research and development and prototyping projects, in
partnership with industry, that could lead to joint development
of wireless technology and management solutions that create
dual-use capabilities and services. If aligned with spectrum
policy decisions, these dual-use capabilities could be
developed with both Federal and non-Federal uses that have
dynamic spectrum sharing capabilities built directly into the
hardware.
Venture advisory roles
The committee remains concerned with the challenges facing
the Department of Defense in regards to developing, acquiring,
and fielding emerging technologies and capabilities quickly in
order to achieve the strategic objectives outlined by the
National Defense Strategy. The Department is addressing a
shortcoming in its understanding of venture capital and startup
businesses through its establishment of the Office of Strategic
Capital. However, the committee believes that there may be
additional approaches that could aid the Department. In
particular, the Department could benefit by utilizing expertise
outside of its traditional Government focus areas through the
creation of an advisory group made up of individuals from
defense or dual-use focused venture capital funds and venture
backed startups. Another possibility could be the creation of
fellowships for individuals from defense or dual-use focused
venture capital funds and venture backed startups within the
Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and
Engineering. However, the committee recognizes that
implementing such ideas may present unforeseen challenges.
Therefore, the committee directs the Under Secretary of
Defense for Research and Engineering to submit a report to the
House Committee on Armed Services not later than February 1,
2024, detailing an implementation plan for the creation of an
advisory group focused on advising the Department in matters
related to improving the Department's engagement with emerging
technology communities to more rapidly adopt and field critical
dual-use technologies. The report should include, but not be
limited to, identification of any potential statutory or
regulatory challenges in implementing such an advisory group;
the size, structure, and scope of such an advisory group; any
additional funding required to stand up such an advisory group;
and a determination if such an advisory group should be a
subcommittee of the Defense Innovation Board.
Operational Test and Evaluation, Defense
Items of Special Interest
Hypersonic Test Bed Investment Plan
The committee recognizes the need for affordable and
reusable hypersonic test beds in order to enable early,
persistent, and operationally realistic flight testing in
support of hypersonic technology roadmaps, requirements
development for future systems and capabilities, and early
technical demonstrations and experiments. The committee is
aware of available commercial hypersonic testbeds and believes
they can be leveraged to increase operational test and
evaluation activities. Therefore, the committee directs the
Secretary of Defense to deliver a briefing to the House Armed
Services Committee no later than February 1, 2024, its plan to
invest, through its Central Test and Evaluation Investment
Program, in the utilization of commercially available
hypersonic test beds to support its Test and Evaluation needs
across the hypersonic enterprise.
LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS
Subtitle A--Authorization of Appropriations
Section 201--Authorization of Appropriations
This section would authorize appropriations for research,
development, test, and evaluation at the levels identified in
section 4201 of division D of this Act.
Subtitle B--Program Requirements, Restrictions, and Limitations
Section 211--Naval Air Warfare Rapid Capabilities Office
This section would establish a Naval Air Warfare Rapid
Capabilities Office.
Section 212--Clarification of Role of Partnership Intermediaries to
Promote Defense Research and Education
This section would amend section 4124(f)(2) of title 10,
United States Code, to clarify the scope of Partnership
Intermediary Agreements to ensure that Partnership
Intermediaries can continue to assist the defense laboratories
with ``spin-in'' technology in addition to ``spin-out''
technology.
Section 213--Modification of Support for Research and Development of
Bioindustrial Manufacturing Processes
This section would allow the Secretary of Defense to
leverage bioindustrial manufacturing investments to produce
active pharmaceutical ingredients and their key starting
materials.
Section 214--Certain Disclosure Requirements for University Research
Funded by the Department of Defense
This section would require principal investigators of
Department of Defense-funded research at institutions of higher
education to disclose background of foreign researchers
involved in their projects.
Section 215--Consortia to Assist in Protection of Sensitive Research
Performed on Behalf of the Department of Defense
This section would require the Under Secretary of Defense
for Research and Engineering to select a consortium to help
universities to secure research being performed for the
Department of Defense.
Section 216--Consortium on Use of Additive Manufacturing for Army
Aviation and Missile Capability Development
This section would require the Secretary of the Army to
establish a consortium to facilitate the use of additive
manufacturing for the development of aviation and missile
capabilities for the Army.
Section 217--Support for Defense Innovation Activities of the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization
This section would allow the Under Secretary of Defense for
Research and Engineering to contribute to the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization joint fund for Defence Innovation
Accelerator for the North Atlantic.
Section 218--Next Generation Air Dominance Family of Systems
Development Program Accountability Matrices
This section would require the Secretary of the Air Force
and the Secretary of the Navy to annually submit, concurrently
with the President's budget request, development and technology
maturation progress reports regarding each Department's Next
Generation Air Dominance and Collaborative Combat Aircraft
acquisition programs. This section would also require each
Secretary to establish, for each piloted fighter aircraft
program of the Next Generation Air Dominance program, threshold
and objective key performance parameters regarding flyaway unit
cost, gross/weapon system unit cost, aircraft cost-per-tail-
per-year, and aircraft cost-per-flight-hour. Finally, this
section would set maximum cost limitations for each category of
Collaborative Combat Aircraft each Secretary would plan to
procure.
Section 219--Continuous Capability Development and Delivery Program for
F-35 Aircraft
This section would require the Secretary of Defense to
designate the F-35 continuous capability and development and
delivery program as a major subprogram of the F-35 acquisition
program. This section would also require the F-35 Program
Executive Officer to designate and manufacture six
developmental testing and evaluation aircraft to adequately
support future activities of the F-35 testing and evaluation
program.
Section 220--Process to Ensure the Responsible Development and Use of
Artificial Intelligence
This section would direct the Secretary of Defense, acting
through the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer,
to develop and implement a process to assess and report whether
artificial technologies are developed and function responsibly.
Section 221--Pilot Program to Commercialize Prototypes of the
Department of the Air Force
This section would create a pilot program to allow the Air
Force to use budget activity 04 to aid in the transition of
technology from the science and technology ecosystem to
acquisition activities and operational use.
Section 222--Pilot Program on Near-Term Quantum Computing Applications
This section would establish a near-term quantum computing
applications pilot program within the Department of Defense, in
coordination with a federally funded research and development
Center (FFRDC) and the quantum industry.
This section would require an interim briefing not later
than March 1, 2024, on the selection of an FFRDC and the
methodology and plan for establishing this pilot program as
well as annual reports thereafter on the status of the pilot
program, problem sets explored, and an analysis of the findings
of pilot program engagements.
Section 223--Pilot Program on Access to Small Business Advanced
Technology for Army Ground Vehicle Systems
This section would direct the Secretary of the Army to
carry out a pilot program between Army Ground Vehicle Systems
Center and a non-profit research institute operating a
contested logistics research center to enhance access to small
business advanced technology.
Section 224--Prohibition on Availability of Funds for Gain-of-Function
Research
This section would prohibit funding for gain of function
research in the Department of Defense.
Section 225--Limitation on Availability of Funds pending Documentation
on Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft Program
This section would limit the funds authorized to be
appropriated or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2024
for the Office of the Secretary of the Army for travel of
persons, of which not more than 70 percent may be obligated of
expended until the date on which the Secretary of the Army
submits to the congressional defense committees the analysis of
alternatives document for the Future Attack Reconnaissance
Aircraft program.
Section 226--F-35 Propulsion and Thermal Management Modernization
Program
This section would require the Secretary of the Air Force
and the Secretary of the Navy to determine and validate the
power and thermal management cooling capacity requirements for
the service-life duration for each variant of the F-35 aircraft
system. This section would also require the Program Executive
Officer of the F-35 program to use those pre-determined
service-life requirements to conduct a proper and thorough
cost-benefit and technical risk analysis integrating all the
modifications and upgrades necessary of the F-35 aircraft major
subsystems to meet aircraft service-life requirements for the
power and thermal management cooling systems. Finally, this
section would require the Secretary of Defense to designate all
efforts to modernize and upgrade the existing propulsion,
power, and thermal management systems of the F-35 aircraft
system as a major subprogram of the F-35 acquisition program.
Subtitle C--Energetics and Other Munitions Matters
Section 241--Establishment of Joint Energetics Transition Office
This section would require the Secretary of Defense to
establish a Joint Energetics Office.
Section 242--Consideration of Lethality as a Key Performance Parameter
for Munitions
This section would require the Secretary of Defense to
include lethality as a key performance parameter, as
appropriate, for purposes of the modification of any new or
existing munition.
Section 243--Pilot Program on Incorporation of CL20 Compound in Certain
Weapon Systems
This section would require the Secretary of Defense to
carry out a pilot program under which the Secretary
incorporates CL20 energetic compound as the energetic source in
three weapon systems that are under development by the
Department of Defense.
Section 244--Assessment of Energetics Industrial Base
This section would require the Deputy Secretary of Defense
to conduct an assessment of the supply chains for energetic
materials and the status of the energetics industrial base.
Section 245--Limitation on Sourcing Chemical Materials for Munitions
from Certain Countries
This section would limit the Secretary of Defense from
procuring energetic elements except from certain countries.
Subtitle D--Plans, Reports, and Other Matters
Section 261--Hypersonic Testing Strategy and Evaluation of Potential
Hypersonic Test Ranges
This section would limit the Department of Defense to 90
percent of the funds made available for fiscal year 2024 for
travel by the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy until the
submission of a strategy for hypersonic testing, as required by
section 237 of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-263), and require the strategy
to be updated biennially through 2030.
Further, the committee understands that current long-range
flight test infrastructure is not sufficient to support
hypersonic flight test demand, and that additional testing
capabilities are required to fully test missile end-game
performance. Accordingly, this section would also require the
Department of Defense to study at least two additional
corridors for testing long-distance hypersonic systems and to
initiate any activities required by the National Environmental
Policy Act of 1969 necessary for such testing.
Section 262--Modification to Annual Reports on Critical Technology
Areas Supportive of the National Defense Strategy
This section would update the William M. (Mac) Thornberry
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public
Law 116-283) to require the Department of Defense to report
more specific investment data on their designated 14 critical
technology areas supportive of the National Defense Strategy.
Section 263--Intellectual Property Strategy
This section would create a Department of Defense
Intellectual Property Strategy to better secure the United
States' technological edge, encourage the development of
patentable inventions, and thwart adversarial behavior to
undermine the U.S. technological base by utilizing intellectual
property rights.
Section 264--Study on Establishment of Centralized Platform for
Development and Testing of Autonomy Software
This section would task the Secretary of Defense, in
coordination with the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence
Officer, to assess the establishment of a centralized platform
for all-domain autonomy software development and testing.
Section 265--Annual Report on Incremental and Transformational Research
and Development
This section would require the Under Secretary of Defense
for Research and Engineering to compile a report on the
percentage of their budget spent on projects expected to make
an impact for the warfighter in the next 5 years and on
projects expected to make an impact beyond the initial 5-year
window.
Section 266--Congressional Notification of Changes to Department of
Defense Policy on Autonomy in Weapon Systems
This section would require a congressional briefing if any
changes are made to the Department of Defense Directive 3000.09
on legal autonomous weapons systems.
Section 267--Sense of Congress on Dual Use Innovative Technology for
the Robotic Combat Vehicle of the Army
This section would provide a sense of Congress on the dual
use innovative technology for the Robotic Combat Vehicle of the
Army.
TITLE III--OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE
ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST
Energy Issues
Additives for Battery Safety in the Armed Services
The committee is aware of domestic companies developing
technologies to significantly minimize fire and explosion
hazards associated with kinetic impact on lithium-ion
batteries. For example, hybrid-state additives to lithium-ion
battery electrolytes may offer considerable safety increases
with improved performance and system weight reduction. The
committee recommends that the Department of Defense consider
integrating additive technologies to increase battery safety as
the services progress towards broad-based electrification.
Therefore, the committee directs the Assistant Secretary of
Defense for Energy, Installations, and Environment to provide a
briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not later
than December 1, 2023, on efforts to incentivize further
development of lithium-ion battery additives for increased
safety and plans to integrate these technologies into military
systems. Specifically, the briefing shall include:
(1) the most viable domestically developed battery additive
technologies to mitigate safety hazards with no compromise to
performance;
(2) programs of record within the Department of Defense
with significant risk of injury or system damage due to
lithium-ion battery thermal runaway;
(3) concerns associated with United States imports of
batteries manufactured in China; and
(4) Department of Defense plans to integrate domestically
developed additive technologies that increase battery safety.
Areawide Contracts for Energy
The committee notes that areawide contracts are a vehicle
by which the Department of Defense can meet its requirements
for utility services. The committee further notes that these
contracts may cover a wide variety of requirements including,
but not limited to, electricity, water, sewage, thermal energy,
and in some cases energy as a service. The committee is
concerned that these vehicles are not being utilized by the
military departments to the maximum extent practicable to
improve resiliency, reliability, and mission assurance. The
committee directs the Assistant Secretary of Defense for
Energy, Installations, and Environment, in coordination with
the military departments, to provide a briefing to the House
Committee on Armed Services not later than January 1, 2024, on
the use of areawide contracts for utility requirements by the
military departments. The briefing shall include:
(1) the extent to which each military department is using
areawide contracts to procure utility services through public
utility service providers for any services that support
installation energy resilience and mission readiness;
(2) a description of the opportunities for each military
department to use utility services through public utility
service providers, located on an installation of the Department
or within the surrounding geographic area, in the protection of
critical infrastructure;
(3) a description of how areawide contracts can be used to
achieve energy resilience at installations within each military
department;
(4) any barriers to the use of areawide contracts by
military departments; and
(5) how the various military departments define ``energy as
a service'' and the extent to which areawide contracts can be
utilized for this purpose.
Army Depot Energy Assessment
The Committee has concerns about the power systems at
Hawthorne Army Depot and how it impacts the facilities and
operations on this military installation. Currently, the base
boiler systems, which are fifty years old have failed or are
close to permanent failure.
The Committee directs the Secretary of the Army to provide
a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services no later
than January 31, 2024, on the current status of the power
systems at Hawthorne Army Depot. The briefing should include
the following information:
(1) condition of the support facilities and operations on
Hawthorne Army Depot including the base boiler systems;
(2) recommendations on improvements as necessary, including
the potential to utilize existing programs such as the Energy
Savings Performance Contract or other options to reduce energy
use and operational costs.
Authorities of the Secretary of Defense Pursuant to Section 501 of
Title 46, United States Code
The committee is aware of Guam's importance to the
Department of Defense in the Indo-Pacific theater of
operations. With the increased demand for basing and operations
from Guam the committee is concerned about the energy capacity
to support the department's growing operations on the island.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to
provide a report no later than March 1, 2024, on the current
and future energy requirements in Guam to support DoD missions.
The report should include the following:
(1) electric grid reliability and resiliency;
(2) the importance of redundant energy sources; and
(3) readiness and mission considerations for military
installations located on Guam.
(4) an assessment of the feasibility of entering into a
negotiated partnership with the Guam Power Authority to install
a 180-megawatt (MW) centralized Energy Storage System (ESS)
within its island-wide power system in Guam.
Development and Acquisition of High-Powered, Fuel Efficient, Hybrid
Energy Technology
The Committee is aware of significant potential
vulnerabilities in the Department of Defense's operational fuel
delivery systems, especially in austere environments. The
Committee notes that the private sector has developed domestic
energy solutions, which could significantly reduce dependence
on foreign energy sources to meet the energy needs of the
Department of Defense. Cooperation and collaboration between
the public and private sectors would accelerate the development
and deployment of high-powered, hybrid energy technology that
can serve various applications across the Department of
Defense.
Therefore, the Committee directs the Secretary of Defense
to provide a briefing to House Committee on Armed Services not
later than January 1, 2024, on its efforts to identify and
develop domestic hybrid energy technologies. This should
include an acquisition plan for domestic hybrid energy
technology solutions with applications across the Department of
Defense. The briefing should contain the following:
(1) An assessment of the Department of Defense's
operational energy needs, specifically regarding recent
advancements in mobile field hospitals, weapons, and radar
systems.
(2) An evaluation of existing and planned Department of
Defense's collaboration with public and private sectors to
invest, acquire, and deploy hybrid power systems.
(3) An identification of field-ready, hybrid power systems
currently in development that could be deployed for multiple-
use applications with the sole intention of improving military
readiness.
Munitions and Rocket Propellant Manufacturing and Development
The committee is concerned that domestic manufactures of
munition and rocket propellants have begun to exit the
marketplace because of complications associated with continued
development of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances.
The committee notes that the Department of Defense procures
significant per- and polyfluoroalkyl binder agents from these
domestic manufacturers annually and that several years are
required to provide adequate replacements for this product.
Additionally, the committee notes that per- and polyfluoroalkyl
binder agents are integral elements of certain developing
munition and rocket propellent products.
The committee believes that multiple alternatives are
available to mitigate the loss of these binding agents to
include stockpiling current product, rapidly accelerating the
development of alternative products and procuring intellectual
property that would allow alternative manufacturers to develop
the product. Therefore, no later than December 1, 2023, the
committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a
briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services addressing
the following:
(1) the current procurement of per- and polyfluoroalkyl
munitions and rocket propellants;
(2) an assessment of the alternatives to current
manufacturers; and
(3) the desired approach to rectify this critical munition
and rocket propellant product.
No Conflicts of Interest Certification for Fuel Services Financial
Management Contracts
The committee is concerned with the potential of a fuel
service provider overseeing the financial management of the
Department of Defense's fuel network. Such an arrangement could
create a conflict of interest, damage readiness, and compromise
fair and competitive fuel prices, which could lead to increased
costs for the taxpayer and warfighter. Therefore, the committee
directs the Secretary of Defense to notify the Armed Services
Committees of the House and Senate, no later than 30 days after
entering into a contract for financial management services of
Department of Defense fuel contracts with an entity that also
provides fuel services to the Department of Defense. The
notification shall also include a certification by the
Secretary of Defense that no conflict of interest within the
contract exists.
Operational Energy Resilience Practices
The committee commends the military departments for their
work to develop energy resiliency guidelines for military
installations and notes that those guidelines will increase
mission assurance and decrease operation costs. However, the
committee remains concerned about the availability of vital
resources during potential future conflicts, including but not
limited to fuel for combat vehicles and power generation for
auxiliary functions on naval vessels. The committee further
notes that innovative energy resiliency and power generation
technologies have the potential to increase the United States'
projection capabilities, shore up vulnerabilities in in-theater
supply lines, and decrease the loads carried by service members
and military vehicles.
Therefore, the committee directs the Assistant Secretary of
Defense for Sustainment, in coordination with the Assistant
Secretaries for Energy, Installations, and Environment of the
military departments, to submit a briefing to the House
Committee on Armed Services by February 1, 2024, regarding the
efforts of their respective departments to develop best
practices for operational energy conservation. The briefing
shall address the following:
(1) Ongoing research and development programs related to
operational energy and resiliency in combat environments;
(2) Existing plans to transition new technologies related
to operational energy and resiliency conservation to programs
of record; and
(3) Progress on the development of operational energy and
resiliency guidelines and strategies for full implementation.
Propane Fueled Primary and Backup Power Generation
The committee notes recent Department of Defense actions to
create sustainability plans that reduce emissions and increase
resiliency. As the Department continues these efforts, it
should do so in a technology-neutral approach that accounts for
full lifecycle emissions and supply chains.
While the committee appreciates efforts to reduce carbon
emissions, traditional fuels, such as propane, can produce
significantly fewer emissions than some emerging technologies
and are an abundant domestic resource. The committee notes that
pairing propane with other technologies could eliminate carbon
emissions while increasing the resilience of domestic military
installations. The committee understands that propane is a
highly transportable fuel unsusceptible to degradation, making
it an ideal long-term investment. The committee encourages the
Department of Defense to continue investments in mobile
electric generation and microgrid technologies by relying on
generators powered by propane.
Propane/Alternative Fuel Powered Vehicles
The committee notes numerous actions taken by the U.S.
Department of Defense, and its various components, to invest
significantly in the electric vehicle market. The committee
notes there are other affordable alternative fuels that provide
the environmental benefits the Department seeks. Additionally,
the committee notes that as the Department seeks to reduce
emissions, consideration should also be given to alternative
fuel vehicles where fuel sources or key components produced in
the United States. The committee notes the U.S. Department of
Energy previously determined that while the initial cost for an
alternatively fueled vehicle, such as propane, can be between
5-15% higher compared to a traditional vehicle, propane is
typically cheaper creating a faster return on investment. The
committee also notes that propane-fueled vehicles often have
lower maintenance costs than other light-, medium-, and heavy-
duty vehicles.
Accordingly, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense
to provide a report to the House Committee on Armed Services by
no later than January 1, 2024, on the feasibility to implement
a pilot program at three domestic facilities to analyze the
benefits of alternative fuels for medium- and heavy-duty
vehicles. The report shall include amongst other things a cost-
benefit analysis that includes the cost of the vehicles, the
cost of fueling infrastructure, the cost of fuel, affordability
and availability of replacement parts, and an evaluation of
life cycle, safety, and well-to-wheel emissions.
Report Language To Address Known Risk in Western Pacific Fuel Supply
Chain
The committee is aware that there were multiple significant
fuel contamination incidents in the commercial shipping sector
in the last year which affected hundreds of large vessels in
the Pacific, Baltic, and Mediterranean zones, resulting in
vessel recovery and costly repair, and stoppage of commerce.
This identified fuel contamination is not detectable by the
current, regulated chemical tests for such fuels, and fleets
must be able to procure and receive fuels with assurity of the
fuel custody chain. Supply chain readiness is a fundamental
element of Pacific Deterrence and National Security objectives.
Defense Logistics Agency (DLA)-Energy provides Force-wide
legacy fuel testing oversight and is encouraged to conduct
rapid prototyping and rapid fielding activities to address
demonstrated security threats using advanced technology tools
that include digital engineering and digital chemistry tools
and architecture, which are available to and fielded in the
commercial market.
The committee directs the Assistant Secretary of Defense
for Energy, Installation, and Environment to provide a briefing
to the House Committee on Armed Services by March 1, 2024. The
briefing shall include, at a minimum, the following:
(1) the feasibility of rapidly integrating advanced fuel
security technologies and digital chemistry proven in the
commercial market,
(2) current logistics readiness levels required by primary
objectives stated in the most recent National Defense strategy.
(3) requirements to increase logistics readiness levels
required by primary objectives stated in the most recent
National Defense Strategy.
Report on PFAS Contamination at Former Wurtsmith Air Force Base
(Oscoda, MI)
The committee is aware of efforts by the Department of
Defense to clean up PFAS contamination at the former Wurtsmith
Air Force Base in Oscoda, Michigan. Yet, the pace of cleanup
has raised concerns in regards to five health warnings issued
by state and local health departments affecting groundwater,
public waterways, and wildlife outside of the base boundary.
The committee encourages the Department to continue working
closely with state and local officials; and continue engagement
with local citizens regarding the cleanup process. The
committee directs the Secretary of the Air Force to submit a
report to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than
January 1st, 2024, on the progress made and future plans to
remediate PFAS contamination at the former Wurtsmith Air Force
Base, to include interim and final remedial actions, as well as
projected timelines for those actions.
Ship-to-Shore Fuel Distribution System Upgrade
The committee is concerned about the threats and
vulnerabilities associated with maintaining a stable fuel
supply and distribution system capable of supporting forces
operating in contested and dispersed logistics environments,
particularly with regard to the age and effectiveness of legacy
fuel assets across the military services. The committee
encourages the Secretary of Defense to assess current ship-to-
shore fuel distribution systems and evaluate whether the
Department is sufficiently considering innovative and cost-
effective solutions available commercially in order to meet
critical readiness requirements.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense
to provide a report to the congressional defense committees not
later than December 1, 2023, on the current state of ship-to-
shore fuel distribution systems and recommendations to counter
any capability gaps or deficiencies. The report, which may
include a classified annex if necessary, shall include:
(1) an assessment of the ability of ship-to-shore fuel
distribution systems to meet force consumption requirements of
the respective service component commanders;
(2) an assessment of full lifecycle costs for offshore
petroleum distribution systems, including with respect to
military personnel, military construction, military
infrastructure operation, and operations and maintenance costs;
(3) an evaluation of equivalent fuel distribution programs
or systems that could be utilized to address any existing
deficiencies in current capability;
(4) a cost analysis of procuring other appropriate fuel
supply and distribution systems in use by allies or commercial
entities, the barriers that may exist to such procurement, and
the potential cost savings; and
(5) requirements for planned upgrades or investments to
existing systems that could be restructured in such a way as to
allow for maximum usage of commercial technology, as required
by section 3453 of title 10, United States Code.
Streamlining Portable Battery Charging Systems
The committee understands that the Army utilizes a wide
range of different battery types to power systems ranging from
communications to robotics and other tactical platforms. The
committee notes that the Army currently relies on a piecemeal
approach to battery charging, using different chargers for each
different battery type. The committee is aware that common
charging solutions exist, but that the Army's use of such
platforms has been limited in scope and capability. The
committee is concerned that this approach results in
unnecessary inefficiencies in acquisition costs, logistics, and
soldier load requirements.
The committee recognizes that the Marine Corps has taken a
different approach and, in 2016, began procuring a universal
portable charging system to improve operational efficiency by
reducing the total number of chargers needed, streamlining
charging processes, and decreasing charge times. Additionally,
by utilizing a dedicated acquisition vehicle, the Marine Corps
can procure chargers at lower cost due to direct purchasing and
economies of scale. The committee encourages the Army to
consider a similar approach.
Accordingly, the committee directs the Secretary of the
Army to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed
Services not later than March 15, 2024, on common battery
charging solutions. The briefing shall include:
(1) an assessment of the Army's current approach to battery
charging;
(2) efforts to explore and field common battery charging
solutions; and
(3) an analysis of the Marine Corps approach and its
potential value to the Army.
Supporting Army Energy Resilience
The committee directs the Secretary of the Army to submit a
report to the House Committee on Armed Services, not later than
March 1, 2024, on the overall assessment to install and
maintain hydrogen fuel cell technologies at covered projects.
The report should include:
(1) a description of the economic, environmental, national
security and technical viability of installing and maintaining,
or contracting with third parties to install and maintain,
hydrogen fuel cells at covered projects;
(2) identify covered projects with a high potential for the
installation and maintenance of hydrogen fuel cells and whether
such installation and maintenance would require additional
authorization;
(3) account for potential impacts of hydrogen fuel cells at
covered projects and the authorized purposes of such projects,
including potential impacts on military installations energy
backup; and
(4) account for the availability of electric grid
infrastructure close to military installations, covered
projects, including underutilized transmission infrastructure.
Sustainable and Reliable Energy Sources for Army Installations
The committee notes the growing need for resilient and
reliable energy sources for growing United States military
installations. The committee directs the Assistant Secretary of
the Army for Installations, Energy and Environment, in
coordination with the Office of the Assistant Secretary of
Defense for Sustainment, to provide a report on potential power
source options for energy resilience on U.S. Army installations
hosting one or more four-star command to the House Committee on
Armed Services not later than February 1, 2024. The report
should contain (1) existing installation power sources and how
new options might integrate with existing infrastructure, (2)
regional weather conditions and trends, (3) potential
engagement/partnership opportunities with public and private
organizations to improve energy resilience, (4) power source
reliability, (5) projected growth of the installation, and (6)
power source longevity.
Logistics and Sustainment Issues
Air Logistics Center Capital Equipment Requirements
The committee recognizes the importance of the work
performed at the Air Force's three public depots (Air Logistics
Complexes) and has concerns about the aging capital equipment
at each location.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Air
Force to submit a report to the Senate Committee on Armed
Services and the House Committee on Armed Services not later
than March 1, 2024, on the capital equipment replacement and/or
refurbishment requirements at each of the Air Force air
logistics centers. The report shall include:
(1) the name, age, and expected replacement age of
equipment;
(2) the replacement or refurbishment cost;
(3) the year of obsolescence;
(4) the replacement plan for obsolescent equipment; and
(5) the plan to invest in advanced technology capital
equipment.
Briefing on Floating Dry Docks Posture in the Indo-Pacific
The Committee recognizes the potential value of floating
dry docks in expanding maintenance and repair capacity while
providing greater flexibility in positioning across significant
distances in the Indo-Pacific theater. Accordingly, the
committee directs the Secretary of the Navy to provide a
briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services by February
1, 2024, on the Department of the Navy's assessment of the
value of floating dry docks in addressing maintenance and
repair needs in the Indo-Pacific theater, including needs
emerging from battle damage. This briefing shall include an
inventory of current floating dry dock assets, any plans to
acquire additional floating dry docks and cost analyses
compared to permanent dry docks, optimized pre-positioning and
movement of floating dry docks to accommodate maintenance and
repair needs, and workforce needs to support floating dry dock
posture.
Commercial Air Refueling Report
The committee continues to recognize the stresses on the
Air Force's tanker refueling fleet and annual unmet aerial
refueling requirements. United States Transportation Command
(USTRANSCOM) considers the commercial industry an important
partnership providing an important wartime surge and daily
augmentation to its trucks, airlift/aeromedical, and railcars.
Despite multiple studies conducted by the United States
Government Accountability Office, the United States Air Force
and demand from Major Command operational units for more air
refueling capacity, USTRANSCOM still maintains zero domestic
aerial refueling partners to meet the Department of Defense's
wartime Air Refueling needs and hours of training and readiness
requirements. This lack of a commercial surge and training
outlet for such a critical capability has prompted previous
USTRANSCOM Commanders to state before the committee that lack
of aerial refueling requirements has been their number one
readiness concern. Three decades later, the Air Force's tanker
refueling fleet remains the only Department of Defense
capability without commercial augmentation to support the
nation's wartime surge, mobilization, sustainment, and
peacetime training demands.
The committee directs the Secretary of the Air Force to
submit a brief to the House Committee on Armed Services not
later than December 1, 2023, outlining potential increase in
capability by divestment of air refueling aircraft from the
boneyard/demilitarization to the original equipment
manufacturer via the excess defense article (EDA) process for
the purpose of providing aircraft to a qualified and certified
commercial aerial refueling provider or providers. The
committee believes that doing so would save the Air Force costs
associated with divestment and demilitarization, while
concurrently establishing a domestic, commercial aerial
refueling augmentation and increasing aerial refueling capacity
to increase training, readiness, and wartime surge.
Comptroller General Review of Air Force's New Force Generation Model
In late 2021, the Air Force began implementing a new force
generation model--Air Force Force Generation (AFFORGEN)--
replacing its previous model that had been in use for over two
decades. The primary focus of this new model is to standardize
deployment schedules and meet demands for forces, while
providing adequate time for rest, training, and the
preservation and rebuilding of readiness. The Air Force also
believes it will enable the service to more effectively
implement new force employment concepts, such as Agile Combat
Employment that aligns combat Air Force units with combat
support units to sustain operations in austere environments.
The committee understands AFFORGEN is being tested on some
select Air Combat Command units and these units are expected to
reach initial operational capability during fiscal year 2023;
however, AFFORGEN is to be implemented across the entire Air
Force.
Therefore, the committee directs the Comptroller General of
the United States to undertake a comprehensive review of the
Air Force's efforts to implement AFFORGEN. This review shall
address:
(1) to what extent has the Air Force identified goals for
and made progress implementing its new force generation model
for its combat and combat support forces;
(2) to what extent does the Air Force's approach
incorporate sufficient training for units to obtain proficiency
to counter advanced adversaries;
(3) to what extent has the Air Force been able to
demonstrate the feasibility of new employment concepts, such as
Agile Combat Employment, in executing the new force generation
model;
(4) what, if any, challenges does the Air Force face in
implementing the new force generation model and synchronizing
its processes to staff, train, and equip forces in support of
combatant command demands; and
(5) any other related matters the Comptroller General
considers appropriate.
The committee further directs the Comptroller General to
provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not
later than April 1, 2024, on the Comptroller General's
preliminary findings and provide final results to the committee
in a mutually agreed upon format and timeframe.
Comptroller General Review of Contested Logistics in U.S. Indo-Pacific
Command
In the 2022 National Defense Strategy, the Department of
Defense stated that it will prioritize securely and effectively
providing logistics and sustainment to continue operations in a
contested and degraded environment, despite adversary
disruption. However, the Department has recently stated that
the current theater logistics posture and capability to sustain
the force are inadequate to support operations in a contested
environment. In particular, United States military forces in
the Indo-Pacific region lack sufficient logistic capabilities
to resupply and refuel in a contested environment.
The committee has significant concerns about the readiness
of the Armed Forces to provide continued fuel resupply in the
event of a conflict with China. To assist the committee in its
oversight, the committee directs the Comptroller General of the
United States to review and assess the Department's efforts to
plan and execute fuel resupply needs in a contested Indo-
Pacific environment. The Comptroller General's review shall:
(1) identify the Department's roles, responsibilities,
procedures, and plans for providing logistics in a contested
environment within the Indo-Pacific Command area of
responsibility;
(2) identify and assess the extent to which the Department
has conducted studies, analyses, wargames, or exercises to
evaluate whether it has the logistical capacity to store and
deliver fuel in a contested Indo-Pacific environment;
(3) assess the extent to which the Department is updating
its operational energy strategies and planning for fuel
resupply needs in the Indo-Pacific theater; and
(4) assess any other issues the Comptroller General
determines appropriate related to resupplying, rearming, or
refueling in the Indo-Pacific theater.
The committee further directs the Comptroller General to
provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not
later than March 15, 2024, on preliminary findings of the
review and provide final results to the Senate Committee on
Armed Services and the House Committee on Armed Services in a
format and timeframe as mutually agreed upon. The committee
expects the Secretary of Defense, the Secretaries of the
military departments, and the combatant commanders to provide
any pertinent information, including, but not limited to,
related analyses and studies, contingency plans, and
operational plans, to designated representatives of the
Government Accountability Office assigned to this review.
Comptroller General Review of Department of Defense Sustainment Plans
for the Defense of Guam
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and the military services
have developed plans to improve the integrated air and missile
defense capabilities on Guam. The 2022 Missile Defense Review
indicates that Guam's missile defenses will be commensurate
with its status as both an unequivocal part of the United
States, as well as a key power projection hub in the Indo-
Pacific region. MDA requested over $800 million in its fiscal
year 2024 budget for additional capabilities to augment the
current Terminal High Altitude Area Defense battery deployed to
the island. The committee notes that Guam's location and
climate, as well as the Department of Defense's plan to use
mobile components as part of Guam's defense infrastructure,
require specific considerations to sustain these capabilities.
Therefore, the committee directs the Comptroller General of
the United States to review the Department of Defense's
sustainment plans for the Missile Defense of Guam. This review
shall address:
(1) the extent to which the Department of Defense is
considering plans for sustaining the new missile architecture
that will comprise the defense of Guam as options are being
considered, including the personnel (military, civilian, and
contractors), infrastructure, and funding necessary for that
sustainment;
(2) the extent to which adding new missile defense
architecture on Guam would affect sustainment of preexisting
defenses on the island and other missile defense elements in
the Indo-Pacific region; and
(3) any other topics deemed appropriate by the Comptroller
General.
The committee further directs the Comptroller General to
provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not
later than April 1, 2024, on the Comptroller General's
preliminary findings and provide final results to the committee
in a mutually agreed upon format and timeframe.
Comptroller General Review of Navy Ship Sustainment Budget Presentation
and Execution
The Navy spends billions of dollars annually to sustain its
ships, yet it continually faces persistent and worsening
sustainment challenges. In 2023, the Comptroller General of the
United States found that 10 ship classes faced persistent and
worsening sustainment challenges while maintenance costs rose
by $1.2 billion from fiscal years 2011 through 2021.
Specifically, the number of maintenance cannibalizations,
casualty reports, and days of depot maintenance delay have each
increased, while the number of hours a ship is generally in an
operating or training status have decreased. In light of these
negative trends, the committee is concerned about the
effectiveness of the Navy's approach to developing sustainment
requirements and executing funding to support ship readiness.
Therefore, the committee directs the Comptroller General of
the United States to undertake a review of the Navy's approach
to identifying and establishing sustainment funding
requirements, developing and presenting its budget for ship
sustainment, and executing appropriated funds for ship
sustainment. This review shall address:
(1) the Navy's approach to identifying and establishing
funding requirements and developing its budget request for ship
sustainment;
(2) the extent that the Navy has requested, received, and
executed ship sustainment funding over the past 10 years;
(3) the extent that the Navy's approach to presenting its
budget request for ship sustainment provides visibility into
the planned uses of the funding;
(4) the challenges the Navy has faced in using its ship
sustainment funding to address long-standing sustainment
challenges; and
(5) any other related matters the Comptroller General
considers appropriate.
The committee further directs the Comptroller General to
provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not
later than April 1, 2024, on the Comptroller General's
preliminary findings and to provide final results to the
committee in a mutually agreed upon format and timeframe.
Comptroller General Review of Prepositioned Assets in the Indo-Pacific
Region
The 2022 National Defense Strategy (NDS) identified China
as the most consequential strategic competitor for the coming
decades. As such, the NDS directed the Department of Defense to
act urgently to sustain and strengthen United States
deterrence, with China as the pacing challenge for the
Department. The NDS further indicated that the Department would
reinforce and build out a resilient security infrastructure in
the Indo-Pacific region to, among other things, deter attempts
to resolve disputes by force. Integral to this effort is the
ability to employ combat-ready forces on short notice to
address aggression or crises which rests, in large part, on
billions of dollars' worth of prepositioned assets that enable
resilient and agile logistics during initial operations.
Consequently, the committee has had an ongoing interest in the
Department's strategy and oversight of its prepositioning
program. Particularly in light of the focus the 2022 NDS places
on China, the committee directs the Comptroller General of the
United States to evaluate the following:
(1) how the Department of Defense and the military services
determine the types and locations of prepositioned materiel in
the Indo-Pacific region and the condition of that equipment;
(2) the extent that the Department assessed its strategy
for prepositioning assets in the Indo-Pacific region based on
the 2022 NDS, as well as the military services' future
operations and logistics concepts;
(3) the extent that the military services coordinate their
prepositioning programs with each other, and with Indo-Pacific
Command, in order to ensure they are responsive to applicable
contingency plans, as well as to achieve efficiencies and
reduce unnecessary duplication; and
(4) any challenges the Department faces in prepositioning
assets in the Indo-Pacific region.
The committee further directs the Comptroller General to
provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not
later than April 1, 2024, on the Comptroller General's
preliminary findings and present final results in a format and
timeframe agreed to at the time of the briefing.
Foreign Dispatch Services
The committee is concerned by the unlicensed transportation
dispatch services that are based outside of the United States
that are utilized in the shipping of sensitive and critical
Department of Defense freight. This represents a potential
vulnerability in the defense supply chain that could be
exploited by adversaries in the event of a conflict. Foreign
dispatch services do not operate under the same oversight and
cybersecurity regulations of those domiciled within the United
States, making them more susceptible to foreign interference
and influence. Furthermore, the committee is concerned that the
locations of all dispatch offices through which defense-related
freight is dispatched is not a data point collected by the
Department.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense
to provide a report to the Senate Committee on Armed Services
and the House Committee on Armed Services not later than
February 1, 2024, on the Department's use of foreign dispatch
services for critical defense freight and the implications of
instituting stricter dispatch service regulations. The report
shall include the following:
(1) a list of all transportation dispatch services
domiciled outside of the United States that are used in
shipping what the Secretary deems to be sensitive or critical
freight;
(2) vulnerabilities of foreign dispatch services and
threats posed to such services by malign foreign actors;
(3) an assessment of the impacts on the Department's
ability to quickly mobilize and ship critical military freight
using solely American dispatch services; and
(4) any other information the Secretary of Defense
considers appropriate.
Global Household Goods Contract Risk Mitigation
The magnitude of the Defense Personal Property Program
moving to a single move manager and the recent Global Household
Goods Contract (GHC) schedule adjustments require U.S.
Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM) to carefully consider the
stand-up of these services and take steps to mitigate risk. The
committee is committed to ensuring a responsible GHC transition
and customer satisfaction.
Therefore, the committee directs the Commander of
USTRANSCOM to submit a report to the Senate Committee on Armed
Services and the House Committee on Armed Services, not later
than December 1, 2023, on the plan to gradually stand-up GHC
services and evaluate the GHC through the critical peak season
during the height of personal property moves from May-July
2024. The report should include how the plan will provide
customer satisfaction, establish metrics to cost effectively
assume these responsibilities, and ensure that existing Defense
Personal Property Program services are still available
throughout the period of evaluation and confirmation of
services.
Laser Peening Application to Ship and Submarine Construction,
Maintenance, and Repair
The committee notes that the Navy is facing challenges
related to maintaining its aging fleet and procuring new ships
and submarines. To address some of these challenges, the Navy
continues to examine technologies that can extend the service
life of newly constructed ships and submarines, as well as
maintain the current fleet. Laser shock peening (laser peening)
is a technology that has been proven to provide significant
cost savings over the past 35 years in the aerospace,
transportation, and power generation industries and will
provide significant cost savings for the Navy and its
shipbuilders as well.
In ships and submarines, metal fatigue and resultant
cracking can result in damage to key metal components such as
propulsion shafting, propellers, rudders, water jets, etc.
Without repairing these critical ship components, the damage
can potentially lead to a part's unexpected failure. Material
treated by laser peening is significantly more resistant to
metal fatigue failures, thus extending the system's life. Laser
peening has been supported in Congress since at least 2014 as a
proven technology that has the potential of saving significant
funding that would otherwise be necessary for future repairs or
replacement of critical shipboard and submarine components.
Similar savings have been seen in commercial industry and
Department of Defense aviation.
Therefore, the committee directs the Deputy Assistant
Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development, Test and
Evaluation (DASN RDTE) to provide a briefing to the House
Committee on Armed Services by February 1, 2024, on the
resources required for the U.S. Navy to fully implement a
coordinated laser peening program, particularly to support the
Columbia-class, to address the numerous metal fatigue related
issues and costs rampant throughout the aviation, surface, and
submarine fleet.
Naval Air Systems Command Condition Based Maintenance
The committee supports Naval Air Systems Command's
initiatives for a conditions-based maintenance system, which
utilizes artificial intelligence, predictive analytics, and
other advanced technologies to improve the readiness of
aircraft and reduce costs associated with scheduled
maintenance. Premature maintenance on an aircraft prompted by
arbitrary timelines rather than actual need can drastically
increase costs while decreasing aircraft readiness.
The committee believes that maximizing the use of
conditions-based maintenance that utilizes new forms of
artificial intelligence and predictive analytics can provide
the Navy with greater aircraft availability, thereby improving
pilot readiness and mission-capable rates. Therefore, the
committee directs the Secretary of the Navy, in coordination
with the Commander, Naval Air Systems Command, to provide a
briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services by April 1,
2024 on current maintenance operations for Navy and Marine
Corps aircraft. This briefing shall include:
(1) An analysis of the effectiveness of the current
calendar-based maintenance schedule;
(2) An assessment of potential cost-savings, increased
readiness, and improvements to availability that could be
achieved by utilizing a conditions-based maintenance plan;
(3) A timeline for deployment of a conditions-based
maintenance plan that includes the utilization of artificial
intelligence and predictive analytics; and
(4) Any plans to accelerate the deployment of such
maintenance systems.
Naval Air Systems Command Fleet Readiness Centers Maintenance Repair
and Overhaul Analytics
The Navy's aging, diverse fleet of aircraft is a challenge
for Navy Fleet Readiness Centers (FRCs). Unlike aircraft
manufacturing, repair and overhaul involve significant
uncertainty in the scope of work and the sequence of work.
Uncertainty in repair cycles challenges FRC administration.
This increases turnaround time and repair costs across all
fleets of aircraft and reduces aircraft availability
(readiness) in the fleet.
The committee supports Naval Air Systems Command's use of
maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) related predictive
analytics simulations to achieve improvements in depot
efficiency and aircraft readiness.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Navy
to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services
not later than March 1, 2024, on progress and plans to deploy
additional funds provided for MRO related predictive analytics.
Radar Sustainment Industrial Base
The committee notes the critical importance of sustainment
and repair activities across the Department of Defense's radar
inventory, especially as many platforms transition from legacy
to advanced, next-generation radar systems. The committee
believes it is imperative for the Department to improve the
reliability and resilience of the radar industrial base by
ensuring adequate capacity and competition for maintenance and
repair activities. The committee is concerned about potential
lack of competition among sustainment providers and the risk
this presents to the capability and speed of sustainment work.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense
to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services
not later than March 1, 2024, on the Department's plans for
current and future radar sustainment, which shall include:
(1) an assessment of current industry capabilities in the
legacy radar repair enterprise;
(2) plans to ensure a maintained sustainment capability as
programs transition to next-generation radar systems,
specifically active electronically scanned array radars; and
(3) plans to use full and open competition for radar
sustainment solicitations to ensure requirements are met and
control costs across the Department.
Weapon System Sustainment Quick Looks
The Department of Defense spends billions of dollars
annually to sustain its major weapon systems in an effort to
simultaneously support today's military operations and maintain
the capability to meet future defense requirements. Over the
last several years, the Comptroller General of the United
States has provided a series of Sustainment Quick Look reports
with long-term trend information on the availability,
condition, and operating and support (O&S) costs for 49
Department of Defense aircraft and 10 classes of Navy ships.
Congress relies on this type of information to understand long-
term trends in the availability and cost of key weapon systems
required to execute the National Defense Strategy. Moreover,
this type of information provides vital information and insight
into the Department's progress addressing sustainment
challenges as well as balancing funding between new
acquisitions and the sustainment of existing weapon systems.
The committee directs the Comptroller General of the United
States to continue conducting periodic Sustainment Quick Look
reviews focused on the availability, condition, and O&S costs
for selected Department of Defense major weapon systems. These
reviews shall address:
(1) the extent that the military departments have met
availability goals for aircraft, ships, submarines, or other
selected major weapon systems and what sustainment challenges
affected those weapon systems;
(2) the extent that O&S costs have changed over time for
these weapon systems, and what factors drove changes in these
costs; and
(3) any other related matters the Comptroller General
considers appropriate.
The committee further directs the Comptroller General to
provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not
later than November 1, 2023, on a plan to periodically update
its Sustainment Quick Look series through the end of calendar
year 2026. This plan should include the selected major weapon
systems and types of information to be included, timeframes for
conducting the work, and timeframes for issuing products. The
Comptroller General will provide periodic briefings on
preliminary findings and provide final results in a format and
timeframe based on the plan.
Readiness Issues
Air Force Operational Training Digital Infrastructure
The committee notes that the Chief of Staff of the Air
Force's Action Order D: Design Implementation MOD 1, Section
3.A.3.F from February 2022, requires that the Air Force
``identify excess and inefficient resources across the
enterprise encumbered within aging and redundant infrastructure
competing with modernization efforts.''
The committee recognizes that the Department of the Air
Force has made progress in developing and deploying secure,
digital, and immersive training infrastructure; however,
remains concerned that potential overlap and duplication among
technologies could present inefficiencies. Specifically, the
lack of progress integrating legacy systems, such as
myLearning, into newer open architecture-centered efforts is of
concern. The committee understands that greater efficiencies
could be achieved with an enterprise approach, with
technological solutions driven solely by validated
requirements.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Air
Force to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed
Services by March 1, 2024, on efforts to eliminate duplicative
or redundant efforts to develop and deploy enterprise level
digital, immersive training infrastructure across the U.S. Air
Force and U.S. Space Force. The briefing shall include:
(1) a current inventory of all digital, immersive training
infrastructure;
(2) specific plans to transition, adopt, combine, or
eliminate duplicative or redundant efforts;
(3) details on continuing program links to validated
requirements; and
(4) current and future plans to leverage existing
commercial technologies and Small Business Innovation Research
and Small Business Technology Transfer programs.
Army Field Feeding Systems
The committee is aware of the need for the Army to upgrade
its existing field feeding and soldier sustainment equipment.
The need for the Army to be able to feed troops and even
civilian populations is well known but the service's state of
readiness, especially in its legacy sustainment equipment is
less well understood. Given the need to properly budget and
deploy for field feeding and expeditionary sustainment, the
committee requires greater visibility into the Army's future
funding requirements for this essential service.
The committee directs the Secretary of the Army to provide
a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services no later
than March 31, 2024, on its plans to upgrade its existing field
feeding systems, the need to acquire additional units, and what
Congress should expect in terms of budgetary impacts from such
procurement. This briefing should specifically include, but is
not limited to, information regarding:
(1) the Army's current inventory of legacy field feeding
systems that are both deployable and safe to use;
(2) the inventory of field feeding systems that is
sufficient for maintaining readiness and maximizing distributed
mission effectiveness;
(3) the Army's prospective plans on how to fund, field,
equip, and upgrade existing units in addition to phasing out
older and less capable field feeding systems; and
(4) the cost and timeline associated with implementing such
a strategy, including additional outlays by Congress to
accomplish this goal.
Army Squad Training
The Army has stated the Soldier Virtual Trainer (SVT)
program is intended to integrate several individual soldier and
squad training capabilities, to include Weapon Skill
Development, Joint Fires Training and Use of Force Training,
into a single capability to achieve individual and squad
collective training tasks. While SVT is under development, the
committee understands the Army's sustainment program for
existing, legacy small arms simulation Engagement Skills
Trainer (EST) systems is no longer funded, requiring individual
commands to fund their own EST system support. Further, the
committee understands the warranties for Army EST systems will
begin to expire in 2023, with full expiration in 2024. While
the committee understands and supports the need to transition
away from legacy EST systems not capable of meeting the human
performance, biometric, and overall data analytics capabilities
that modern small arms synthetic training systems achieve, the
committee is concerned about how the Army plans to provide
basic through advanced small arms synthetic training including
the TC 3-20.40 Table II simulation requirements.
The committee understands there are current service
providers that have next generation simulation small arms
synthetic training systems that utilize human performance
optimization, biometrics, and robust shooter data collection
and analysis that can support all current Army small arms
simulation qualification requirements today. The committee
encourages the Army to leverage these advanced training systems
where possible to fill the current training gap. Additionally,
the committee directs the Secretary of the Army to provide a
report to the committee, no later than December 31, 2023,
regarding the Army's plan to ensure its soldiers are receiving
basic through advanced small arms simulation training that
meets all warfighter proficiency and readiness requirements
between now and SVT fielding. The report shall include, but not
be limited to:
(1) the timeline that SVT will be fully fielded,
(2) the Army's plan to meet all warfighter small arms
synthetic training proficiency and readiness requirements
before SVT's full fielding,
(3) a detailed description regarding how the SVT program is
incorporating advanced human performance training and the
integration of wearable biosensors and robust data collection
and analysis over the life of a soldier's career, and
(4) how the Army will validate SVT's effectiveness in
delivering measurable live fire qualification improvements in
weapon competency, cognitive skills, and lethality to improve
warfighter readiness.
Army Vantage Program
The committee recognizes the Department of the Army's
efforts to enhance operational effectiveness through the
implementation of the Army Vantage Program. The committee
understands the Army Vantage Program provides commanders key
insights into the health, training, manning, and equipping of
all Army units. The committee notes the Army Vantage Program's
Unliquidated Obligations Triage Tool has recovered over $3.0
billion in buying power for the Army over the last three years,
and its Commander's Risk Reduction Toolkit is used to address
Army Senior leader concerns about reducing undesirable risk
behaviors across Army formations. Moreover, the committee
recognizes the Army Vantage Program connect standalone systems
to adapt to contingency operations and streamline deployment
processes.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Army
to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services
not later than December 1, 2023, on how the Army intends to
ensure the viability of the Army Vantage Program and preserve
its critical capabilities in the future. This briefing should,
at minimum, include the following:
(1) provide an update on the current status of the Army
Vantage Program;
(2) future goals for the Army Vantage Program; and
(3) a thorough analysis of the funding and resource
requirements to ensure continued operation of this program.
Critical Minerals and Metal Reserve
The committee is concerned about foreign control and
influence over the supply chain for critical minerals and
metals used for defense technologies. The committee remains
concerned that the Department of Defense lacks an adequate
domestic supply of critical minerals and metals for leading
edge defense capabilities. The committee notes that
installations within Joint Munitions Command may be uniquely
suited to serve as a reserve for stored critical minerals and
metals.
Accordingly, the committee directs the Under Secretary of
Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment to submit a report to
the House Committee on Armed Services not later than December
1, 2023, on:
(1) a description of the Department's requirements for
identifying, tracing, and stockpiling critical minerals and
metals;
(2) a description of the Department's strategy for storing
these critical mineral and metal reserves to include a
discussion of the benefits of storing these reserves in a more
distributed fashion;
(3) a discussion of the suitability of facilities within
the Joint Munitions Command for storage of critical minerals
and metal reserves given their specialized facilities; and
(4) a discussion of opportunities for public-private
partnerships to facilitate more robust critical mineral and
metal reserves from a diversity of sources, including recycled
and reused minerals and metals.
Ensuring the Continued Success of the Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot
Training
The committee recognizes that since 1981, the Euro-NATO
Joint Jet Pilot Training (ENJJPT) program has produced superior
caliber combat aviators, enhanced interoperability amongst
allies, and fostered continued friendship and respect between
the United States and European partner-nations and is a one-of-
kind endeavor that cannot be replicated through any other
means. The committee was pleased that on March 10, 2023, the
ENJJPT program was extended through September 30, 2036.
Producing fighter pilots for both the United States and allied
air forces has never been more important given current global
conditions, and the committee commends the Air Force on the
recent ENJJPT extension.
In order to ensure the continued mission success of the
ENJJPT program, the committee directs the Secretary of the Air
Force to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed
Services not later than January 31, 2024, on future ENJJPT
operations and plans through 2036 and beyond. The briefing
shall include:
(1) identification of other potential allied nations for
inclusion in the ENJJPT program;
(2) plans for integration of the T-7 into the ENJJPT
program to replace the aging T-38;
(3) needed infrastructure improvements at ENJJPT to ensure
continued operations in a modernized environment, including
necessary operations and maintenance facilities, ramp space
modifications, and taxiway and runway improvements; and
(4) a concept of operations for maintenance activities to
ensure maximum aircraft mission-readiness.
Exercise Northern Strike
Exercise Northern Strike provides a realistic decisive
action training environment and robust training experiences for
units and leaders to strengthen joint all domain warfighting
capabilities. The exercise fills a critical gap in resourced
readiness building multi-domain exercises for two combat
formations. Exercise Northern Strike is conducted twice a year
(winter and summer) within the 4-season National All Domain
Warfighting Center's contested multi-domain operating
environment. Using a combination of integrated live, virtual,
constructive models and simulations, participants increase
mission essential task proficiencies and build readiness
through repetitive task iterations at echelon by training for
combat operations as part of the joint team.
Given the Department of Defense's increased reliance on
Guard and Reserve Forces to meet operational readiness
challenges, the committee encourages the Department to
emphasize joint all domain warfighting exercises within these
formations, such as Exercise Northern Strike, to ensure Guard
and Reserve formations are capable of fulfilling this critical
capability gap.
Therefore, the committee recommends a $4.0 million increase
in Operations & Maintenance for the Army National Guard and a
$1.0 million increase in Operations and Maintenance for the
U.S. Air Force for All Domain Training Exercises.
Identifying Vulnerabilities in Transportation Networks
The committee recognizes the importance of capable and
resilient transportation infrastructure to our national
defense. To better understand and address any significant
deficiencies, the committee directs the Commander, United
States Transportation Command to provide to the House Committee
on Armed Services by June 1, 2024, a report identifying
infrastructure, equipment and manning concerns in the Strategic
Rail Corridor Network, the Strategic Highway Network, and
designated commercial Strategic Seaports, and to provide
recommendations for interagency coordination, programs or
statutory changes to improve and maintain such strategic
railways, highways, and seaports associated with national
defense.
Immersive Training
The committee is aware that training efficiencies may be
gained through the use of immersive learning methodologies such
as those afforded through use of virtual reality, augmented
reality, and mixed reality technologies. The committee notes
that these tools, when used appropriately, can lower the number
of training hours, as well as costs related to both training
and sustainment. The committee further notes that immersive
learning allows for training at a large scale that could be
impractical to achieve though in-person learning due to
equipment availability and cost.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Air
Force to submit a report to the House Committee on Armed
Services not later than December 1, 2023, on how these
technologies have been, or potentially could be, integrated
into training across the Air Force to lower cost and increase
training efficiencies. In addition, the report should include
any limitations or barriers to integration, to include ensuring
compliance with relevant cybersecurity requirements.
Mission Training Complexes
The Committee is cognizant of the Department of Defense's
(DoD) priorities laid down in the 2022 National Defense
Strategy (NDS), namely: defending the homeland, deterring
strategic attacks against the United States, allies, and
partners, deterring aggression while being prepared to prevail
in conflict when necessary, and building a resilient Joint
Force and defense ecosystem. The committee notes that the NDS
espouses the need to enhance deterrence across all domains, and
achieve the same through, inter alia, improving mobilization.
The committee is aware that one of the DoD's approach to force
planning recognizes the ability to quickly mobilize as critical
in building strength and capability in key operational areas,
and states that it will prioritize a force that is agile and
responsive. Relatedly, the committee further notes that, the
People's Republic of China (PRC) has been assessed to pose the
most ``comprehensive and serious challenge to the U.S. national
security.'' The Committee notes that today's security
environment thus requires a force structure to meet heavy
mobilization, deployment, and sustainment demands, and supports
the DoD's efforts to achieve these goals.
The Committee is aware that the U.S. Army maintains
multiple Mission Training Complexes (MTCs). The MTCs were
established prior to the present NDS, which focuses on the need
for the U.S. military to respond to near-peer adversaries which
requires the Reserve Component to sustain their readiness in
order to rapidly mobilize. The Committee is concerned that the
U.S. Army's current mobilization plans are heavily reliant on
its Reserve Components, which lack the ability to mobilize
swiftly to respond to the challenges outlined in the present
NDS. The Committee has expressed interest in how the Army, and
other services, can better leverage virtual training
capabilities to sustain the readiness of the Reserve Component.
The Committee is concerned that current MTC virtual training
capabilities are not sufficient to sustain the readiness and
ensure rapid deployability as envisioned by the current NDS.
As such, the Committee directs the Secretary of the Army to
provide a report to the House Committee on Armed Services by
December 1, 2023 that shall include at the minimum the
following:
(1) Assessment of the current capacity of existing MTCs to
meet a mass mobilization requirement consistent with what is
outlined in the National Defense Strategy;
(2) Assessment of impact of developing additional MTCs
across the United States to facilitate a mass mobilization to
include the cost and capabilities needed at each new
installation;
(3) Identification of potential locations for future MTCs,
and infrastructure existing or needed for upgrades to establish
the new facilities as well as potential savings that could be
realized from additional locations that reduce TDY and other
associated travel cost; and
(4) Analysis of any previous gap analyses done to ensure
the sustainment of adequate readiness levels for the Reserve
Component and what has been done to implement any recommended
actions from that analysis.
Nursing Staffing Levels
The Committee directs the Secretary of Defense to submit a
report to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than
December 1, 2023, on hiring practices for civilian nurses at
Military Treatment Facilities.
At a minimum, the report:
(1) should compare the Department's classification, pay
scales, and hiring practices to those at other federal
agencies, including the Department of Veterans Affairs, Indian
Health Service, the Department of Health and Human Services,
and the Bureau of Federal Prisons, other agencies the Secretary
deems comparable, and the private sector,
(2) should further identify any authorities that other
federal agencies use to hire nurses,
(3) the frequency that the Department uses its authorities
to fill hiring needs,
(4) the average length of time between an accepted offer
and start date,
(5) delays over 60 days in hiring once the authority has
been utilized,
(6) identify how many additional nurses will be needed to
meet the mental health needs of the servicemembers, and
(7) include recommendations to reduce hiring barriers, such
as additional training or certifications that are not required
at other places.
Report on the Army's Logistics Augmentation Program Acquisition
Strategies
The committee is aware that the Army intends to recompete
the Global Combatant Command (GCC) operational task orders
under the ten-year LOGCAP V contract, which is set to expire in
2028. Additionally, the Army plans to integrate the Army
Prepositioned Stocks (APS) program into LOGCAP V while
concurrently developing requirements for the upcoming LOGCAP VI
competition.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Army,
in collaboration with the Office of the Secretary of Defense,
Joint Staff, and Global Combatant Commanders, to submit a
report to the House Committee on Armed Services by January 15,
2024. This report should review the proposed re-competition of
the LOGCAP V regional GCC operational task orders. The analysis
should encompass the following aspects:
(1) an independent Business Case Analysis that evaluates
the cost and operational benefits of recompeting the LOGCAP V
GCC task orders at this stage of the program execution.
(2) input from stakeholders, including the Army Sustainment
Command, GCC Commanders, and Army Service Component Commanders,
regarding the desirability and operational impacts of the
proposed acquisition strategy.
(3) detailed cost estimates and timelines, including
projected task order transition costs and timelines.
(4) Potential impacts on the quality and timing of the
transition to LOGCAP VI.
(5) analysis comparing the re-competition of LOGCAP V task
orders with the transition to LOGCAP VI.
(6) an overview of potential innovations and efficiencies
that could result from a new LOGCAP VI competition.
(7) assessment of the benefits of competition in the re-
competition under LOGCAP V compared to the potential
competition assumptions for LOGCAP VI.
(8) a breakdown of any additional authorities needed to
modify the proposed LOGCAP V GCC task order recompete strategy
or to transition directly to LOGCAP VI.
Review of Utilizing Automation and Machine Learning
The committee is concerned about the physical state of
repair and overall readiness of the surface fleet. The
committee believes that utilizing automation and machine
learning technologies can streamline the ship and critical
infrastructure repair process, increase drydock availability,
and vastly improve readiness.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Navy
to submit a report to the House Committee on Armed Services not
later than January 15, 2024, on its efforts to employ robotic
sensing and data collection technologies for maintenance of
Navy surface ships. The report shall include:
(1) a comparison of robotic sensing technologies capable of
rapid, accurate, and non-hazardous inspection of hulls (above
and below the waterline), rudders, flight decks, and internal
tanks on Navy surface ships and shore-based critical
infrastructure subject to corrosion;
(2) an evaluation of the cost, accuracy, and hazards
associated with current inspection methods;
(3) an analysis of how current inspection methods can be
improved;
(4) an analysis of commercially available robotic
technologies capable of improving inspections;
(5) an analysis of available options for a secure computing
environment that could reliably be accessed for artificial
intelligence and machine learning algorithms;
(6) an evaluation of cost and benefits required such that
standing up a program would warrant future investment; and
(7) an evaluation of how digital twin models would be
leveraged to enable a more comprehensive analysis for
conditions-based maintenance for surface and shore-based
infrastructure, where appropriate.
This report should include a recommendation on the utility,
feasibility, and cost of establishing a pilot program for use
of commercially available robotic sensing and data collection
capabilities to create digital twin models of surface vessels
to reduce maintenance requirements, fueling time, and other
dockside activities.
Terbium Oxide, Beryllium and Gallium Addition to the National Defense
Stockpile
The committee directs the Secretary of Defense, in
coordination with the National Defense Stockpile Manager, to
submit a report to the House Committee on Armed Services by
January 5, 2024 on the feasibility of adding Terbium Oxide,
Beryllium, and Gallium to the National Defense Stockpile. At a
minimum, this report shall include a cost estimate for adding
Terbium Oxide, Beryllium, and Gallium rare earth minerals to
the National Defense Stockpile, the amount of materials
required to meet the defense, industrial, and essential
civilian needs of the United States, and the domestic
production capabilities of these materials.
Other Matters
A report on the Use of CH-47 Helicopters for Wildfire Response and
Search and Rescue
The committee is aware of the devastating impact of deadly
wildfires and other natural disasters. The committee directs
the Secretary of Defense to provide a report to the House
Committee on Armed Services by March 1, 2024 on the feasibility
and advisability of using CH-47 helicopters, with appropriate
firefighting modifications, to respond to wildfires and perform
search and rescue activities. The report should:
(1) identify the governmental organizations (including
Federal, State, and local government organizations) that would
be most effective in using the such helicopters to carry out
wildfire response and search and rescue activities; and
(2) address such other matters as the Secretary determines
to be relevant.
Briefing on Atmospheric Water Generation Machines
The committee is concerned about the sources, supply, and
logistics of water for the military. The committee believes the
Department of Defense must achieve water sustainment by
producing as much water as possible at the point of need.
Accordingly, the committee is aware of new atmospheric
water technology that could greatly improve the sustainability
of military bases abroad. The committee is also aware of the
potential benefits this technology could have in situations
where traditional water infrastructure and supply is disrupted.
Each machine is capable of generating up to two hundred gallons
per day for use during military exercises, disaster response
relief efforts, and for military installations that experience
toxic water crises.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense,
in consultation with the Commander of United States Indo-
Pacific Command and the Commander of United States Central
Command, to provide a briefing to the Armed Services Committees
of the House and Senate, no later than December 31, 2023, on an
assessment whether this technology can be beneficial to
military readiness and each command's mission.
Briefing on the Strategic Significance of Homestead Air Reserve Base
The committee recognizes the increasing influence of the
People's Republic of China (PRC) within the western hemisphere,
specifically their buildup of strategic capabilities in
strategic locations within the Caribbean and Latin America. In
section 6524 of Public Law 117-263, the committee requested a
report on the activities of China and Russia targeting Latin
America and the Caribbean. These activities have only expanded
since passage of Public Law 117-263, with report of a Chinese
electronic eavesdropping facility on Cuba.
Homestead Air Reserve Base (HARB) is located in the
southern most tip of Florida and is based miles from Turkey
Point Nuclear Plant. The base is home to the 482nd Fighter Wing
and has been a crucial component in our country's pilot
training, air readiness, and protection since its construction
in 1942. HARB has also provided support for South Florida after
major storms and hurricanes. It has been key in the
distribution of critical humanitarian aid to the countries
across the Caribbean after catastrophic weather events. The
base is invaluable in its contributions to the safety of South
Florida and to the nation.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Air
Force to conduct a briefing on the strategic significance of
Homestead Air Reserve Base to be given to the House Committee
on Armed Services before March 1, 2024.
The briefing should include information on how HARB can be
used to expand the United States humanitarian and defense
efforts to counter the growing influence of adversarial
countries within the Caribbean, Latin America, and South
America.
Deployable Solid Waste Disposal Solutions for Expeditionary Bases
The committee notes the Department's progress thus far in
eliminating open burn pits from military installations to
protect the health and safety of all service members. The
committee is aware of current efforts by the Department to move
commercial waste to energy solutions from prototype to a
program of record for deployable solid waste incinerators
optimized for energy efficiency and clean emissions. Therefore,
the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to submit a
report to the congressional defense committees no later than
January 31, 2024, that includes the following information:
(1) requirements and plans for the development and
acquisition of deployable solid waste incinerators optimized
for clean emissions and suitability for use on military
missions;
(2) the inventory of deployable solid waste incinerators
that is sufficient for maintaining the readiness and maximizing
distributed mission effectiveness;
(3) the cost and timeline associated with implementing such
a strategy, including additional outlays by Congress to
accomplish this goal; and
(4) issues for consideration and plans related to
transitioning the program from prototype to production.
Environmental Restoration and Future Conveyance of Former Rio Vista
Army Reserve Center, Rio Vista, California
The committee is aware that there may be environmental
contamination caused by decades of military activity at the Rio
Vista Army Reserve Center in Rio Vista, California. The
committee notes that Rio Vista Reserve Center was closed during
the 1992 BRAC round but environmental restoration activities
continue at the site including a preliminary assessment and
site investigation for contamination from per and
polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). The committee notes that
some portions of the land are subject to a reversionary
interest of the State of California, and that these portions
require environmental remediation prior to transfer. The
committee encourages the Army to complete its investigation and
any required remediation or restoration activities as
expeditiously as practicable. Accordingly, the committee
directs the Secretary of the Army to provide a report to the
House Committee on Armed Services by no later than February 1,
2024 on current state of environmental remediation and
restoration activities at Rio Vista Army Reserve Center. This
report shall include at a minimum the following.
(1) A summary of environmental remediation activities
completed to date at the site;
(2) An update on the current status of remediation and
restoration activities at the site as a whole to include, but
not limited to PFAS contamination;
(3) An update on the status of coordination efforts with
the California State Lands Commission for all sub-parcels
subject to a reversionary interest of the State of California;
(4) An updated timeline for the transfer of all parcels
associated with the former Rio Vista Army Reserve Center; and
(5) An updated cost to complete for environmental
remediation and restoration activities at the site.
Fire and Emergency Services
The committee notes with concern the Army's historic
underfunding of fire and emergency services for critical daily
expendable and durable items despite Installation and
Management Command's validation of installations requirements.
The Army's Fiscal Year 2024 budget request underfunds IMCOM's
fire and emergency validated requirements by $34.5 million,
which presents a risk to personnel and mission. Therefore, the
committee directs the Secretary of the Army to provide a
briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not later
than December 1, 2023, on funding levels for fire and emergency
services. The briefing should include the following elements:
(1) a budget justification for underfunding Fire and
Emergency Services in comparison to the IMCOM validated
requirements.
(2) an assessment of the risk assumed by personnel given
the Army's posture of underfunding the fire and emergency
services request.
(3) an assessment of the effect on morale that underfunding
Fire and Emergency Services has on personnel.
Georgia Combat Readiness Training Center
The committee recognizes the significance of the Combat
Readiness Training Center (CRTC) located at the Savannah Air
National Guard (ANG) Base, Savannah-Hilton Head International
Airport. As one of four CRTCs operated by the Department of
Defense, this facility provides an integrated, realistic
training environment for U.S. fighter aircraft to enhance their
air combat capabilities and readiness. The committee notes that
this facility is the only CRTC with available airspace capable
of replicating a high-end threat environment for 5th generation
fighter aircraft and that it maintains regular access to the
Townsend Bombing Range, the first range purpose-built for F-35
training.
North Carolina Air National Guard
The committee notes the 75th anniversary of the
establishment of the North Carolina Air National Guard. The
145th Airlift Wing is operationally gained by Air Mobility
Command and consists of the 145th Operations Group, the 145th
Maintenance Group, the 145th Mission Support Group, and the
145th Medical Group, stationed at Charlotte Air National Guard
Base, North Carolina. In 2018, the 145th Airlift Wing began
operating C-17 Globemaster III aircraft to perform tactical
airlift and airdrop missions. The Wing's Airmen have supported
global and domestic operations, including by providing relief
from Hurricane Florence and COVID-19, and conducting missions
in over fifteen different countries since 2019. The committee
applauds the efforts of the North Carolina Air National Guard
and continues to support its mission, Airmen, and their
families.
PFAS Non-Incineration Destruction Technologies
The committee directs the Assistant Secretary of Defense
for Energy, Installations, and Environment to submit a report
to the House Committee on Armed Services by March 1, 2024, on
whether non-incineration technologies can be incorporated into
the Department's strategy for disposal of PFAS and PFAS-
containing wastes. The report shall include:
(1) a description of any Department of Defense testing of
these technologies to date to include location, specifics about
the technology tested, and results of the testing;
(2) opportunities for operational scale testing of these
technologies within military departments for destruction of
aqueous film forming foam and/or PFAS-contaminated wastes to
include spent filters;
(3) a list of sites that would be suitable for hosting
operational testing of these technologies; and
(4) a discussion of whether a formal pilot program for the
testing of non-incineration PFAS destruction technologies would
be useful for providing comparative data on these technologies.
Preservation of Ship Repair Industrial Base Capacity
The committee understands that the Navy has made
investments to increase drydock capacity on the west coast of
the United States to meet ship repair surge capacity
requirements due to the growing threat posed by China. As the
Navy makes these investments, the committee is concerned that
the lack of clarity on how these drydocks will be used and
administered could have unintended negative consequences on the
critical private sector maintenance and repair capacity and
will discourage private sector investment in shipyard
infrastructure. The committee directs the Secretary of the Navy
to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services
not later than December 1, 2023, on:
(1) current private sector capacity at west coast drydocks;
(2) policies for determining when to use government-owned
or private sector drydocks for maintenance availabilities; and
(3) effects of changing title 10, United States Code, to
state that no government-provided drydock is eligible to
compete in private sector non-nuclear surface ship maintenance
unless there is not sufficient private sector dock competition.
Public Naval Shipyards
The committee recognizes the importance of the four naval
public shipyards and is encouraged by the ongoing work as part
of the Shipyard Infrastructure Optimization Program (SIOP). The
committee encourages the Secretary of the Navy to ensure SIOP
projects remain on schedule and to identify additional
opportunities for enhanced capabilities for increased
throughput at the public shipyards.
Puu Paa and Waikoloa Maneuver Area
The committee is concerned about the slow pace of
unexploded ordnance removal and remediation of private and
government lands at Puu Paa and Waikoloa Maneuver Area. The
committee is particularly concerned about the impact to
civilian populations given that the United States Army Corps of
Engineers has assessed certain areas on the site as high to
moderate risk. To date, just over a quarter of the 100,000
acres of the Waikoloa Maneuver Area on the northwest side of
the island of Hawaii have been cleared and that development of
the remaining uncleared areas is contingent on further
completion of cleanup. The committee notes that section 326 of
the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-263) required the Department
of Defense to establish a target for the completion of cleanup
at all Military Munitions Response Program sites.
The committee directs the Assistant Secretary of Defense
for Energy, Installations, and Environment to provide a
briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not later
than December 1, 2023, on:
(1) an update on the progress towards issuing the guidance
and target goals required by section 326 of Public Law 117-263;
(2) an updated cost to complete for the investigation,
cleanup, and long-term monitoring of the Puu Paa and Waikoloa
Maneuver Area;
(3) an updated timeline for completion of the investigation
and cleanup on the site with an emphasis on areas of the site
planned for development; and
(4) a description of how the Department of Defense is
communicating its plans and progress to local community
stakeholders.
Report on Department of Army's Plan To Maintain and Sustain Military
Service Memorials Using Authorized Funds
The committee supports the efforts of entities that
recognize and honor the service that women have provided to the
defense of the nation. The committee notes that there is
currently uncertainty regarding the maintenance and sustainment
of military service memorials and museums that highlight the
role of women in the military as authorized by section 362 of
the Fiscal Year 2021 National Defense Authorization Act (Public
Law 116-283). That authorization allows for the support to be
provided without subsequent authorizing language. To better
understand the current interpretation of authority and the
status of support for sustainment and maintenance of these
memorials, the committee directs the Secretary of the Army to
provide a report to the House Committee on Armed Services by
March 31, 2024. The report shall include information on any
current or planned efforts to support the maintenance and
sustainment of military service memorials honoring women in the
military, locations where these activities may be supported,
and expected timelines for support.
Report on Implementation of Detection Working Dog Pilot Program
Requirements
The committee is disappointed that despite clear direction
to establish a pilot program in section 381 of the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117-
81) the Department of Defense has thus far failed to meet the
intent of this legislation. The committee notes that the
purpose of the pilot is to ensure the health and excellence of
explosives detection military working dogs through ensuring
domestic breeders are being provided with adequate opportunity
to present domestically bred canines and that the Department of
Defense has sufficient information to assess the suitability of
these canines. The committee is concerned about continued
delays in executing this pilot program. Accordingly, the
committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a
briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not later
than December 1, 2023, that shall include the following:
(1) a detailed description of how the Department of Defense
has facilitated the presentation of domestically-bred explosive
detection military working dogs for assessment by the
Department of Defense for procurement. This requirement shall
include a list of both central and regional locations at which
these presentations have occurred;
(2) a description of the manner in which the Department of
Defense has communicated requirements and other factors that
would contribute to a domestically-bred canine's suitability
for procurement by the Department of Defense, and to whom these
requirements have been communicated;
(3) a list of covered institutions and domestic breeders
with which the Department has shared information that would
contribute to the development of domestically-bred, raised and
trained explosive detection military working dogs; and
(4) the results of the Department's evaluation of its
guidance on the procurement of military working dogs, to
include cost structures related to both foreign and
domestically sourced canines.
Utilization of Additive Manufacturing at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard
The Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard (PHNSY), the United States
Navy's westernmost naval shipyard, provides critical support to
the U.S. Pacific Fleet. As a majority of the nation's naval
forces are located in the Pacific, it remains vital that PHNSY
maintains a locally based and skilled workforce and utilizes
cutting-edge technology. While the Navy has taken several steps
to improve its public shipyards, the Government Accountability
Office has noted that several challenges remain, including poor
infrastructure, workforce issues, and maintenance delays.
The committee notes that the Department of Defense should
utilize technologies, such as additive manufacturing, to
support fleet sustainment, maintenance, and the workforce at
PHNSY. The committee notes that the Department of Defense
Industrial Base Analysis and Sustainment program provides
critical workforce development and industrial skills
investments that could benefit PHNSY. Therefore, the committee
directs the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base
Policy, in coordination with the Commander, Naval Sea Systems
Command, to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed
Services not later than December 15, 2023, on workforce
development and industrial skills training at PHNSY to include
the integration of on-site additive manufacturing to alleviate
maintenance and sustainment challenges, and the feasibility of
a pilot program on employing additive manufacturing technology
at PHNSY.
Water Quality at and Around Military Installations
The committee notes that while in recent years there has
been a focus on contamination in drinking water caused by per-
and polyfluoroalkyl substances more commonly known as PFAS,
other drinking water contaminates also impact drinking water
systems on or around military installations. The committee
further notes that trichloroethylene, benzene, lead, and a
myriad of other chemicals that could negatively impact human
health and the environment are commonly found on military
installations and that there are instances of contamination
from these chemicals and more in drinking water in and around
military installations.
Accordingly, the committee directs the Under Secretary of
Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, in coordination with
the military departments, to submit a report to the House
Committee on Armed Services not later than March 15, 2024, on a
list of locations where there is known contamination of a
drinking water system attributable to the Department of
Defense. The report shall include:
(1) name and location of installation;
(2) a brief description of the scope of the contamination;
(3) any mitigation measures in place at the location;
(4) whether the location is on the National Priorities
List;
(5) current status of site clean-up;
(6) timeline for completion and cost-to-complete site
clean-up; and
(7) mechanism by which the Department communicates status
updates to the local community.
LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS
Subtitle A--Authorization of Appropriations
Section 301--Authorization of Appropriations
This section would authorize appropriations for operation
and maintenance activities at the levels identified in section
4301 of division D of this Act.
Subtitle B--Energy and Environment
Section 311--Equivalent Authority To Carry Out Certain Projects at
Facilities of the National Guard and the Air National Guard
This section would amend section 2700 of title 10, United
States Code to include National Guard facilities.
Section 312--Modifications to Pilot Program on Use of Sustainable
Aviation Fuel
This section would amend the Sustainable Aviation Fuel
Pilot Program from the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2023 to ensure the Greenhouse Gases, Regulated
Emission, and Energy Use in Transportation model is used to
measure greenhouse gas emissions reductions under the program,
promoting increased accuracy in measurements and preventing the
categorical exclusion of domestic, agricultural biofuels from
the program.
Section 313--Required Determination on Availability of Charging
Stations Prior to Replacement of Non-Tactical Vehicle Fleet of
Department of Defense
This section would require an annual assessment and
determination by the Secretary of Defense that sufficient
recharging infrastructure is in place to support electric non-
tactical vehicle fleets in each covered command area of
operations.
Section 314--Modification to Prototype and Demonstration Projects for
Energy Resilience at Certain Military Installations
This section would update section 322(c)(6) of the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 to include
hydrogen as an energy storage and power generation tool that
the Department of Defense can research, develop, and test.
Section 315--Authority To Transfer Certain Funds as Payment Relating to
Naval Air Station, Moffett Field, California
This section would provide authorization to transfer
certain funds related to Naval Air Station, Moffett Field, CA.
Section 316--Requirement for Secretary of Defense To Develop Plan for
Transition of Joint Task Force Red Hill
This section would require the Department to report on the
transition for community engagement and the plan for the
removal of residual fuel at the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage
Facility prior to the termination of the Joint Task Force Red
Hill.
Section 317--Designation of Official Responsible for Coordination of
Renegotiation of Certain Land Leases Owned by Department of Defense in
Hawai'i
This section would require the Secretary of Defense to
designate a senior official responsible for coordinating
negotiations between the services and the State of Hawai'i with
regards to military land leases.
Section 318--Prohibition and Limitation on Availability of Funds for
Certain Energy Programs of Department of Defense
This section would prohibit funding of energy programs to
entities owned or controlled by the Russian Federation or the
Chinese Communist Party.
Section 319--Analysis of Alternatives for Battlefield Storage and
Distribution of Electric Power
This section would require the Army to conduct an analysis
of energy alternatives for battlefield circulation of energy
capabilities.
Subtitle C--Treatment of Perfluoroalkyl Substances and Polyfluoroalkyl
Substances
Section 331--Improvements Relating to Exposures to Perfluoroalkyl and
Polyfluoroalkyl Substances
This section would require the Department of Defense to
evaluate service members for exposure to per- and
polyfluoroalkyl substances during periodic physical exams, and
to provide a blood test to those with indications in order to
determine and document their level of exposure.
Section 332--Prizes for Development of Technology for Thermal
Destruction of Perfluoroalkyl Substances or Polyfluoroalkyl Substances
This section would authorize the Secretary of Defense to
carry out a pilot program that uses thermal destruction to
dispose of PFAS materials.
Section 333--Restriction on Department of Defense Acquisition of
Covered Items Containing or Produced Using Certain Substances
This section would prohibit Department of Defense
procurement, purchasing, or sale of certain items containing or
produced using certain types of PFAS, including cookware,
uniforms, personal care products, floor and furniture wax,
carpeting and upholstery, and food packaging.
Subtitle D--Logistics and Sustainment
Section 341--Repeal of Comptroller General Review Requirement Relating
to Core Logistics Capabilities
This section would repeal the Comptroller General review
requirement relating to core logistics capabilities.
Section 342--Disaggregation of Certain Information in Annual Report
Relating to Performance of Depot-Level Maintenance
This section would require the disaggregation of
information in the annual report relating to performance of
depot level maintenance by depot location.
Section 343--Foreign Military Sales Exclusion in Calculation for
Certain Workload Carryover of Department of Army
This section would amend section 377 of the James M. Inhofe
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public
Law 117-263) to authorize the Secretary of the Army to use a
calculation for depot and arsenal workload carryover that
excludes foreign military sale work.
Section 344--Matters Relating to Briefings on Shipyard Infrastructure
Optimization Program of the Navy
This section would modify the briefing requirement within
Section 355 of the National Defense Authorization Act of Fiscal
Year 2022.
Section 345--Pilot Program on Optimization of Aerial Refueling and Fuel
Management in Contested Logistics Environments Through Use of
Artificial Intelligence
This section would direct the Chief Digital and Artificial
Intelligence Officer of the Department of Defense, in
collaboration with the Under Secretary of Defense for
Acquisition and Sustainment and the Chief of Staff of the Air
Force to commence a pilot program to optimize the logistics of
aerial refueling and fuel management in the context of
contested logistics environments through the use of advanced
digital technologies and artificial intelligence.
Section 346--Limitation on Availability of Funds Pending Quarterly
Briefing on Availability of Amphibious Warships
This section would fence Navy Operation and Maintenance
funding until a briefing on the operational status of
amphibious ships.
Section 347--Requirement for Secretary of Navy To Complete Common
Readiness Models
This section would require the Secretary of the Navy to
complete common readiness models for existing maritime and
aviation systems by December 31, 2025.
Section 348--Plan Regarding Condition and Maintenance of Prepositioned
Stockpiles of Army
This section would require the Secretary of the Army to
develop a plan to implement increased inspection procedures for
the prepositioned stockpiles of the Army to identify
deficiencies and conduct maintenance repairs to ensure the
stockpiles are mission capable.
Subtitle E--Reports and Other Matters
Section 361--Modification to Joint Safety Council
This section would modify the Joint Safety Council by
adding two additional responsibilities.
Section 362--Recognition of Service of Military Working Dogs
This section would amend section 1125 of title 10, United
States Code, to include recognition of service for military
working dogs.
Section 363--Improvements Relating to End-to-End Travel Management
System of the Department of Defense
This section would require the Secretary of Defense to
terminate the end-to-end travel management system known as the
``Defense Travel System'' on December 31, 2025. Additionally,
this section would mandate that the Secretary of Defense
establish and maintain a program to replace the ``Defense
Travel System'' with a new system for end-to-end travel
management of the Department of Defense.
Section 364--Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Personnel Grade Cap
This section prohibits the Secretary of Defense from
appointing or employing a military or civilian employee whose
duties include diversity, equity, and inclusion with a rank or
grade in excess of GS-10.
Section 365--Prohibition on Elimination of Caisson Platoon and Support
by Such Platoon of Military Funeral Services at Arlington National
Cemetery
This section would prevent the Secretary of the Army from
eliminating the Caisson Platoon of the 3rd Infantry Regiment of
the Army, which participates in full military honors funeral
services at Arlington National Cemetery.
Section 366--Assessment on Use of Certain Areas in Southeastern United
States for Testing and Training in Support of Pacific Deterrence
Initiative
This section would require the Secretary of Defense to
conduct an assessment of the capacity of the Department of
Defense to routinely train, test, evaluate, and qualify
theater-level operations in support of the Pacific Deterrence
Initiative using test or training areas located in the
southeastern region of the United States.
TITLE IV--MILITARY PERSONNEL AUTHORIZATIONS
LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS
Subtitle A--Active Forces
Section 401--End Strengths for Active Forces
This section would authorize the following end strengths
for Active Duty personnel of the Armed Forces as of September
30, 2024:
Sec. 401.
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Army.................................... 452,000 452,000 452,000 0 0
Navy.................................... 354,000 347,000 347,000 0 -7,000
USMC.................................... 177,000 172,300 172,300 0 -4,700
Air Force............................... 325,344 324,700 324,700 0 -644
Space Force............................. 8,600 9,400 9,400 0 800
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DOD Total............................. 1,316,944 1,305,400 1,305,400 0 -11,544
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Subtitle B--Reserve Forces
Section 411--End Strengths for Selected Reserve
This section would authorize the following end strengths
for Selected Reserve personnel, including the end strength for
Reserves on Active Duty in support of the Reserves, as of
September 30, 2024:
Sec. 411.
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Army National Guard..................... 325,000 325,000 325,000 0 0
Army Reserve............................ 177,000 174,800 174,800 0 -2,200
Navy Reserve............................ 57,000 57,200 57,200 0 200
Marine Corps Reserve.................... 33,000 33,600 33,600 0 600
Air National Guard...................... 108,400 108,400 108,400 0 0
Air Force Reserve....................... 70,000 69,600 69,600 0 -400
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DOD Total............................. 770,400 768,600 768,600 0 -1,800
Coast Guard Reserve..................... 7,000 7,000 7,000 0 0
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Section 412--End Strengths for Reserves on Active Duty in Support of
the Reserves
This section would authorize the following end strengths
for Reserves on Active Duty in support of the Reserves as of
September 30, 2024:
Sec. 412.
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Army National Guard..................... 30,845 30,845 30,845 0 0
Army Reserve............................ 16,511 16,511 16,511 0 0
Navy Reserve............................ 10,077 10,327 10,327 0 250
Marine Corps Reserve.................... 2,388 2,355 2,355 0 -33
Air National Guard...................... 25,333 25,713 25,713 0 380
Air Force Reserve....................... 6,003 6,070 6,070 0 67
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DOD Total............................. 91,157 91,821 91,821 0 664
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Section 413--End Strengths for Military Technicians (Dual Status)
This section would authorize the following end strengths
for military technicians (dual status) as of September 30,
2024:
Sec. 413.
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Army National Guard..................... 22,294 22,294 22,294 0 0
Army Reserve............................ 6,492 7,990 7,990 0 1,498
Air National Guard...................... 10,994 9,830 9,830 0 -1,164
Air Force Reserve....................... 7,111 6,882 6,882 0 -229
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DOD Total............................. 46,891 46,996 46,996 0 105
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Section 414--Maximum Number of Reserve Personnel Authorized To Be on
Active Duty for Operational Support
This section would authorize, as required by section 115(b)
of title 10, United States Code, the maximum number of Reserve
Component personnel who may be on Active Duty or full-time
National Guard duty during fiscal year 2024 to provide
operational support. The personnel authorized here do not count
against the end strengths authorized by section 401 or section
412 of this Act unless the duration on Active Duty exceeds the
limitations in section 115(b)(2) of title 10, United States
Code.
Sec. 414.
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Army National Guard..................... 17,000 17,000 17,000 0 0
Army Reserve............................ 13,000 13,000 13,000 0 0
Navy Reserve............................ 6,200 6,200 6,200 0 0
Marine Corps Reserve.................... 3,000 3,000 3,000 0 0
Air National Guard...................... 16,000 16,000 16,000 0 0
Air Force Reserve....................... 14,000 14,000 14,000 0 0
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DOD Total............................. 69,200 69,200 69,200 0 0
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Subtitle C--Authorization of Appropriations
Section 421--Military Personnel
This section would authorize appropriations for military
personnel at the levels identified in the funding table in
section 4401 of division D of this Act.
TITLE V--MILITARY PERSONNEL POLICY
ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST
9/11 Memorial & Museum
The committee directs the Secretary of Defense to submit a
report to the House Armed Services Committee by January 5, 2024
on the feasibility of standing up a program with the National
September 11 Memorial & Museum in New York to promote military
recruitment efforts at the Memorial and Museum. This program
would develop materials and content to improve recruitment
efforts for the military at the National September 11 Memorial
& Museum. The purpose of this program will be to coordinate
with Museum Curators, staff, and representatives of the highly
visited Memorial and Museum to improve public understanding of
the military response to 9/11. This program should focus on
creating and providing educational materials, exhibits, or
other promotional items with a focus on deepening the
understanding of 9/11 and its lessons for a new generation of
Americans to encourage visitors to serve.
Air Force Professional Development Education Partnerships
The Air Force Professional Development Education programs
provide direct opportunities for engagement in leadership
training, research and development (R&D) activities, product
development opportunities, and grant support activities. More
specifically, the Air University Center of Excellence augments
ongoing Air Force Professional Development Education programs
and improves the production of innovative research spanning
issues of importance to the U.S. Air Force (USAF) and the U.S.
Space Force, including doctrine and strategies; capability
needs and operational concepts; training, education, and
science and technology; and advance USAF combat operations,
U.S. Space Force training, and USAF science and technology
investment decisions. These programs leverage external
intellectual and technological resources and leadership
development requirements, and the committee encourages the
expansion of partnerships with Tier 1 research universities,
academia, industry, and public sector partners to support R&D
and educational outreach impacting the mission priorities of
USAF.
Air Force Reserve Officers' Training Corps Programs at Historically
Black Colleges and Universities
The committee notes the importance of the Reserve Officers'
Training Corps (ROTC) and the potential need to increase the
number of ROTC programs offered at Historically Black Colleges
and Universities (HBCUs). A diverse and ready workforce is
critical to defending the United States and its allies and
interests in the face of modern threats. Therefore, the
committee directs the Secretary of the Air Force to submit a
report to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than
April 30, 2024, that includes an assessment of:
(1) the feasibility of expanding Air Force ROTC programs at
HBCUs;
(2) the cost of such an expansion to HBCUs;
(3) the number of HBCUs that qualify for an Air Force ROTC
program;
(4) any other element that the Secretary deems relevant.
Briefing on Law Enforcement Training
The committee notes the importance of law enforcement
training, especially within the Military Criminal Investigation
Organizations. Therefore, the committee directs the Secretaries
of the military departments to provide a briefing to the House
Committee on Armed Services not later than March 1, 2024, on
the implementation of any new law enforcement training
initiatives, including ``train the trainer'' and ``train your
trainer'' programs, as of January 1, 2023; milestones for
implementation of the new training; and the criteria used to
evaluate the training.
Briefing on the Feasibility of Transferring Any Army Recruitment
Shortfalls to the National Guard Bureau
The committee appreciates the tremendous and unprecedented
efforts of the National Guard over the past several years, from
domestic deployments in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, to
keeping the peace during civil unrest and natural disaster
response and rescue, to their overseas deployments. The
extraordinary circumstances of the past several years have
highlighted the strain Guard units have been under for too
long, particularly in States that have the lowest guardsmen-to-
civilian ratios in the country. Therefore, the committee
directs the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the
Secretary of the Army and the Chief of the National Guard
Bureau, to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed
Services by March 1, 2024, on the feasibility of transferring a
portion of any projected Army recruit shortfalls to the Army
National Guard for allocation to State Guard formations. The
briefing shall include any statutory barriers to providing the
Department this flexibility and an estimate of any costs or
savings to carry out such transfer.
Camp Lejeune Claims Judicial Status Update
The committee understands the Department of the Navy has
implemented the Promising to Address Comprehensive Toxics
(PACT) Act, which included the Camp Lejeune Justice Act of
2022. The committee notes that this allows claims that were
previously denied under the Federal Tort Claims Act involving
water contamination at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, NC, to
be refiled for additional consideration. Therefore, the
committee directs the Secretary of the Navy to provide a
briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services by January 1,
2024, on the following:
(1) methods utilized to track claims and appeals processes;
(2) number of total claims paid by fiscal year since the
passage of the PACT Act;
(3) status of claims submitted to the Department of the
Navy since passage of the PACT Act;
(4) average amount of time from receipt through final
disposition for Camp Lejeune water related claims;
(5) number of total claims denied since passage of the PACT
Act;
(6) explanation of the appeals process, to include
submissions of expert and/or outside opinions; and
(7) any other matters the Secretary considers are relevant.
Civil Affairs Officer Energy Functional Specialist
The committee is encouraged by the establishment of Energy
Functional Specialist Civil Affairs Officers, Military
Occupational Specialty 38G/4F, by the Department of Defense and
specifically the Department of the Army. The committee
understands these officers assist with the analysis,
assessment, and planning for the civilian production and
distribution of energy resources before, during, and after
conflicts to meet global energy requirements. The committee
also understands a memorandum of understanding has been
established with academia to lead and support the training
program, enabling these officers to provide the needed
technical expertise to evaluate, establish, maintain, or
rehabilitate energy production and distribution systems.
Additionally, the committee understands that academic
partnerships can double as a platform for strategic outreach to
organizations in the wider military and energy sectors.
Therefore, the committee recommends the Secretary of Defense
continue to support and fully fund the existing Energy
Functional Specialist Civil Affairs Officer program and its
academic partnership, and assess opportunities to expand the
program to other services and across the combatant commands.
Communication of Benefits for the Family
The committee is aware that there are many issues that
cause undue stress on military families. In recent years, those
concerns have been articulated in terms of childcare, spouse
employment, financial stressors, and food insecurity. The
committee is further aware that the Department of Defense is
taking steps to address these various concerns. The committee
is concerned that the steps being taken and the resources that
are being created are not being communicated to the forces. In
2021, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) published a
report (GAO-21-193) addressing one of these issues, military
spouse employment. The recommendation to increase awareness of
resources remains open. Therefore, the committee directs the
Secretary of Defense to provide a briefing to the House
Committee on Armed Services not later than March 31, 2024, on a
summary of actions taken to date and a summary of actions that
will be taken to increase awareness.
Comptroller General Review of the Policies and Procedures the
Department of Defense Uses to Declare Personnel Missing in Action and
Absent Without Leave
The committee seeks a review of the Department of Defense
policies and procedures with regards to declaring personnel
Missing in Action (MIA) or Absent Without Leave (AWOL).
Therefore, the committee directs the Comptroller General of the
United States to submit a report to the House Committee on
Armed Services not later than February 1, 2024, on the
following regarding military personnel declared MIA and AWOL,
to include the following:
(1) a review of the requirements to declare an individual
MIA or AWOL;
(2) statistics on the number of military personnel declared
MIA and AWOL over the last 10 years, sorted by declaration,
service, station, sex, case status, and calendar year declared
MIA or AWOL;
(3) review of the requirements to declare an MIA and AWOL
case ``active'' or ``inactive'';
(4) the amount of resources allocate annually, on average,
to MIA and AWOL cases over the last five years;
(5) processes for conducting initial and ongoing outreach
to the next of kin of an individual declared MIA or AWOL;
(6) recommendations on updates to the processes and
procedures which could improve transparency and communication
between the uniformed service and direct relatives or
dependents of an individual declared MIA or AWOL.
Comptroller General Review on Improper Release of Service Member
Records
The committee is concerned about whether the Department of
Defense maintains sufficient safeguards for protecting service
members' private information and preventing its unauthorized
release. Therefore, the committee directs the Comptroller
General of the United States to conduct a review of the
policies and processes governing the Department's release of
service member records pursuant to Freedom of Information Act
requests or other requests. The review should address the
following elements:
(1) the laws, policies, and processes for releasing
military records to persons other than the military member,
including political organizations, media organizations, and
other private individuals;
(2) the Department and the services' policies on and
processes for responding to Freedom of Information Act
requests; and
(3) any recommendations to improve the Department's
policies on and processes for releasing military records and
responding to Freedom of Information Act requests deemed
appropriate by the Comptroller General.
The committee further directs the Comptroller General to
provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services by
March 1, 2024, with a report to follow by a date mutually
agreed to at the time of the briefing.
Cyber Curriculum and Professional Military Education
The committee notes that the Professional Military
Education (PME) system faces several challenges in teaching
service members about emerging threats. As of today, there are
no statutory requirements that explicitly require teaching
about emerging threats and capabilities to service members. In
order to address this challenge, the committee directs the
Secretary of Defense to submit a report to the House Committee
on Armed Services not later than April 1, 2024, that examines
the need for amending section 2151(a) of title 10, United
States Code, to include ``emerging threats and capabilities''
as a subject matter to be covered by PME. Additionally, the
report shall require the Department of Defense to include as
part of this analysis an evaluation of its cyber strategy
education offerings and provide recommendations on the design
of a comprehensive education program that would include
coursework resulting in the basic comprehension of cyber
vulnerabilities, basic technical skills, and the threat
landscape in the cyber domain.
Defense Organizational Climate Survey Results Report
The committee is concerned about recent reports and
information on the Department of Defense's responses to Defense
Organizational Climate Survey (DEOCS) results. The committee
seeks information on the Department's plan outlined in DoD
Instruction 6400.11, DoD Integrated Primary Prevention Policy
for Prevention Workforce and Leaders.
The committee, therefore, directs the Secretary of Defense
to provide a briefing and report to the House Committee on
Armed Services by no later than June 30, 2024. The briefing
shall include information on the feasibility of the following:
(1) Providing a yearly report on DEOCS results for sexual
assault, sexual harassment, toxic or counter-productive command
climate above the normal standard deviation, as determined by a
subject matter expert; And
(2) Providing a yearly report on all investigations
conducted as a result of DEOCS results.
The committee notes that the Department of Defense is in
the process of developing proposed benchmarks to evaluate the
structure and validity of DEOCS results. The committee
therefore further directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a
briefing on the Department's progress toward developing the
benchmarks and its plan for implementation to the House
Committee on Armed Services by December 31, 2023.
Drop-In Child care for Parents with Deployed Spouses
The committee is concerned that military families face a
significant challenge when a military parent is deployed or
away for extensive training, leaving a spouse to manage young
children alone. These caregivers are expected to pay bills,
handle daily family logistics, as well as, often, the logistics
of long-distance moves to a new duty station resulting in
parenting without support and access to additional caregiving
resources. This is challenging enough without the added stress
of knowing their loved ones may be in harm's way and daunting
for service members knowing their loved ones at home are under
stress.
Therefore, the committee recommends the Department of
Defense consider the value of drop-in and/or 24-hour child care
at installations with a demonstrated need and consider such
options at military treatment facilities with a high
operational tempo.
Enhance Department of Defense Science, Technology, Engineering, and
Mathematics Pathways
The committee is encouraged by recent Department of Defense
(DOD) efforts to consider new science, technology, engineering,
and mathematics (STEM) ecosystem efforts such as supporting the
2022 Systems Engineering Research Center Workshop on DOD/
Defense Industry Collaboration in STEM Education and Workforce
Development. The committee strongly supports efforts to build
on the recommendations from this report and promote deeper
collaboration among the Department and the defense industrial
base to build better primary and secondary education and
outreach efforts for creating diverse pathways into the
national security ecosystem. As the Department carries out
these activities, it should ensure a focus on programmatic and
curricular innovation such as the development of innovative
STEM curriculum related to emerging technology priorities, new
education technologies or adaption of technologies for use in
defense-related education efforts, and enhancing teacher
preparation efforts in areas with military-connected families.
The Department should consider partnering with the National
Science Foundation as it pursues this effort.
Financial Literacy in Department of Defense Education Activity Schools
The committee is aware that military families have at times
struggled financially. As a result, the committee believes the
children of service members who attend Department of Defense
Education Activity schools should have a head start in
financial literacy and to better prepare future leaders to be
fiscally responsible. Therefore, the committee directs the
Secretary of Defense to provide a briefing to the House
Committee on Armed Services by February 1, 2024, on the
following:
(1) how financial literacy is taught in Department of
Defense Education Activity schools;
(2) what curriculum is used;
(3) what grade levels have financial literacy curriculum;
and
(4) if there is a high school graduation requirement of
passage of a personal finance course.
GAO Review on Employment by Foreign Governments of Former Officers of
the Armed Forces
The committee notes current statutes and regulations that
govern the employment by foreign governments of former officers
of the Armed Forces, including section 908 of title 37, United
States Code, section 207 of title 37, United States Code, and
the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended (22
U.S.C. 611). The committee also notes public investigations
from The Washington Post and Project on Government Oversight on
the processes by which such statutes and regulations are
implemented. Therefore, the committee directs the Comptroller
General of the United States to submit a report to the House
Armed Services Committee not later than March 1, 2024 on the
employment of former officers of the Armed Forces covered by
section 908 of title 37, United States Code, including an
assessment of the following:
(1) the processes in place at the Department of State and
the Department of Defense to identify the extent to which such
former officers were provided compensation directly or
indirectly by foreign governments during the 5-year period
preceding submission of the report; to identify the extent to
which such former officers who receive compensation from
foreign governments work on contracts or programs of the
Department of Defense, the Department of State, or the
Department of Health and Human Services for which such former
officials personally had program oversight responsibility or
decision making authority when they served in the Armed Forces
or that are the responsibility of the agency, office, or
command in which such former officers served; and to review and
approve employment by foreign governments of such former
officers in accordance with section 908 of title 37, United
States Code; and
(2) what is known about the effectiveness of existing
statutes and regulations governing the employment of former
officers of the Armed Forces, including section 207 of title
18, United States Code; section 908 of title 37, United States
Code; and the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as
amended (22 U.S.C. 611 et seq.).
Gender Identity Impact Study for Female Active Duty Servicemembers
The committee acknowledges the issuance of Executive Order
(EO) on Preventing and Combatting Discrimination on the Basis
of Gender Identity or Sexual Orientation on January 20, 2021.
The committee notes the EO's direction to federal agencies,
including the Department of Defense, to ``review all existing
orders, regulations, guidance documents, policies, programs, or
other agency actions (``agency actions'') that:
(1) were promulgated or are administered by the agency
under Title VII or any other statute or regulation that
prohibits sex discrimination, including any that relate to the
agency's own compliance with such statutes or regulations; and
(2) are or may be inconsistent with the policy set forth in
section 1 of this order.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense
to provide a report to the House Committee on Armed Services no
later than March 1, 2024 on the following:
(1) The order, regulation, guidance policies, programs, and
other agency actions which were amended and/or changed as a
result of the EO and the specific amendment or change made as a
result of the EO;
(2) How the changes impact natal born women servicemembers
and civilian personnel, including in women only spaces such as
bathrooms and locker rooms;
(3) The number of discrimination complaints received
alleging gender identity discrimination; and
(4) The number of discrimination complaints alleging gender
identity that were substantiated and the outcome of each
substantiated complaint including administrative, judicial, or
other action taken as a result.
General Officer Promotion Process Transparency
The committee is concerned with the transparency of the
process in place in the services for selection of general and
flag officer candidates to three-star and four-star and their
further selection for specific positions within the service or
in a joint duty position at that grade, and the process used to
forward the selections for formal nominations. The committee
understands that each service has a general or flag officer
matters office and would want to understand what part that
office has in the overall process for selections. Therefore,
the committee directs the Secretary of each military department
to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services
by March 1, 2024, that describes the service's internal process
for selection of an officer from two-star to three-star grade
and from three-star to four-star grade and for the formal
nomination of such an officer to the Senate for confirmation to
include required interviews with senior leaders.
Gold Star Family Commissary Utilization Briefing
The committee recognizes that Gold Star Families made the
ultimate sacrifice, and they deserve the benefits of the
military support system. Under existing law, surviving
dependents age out of Commissary, Exchange, and Moral Welfare
and Recreation (MWR) access, but the death of a military parent
is a permanent loss to the surviving dependent. Additionally,
surviving parents only have commissary access if they depended
on the sponsor for over half of their support. Therefore, the
committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a
briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services by January
31, 2024, on the feasibility of expanding commissary, exchange,
and MWR access to Gold Star dependents who have aged out of
said access and Gold Star parents who never had said access.
The briefing shall examine any potential costs this expansion
may have and any challenges implementing this policy may have.
Impact of MHS Genesis on Military Accessions
The committee is concerned that the Military Health
System's (MHS) transition from the Armed Forces Health
Longitudinal Technology Application (AHLTA) to MHS Genesis may
have had an impact on accessions to the military. Therefore,
the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a
briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not later
than March 31, 2024, on the following regarding the impact to
accession numbers:
(1) a comparison of the number and proportion of accessions
under AHLTA versus MHS Genesis;
(2) statistics on the medical reasons recruits were denied
accession and whether there is a difference between AHLTA and
MHS Genesis; and
(3) how any difference in numbers may be affecting
recruiting overall.
Investigation and Disposition of Matters Pertaining to Conduct of
Military Attorneys
The committee is concerned about allegations regarding
military attorneys, who may have violated the ethical standards
for lawyers in accordance with the American Bar association
and/or their State Bar licensure.
Rule 8.4 in the ABA provides strict guidelines concerning
unacceptable behavior for lawyers. Subsection (b) and (c)
describes professional misconduct when lawyers, ``(b) commit a
criminal act that reflects adversely on the lawyer's honesty,
trustworthiness or fitness as a lawyer in other respects [and]
(c) engage in conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit, or
misrepresentation.'' The feasibility of each Armed Service's
JAG Corps adopts ethics rules similar to the ABA.
However, evidence of military attorney misconduct does
exist, including an instance were attorneys deliberately read
emails between the accused and his defense counsel. The
committee wants to ensure that the proper procedures are being
followed, and that impropriety is dealt with accordingly.
Therefore, the committee directs the Sectary of Defense in
consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security to submit
a report to the Committee on Armed Services of the House of
Representatives not later than April 1, 2024, which shall
include the following:
(1) a description of the current ethics guidelines for
military attorneys.
(2) The differences between the American Bar associations
ethical standards for attorneys and the military.
(3) Any, substantiated ethical misconduct of military
attorneys over the past five years.
(4) The action taken with respect to the founded ethical
misconduct.
(5) Provide the following data on all military attorneys
with substantiated ethical violations of their state bar and/or
the ethics rules of their military service:
a. The specific violation.
b. The remedy for the violation
c. The number of complaints filed with the state bar where
the attorney is licensed to practice.
d. The total number of military attorneys who have had
substantiated ethics violations of either their state bar or
their military service's ethics rules over the last 5 years.
e. The responsible party for monitoring and reporting
misconduct and/or ethical violations to state bars.
f. The number of military attorneys who had their license
to practice law revoked due to misconduct over the last 5
years.
g. The affects of the substantiated misconduct on each
military attorney as it relates to their military service
including, nonjudicial punishment, letters of reprimand, boards
of inquiry, separation actions, or any other personnel action
taken as a result of the substantiated misconduct.
Irregular Warfare in Professional Military Education
The committee notes the importance of Professional Military
Education (PME) in educating the joint force to meet the needs
and challenges highlighted within the National Defense
Strategy. The committee also recognizes the importance of
educating the joint force on the nature of modern competition
and warfare with peer and near-peer adversaries, to include the
evolving nature of irregular warfare. To fill the gap in
irregular warfare education and knowledge, the Irregular
Warfare Functional Center was authorized in the William M.
(Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 2021 (Public Law 116-283). However, the committee
recognizes that curricula at various military service and joint
staff colleges has not fully incorporated critical topics for
great power competition, such as irregular warfare.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense
to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services
not later than February 29, 2024, on the Department of
Defense's efforts to educate the joint force on irregular
warfare and incorporate such topics into curricula within the
services' staff colleges. The briefing shall include:
(1) an overview of curricula and teaching related to
irregular warfare available at military service and joint staff
colleges;
(2) an assessment of the Department's ability to
incorporate irregular warfare teachings into existing PME
curricula; and
(3) a description of the Department's current and future
plans for the Irregular Warfare Functional Center and how the
Center can inform the teaching of irregular warfare at the
military service and joint staff colleges.
Maintaining BUD/S Training Standards
The Navy's Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL (BUD/S)
training is used to find, assess, and on-board candidates into
the Navy SEAL community. The committee recognizes the
requirement for BUD/S training to be physically and mentally
demanding in order to prepare SEAL candidates for the highly
challenging environments in which Navy SEALs operate. To ensure
that BUD/S training continues to produce highly effective and
lethal Navy SEALs, the committee directs the Secretary of the
Navy to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed
Services not later than January 17, 2024, on the BUD/S training
course. The briefing shall include:
(1) an overview of the current BUD/S program;
(2) how the course curriculum and standards are developed
and reviewed, and the process for making alterations to the
curriculum and standards;
(3) changes made to the BUD/S training course in the past
10 years;
(4) the basis for these changes and how they have made the
course more effective;
(5) any special accommodations made on the basis of
demographics to lower or decrease BUD/S training standards to
enable those who might not otherwise qualify to continue in
training; and
(6) any changes, or planned changes, to medical evaluations
and monitoring of candidates throughout the BUD/S program.
Military Community Relations
The committee supports ongoing efforts by the Department of
Defense to provide training to personnel who interact regularly
with members of the Native Hawaiian community as part of their
work. The committee recognizes that such training helps improve
military relations with the Native Hawaiian community, which in
turn improves service member and family experiences when
stationed in Hawaii and contributes to the long-term success of
relations between the military and the people of Hawaii.
The committee directs the Secretary of Defense, in
coordination with the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command and the
Secretaries of the Army, Navy, and Air Force, to submit a
report to the House Committee on Armed Services by March 1,
2024, examining the feasibility of developing and implementing
a program on Native Hawaiian customs for service members,
families, and civilian personnel assigned to Hawaii. As part of
the feasibility study the Secretary shall consult with Native
Hawaiian community leaders and organizations.
Military Trials and Non-Judicial Punishment Public Records Report
Families and reports of both the 9-11 terror attack and the
Fort Hood shooting expressed frustration with the lack of
transparency with respect to access to court records and
proceedings.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense
to submit a report to the House Committee on Armed Services not
later than April 1, 2024, including the following:
(1) The feasibility of creating a digital database of
records of trial and non-judicial punishment proceedings, that
would be publicly available.
(2) The financial cost and resources required to create a
digital database of records of trial and non-judicial
punishment proceedings, that would be publicly available.
(3) The risks and benefits associated with making such
documents publicly available.
(4) A description of any current online Military Justice
Database with public and no public access.
National Defense University Mission Assessment
The committee is aware of the importance of maintaining a
modern, relevant, and academically rigorous military education
enterprise and recognizes the essential mission of the National
Defense University (NDU) as the nation's premier joint
professional military education institution. The committee
directs the President of the National Defense University to
provide a report to the House Committee on Armed Services not
later than July 1, 2024 on factors impacting NDU's ability to
fulfill its mission responsibilities as defined by the Chairman
of the Joint Chiefs and the recent NDU Strategic Plan. The
report shall include the following items:
(1) an assessment of gaps and resource requirements
relating to facilities, curricula, human capital, research and
information resources and materials, and other factors that
limit NDU's ability to educate emerging senior leaders in the
national security enterprise;
(2) an assessment of aging infrastructure in need of
substantial maintenance and refurbishment, and identification
of opportunities for infrastructure improvements to meet
current and future mission requirements;
(3) an assessment of unmet information technology
infrastructure requirements necessary to enable academic
support and accreditation;
(4) an assessment of unmet classified workspace and network
requirements necessary to support classified instruction;
(5) an assessment of additional requirements and potential
public-private opportunities that can improve NDU components
and strategic initiatives such as wargaming, cyber education,
distance learning, short-courses and certificate offerings, and
information technology revitalization; and
(6) other matters as determined by the President.
National Guard Judge Advocate and Senior Leader Title 32 Training Study
The committee directs the Secretary of Defense, in
coordination with the Chief of the National Guard Bureau, to
submit a report to the House Committee on Armed Services, not
later than March 1, 2024, on the feasibility of requiring the
Chief of the National Guard Bureau to establish and resource a
program to assist the States in training National Guard senior
leaders and legal advisors regarding the laws, regulations, and
policies pertaining to the operations and administration of
non-federalized National Guard forces to ensure compliance with
the new inspection requirement of section 105(a)(8) of title
32. The report will further address whether the Chief of the
National Guard Bureau should, after appropriate coordination
with the Judge Advocates General of the Army and Air Force,
resource programs for the provision of legal services to the
non-federalized National Guard, such as Special Victims
Counsel, Legal Assistance, and Trial Defense services.
Navy DD214 Backlog
The committee is aware that the Navy has had trouble with
the timely processing of DD-214 discharge paperwork causing
significant disruptions in attaining benefits and information
needed for transitioning Sailors. The committee is also aware
that such delays are partially attributable to the Navy's
consolidation of personnel support detachments (PSDs) from each
installation into a single command that resulted in all
separations and retirements being coordinated from Transaction
Service Center Norfolk.
The committee appreciates MyNavy Career Center's capacity
to reduce processing delays and allocate resources to address
the backlog of paperwork. The committee notes that the Navy has
confirmed the backlog of discharge paperwork is cleared.
However, the committee remains concerned that some
installations continue to experience a backlog for separating
Sailors. Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the
Navy to submit a report to the congressional defense committees
not later than December 31, 2023, that includes the following:
(1) the average time for a Sailor to receive their DD214
from request to receipt;
(2) the number of DD-214 transactions received by the Navy
inside of 60 days prior to terminal leave during fiscal year
2023;
(3) of those received within in 60 days prior to terminal
leave, a breakdown of submissions that were late due to command
routing, as opposed to Sailors not submitting before the 60 day
window;
(4) progress on the transition from the Transaction Online
Processing System to the enterprise customer relationship
management software;
(5) efforts from unit commanders to ensure that Command
Pay/Personnel Administrators provide proper and timely
transactions; and
(6) other data that the Secretary deems necessary to
include.
Navy Limited Duty Resource Expansion Briefing
The committee recognizes that a sailor's assignment to
limited duty is intended to allow the sailor more flexibility
in making their medical appointments. Since sailors may be
assigned to limited duty for a long duration of time, sailors
may begin to experience mental health issues, despite not
originally being assigned to limited duty for mental health
reasons. Furthermore, the committee recognizes that the
Department of Navy could do more to provide additional
resources to units that have a sizeable number of limited duty
sailors assigned. The committee also recognizes the Navy's need
for a more comprehensive and centralized framework regarding
the management of these limited duty sailors.
The committee directs the Secretary of the Navy to provide
a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services by January
31, 2024, on the feasibility of providing additional resources
to units with sizeable limited duty populations. This study
shall examine establishing additional billets at units with
more than 15 limited duty sailors. These billets shall include
billets for a medical officer, a corpsman, a chaplain, a DoD
civilian mental health professional, and any additional billets
the Department deems necessary for the management of limited
duty sailors.
Furthermore, the committee directs the Secretary of the
Navy to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed
Services by January 31, 2024, on the feasibility of mandatory
mental health screenings for limited duty sailors. The study
shall examine the feasibility of both an initial mental health
screening with a mental health professional and subsequent
screenings every 60 days thereafter while the sailors are
assigned to limited duty. The study shall also examine and
provide recommendations on methods to ensure that sailors who
have previously expressed suicidal ideation or other mental
health related issues are flagged for the command of the unit
they are assigned to while designated to limited duty.
Non-Appropriated Fund Impact Accountability
Non-appropriated fund (NAF) instrumentalities of the
Department of Defense provide a variety of community support
products, services, and business operations focused on military
personnel, their families, military retirees, disabled
veterans, and other eligible patrons. Revenue and proceeds (net
profits) from these operations are used to sustain these
business operations and provide funding for on-military
installation community and family-support programs.
In recent years, there have been several executive branch
and congressional actions that have impacted NAF programs of
the Department of Defense and changed the foundation and
funding structure for these programs. The committee believes
that there must be forethought, visibility, and accountability
for the impact of proposed legislation and policies that affect
these important NAF operations.
Therefore, the committee directs the Under Secretary of
Defense (Comptroller) to provide a briefing to the
congressional defense committees no later than May 1, 2024, on
instances where prices for products and services have increased
and impacted NAF business operations over the past five years.
This report should include the following:
(1) a discussion of legislation or Executive Orders that
have substantially impacted NAF instrumentalities and
requirements for additional appropriated funding by increasing
the total amount of funding required for service NAF entities
by over $50 million in a given fiscal year or impacting the
wages of 10,000 workers or more funded by both appropriated
funds and NAF, as determined, defined, and selected by the
Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller);
(2) an overview of the impact these selected provisions had
on wage requirements and staffing shortages associated with NAF
operations;
(3) a summary of the impact these selected provisions had
on the revenue and profits associated with NAF operations over
a specific period of time, as determined by the Department of
Defense; and
(4) any other impacts deemed relevant by the Under
Secretary of Defense (Comptroller).
Permanent Change of Station Process Automation
The committee supports efforts to improve service member
quality of life and recognizes the strain the permanent change
of station (PCS) process places upon them and their families.
The committee also recognizes that the current PCS process is
inefficient and wastes significant man-hours, impacts
operational readiness, decreases service member morale, and
negatively impacts retention. The committee is aware that there
are software solutions available to support mobile-enabled
digital PCS management by the service member. Therefore, the
committee directs the Secretary of each military department to
provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services by
April 1, 2024, on the feasibility of fielding a mobile-enabled
digital PCS management solution for service members. The
briefing shall include the following elements:
(1) a system that streamlines and automates PCS tasks for
the service members;
(2) ways to maximize the use of solutions that already
exist to automate the PCS process for service members;
(3) best practices to automate and integrate all facets of
the PCS process, including personnel, finance, transportation,
and other requirements as necessary;
(4) the cost and schedule of fielding such a system;
(5) any other considerations the Secretary concerned deems
necessary.
Policy for Serving Medal of Honor Recipients
The committee recognizes the unique circumstances faced by
serving members of the Armed Forces who receive the Medal of
Honor. The committee is aware that many living recipients of
the nation's highest award for valor desire to continue serving
in their military occupational specialty without undue
restrictions to their primary duties, deployment eligibility
status, and career progression. The committee believes that the
Department requires standardized policies for all serving Medal
of Honor recipients that maximize duty utilization, normal
career progression and long-term retention of the member
wherever possible. Additionally, the committee believes that
the Department should have appropriate policies in place to
ensure the psychological evaluation and long-term mental health
of serving Medal of Honor recipients, especially due to the
intense and traumatic circumstances of their combat experience,
the potential clandestine or classified nature of their
service, and the intense publicity and public scrutiny that
accompanies award of the Medal of Honor.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense
to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services
not later than March 1, 2024, on current Department policies
addressing serving Medal of Honor recipients and its views and
recommendations regarding:
(1) Unique challenges faced by serving Medal of Honor
recipients;
(2) Development of standardized personnel policies to
maximize continued utilization, career development, and long-
term retention of serving medal recipients;
(3) Modification or development of new policies to monitor
and ensure the long-term mental health of serving medal
recipients;
(4) Other policies and incentives to limit the disruption
of career progression, maximize retention, and prevent
premature separation or retirement of medal recipients from
military service; and
(5) Centralized management of protocol, official travel,
and public affairs support related to representational request
for Medal of Honor recipients.
Privacy of Military Records
The committee notes the Standard Form (SF) 180 is used to
request an individual's or next-of-kin's military records from
the National Archives and the Military Services. An SF 180 is
also commonly used by other federal agencies to request records
when hiring former military members. The committee is aware
that an internal audit conducted by the United States Air Force
found that 11 candidates or Members of Congress' records were
improperly released to a third party via a fraudulent SF 180.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense, in
coordination with the United States National Archives and
Records Administration, to provide a report no later than March
1, 2024 on the following:
(1) A detailed process on how each Military Service
verifies and responds to record requests via the SF 180;
(2) Recommendations on how each Military Service may
improve their processes without making it more burdensome on
former members or their next-of-kin.
(3) Any needed updates of or improvements to the SF 180;
and,
(4) The resources necessary to implement the
recommendations.
Protecting Widows of Servicemembers From Financial Exploitation
The committee is concerned about the Department's financial
advisors recommending risky investments to recipients of
Servicemember Group Life Insurance (SGLI). Recent news coverage
revealed how one Department of Defense financial advisor
recommended ``meme stocks'' and cryptocurrency to a recent
Department of Defense widow. These ``investments'' are known to
be high-risk and underperforming and are not in keeping with
the nature of the SGLI program.
The committee directs the Secretary of Defense to submit a
report to the Senate and House Armed Service Committees no
later than January 5, 2024, on what programs are available to
servicemembers and their families that provide financial
advice, what are the qualifications of the advisors, what are
the conflict of interest rules, how does the Department ensure
no conflicts occur, are the advisors fiduciaries, do they act
in the best interest of the servicemembers, do the advisors
have outside income in addition to their Department of Defense
position, does the Department coordinate with the Financial
Industry Regulatory Authority, and if these programs are
duplicative of existing programs at the Department of Veterans
Affairs.
Providing 1-Star Billet for Navy Conventional Prompt Strike Program
The committee notes that hypersonic weapons development is
a major priority for the United States to deter and defeat
potential adversaries. The Navy's development of hypersonic
weapons, such as the Navy's Conventional Prompt Strike (CPS)
system, are a core part of the United States' ability to meet
this goal. The committee is concerned that the Navy may face
challenges in recruiting high-level military and civilian
talent and establishing the talent pipeline necessary for the
Conventional Prompt Strike system, as Navy Strategic Systems
Programs (SSP) has no one-star or two-star flag officer
billets. The committee is further concerned that a lack of a
such billets at SSP and the lack of a flag officer leading the
CPS program may undermine CPS development.
Therefore, no later than March 1, 2024, the committee
directs the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the
Chief of Naval Operations, to provide a report to the
Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives
and the Senate on the following matters:
(1) A description of the challenges which Navy Strategic
Systems Programs, and the Conventional Prompt Strike Program
specifically, has in recruiting high-level civilian and
military talent for hypersonic weapons development and testing
programs and in establishing and maintaining a talent pipeline
for such development and testing;
(2) A description of the strategic importance of the
Conventional Prompt Strike program and the rank of officers in
charge of equivalent programs in the Army and Air Force;
(3) A description of how a lack of one-star or two-star
billets at Navy Strategic Systems Programs and leading the
Conventional Prompt Strike Program reduces the desire of
highly-qualified O-5 and O-6 military officers to serve at Navy
Strategic Systems Programs installations and work on the
Conventional Prompt Strike Program due to a lack of
promotability;
(4) A plan to re-allocate an existing one-star billet
within the Navy to the Navy Strategic Systems Programs to serve
as Director of the Conventional Prompt Strike Program; and
(5) An analysis of the merits of the various Navy Strategic
Systems Programs facilities at which the additional one-star
billet could be located, with an emphasis on Navy installations
where Conventional Prompt Strike research and development is
currently conducted.
Religious Freedom Training
The committee notes the Department of Defense Instruction
(DODI) 1300.17, ``Religious Liberty in the Military Services,''
issued on September 1, 2020, requires the military services to
implement and conduct religious freedom education and training.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense,
in coordination with the Secretaries of the military services,
to provide a report to the Committees on Armed Services of the
House of Representatives and the Senate no later than March 1,
2024, providing the following:
(1) A copy of the educational materials relating to
religious freedom education and training for each military
service; and
(2) A description, disaggregated by military service, of--
(A) the number of trainings that have been conducted
pursuant to DODI 1300.17;
(B) the number of the members of the Armed Forces who have
received the training; and,
(C) the number of members of the Armed Forces who have yet
to complete the training.
Report on Dwell Times and other Concerns for Air National Guard Units
Supporting Space Mission Deployments
The committee recognizes the important efforts that the
Department of Defense (DoD) and the National Guard Bureau (NGB)
have taken to support space mission deployments around the
globe in support of warfighter needs. The committee is
concerned that the Air National Guard units supporting space
mission deployments are experiencing lower dwell periods and
training gaps. Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary
of Defense in coordination with the Chief of Space Operations,
Chief of Staff of the Air Force, and the Director of the
National Guard to undertake a review of the quality of life for
Air National Guard units and members performing space missions
in austere locations or supporting space mission deployments.
The review shall include:
(1) Analysis of deployment-to-dwell ratios for Air National
Guard space units, as compared to other Air National Guard
units;
(2) Assessment on whether deployment-to-dwell ratios for
Air National Guard space units results in shorter mobilization
timelines, and the resulting impact on accomplishing training
requirements;
(3) Identification of factors to improve the results
derived from subsection (1) and (2); and
(4) Recommendations to improve the deployment-to-dwell
ratio and increase mobilization time to allow for sufficient
training for Air National Guard units supporting space
missions.
The committee further directs the delivery of the findings
of the review to the House Committee on Armed Services no later
than March 30, 2024.
Report on Extremism-Related Training and Education Programs for
Servicemembers
The Secretary of Defense's ``Report on Countering Extremist
Activity Within the Department of Defense,'' states the
Department of Defense (DoD) intended to, ``Develop a
comprehensive training and education plan that provides regular
training to Department of Defense military and civilian
personnel and to those advancing to leadership positions.''
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to
provide to the Committee on Armed Services of the House of
Representatives no later than February 5, 2024 a report
including the following:
(1) The status of the implementation of DoD's current
training and education plan for Department personnel to
understand extremist threats within the armed forces, including
current curriculum and other activities required in training;
(2) The DoD's plans for future programming and training;
(3) How DoD is measuring the program's effectiveness;
(4) Whether the Department has implemented, or plans to
implement, any other recommendations made in the Secretary's
Report.
(5) A public version of this assessment, posted to a DoD
website.
Report on Military Enlistment with Dependents
The Committee applauds the efforts within the Department of
Defense to facilitate the enlistment of single-parent
applicants, including the Navy's two-year pilot plan to allow
single-parent applicants with a maximum of two dependents to
enlist with a valid family care plan. However, in the current
recruiting crisis, these measures are still insufficient. While
the services prohibit enlistment with dependents without a
waiver, this prohibition ends just a few months after initial
training. Nearly 4 percent of all active-duty service members
are single parents. Disqualifying single parents from
enlistment doesn't reflect the existing practical rules in
place to support single troops with dependents once in the
military. Extending programs for active duty service members to
those seeking to join the military is a logical solution to
existing recruiting challenges.
The Committee directs the Secretary of Defense, in
coordination with the Secretaries of the military departments,
to provide a report to the House Committee on Armed Services by
the December 1, 2024 that outlines the cost and feasibility of:
(1) Implementing a faster waiver process for single parent
enlistees,
(2) Removing dependent restrictions for enlistment, and
(3) Offering waivers for enlistment above maximum allowable
dependent numbers based on spousal income,
The Committee also requests that the report include an
update from the Secretary of the Navy on the two-year pilot
program for single parent applicants that outlines:
(1) first-term attrition rates of single-parent applicants
in the program compared to other recruits and
(2) significant findings that may aid the successful
recruitment of single parent applicants.
Report on Modernization and Reform of the Promotion System
The committee notes that the Suicide Prevention and
Response Independent Review Committee (SPRIRC) recently
published their findings on reducing military suicides, which
have been steadily increasing over the last 15 years. One of
the SPRIRC highest priority recommendations is to create a task
force to modernize and reform the military promotion system to
better reward and select the right people for the right
positions at the right time based on demonstrated leadership
skills and abilities. Therefore, the committee directs the
Secretary of Defense to submit a report to the House Committee
on Armed Services not later than June 1, 2024, on
recommendations on the development, refinement, and
implementation of policies, programs, planning, and training
that will provide guidance to reform the military promotion
system across the military services to better reward and select
the right people for the right positions at the right time
based on demonstrated leadership skills and abilities.
Report on National Guard Bureau practices and procedures surrounding
the ``No Wrong Door'' Policy
The committee is concerned about allegations regarding the
incorrect handling of sexual harassment and sexual assault
cases involving National Guard members of various military
statuses and cases involving members in mixed military status
to include members of the Department of the Air Force and the
Department of the Army.
The National Guard functions as a unique military entity.
Unlike the Active component, National Guard members swear an
oath to two Constitutions; that of the United States of America
and the respective State they are serving. This often confuses
where the responsibilities lie in instances of reporting,
handling, and adjudicating cases of sexual harassment and
sexual assault. National Guard members may be misinformed on
how to properly report a case and who is responsible for
informing them of its status during the investigatory and
adjudication process.
In an effort to address this gap in knowledge, the National
Guard Bureau implemented the ``No Wrong Door'' Policy to
encourage ease and transparency when reporting sexual
harassment and sexual assault. While it has been shown to be
beneficial within the National Guard it has brought to light
additional gaps in coordination and case facilitation involving
mixed military statuses.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense,
in coordination with the Chief of the National Guard Bureau,
Secretary of the Department of the Air Force, and the Secretary
of the Army to submit a report to the Committee on Armed
Services of the House of Representatives not later than April
1, 2024, which shall, at minimum, include the following:
(1) a description of the current ``No Wrong Door'' Policy;
(2) an outline of the sexual harassment/sexual assault
reporting processes from initial reporting to the conclusion or
prosecution of a case by the Air National Guard, the Army
National Guard, the Department of the Air Force and the
Department of the Army;
(3) the action taken when a sexual harassment/sexual
assault case involves members of mixed military statuses;
(4) proposed statutory or regulatory changes that would
create a permanent process for sexual harassment/and sexual
assault reporting, from initial reporting to the conclusion or
prosecution of a case by both the Air National Guard, and the
Army National Guard, the Department of the Air Force and the
Department of the Army, involving members of mixed military
statuses and timeline for effectuating said changes;
(5) data provided on the following:
a. number of sexual harassment/sexual assault cases across
the 54 States and Territories with a standing National Guard,
including the District of Columbia, sorted by State or
Territory;
b. number of sexual harassment/sexual assault cases
involving members of mixed military statuses;
c. number of sexual harassment/sexual assault cases that
involved a `warm hand-off' to a sexual harassment/sexual
assault office different from the initial report;
d. number of reported sexual harassment/sexual assault
cases that ended in administrative action and prosecution by
the National Guard Bureau;
e. number of reported sexual harassment/sexual assault
cases involving National Guard members that ended in
administrative action and prosecution by the Department of the
Air Force and the Department of the Army;
f. number of National Guard members identified as victims
in a sexual harassment or sexual assault report who
transitioned out of the military, did not renew their
enlistment or commission, or transferred to another State or
duty status within one to five years of filing a sexual assault
or sexual harassment incident report.
Report on National Service Information Sharing for Recruitment
The Committee commends recent collaboration between the
Department of Defense, AmeriCorps, the Selective Service
System, the Peace Corps, and the Office of Personnel Management
on raising public awareness about military and national service
opportunities and promoting national service. These efforts
include examining options for sharing information of other
service opportunities with ineligible applicants, cross linking
of programs on agency websites, and expanding youth awareness
about service. These efforts are invaluable as each
organization contends with recruiting challenges.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense,
in consultation with the Secretaries of the military
departments, AmeriCorps, the Peace Corps, the Selective Service
system, and the Office of Personnel Management, to provide a
report to the House Committee on Armed Services by December 1,
2024. The report should explore and identify the best means by
which to share applicant information with other federal
government agencies when an applicant for their organization
either chooses not to join or, is determined not to be eligible
to join.
To further this work, the report should also outline how
the Department of Defense, AmeriCorps, the Selective Service
System, the Peace Corps, and the Office of Personnel Management
can continue to explore mutually beneficial ways to promote
each agency's service opportunities, including sharing market
research, providing ineligible or non-selected applicants with
information about other forms of service, piloting joint
recruitment efforts, and providing information to individuals
transitioning out of military and national service about other
opportunities to serve.
Report on the Office of the Attending Physician to Congress
The committee directs the Secretary of Defense, in
coordination with the Secretary of the Navy, to provide a
briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services by March 1,
2024, on the following regarding the Office of the Attending
Physician to Congress:
(1) the process by which the Attending Physician to
Congress is selected;
(2) the historical background on how many years each
Attending Physician has served, including any policies that
limit years of service for each Attending Physician;
(3) how the Speaker of the House, the Senate Majority
Leader, and members of the Senate and House of Representatives
may be involved in the selection process;
(4) recommendations for improving the selection process, to
include developing an alternative process by which the Speaker
of the House and the Senate Majority Leader would be involved
in the selection of the Attending Physician to Congress;
(5) the historical numbers of military and Department of
Defense civilians and contractors that have supported the
Office of the Attending Physician; and
(6) the cost the Department incurs to support the office.
Report on Unanimous Panels for Conviction, Sentencing, and Other
Matters in General and Special Courts-Martial
The committee notes unanimous panels are not required for
all convictions, sentencing, and other matters at general and
special courts-martial. Although not currently applied to
military courts, the Supreme Court of the United States in
Ramos v. Louisiana, held that the Sixth Amendment to the
Constitution requires unanimous jury verdicts for a criminal
conviction. Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of
Defense to provide a report to the House Committee on Armed
Services not later than March 1, 2024, on the following:
(1) A detailed plan on how the Secretary of Defense would
implement unanimous panels for all convictions, sentencing, and
other matters no later than December 31, 2024;
(2) A cost-estimate for implementation;
(3) A detailed explanation of any needed updates of, or
improvements to, the law regulations, or the Uniform Code of
Military Justice to implement the plan; and,
(4) A detailed cost annual revenue generated from fines and
penalties associated with a conviction in military court over
the past 10 years.
Report on Unclaimed Property of Service Members Who Undergo a Permanent
Change of Station
The committee is aware of service members who have
unclaimed property, or are owed money, from the state they
previously resided in prior to their last Permanent Change of
Station (PCS). The committee applauds state-led efforts to
return unclaimed property to service members, such as
Louisiana's ``Veterans Cash Claim'' program. However, the
committee remains concerned that once a service member has left
a state, they are unlikely to recoup their unclaimed property.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense
to submit a report to the Congressional Defense Committees not
later than December 31, 2023 that outlines the Department's
strategy for ensuring service members are advised to check with
their state for unclaimed property prior to their PCS.
Review of Command Selection Board Procedures
The committee is concerned with the integrity of the
process for selection of command candidates by the military
departments through the administrative selection board process
as governed by the service chiefs. The administrative board's
regulations or policy to determine an officer as fully
qualified to meet the selection board is of particular concern.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of each military
department to provide a briefing to the House Committee on
Armed Services by March 1, 2024, on current regulation, policy,
instructions, or processes in place for any officer
administrative board to ensure an officer is fully qualified
and their record contains no adverse information that would
affect their qualifications to meet the selection board. The
briefing shall also include plans to revise any current
regulations, policy, instructions, or processes to ensure the
fully qualified requirement is met.
Review of Service Academy conduct and performance adjudication process
The committee is concerned that all Service Academies,
including the Coast Guard Academy and the Merchant Marine
Academy, have fair and effective adjudicatory systems to review
student conduct and performance. The committee directs
Comptroller General of the United States to review the
adjudication processes at all Service Academies, including the
Coast Guard Academy and the Merchant Marine Academy and provide
a report to the Senate Committee on Armed Services and the
House Committee on Armed services no later than March 7, 2024.
This report should include the following:
(1) review the honor and conduct systems, including
punishments given for misconduct and performance issues;
(2) describe how the various systems provide common due
process protection;
(3) describe how the systems compare to military
misconduct/UCMJ processes;
(4) describe which, if any, honor or misconduct issues are
included on an individual's military record when they are
commissioned;
(5) describe how the various academies measure student
conduct and performance trends;
(6) describe the attitudes and perceptions of students
towards their respective systems;
(7) provide recommendations to standardize the policies and
processes across the academies;
(8) provide recommendations on process improvements.
Review of the Department of Defense's Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Programs
The committee notes the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff has calculated the total cost in dollars and man-hours
for the Extremism Standdown on February 5, 2021, and training
in diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) topics since January
21, 2021. Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of
Defense to submit a report to the House Committee on Armed
Services by March 1, 2024, that includes the following:
(1) total cost of DEI training in manpower hours for the
last 5 fiscal years.
(2) total cost in dollars for all training conducted in
DEI, equal opportunity, and extremism for the last 5 fiscal
years.
(3) total civilian hires and salaries for DEI-related
initiatives, trainings, and policies across the Department of
Defense and military services in the last 5 fiscal years.
(3) how the objectives of the DEI and extremism training
conducted in the last 5 fiscal years were satisfied by the
training.
(4) if and how DEI and extremism training has impacted
recruitment, accessions, promotions, and/or separations, to
include administrative separations and/or courts-martial for
violating extremism conduct orders or regulations.
(5) a description of the current (for fiscal year 2023) DEI
training each service conducts, how the training curriculum is
chosen and/or developed, and how the services measure its
effectiveness.
Satellite Reserve Officers' Training Corps Unit Report
The committee notes the importance of the Reserve Officers'
Training Corps (ROTC) and the potential need to expand ROTC
programs to include satellite programs at other academic
institutions that have students interested in joining ROTC but
not enough support for a full contingent. The committee is
concerned that in order to participate in ROTC, these students
must travel excessive distances for training that can interfere
with their schoolwork and can prevent students from being
willing or able to participate. Amid a continuing recruitment
challenge, the committee believes that the Department of
Defense should look for opportunities to expand participation
in the ROTC program. Therefore, the committee directs the
Secretary of Defense to submit a report to the House Committee
on Armed Services not later than March 1, 2024, that includes
an assessment of:
(1) the feasibility of expanding participation in the ROTC
program through satellite ROTC units that have an
administrative home at an existing ROTC program, but enable
participation from a larger number of schools and students;
(2) the number of institutions that would qualify or be
eligible for a satellite ROTC contingent;
(3) the administrative challenges or additional
requirements that would be necessary for a satellite ROTC unit,
such as an officer or enlisted personnel stationed at the
institute;
(4) the cost of such an administrative adjustment to
implement at least five satellite ROTC units;
(5) the estimated total throughput of qualifying
institutions;
(6) any other elements that the Secretary deems relevant.
Sexual Assault and Harassment in Joint Task Forces Support Forces
Antarctica
The committee is concerned about recent reports regarding
incidents of sexual harassment and sexual assault involving
service members occurring within the National Science
Foundation's (NSF) United States Antarctic Program (USAP).
The committee recognizes that service members in the Air
Force, Air National Guard, Air Force Reserve Command, Navy, and
Coast Guard, serving under the direction of Joint Task Forces
Support Forces Antarctica, as part of Operation Deep Freeze,
provide important support to the critical research occurring at
the South Pole.
In June 2022, the NSF's Office of Polar Programs released
their final Sexual Assault/Harassment Prevention and Response
(SAHPR) report, which included findings based on information
gathered through multiple avenues, including focus groups and
an online survey that was provided to both civilian USAP
participants and 3 military units who had previously been
located in Antarctica.
The committee is concerned about the report's findings
regarding perceptions held by civilian USAP participants on the
behaviors and accountability of service members in Antarctica.
The committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a
briefing to the House Armed Services Committee by March 31,
2024 on the following:
(1) Since Fiscal Year 2018, the total number of
substantiated incidents of sexual harassment harassment/sexual
assault involving service members under the command of Joint
Task Forces Support Forces Antarctica, including:
a. The number of substantiated reports against service
members made by non-Defense personnel.
b. The resolution of substantiated reports of sexual
misconduct and the average timeframe it took to come to a
resolution; and
c. The number of reports unresolved or pending and how long
those cases have been open.
(2) Overview of cross agency reporting procedures and
requirements for instances of sexual misconduct.
(3) Standards that the Department has instituted to ensure
interagency cooperation, communication, and transparency
regarding incidents of sexual misconduct.
(4) Plan of action and implementation guidelines for
increasing interagency outreach on reporting mechanisms for
sexual misconduct by service members.
Study on Department of Defense reinstatement with backpay and bonus,
for service members separated for refusal to get the COVID vaccine
report
The committee is concerned about the lapse in recruiting
that jeopardizes national security. According to the committee
service secretary and budget meeting, numerous incentive
programs have been executed to no-avail. allegations regarding
military attorneys, who may have violated the ethical standards
for lawyers in accordance with the American Bar association
and/or their State Bar licensure.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretaries of the
Military Departments and the Secretary of Homeland Security to
conduct an independently sourced report and submit the report
to the Committee on Armed Services of the House of
Representatives not later than April 1, 2024, which shall
include the following:
(1) An exact number of service members discharged for
refusing the coronavirus vaccine.
(2) The military occupation of each person discharged for
coronavirus vaccine refusal to include, their rank, duty
station, payrate, and estimated cost to retain on an annual
basis each person by the Department of Defense.
(3) The estimated cost to recruit, train, and house a new
service member to replace the individuals discharged and
reaching the exact rank of those discharged for vaccine
refusal. The analysis should incorporate new bonuses, and
incentive programs constituted to spur enlistment.
(4) The exact number of service members who lost their
lives due to the coronavirus and contrasted with the number
discharged for refusing the vaccine, with a financial and human
tool cost analysis, including family impact on healthcare,
housing, and childcare.
(5) What impact did the discharges have on the families of
those discharged for vaccine refusal.
(6) An analysis as to if the discharges hindered military
readiness, training, or combat operations.
(7) The impact of offering promotions, backpay, and $15,000
bonuses for those seeking reenlistment after discharge for
vaccine status.
(8) Any potential funding concerns the Department of
Defense Inspector General has raised regarding waste fraud and
abuse within a that could serve as a funding offset.
Study on ROTC programs consistently failing their annual assessments
The Committee appreciates the role of the Reserve Officers'
Training Corps (ROTC) program plays in preparing young adults
to become officers in the Armed Services.
However, the committee notes, over the last decade costs to
run this program have increased substantially, while still
commissioning approximately the same number of junior officers.
The Committee appreciates that inflation is a contributing
factor to these increased costs, as well as costlier private
schools that support cadets acquiring degrees in Science,
Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) to meet the
readiness needs of the Services. However, the Committee is
concerned how much the overhead costs of maintaining some
college programs are affecting the overall costs of the ROTC
program.
The Committee notes that DoD Instruction 1215.08 directs
the Secretaries of the Military Departments to conduct an
annual assessment of each one of their respective Reserve
Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) host units to evaluate the
efficiency and effectiveness of each individual unit and
develop information by which to determine viability for
continued establishment within the Department.
These assessment criteria include standardized national
test scores; commissioning rates (ratio of signed versus
completed scholarships); ROTC student rank compared to the
university student body at large; academic rankings of degree
programs; percent or number of specialized degrees awarded
(e.g., STEM degrees); and university compliance with applicable
contracts, Service specific regulations, and statutes.
Instruction 1215.08 further states the decision to
disestablish an ROTC host unit falls within the prerogative of
the Secretary of the Military Department concerned and will be
informed primarily by that Department's annual assessment of
its ROTC host and extension units.
The Committee notes that every year since Fiscal Year 2014,
per the Army Cadet Command FY22 SROTC Annual Program Review, 20
Army ROTC programs have consistently failed the assessment
criteria. However, despite failing to meet these standards,
these programs continue to operate.
Therefore, the Committee directs the Secretary of Defense,
in coordination with the Service Secretaries, to provide a
briefing to the House Armed Services Committee, no later than
December 1, 2023, wherein each Service provides details on
those institutions of higher education hosting an ROTC program
that have consistently failed to meet the assessment criteria
over the past 5 years, how many consecutive years those
programs have failed their annual assessments, the cost
associated with maintaining personnel at each of those
universities, a Service assessment and justification whether
each institution should continue to maintain their ROTC
program, the development of a Service recommended improvement
plan and/or any recommendations from the Services for
restructuring or realigning resources from underperforming
programs to aid each Service achieving their commissioning
mission.
Study on the Prevention of Sexual Assault or Sexual Harassment for
Students in the Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps
The committee is concerned about the well-being of all
members of the Junior Officers' Training Corps and their access
to all school district-provided training and services with
respect to sexual assault and sexual harassment training.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense
to brief the House Committee on Armed Services no later than
March 1, 2024, on the training and services on the prevention
of sexual assault and sexual harassment at local school
districts where students are enrolled in the Junior Reserve
Officers' Training Corps. The briefing should include:
(1) a description of training that JROTC students receive
pertaining to sexual assault and harassment;
(2) a description of reporting procedures for JROTC
students with allegations of sexual assault or sexual
harassment against JROTC instructors;
(3) whether or not JROTC instructors are mandatory
reporters of sexual assault and sexual harassment at the school
districts where they are employed;
(4) a comprehensive report of all the JROTC instructors
relieved from their position for substantiated allegations of
sexual assault or sexual harassment against a JROTC and the
outcome of each case;
(5) a description of the selection procedures for JROTC
instructors;
(6) recommendations on how the JROTC program can improve
protections for students from sexual assault or sexual
harassment.
Timely Adjudication of Service Member Complaints
The timely adjudication of service member complaints
regarding sexual harassment or discrimination is essential to
ensure the readiness of the military services. The committee is
concerned that any undue delay in adjudication of these
complaints may be harmful. Therefore, the committee directs the
Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness to
provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services by
February 1, 2024, on the following:
(1) the number of substantiated investigations into sexual
harassment and discrimination conducted in the last 3 years;
(2) the average amount of time that each type of
investigation takes from initiation to final action;
(3) the reasons for delay; and
(4) any recommendations to ensure due process and timely
adjudication of each complaint.
U.S. Space Force Legacy Designation
The committee notes that those former service members that
served in the U.S. Air Force and have supported the national
security space mission of the United States are not identified
as part of the U.S. Space Force as a Guardian. Therefore, the
committee directs the Secretary of the Air Force to provide a
briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services by June 1,
2024, on the feasibility and advisability of members and former
members of the U.S. Air Force to be identified as U.S. Space
Force Legacy Guardians upon their separation or retirement from
military service. This briefing should address the following
elements;
(1) a process by which former U.S. Air Force members would
request U.S. Space Force Legacy Guardian designation;
(2) a process to determine effective dates, constructive
service credit, and other eligibility criteria for award of the
U.S. Space Force Legacy Guardian designation;
(3) a process to establish procedures for next of kin to
apply for posthumous U.S. Space Force Legacy Guardian
designation;
(4) a process to establish the way an Air Force veteran can
legally choose to self-identify in writing or by other means as
a U.S. Space Force Legacy Guardian;
(5) a process to authorize, design, and provide formal
recognition of U.S. Space Force Legacy Guardian status with a
signed certificate, an approved device or insignia, or other
forms of visible recognition;
(6) a process to issue a DD Form 215 to reflect the U.S.
Space Force Legacy Guardian status of any individual to which
this status has been awarded.
Update of Military Academy Misconduct Process Review
It has been 25 years since the U.S. Government
Accountability Office conducted a full-scale review of the
adjudicatory process of the Department of Defense service
academies. The last version, published in April 1995, found
some discrepancies in how the academies operated, including
issues of differences in due process protections and
differences in the standard of proof used in honor hearings.
Also, the review found that many students found the application
of rules and the disciplinary actions inconsistent. Therefore,
the committee directs the Comptroller General of the United
States to update the 1995 ``Department of Defense Service
Academies: Comparison of Honor and Conduct Adjudicatory
Processes'' and submit the report to the congressional defense
committees by February 1, 2024. At a minimum, the review shall
address the following elements:
(1) compare the honor and conduct systems at each academy,
including punishments given for misconduct/performance issues;
(2) describe how the various systems provide common due
process protections;
(3) describe how the various systems compare to military
misconduct/Uniform Code of Military Justice processes;
(4) describe if certain honor or misconduct issues are
included on an individual's military records when they are
commissioned;
(5) describe how the academies measure student conduct and
performance trends;
(6) describe the attitudes and perceptions of students
toward these systems; and
(7) provide recommendations on process improvement.
LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS
Subtitle A--Officer Personnel Policy
Section 501--Removal of Exemption Relating to Attending Physician to
the Congress for Certain Distribution and Grade Limitations
This section would remove the billet exemption for the
Attending Physician to Congress.
Section 502--Number of General Officers and Flag Officers on Active
Duty
This section would authorize a redistribution of general
officer billets within the Department of Defense to increase
the general officer billet allocation in the Space Force.
Section 503--Promotions and Transfers between Components of Certain
Armed Forces or to Other Certain Armed Forces
This section would increase flexibility for promotable
Reserve Component officers and warrant officers to transfer
components.
Section 504--Modification to Grade of Attending Physician to the
Congress
This section would set the rank for the Attending Physician
to the Congress at O-6.
Section 505--Verification of the Financial Independence of Financial
Services Counselors in the Department of Defense
This section would require the Department of Defense to
develop a verification process for financial counselor annual
disclosures to validate that those individuals are free of
conflict of interest.
Section 506--Retired Grade for the Director of Admissions of a Service
Academy
This section would authorize honorary retirement promotions
for specified Military Service Academy faculty.
Section 507--Establishment of Legislative Liaison of the Space Force
This section would authorize a legislative liaison to the
Chief of Space Operations.
Subtitle B--Reserve Component Management
Section 511--Grades of Certain Chiefs of Reserve Components
This section would authorize the Chief of each military
service Reserve Component to be in the grade of three-star
officer.
Section 512--Removal of Prohibition on Active Duty Members of the Air
Force Reserve Policy Committee
This section would remove the prohibition on Active Duty
members of the Air Force Reserve Policy Committee.
Section 513--Removal of Prohibition on Active Duty Members of the Air
Force Reserve Policy Committee
This section would remove the prohibition on Active Duty
members of the Air Force Reserve Policy Committee.
Section 514--Grade of Vice Chief of the National Guard Bureau
This section would authorize the elevation of the Vice
Chief of the National Guard Bureau to serve in the grade of
general.
Section 515--Transfers of Officers between the Active and Inactive
National Guard
This section would authorize the transfer for officers
between the active and inactive reserve National Guard.
Section 516--Authorization for FireGuard Program
This section would authorize the Secretary of Defense to
use members of the National Guard to carry out a program to
aggregate, analyze, and assess multi-source remote sensing
information for interagency partnerships in the detection and
monitoring of wildfires, and to support any emergency response
to such wildfires.
Section 517--Designation of at Least One General Officer of the Marine
Corps Reserve as a Joint Qualified Officer
This section would require the Secretary of Defense to
ensure that at least one Marine Corps Reserve general officer
is designated as a joint qualified officer.
Section 518--Report on Foreign Disclosure Officer and Foreign Military
Sales Officer Billets
This section would express the sense of Congress regarding
the Australia-United Kingdom-United States (AUKUS) trilateral
agreement, appropriate Department of Defense staffing to ensure
the success of AUKUS, the transfer of advanced defense
technologies to and from allies and partners, the commitment of
resources to ensure foreign disclosure officers and foreign
military sales officers are fully staffed, and the
prioritization of hiring and retention of such individuals.
Additionally, this section would require the Secretary of
Defense to submit a report identifying gaps in the level of
staffing to accomplish AUKUS-related efforts.
Subtitle C--General Service Authorities and Military Records
Section 521--Requirement to Classify Certain Persons as Unaccounted for
from World War II under Certain Conditions
This section would authorize the Defense Prisoner of War/
Missing in Action Accounting Agency to validate the remains of
World War II veterans whose initial verification showed
discrepancies.
Section 522--Authority to Designate Certain Separated Members of the
Air Force as Honorary Separated Members of the Space Force
This section would authorize certain separated members of
the Air Force to be designated as honorary separated members of
the Space Force.
Section 523--Military Personnel: Recruiting; Merit-Based Determinations
This section would require the Secretary of Defense to
issue policy that all military accessions, assignments,
selections, or promotions must adhere to merit-based
principles.
Section 524--Improvements to Medical Standards for Accession to Certain
Armed Forces
This section would require the Secretary of Defense to
review and revise medical standards and waivers for military
accessions every 2 years, and to submit a report to the House
Committee on Armed Services and the Senate Committee on Armed
Services on findings and recommendations during the same
period.
Section 525--Protections for Members of Certain Armed Forces Who Refuse
to Receive Vaccinations against COVID-19
This section would prohibit adverse action against a member
of the Armed Forces solely on the basis that such member
refuses to receive a COVID-19 vaccine. Additionally, this
section would direct the Secretary of the military department
to consider reinstating service members separated for failure
to get vaccinated against COVID-19.
Section 526--Reviews of Characterization of Administrative Discharges
of Certain Members on the Basis of Failure to Receive COVID-19 Vaccine
This section would require a board of review established
under section 1553 of title 10, United States Code, to grant a
priority request to review discharge or dismissals on the basis
of failure to obey a lawful order to receive a vaccine for
COVID-19.
Section 527--Certain Members Discharged or Dismissed on the Sole Basis
of Failure to Obey a Lawful Order to Receive a Vaccine for COVID-19:
Communication Strategy regarding Reinstatement Process
This section would require the Secretary of Defense to
communicate the established process by which a covered
individual who was separated due to a failure to receive the
COVID-19 vaccination may be reinstated. This section would also
require the Secretary of Defense to provide a report on the
implementation of the communication strategy.
Section 528--Pilot Program on Cardiac Screenings for Military
Accessions
This section would require the Secretary of Defense to
establish a pilot program to provide mandatory
electrocardiograms to individuals entering military service in
connection with the military accession screening process.
Subtitle D--Military Justice
Section 531--Prohibition on Certain Communications regarding Courts-
Martial
This section would prohibit a convening authority or
commanding officer from providing a briefing about a pending
court-martial to any subordinate who may service as a member of
such court-martial.
Section 532--Technical and Conforming Amendments to the Uniform Code of
Military Justice
This section would provide technical and conforming
amendments to the Uniform Code of Military Justice necessary
for the implementation of reforms included in the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117-
81).
Section 533--Treatment of Certain Records of Criminal Investigations
This section would require the Secretary of Defense to
develop and implement guidance providing for the modification
of titling and indexing systems.
Section 534--Limitation on Availability of Funds for Relocation of Army
CID Special Agent Training Course
This section would prohibit the Army from obligating or
expending funds to relocate an Army Criminal Investigation
Division Special Agent course until the requirements of section
548(a) of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization
Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-263) are met.
Subtitle E--Other Legal Matters
Section 541--Supreme Court Review of Certain Actions of the United
States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces
This section would permit the Supreme Court of the United
States to review writs of certiorari regardless of whether a
petition for review was granted or denied by the Court of
Appeals for the Armed Forces.
Section 542--Study on Removal of Sexual Assault Victim Advocates from
the Chain of Command of Victims
This section would require the Secretary of Defense to
conduct a study and provide a report on the feasibility of
removing sexual assault victim advocates from the chain of
command of the victim.
Subtitle F--Member Education
Section 551--Military Education for Special Operations Forces
This section would allow the Commander of the U.S. Special
Operations Command to use funds from Major Force Program 11 to
fund joint special operations-peculiar education, leader
preparation, and leader development at degree-granting
institutions of higher military education.
Section 552--Expansion of Individuals Eligible to Serve as
Administrators and Instructors in the Junior Reserve Officers' Training
Corps
This section would allow the Secretary of a military
department to authorize an expansion of the individuals
qualified to serve as administrators and instructors in the
Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps.
Section 553--Prohibition of Establishment or Maintenance of a Unit of
the Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps at an Educational
Institution Owned, Operated, or Controlled by the Chinese Communist
Party
This section would prohibit the establishment or
maintenance of a unit of the Junior Reserve Officers' Training
Corps at an educational institution owned, operated, or
controlled by the Chinese Communist Party.
Section 554--Inclusion of Advanced Research Programs at Certain
Institutions of Professional Military Education
This section would require certain institutions of
professional military education to establish advanced research
programs to study the character of near-future operational-
tactical warfighting at the high end of the conflict spectrum
in East Asia.
Section 555--Pilot Program for Enlisted Members of the Army and the
Navy to Attend the Naval Postgraduate School
This section would create pilot programs for the U.S. Army
and the U.S. Navy to send enlisted service members to receive
advanced degrees at the Naval Postgraduate School.
Subtitle G--Member Training
Section 561--Increase in Accession Bonus for Nurse Officer Candidates
This section would authorize an increase in the accession
bonuses for nurse officer candidates.
Section 562--Service Academies: Numbers of Nominations by Members of
Congress and Appointments by the Secretaries of the Military
Departments
This section would authorize a raise in the cap on service
academy nominations.
Section 563--Increase in the Number of Nominees from Guam to the
Service Academies
This section would authorize one additional service academy
nomination to the Delegate from the Territory of Guam.
Section 564--Exemption of Cadet or Midshipman Who Refuses to Receive a
Vaccination against COVID-19 from Requirement to Repay Tuition at
Military Service Academy
This section would exempt a cadet or midshipman from being
required to repay tuition if certain requirements aren't met.
Section 565--Training on the National Defense Strategy for Members of
Certain Armed Forces
This section would require annual National Defense Strategy
awareness training for certain members of the Armed Forces.
Section 566--Prohibition on Use of Federal Funds for Certain Training
or Education That Promotes Critical Race Theory
This section would prohibit the use of funds to promote
critical race theory at a Service Academy, in military
training, or in professional military education.
Section 567--Sex-Neutral High Fitness Standards for Army Close Combat
Force Military Occupational Specialties
This section would require the Army to create sex-neutral
fitness standards for certain military occupational
specialties.
Section 568--Costs of Training on Critical Race Theory
This section would require the Secretary of Defense to
submit an annual report to Congress on training on critical
race theory provided by the Secretary for the previous calendar
year.
Section 569--Publication of Training Materials of the Defense Equal
Opportunity Management Institute
This section would require the Secretary of Defense to
publish all materials created by the Defense Equal Opportunity
Management Institute not later than September 30, 2024, on
their website.
Subtitle H--Member Transition
Section 571--Amendments to Pathways for Counseling in the Transition
Assistance Program
This section would clarify and add factors for
individualized Transition Assistance Program.
Section 572--Skillbridge: Staffing; Budgeting; Outreach; Report
This section would require the Secretaries of military
departments to circulate information about the Skillbridge
program and conduct annual outreach to inform potential
employers.
Section 573--Troops-to-Teachers Program: Expansion; Extension
This section would authorize expansion of the Department of
Defense's Troops to Teachers program to include Junior Reserve
Officers' Training Corps instructors and administrators, and
would reauthorize the program for an additional 2 years.
Section 574--Report on the Transition Assistance Program
This section would require the Secretary of Defense to
submit a report on the Transition Assistance Program.
Section 575--Skillbridge: Apprenticeship Programs
This section would require the Department of Defense to
conduct a study on the availability of registered
apprenticeship positions within the Skillbridge program.
Section 576--Female Members of Certain Armed Forces and Civilian
Employees of the Department of Defense in STEM
This section would require the Department of Defense to
conduct a study on how to increase the participation of women
in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics positions
in the Armed Forces.
Section 577--Department of Defense Report on Third-Party Job Search
Technology
This section would require a report on potential
partnership opportunities with companies that provide third-
party job search digital solutions to assist in the search for
employment.
Subtitle I--Decorations and Awards
Section 581--Extension of Time to Review World War I Valor Medals
This section would authorize a 3-year time extension for
the Department of Defense to review the service records of
World War I veterans to determine if any valor awards should be
upgraded to the Medal of Honor.
Section 582--Authorization for Award of the Medal of Honor to Marcelino
Serna for Acts of Valor during World War I
This section would authorize the President to posthumously
award the Medal of Honor to Marcelino Serna for acts of valor
as a private in the Army during World War I.
Subtitle J--Other Personnel Matters, Reports, and Briefings
Section 591--Armed Forces Workplace Surveys
This section would require the Armed Forces workplace
survey to include indicators of sexual assault that give reason
to believe that the victim was targeted or discriminated
against for a status in a group.
Section 592--Electronic Notarization for Members of the Armed Forces
This section would authorize electronic notarization for
members of the Armed Forces.
Section 593--Due Date for Report on Efforts to Prevent and Respond to
Deaths by Suicide in the Navy
This section would extend the statutory deadline for the
Department of Defense Inspector General's office to conclude
its report on the suicides that occurred in 2022 among service
members assigned to the aircraft carrier USS George Washington.
Section 594--Posting of Promotional Materials for the 988 Suicide and
Crisis Lifeline at Military Installations
This section would direct the Secretary of a military
department to post promotional materials for the 988 Suicide
and Crisis Lifeline at each jurisdictional military
installation.
Section 595--Prohibition on Drag Shows and Drag Queen Story Hour
This section would prohibit the Department of Defense from
using authorized funds for a drag show or similar event.
Section 596--Defense Advisory Committee on Diversity and Inclusion:
Report; Sunset
This section would require the Secretary of Defense to
submit a report regarding the selection of members to the
Defense Advisory Committee on Diversity and Inclusion.
Section 597--Force Structure and Personnel Requirements of Special
Operations Forces: Review; Briefing; Report
This section would require the Secretaries of the military
departments, the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special
Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict, and the Commander of
U.S. Special Operations Command to conduct a coordinated review
of force structure and personnel requirements for special
operations forces under the jurisdiction of the Secretaries of
the military departments to carry out special operations
activities. This section would also require the Secretary of
Defense, not later than 180 days after the commencement of the
review, to provide a briefing to the Committees on Armed
Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives on the
initial findings as well as, 90 days after completion of the
review, to submit a report to the Committees on Armed Services
of the Senate and the House of Representatives. The Secretary
of Defense would be unable to make any reduction in force
structure, personnel requirements, or staffing levels to a
special operations force until after the Secretary submits the
required report.
Section 598--Prohibition on Federal Funds for the Department of Defense
Countering Extremism Work Group
This section would prohibit the Department of Defense from
using authorized funds for the Department of Defense Extremism
Work Group.
Section 599--Digital Ambassador Program of the Navy: Cessation; Report;
Restart
This section would require the Secretary of the Navy to
cease all activities of the digital ambassador program of the
Office of Information of the Department of the Navy and would
prohibit the restart of the program until certain requirements
are met.
Section 599A--Report on Military OneSource
This section would require the Secretary of Defense to
provide annual reports to the House Committee on Armed Services
and Senate Committee on Armed Services on the utilization of
the Military OneSource program which currently serves as the
Department of Defense's primary hub for connecting service
members with a range of quality-of-life services available to
them.
Section 599B--Study on Service by Neurodivergent Individuals in the
Department of Defense
This section would direct the Secretary of Defense, through
a federally funded research and development center, to study
how current medical accession policies are impacting
recruitment, assignment, and retention of neurodivergent
populations.
TITLE VI--COMPENSATION AND OTHER PERSONNEL BENEFITS
ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST
Bonus and Special Pay Spending Report
The committee notes that many military members qualify for
special pays and incentives (S&I) that are part of the
service's recruitment and retention efforts. Some of these pays
compensate members for assignment to hazardous or difficult
duty conditions. Currently, there are over 60 special and
incentive pays authorized in law. The committee is concerned
about the Department of Defense's effective use of and total
spending on bonus and special pay programs. Therefore, the
committee directs the Secretary of Defense to submit a report
to the House Committee on Armed Services by April 1, 2024, that
addresses the following elements;
(1) the total amount spent on bonus, special, and incentive
pays broken out by bonus, incentive, or special pay type by
year, by service for the previous 5 years, to include the
President's budget request in these categories for fiscal year
2024;
(2) each military department Secretary's assessment of the
effectiveness of bonus and special and incentive pays, by bonus
and special or incentive pay category;
(3) any other concerns that the Secretary of Defense deems
relevant.
Briefing on Current Requirements for Health and Safety Checks at Child
Development Centers
The committee recognizes that child development centers
play a crucial role in the quality of life and the readiness of
our armed forces. Our service members place the highest level
of trust in these centers to care for their children while they
are occupied conducting their military duties. Further, the
committee notes that the military services are facing
unprecedented staffing shortages which impact their ability to
meet the basic childcare needs of the number of service members
that require it. One of the many challenges that understaffed
facilities routinely face is the redundant requirements in
their daily administrative duties. It is imperative to explore
potential efforts that streamline processes and combine these
checklists where possible to expedite the health and safety
checks with no degradation in the quality of care provided. To
better understand how the Department of Defense is working to
reduce the administrative burdens wherever possible in child
development centers, the committee directs the Secretaries of
the military departments to brief the committee no later than
March 1, 2024, on the current requirements for health and
safety checks at child development centers. The brief shall
include:
(1) information on processes that certified staff undergo
when conducting their daily health and safety checks during
care;
(2) current efforts to modernize the data entry process and
procedures;
(3) current requirements of the different checklists,
including the frequency at which they are conducted; and
(4) recommendations on where redundant checks can be
standardized or eliminated while not negatively impacting the
health and safety of the children in their care.
Briefing on MilitaryChildcare.com
The committee recognizes the Department of Defense's many
efforts to reduce child care waitlists for families with
dependent children. One tool utilized by the Department is
MilitaryChildcare.com (MCC). The Department asserts MCC
provides a single online gateway to all military-operated child
care worldwide and community-based child care fee assistance
options across the United States for all military and
Department of Defense civilian families. MCC currently provides
an Anticipated Placement Time (APT) to all families searching
for and requesting child care at military child development
centers. MCC has a built-in analytic tool that estimates the
APT for each family based on a complex algorithm that uses
system generated data, such as current waitlist metrics, wait
and placement times, waitlist turnover, and priority
distribution to calculate wait times, yet military families
still express frustration over wait times and lack of
transparency of the waitlist. Therefore, the committee directs
the Secretary of Defense to provide a briefing to the House
Committee on Armed Services not later than March 31, 2024, on
the following:
(1) functionality of MilitaryChildcare.com;
(2) the degree to which utilizing MCC has reduced wait
lists at military child development centers;
(3) whether it has provided families with off-post child
care options; and
(4) an assessment of whether it has overall improved the
child care for service members.
Child Care Community Relationships and Partnerships
The committee continues to be concerned that military
families continue to face shortages in the availability of
child care as the waitlists continue to grow. Child care is
also a readiness issue that needs to be addressed and the
military services should research new innovative solutions to
this problem. The committee notes that some military
installations have had success in establishing community
partnerships with school districts, colleges, and nonprofit
organizations resulting in increased access to child care. In
some instances, military installations have leased vacant
facilities for outside organizations to operate child care
facilities or have led community partnerships which expand
opportunities within the Military Child Care in Your
Neighborhood (MCCYN) program. The committee believes that every
military installation should be attempting to replicate these
efforts to expand child care access and work with local
chambers of commerce, Child care Aware of America, and local
child care business providers (CBP).
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense
to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services
by February 1, 2024, on:
(1) how many of these partnerships exist across the
services;
(2) to include locations and number of child care spaces
that became available as a result; and
(3) any obstacles to expanding these relationships and
partnerships.
The briefing should also include the following:
(1) what is working well and not well with MCCYN;
(2) what prevents CBPs from participating in MCCYN; and
(3) what challenges and barriers prevent CBP from opening
and expanding facilities in a particular area.
Cost of Living Allowance Report
The committee is concerned about the Department of
Defense's treatment of Cost of Living Allowance (COLA)
adjustments and the effect on service members and their
families and their ability to adjust their household budgets to
large changes in COLA. Therefore, the committee directs the
Secretary of Defense to submit a report to the House Committee
on Armed Services by March 1, 2024, that details the
Department's current calculation method and addresses the
following;
(1) a review of the 8 percent COLA threshold as defined in
37 U.S.C. 403(b) every 3 years and issue report on whether the
threshold remains economically appropriate;
(2) the inclusion of average childcare costs for one child
aged 0-5 as part of the continental United States (CONUS)
market basket price data when computing average CONUS cost-of-
living baseline for CONUS COLA programs.
(3) the feasibility of a less or more frequent adjustment
of COLA;
(4) any other matters the Secretary considers relevant.
Department of Defense Adoption Support Services
The committee acknowledges the efforts of the Department of
Defense (DOD) to support service members who are seeking to
adopt children. The committee commends the financial and
referral support provided to servicemembers for these purposes
by the Department of Defense to date. However, the committee
maintains that improvements to these support services must be
explored to better meet the needs of military families seeking
to pursue adoption. The committee notes that individuals
employed by private entities may benefit from access to
comprehensive adoption support services, including referrals to
agencies, counseling, and legal assistance to shorten timelines
or facilitate adoption at a lower total cost. However, the
committee recognizes that while the adoption process is already
complex and costly, military families face additional unique
challenges pursuing adoption, often related to deployment and
stationing schedules that require out of state or overseas
relocation.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense
to submit a report to the House Committee on Armed Services not
later than February 1, 2024 on current Department of Defense
adoption support services. This report should, at minimum,
include the following:
(1) a comprehensive overview of current policies to support
adopting families thus far, to include explanations as to how
success and effectiveness of these policies are measured with
respect to adoption rates, wait times, and servicemember
satisfaction;
(2) a summary of current policies that have demonstrated
high success rates;
(3) identification of gaps across adoption services and
care for military families;
(4) proposed measures to fill these gaps;
(5) analysis of barriers faced by military families seeking
to adopt, particularly as it relates to deployment schedules,
overseas assignments, differences across state and
international laws on adoption qualifications and processes;
(6) an examination of best practices from other federal
agencies that provide highly successful adoption support
services for their employees and consideration of whether these
practices could be implemented by the Department of Defense;
(7) survey of adoption support services offered in the
commercial sector and potential leverage of these resources to
mitigate complexity, reduce costs, and increase success rates
of military adoptions;
(8) recommendations on additional resources required or
programs that may be developed to further support military
families through the adoption process, particularly as it
pertains to those families stationed in a state other than that
of their permanent residence or overseas.
Fee Structure for Child Care Provided at Military Child Development
Centers
The committee is aware of the challenges of childcare
staffing shortages, extensive waitlists, and capacity
limitations at Department of Defense installations, including
Child Development Centers (CDCs). The significant backlog at
many military facilities for on-installation childcare for
service members and their families is a concern. Many service
members have cited long waitlists for childcare as a major
quality-of-life challenge. In some cases, it has forced
families to choose between their career or providing childcare
themselves. GAO has previously found that current revenue, a
combination of appropriated and non-appropriated funds, is
insufficient. Given these concerns, the Department of Defense
should determine alternate ways to increase revenue and
reinvest in childcare providers and capacity.
The current Childcare Fee Assistance Total Family Income
Category structure disproportionately impacts lower-income
families. Families with lower incomes pay a higher percentage
of total income for childcare when compared to higher-income
families. Utilizing a standard percentage of total income to
determine parent fees for all childcare programs would ensure
lower-income military families are not unfairly impacted by
fees. Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense
to submit a report to the Committee on Armed Services of the
House of Representatives not later than March 1, 2024, on the
impact of changing the fee structure to a standard percent of
total income for parental fees on revenue and on the quality,
availability, and accessibility of childcare for families
currently enrolled. The report should include recommendations
on the ideal standard percentage of total income fees and any
changes to the total income categories. The report should also
include how additional revenue could increase capacity, hire
additional childcare providers, or improve facilities and how
those changes would impact the current waitlists.
Fort Drum Cold Weather Pay
The committee recognizes the importance of the 10th
Mountain Division and the role the division plays in manning,
equipping, and organizing to fight and win in cold weather
environments. One of the division's priorities is to instill
alpine readiness in their service members by institutionalizing
pride in the alpine warrior culture, increasing military
mountaineering skills, and conducting collective training in
alpine cold weather environments. Therefore, the committee
supports the division's efforts to increase proficiency in cold
weather environments by improving the Army's capability and
readiness of its personnel operating in such regions. The
committee also believes the personnel stationed at Fort Drum
operate in a cold weather location.
Gap between Hiring Authority and Human Resource Implementation
The committee remains concerned about the lack of childcare
professionals available to work in the Department of Defense's
child development programs, specifically for infant and toddler
care. While the committee has continued to give the Department
various authorities and additional tools to bring on staff, the
committee has been made aware there may be a disconnect between
the hiring authorities granted to expedite the hiring processes
and how the human resource functions that process the
application.
Therefore, the committee directs the service secretaries to
provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not
later than March 30, 2024, on the following:
(1) in how many instances has the Department utilized
direct hiring authority, on the spot hiring authority, or
transfer authority for the purposes of hiring child development
center (CDC) staff;
(2) how many accepted offers of employment resulted from
each authority;
(3) the average length of time between accepted offer and
start date for childcare workers, by authority; and
(4) the timeline for each stage in the hiring process of
CDC staff over the last 5 years and any specific causes for
fluctuations in processing times; and
(5) delays over 20 days in hiring once the authority has
been utilized.
Guam Overseas Cost of Living Allowance Adjustment Report
The committee is concerned that reductions in the Overseas
Cost of Living Allowance in Guam would have a negative impact
on quality of life for servicemembers, and have an outsized
impact on the local economy. The committee directs the
Secretary of Defense to submit a report to the House Committee
on Armed Services, by December 1, 2023, outlining what
authorities the Secretary of Defense has to prevent a reduction
in the Overseas Cost of Living Allowance for service members in
Guam, and how economic factors including Typhoon Mawar and
shipping challenges have been factored into any adjustment to
the Overseas Cost of Living Allowance for Guam.
Housing Oversight Positions Across Services
The committee understands that across the services, each
department designates either a service member or civilian to
oversee barracks issues across installations. This position,
however, is not uniform across the services. In some cases,
when a service member is performing this duty at an
installation, the duty is collateral and therefore not the
primary priority of the service member. In other cases, a
civilian may be designated to oversee barracks issues, but
there may be a shortage of civilians to hire for the position.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense, in
coordination with the Secretaries of the military departments,
to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services
not later than February 15, 2024, on the positions that serve
as the designee to oversee military barracks. This briefing
should include the following:
(1) Position and/or grade of the civilian and/or service
member who oversees military barracks;
(2) Roles and responsibilities of the designee;
(3) Explanation of how individuals are chosen for this
role, including if previous experience in housing oversight is
required;
(4) Training required for this role;
(5) Other duties performed by this individual that are
unrelated to housing including instances that this is a
collateral position for service members and subsequently, how
many hours are allocated for their oversight role;
(6) Instances that the position has been vacant for longer
than 3 months; and
(7) The reporting structure for this position to amplify
oversight concerns.
Improvements to the Department of Defense Military Spouse Employment
Partnership Program
The committee is aware that military spouse employment
remains a significant concern and that one of the tools to
assist military spouses seeking employment is the Department of
Defense Military Spouse Employment Partnership (MSEP). Since
its inception in 2011, the over 600 MSEP partners have hired
more than 250,000 spouses. The committee views this as a
positive trajectory and would like to build on this success.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to
submit a report to the House Committee on Armed Services by
March 31, 2024, on how the Department intends to improve and
advance the successes of MSEP. Specific elements of the report
should include:
(1) MSEP communication and outreach efforts to spouses and
partners;
(2) utilization of existing authorities to prioritize and/
or incentivize spouse hiring;
(3) a review of remote and telework employment
opportunities; and
(4) any challenges to this program related to specific duty
locations, in other words overseas.
Military Survivors
The committee notes that when a military department
concerned receives notification of the death of a retired
member, Defense Finance Accounting Service (DFAS)-Cleveland is
notified and then in cases where funds were deposited after the
date of death, DFAS reclaims the outstanding payments. The
committee is concerned that when a military retiree dies, and
they have a spouse or any family member who is a joint holder
on the account, this automatic reclamation of funds creates an
undue burden on the family of the deceased at an already
stressful and emotional time. This clawback of funds can also
occur before the payment of Survivor Benefit Plan begins,
leaving a surviving spouse or family member in a potentially
precarious financial situation. The committee notes that in
general, when the military department has made overpayments to
service members and must reclaim funds, the department has the
authority to institute a payment plan to reclaim payments over
a period of time instead of all at once. However, the committee
notes that in cases when a retiree dies and funds must be
reclaimed, a repayment plan over time would alleviate the
financial stresses for surviving families when they are at
their most vulnerable.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense
to submit a report to the House Committee on Armed Services by
March 31, 2024, on the following:
(1) process by which retired service members and their
families are informed of the potential clawback/repayment
resulting from the death of the service member;
(2) process by which spouses are educated and enrolled in
the Survivor Benefit Plan;
(3) how information about the impacts of holding joint
accounts may affect retired service members or their
beneficiaries;
(4) why the department does not apply the same payment plan
process in the case of the death of a retired service member;
(5) any other information the Secretary deems relevant.
Month of the Military Child
The committee is aware that more than 1,600,000 children
are connected to the military across the United States. It is
only fitting that we take time to recognize their contribution,
celebrate their spirit, and pay tribute to military children
and youth for their commitment, their struggles and their
unconditional support of our troops. When someone joins the
military, it's a family commitment to our country and children
are heroes in their own way.
The committee strongly encourages the Department of Defense
to highlight and promote April each year as Month of the
Military Child and urges all citizens, business, and government
leaders to observe the month with appropriate ceremonies and
activities that honor, support, and show appreciation for
military children.
Navy Junior Enlisted Unaccompanied Housing Shortfalls
The committee is aware that the Navy is experiencing
shortfalls in unaccompanied housing which forces sailors to
live aboard their assigned ships while they are in port and in
the yard for repair. The committee is concerned that these
conditions do not provide sailors the quality of life they need
to effectively do their jobs and have a negative impact on the
resiliency and readiness of the force. The committee notes that
the Navy is on track to miss its recruiting goals for the
current fiscal year and believes that there must be meaningful
progress made on improving the quality of life for
unaccompanied sailors. Therefore, the committee directs the
Secretary of the Navy to submit a briefing to the House
Committee on Armed Services not later than January 12, 2024, on
efforts to increase unaccompanied housing capacity in the Navy.
The brief should include the following information:
(1) the locations where the shortfalls are most acute;
(2) the estimated number of sailors, by location, forced to
live aboard their ships due to a shortfall in unaccompanied
housing;
(3) the estimated funding required to restore the homeport
ashore program by location;
(4) near-term solutions that would increase unaccompanied
housing capacity within one year;
(5) the estimated impact that privatizing unaccompanied
housing would have on capacity shortfalls; and
(6) additional statutory authorities required to privatize
unaccompanied housing.
Navy Quality of Life Programs Dashboard
The committee is concerned that resources for maintaining
and improving the quality of life for service members and their
families are underutilized by service members. One factor that
may impact underutilization is that service members and their
families are unaware of or find it difficult to access these
resources. The committee directs the Secretary of the Navy to
provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services by
March 31, 2024, on the feasibility of developing an electronic
dashboard to track quality of life programs and their
utilization rate. This briefing should include the cost of
creating such a dashboard and articulate the value added to the
service. The quality of life issues to be considered for the
dashboard and this briefing should include:
(1) childcare;
(2) access to healthcare;
(3) education;
(4) housing and spouse employment; and
(5) any others the Secretary determines appropriate.
In addition, the committee directs the Secretary of the
Navy to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed
Services, not later than February 28, 2024, on how quality of
life issues impact service members assigned to naval vessels
undergoing refueling and complex overhaul, such as the USS
George Washington, and what the Navy has done to mitigate such
impacts.
Online School Choice for Military Families
The committee remains concerned with the unprecedented
recruiting and retention challenges facing the Department of
Defense and how military family quality of life issues rank
among service members' biggest considerations. The committee
understands that one of the consistent areas of concern among
military families considering staying in the military is
ensuring their children have access to consistent quality
education. The committee is aware that the devastating impact
of the COVID pandemic on children, who lost immeasurable
instructional time due to school disruption, has only
compounded the problem. With frequent permanent changes of
station, often occurring during the middle of the academic
year, military families are often faced with an unfair choice:
separate the family until the end of the academic year or
disrupt their children's education. The committee understands
that the average military child can expect to attend between
six and nine different schools before high school graduation.
The committee believes that the Department of Defense Education
Activity (DoDEA) should explore all feasible alternatives to
ensure continuity of education for military dependents,
including alternatives that allow children to maintain the same
curriculum and instruction during moves, particularly in
overseas locations.
Therefore, the Committee directs the Secretary of Defense
to provide a report to the Committee on Armed Services of the
House of Representatives no later than November 1, 2024, on the
following issues:
(1) the potential school options, including virtual
education, available to K-12 military dependents whose military
sponsors are re-assigned during the academic year;
(2) the potential school options, including virtual
education, available to K-12 military dependents whose military
sponsors are stationed overseas;
(3) the potential school options available to K-12 military
dependents who, because of a short-term illness or injury, are
unable to attend in-person instruction;
(4) the potential costs associated with offering full-time
and part-time virtual schooling options to K-12 military
dependents, either through DODEA or through contracts with
private virtual schools; and
(5) any other matters the Secretary may deem relevant.
Quality of Life Concerns at Military Installations in Alaska
The committee is aware of the challenges that service
members and families face while serving at remote locations in
the United States and overseas. With the rapidly growing
strategic significance of the Artic region, the committee is
concerned that servicemembers and dependent families stationed
in Alaska continue to experience significant quality of life
challenges that negatively impact the morale, resilience, and
readiness of the force. Therefore, the committee directs the
Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of the
Army and the Secretary of the Air Force, to submit a briefing
to the congressional defense committees not later than December
29, 2023, on quality-of-life conditions at military
installations in Alaska. The briefing should include the
following information for each location:
(1) shortfalls relating to healthcare accessibility,
including specialty providers, at military treatment facilities
and through TRICARE;
(2) shortfalls regarding the availability of childcare
services, including providers, child development centers, and
in-home services;
(3) the availability and suitability of housing on and off
installation;
(4) the capacity, condition, and ability of military
commissaries to support the local military population with
fresh and nutritious food;
(5) current incentive pay and allowances for servicemembers
stationed in Alaska and recommendations to improve readiness,
retention and morale through targeted financial incentives and
allowances; and
(6) a prioritized list of facility sustainment,
restoration, and modernization and military construction
projects with estimated costs to address critical quality of
life challenges.
Remotely Piloted Aircraft Crews Tax Relief
The committee is concerned that remotely piloted aircraft
(RPA) crews are conducting combat missions and experiencing
many of the stressors of combat; however, they are not
currently eligible to earn the same tax-free income as those
who are physically in a combat zone. Therefore the committee
directs the Secretary of Defense to submit a report to the
House Committee on Armed Services not later than March 1, 2024,
on the following:
(1) a comparison of the duties between RPA crews supporting
operations from domestic locations or those in combat zones;
(2) a comparison of the income disparities between RPA
crews and those who are physically in a combat zone;
(3) an assessment on where the authority lies to expand the
Combat Zone Tax Exclusion eligibility and rationale for how the
Department of Defense is exercising them; and
(4) any additional information the Secretary determines
appropriate.
Report on School Meal Direct Certification
The committee is concerned about the barriers facing
military families in accessing free- and reduced-price school
meals. Participants qualify based on family income, but service
members' housing allowance is considered income and often
pushes them out of eligibility. Military families also
frequently relocate, and additional applications and paperwork
dissuade families from applying. The Department has already
collected household income data for the Basic Needs Allowance
program and has access to the servicemember income data for
families that have not applied for the Basic Needs Allowance
program.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense
to submit a report to the Committees on Armed Services of the
Senate and the House of Representatives, not later than October
1, 2024, on the feasibility and cost of implementing direct
certification for military dependents. Direct certification is
the process through which state agencies and school districts
certify children for free school meals based on documentation
from other state or local program officials, without the need
for the household to submit an application. The report shall
examine
(1) The number of military dependents eligible for free- or
reduced-price school meals, broken down by demographic groups
including race, ethnicity, gender, and military rank;
(2) If and how the Department can use data collected for
the Basic Needs Allowance for direct certification for school
meals;
(3) How the Department could use service member income to
determine eligibility for families that have not applied for
the Basic Needs Allowance, including by disregarding other
household income;
(4) Any upfront cost or data improvements necessary to
share family eligibility with state nutrition agencies and
school districts;
(5) How the Department would implement a direct
certification program for school meals at Department of Defense
Education Activity schools;
(6) An estimate of the number of military dependents who
would gain access to school meals who would not have filled out
a school meal application without direct certification;
(7) How many more military dependents would be eligible for
free- and reduced-price school meals if basic allowance for
housing (BAH) were eliminated from the calculation of household
income,
(8) How many more military dependents would be eligible for
free- and reduced-price school meals if the calculation of
household income did not include non-service member income.
Review of Basic Allowance for Subsistence
The committee is especially concerned with the reported
food insecurity issue within the Department of Defense. If the
Department survey methods and RAND Corporation analysis are
accurate, some 25 percent of the force is considered food
insecure at some level. The committee sees this as unacceptable
and a crisis that the Secretary of Defense must address and
solve. The committee, therefore, directs the Secretary of
Defense to submit a report to the House Committee on Armed
Services by March 1, 2024, that addresses the following
elements:
(1) a review of how the Basic Allowance for Subsistence
(BAS) amount is determined;
(2) rationale for why the BAS rates are limited to only
enlisted and officer and do not take into account income
disparities between junior and senior service members;
(3) consideration for establishing no less than three
different BAS rates for enlisted personnel based on rank and
income;
(4) any other matters the Secretary considers relevant.
Review of Mental Health Services Available at Schools Operated by the
Department of Defense Education Activity
The committee is concerned about whether military children
attending Department of Defense Education Activity Schools
(DODEA) have adequate resources to meet their mental health
needs. Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of
Defense to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed
Services by February 1, 2024, on the current state of mental
health services available at schools operated by DODEA. The
briefing should include the following information at a minimum:
(1) number and type of mental health providers serving
children attending schools operated by the DODEA, including
staff such as school psychologists, school counselors, and
other individuals providing mental health support;
(2) an assessment of whether and to what extent the mental
health services available at such schools align with the
applicable national recommendations; and
(3) an assessment of the ratio of students to mental health
staff as described in (1) in such schools.
Review of the Basic Needs Allowance
The committee is especially concerned about the reported
food insecurity issue within the Department of Defense. If the
Department survey methods and RAND Corporation analysis are
accurate, some 25 percent of the force is considered food
insecure at some level. The committee sees this as unacceptable
and a crisis that the Secretary of Defense must address and
solve. The committee, therefore, directs the Secretary of
Defense to submit a report to the House Committee on Armed
Services by March 1, 2024, that addresses the following
elements:
(1) a review of the adequacy of the Basic Needs Allowance
(BNA) framework and recommendations for gathering more accurate
and timely data that will produce more targeted and specified
benefits to service members;
(2) the reporting mechanisms available for service members
to report food insecurity;
(3) the removal of the Basic Allowance for Housing from the
overall BNA eligibility calculation and how many service
members would benefit;
(4) other barriers to service member application for or
receipt of the BNA;
(5) any other matters the Secretary considers relevant.
Review of Unpaid and Delayed Payments to Service Members
The committee notes that the Suicide Prevention and
Response Independent Review Committee recently published their
findings on reducing military suicides. One of their highest
priority recommendations is to conduct a comprehensive review
of the magnitude of unpaid and delayed payments to service
members and their families and provide recommendations for
improving efficiencies. Therefore, the committee directs the
Comptroller General of the United States to submit a report to
the House Committee on Armed Services by July 1, 2024, on a
comprehensive review of the scope of unpaid and delayed
payments to service members and their families, and provide
recommendations for improving efficiencies. The report shall
assess the following:
(1) the average, median, and lower and upper bounds of non-
reimbursed, out-of-pocket costs, and the types of such costs,
associated with permanent change of station (PCS) moves;
(2) the average, median, and lower and upper bounds of the
time from which a service member submits his/her reimbursement
forms and they are fully paid, as well as how this varies by
the type of reimbursement and rank;
(3) the frequency by which regular payments, scheduled to
occur on the 1st and 15th of each month, are delayed and
factors that may be associated with delays (for example, a
recent PCS);
(4) the frequency of overpayments and resulting recoupment
processes and the average, median, and upper bounds of
subsequent periods without pay resulting from these errors.
Standardization of Permissible Costs for Department of Defense
Credentialing Programs
The committee notes that since its inception in 2015, the
Department of Defense credentialing program has provided
service members the opportunity to obtain credentials that
enhance their skills and qualifications both during and after
their military service. However, the committee is concerned
that as the credentialing program has been implemented, the
services have interpreted the permissible covered costs
differently. This has led to a great disparity between the
services regarding this important benefit. The committee notes
that section 2015 of title 10, United States Code, directs the
Secretary of Defense to promulgate regulations regarding this
program that apply uniformly to the Armed Forces to the extent
practicable. In addition, the definition of expenses under this
section includes expenses for classroom instruction, hands-on
training (and associated materials), manuals, study guides and
materials, textbooks, processing fees, and test fees and
related fees.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense
to submit a report to the House Committee on Armed Services by
February 1, 2024, that addresses the following:
(1) what costs are covered by each of the services for
service member credentialing;
(2) an explanation for the disparities between the
services, and any justification for why the disparities exist;
(3) a plan to ensure each service reimburses service
members for credentialing expenses, consistent with the
statutory definition, for classroom instruction, hands-on
training (and associated materials), manuals, study guides and
materials, textbooks, processing fees, and test fees and
related fees.
The plan shall ensure that service members are able to
receive reimbursement for expenses associated with foundational
credentials, consistent with the Army's current practice.
Status Report of Implementation of the Blended Retirement System
The House Committee on Armed Services recognizes that 2023
will mark the Fifth Anniversary of the Department of Defense's
implementation of the Blended Retirement System (BRS) as
enacted in Title Six, Subtitle D, Part I of the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 114-
92). The committee commends the Department for its efforts to
ensure that younger servicemembers have the proper access to
robust financial security training for retirement and directs
the Secretary of Defense to provide a Fifth Anniversary report
to the House Committee on Armed Services and the Senate
Committee on Armed Services on the status of BRS implementation
by December 1, 2023. Such report shall analyze any data
collected on the impacts of current training modules, include
quantifiable outcomes that assess the impact of the
Department's current financial security training from the year
prior to implementation through 2023, and detail an action plan
that outlines additional tools and/or resources needed by the
Department to further increase positive outcomes in enhancing
financial literacy training for our servicemembers.
Supporting Commissaries
The committee recognizes that Department of Defense
commissaries serve as a quality of life benefit for military
families. During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic,
commissaries provided a secure and reliable pipeline for
healthy and safe food to reach vulnerable communities,
especially in overseas areas and remote bases in the United
States where access to groceries off base was severely
constrained or nonexistent. The Department moved quickly to
designate commissaries as ``mission essential'' aimed at
leveraging the military transportation and support structure to
ensure that this safe and reliable food source continued to
provide relief to military families at a time when
international borders were blocked, distribution centers were
threatened with closure, and military family travel on and off
base was severely limited. Additionally, the dedicated supply
chain for commissaries took extraordinary measures to ensure
consistent and reliable shipments of these vital food products
at a time when restricted allocation of critical food products
resulted in increased uncertainty for military families.
Further, military families are being impacted by inflation with
food costs being the most persistent and heightened
inflationary factor. The commissary benefit was created and is
specifically targeted toward providing relief for high food
costs. Commissaries provide consistent savings on groceries for
military families, especially those lower ranking service
members who are most financially distressed. Congress has
recognized the vital role of commissaries and the committee
moved to increase funding for commissaries to provide further
pricing relief. The committee commends the Department of
Defense for emphasizing the vital commissary role and urges
continued support of the commissary benefit.
Supporting Military Children with Special Education
The committee notes the military lifestyle can make
navigating the world of disability and special education an
overwhelming process for military families. The committee
believes incorporating educational benchmarks in a training
program will be beneficial to families as they make a permanent
change of station to keep their Exceptional Family Member
Program dependents on track educationally.
The committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a
briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services, not later
than June 1, 2024, on the feasibility of establishing a special
education training program for all providers who work with
Exceptional Family Member Program (EFMP) families. The training
program shall assess the best ways for the various providers
who interact with these families to communicate the long-term
educational outcomes for the enrolled family member. The
various providers to be considered for the training program
include military and civilian medical providers; school liaison
offices; and anyone else who might support the EFMP.
LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS
Subtitle A--Basic Pay, Retired Pay, and Leave
Section 601--Parental Leave Parity for Members of Certain Reserve
Components of the Armed Forces
This section would authorize leave for members of certain
components of the Armed Forces.
Section 602--Expansion of Authority of the Secretary of a Military
Department to Pay a Member Who Is Absent Without Leave or Over Leave
for Such Absence
This section would allow the service secretaries authority
to continue to pay a service member if they are absent through
no fault of their own.
Section 603--Report on Modernized Retirement System
This section would require the Secretary of Defense to
submit a report regarding implementation of the modernized
retirement system.
Subtitle B--Bonus and Incentive Pays
Section 611--One-Year Extension of Certain Expiring Bonus and Special
Pay Authorities
This section would extend, through December 31, 2024,
income replacement payments for Reserve Component members
experiencing extended and frequent mobilization for Active Duty
service; two critical recruitment and retention incentive
programs for Reserve Component healthcare professionals;
accession and retention incentives for nuclear-qualified
officers; and the consolidated special and incentive pay
authorities.
Section 612--Authorization of Monthly Bonus Pay for a Junior Member of
the Uniformed Services During Calendar Year 2024
This section would authorize the Secretary of Defense to
pay a bonus to service members as economic conditions dictate.
Section 613--Determination of Cold Weather Location for Purposes of
Assignment or Special Duty Pay
This section would require the Secretary concerned to
determine the locations that qualify for cold weather
assignment or special duty pay.
Subtitle C--Allowances
Section 621--Basic Needs Allowance: Exclusion of Basic Allowance for
Housing From the Calculation of Gross Household Income of an Eligible
Member of the Armed Forces
This section would remove the Basic Allowance for Housing
from the calculation of service member eligibility for the
Basic Needs Allowance.
Section 622--Improved Calculation of Basic Allowance for Housing for
Junior Enlisted Members
This section would provide for methodological parity among
military pay grades and greater flexibility to adequately
respond to the housing estimation challenges posed by rapidly
changing housing market conditions across the United States.
Section 623--Expansion of Authority of a Commanding Officer To
Authorize a Basic Allowance for Housing for a Member Performing Initial
Field or Sea Duty
This section would give commanding officers the authority
to grant Basic Allowance for Housing to junior service members
when they determine it is in the best interest of the member
and the command.
Section 624--Dual Basic Allowance for Housing for Training
This section would authorize dual basic allowance for
housing for Reserve Component members for training.
Section 625--Basic Allowance for Housing: Pilot Program To Outsource
Rate Calculation
This section would establish a pilot program to improve the
accuracy of the Basic Allowance for Housing rate calculation.
Section 626--Independent Assessment of Housing for Military Personnel
in Guam
This section would require the Secretary of Defense to
enter into an agreement with a federally funded research and
development center for an independent assessment of housing of
military personnel assigned to duty stations in Guam.
Section 627--Briefings on Pilot Program on Hiring of Special Needs
Inclusion Coordinators for Department of Defense Child Development
Centers
This section would amend section 576(d) of the James M.
Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023
(Public Law 117-263) to include a more robust quarterly
briefing requirement to ensure implementation is on track and
being closely monitored.
Subtitle D--Family Readiness and Survivor Benefits
Section 631--Modifications to Transitional Compensation for Dependents
of Members Separated for Dependent Abuse
This section would modify transitional compensation
requirements for dependents.
Section 632--Lodging Expenses for Dependents of Members Separated for
Dependent Abuse
This section would enable the Secretary of Defense to
provide lodging expenses for dependents of members separated
for abuse.
Section 633--Access to Commissary and Exchange Privileges for Remarried
Surviving Spouses
This section would restore access to commissary stores and
Morale, Welfare, and Recreation retail facilities to certain
surviving spouses who remarried.
Section 634--Authority for Peer Mentoring Program for Military
Dependents
This section would permit the establishment of a peer
mentoring program for dependents of military service members.
Section 635--Expansion of Qualifying Events for Which a Member of the
Uniformed Services May Be Reimbursed for Spousal Relicensing or
Business Costs Due to the Member's Relocation
This section would expand eligibility for reimbursement of
qualified licensure, certification, and business relocation
costs incurred by military spouses in certain cases.
Section 636--Student Loan Deferment for Dislocated Military Spouses
This section would provide student loan deferment for
relocated military spouses.
Section 637--Grants to Assist Caregivers in Military Families
This section would establish, subject to appropriations, a
program to award grants to nonprofit organizations focusing on
alleviating the burdens faced by caregivers in military
families. Further, this section would spell out amounts,
duration, and use of funds criteria.
Section 638--MySTeP: Provision Online and in Multiple Languages
This section would allow the Military Spouse Transition
Program (MySTeP) to be offered online in English, Spanish,
Tagalog, and the rest of the 10 most commonly spoken languages
in the United States.
Subtitle E--Child Care
Section 641--Increase in the Target Funding Level for Military Child
Care
This section would increase the target funding level for
military child care.
Section 642--Recurring Review and Revision of Pay for Military Child
Care Employees
This section would establish a recurring review of pay for
child care employees not less than once every 5 years.
Section 643--Discounted Child Care for Child Care Employees of the
Department of Defense
This section would provide a 100 percent discount on
military child care for the first child and at least a 50
percent discount for the second child of a Department of
Defense child care employee.
Section 644--Expansion of Pilot Program to Provide Financial Assistance
to Members of the Armed Forces for In-Home Child Care
This section would expand the in-home childcare pilot
program to military families stationed in remote areas where
service members are challenged to find suitable childcare
providers and services due to shortages, including Fort Drum,
New York; Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico; Naval Air
Station Lemoore, California; and Marine Corps Base Twentynine
Palms, California.
Section 645--Wait Times for Child Care Services Provided Through
Military Child Development Centers: Publication; Feasibility of Certain
Improvement
This section would require the Department of Defense to
publish and maintain a website for waiting lists for child care
services at military child development centers and report on
the feasibility of the use of the Department of the Air Force
Child and Youth Programs Business Management System across all
the services.
Section 646--Study on Effects of Child Care on Readiness and Retention
This section would direct the Secretary of Defense to enter
into an agreement with a federally funded research and
development center to conduct a study on the impact of
accessible, affordable child care on readiness and retention.
Subtitle F--Dependent Education
Section 651--Rights of Parents of Children Attending Schools Operated
by the Department of Defense Education Activity
This section would codify the rights of parents of children
attending schools operated by the Department of Defense
Education Activity.
Section 652--Certain Assistance to Local Educational Agencies That
Benefit Dependents of Military and Civilian Personnel
This section would authorize $50.0 million for the purpose
of providing assistance to local educational agencies with
military dependent students, and $20.0 million for local
educational agencies eligible to receive a payment for children
with severe disabilities.
Section 653--Verification of Reporting of Eligible Federally Connected
Children for Purposes of Federal Impact Aid Programs
This section would require verification of reporting of
eligible federally connected children for purposes of Federal
impact aid programs.
Section 654--Financial Literacy Education in Schools Operated by the
Department of Defense Education Activity
This section would require that each student of a high
school operated by the Department of Defense Education Activity
complete a dedicated course of instruction in financial
literacy as a prerequisite to graduate from high school.
Section 655--Pilot Program for Routine Mental Health Check-Ups in
Schools Operated by the Department of Defense Education Activity
This section would require the Secretary of Defense to
establish and implement a pilot program to provide routine
mental health check-ups for students with parental consent in
covered Department of Defense Education Activity schools. This
section would also require the Secretary of Defense to enter
into memoranda of understanding or other agreements with
federally funded community behavioral health clinics for the
purposes of establishing a comprehensive referral process.
Section 656--Briefings on Implementation of Universal Pre-Kindergarten
Programs
This section would require the Secretary of Defense to
provide quarterly briefings to the committee on various aspects
of the development of universal pre-kindergarten and its impact
on co-located child development centers.
TITLE VII--HEALTH CARE PROVISIONS
Items of Special Interest
9-8-8 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline Awareness
The committee is concerned that service members and their
families may be unaware of the recently implemented 9-8-8
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, which is now active
across the United States. When people call, text, or chat 9-8-
8, they are connected to trained counselors that will listen,
understand how their problems are affecting them, provide
support, and connect them to resources if necessary. Military
suicides outpace deaths in war operations since 9/11, so it is
critically important the Department of Defense, in coordination
with the military services, engages in a proactive outreach
campaign to ensure service members have access to the care they
need, when they need it.
Access to Military and Dependent Mental Health Care
The committee is aware TRICARE has a challenge in having a
range of specialty care providers and this is particularly
evident with mental health care providers. The committee is
concerned that these challenges with TRICARE are exacerbating
the access to quality mental health care for service members
and their families. The committee acknowledges the Department
of Defense has access to various authorities to address a wide
range of these challenges. Therefore, the committee directs the
Secretary of Defense to submit a report to the House Committee
on Armed Services by April 1, 2024, on:
(1) an analysis of the average timeline to credential
potential TRICARE mental health service providers in comparison
to the credentialing timeline of other major insurance
networks, including Medicare. The analysis should include
TRICARE data identifying application returns, method of
notification to applicants and frequency of notifications to
potential providers the network application process has been
returned, and method of feedback TRICARE provides to potential
providers and resolution processes;
(2) an analysis of the average timeline to process provider
payments with respect to claims;
(3) an assessment of whether TRICARE has utilized
authorities outlined in Manual Part 199.14 to increase
reimbursement rates in certain geographic locations; and what
corrective measures have been taken since the 2013 Government
Accountability Office findings specifically with regard to
finding civilian mental health care providers and reimbursement
rates;
(4) the status of implementing the recommendations found in
Department of Defense Inspector General Report 2020-112 and the
estimated implementation date for any recommendations that have
not yet been implemented; and
(5) an assessment of what, if any, additional authorities
and resources may be needed by the Department to effectively
address the issue of timely access to mental health care for
Active Duty service members and their families.
Annual Health Screening Review
The committee understands the Department of Defense
Periodic Health Assessment is frequently updated to reflect the
latest medical information that may impact service members.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to
submit a report to the Senate Committee on Armed Service and
the House Committee on Armed Services not later than March 1,
2024, on the following:
(1) the process and method by which changes are made to the
Periodic Health Assessment;
(2) the average frequency by which changes are made; and
(3) whether the following changes to the Periodic Health
Assessment have been considered: (a) instituting annual sports
physicals for all uniformed members of the Department of
Defense; (b) requiring annual blood screening; (c) requiring
intermittent lab work on individuals if they have consecutively
taken a prescription for more than 9 months; (d) annual mental
health screening.
Army Combat Fitness Test
The committee acknowledges the U.S. Army has made changes
to the Army Combat Fitness Test (ACFT) since it was originally
launched in 2021. As a result, the committee directs the
Secretary of the Army to provide a briefing to the House
Committee on Armed Services by January 1, 2024. The briefing
shall include:
(1) impacts the ACFT has had on recruitment and retention;
(2) relevant data, statistics, and a comparison of the
various evolutions of the ACFT to date; and
(3) how the new ACFT is in compliance with the requirement
in the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-263).
Army Strategic Management System
The Strategic Management System is a performance management
tool available to all Department of the Army organizations and
components. The Strategic Management System offers ways to
create performance metrics and display metrics for decision
makers. The committee directs the Secretary of the Army to
provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services by
March 1, 2024, that shall include the following:
(1) an inventory of total Army users of the Strategic
Management System tool over the past 10 years;
(2) an overview of the past three contracts the Army issued
for the Strategic Management System tool;
(3) a description of the Army's plan to utilize the
Strategic Management System tool across Army installations to
better track and mitigate incidents of sexual harassment,
sexual assault, and other harmful behaviors;
(4) a justification for the difference of increased Army
end user utilization of the Strategic Management System and the
declining long-term resource allocation to the Strategic
Management System at the program office level;
(5) a breakdown of Strategic Management System requirements
across the Army enterprise and a funding plan to meet those
requirements; and
(6) any other matters the Secretary considers relevant.
The committee further directs that the viewpoints of the
following Army organizations shall be included in the briefing:
Army Resiliency Directorate; Office of Business Transformation;
and Army Contracting Command.
Athletic Trainers To Provide Services Under the TRICARE Program
The committee understands the services sometimes use
athletic trainers in various capacities to provide training and
support for service members in certain situations. However,
under TRICARE, athletic trainers are not a recognized
paramedical provider. Moreover, TRICARE does not allow for
reimbursement of services rendered by athletic trainers.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense, in
consultation with the Secretaries of the military departments,
to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services
by March 1, 2024, on the following:
(1) the current use of athletic trainers in the services,
to include the type of services and locations where these are
provided;
(2) the cost of providing these services;
(3) any data showing the effect or impact of athletic
trainers over the last 10 years;
(4) the rationale for why athletic trainer services are not
part of the TRICARE benefit; and
(5) the process by which athletic trainers could be
considered as part of the TRICARE benefit.
Availability of Autoinjectors for the Warfighter for Chemical and Nerve
Agent Exposure
The committee recognizes that the threat of chemical
weapons and nerve agents persists within the operating
environment. Although United States military personnel have not
been exposed to these agents, they continue to operate within
close proximity while supporting our allies and partners
worldwide. The Department of Defense has long fielded
countermeasures against such agents to best ensure the safety
of our men and women in uniform. The committee also recognizes
the importance of maintaining an adequate and functional
stockpile of chemical weapon and nerve agent countermeasures to
support the warfighter. Therefore, the committee directs the
Secretary of Defense to provide a briefing to the House
Committee on Armed Services, by March 1, 2024, that includes
the following:
(1) a full review of the Department's current stockpile,
including an assessment of the use of shelf-life extensions for
autoinjectors beyond their expiration date;
(2) an overview of the Department's plan to replace the
outdated diazepam with the midazolam autoinjectors;
(3) the Department's plan to field the necessary amount of
chemical weapon and nerve agent countermeasures to support the
total force and a replenishment plan to ensure timely
replacement of expired pharmaceutical ingredients or expired
autoinjectors;
(4) the Department's process for approving shelf-life
extensions, including how the Department verifies mechanical
reliability; and
(5) recommendations for the future procurement and
sustained replenishment of all autoinjector variants.
Biobanking Feasibility Briefing
The committee recognizes the potential benefits of
utilizing biobanking procedures to better understand a
servicemembers resilience to traumatic brain injury and post-
traumatic stress disorder throughout their career. Therefore,
the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to conduct a
feasibility study provided to the House Committee on Armed
Services on the possibility of implementing a pilot program
within the Department of Defense focused on determining the
potential benefits of biobanking to the health of
servicemembers no later than February 1, 2024. This briefing
should include:
(1) determination of the privacy needs such a pilot program
would entail;
(2) facilities and procedures needed to conduct the pilot
program;
(3) selection or volunteer criteria for those to
participate in the pilot program;
(4) cost analysis of implementation of the pilot program;
and
(5) procedures around maintaining and storage biobank
personal health data; to included cybersecurity and physical
security of the data.
Briefing on AI-Generated Broad Spectrum Anti-Infective Peptides To
Counter Antibiotic Resistance
The committee notes recent artificial intelligence-
generated developments focused on peptide development and the
potential use of broad-spectrum anti-infective peptides to
treat antibiotic-resistant infection. The committee recognizes
the work of the Global Emerging Infections Surveillance (GEIS)
program and its history of infectious disease surveillance,
prevention, and response as well as its work with other
Department of Defense programs such as the Military Infectious
Disease Research Program (MIDRP) to address emerging infectious
diseases including antibiotic-resistant diseases and
infections.
The committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a
briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services by April 1,
2024 on efforts and progress made to develop this type of
peptide approach and whether the research may have other
relevant applications to include treatment of diseases,
infections, open fractures, burns, radiation injuries, and
emerging biological threats.
Briefing on Breast Cancer Screening
The committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a
briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services, not later
than March 1, 2024, that details the number of screenings and
diagnostic breast imaging performed on all beneficiaries from
October 1, 2022 through January 30, 2023 between the age of 30
to 65 by type of imaging, including mammograms, breast
ultrasounds, and MRIs, billed to TRICARE, and the cost of these
screenings to the Department and the patient if they are not on
active duty. Additionally, we request the briefing include the
amount of out-of-pocket costs billed to the Department and
patients who were screened outside of military treatment
facilities.
Briefing on the Impact of Glioblastomas on Active Duty Service Members
and Veterans
The committee notes that glioblastomas are the third most
common cause of cancer related deaths among Active Duty service
members, behind colon cancer and leukemia. According to
Department of Veterans Affairs and National Institutes of
Health data, glioblastomas occur at a rate 26% higher than that
found in the general population among post-9/11 veterans who
deployed to Iraq, Afghanistan, and elsewhere. In a study by the
American Society of Clinical Oncology, they note that
glioblastoma rates were two times higher than those in the non-
military population. Therefore, the committee directs the
Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of
Veterans Affairs, to brief the House Committee on Armed
Services, not later than April 5, 2024, on the following
regarding glioblastomas among Active Duty service members:
(1) the percentage of Active Duty service members and
veterans diagnosed with a glioblastoma over the last 20 years;
(2) ways the Department of Defense and the Department of
Veterans Affairs are working to diagnose and treat
glioblastoma; and
(3) what additional resources the Departments need to treat
glioblastomas.
Cell-Based Recombinant Technologies
The committee recognizes that viruses like influenza
negatively impact soldier health, training, and overall
military readiness. The committee also understands the majority
of influenza vaccine doses utilized by the Department of
Defense are derived from an egg-based manufacturing production
process which is dependent on an adequate supply of eggs that
can be susceptible to environmental and disease threats. The
committee notes the recent impact that avian influenza has had
on egg production and the associated inflationary impacts. Egg-
based influenza vaccine manufacturing can also lead to egg
adaptation which may introduce mutations that render the final
vaccine less effective. Additionally, nearly 50 percent of egg-
based influenza vaccines are manufactured overseas due to
insufficient domestic production capacities. These factors can
all introduce risks to the nation's ability to address both
seasonal and pandemic influenza. Moreover, the committee
recognizes that the National Influenza Vaccine Modernization
Strategy recommends the U.S. Government transition to
innovative and domestically manufactured influenza vaccines,
many of which received funding from the U.S. Government for
development, which are designed to provide an exact match to
World Health Organization-selected strains. Advanced
manufacturing techniques, including those derived from cell-
based and recombinant technologies, may create more effective
influenza vaccines, have significantly shorter manufacturing
times, be readily supported by the U.S. vaccine manufacturing
industrial base, and not rely on a supply chain of eggs.
Therefore, the committee encourages the Department of Defense
to continue to procure domestically produced influenza vaccines
derived from cell-based and recombinant technologies to ensure
readiness of our military forces.
Chiropractic Care in the TRICARE Program
The committee is concerned that the Department of Defense
has not included chiropractic care as part of the TRICARE
health benefit for all beneficiaries, especially considering
chiropractic care is popular among Active Duty service members
for its holistic approach to medicine and pain relief that does
not require the use of prescription drugs. Therefore, the
committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a
briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services by February
1, 2024, on the following regarding chiropractic care:
(1) an overview of the current chiropractic health care
program benefit for service members;
(2) whether the chiropractic care program has resulted in
improved health outcomes and satisfaction for service members
using the current program;
(3) the anticipated cost of including chiropractic care for
all beneficiaries as part of the TRICARE health benefit; and
(4) the estimated time it would take to implement
chiropractic care as part of the TRICARE health benefit.
Combat Casualty Care
The committee commends the Department of Defense for
expanding strategies to maintain the readiness of defense
medical providers. Future conflicts will differ substantially
from those of the past decades, placing strenuous demands on
providers managing dispersed, high-volume casualties in large-
scale combat operations. In the absence of ongoing real-world
engagements, expert medical support of future conventional
operations is dependent on frequent, meaningful training
enhanced by advanced medical simulation for skills maintenance
and expansion. New medical simulation requirements are needed
to effectively address combat casualty care performance
maintenance in these highly challenging scenarios. Specific
considerations should be made for medics and other first
responders performing life-saving procedures in austere
environments and providers performing advanced procedures in
operational theaters.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense
to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services
by March 1, 2024, on the Department's investment in a plan for
the expansion of advanced medical simulation technologies and
programs to provide sustainability of medical skill sets
critical to the support of future conventional combat
operations and how these efforts may be supported through the
Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs.
Comptroller General Report on Perinatal Mental Health in the Military
The committee seeks information on the services available
to members of the Armed Forces and their families experiencing
perinatal mental health conditions. The committee therefore
directs the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct
a review of related Department of Defense efforts, to the
extent reliable data are available, including:
(1) an assessment of the availability of perinatal mental
health care within the Defense Health Agency (DHA) medical
treatment facilities and the TRICARE provider network,
including an assessment of the availability of providers with a
Perinatal Mental Health Certification; and
(2) a review of the specific training, certification, and
resources the Defense Health Agency makes available to
obstetric and pediatric providers regarding perinatal mental
health conditions.
The committee further directs the Comptroller General to
provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services by
March 31, 2024, on preliminary findings, with a report to
follow by a date mutually agreed upon at the time of the
briefing.
Comptroller General Review of Suicide Prevention and Mental Health
Awareness Training in the Department of Defense
Recent Government Accountability Office and Naval Audit
Service reports have identified gaps in the Department of
Defense's provision and tracking of suicide prevention
training. Therefore, the Committee directs the Comptroller
General of the United States to submit a report to the House
Committee on Armed Services, not later than September 1, 2024,
on the following regarding mental health awareness and suicide
prevention training in the military:
(1) identification of the statutory, Department-wide, and
military service requirements for such training, to include
corresponding class titles, intended audiences, and desired
learning outcomes;
(2) identification of any additional mental health
awareness and suicide prevention training required of
leadership positions in both the officer and enlisted ranks;
(3) the extent to which the Department and the military
services have ensured the timely completion of training;
(4) an analysis of the effectiveness of the various
trainings; and
(5) any recommendations for the provision and tracking of
suicide prevention and mental health awareness training.
Comptroller General Study on the Feasibility of Administering
Comprehensive Mental Health Exams for Service Members
The committee directs the Comptroller General of the United
States to submit a report to the Senate Committee on Armed
Services and the House Committee on Armed Services, as well as
the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs and the House
Committee on Veterans' Affairs, not later than March 1, 2024,
on the feasibility and advisability of implementing
comprehensive mental health exams for transitioning members of
the Armed Forces and veterans, and whether it would have an
effect on helping to prevent suicide. The report should, at
minimum, include the following:
(a) an analysis of whether the questions that comprise the
Department of Defense's separation mental health assessment
adequately consider risk factors and warning signs that lead to
suicide;
(b) an analysis of whether the questions that comprise the
Department of Affairs' mental health exams adequately consider
risk factors and warning signs that lead to suicide;
(c) the suicide rates among individuals who are
administered separation mental health assessment by the
Department of Defense, to cover the last five years;
(d) the suicide rates among individuals who are
administered the mental health exam administered by the
Department of Veteran's Affairs to cover the last five years;
(e) an analysis of potential impacts on the national
veterans suicide rate should the Department of Defense
implement separation mental health assessments, to reflect the
Department of Veterans' Affairs mental health exam model, for
all transitioning servicemembers;
(f) an evaluation of the Department of Defense's capacity
to conduct thorough separation mental health assessments, to
reflect the Department of Veterans' Affairs mental health exam
model, through Military Treatment Facilities or various
contracts;
(g) an update on the Department of Defense and Veterans
Affairs' progress and hurdles toward implementing the Joint
Action Plan established by Executive Order 13822.
COVID-19 Era Telehealth Suicide Prevention Services
The committee understands that at the start of the COVID-19
pandemic, the Department of Defense made several temporary
updates to the TRICARE benefit regarding telehealth. These
temporary policy updates allowed service members and
beneficiaries to receive care safely during the COVID-19
pandemic. The Department of Defense has since updated these
telehealth policies and some of these services are no longer
offered. The committee directs the Secretary of Defense to
provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not
later than April 1, 2024, on the impact that the repeal of
TRICARE benefit changes to COVID-19 telehealth services had on
service member and beneficiary utilization of mental health
counseling and related services; the cost of these services;
and the effect restoring COVID-19 telehealth services would
have on the TRICARE benefit.
Department of Defense Briefing Regarding Tricare Coverage of Traction
Alopecia
Building a military that is responsive to the needs of its
servicemembers is necessary to ensure that our Armed Forces are
able to recruit and retain a strong and capable fighting force
that reflects the values of the Nation it serves. However, our
Armed Forces have at times struggled to meet that challenge.
This is especially true for black women servicemembers who are
disproportionately likely to develop hair loss and traction
alopecia from adherence to strict standards of military dress.
While Tricare covers first-line treatments for traction
alopecia, additional treatments exist and have been proven
effective but are not yet covered under Tricare. These
treatments include wigs, hair replacement surgery, grafts, and
other novel treatments. Working to ensure that Tricare is able
to provide such treatment and meet the needs of these
servicemembers is important to building a strong, resilient
fighting force that looks like the Nation it serves. Thus, the
Committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a
briefing to the Armed Services Committee of the House of
Representatives no later than March 1, 2024, concerning the
feasibility of including additional novel treatments for
traction alopecia as covered treatments under Tricare. This
briefing should at minimum address the following topics: (1)
costs of adding such a benefit, (2) the number of potential
beneficiaries, and (3) whether the Department of Defense has
the resources required to offer such treatment.
Department of Defense Prioritization of Medical Countermeasures for
Mosquito-Borne Illnesses
The committee has long been concerned about the lack of
medical countermeasures to naturally occurring infectious
diseases, such as malaria, dengue, and yellow fever. The
incidence of infectious disease has dramatically increased as
society is more mobile and active. The committee is aware of
new technologies under development that could prevent and/or
treat some of these conditions. The committee encourages the
Department of Defense to appropriately prioritize and ensure
service members and their families have access to medical
countermeasures, particularly if they are active, deploying to,
or stationed in regions where these diseases are endemic.
Dietary Supplement Safety Education To Improve Service Member Readiness
On March 9, 2022, the Department of Defense Instruction
6130.06: ``Use of Dietary Supplements in the Department of
Defense'' was signed. The committee commends the Department of
Defense on releasing this instruction which requires dietary
supplement safety education for all service members and the
prevention of serious medical complications by direct care
providers. The committee encourages the Department to continue
work on developing and reviewing measures of effectiveness for
safe dietary supplements.
Directive To Provide a Report on Illicit Fentanyl Use and Overdose by
Service Members
The committee is concerned by reports of increasingly high
rates of illicit fentanyl use and overdose among service
members and feels that additional data is required to
understand the scope of the issue and create a plan to save
lives. The committee acknowledges the steps the Department of
Defense has taken to collect and evaluate overdose data but
believes it is critical to strengthen this effort.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense
of the United States to provide a report to the House Committee
on Armed Services no later than December 1, 2023, to assess
instances of illicit drug use and the scope of the Department's
monitoring and prevention systems including:
(1) instances of drug use and overdose among active duty
service members (distinguishing which instances were fentanyl-
related);
(2) the use of urinalysis and other tests to monitor
illicit drug use and an assessment of their efficacy;
(3) the extent to which fentanyl has contributed to
nonfatal overdose and overdose deaths when laced with other,
less deadly substances;
(4) the structures in place to prevent retaliation against
service members who seek treatment or tell a commanding officer
of their illicit fentanyl use;
(5) demographic data of service members affected by
fentanyl overdose (including rank);
(6) shortcomings, strategic or budgetary, with the
Department's counter narcotics programs around military
installations;
(7) thorough review of the support and treatment options
offered to a service member who reports addiction or illicit
drug use (including any wait times they face before receiving
care and the type of care offered across all branches of the
Armed Forces);
(8) any other matters the Secretary deems appropriate.
Drop Boxes on Military Installations for Unused Prescription Drugs
Prescription drug drop boxes provide a place where unused
prescription drugs can be safely disposed. These permanent
boxes prevent prescription and over-the-counter medications
from getting into the hands of children and into the waterways.
They make sure they are disposed of in a safe, environmentally
friendly manner. The committee highly encourages the Department
of Defense to continue to offer a wide number of prescription
drug boxes and to expand use wherever possible to assure easy
access for service members, beneficiaries, and retirees.
Fertility Testing Report
The Committee acknowledges that deployments and other
routine duties of military service often result in the physical
separation of military families which is beyond their control.
Accordingly, the committee requests a report from the Secretary
of Defense no later than February 1, 2024 which assesses the
feasibility of providing baseline fertility testing services
for Tricare enrollees, including the impact offering such
services would have on enrollee satisfaction, recruitment, and
retention. The report shall include the potential cost and
resources necessary to provide baseline fertility testing, when
deemed clinically appropriate by the treating provider, to
include semen analysis for men and diagnostics and ultrasounds
for women, regardless of diagnosis of infertility.
Heat Casualty and Fatality Prevention in Department of Defense Initial
Entry Training
The committee is concerned about the continued health risks
posed to soldiers by heat casualties during training and the
related costs to the Department of Defense which have been
reported to be up to $48 million annually. The committee notes
that the special operations community has successfully
leveraged the use of oral rehydration solutions to optimize
military service member performance and that this practice
could bring measurable benefits in the initial entry training
setting within the services to reduce the risk of heat-related
casualties. Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of
Defense to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed
Services, not later than March 1, 2024, on the efficacy of
medically relevant oral rehydration solutions for prevention of
heat casualties in the initial entry training environment. The
brief should include:
(1) statistics on the number of heat-related injuries to
service members during initial entry trainings;
(2) what measures the Department currently has to prevent
heat-related injuries;
(3) how the Department plans to utilize new preventative
care programs such as the Training and Doctrine Command
Operational Medicine Programs and similar programs across the
services to better incorporate preventative care solutions;
(4) data on the benefits of oral rehydration solutions,
including those related to cost savings, readiness, and service
member wellness in settings that include Special Operations
Command, the National Training Center, and any locations where
oral rehydration solutions have been used in exertional
training.
Illicit Drugs, Counterfeit Drugs, Fentanyl, and Xylazine Awareness and
Prevention in the Department of Defense
The committee is concerned about the rampant increase in
Fentanyl, Xylazine, and other illicit drugs around the country
and within the U.S. military. In 2021, over 70,000 people died
from Fentanyl alone in the United States. The committee is
concerned that a record number of service members--21--died
from Fentanyl in 2021. Furthermore, the Department of Defense
acknowledged that between 2017-2021, 332 service members passed
away due to drugs (more than half of these deaths were due to
Fentanyl) and that 15,000 service members overdosed but
survived.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense
to provide a brief to the House Committee on Armed Services no
later than April 1, 2024, on the following regarding illicit
and counterfeit drugs, particularly fentanyl and xylazine:
(1) information about new illicit drugs that may be
trending in the Armed Forces;
(2) warning signs of illicit drug use;
(3) what measures and supplies the Department has to
prevent use and overdose of illicit drugs on military
installations and service academies;
(4) how the Department educates servicemembers on the
dangers of illicit drugs;
(5) what treatments are available to service members and
their families, including how the Department educates their
work force on available treatments; and
(6) the Department policies on punishment for use,
possession, and distribution of illicit drugs.
Impacts of TRICARE Reimbursement Final Rule on Children's Hospitals
The Committee understands that the Defense Health Agency
has issued a final rule to amend TRICARE reimbursement of
ambulatory surgery centers and outpatient services for cancer
and children's hospitals into an outpatient prospective payment
system (OPPS). The Committee is concerned that this change may
disproportionately affect children's hospitals that see high
volumes of TRICARE patients and will affect the ability of
these hospitals to continue to serve pediatric TRICARE
patients, leaving some military families and communities
without access to the essential services provided in children's
hospitals. Therefore, the Committee directs the Secretary of
Defense to provide a written report no later September 1, 2024
to the House Armed Services Committee with an assessment of
access to care changes faced by TRICARE beneficiaries as a
result of implementation of this rule.
Medical Countermeasures for Mosquito-Borne Illnesses
The committee has long been concerned about the lack of
medical countermeasures to naturally occurring infectious
diseases, such as malaria, dengue, yellow fever, etc. The
incidence of infectious disease has dramatically increased as
society is more mobile and active. The committee is aware of
new technologies under development that could prevent and/or
treat some of these conditions. Therefore, the committee
directs the Secretary of Defense provide a briefing, no later
than January 1, 2024, on the Department's strategy to
appropriately prioritize and ensure military men and women and
their families have access to medical countermeasures,
particularly if they are active, deploying to, or stationed in
regions where these diseases are endemic.
Medical Examination Requirements for Service Academy Applicants in the
Northern Mariana Islands
The committee is concerned that applicants to the service
academies from the Northern Mariana Islands have had to travel
to the Naval hospital in Guam--the nearest military medical
facility--to receive a medical examination required by the
Department of Defense Medical Examination Review Board to be
considered for appointment. Academy applicants have to cover
the costs of airfare, lodging, ground transportation, and other
expenses. Because of travel restrictions imposed during the
COVID-19 pandemic, Northern Mariana Islands service academy
applicants were allowed to be examined by private physicians in
their home district, but the cost of the examination was
nonrefundable. Applicants to the service academies, eager to
lead and serve our nation, should not have to cover costs to
fulfill admissions requirements, and should be treated
equitably no matter where in the country they reside. The
committee directs the Secretary of Defense, in coordination
with the Department of Defense Medical Examination Review
Board, to submit a report to the House Committee on Armed
Services, by December 1, 2023, detailing how the Department
would ensure that service academy applicants residing in the
Northern Mariana Islands would be able to receive medical
examinations in their home district at no cost to the
applicant.
Medical Separation Timeline for Limited Duty Sailors Briefing
The committee recognizes that when a service member
assigned to limited duty is unable to recover from an injury,
they must be medically separated from their service after
evaluation by a medical evaluation board. The committee
acknowledges that sailors who are determined to be medically
separated should be separated in a timely manner.
The committee directs the Secretary of the Navy to provide
a briefing to the House Armed Services Committee by January 31,
2024, on the average number of days it takes for the Department
of the Navy to separate with limited duty sailors after it is
determined the sailors are to be medically separated. The
briefing shall also include recommendations on ways that the
Department of the Navy can streamline and expedite the process
to ensure timely separation of these sailors.
Military Health System Civilian Partnerships for Increased Military
Medical Readiness
Partnerships between the Department of Defense and civilian
medical facilities form a core part of the Department's
strategy for sustaining the wartime medical skills of military
providers. Specifically, the Department policy encourages the
military departments to establish training partnerships with
civilian medical facilities when Military Health System
facilities cannot provide sufficient clinical experiences and
workload to maintain the skills of assigned personnel. The
committee is concerned about the Department's visibility over
the number, scope, type, and utilization of these partnerships.
Additionally, while the Department maintains that these
programs support readiness, the committee is concerned that the
Department does not know the extent to which these partnerships
are achieving desired results of sustaining military medical
readiness.
Therefore, the committee directs the Comptroller General of
the United States to conduct an assessment of military and
civilian partnerships for medical readiness. The assessment
shall evaluate:
(1) the extent to which the Department utilizes
partnerships with civilian medical facilities to maintain the
readiness of its military medical workforce;
(2) the extent to which the Department tracks how its
medical workforce is used in partnerships with civilian medical
facilities;
(3) the extent to which the Department has defined and used
effective measures to monitor and assess the readiness value of
military medical personnel participating in partnerships with
civilian medical facilities; and
(4) factors that have affected the establishment and/or
effective operation of the Department and civilian medical
facility partnerships.
The committee further directs the Comptroller General to
provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not
later than February 27, 2024, on the preliminary observations
of this assessment, with a report to the congressional defense
committees to follow at a date agreed upon at the time of the
briefing.
Military Medical Standards for Accession
The committee is concerned about the low recruitment
numbers and the threat it poses to our national security. A
pilot recruiting program reviewed 38 disqualifying medical
conditions and the impact changing or removing those conditions
from the disqualifying list would have. In 2022, Military
Entrance Processing Stations conducted 215,000 medical exams.
Under existing disqualification regulations 30% of applicants
were immediately disqualified. Once a waiver was sought and
applied, only 16% of applicants were disqualified. The process
to receive a waiver adds administrative burden to the
Department, and time and potential financial burden to the
applicant to gain medical documents or medical appointments.
The exhaustive, and potentially outdated, list of disqualifying
conditions reduces the applicant pool and prevents people from
serving in the armed services.
The committee directs the Secretary of Defense to review
DOD Instruction 6130.03, Volume 1, ``Medical Standards for
Military Service: Appointment, Enlistment, or Induction'' and
provide a report to the Senate Armed Services Committee and the
House Armed Services Committee no later than March 3, 2024. The
report should include the following:
(1) recommendations of which disqualifying medical
conditions could be removed based on current best medical
practices;
(2) recommendations on how to modify common disqualifying
conditions to decrease the percentage of applicants medically
disqualified;
(3) recommendations on changes to the waiver process to
increase efficiency and decrease roadblocks for applicants.
Missileer Cancer
The committee is concerned by reports that the Department
of the Air Force service members who served as missileers
supporting intercontinental ballistic missile missions at
Malmstrom Air Force Base, F.E. Warren Air Force Base, and Minot
Air Force Base are contracting unique and aggressive forms of
cancer that may be linked to their service. The committee is
also concerned the surviving family members of these service
members are having trouble accessing benefits to which they
would be entitled, but currently are not, because the
Department of Defense has not yet determined whether these
cancer diagnoses are linked to their service. Therefore, the
committee directs the Secretary of Defense, in coordination
with the Secretary of the Air Force, to provide a briefing to
the House Committee on Armed Services by January 1, 2024, on
how they are studying the issue of potentially increased cancer
rates and how they may determine causality for those that have
served in launch control centers for intercontinental ballistic
missiles.
Musculoskeletal Injury Prevention
The committee is aware that musculoskeletal injuries to
service members from overuse, particularly associated with
running, has a significant impact on force readiness and
results in rehabilitation costs above $550 million annually.
The Undersecretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness
recently released Department-wide guidance requiring physical
fitness programming meet Department operational needs while
actively seeking to mitigate fitness-related musculoskeletal
injuries. The committee is further aware that the Army has
adopted into doctrine a science and evidence based running
skill technique that ensures proper running form and reduces
injuries but has been unable to teach it to service members
effectively at scale. As such, the committee directs the
Secretary of Defense to provide a brief to the House Committee
on Armed Services, not later than March 31, 2024, on the
following regarding how the Department is addressing the large-
scale impact of musculoskeletal overuse injuries across the
force:
(1) the Department's analysis of the readiness and
financial effects of overuse injuries;
(2) how the Department might address musculoskeletal
overuse injury prevention training gaps that exist today;
(3) what barriers exist that prevent the implementation at
scale of running training programs, such as the type the Army
adopted, to include financial barriers, authority barriers, and
contracting barriers; and
(4) any additional information the Secretary deems
important and applicable.
National Disaster Medical System Pilot Program
The committee notes the initial progress of the National
Disaster Medical System (NDMS) pilot program authorized by the
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public
Law 116-92) and reauthorized by the William M. (Mac) Thornberry
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public
Law 116-283). The committee understands the Department requires
the capability and capacity to provide care for military
casualties resulting from a national medical emergency, an
attack on the homeland, or large-scale combat operation but is
concerned that the scope and scale of this requirement has not
yet been determined or exercised. For this reason, the
committee urges the Department to begin operationalizing the
NDMS pilot program through regional exercises involving the
five pilot site locations previously designated by the
Department. Additionally, the committee believes the Department
must budget for execution of this program beginning in fiscal
year 2025. Finally, the committee directs the Secretary of
Defense to provide a briefing to the congressional defense
committees by January 12, 2024, summarizing the designation of
operational headquarters, key tasks, and responsibilities for
the Integrated Continental United States Medical Operations
Plan (ICMOP).
Navy Multiple Suicide Strategy Briefing
In response to the multiple suicides that occurred in 2022
aboard the USS George Washington and at the Mid-Atlantic
Regional Maintenance Center (MARMC), the Department of the Navy
published the Mental Health Playbook' in February 2023. While
the committee recognizes this is a positive step, the
Department needs to establish a standardized framework
outlining how commands should respond when multiple suicides
occur at a unit over the course of a short period of time.
The committee directs the Secretary of the Navy to provide
a briefing to the House Armed Services Committee by January 31,
2024, on its recommended standard operating procedures for
responding to multiple suicides. In doing so, the Secretary
shall study recent cases in which multiple suicides occurred
within 30 days of each other at the same unit/command.
Next Generation Carrier Screening
The committee remains concerned that carrier screening
tests have not been broadly or consistently accessible for
servicemembers and TRICARE beneficiaries. The demographics of
military personnel are diverse, and tests should accurately
represent the diversity of the force and be provided
consistently at all military treatment facilities. Further, the
committee is concerned about the accuracy of existing tests for
minority populations, and their efficacy in identifying genetic
mutations or abnormalities associated with a particular
disorder that may be passed on to children. The committee is
aware of existing FDA approved carrier screening test
technologies that allow for expanded screening, while
accurately reporting results regardless of race or ethnicity.
Therefore, the committee directs the Assistant Secretary of
Defense for Health Affairs to provide a briefing to the House
Committee on Armed Services by March 1, 2024, on the
Department's plan for expanding the use of additional carrier
screening tests with capabilities that include, but are not
limited to, improved accuracy across all ethnicities, and
screening beyond the six medical conditions outlined in the
National Defense Authorization Act of 2022.
Non-Opioid Pain Relief for TRICARE Beneficiaries
The committee is aware that under current law, hospitals
receive the same payment from TRICARE regardless of whether a
physician prescribes an opioid or a non-opioid. As a result,
hospitals rely on opioids, which are typically dispensed by a
pharmacy after discharge at little or no cost to the hospital.
According to the National Bureau of Economic Research,
healthcare costs associated with prescription painkiller abuse
among service members are roughly $1.00 billion a year.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to
provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services by
February 1, 2024, on:
(1) how the Department of Defense is reducing the rates of
addiction among service members;
(2) the estimated cost of opioid painkiller abuse among
service members;
(3) the steps the Department is taking to increase the use
of non-opioid treatment alternatives to include relevant
examples; and
(4) whether the Department is on track to to implement
existing statutory provisions for institutional payment to
introduce new payment policies intended to expand access to
non-opioid treatments.
Nuclear Medicine for Patient Care
The committee supports the continued use of nuclear
medicine and radiopharmaceuticals for service member and
beneficiary healthcare to provide diagnostic and treatment
services for cardiovascular disease, cancers, brain disorders,
and infections. The committee believes that the Department of
Defense should pursue competitive procurement efforts that
result in decreased costs, improved supply chain quality, and
the best level of care for service members and beneficiaries.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to
provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not
later than May 1, 2024 on the Department's efforts to procure
nuclear medicine and radiopharmaceuticals.
The briefing shall include:
(1) the benefits associated with providing nuclear medicine
and radiopharmaceuticals at military treatment facilities;
(2) challenges associated with procuring
radiopharmaceuticals and efforts to overcome such challenges;
and
(3) an analysis of the procurement methodology for nuclear
medicine and radiopharmaceuticals.
Obesity in the Ranks of the Armed Services
The committee is concerned about rising obesity rates among
Active Duty service members. According to an updated report
published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
entitled ``Unfit to Serve: Obesity is Impacting National
Security,'' 19 percent of Active Duty service members across
all branches were considered obese in 2020, up from 16 percent
in 2015. These individuals are less likely to be medically
ready to deploy. To further study the impact of obesity on
military readiness, the committee directs the Secretary of
Defense to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed
Services by January 1, 2024. The briefing shall include an
analysis of proposed solutions to the obesity crisis within the
ranks of the U.S. military. Specifically, the briefing shall
include conclusions about the feasibility of the following
proposals:
(1) connecting military communities with State and local
public health experts to identify and tailor strategies that
can prevent chronic disease associated with poor nutrition,
lack of physical activity, and obesity;
(2) identifying opportunities to implement strategies that
can help prevent health risk behaviors among service members
and their families; and
(3) educating Department of Defense providers (for example,
clinicians, family programs) to better connect service members
with national and State public health resources.
Operation Warp Speed Briefing
Operation Warp Speed (OWS) was a partnership between the
Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of
Defense aimed to help accelerate the development and manage the
distribution of a COVID-19 vaccine. The Department of Defense
played an integral role in the success of OWS. Therefore, the
committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a
briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services by February
1, 2024, on the lessons learned from participation in OWS.
These lessons learned should be used to plan for future
responses to pandemics and other related crises. The briefing
shall include the following:
(1) the Department of Defense's role and organizational
construct;
(2) how the Department of Defense worked with other
government agencies and manufacturers to identify and address
possible manufacturing disruptions and mitigated supply chain
challenges;
(3) what data and tools were used to command and control
the operation;
(4) how the Defense Production Act was used, and if there
were authorities that prevented certain actions;
(5) how gaps were identified and mitigated in areas to
include, but not limited to, logistics support, workforce,
planning;
(6) other best practices;
(7) lessons learned that could be applied to future
pandemic or crisis; and
(8) any other matters the Secretary considers relevant, to
include any needed legislative authorities.
Patient Movement Medical Logistics Standardization Briefing
The committee is concerned by the lack of medical equipment
standardization across the Military Health System. The
committee is especially concerned about medical equipment that
is connected to a patient and intended or able to move with a
patient throughout the evacuation system, referred to as
patient movement items. The committee understands that patient
movement items should remain attached and supporting the
patient until the patient arrives at the intended destination,
including continuous movements through any combination of land,
sea, or air. Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of
Defense to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed
Services by April 1, 2024, on the following:
(1) the status of all patient movement items in inventory
across military departments, to include equipment by type and
capability, the ability of the item to function on land, sea,
and air;
(2) the number and percent of items that are similar and
interchangeable between military departments;
(3) the plan to standardize across the Defense Health
Agency consumables used in military treatment facilities
(MTFs), and, where appropriate, standardization across the
deployed medical care and MTFs;
(4) the plan to modernize and standardize all patient
movement items to ensure continuous support to all patients
within the evacuation system without the need to remove
critical medical equipment during continuous movement on land,
sea, and air. The plan shall include the total cost of and time
necessary to complete the modernization and standardization of
all patient movement items across the military departments;
(5) what role would the Defense Logistics Agency play in
the standardization of these patient movement items;
(6) what challenges or legislative obstacles would prevent
the Defense Health Agency and the military departments from
standardizing these patient movement items; and
(7) any other information the Secretary deems relevant.
Patient Safety in the Military Health System Review
The committee commends the Department of Defense and its
Military Health System on their patient safety program toolkits
and guides. The committee understands the importance of
preventing harm and hospital-acquired conditions and infections
for patients, their family, and military readiness when a
service member or their family needs inpatient care at a
military facility. The committee directs the Secretary of
Defense to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed
Services by September 31, 2024, on current and planned patient
safety programs, including measurement of hospital-acquired
conditions and infections and progress on their reduction in
military hospitals, and any action plans the Military Health
System has for increasing its patient safety programs to
include initiatives to reduce hospital-acquired conditions and
infections over the next 5 years.
Permafrost Related Pathogens
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the committee
recognizes the risk of both the accidental and intentional
spread of novel, deadly pathogens. In particular, the committee
recognizes the role of natural barriers that aid in preventing
the spread of pathogens, including permafrost. Therefore, the
committee directs the Director of the Defense Advanced Research
Projects Agency to provide a briefing to the House Committee on
Armed Services by January 1, 2024, on the risk permafrost-
related pathogens pose to human health. The briefing shall
include an assessment of the national security risks posed by
permafrost-related pathogens and proposals for biosecurity
management plans in areas of greatest risk.
Pharmacogenomics Testing
The committee notes the critical value of genomic and
pharmacogenomics testing to military readiness. Moreover, the
committee understands the clinical implementation of
pharmacogenomics is likely a cost-effective solution to improve
the personalization, safety, and efficacy of drug therapy to
service members. The committee believes that pharmacogenomics
testing of all service members upon entry into military service
may be a pillar of personalized medicine that has the potential
to deliver optimized treatment to care for service members and
preserve mission readiness. Therefore, the committee directs
the Secretary of Defense to provide a briefing to the House
Committee on Armed Services by April 1, 2024, on the Department
of Defense's current use of pharmacogenomics testing and how
this may be expanded, to include anticipated cost, benefits to
service members, any impediments to broader use, and health
outcomes.
Pharmacy Reimbursement Transparency
The committee is concerned about the lack of transparency
into how much the TRICARE pharmacy contractor is paid to fill
mail order prescriptions versus how much community pharmacies
are paid to fill prescriptions for TRICARE beneficiaries in
their local communities. The committee understands that the
TRICARE pharmacy contractor is paid a per-prescription
administrative fee to fill mail order prescriptions. Regarding
prescriptions for generic medications, the committee is
especially concerned that TRICARE may be overpaying the TRICARE
pharmacy contractor for generic medications filled via mail
order. The committee directs the Secretary of Defense to
provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services by
April 1, 2024, with the facts and circumstances pertinent to
whether the TRICARE pharmacy contractor's mail order
reimbursement rate is competitive with the amount paid to
community pharmacies to fill generic medications.
Potential Benefits of Increasing Availability of Chiropractic Care for
Servicemembers
The committee directs the Director of the Defense Health
Agency to provide a report to the House Committee on Armed
Services by March 31, 2024, on the value of chiropractic
preventative care in decreasing musculoskeletal injuries and
early separation among servicemembers. The report should
include the following information:
(1) the current availability of chiropractic preventative
care through TRICARE services;
(2) the proportion of servicemembers receiving care for
musculoskeletal injuries that could benefit from chiropractic
care if it were available on their respective installation; and
(3) the potential benefit on-site chiropractic care for
preventative treatment would bring to service members and
medical options available to them.
Report on Access to Breastfeeding Support
The Committee applauds the provisions in the Joint Travel
Regulations which provide reimbursement for the shipment of
breastmilk when a servicemember is on official travel for more
than three days. However, there is an ongoing need for data to
determine how many service women remain in need of
breastfeeding support, to include sanitary expression,
appropriate storage, and safe transport of breastmilk back to
their child during operational trainings and duty events not
covered by the Joint Travel Regulations provision. Therefore,
the Committee directs that the Secretary of Defense provide a
report to the House and Senate Committees on Armed Services
with the following data by November 30, 2024:
(1) how many service members are breastfeeding, across all
branches;
(2) how many of these mothers remain within operational and
training deferments post-birth;
(3) how many of these mothers are in roles either
permitting participation in field exercises under a waiver of
an operational and training deferment or in roles requiring
participation in field exercises due to the expiration of their
operational and training deferment;
(4) how many of these mothers are assigned a military
occupational specialty designated as ``combat arms''; and
(5) what sanitary refrigeration assets are already issued
to units, and at what echelon, during field exercises?
Report on Affects to Beneficiaries from the Change in Policy regarding
Reimbursement for Providers of Applied Behavior Analysis in Schools and
Community Settings
The committee understands the application of Applied
Behavior Analysis (ABA) as part of a holistic treatment plan
for children diagnosed with Autism. The committee is concerned
about the impact the Defense Health Agency's March 2021 change
in policy related to the Agency's Autism Care Demonstration
service in the school and community setting has had on
beneficiaries. Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary
of Defense to provide a report to the House Committee on Armed
Services by March 1, 2024, on:
(1) the scientific and analytical basis for having
terminated these school and community services in the March
2021 TRICARE Operations Manual;
(2) an assessment of how the change in policy directly
affects beneficiaries, including: (a) the number of
beneficiaries affected by the change in policy; (b) what
services were terminated as a result of this policy change; (c)
overall cost savings; and (d) the affects a service member's
deployment has on the remaining spouse's requirement to take on
the sole management and education of a child with autism;
(3) cost estimates to reinstate the policy; and
(4) why Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) does not meet the
Department of Defense's hierarchy of evidence to support
medical necessity.
Report on DoD's fertility preservation policy
The committee recognizes the importance of supporting
service members who seek to start or expand their families and
the special challenges that service members may face due to the
physical risks and demands of military service and deployment.
While the Department of Defense (DOD) currently offers some
support for fertility preservation, the committee is concerned
that current policies may not adequately meet the needs of all
service members, particularly those who may wish to freeze
their reproductive material for use in the future. Any
shortcomings in current policies may have unintended
consequences of additional concern to the committee, including
shorter average service time and lower recruitment rates,
particularly for female service members, and higher healthcare
costs for the DOD. The committee directs the Secretary of
Defense to provide a report to the House and Senate Armed
Services Committees by February 1, 2024, on the findings of
this review. The report should include, at a minimum, the
following:
(1) an analysis of current DOD policies and regulations
related to fertility preservation, focusing on the
effectiveness of current DOD support in providing opportunities
for service members to freeze their reproductive material;
(2) a review of private-sector opportunities, including
possible partnerships and best practices, for egg and sperm
freezing and an evaluation of their potential benefits and
drawbacks for service members;
(3) recommendations for expanding access to egg and sperm
freezing for service members, including any necessary changes
to DOD policies or regulations; and
(4) an estimate of the near-term costs associated with
expanding egg and sperm freezing opportunities for service
members, and an analysis of the long-term benefits in terms of
recruitment and retention, higher success rates and lower costs
for subsequent healthcare services, and improved mental health
and overall well-being of service members and their families.
Report on improving fertility support services for geographically
distant service members
The committee recognizes service members who require
fertility services may face significant and disproportionate
financial and logistical challenges if they are on deployment
or reside in areas distant from the limited military treatment
facilities (MTFs) providing comprehensive fertility services.
These challenges are compounded by the frequently time-
sensitive nature of fertility care and the many regulations
governing fertility services, which can further limit access to
care for servicemembers. Rather than simply expanding the
number of MTFs offering fertility services, the committee
recommends that the Department of Defense (DOD) examine and
report back on alternative options for addressing the
disproportionate burden of geographic location on service
members seeking fertility support services. Specifically, the
DOD should explore private-sector models that provide remote-
friendly digital care navigation and access to high-quality
providers to help service members globally achieve higher
success rates at lower costs.
The committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a
report to the House Committee on Armed Services by November 30,
2024 that includes the following information:
(1) the number of service members who have accessed
fertility care at MTFs and those who have received care outside
of these facilities, broken down by geographic location.
(2) an estimate of the total cost spent by the DOD on
fertility services, both within and outside of MTFs, and a
review of the outcomes achieved.
(3) an analysis of the commercial entities that provide
fertility services, including a list of the services they
offer, the outcomes they achieve, and estimated costs compared
to DOD costs.
(4) an estimate of the potential savings that service
members could realize if fertility services were available
without the need for travel.
Report on the Military Health Services' Activities to Prevent,
Intervene, and Treat Perinatal Mental Health Conditions of Members of
the Armed Forces and Their Dependents
The committee understands that peer-reviewed literature
reports that approximately 20 to 50 percent of women in
developing countries will be confronted with issues related to
mental health during the perinatal period. Perinatal mental
illness is a major complication of pregnancy and the postpartum
period. These disorders include depression, anxiety disorders,
and postpartum psychosis, which usually manifests as bipolar
disorder, maternal obsessive-compulsive disorder, and
postpartum post-traumatic stress disorder. Therefore, the
committee directs the Secretary of Defense to submit a report
to the House Committee on Armed Services by March 1, 2024, on
the activities that address the mental health of pregnant and
postpartum members of the Armed Forces and dependents of such
members as follows:
(1) assessment of evidence-based programs in military
treatment facilities (MTFs) for members of the Armed Forces and
their dependents that are proven to prevent perinatal mental
health conditions, including types of evidence-based perinatal
prevention programs; number and location of evidence-based
perinatal prevention programs; number of service members and
their dependents who have utilized evidence-based perinatal
prevention programs divided by relationship status, military
service, military occupation, sex, age, race, ethnicity, and
rank, when applicable; and whether the programs are delivered
in-person or virtually;
(2) number of behavioral health specialists integrated into
obstetric care practices and women's clinics at MTFs and the
resources needed to integrate a behavioral health specialist
into all obstetric care practices and women's clinics;
(3) an assessment of the Military Health Service's
Reproductive Behavioral Health Consultation line pilot program,
to include the number of providers accessing the no-cost
consultation services, broken out by provider type, specialty,
and location; the number and type of trainings providers
received through the consultation line on evidence-based
practices to prevent, screen, refer, and treat perinatal mental
health conditions; how the pilot program has coordinated and
implemented best practices of related Federal perinatal mental
health activities, including the Department of Veterans Affairs
Reproductive Behavioral Health Consultation Line, Department of
Health and Human Services' Human Resource Services
Administration's maternal mental health and related behavioral
health disorders program, and the National Maternal Mental
Health Hotline; the number of members of the Armed Forces about
whom providers sought perinatal mental health consultation,
divided by relationship status, military service, military
occupation, sex, age, race, ethnicity, and rank, when
applicable; and activities conducted by the pilot program to
educate members of the Armed Forces and their families on
perinatal mental health conditions; and
(4) any policy or legislative recommendations to improve
perinatal mental health prevention.
Report on Tricare Coverage Issues for National Guardsmen and Reservists
The Committee applauds the efforts by the Defense Health
Agency to improve quality of care for members of the Armed
Services covered by TRICARE. However, the Committee finds that
individuals in the National Guard and Reserves still face
numerous financial and administrative barriers to healthcare
coverage through TRICARE. In particular, individuals that
switch between National Guard and Reserve components often lose
access to TRICARE Reserve Select coverage during their
transition. Additionally, given that senior military leadership
expect the Department of Defense to rely more on the National
Guard in the future, members will continue to switch between
TRICARE Reserve Select and TRICARE Prime as they shift to
Active-Duty service and back. The resulting change in insurance
creates a gap in TRICARE Reserve Select coverage that leaves
reservists and national guardsmen responsible for paying
insurance deductibles multiple times per year, requires
individuals to switch between doctors, and necessitates that
service members obtain repetitive reauthorizations for
specialty medicine.
In response to these concerns, the Committee directs the
Secretary of Defense provide to report to the House Committee
on Armed Service by December 1, 2024 that outlines the cost and
feasibility of:
(1) Expanding access to Tricare Reserve Select for 60 days
for members of the National Guard and Reserves already covered
by TRICARE Reserve Select as they transfer between components,
(2) Allowing members of the National Guard and Reserves to
maintain TRICARE Reserve Select coverage during active-duty
service, and
(3) Waiving the required TRICARE Reserve Select deductible
and lowering the initial premium payment from a two- to one-
month premium for individuals who have already paid these fees
and experience lapses in coverage due to active-duty service.
Report on Tricare Coverage of Human Donor Milk
The Committee applauds TRICARE for covering banked donor
milk in cases where an infant has serious medical needs.
However, the Committee finds that reimbursement for banked
donor milk has been inconsistent or, in some cases,
nonexistent. In particular, nonprofit donor milk banks struggle
to receive payment for pre-authorized services rendered. Pre-
authorization is inconsistent across cases with the same
diagnostic codes. In some instances, families whose infants
required donor milk because of a medical necessity, or the
banks that provided donor milk to them, are waiting months for
reimbursement. Reimbursement levels are dependent on recipient
location despite fixed milk bank costs for making milk safe.
Therefore, the Committee directs that the Secretary of Defense
provide a report to the House Committee on Armed Services by
March 31, 2024 that shall include:
(1) an accounting of all outstanding reimbursements to
nonprofit milk banks;
(2) a total amount of reimbursements for banked donor milk
that have not been paid out; and
(3) a plan for making timely pre-authorizations and
subsequent reimbursements in the future.
Report on TRICARE Delays
The Committee applauds the Defense Health Agency's efforts
to create seamless care between military treatment facilities
(MTFs). However, the Committee finds that members of the
military continue to face challenges accessing timely care.
While stringent access to care standards are outlined in 32
C.F.R. 199.17(p)(5) and Health Affairs Policy 11-005, MTFs
consistently do not meet access to care standards for urgent
and routine appointments. These standards also fall short when
managing short-term or chronic symptoms that require more than
one appointment, and these issues appear to have only been
exacerbated during the recent transition to a new electronic
health care system.
In light of these concerns, the Committee directs the
Secretary of Defense to provide a report to the House Committee
on Armed Services by April 1, 2024, that shall include:
(1) an accounting of access to care metrics for the last
three fiscal years for beneficiaries enrolled in TRICARE Prime
to both MTFs and the network including (a) the average,
maximum, and median length of wait time for urgent/acute care,
routine care, well-patient and preventive care, and specialty
care, (b) office wait times for non-emergency circumstances,
(c) access to primary care managers or designees by telephone
or virtual means, and (d) a breakdown of these statistics by
MTF for all MTFs administered by the DHA;
(2) an outline of patient care coordination services
offered to those enrolled in TRICARE, the effect of these
services on access to care, and changes that could be
implemented to improve the effectiveness of these services;
(3) a description of business rules for referrals to
civilian providers and adherence to these guidelines, potential
options for increasing referrals to civilian providers to
improve access to care, and the feasibility of these measures;
and
(4) a description of how the DHA reviews and considers
patient feedback or concerns on access to care that are
collected through patient satisfaction surveys, customer
service staff, or other methods.
Self-Expanding Foam for Temporary Hemorrhage Control
The committee remains concerned that hemorrhage remains the
leading cause of death on the battlefield. Prolonged field care
will require combat medics to have multiple medical products
available to stop hemorrhage while sustaining the wounded for
evacuation. The committee is aware of the development of rescue
treatments utilizing self-expanding foam to stop hemorrhage
which are in development with the U.S. Army. Therefore, the
committee encourages the Assistant Secretary of Defense for
Health Affairs, in coordination with the Defense Health Agency,
to continue to prioritize funding for the advancement of
lifesaving treatments, such as self-expanding foam for
temporary hemorrhage control, to ensure combat medics have the
tools necessary to prevent death on the battlefield.
Sepsis Study
The committee is concerned about the prevalence of sepsis
across our military service members and their families. Each
year, 1.7 million people in the U.S. are diagnosed with sepsis
and 350,000 people die. Sepsis is the leading cause of death in
U.S. hospitals, with over one-third of all hospital deaths
attributable to sepsis, medically defined as the body's
uncontrolled response to an infection, whether that infection
is a pneumonia, a coronavirus infection, a urinary tract
infection, or even an infected cut or abrasion. Our ability to
manage sepsis, however, is hampered by the lack of quality,
comprehensive, consolidated data. Sepsis-relevant data is often
inconsistent and missing in medical records and cause-of-death
statistics. Without reliable data, doctors are unable to define
the optimal course of care for different types of sepsis
patients. Therefore, the committee directs the Comptroller
General of the United States to conduct a study on the
following:
(1) the number of TRICARE beneficiaries who have
experienced or been diagnosed with sepsis over the last 10
years, to the extent reliable data are available, to include
disaggregation by age, sex, race, ethnicity, service branch,
rank, marital status, geographical location, treatment
facility, occupation, deployment location and dates,
beneficiary type, and other factors as available.
(2) comparison of DoD incidence rates to the general United
States population.
(3) how DoD is tracking any potential causes of sepsis,
including efforts to identify preventable causes and limit
infections.
(4) analysis and accounting of the cost of sepsis treatment
for TRICARE beneficiaries.
(5) recommendations on how to best improve the diagnosis
and treatment of sepsis for TRICARE beneficiaries.
The committee further directs the Comptroller General to
provide a preliminary briefing to the committee on Armed
Services of the Senate and House of Representatives by June 30,
2024, with a final report to follow by a mutually agreed upon
date at the time of the briefing.
Sergeant First Class Richard Stayskal Military Medical Accountability
Act Update Briefing
The committee understands the Department of Defense has
implemented the Sergeant First Class Richard Stayskal Military
Medical Accountability Act. Therefore, the committee directs
the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretaries
of the military departments, to provide a briefing to the House
Committee on Armed Services by January 1, 2024, on the
following:
(1) methods utilized by each service to track claims and
appeals processes;
(2) number of total claims paid by fiscal year, separated
by service;
(3) status of claims submitted to the Department, separated
by service;
(4) number of total claims denied by fiscal year, separated
by service;
(5) explanation of the appeals process, to include
submissions of expert and/or outside opinions;
(6) rationale for the offset provisions included in the
proposed and final rule and any changes made throughout the
approval process;
(7) any potential administrative changes to the final rule;
and
(8) any other matters the Secretary considers are relevant.
Severe Depression Reduction
The committee is aware of the current suicide epidemic
affecting service members and veterans. Given the high number
of individuals suffering from depression and at risk for
suicide, the committee recognizes the importance of the
Department of Defense working with the Department of Veterans
Affairs and the Department of Health and Human Services to
address this challenge. Studies by the National Institute of
Mental Health (NIMH) investigating the use of scopolamine in
treating depression have shown promising initial results in
rapidly decreasing patients' Montgomery-Asberg Depression
Rating Scale scores, with over 50 percent of patients achieving
remission. Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of
Defense to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed
Services by March 1, 2024, on:
(1) the use of scopolamine in treating depression amongst
service members and beneficiaries;
(2) the effectiveness of scopolamine treatments;
(3) how scopolamine treatments are used; and
(4) and whether there are comparable alternatives and the
feasibility of conducting a joint pilot study, in conjunction
with the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Health and Human
Services, to further validate the findings of the NIMH study.
SilverSneakers Benefit under for TRICARE for Life
The committee recognizes the important role that exercise
programs play in preventing disease and in overall health.
Furthermore, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
acknowledges that being physically active can improve your
brain health, help manage weight, reduce the risk of disease,
strengthen bones and muscles, and improve your ability to do
everyday activities. Therefore, the committee directs the
Secretary of Defense to provide a briefing to the House
Committee on Armed Services by January 31, 2024, on how TRICARE
for Life beneficiaries may access a benefit similar to
SilverSneakers Program. The briefing shall examine what
additional benefits participants may receive.
State of Combatant Command Health Readiness Training as Part of U.S.
Security Sector Assistance Programs
The committee recognizes that medical training is an
important part of any military's overall readiness, which
enhances a nation's capabilities, thereby supporting U.S.
national security and foreign policy objectives. The committee
urges the Department of Defense and the Department of State, in
coordination with U.S. combatant commanders, to prioritize
medical training as part of U.S. security sector assistance
programs. Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of
Defense to submit a report to the Senate Committee on Armed
Services and the House Committee on Armed Services not later
than July 1, 2024, on the following as it relates to medical
training as part of theater security cooperation:
(1) for all U.S. security sector assistance programs, the
percentage of medical training conducted in each U.S.
geographical combatant command as part of any theater security
cooperation exercise or program;
(2) examples of the types of medical training conducted as
it relates to each U.S. geographical combatant command;
(3) funding sources for medical training as it relates to
each U.S. geographical combatant command and cost as it relates
to overall cost of other U.S. security sector assistance
programs; and
(4) feasibility of increasing the amount of medical
training as part of theater security cooperation as it relates
to availability of personnel, funding, appropriate partner
nations.
Study to Improve Military Readiness Through Nutrition and Wellness
Initiatives
The committee recognizes the need for service members to
maintain a high level of physical and cognitive readiness,
which may require dietary supplementation for readiness and
performance. The committee understands there may be instances
where appropriated funds cannot be used to purchase certain
dietary supplements for servicemembers. Therefore, the
committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a
briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not later
than March 1, 2024 on the advisability and feasibility of using
appropriated for individual service members and DoD registered
dietitians to obtain necessary dietary supplementation.
Specifically, the briefing shall address the following:
(1) identify all military career fields where service
members are generally recommended to take dietary
supplementation by a medical professional or registered
dietitian;
(2) identify the categories of dietary supplementation
recommended to service members in the career fields identified
in (1) by a medical professional or registered dietitian;
(3) provide an overview on when appropriated funds can be
used to pay for dietary supplementation and, to the extent
possible, an estimate of the average out-of-pocket cost to
service members who must purchase recommended dietary
supplementation with their personal funds;
(4) and any recommendations the Secretary may have
regarding the advisability, feasibility, and barriers to using
appropriated funds to provide dietary supplementation if
required for unit readiness and operational effectiveness.
Substance Abuse Report
The Department of Defense has, for many years, operated
substance abuse programs focused on prevention, treatment, and
research of alcohol, illicit drug use, and nonmedical use and
abuse of prescription drugs. The Department of Defense mandates
that substance abuse education be provided to all service
members. Each military service operates a substance abuse
prevention program that provides a wide range of education and
training services targeted at individual service members,
health care providers, and unit commanders. Service members may
receive treatment for substance use disorders through various
sources; however, the committee is concerned with how the
effectiveness of the programs may be measured.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense,
in coordination with the Secretaries of the military
departments, to provide a briefing to the House Committee on
Armed Services, by February 1, 2024, on the following:
(1) the number of service members that have utilized
substance abuse programs over the last 10 years and whether
they were returned to service;
(2) a comparison of service member substance abuse
incidence and prevalence with the population of the United
States, adjusting for certain demographic information over the
last 10 years;
(3) the amount of funding provided to substance abuse
programs across each service and in total for the Department of
Defense;
(4) the number of dedicated facilities for substance abuse
residential and non-residential programs and their locations
within the Department of Defense;
(5) the oversight of line-sponsored programs and their
interaction with the Defense Health Agency and TRICARE;
(6) the oversight of care provided by the direct care
system;
(7) the oversight of care provided by managed care support
contract providers;
(8) the measures of effectiveness used to determine success
in substance abuse programs; and
(9) any other matters the Secretary considers relevant.
Suicide Prevention among National Guard and Reservists
The committee remains concerned about suicide rates across
both the Active and Reserve Components of the military.
However, service in the National Guard offers several unique
challenges not faced by Active Component service members.
Therefore, the committee directs the Chief of the National
Guard Bureau to submit a report to the House Committee on Armed
Services by February 1, 2024, on the following:
(1) identify current suicide prevention training efforts to
include delivery format and frequency;
(2) identify any gaps in suicide prevention training
prevention and services;
(3) identify States that do not offer virtual suicide
prevention services;
(4) provide the measures of effectiveness for suicide
prevention training; and
(5) any other matters the Chief considers relevant.
The Feminine Hygiene Product Expansion Initiative
The RAND Corporation's ``Women's Reproductive Health Survey
(WRHS) of Active-Duty Service Women (ADSW)'' found that over
44.2% of women in the Department of Defense and 31.6% of women
in the Coast Guard often or sometimes lacked access to feminine
hygiene products. Additionally, women report lacking access to
a private place to address feminine hygiene needs.
The RAND report recommended that the Department of Defense
consider strategies for improved access to feminine hygiene
supplies, facilities, and treatment for urinary or vaginal
infections during training and deployment, particularly for
ADSW in the Army and Marine Corps.
Understanding that feminine hygiene products are a
necessary part of women's health, hygiene and well-being, the
committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a
briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not later
January 1, 2025. The briefing shall contain, at a minimum, the
following information:
(1) Steps the DoD has taken to improve access to feminine
hygiene supplies, facilities, and treatment for Active-Duty
Service Members.
(2) Hurdles preventing the successful implementation of
previously mentioned programs.
(3) What additional resources or policies would support
DoD's implementation of suggested programs.
Traumatic Brain Injury Care in Response to Department of Defense
Inspector General Report
The committee is concerned about the findings from the
Department of Defense Inspector General's report, Evaluation of
the Department of Defense's Management of Traumatic Brain
Injury, DODIG Report 2023-059. The committee understands that
from 2000 to 2022, approximately 458,894 service members were
diagnosed with a traumatic brain injury (TBI) during training
or in combat. The committee is also concerned about the
implementation of TBI programs and tracking across the Military
Health System (MHS). Therefore, the committee directs the
Secretary of Defense to provide a briefing to the House
Committee on Armed Services by February 1, 2024, on the status
of the Department's implementation of recommendations from
DODIG Report 2023-059, to include:
(1) the update and review of policy;
(2) the establishment of an oversight plan for the
management of TBI care within the MHS;
(3) the establishment of a traumatic brain injury program
of record for TBI care within the MHS; and
(4) the establishment of a process by which MHS providers
can access, create, and update service member profiles,
regardless of the service component.
Traumatic Brain Injury Preventative Devices
The committee remains concerned about the near- and long-
term effects that mild traumatic brain injuries have on
warfighters' health and subsequent unit readiness. Since 2019,
the committee has repeatedly directed the Department of the
Army to investigate non-helmet technologies that aid in the
protection of the brain from head impacts during training and
combat operations. Additionally, the Department of Defense
Appropriations Act, 2021 (division C of Public Law 116-260),
the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2022 (division C
of Public Law 117-103), and the Department of Defense
Appropriations Act, 2023 (division C of Public Law 117-328)
have appropriated approximately $13.0 million total in
Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation funding for the
evaluation and implementation of U.S. Food and Drug
Administration cleared devices that meet this intent. The
committee is grateful for the work accomplished to date and
requests the Department of the Army move forward immediately
into training use. Therefore, the committee directs the
Secretary of the Army to provide a briefing to the House
Committee on Armed Services by March 1, 2024, on specific
training and operational use details and observations of the
device, and the Department's plans for ongoing implementation.
TRICARE Dialysis Reimbursement Rate
The committee understands the TRICARE program covers
dialysis and hemodialysis and services for end-state renal
disease (ESRD). The kidneys of ESRD patients have stopped
functioning well enough to keep them alive, necessitating
either three-times-weekly dialysis treatments to filter their
blood or a kidney transplant. The committee commends the
Department of Defense for increasing care charges covered at
dialysis clinics to include nursing care. These changes are
particularly important as kidney problems are one of the many
lingering complications of COVID-19.
Valley Fever Impacts on Military
The committee is aware that the fungal condition
Coccidioidomycosis, also known as Valley fever, has
demonstrated a notable expansion in geographic range in recent
years. The affected states now represent some 90 military
installations, and health experts project the potential for the
virus to spread to nearly half of the continental United States
by 2065. The last comprehensive study of Coccidioidomycosis'
impact on military readiness was conducted during World War II,
before the dynamic expansion of the impact range. Because a
percentage of cases result in serious long-term complications,
it is important that the Department of Defense obtain an
updated understanding of current risks and options for
mitigation.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense,
in coordination with the Assistant Secretary of Defense for
Health Affairs and the Director of the Defense Health Agency,
to provide a report to the congressional defense committees no
later than April 1, 2024. The report should include the
following information from the past 20-year period:
(1) The prevalence of Coccidioidomycosis cases, broken out
by state for CONUS;
(2) cases reported OCONUS;
(3) the prevalence of Coccidioidomycosis tests provided for
service members and military working dogs, broken out by state
for CONUS;
(4) an accounting of the severity of reported human cases,
including the prevalence of cases with complications;
(5) types of care provided by the military in response to
these cases;
(6) known disruptions to training, deployment, or other
activity;
(7) the relative trend in overall case numbers over the
past 20 years;
(8) any information the Department has regarding air
sampling; and
(9) gaps in the Department's understanding of risks
associated with the condition or expanded region with risk of
exposure.
LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS
Subtitle A--Tricare and Other Health Benefits
Section 701--TRICARE Dental Plan for the Selected Reserve
This section would waive fees and copays on the TRICARE
Dental Program for all members of the Selected Reserve.
Section 702--Extension of Period of Eligibility for Health Benefits
Under TRICARE Reserve Select for Survivors of a Member of the Selected
Reserve
This section would amend section 1076d(c) of title 10,
United States Code, to extend TRICARE benefits to 3 years for
family members of Guard and Reserve personnel killed while on
orders for less than 30 days.
Section 703--Clarification of Applicability of Required Mental Health
Self-Initiated Referral Process for Members of the Selected Reserve
This section would clarify the applicability of required
mental health self-initiated referral process per section
1090b(e) of title 10, United States Code [``Brandon Act''], to
exempt the Individual Ready Reserve.
Section 704--Non-Medical Counseling Services for Military Families
This section would authorize license portability for mental
health professionals who provide non-medical counseling
services.
Section 705--Doulas: Certification Assistance for Military Spouses;
Expansion of Demonstration Project
This section would amend the William M. (Mac) Thornberry
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public
Law 116-283; 10 U.S.C. 1073 note) to expand the Extramedical
Maternal Health Providers Demonstration Project to include
doula care in both certification assistance for military
spouses and expansion of the demonstration project.
Section 706--Medical Testing and Related Services for Firefighters of
Department of Defense
This section would require the Department of Defense to
provide its firefighters with medical testing and related
services to detect, document, and prevent certain cancers.
Department firefighters may opt out.
Section 707--Temporary Requirement for Contraception Coverage Parity
Under the TRICARE Program
This section would eliminate cost-sharing for any eligible
TRICARE beneficiary for contraceptives acquired through retail
pharmacies and the national mail-order pharmacy for 1 calendar
year.
Section 708--Naloxone and Fentanyl: Regulations; Report
This section would require the Secretary of Defense to
establish policy and guidelines for the distribution of
naloxone and for the reporting of fentanyl abuse across the
military departments.
Section 709--Rates of Reimbursement for Providers of Applied Behavior
Analysis
This section would set a floor for applied behavior
analysis payment rates under the Autism Care Demonstration.
Section 710--Department of Defense Pilot Program on Health Effects of
Medical Marijuana Use by Veterans
This section would require the Secretary of Defense, in
consultation with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, to
implement a pilot program to address the health effects of
medical marijuana use by covered beneficiaries.
Section 711--Pilot Program on Cryopreservation and Storage of Gametes
of Certain Members of the Armed Forces
This section would create a 1-year pilot program to
reimburse Active Duty service members working in hazardous or
isolated conditions for fees associated with the costs of
retrieving, shipping, and/or storing gametes at private
facilities.
Section 712--Psychological Evaluations for Certain Members of the Armed
Forces Who Served in Kabul
This section would direct the Secretary of Defense to
provide an initial mental health counseling evaluation to each
member of the Armed Forces who served at Hamid Karzai
International Airport during the Afghanistan noncombatant
evacuation between August 15 and August 29, 2021.
Section 713--Authority to Expand the TRICARE Competitive Plans
Demonstration Project
This section would expand the number of Competitive Plans
Demonstration Projects administered by the Defense Health
Agency.
Subtitle B--Health Care Administration
Section 721--Clarification of Grade of Surgeon General of the Navy
This section would set the grade of the Surgeon General of
the Navy at O-9.
Section 722--Clarification of Responsibilities Regarding the Integrated
Disability Evaluation System
This section would require enhanced operational and
administrative control of service members going through the
Medical Evaluation Board process.
Section 723--Sharing of Medical Data Regarding Members of the Coast
Guard
This section would require the Secretary of Defense and the
Commandant of the Coast Guard to develop a process to
coordinate sharing of information regarding access to military
treatment facilities for members of the Coast Guard and their
beneficiaries.
Section 724--Organizational Framework of the Military Health System To
Support the Medical Requirements of the Combatant Commands
This section would give the Defense Health Agency the
authority to reorganize and redistribute span of control in
order to more effectively manage direct reports.
Section 725--Mandatory Training on Health Effects of Perfluoroalkyl or
Polyfluoroalkyl Substances
This section would require the Department of Defense to
provide training to medical providers on the health effects of
perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substances.
Section 726--Establishment of Military Pharmaceutical and Medical
Device Vulnerability Working Group
This section would require the Secretary of Defense to
establish a military pharmaceutical and medical device
vulnerability working group.
Section 727--Establishment of Medical and Surgical Consumables
Standardization Working Group
This section would require the Secretary of Defense to
establish a medical logistics standardization working group.
Section 728--Pilot Program on Remote Health Monitoring Technologies
This section would require the Secretary of Defense to
implement a pilot program to furnish certain members of the
Armed Forces with technologies that can monitor health
remotely.
Section 729--Task Force of Department of Defense on Mental Health
This section would require the Secretary of Defense to
establish a task force to examine matters relating to the
mental health of members of the Armed Forces and a plan to
implement the recommendations of the task force.
Section 730--Disclosures by Entities Receiving Grants the Secretary of
Defense for Biomedical Research
This section would mandate transparency requirements for
any entity receiving grants from the Department of Defense for
biomedical research.
Subtitle C--Studies and Reports
Section 741--Amendments to Report on Behavioral Health Workforce of the
Department of Defense
This section would modify the James M. Inhofe National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-
263; 10 U.S.C. 737) by adding additional data points for study
on staffing medical treatment facilities with respect to
behavioral health specialists.
Section 742--Comprehensive Strategy on Force Resilience of the
Department of Defense
This section would require the Secretary of Defense to
publish a comprehensive strategy on force resilience that
provides a proactive, intentional approach to holistic health
within the Total Force Fitness framework.
Section 743--Study on Non-Clinical Mental Health Services of the
Department of Defense
This section would require a study on non-clinical mental
health providers and services.
Section 744--Clinical Study on Treatment of Certain Members With
Certain Conditions Using Certain Psychedelic Substances
This section would require a report based on a clinical
study of members using covered psychedelic substances.
Section 745--Study on Opioid Alternatives
This section would require a study in military treatment
facilities on the efficacy of opioid alternatives for pain
management and a report on the study.
Section 746--Report on Overdoses by Members of Certain Armed Forces
This section would require an annual report on overdoses
among service members.
Section 747--Feasibility Report Regarding DHA Employment of Certain
Mental Health Providers Awaiting Licensure
This section would require the Secretary of Defense to
report to the committee on the feasibility of utilization
within the Defense Health Agency of certain mental health
providers awaiting licensure.
Section 748--Study on Health Care Available to Individuals Supporting
the Missions of United States Forces, Japan, and Joint Region Marianas
This section would require the Commander, U.S. Indo-Pacific
Command, to conduct a study on medical manning requirements and
access to health care requirements in the U.S. Forces Japan and
Joint Region Marianas areas of responsibilities.
Section 749--United States-Israel PTSD Collaborative Research
This section would establish a grant program to increase
collaborative research between the United States and Israel on
post-traumatic stress disorder.
Section 750--Feasibility Study on Creation of Centers of Excellence in
Ukraine for Treatment of Traumatic Brain Injuries and Traumatic
Extremity Injuries
This section would require the Secretary of Defense to
conduct a feasibility study on a partnership with the
Government of Ukraine to establish Centers of Excellence for
the treatment of traumatic brain injury and traumatic extremity
injury in Ukraine.
Section 751--Testosterone Levels Among Members of Special Forces of the
Army: Study; Report
This section would direct the Under Secretary of Defense
for Personnel and Readiness to conduct a 5-year study on the
impact of trainings and deployments on special forces'
testosterone levels, and the potential repercussions to
readiness and long-term health.
Section 752--GAO Report on TRICARE Payments to Behavioral Health
Professionals
This section would require the Comptroller General of the
United States to submit a report on TRICARE payments to
behavioral health professionals.
TITLE VIII--ACQUISITION POLICY, ACQUISITION MANAGEMENT, AND RELATED
MATTERS
ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST
Access to Carbon Fiber
The committee notes the importance of ensuring the
Department of Defense has access to and qualification of the
highest performing and most advanced raw materials available,
produced in the United States, for application on key weapons
systems, munitions, rotorcraft, unmanned aerial vehicles, fixed
wing platforms, and other national security programs. The
inclusion of the highest performing and most technologically
advanced domestically produced carbon fiber available in
defense platforms supports the United States national security
objective to modernize and strengthen the U.S. military,
maintain the United States competitive edge against the Chinese
Communist Party (CCP) and near-peer competitors, and ensure
supply chain resilience through domestic manufacturing of
critical materials. Further, the committee encourages the
Department to invest in sustained domestic production to ensure
sufficient supply as the Department's demand for these
materials increase and the CCP endeavors to capture additional
market share.
Acquisition of Titanium
The committee understands that Defense Logistics Agency-
Strategic Materials (DLA-SM) office has identified titanium as
a priority national defense stockpile (NDS) material. Titanium
is a high-strength, corrosion-resistant metal with properties
that make it critical for use in aerospace applications,
including structural components of military aviation platforms.
The U.S. titanium industry has historically been reliant on
imports of titanium sponge, a key feedstock used in the
titanium production process. More than 90 percent of titanium
sponge is sourced from Japan, a U.S. ally. The committee is
aware that the last remaining titanium sponge manufacturing
facility in the United States closed indefinitely in 2020.
The committee understands that DLA-SM has received
authority and resources for a planned acquisition of titanium
for the NDS. The committee supports efforts to stockpile
titanium ingot as a cost-effective method to increase assured
access to domestic supplies. A reserve supply will provide
availability to meet national security needs, even in the event
of a market disruption, and will bolster domestic titanium
industry capabilities in the near term. Therefore, the
committee directs the National Defense Stockpile Manager to
provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not
later than December 31, 2023, on progress toward the
acquisition of titanium.
Advanced Domestic Defense Capabilities
The committee understands the urgent need to diversify the
United States defense industrial base to advance domestic
capability, production, modernization, and resilience. Public-
private partnership programs can accelerate the scaling,
production, and acquisition of advanced capabilities for
national security by creating incentives for investment in
domestic small businesses or nontraditional businesses to
create a robust and resilient defense industrial base. The
committee encourages public-private partnerships that bolster
the defense industrial base by acquiring and deploying advanced
capabilities necessary to field Department of Defense
modernization programs and priorities, strengthen domestic
defense supply chain resilience and capacity by investing in
innovative defense companies, and leverage private equity
capital to accelerate domestic defense scaling, production, and
manufacturing.
Alternate Extraction and Processing Methods of Rare Earth Elements and
Critical Minerals
The Committee recognizes the importance of rare earth
element and critical mineral production and supply to U.S.
national security interests. The Committee understands the
risks that continued reliance on foreign nations for rare earth
elements and critical minerals has on the defense industrial
supply chains. The Committee is aware of advances in biological
methods to extract and process rare earth elements and critical
minerals essential to supporting the domestic supply chain and
the defense industrial base.
The Committee encourages the Secretary of Defense to pursue
domestic partnerships and invest in research activities
including studies focused on the use of biology to develop
scalable and economically viable methodologies to optimize the
extraction and processing of rare earth elements and critical
minerals. Additionally, the committee directs the Secretary of
Defense to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed
Services by July 31, 2024, on the status of the Department's
efforts to support alternative methods of extracting rare earth
elements.
Alternative Corrosion Control Technologies
The committee is concerned that despite significant
corrosion control efforts, persistent fleet-wide aircraft
availability challenges limit the readiness of military fighter
aircraft. Among these readiness challenges, the committee is
aware that Air Force and Navy aircraft that utilize carbon-
fiber composite skins joined to aluminum alloy substructures
are inherently susceptible to galvanic corrosion. Therefore,
the committee directs the Under Secretary of Defense for
Research and Engineering in coordination with the Under
Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment to provide
a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not later
than March 1, 2024, on alternative corrosion control
technologies to improve fighter aircraft availability. This
briefing shall include:
(1) identification of cost-effective technologies for
addressing galvanic corrosion and alternative processes for
maintaining aircraft, including new methods for cold working
corroded fastener holes;
(2) an assessment of alternative corrosion control
technologies and options to incorporate them into the
sustainment of fighter aircraft;
(3) an evaluation of the cost of these alternative
technologies relative to current practices and their potential
impact on aircraft availability rates for F-22, F-35, and F-
18E/F/G aircraft; and
(4) an evaluation on whether the use of these modern
technologies can extend the airframe service life of existing
fighter aircraft.
Aluminum-Scandium Master Alloy Production
The committee recognizes that China is a major producer of
high-purity scandium oxide, which has many powerful
applications in defense technologies, including strengthening
and light-weighting defense and commercial aviation systems. As
scandium oxide production is established in the United States,
a missing supply chain component is the conversion of scandium
from its oxide form to aluminum-scandium (AlSc) master alloy.
This process step is required for utilization of U.S.-mined
scandium by many defense applications. At present, production
capacity of AlSc master alloy is limited to one facility in the
United States. The committee recognizes that the United States
may soon become a major producer of high-purity scandium oxide
by virtue of a proposed mine and mineral processing project in
Nebraska. The committee recognizes the defense-wide importance
of a vertical domestic supply chain for both scandium oxide and
AlSc master alloy and the critical importance of both materials
for the production of air-, land-, and sea-based combat
systems.
Aluminum-Scandium Master Alloy Production
The committee is aware that the rare earth element scandium
has important defense and aviation applications when converted
from its mined oxide form to an aluminum-scandium (AlSc) master
alloy. The committee understands that the global production of
scandium is currently dominated by China and Russia but that
the United States is poised to become one of the world's
largest producers of high-purity scandium oxide due to proposed
private-sector domestic mine and mineral processing projects.
Therefore the committee directs the Assistant Secretary of
Defense for Industrial Base Policy to provide a briefing to the
House Committee on Armed Services not later than December 29,
2023 describing the critical defense applications for AlSc
master alloy, a list of specific defense programs that require
access to AlSc master alloy, and recommendations to improve
defense innovation and industrial base access to scandium oxide
and AlSc master alloy.
APEX Accelerators
The committee supports the transition of APEX Accelerators
(previously named the Procurement Technical Assistance Program)
to the Office of Small Business Programs (OSBP) in compliance
with section 852 of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116-92). The committee believes
that increasing small business participation in defense
acquisitions is essential for national security purposes and
APEX Accelerators play a critical role in strengthening the
defense industrial base by accelerating innovation, fostering
ingenuity, and establishing resilient and diverse supply
chains.
Therefore, the committee directs the Under Secretary of
Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment to provide a briefing
to the House Committee on Armed Services, not later than
December 31, 2023 on the following:
(1) progress and milestones of the implementation and
transition plan;
(2) what performance-based metrics OSBP will use to
cultivate the defense industrial base; and
(3) how OSBP plans to use APEX Accelerators to improve
outreach, communication, and training with small businesses.
Artificial Intelligence Facilitated Supply Chain Visibility
The committee recognizes the need to secure supply chains
supporting our defense industrial base. Further, the committee
understands that supply chain visibility is a critical first
step to identifying vulnerabilities and developing alternate
and secure sources of strategic goods, components, and
materials. The committee notes that supply chain visibility
also promotes readiness and optimizes decision-making by
improving end-to-end logistics processes and data integration.
The committee notes that high fidelity supply chain visibility
will result in increased strategic flexibility, supply chain
security and resilience, production capacity margin, and
elimination of single point failures.
Further, the committee recognizes that supply chain
visibility has become increasingly difficult in a globalized
market, with vendors drawing on materials and components from
across the globe to fulfill Department of Defense requirements.
Given supply chain tracking and risk management requirements
established in sections 857, 860, and 5949 of the James M.
Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023
(Public Law 117-263) and in other legislation, the committee
recognizes supply chain visibility as a current requirement,
and notes that it is a requirement that is likely to increase
in the future.
The committee commends the Naval Supply Systems Command for
its efforts to improve supply chain visibility within the Navy
using its Naval Sustainment System-Supply best practices.
However, the committee notes the need for a Department of
Defense-led effort to address this issue across the defense
industrial base. Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary
of Defense to deliver a report to the House Committee on Armed
Services not later than December 31, 2023, into the feasibility
of leveraging artificial intelligence and industry best
practices to develop a Department of Defense-wide, continuously
monitored, multi-tiered supply chain visibility system capable
of rapidly identifying and mitigating supply chain risks with
the intent of maximizing efficiency and minimizing risk of
interruption. The report should include at a minimum:
(1) the feasibility and fiscal cost of implementing such a
system;
(2) whether an appropriate system is commercially
available; and
(3) the scope and extent of any strategic benefits from
such a system, specifically efficiency and assurance against
interruption and compromise.
Assessment of Additive Manufacturing for Legacy Weapons Systems
Supply chains continue to suffer from increased strain and
demand, and the committee is concerned that the Department of
Defense is not immune from supply chain challenges, especially
as it pertains to legacy weapons systems. The committee is
aware that certain recent advances in additive manufacturing
technologies may enable the Department to supplement the supply
of items, components, and parts of many of these legacy weapons
systems. The committee supports assessing the potential
capacity for additive manufacturing technologies to relieve
logistical stresses on the Department.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense
to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services
not later than June 1, 2024, on the Department's additive
manufacturing technologies for legacy weapons systems and the
equipment, materials, and other requirements for such
technologies. The briefing shall include:
(1) an assessment of current partnerships between the
Department and other government entities, academic
institutions, and small businesses with regards to additive
manufacturing;
(2) an analysis of the scheduling lead time, fabrication
cost, and capacity of each facility of the Department for work
done regarding components and parts for legacy weapons systems;
(3) a review of commercially available additive
manufacturing technologies that could improve the reliability,
availability, and maintainability of legacy weapons systems;
(4) a strategy for the increase in use of commercially
available additive manufacturing technologies by the Department
to supplement the supply of items, components, and parts
required to maintain legacy weapons systems and related
equipment; and
(5) an assessment of challenges related to partnering with
private entities and small businesses with regards to additive
manufacturing for legacy weapons systems.
Briefing on the Resiliency of the United States' Nuclear-Grade Graphite
Supply Chain
The committee is concerned with the current vulnerabilities
in our nuclear-grade graphite supply chain due to the lack of
sourcing and mining nuclear-grade graphite in North America.
Nuclear-grade graphite has vital national security applications
including in large-capacity batteries, reactors, and hypersonic
missiles. The committee is concerned with supply chain
vulnerabilities and the import of natural nuclear-grade
graphite or using man-made synthetic graphite, which has a
dramatically lower utilization lifespan and decreased
durability when compared to naturally occurring nuclear grade
graphite. It is critical that the Department of Defense examine
ways to make it easier to on or nearshore the mining,
processing, and manufacturing or nuclear-grade graphite.
The committee directs Deputy Assistant Secretary of
Defense, Office of Industrial Policy, to provide a briefing to
the congressional defense committees not later than March 1,
2024, on how the United States can secure our nuclear-grade
graphite supply chain. The briefing must include:
(1) the current vulnerabilities of the United States'
nuclear-grade graphite supply chain;
(2) how a multiyear procurement authority for nuclear-grade
graphite could help the Department secure this supply chain;
and
(3) commercial partnerships established in North America
that could be leveraged to enhance the nuclear-grade graphite
supply chain.
Capability Portfolio Model Budget Pilots
The committee recognizes that the Department of Defense
often struggles to insert new technology into existing programs
to effectively respond to dynamic adversary threats and
capitalize on technological opportunities. Further, the
committee also finds that long timelines for defense contracts
and funding, program constraints, and a disconnected ecosystem
make it challenging for companies to transition research and
prototyping contracts to production contracts. The Department
currently defines requirements, secures budgets, and acquires
capabilities across hundreds of individual programs. This
impedes interoperability and the Department's ability to
respond rapidly to changes in operations, threats, and
technologies.
The committee believes that through a modernized portfolio
acquisition model, Portfolio Acquisition Executives could share
portfolio priorities, needs, challenges, and opportunities more
efficiently with industry, and could more effectively identify
leading technologies, solutions, and companies that can address
priority portfolio needs and improve mission impact measures.
Therefore, the committee directs the Under Secretary of
Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment to provide a briefing
to the House Committee on Armed Services by March 1, 2024, on
recommendations for integrated capability portfolios across the
military departments. The briefing should include the following
information:
(1) a recommendation from component acquisition executives
from the military departments, Special Operations Command, and
a defense agency, for a Program Executive Officer portfolio
from each entity that would be able to operate a new capability
portfolio model budget created by the consolidation of up to 20
percent of the smallest budget line items within the selected
portfolios;
(2) an identification of the budget lines that can be
logically consolidated to achieve efficiencies for each
selected portfolio;
(3) a case study for each capability portfolio
recommendation discussing the potential benefits of
implementing the new portfolio acquisition model in terms of
maximizing mission impact, organizational agility, and
acquisition efficiencies;
(4) and a summary of the funding, staffing, analytic tools,
and associated strategies that might be required to execute
each capability portfolio over the Future Years Defense
Program.
Co-Production of Asymmetric Defense Capabilities With Taiwan
The committee is aware that Taiwan currently faces long
lead times for delivery of defense articles purchased from the
United States. The delays are largely due to limitations in the
U.S. defense industrial base (DIB), including consolidation,
cold lines, supply chain issues, staff shortages, a cumbersome
foreign military sales process, and shipping delays due to
COVID-19. Facilitating joint weapons production between the
United States and Taiwan in the region could reduce strain on
the U.S. defense industrial base, expedite the time to initial
operating capability, and build the capacity of Taiwan to
replenish its own stocks in a crisis. The negative impact on
the domestic defense industrial base due to transfer of work
overseas is a valid concern, but the James M. Inhofe National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-
263) provided significant support to the DIB to produce
asymmetric munitions, and there are many capabilities for which
the DIB is at maximum capacity.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense
to provide a report to the congressional defense committees not
later than March 1, 2024, on the benefits and challenges of co-
production of weapons and munitions for Taiwan.
Critical and Strategic Minerals and Materials Sourcing From Seafloor
Resources
The committee notes that the United States relies
significantly on foreign nations, many of them unfriendly and
with nonexistent labor and environmental standards, to meet
much of the United States' present critical mineral demands. As
reported by the U.S. Geological Survey, the United States
imported more than 50 percent of its supply of at least 47
minerals commodities in 2021, including 100 percent of the
supply of 17 mineral commodities. The concentration of where
that supply comes from makes the foreign dependence even more
concerning. China dominates the international critical mineral
supply chain on land and is now ramping up focus on seafloor
resources known to be the largest estimated source of metals
like cobalt and nickel, presenting a national security
vulnerability for the United States and harsh economic
realities for American manufacturers. With demand for certain
minerals expected to grow over the next two decades, United
States' reliance on China and other non-allied nations to
satisfy this demand may increase without action.
While it continues to believe in the importance of
establishing a secure supply chain of critical and strategic
minerals and materials, the committee understands that to meet
national security requirements the United States must have the
ability to source critical minerals in innovative arenas to
decrease reliance on sources from foreign adversaries.
In recent years, China has taken aggressive and brazen
steps to secure and process seabed resources of polymetallic
nodules into strategic planning for national security.
Currently, Chinese companies hold five out of 31 International
Seabed Authority contracts for exploration and development--
more than any other country. The committee notes that the
United States has none, though there remains an opportunity to
evaluate domestic processing and refining of seafloor resources
from the contracts held by allied parties and domestic partners
in international waters. In addition, China is investing
heavily in deep-sea mining technology including remotely
operated vehicles, vessels, and sonar scanning systems. To
counter China's growing hold on the global supply chain, it is
essential that the United States secures its own innovative
supply of critical and strategic minerals and materials,
including polymetallic nodules, to decrease reliance on sources
from foreign adversaries.
The Congress has acted to provide substantial new
authorities and federal assistance to boost domestic mineral
supplies. Yet, given the severity of this challenge, those
steps alone will not be sufficient. Accordingly, the committee
directs the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base
Policy shall, by March 1, 2024, submit a report to the House
Armed Services Committee assessing the processing of seabed
resources of polymetallic nodules domestically. The report
shall include, at a minimum, the following:
(1) a review of current resources and controlling parties
in securing seabed resources of polymetallic nodules;
(2) an assessment of current domestic deep-sea mining and
material processing capabilities; and
(3) a roadmap recommending how the United States can have
the ability to source and/or process critical minerals in
innovative arenas, such as deep-sea mining, to decrease
reliance on sources from foreign adversaries and bolster
domestic competencies.
Demand for Metals in Additive Manufacturing
The committee recognizes the importance of ensuring a
robust supply chain for the metal powder and wire feedstock
materials required to manufacture components for defense
weapons systems. These materials are critical to both the
processes used to manufacture the components and the
performance of the weapons systems themselves. Recent advances
in additive manufacturing are enabling the Department of
Defense and the defense prime contractors to think differently
about how they use this enabling technology to produce and
sustain weapons systems. Considering recent global supply chain
issues and competition within the marketplace for existing and
emerging materials, the committee directs the Secretary of
Defense to deliver a report to the House Committee on Armed
Services no later than September 30, 2024, regarding the
Department's and Defense Industrial Base's 5-year projected
demand, by alloy, for metal powder and metal wire feedstock for
Defense-related additive and nonadditive manufacturing
applications.
Department of Defense Microchip Security
The committee notes that every semiconductor begins as a
software program before it is fabricated, mostly in East Asia,
into a chip. That software process is inherently vulnerable and
a potential long-term threat to U.S. national security.
Consequently, the U.S. defense industrial base has
vulnerabilities that could be exploited.
The committee contends that sophisticated, hostile foreign
powers could insert undetected vulnerabilities, could insert
malicious logic into, or exploit undetected vulnerabilities
within the U.S. defense semiconductor supply chain during the
software design phase putting at risk the operations and
readiness of key U.S. military weapons and communications
systems including submarines, ships, tanks, planes, drones, and
satellites.
The committee further notes that on July 14, 2022, the
National Security Agency's Joint Federation Assurance Center
Hardware Assurance Lab published a report on ``DoD
Microelectronics: Levels of Assurance Definitions and
Applications'' as stated: ``to characterize the threats and
risks to custom microelectronic components used in Department
of Defense (DoD) systems.'' Recognizing the threat, the
guidance endeavors to assist programs with a better
understanding of their system and components to effectively
mitigate against threats.
Accordingly, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense
to submit a report to the House Committee on Armed Services not
later than February 1, 2024, providing an assessment of the
Department's plans to ensure and demonstrate to Congress the
security of the Department of Defense's semiconductor supply
chain during the software design phase.
The report shall include at a minimum the following:
(1) an assessment of the security risk of threats and
vulnerabilities to the Department of Defense in the software
design component of semiconductor manufacturing acquisition;
(2) an operational proposal for every new silicon device
acquired by the Department of Defense, beginning in Fiscal Year
2026, to undergo rigorous pre-production testing to detect the
existence of and prevent the exploitation of design
vulnerabilities;
(3) an operational proposal to have merchants and vendors
of semiconductor chips, as well as classified internal
development initiatives, to the Department of Defense declare
that they have used comprehensive functional, structural, and
behavioral analyses specifically designed to expose points of
access that could be exploited for unauthorized manipulation
prior to commitment to silicon (so-called ``tape out'') by
Fiscal Year 2026;
(4) assessment of what resources would be required to
execute points 2 and 3 above;
(5) assessment of risk to continuity of operations and
execution of national following a semiconductor supply chain
attack at the software design level, and to what extent
mitigations have been put in place to address those risks.
Department of Defense STEM Pathways
The committee is encouraged by recent Department of Defense
efforts to consider new science, technology, engineering, and
mathematics (STEM) ecosystem efforts such as supporting the
2022 Systems Engineering Research Center Workshop on DOD-
Defense Industry Collaboration in STEM Education and Workforce
Development. The committee strongly supports efforts to build
on the recommendations from this report and promote deeper
collaboration among the Department and the Defense Industrial
Base to build better primary and secondary education and
outreach efforts for creating diverse pathways into the
national security ecosystem. As the Department carries out
these activities, it should ensure a focus on programmatic and
curricular innovation such as the development of innovative
STEM curriculum related to emerging technology priorities, new
education technologies or adaption of technologies for use in
Defense-related education efforts and enhancing teacher
preparation efforts in geographies with military-connected
families. The committee also encourages the Department to
consider partnering with the National Science Foundation as it
pursues this effort. Therefore, the committee directs the
Secretary of Defense to provide a briefing to the House
Committee on Armed Services no later than February 1, 2024, on
how the Department plans to implement the aforementioned
report's recommendations and work with the Defense Industrial
Base to build better primary and secondary STEM education and
outreach efforts for creating diverse pathways into the
national security ecosystem.
Division of Hardware and Software Contracts
The committee recognizes innovative software as essential
to the lethality and overall capability of ground combat
vehicles required to meet the changing operational landscapes
and threats of a multi-domain operations environment. Often,
hardware and software for ground combat vehicles is developed
in tandem in the early stage of production.
The committee is interested in the potential benefits of
splitting the development of hardware and software during the
early stages of weapons contracts. These potential benefits
include the flexibility to adjust hardware or software
requirements without impacting the other, the ability to assist
the Army in staying agile and maintaining an open system
architecture, and potential cost savings by avoiding vendor
lock-in.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Army
to submit a report to the House Committee on Armed Services not
later than December 1, 2023, which should include:
(1) existing authorities on the division of hardware and
software contracts;
(2) the viability and potential benefits to the Army; and
(3) the impact on maintaining overmatch by the division of
hardware and software contracts for ground combat vehicles,
including the Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle.
Domestic Graphite Extraction and Processing Facilities
The committee understands that graphite is a critical
mineral needed for military systems and strategic
infrastructure, including handheld systems, battery materials,
electric grids, and protective armor, among others. The United
States has the potential to produce graphite domestically, but
remains reliant on imports of upstream products to satisfy
domestic consumption. Chinese firms account for the vast
majority of global natural graphite output, creating
significant supply chain risks for graphite. Existing domestic
resources of natural graphite, including those that were
previously used to support defense programs, offer the quickest
and most cost-effective route to closing this supply chain gap.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense,
in consultation with the Secretary of Commerce, to provide a
briefing not later than December 31, 2023, on public and
private sector activities to establish graphite mining and
processing capabilities in the United States. Specifically, the
briefing shall highlight:
(1) programs of record within the Department of Defense
that rely on secure and stable supplies of graphite;
(2) perceived supply vulnerabilities associated with U.S.
imports of graphite;
(3) efforts by strategic adversaries to undermine efforts
to develop graphite extraction and processing capabilities in
the United States, including the acquisition of graphite from
recycled and reused minerals and metals; and
(4) efforts to mitigate short-term supply disruptions,
including whether flake and amorphous graphite should be
introduced in planned acquisitions and disposals by the
National Defense Stockpile.
Early Stage Firm Pathway to Production Enhancement
The committee acknowledges the delta between accelerated or
targeted acquisition programs for early-stage defense
contractors and programs of record. Demand signals or signals
of validation from the Department of Defense to industry are an
essential communique. Therefore, the committee directs the
Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, in
consultation with the Secretary of the Army, Secretary of the
Navy, and Secretary of the Air Force, to provide a briefing to
the House Committee on Armed Services not later than December
1, 2023, that provides recommendations on how the Department
can better assist participants in programs such as Agility
Prime, Small Business Innovation and Research, and similar
research, development, test, and evaluation programs, in
bridging the gap between graduating from their requisite
program and being incorporated into larger-scale Department
acquisition frameworks. Specifically, the briefing should
address how the Department can leverage non-committal signals
of validation, such as letters of support and other mechanisms,
to indicate the Department's interest in capabilities produced
by firms in the early stages of development that fulfill needs
that have not been met by other products.
Economic Impacts on Defense Textile Industrial Base
The committee remains concerned about current economic
factors impacting the capacity of the textile industry to meet
Department of Defense (DOD) requirements. A variety of economic
factors continue to disrupt the textile industrial base
including, but not limited to, labor shortages, contract
forecasting, and lack of investment in manufacturing
capabilities.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense
to submit a report to the congressional defense committees by
March 1, 2024, on its assessment of economic factors and
recommendations to ensure a robust and healthy textile
industrial base that can support long-term DOD and warfighter
requirements. The report shall address the following:
(1) impact on inflation and efforts to implement economic
price adjustment clauses in contracts and subcontracts
throughout the textile supply chain;
(2) recommendations for additional economic price
adjustment clauses that provide flexibility to inflationary
pressures;
(3) the department's efforts to adequately forecast needs
to industry including concerns with the wide range of minimum
and maximum volumes for contracts and options years;
(4) review defense-related domestic manufacturing workforce
levels over 30 years, its current condition, and future
projections;
(5) ability of the textile industrial base to increase
production during a national emergency; and
(6) other matters as the Secretary of Defense deems
appropriate.
Existing Contracts With United States Export Control Violators
The committee directs the Under Secretary of Defense for
Acquisition and Sustainment, in consultation with the Secretary
of Commerce, to compile a list of companies which have been
found in violation of the United States Export Control Act and
currently have contracts with the Department and report to the
House Armed Services Committee by January 5, 2024.
The report, at a minimum, shall
(1) identify the country in which the violation occurred,
(2) the current standing of the fine repayment status of
the company,
(3) what actions, if any, did the Department of Defense
take against the company,
(4) report if the company currently has additional
contracts with the Department of Defense, and if so, state why
the Department of Defense has continued contracts with a
company found in violation of the United States Export Control
Act,
(5) and identify if alternative companies are available to
fulfill those contracts.
Extraction and Processing Methods of Rare Earth Elements and Critical
Minerals
The committee recognizes the importance of rare earth
element and critical mineral production and supply to United
States national security interests. The committee understands
the risks that continued reliance on foreign nations for rare
earth elements and critical minerals has on the defense
industrial supply chains. The committee is aware of advances in
biological methods to extract and process rare earth elements
and critical minerals essential to supporting the domestic
supply chain and the defense industrial base. The committee
encourages the Department of Defense to pursue domestic
partnerships and invest in research activities, including
studies focused on the use of biology to develop scalable and
economically viable methodologies to optimize the extraction
and processing of rare earth elements and critical minerals.
Glass Fiber-Based Structural Composites Supply Chain Assessment
The committee is aware of the importance of glass fiber-
based structural composite laminates in providing light weight
ballistic resistant armor systems for wheeled and tracked
combat vehicles, ships, and fixed-wing and rotating-wing
aircraft. The committee notes recent investments by the Chinese
in both incremental capacity and new technologies in the areas
of:
(1) high-performance glass fiber production;
(2) advanced glass fiber weaving; and
(3) polymer resin impregnation (prepregging) of the woven
glass fiber products.
The committee further notes the importance of maintaining a
competitive edge in the technology and security of supply in
order to ensure warfighter advantage on the battlefield.
Therefore, the committee directs the Under Secretary of Defense
for Research and Engineering, in coordination with the service
secretaries, to provide a briefing to the House Committee on
Armed Services by January 31, 2024, which should include the
Department's current strategy for glass fiber-based structural
composites research, development, and production. This briefing
should also include an assessment of the existing domestic
glass fiber-based structural composites supply chain.
Home Textile Goods
The committee directs the Director of the Defense Logistics
Agency (DLA) and the Secretary of Defense to provide a report
to the House Committee on Armed Services no later than January
1, 2024, on the feasibility of requiring that the following
textile goods used on military installations be procured from
domestic sources with exceptions for items that are required
for combat operations:
(1) food;
(2) clothing and the materials and components thereof,
other than sensors, electronics, or other items added to, and
not normally associated with, clothing;
(3) tents, tarpaulins, or covers;
(4) any item of individual equipment manufactured from or
containing such fibers, yarns, fabrics, or materials;
(5) cotton and other natural fiber products, woven silk or
woven silk blends, spun silk yarn for cartridge cloth,
synthetic fabric or coated synthetic fabric (including all
textile fibers and yarns that are for use in such fabrics),
canvas products, or wool (whether in the form of fiber or yarn
or contained in fabrics, materials, or manufactured articles);
and
(6) any item of individual equipment manufactured from or
containing such fibers, yarns, fabrics, or materials.
Improve the Timeliness of Department of Defense Capability Fielding
Necessary for Success in Strategic Conflict
The committee is concerned that the time to develop and
field new Department of Defense systems has increased
dramatically since the 1970s to the detriment of U.S. national
security. The committee is also concerned that the United
States has failed to keep pace with China's ability to rapidly
develop and field advanced military capabilities. The committee
observes that longer development times lead to obsolete
technology in fielded equipment, increases overall program
costs through additional manhours, aggravates a need to gold-
plate equipment requirements to meet uncertain threat
assessments and requirements many years into the future, and
ultimately increases the likelihood that an acquisition will
fail due to increased dependence on uncertain predictions.
The average time from first contract award to Initial
Operational Capability for the United States averaged five
years in 1970 and has grown to over twenty years for some
systems like the F-35. The committee notes that the greatest
contributors to the increase in fielding times are the time
from identification of need or capability until contract award
which has increased from one year through the 1970s to in some
cases more than eight years today; and test and evaluation
times which have increased 1,000% since 1974. Recent examples
such as the Department of Defense's nine years to decide on
requirements for a replacement to the Beretta M9/11 pistol, an
additional two years to release a Request for Proposal and
another 17 months to award the contract resulting in a decision
time of over 12 years for a simple handgun program,
demonstrates a clear paralysis by analysis that cost valuable
taxpayer dollars in the form of Department of Defense manhours.
The committee observes that numerous studies have been
commissioned by the Department of Defense to address the
antiquated acquisition process. While some incremental progress
has been made, the Department has not developed the widespread
change that is needed to address strategic competition.
The committee further observes that the B-21 program has
been touted as an acquisition improvement using rapid processes
yet it was built on five years of studies under the Next-
Generation Bomber program; required four years to define
requirements and award a contract with an additional seven
years having elapsed with no flight of the weapon system yet
having taken place. The committee is concerned by the trend of
ever-increasing acquisition times and agrees with the National
Defense Strategy that business as usual at the Department is
not acceptable to meet the current threat environment.
Department of Defense policies must be adapted to support more
rapid decision making, test and evaluation, and, most
importantly, faster delivery times.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense
to submit a report to the congressional defense committees by
March 1, 2024, on a strategy to accelerate the Department of
Defense's acquisition process by decreasing the time prior to
contract award and accelerating test and evaluation. This
report shall include:
(1) A strategy and accompanying implementation plan to
accelerate activities prior to first contract award to include
requirements generation, requests for proposals, and
contracting for programs of record which targets no longer than
two years. This strategy should include specific
recommendations to improve the agility of the Joint
Capabilities Integration and Development System (JCIDS)
process.
(2) A strategy and accompanying implementation plan with
timelines to accelerate test and evaluation. This strategy and
implementation plan shall consider:
a. Increased integration of Developmental and Operational
Test to leverage efficiencies, responsiveness, and flexibility
in test execution; to include consideration of co-locating
operational and developmental test units, the creation of
integrated test units, test asset(s) sharing, and other forms
of resource sharing.
b. Incentives to motivate and prioritize efficient and
timely execution of test and evaluation while ensuring
technical rigor.
c. Methods to increase operator interactions and feedback
with the respective system program office.
d. Acquisition, test, evaluation, and logistics
efficiencies to be achieved through the use of common hardware
components and software across multiple weapon systems and
across military services.
e. Testing efficiencies through the use of observed
contractor testing, joint contractor/government testing, or
testing across weapon systems.
f. A structure to effectively codify lessons from recent
major acquisitions programs such as the F-35 Joint Strike
Fighter and Littoral Combat Ship; and update policy to
incorporate such lessons on a routine basis.
g. A process to effectively capture and distribute lessons
from recent major acquisitions programs across all services to
personnel participating in acquisitions activities.
h. Investments in test and evaluation infrastructure that
would yield positive returns on investment for Department of
Defense acquisitions programs.
i. Leveraging increased competitive forces such as carrying
multiple vendors through an initial complement of government
led Engineering and Manufacturing Development testing to
improve acquisition performance and schedule.
(3) The rationale for decisions made with respect to
strategies considered and not planned for implementation.
(4) A list of any additional resources or authorities
required to improve acquisition times.
Inclusion of Other Transaction Past Performance in Certain Department
of Defense Systems
The committee emphasizes the importance of maximizing
practicable opportunities for small businesses in federal
contracting and including contractor performance assessments as
a key factor in the Department's source selection decisions.
Small businesses, non-traditional entities, and new entrants to
Department of Defense contracting are agile, often ingenuitive,
and can deliver new and innovative technologies quickly. The
Department often leverages this category of contractor through
Other Transaction Authority (OTA) awards which are not subject
to Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR). Exemption from FAR
enables acceleration of capability fielding for the warfighter.
However, the Department does not provide small businesses with
a contractor performance assessment for OTA contracts, since
the Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS)
is reliant on FAR requirements for its assessments. A
consequence for new entrants that successfully execute an OTA
is not receiving a demonstrated performance assessment that is
required for program of record contracts. The committee
appreciates the value of rapid fielding of OTAs and is
interested in applying performance assessments to OTA
contractors without applying FAR requirements or impairing the
agility of OTAs. Therefore, the committee directs the Under
Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment to submit
a report to the House Committee on Armed Services and the
Senate Committee on Armed Services not later than February 1,
2024, on the feasibility of applying performance assessments to
OTAs. The report should include assessments of the following:
(1) the feasibility of applying FAR regulations required
for CPARS to OTAs;
(2) the feasibility of applying FAR regulations required
for CPARS to OTAs on an optional basis for the contractor;
(3) the Department's ability to provide its own performance
assessments for OTAs without adding FAR requirements;
(4) the impact on speed and agility of OTA contracts if a
Department performance assessment was required or optional; and
(5) the impact on the ability of OTA contractors without a
CPARS score to compete for programs of record.
Inefficiencies in Small Administrative Computer and Printer Purchases
The Committee appreciates the Department's, efforts to
reduce waste, fraud, and abuse in the procurement process.
However, the Committee is concerned that some of these efforts,
especially is small equipment purchases, such as office
supplies, computer and printer equipment, have become overly
burdensome and resulted in unnecessary delays, and increased
costs, in procuring these important materials and causing
inefficiencies to unit administrative functions.
Therefore, the Committee directs the Secretary of Defense
to provide a briefing, to the Armed Services Committees of the
House and Senate, no later than March 1, 2024, identifying
inefficiencies in the small equipment purchases process and
provide recommendations on how the process can be improved
upon, while mitigating waste, fraud, and abuse. The report
shall consist of small equipment purchases, to include
computers and printers, the current average age of computers
and printers at administrative offices at Department
installations, the average time a request to replace those
items is processed, a sample cost comparison of procurement
under the current system compared to retail costs in the local
community of those installations, and an assessment of any gaps
or inefficiencies that may cause delays in procuring such
equipment.
Input and Analysis Provided to the Federal Trade Commission
The committee acknowledges that the United States military
and the nation's allies rely on the businesses within the
Defense Industrial Base (DIB) to develop and manufacture
cutting-edge weapons systems and adapt commercially available
products for unique defense uses. The Department of Defense has
traditionally played an essential role in advising regulatory
agencies in matters involving the merger or acquisition of
companies that are a part of Defense Industrial Base. The
committee also notes that the Department once held a primary
role in determining if proposed merger and acquisition
activities within the Defense Industrial Base would enhance
competition or provide efficiencies that, in turn, could
benefit the United States government.
The committee strongly believes that when companies within
the Defense Industrial Base are evaluated by the Federal Trade
Commission (FTC) in proposed merger and acquisition
transactions that the Department should provide the predominant
voice in determining whether a merger or acquisition is in the
best interests of the nation and U.S. national security.
Therefore, the committee directs the Under Secretary of
Defense for Acquisition & Sustainment to provide a report to
the House Committee on Armed Services not later than January
31, 2024, on the analysis and inputs provided to Federal Trade
Commission on all merger and acquisition activities relating to
the Defense Industrial Base since 2019.
Investigating Delays in Payments to Small and Medium-Sized Businesses
The committee recognizes the challenges associated with the
Department of Defense's vast acquisition and procurement
processes and has attempted to address them in the past. The
committee is aware that mid-tier suppliers--those who are large
enough to have relationships directly with the Department, but
who do not typically own the prime contracts--often take on up-
front financial risk for the Department in order to accelerate
contract fulfillment dates and/or address capability readiness
delays in order to support the warfighter and bolster national
security. The committee notes that the Department can be late
in making payments back to those contractors, creating cash
flow pressures on those companies' balance sheets. The
committee stresses the importance of maintaining a healthy
industrial base that includes small, medium, and large
businesses to assist the Department in providing for national
security. Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of
Defense to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed
Services by January 31, 2024 on delayed payments to
contractors, particularly small and medium sized businesses.
The briefing should include (1) data on the scope of the issue
across the services and (2) suggested statutory and/or policy
changes needed in order to ensure small and medium sized
contractors receive payments as quickly as possible.
Large Medium-Speed Diesel Engines for Auxiliary Ships Briefing
The Fiscal Year 2020 National Defense Authorization Act
(Public Law 116-92, Section 853) included a provision that
required large medium-speed diesel engines for most auxiliary
ships to be procured within the National Technology and
Industrial Base (NTIB). The conferees included this provision
based on a report from the Department of the Navy that stated,
given the large number of such engines in the Navy fleet and
the limited demand for such engines in the commercial sector,
loss of this manufacturing and sustainment capability could
result in a ``significant national security risk.''
The committee is aware that a proposed rule was published
in September 2020 to ensure that an exception contained in the
Defense Federal Acquisition Regulations allowing commercial
items to be exempt from this requirement (DFARS 212.504) would
not apply to these engines. However, the committee is also
aware that this rule has never been finalized and is concerned
with the lack of urgency in implementing Congressional intent
in this matter. The committee directs the Secretary of Defense
to provide a briefing report to the House Armed Services
Committee by January 31, 2024, on the status of this rule and
the expected finalization. In the interim, the committee fully
expects the Secretary of the Navy to fulfill congressional
intent by ensuring that large medium-speed diesel engines for
auxiliary ships are procured within the NTIB, subject to 10 USC
4864(a)(3).
Microelectronics Security of Supply
The committee notes that the Department of Defense is
charged with implementing parts of section 841 of the William
M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116-283) and section 851 of the
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public
Law 117-81) not later than January 1, 2026, in order to provide
additional security to U.S. microelectronics supply chains by
2027. The committee is aware that rulemakings surrounding
electronics security can be time-consuming and complex.
The committee therefore encourages the Department to
expedite this rulemaking in order to receive industry input
from suppliers and consumers of printed circuit boards and
substrates. The committee further directs the Under Secretary
of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment to brief the House
Committee on Armed Services not later than September 30, 2023,
on the following information:
(1) the expected timeline for promulgations of rules to
implement section 4873 of title 10, United States Code;
(2) outreach plans to nongovernmental organizations,
including private industry and trade associations, in order to
build a knowledge base about existing supply chains, security
vulnerabilities, and developing capabilities;
(3) plans for the Department of Defense to directly
incentivize the domestic production of printed circuit boards
and substrates, either through direct investment or through
other authorities; and
(4) discussions between the Department of Defense and the
Department of Commerce regarding investments into domestic
capabilities to produce printed circuit boards and substrates.
Modernizing the Department of Defense Requirements Process
The committee is concerned by the lack of modernization and
streamlining efforts of requirements processes within the
Department of Defense. The timelines by which the Department
updates requirements are lengthy and too often deliver systems
and platforms based on outdated and obsolete requirements.
Extended requirements timelines also contribute to a disconnect
between the Department and the commercial sector. The committee
believes the Secretary of Defense, through the Vice Chairman of
the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in cooperation with the military
departments and combatant commands, should modernize the
Department's requirements processes, to include the Joint
Capabilities Integration and Development system, to align with
modern warfare, technologies, and system development.
Therefore, the committee directs the Comptroller General of
the United States to provide a briefing to the congressional
defense committees not later than February 1, 2024, on options
to reform the Department's requirements processes and present a
final report in a format and timeframe agreed to at the time of
this briefing. At a minimum, the final report should include
recommendations to improve:
(1) the Department's requirements documents, reviews, and
approval processes, especially for programs below the major
defense acquisition program criteria under section 4201 of
title 10, United States Code;
(2) requirements management practices from a first
principles perspective based on mission outcomes and assessed
threats;
(3) potentials for military departments to to develop an
enduring set of requirements for each of their capabilities
portfolios;
(4) processes to rapidly validate the military utility of
commercial solutions to meet capability needs or opportunities;
(5) opportunities for collaboration with industry,
traditional and nontraditional defense companies, and the
departments science and technology community; and
(6) formal career paths, training, and structures for
requirements management professionals.
National Security Threats Related to Chinese Commercial Autonomous
Ground Vehicles Operating in the United States
The committee is concerned with the Chinese Communist
Party's (``CCP'') national strategy of military-civil fusion
and how it blurs the line on the use of new and emerging
technologies for civil, commercial, and military purposes. The
fielding and deployment of Chinese commercial autonomous ground
vehicles in the continental United States raises concerns
regarding what kind of data these vehicles are collecting, how
the companies are using the data, and with whom the Chinese
companies are sharing the data. Therefore, the committee
directs the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, in
coordination with the Under Secretary of Defense for
Acquisitions and Sustainment and other U.S. Government agencies
as appropriate, to provide a briefing to the House Committee on
Armed Services not later than March 30, 2024, on the national
security threats associated with Chinese autonomous ground
vehicles operating in the United States, especially those with
access to or operating in the vicinity of Department of Defense
military bases and installations and other sensitive U.S.
government facilities, and potentially sharing geospatial and
other data with the CCP. The briefing should include the type
of data that can be collected, the dual-use implications of
autonomous ground vehicle technologies and their enabling
factors, and how the CCP or People's Liberation Army could
potentially use the data it collects in the United States to
support its military operational planning.
Nickel Zinc Battery--Supply Chain Resiliency Report
The committee has supported the Navy's need to develop the
Nickel Zinc (NiZn) battery chemistry for its VA-Class
submarines (VCS). The committee continues to recognize that the
development has demonstrated promise for improving diminished
VCS readiness rates currently being taken out of service to
replace underperforming batteries. The committee also
recognizes that NiZn chemistry represents a technology that can
be domestically onshored and can bypass Chinese supply chains.
To prevent any additional VCS readiness delays, the committee
also recognizes the need for investments in fiscal year 2024 in
the domestic NiZn battery production base to ensure full rate
production capacity will be achieved upon the Navy's planned
completion of Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation at
the end of fiscal year 2024.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Navy
to submit a report to the House Committee on Armed Services and
Senate Committee on Armed Services by December 1, 2023, on the
need for investment in Nickel Zinc battery production base. The
report should include the following information:
(1) The Navy's need to develop the Nickel Zinc battery
chemistry for its VA-Class submarines;
(2) Importance of domestic Nickel Zinc battery chemistry
and its role in reducing the United States' reliance on Chinese
supply chains;
(3) The need for the Navy to ensure full rate production
capacity will be achieved upon Navy's planned completion of
Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation at the end of
fiscal year 2024.
Non-Telecommunications Contract Waivers for Section 889, Public Law
115-232
The committee notes that Section 889 of the Fiscal Year
2019 NDAA (Public Law 115-232) is a critical protection for the
Department of Defense and other federal agencies from the
People's Republic of China.
The Committee has come to understand that Section 889 is
being applied to Morale, Welfare, and Recreation (MWR)
facilities for tickets for servicemembers. Some MWR facilities
purchase single-game or season tickets to professional sporting
events and sell them at ticket value to service members. Often,
this is facilitated through a contract between the MWR facility
and the sports league. The committee understands many
professional sports leagues are not Section 889 compliant.
Thus, MWR facilities are being denied the ability to purchase
or sign contracts for tickets.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Navy
to provide a brief to the House Committee on Armed Services by
December 31, 2023, on the following:
(1) Current interpretation of Section 889 as it relates to
MWR ticket purchases and ticket donations for sporting events.
(2) Section 889 waiver requirements for MWR ticket
purchases and donations for sporting events.
(3) The definition of ``contract'' under Section 889 and
its applicability to MWR ticket purchases or donations for
sporting events.
(4) Consideration of exclusions and expedited waiver
requirements for Section 889 for MWR ticket purchases or
donations for sporting events.
Plan To Modernize Network Used for Transmission of Classified
Information
The Committee understands the importance of a modern
network for Department of Defense transmission of classified
information Therefore, the Committee directs the Secretary of
Defense to report to the House Committee on Armed Services by
March 1, 2024 on modernizing the network of the Department of
Defense used for the transmission of classified information
from the Secret Internet Protocol Router Network of the
Department (commonly referred to as ``SIPRNet'') to a secure,
next generation successor network that, to the extent
practicable, leverages quantum.
The report should include a plan for the potential
implementation of a program and include the following:
(1) a timeline for the deployment of the next generation
network;
(2) feasibility of utilizing a single telecommunications
carrier that does not aggregate its network, that only uses
Trade Agreements Act-compliant electronics in its network, and
provides end-to end fiber optics that are owned by the carrier
or for which the carrier has indefeasible rights of use;
(3) feasibility of utilizing data transmission threshold
increments from gigabytes to one terabyte;
(4) capability of providing elastic sessions in which
services may be activated and decommissioned on demand; and
(5) A list of potential fielding locations for a next
generation network, taking into consideration the following
factors: proximity to the largest Internet exchange point
available in the United States; proximity to military
installations involved in research that requires the secure
transmission of classified information; and proximity to
institutions of higher education working in partnership with
the Department of Defense on quantum computing research.
Proliferation of Chinese Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) Technology
in the United States
The committee remains concerned with the proliferation of
Chinese technology in the United States that gathers critical
information on U.S. geography, vehicle traffic, human patterns,
and behaviors. Specifically, light detection and ranging
(LIDAR) technology, a remote sensing method that uses a pulsed
laser to map its environment, is integral to developing
computer vision that will serve as the ``eyes'' of new
technology with automated military applications. LIDAR is also
a key component in applications automating and surveilling
America's critical infrastructure, such as drones, autonomous
vehicles, traffic intersections, container terminals, and
airports. As a result, LIDAR facilitates the gathering of
enormous amounts of information on the areas in which it
operates. The committee is aware that Chinese LIDAR companies
have been partnering with the Chinese Government and the
People's Liberation Army (PLA) for years to enable computer
vision for military vehicles and systems, receiving research
support and considerable government funding. The committee is
concerned that Chinese LIDAR companies have flooded the U.S.
market with heavily subsidized Chinese LIDAR, capable of
collecting information in many sectors of the economy. In
addition, the committee notes that Chinese LIDAR companies have
gone public on the United States stock exchanges, allowing U.S.
investors to unknowingly provide financial support to Chinese
LIDAR companies that are part of the Chinese military
industrial complex. Therefore, the committee directs that, no
later than March 1, 2024, the Secretary of Defense shall
provide to the Committee on Armed Services for the House of
Representatives, a report on the following matters:
(1) the extent to which Chinese LIDAR has been and is being
used on Department of Defense vehicles and systems;
(2) an estimate of the extent to which Chinese LIDAR is
being used by defense contractors in the fulfillment of defense
contracts;
(3) an analysis of the national security vulnerabilities
associated with using Chinese LIDAR in defense, critical
infrastructure, and other applications;
(4) an analysis of the actions being taken by the
Department of Defense to identify and list Chinese LIDAR
companies with a military-civil nexus on the list maintained by
the Department under section 1260h of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021;
(5) the feasibility and viability of directing the Defense
Innovation Unit to develop a list of US domestic manufacturers
of LIDAR, similar to the Blue sUAS list; and
(6) any other matters the Secretary deems relevant.
Report Best Value Contracting Procedures for Contracts and Delivery
Orders of Body Armor
The committee recognizes the importance of obtaining high-
quality personal protective equipment and avoiding the use of
Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) contracting for the
procurement of body armor.
It was the intent of Congress, and policy of the United
States government, under Section 880 of the FY2019 National
Defense Authorization Act, ``to avoid using lowest price
technically acceptable source selection criteria in
circumstances that would deny the Government the benefits of
cost and technical tradeoffs in the source selection process.''
Among the products listed is personal protective equipment.
However, the committee is concerned that the Defense
Logistics Agency is circumventing the policy goal of avoiding
lowest priced technically acceptable contracts by use of ``fair
opportunity to compete'' contracts.
Therefore, the committee directs the Commander of the
Defense Logistics Agency, no later than November 1, 2023, to
submit a report to the Armed Services Committees of the House
and Senate, that includes: (1) an assessment and verification
whether procedures are in place to award task and delivery
orders for products and services listed under Section 880 (C)
of the FY2019 National Defense Authorization Act using best
value contracting procedures. (2) an assessment and
verification that DLA procurement professionals and counsels
have been trained on the statutory requirements for using best
value contracting procedures at the task and delivery order
level.
Report on DoD Efforts to Strengthen NATO's Semiconductor Supply Chain
Resiliency
The committee recognizes that semiconductors are essential
components in the electronic devices that Americans use every
day. The committee also recognizes that the COVID-19 pandemic
has highlighted weaknesses in our nation's reliance on supply
chains abroad, which could further be exacerbated by potential
conflict, especially in the Indo-Pacific. The committee
applauds the work and contributions of the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization (NATO) to European and global security and
recognizes its unique role in serving as a convening space for
allies and partners to discuss challenges, including those from
strategic competitors that seek to disrupt semiconductor supply
chains.
The committee therefore directs the Secretary of Defense to
submit a report to the House Committee on Armed Services by
February 1, 2024 on Department of Defense efforts to strengthen
NATO's semiconductor supply chain resiliency. The report shall
include (1) current DoD initiatives with NATO regarding
semiconductors; (2) opportunities to expand this work within
NATO; (3) challenges and/or barriers to allies developing
greater resilience in semiconductor supply chains; (4) an
assessment of US-based institutions that can provide lessons
learned for NATO through a competitive process; and (5)
existing arrangements and new opportunities for strengthening
cooperation between the Department of Defense and other federal
agencies in helping allies increase semiconductor supply chain
resiliency.
Report on Implementation of the National Industrial Security Program
The committee recognizes that the National Industrial
Security Program (NISP) was established to ensure that cleared
U.S. defense industry safeguards the classified information in
their possession while performing work on contracts, programs,
bids, or research and development efforts. The committee is
aware that the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency
is responsible for administering the NISP on behalf of the
Department of Defense and 34 other federal agencies. However,
the committee is concerned that gaps may exist in the
implementation of the NISP uniformly across the DOD.
Accordingly, the committee directs the Comptroller General of
the United States to provide to the House Committee on Armed
Services and the Senate Committee on Armed Services, not later
than February 1, 2024, a report on the administration of the
National Industrial Security Program of the Department of
Defense. The report shall be submitted in unclassified form but
may include a classified annex. The report shall include, but
not be limited to, the following:
(1) An overview of the training, compliance, oversight,
threat reporting, information sharing, and risk assessments
with respect to the National Industrial Security Program for
employees and contractors of the Department and for private
industry professionals;
(2) An assessment of component roles within the defense
security enterprise relating to the following:
(a) The National Industrial Security Program.
(b) Supply chain risks to classified information within the
broader defense industrial base.
(3) A documentation and assessment of the resources
available under the National Industrial Security Program.
(4) An assessment of the management and implementation of
the activities, roles, and resources described in (1) through
(3), including any recommendations by the Comptroller General
for improvements or corrective actions.
Report on Potential Application of Domestic Sourcing Requirements for
Amoxicillin and Amoxicillin Clavulanate
The committee recognizes the national security importance
of securing supply chains for key pharmaceutical products. The
committee is aware that there is no domestic manufacturing of
Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API) in the United States
while the People's Republic of China has actively sought to
obtain a dominant global market share in API production. The
committee is also aware that U.S. domestic pharmaceutical
manufacturing has drastically declined in recent years due in
part to offshoring and increased foreign competition, which has
increased the vulnerability of the Department of Defense's
supply of key pharmaceutical products. The committee notes the
recently increased U.S. domestic production of Amoxicillin and
Amoxicillin Clavulanate and directs the Secretary of Defense to
provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not
later than April 1, 2024 on establishing domestic sourcing
requirements for Department of Defense Amoxicillin and
Amoxicillin Clavulanate procurement under Section 4863 of title
10, United States Code. The report shall include, at a minimum:
(1) an analysis of current domestic production of
Amoxicillin and Amoxicillin Clavulanate and whether it is
sufficient to meet Department's annual demand as well as that
of the U.S. strategic stockpile.
(2) an estimate on how long current Amoxicillin and
Amoxicillin Clavulanate stocks would last the Department should
foreign produced Amoxicillin and Amoxicillin Clavulanate no
longer be available.
(3) the estimated costs and considerations of procuring
Amoxicillin and Amoxicillin Clavulanate while complying with
domestic sourcing requirements under the Berry Amendment.
(4) the criticality of such items to a military unit's
mission accomplishment.
(5) any other information deemed appropriate by the
Secretary.
Report on Secure Spaces for Small Businesses
For contractors to work on classified contracts, they must
have access to sensitive compartmented information facilities
(SCIFs). The committee recognizes that the construction of a
SCIF is costly, time intensive, and often prohibitive for small
and emerging technology companies. The committee also
recognizes that SCIF accessibility can be a barrier to entry
for small businesses who seek business with the Department of
Defense. Small businesses are agile and can rapidly prototype
technology, providing emerging technology products and services
to the Department of Defense.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense
to submit a report to the House Committee on Armed Services not
later than December 1, 2023, that includes:
(1) options for, feasibility of, and security risks of
granting access to already existing government-owned SCIF space
to small companies that have been issued a Facility Clearance
and selected for work requiring performance in secured
facilities is granted; and
(2) options for, feasibility of, and security risks to
communities with military installations and government programs
to apply for government-funded SCIF space to be developed in an
already-cleared location;
(3) A process to expedite completion and certification or
denial of DD254 Contract Security Classification specification
documentation; and
(4) Appointment of responsibility to the respective
commercial innovation organizations within the services to
ensure timely and responsive onboarding and work start of
commercial companies to include management of security
approval, network, and secure facilities access.
Report on Supply Chains within the Department of Defense Major Weapon
System Acquisition Programs
Section 881 of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115-232) established a legal
framework and provided new contracting authority for the
Secretary of Defense and the Secretaries of each Military
Department regarding the management of supply chain risk in
defense contracts for the acquisition of certain national
security systems and related covered items of supply. Covered
items of supply are defined in that Section as an item of
information and communications technology that is purchased for
inclusion in a covered national security acquisition, the loss
of integrity of which could result in a supply chain risk for
the covered system. The Department of Defense implemented this
legislation through a Memorandum from the Deputy Secretary of
Defense to Senior Pentagon Leadership, Commanders of the
Combatant Commands, and Defense Agency and Department of
Defense Field Activity Directors as well as updating the
Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement which in turn
applies to all relevant Department of Defense contracts.
The committee directs the Secretary of Defense to submit a
report to the Senate Committee on Armed Services and the House
Committee on Armed Services no later than March 1, 2024, on
expanding this legislative, management, and contracting
framework more broadly to all supply chains within the
Department of Defense major weapon system acquisition programs
starting in fiscal year 2025. The Secretary's report shall
include, at a minimum:
(1) Whether the legal framework enacted by Congress in
Section 881 of Public Law 115-232 can be expanded in full or in
part (or otherwise replicated in full or in part in a different
manner) beyond information and communications technology more
broadly to all supply chains within Department of Defense major
weapon system acquisition programs;
(2) The Secretary's perspectives, recommendations, and
major considerations for Congress on how this can best be done
in future legislation;
(3) The Department's recommendations for and/or wording of
future Congressional legislation to accomplish this objective;
(4) Detailed information on the Department's implementation
of Section 889 of Public Law 115-232 (regarding the prohibition
on the use of telecommunications and video surveillance
services and equipment from five Chinese companies in
Department of Defense contracts) including summary information
on the pervasiveness of Chinese intrusion into the Department
of Defense supplier base, what actions were taken affecting
Department of Defense contracts as part of the identification
for mitigation or remediation, and information on how many
tiers of the supplier base Department of Defense requires its
contractors to examine to ensure strict compliance with the
legislation; and
(5) Any other pertinent information.
Report on the Impact of Small Businesses through Authorization To
Operate Processes
The United States government must have a way to assess the
security and suitability of a vendor's product or service
before it is deployed to government systems. However, the
length of time to complete that process is prohibitive for
small businesses and new companies entering the defense market;
and, importantly, it also means that the Department of Defense
receives emerging technology for its operational mission sets
at a slower pace.
As such, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to
submit to the House Armed Services Committee, by June 1, 2024,
a report detailing the unique costs and potential burdens
incurred by emerging technology companies as companies are
required to obtain authorizations to operate as they move
through the different Department of Defense impact levels. The
report shall include:
1. small businesses with emerging technology that had
active contracts with the Department of Defense between 2020 to
2022,
2. an assessment of how long it takes for small businesses
to move from one impact level to another, and;
3. the associated costs and potential burdens incurred by
the government sponsor to include mission impact where
deployment of new and advanced technologies are delayed.
The Committee also recognizes that the issue of reciprocity
for authorizations to operate is a complex issue that spans
multiple congressional committees and there are ongoing reports
looking at the issue. Indications prove that the current
authorization to operate process needs to be holistically
evaluated, particularly if the processes required by the
Department of Defense in addition to the FedRamp processes are
discouraging small businesses and other new entrants from
performing work for the government.
Report on the Resiliency of the Defense Industrial Base for Solid
Rocket Propulsion Systems
The committee recognizes the importance of improving the
supply chain for precision-guided munitions, space launch
vehicles, national security satellites, and other systems
critical to the national defense of the United States. As such,
the committee supports the Department of Defense's interest in
ensuring the defense industrial base remains at the leading
edge in the manufacturing process for complex rocket propulsion
systems and applauds the Department's prioritization of these
efforts. However, the committee notes that more can be done to
ensure the supply chain for solid rocket propulsion systems
remains resilient.
Therefore, the committee directs the Under Secretary of
Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, in coordination with
the Director of the Manufacturing, Capability Expansion, and
Investment Prioritization Directorate to provide a report to
the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of
Representatives not later than December 31, 2023. on the
following:
(1) Requirements and plans for the Department of Defense's
future efforts to maintain and provide resiliency for the
defense industrial base with respect to complex solid rocket
propulsion systems;
(2) An assessment of the prudence and feasibility of
utilizing Title III of the Defense Production Act or similar
authorities to support an independent solid rocket motor
production facility making use of underutilized State or
Federal facilities with prior or current use in manufacturing
or demilitarizing energetics; and
(3) An assessment of the benefits, flexibilities, and
agility a small business could provide in operating an
independent solid rocket motor production facility as described
in subsection (2).
Report on Vulnerabilities in Chemical and Basic Material Supply Chains
The committee remains concerned that certain chemical and
other basic material supply chains supporting the Department of
Defense are dominated by foreign sources, most significantly
China and Russia, which presents significant strategic risks
unless they are fully mitigated. The committee urges the
Department to identify vulnerable chemical and basic material
supply chains and communicate those gaps to the
biomanufacturing industrial base. Further, the committee
directs the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and
Sustainment to provide a report with a classified annex to the
congressional defense committees not later than December 31,
2023. At a minimum, the report shall include:
(1) a comprehensive strategic vulnerability assessment of
the Department's supply chain for specialty chemicals (also
known as effect chemicals), excluding the discussion of: fuel
or fuel alternatives, including biofuels, and chemicals or
chemical categories previously identified in recent Defense
Production Act Title III funding efforts related to critical
chemicals production, unless relevant to vulnerabilities in
specialty chemical supply chains;
(2) a list of the Department's top five most supply chain-
vulnerable specialty chemical categories, including an
identification of the specific chemicals in each category and
volumes of those chemicals which were consumed by the
Department in the last three fiscal years;
(3) a discussion of the following supply-chain vulnerable
specialty chemical categories: construction chemicals,
corrosion inhibitors, specialty polymers, and biocides; and
(4) the identification of capability and supply chain gaps,
including future concerns which inhibit the domestic
manufacturing of the Department's needed specialty chemicals.
Report To Improve Contracting Officer Knowledge of SBIR Phase III
Direct Award
The Committee directs the Secretary of Defense in
consultation with the Under Secretary of Defense, Acquisition
and Sustainment to submit to the House Armed Services Committee
a report, by June 1, 2024 on the feasibility of establishing
training curriculum to further educate acquisition
professionals on the goals of the Small Business Innovation
Research program, including supporting law and Department of
Defense policy that encourages or allows use of Phase III
direct awards, including how and when a contracting officer and
agreements officers may issue a direct award under Phase III of
the program. The report should also detail how the Department
of Defense's acquisition workforce would benefit from
additional training on the Small Business Innovation Research
program, and the funding and plans required to implement this
program.
Rhodium Sourcing
The committee recognizes the continued efforts of the
People's Republic of China and the Russian Federation in
acquiring large volumes of critical minerals around the globe,
including rhodium. The committee is concerned that foreign
sourcing of rhodium poses a risk to our defense-critical supply
chains and military readiness. Therefore, the committee directs
the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy
to submit a report to the House Committee on Armed Services, no
later than March 1, 2024, on the sourcing of rhodium within the
defense industrial base that includes:
(1) an assessment of the impact of price increases on the
defense industrial base; and
(2) a strategic plan for protecting manufacturers of high-
performance glass fiber-based structural composites located in
the United States from a substantial change in the availability
of rhodium.
Secure Supply Chains for Tungsten
The committee is aware that the Department of Defense has
taken several actions to reduce the risks of inorganic chemical
and critical mineral supply from China, Russia, and other non-
allied foreign nations. However, risks of supply disruptions
remain salient for tungsten ores and concentrates. Therefore,
the committee directs the Administrator of the National Defense
Stockpile to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed
Services not later than December 31, 2023, on the efforts of
the Department of Defense to ensure that these materials are
available to the National Defense Stockpile and to U.S.
industry in quantities to maintain production, including the
acquisition of tungsten from recycled and reused minerals and
metals. The briefing shall include:
(1) the Department's plan to maintain sufficient tungsten
ores and concentrates in the National Defense Stockpile while
also ensuring adequate non-Chinese feedstocks for U.S.
industry;
(2) a five-year plan detailing the Department's projected
acquisitions and disposals of tungsten ores and concentrates in
the National Defense Stockpile; and
(3) the Department's plans to support the maintenance of
domestic tungsten production.
Secure Supply of Niobium Oxide
The committee has repeatedly recognized the importance of
niobium oxides to national security. Niobium oxides are
necessary for many of the propulsion systems on national
security platforms. Despite this, the United States remains
completely import-dependent for high-purity niobium oxide.
The committee therefore directs the Under Secretary of
Defense for Acquisition & Sustainment to brief the House
Committee on Armed Services not later than December 31, 2024,
on the Department's strategy to ensure a domestic source for
niobium oxide. Such a briefing shall include:
(1) an assessment of the extent to which current sources of
supply are owned, controlled, or otherwise under the influence
of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) or companies owned,
controlled, or under the influence of the CCP;
(2) an assessment of gaps in the niobium oxide supply chain
associated with the dependency on foreign sources of niobium;
(3) a projection of niobium oxide supply levels to meet
defense requirements over short-, medium-, and long-term demand
scenarios;
(4) an assessment of the ability of the Department to meet
niobium supply requirements through the use of industrial base
investment accounts and authorities.
Securing Defense Supply Chains From the People's Republic of China for
Critical Minerals
Whenever possible, the Department of Defense must ensure
that defense supply chains are protected from a dangerous
overreliance on the People's Republic of China for critical
minerals and Rare Earth Elements. In July 2021, the House Armed
Services Committee's Final Report of the Critical Supply Chain
Task Force found that ``a significant amount of material in the
Defense Industrial Base is sole-sourced from the People's
Republic of China,'' and concluded that a strategic framework
should be implemented to illuminate defense supply chains.
Further, the Task Force concluded that the Department should
use new supply chain information to work with industry, allies,
and partner nations to lessen overall reliance on the People's
Republic of China. The committee notes positive efforts to
review the vulnerabilities of U.S. critical minerals and
material supply chains that have been undertaken since,
including the Department's efforts in recent years to increase
funding for the Industrial Base Analysis and Sustainment (IBAS)
program element that can be used to support the domestic
production of key minerals and materials.
However, subsequent reports from the Department found that
without additional efforts to improve supply chain visibility,
the Department of Defense will be challenged to determine where
defense programs are vulnerable to supply cutoffs from the
People's Republic of China or develop potential responses to
such supply chain shocks.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense,
in coordination with the Assistant Secretary of Defense for
Industrial Policy, to provide a report to the congressional
defense committees not later than December 15, 2023, addressing
the following:
(1) an overview of the reporting requirements currently
placed on the Department's industry partners who serve as the
prime contractor on a major defense acquisition program for
identifying vulnerabilities within their supply chains related
to critical minerals and rare earth elements sourced from or
processed by the People's Republic of China;
(2) a feasibility and cost-benefit analysis of improving
the data collected by the Department on supply chain
vulnerabilities for the top three critical minerals and rare
earth elements that the Department of Defense considers most at
risk to supply chain manipulation or impact by the People's
Republic of China;
(3) a summary of the Department's efforts to advance supply
chain diversification for critical minerals and rare earth
elements away from the People's Republic of China and an
assessment of what further improvements could be made before
2027; and
(4) an assessment of what elements would inform a
successful partnership between the Department and industry to
increase supply chain security and visibility for the top three
critical minerals and rare earth elements that the Department
identifies as being most vulnerable to supply chain shocks from
the People's Republic of China before 2027.
Strategic Sources of Magnesium Metal for Defense Systems
The committee recognizes that magnesium metal is a critical
material essential to many military systems and strategic
commercial industries. China currently dominates magnesium
metal production, accounting for over 88 percent of global
output, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Increasing
domestic magnesium production therefore eliminates foreign
dependence on this critical resource. The committee is aware of
domestic enterprises making significant strides in innovative
production of magnesium using feedstock from brines processed
through electrolysis. The committee urges the Department of
Defense to incentivize further development of domestic
magnesium production.
Additionally, the committee directs the Secretary of
Defense to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed
Services not later than December 31, 2023, on public and
private sector activities to develop carbon-neutral magnesium
production capabilities in the United States, including the
acquisition of magnesium from recycled and reused minerals and
metals. Specifically, the briefing should include:
(1) the development status of domestic magnesium metal
production capabilities, and Department of Defense efforts to
support further domestic expansion;
(2) programs of record within the Department of Defense
that rely on secure and stable supplies of magnesium metal; and
(3) efforts by strategic adversaries to undermine efforts
to develop magnesium production capabilities in the United
States.
Study Into Boron Supply Chains
The committee is aware that boron and its derivative
materials are essential to various critical components of
materiel necessary for the Department of Defense. The committee
is also aware that the United States is dependent on vulnerable
supply chains and adversaries for a variety of these materials,
including ferroboron and boron carbide, which are necessary to
the production of permanent magnets and body armor,
respectively. The committee is therefore concerned about the
United States' reliance on foreign sources of boron and its
derivative materials. The committee directs the Under Secretary
of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment to provide a report
on boron supply chains in the United States to the House Armed
Services Committee no later than March 31, 2024. The report
should include the following:
(1) An overview of the current sources for boron and its
derivative materials in U.S.
(2) A review of potential vulnerabilities in current supply
chains, particularly regarding imports.
(3) A review of domestic producers and processors and
whether there is adequate supply chains to address current
defense needs.
Study on Noncombat Department of Defense Needs
In 2022, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO)
reported that the Office of the Secretary of Defense had not
monitored the Defense Commissary Agency's and the military
exchanges' compliance with policies for preventing the resale
of goods produced with forced labor. GAO also found that the
military exchanges had not consistently implemented all
requirements related to resale goods that may have been
produced by forced labor. The committee notes that concerns
regarding the use of forced labor linked to China's Xinjiang
Uyghur Autonomous Region have prompted the U.S. Government to
take steps to restrict or prevent the importation of goods from
that region. The committee is concerned that the Department of
Defense could be procuring other noncombat goods--noncombat
goods other than those procured for the purposes of the defense
resale system--that have their manufacturing origin in China.
Therefore, the committee directs the Comptroller General of
the United States to conduct an evaluation of the Department of
Defense's processes for identifying whether the other noncombat
goods it procures might have been manufactured in China.
Specifically, this evaluation should include an examination of
the extent to which:
(1) the Department tracks information about the
manufacturing origin of the noncombat goods it procures, other
than goods procured for the defense resale system;
(2) the Department conducts risk assessments and considers
alternative manufacturing sources for these noncombat goods
when there are potential concerns regarding their manufacturing
origin; and
(3) the Department has examined the feasibility and
advisability of transitioning the manufacturing of these
noncombat goods to United States-based manufacturers when there
are such concerns.
The committee further directs the Comptroller General to
provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not
later than April 30, 2024, on the Comptroller General's
preliminary findings and present final results in a format and
timeframe agreed to at the time of the briefing.
Trusted Foundry Program
The committee has long recognized the need for secure,
trusted supply chains for defense and intelligence
microelectronic components. The Defense Microelectronics
Activity's Trusted Foundry program has been tasked with
accrediting suppliers in the microelectronics value chain as
Trusted, providing the U.S. Government with an assured path for
microelectronics acquisition. The program has a long history of
providing a cost-effective means to assure the integrity and
confidentiality of integrated circuits during design and
manufacturing while providing the U.S. Government with access
to state-of-the-practice and state-of-the-art microelectronics
technologies for both Trusted and non-sensitive applications.
However, the committee is aware that the requirement for
sourcing microelectronics from accredited Trusted suppliers is
often waived for reasons such as cost. Threats to the United
States defense and intelligence infrastructure posed by cyber
threats to microelectronics such as intellectual property
theft, and the risk of overproduction parts falling in
adversaries' hands, continues to increase. The committee
directs the Secretary of Defense to submit a report to the
House Committee on Armed Services not later than December 31,
2024, detailing the criteria and rationale used on each waiver
for Trusted microelectronics acquisitions requirements in
fiscal years 2023 and 2024.
Utilization of Middle Tier of Acquisitions and Other Transaction
Authority Across Services
Data is sparse on service-to-service trends and utilization
of products and services provided by Other Transaction
Authority (OTA) contracts. Existing data is promulgated by
Federal Procurement Data System (sam.gov) and usaspending.gov.
The level of granularity is insufficient to implement a first-
use policy for OTAs and Middle Tier of Acquisitions (MTA).
The committee recognizes that OTAs and MTAs have proven to
accelerate rapid fielding of capability for the warfighters,
but their production utility has yet to be fully studied and
subsequently the power of that tool has yet to be fully
acknowledged and normalized by Congress and the Department.
Production and understanding of OTA and MTA data will inform
Congress on what is being fielded at a speed of relevance
through both authorities at the Department. Most critical to
this are:
(1) the production based demonstrating what is actually
being purchased; and
(2) the technology-focused enterprises to ensure the data
isn't skewed by contracts that are used for food or
landscaping, for example.
Therefore, the committee directs the Under Secretary of
Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment to provide a report to
the House Committee on Armed Services by December 1, 2023, that
measures and quantifies the use of production OTAs and MTAs
across the Department and the Armed Forces with non-
traditional, technology-focused vendors. The report should
include:
(1) data on the production OTA and MTA contracts across the
Department by service and by product-type;
(2) what products and services the Department is procuring
using OTAs and MTAs;
(3) composition of the entities the Department is contract
with using OTAs and MTAs, including size (revenue and
employees), type (filing status), geography, and industry;
(4) data on the trends in defense OTA and MTA obligations
by service and buyer for the past 5 years;
(5) data on the competition for production OTA and MTA
contracts for each fiscal year beginning with fiscal year 2018;
and
(6) data on trends in OTA and MTA production contracts
transitions to programs of record.
Women-Owned Small Businesses Contracting With the Department of Defense
The committee recognizes that the Women-Owned Small
Business Contracting Program aids the Federal agencies in
meeting the statutory goal of awarding five percent of all
prime Federal contracts to women-owned small businesses.
Contracts are reserved for specific industries where women-
owned small businesses are substantially underrepresented,
including numerous that are key to U.S. national security
interests.
The committee further appreciates the Small Business
Administration's recent work to improve the performance of the
Women-Owned Small Business Contracting Program, including
implementing efficiencies to improve the user experience,
reduce processing times, and promote outreach and marketing to
provide women business owners with the education and resources
to compete for set-aside awards under the program.
The committee is concerned, however, that the Federal
Government has only met the statutory goal twice in history.
The committee is also concerned that there continues to be a
backlog of applications and little visibility into how many
firms are being certified by any of the four national
certifying entities approved by the Small Business
Administration.
The committee directs the Director of the Department of
Defense Office of Small Business Programs to submit a report to
the congressional defense committees, not later than May 1,
2024, on the concerns of women-owned and -controlled small
businesses. This report shall include, for the fiscal year
preceding the date of the report, the following:
(1) the number of Department applications for certification
as a concern of women-owned and -controlled small business that
have sufficient information for the Administrator to make a
certification determination. This information should be
disaggregated by the number of applications certified, the
number of applications denied, and the number of applications
for which a determination has not been made;
(2) the number of concerns certified as concerns of women-
owned and -controlled small businesses by a national certifying
entity approved by the Administrator;
(3) the amount of fees, if any, charged by each national
certifying entity for such certification; and
(4) the total dollar amount and total percentage of
Department prime contracts awarded to concerns of women-owned
and -controlled small businesses, pursuant to item (2) of this
list.
LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS
Subtitle A--Acquisition Policy and Management
Section 801--Commercial Nature Determination Memo Available to
Contractor
This section would amend section 3456 of title 10, United
States Code, to require the Department of Defense to share the
determination of commerciality made by contracting officers
upon the request of the contractor.
Section 802--Prohibition on the Transfer of Certain Data on Employees
of the Department of Defense to Third Parties
This section would prevent the sale, license, or transfer
to a third party of individually-identifiable information on
Department of Defense employees generated during the course of
a Department of Defense contract.
Section 803--Principal Technology Transition Advisor
This section would require each military department to
designate a senior civilian official to serve as an advisor to
help transition technology from the science and technology
ecosystem to programs of record within the services.
Section 804--Pilot Program on Payment of Costs for Denied Government
Accountability Office Bid Protests
This section would reestablish a loser pays pilot program
to award reimbursement to the Department of Defense for costs
incurred from contract award protests denied by the Government
Accountability Office. This structure was authorized in section
827 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
2018 (Public Law 115-91) but was repealed before
implementation.
Section 805--Pilot Program for Prototype Projects for Anything-as-a-
Service
This section would create an Anything-as-a-Service pilot
program to promote continuous competition and better business
practices at the Department of Defense.
Section 806--Low-Methane Intensity Natural Gas Pilot Program
This section would authorize the Director of the Defense
Logistics Agency, in coordination with the Secretary of
Defense, to establish a pilot program to demonstrate the
feasibility of Department of Defense installations using
certified low-methane intensity natural gas.
Section 807--Prohibition on Contracting With Persons That Have Business
Operations With the Government of the Russian Federation or the Russian
Energy Sector
This section would prohibit the Department of Defense from
contracting with any company that has business with the Putin
regime or any natural gas, oil, and coal company operating in
Russia.
Section 808--Organizational Conflict of Interests Relating to National
Security and Foreign Policy
This section would prohibit the Department of Defense from
engaging in consulting contracts with firms that have in the
last five years provided consulting services to the Chinese
Government, the Chinese Communist Party, the People's
Liberation Army, or other covered entities.
Subtitle B--Amendments to General Contracting Authorities, Procedures,
and Limitations
Section 822--Modification to Truthful Cost or Pricing Data Submissions
and Report
This section would require the public listing of companies
that refuse to provide certified cost and pricing data.
Section 823--Competition Requirements for Purchases from Federal Prison
Industries
This section would amend competition requirements for
federal prison industries.
Section 824--Modification of Approval Authority for High Dollar Other
Transactions for Prototypes
This section would resolve an internal inconsistency for
the approval of large dollar Other Transaction Agreements
(OTAs) for prototype projects and follow-on production OTAs or
contracts under the authority of section 4022 of title 10,
United States Code.
Currently, when a follow-on production OTA or contract is
awarded, the prototype project is already completed but the
follow-on OTA or contract has yet to be performed. As such, the
existing requirement that the prototype project completion will
be met, for these follow-on production OTAs or contracts, is
redundant and removed by this provision.
Section 825--Clarification of Authority of the Department of Defense to
Carry Out Certain Prototype Projects
This section would clarify the authority of the Department
of Defense to carry out certain prototype projects by amending
section 4022(i) of title 10, United States Code.
Section 826--Acquisition of Sensitive Materials Prohibition Exception
Amendment
This section would create an exception to the prohibition
on the acquisition of sensitive materials.
Section 827--Modification to Acquisition Authority of the Senior
Official with Principal Responsibility for Artificial Intelligence and
Machine Learning
This section would amend section 808 of the William M.
(Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 2021 (Public Law 116-283) (10 U.S.C. 4001 note) and extend
the acquisition authority of the Senior Official with Principal
Responsibility for Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
to fiscal year 2029. This section would also increase the
ceiling for authority to $125,000,000 from $75,000,000.
Section 828--Amend Prohibition on Contracting With Entities Operating
Certain Unmanned Aircraft Systems
This section would amend the prohibition on contracting
with entities operating certain unmanned aircraft systems.
Section 829--Avoidance of Use of Lowest Price Technically Acceptable
Source Selection Process for Certain Logistics Services
This section would require the Department of Defense,
typically acting through the Defense Logistics Agency, to avoid
Lowest Price Technically Acceptable source selection criteria
to the maximum extent possible for fuel and fuel-related
services, if such services are or reasonably could be
controlled by an adversary. Specifically, this section would
add fuel and fuel-related services to the list of services to
be avoided to the maximum extent possible under section 813(c)
of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017
(Public Law 114-328).
Section 830--Modification and Extension of Temporary Authority To
Modify Certain Contracts and Options Based on the Impacts of Inflation
This section would extend authority to modify certain
contracts based on inflation impact.
Section 831--Modification of Contracts and Options To Provide Economic
Price Adjustments
This section would modify contract options for economic
price adjustment.
Section 833--Pilot Program on the Use of Acquisition Authority for
Office of Naval Research to Aid in Technology Transition
This section would create a pilot program to allow the
Office of Naval Research to use acquisition authority to aid in
the transition of technology from the science and technology
ecosystem to acquisition activities and operational use.
Section 832--Prohibition on Computers or Printers Acquisitions
Involving Entities Owned or Controlled by China
This section would prohibit computers or printers
acquisition involving entities controlled by China.
Subtitle C--Domestic Sourcing Requirements
Section 841--Require Full Domestic Production of Flags of the United
States Acquired by the Department of Defense
This section would amend section 4862 of title 10, United
States Code, to require full domestic production of U.S. flags
acquired by the Department of Defense.
Section 842--Inclusion of Titanium Powder in Definition of Specialty
Metals Exempted from Certain Domestic Sourcing Requirements
This section would add titanium powder to the definition of
specialty metals provision of the Berry Amendment to secure the
Department's titanium powder supply chain.
Section 843--Amend Requirement to Buy Certain Metals from American
Sources
This section would amend section 4863 of title 10, United
States Code, to ensure specialty metals are being sourced
domestically and/or from allied countries.
Section 844--Modification to Miscellaneous Limitations on the
Procurement of Goods Other Than United States Goods
This section would amend language from James M. Inhofe
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public
Law 117-263) by specifically adding propulsion system
components and power generation systems to be procured and
manufactured by the National Technology and Industrial Base.
Section 845--Procurement of Covered Hearing Protection Devices
This section would allow the Secretary of Defense, in
coordination with the head of the Hearing Center of Excellence,
to enter into one or more contracts to procure covered hearing
protection devices for all members of the Armed Forces.
Subtitle D--Provisions Relating to Program for Accelerating Acquisition
Section 851--Pilot Program for Recurring Awards for Production,
Investment, and Deployment Through Competitions
This section would establish a pilot program to acquire,
through repeated competition, attritable systems that solve
urgent operational needs in order to incentivize sustainable
production, rapid deployment, and iterative improvements.
Section 852--Demonstration and Prototyping Program To Advance
International Product Support Capabilities in a Contested Logistics
Environment
This section would require the Secretary of Defense to
establish a contested logistics demonstration and prototyping
program to identify, develop, exercise, and field capabilities
for product support in order to reduce or mitigate the risks
associated with operations in a contested logistics
environment. The purpose of the program is to explore flexible
approaches to contracting and use of partnership agreements, in
addition to establishing and growing product support capability
in order to enable effective, efficient, and timely
satisfaction of combatant command requirements prior to
conflict.
Section 853--Defense Industrial Base Advanced Capabilities Pilot
Program
This section would establish a public-private partnership
pilot program to accelerate the scaling, production, and
acquisition of advanced capabilities for national security.
Subtitle E--Industrial Base Matters
Section 861--Additional National Security Objectives for the National
Technology and Industrial Base
This section would update section 4811(a) of title 10,
United States Code, to identify defense services, supplies, or
materials critical to meeting defense requirements in the event
of a crisis or conflict where the Department of Defense relies
on a potential adversary.
Section 862--Use of Industrial Base Fund for Support for the Workforce
for Large Surface Combatants
This section would amend section 4817(d) of title 10,
United States Code, to add a section that states the fund
should be used to support the large surface combatant
industrial base.
Section 863--Redesignation of Industrial Base Fund as Industrial Base
and Operational Infrastructure Fund; Additional Uses
This section would redefine and expand the purposes of the
Industrial Base Analysis and Sustainment Fund.
Section 864--Modifications to the Procurement Technical Assistance
Cooperative Agreement Program
This section would amend the Technical Assistance Program
statute.
Section 865--Modification to Procurement Requirements Relating to Rare
Earth Elements and Strategic and Critical Materials
This section would modify procurement requirements relating
to rare earth elements and strategic and critical minerals to
include a supply chain disclosure requirement for large-
capacity batteries.
Section 866--Securing Maritime Data from China
This section would prohibit the Department from contracting
with any entity that uses covered logistics software and
prohibits covered port authorities from contracting with
covered logistics software. This section would also require
negotiations with allies and partners to ban such software, as
covered by this section.
Section 867--Pilot Program for Analyzing and Continuous Monitoring of
Key Supply Chains
This section would require the Secretary of Defense to
analyze and continuously monitor key U.S. Indo-Pacific Command
system supply chains with a pilot program.
Section 868--Study and Report on Country of Origin of End Items and
Components Procured by Department Of Defense
This section would require a study and report by the
Comptroller General of the United States to identify the degree
to which the Department of Defense is dependent on entities
located in foreign countries for the procurement of certain end
items and components.
Section 869--Enhanced Domestic Content Requirement for Major Defense
Acquisition Programs
This section would increase domestic content requirements
to support the defense industrial base and secure supply
chains, and enhances trusted allies by exempting countries with
a reciprocal defense procurement agreement with the Department
or are in the National Technology and Industrial Base.
Subtitle F--Small Business Matters
Section 881--Entrepreneurial Innovation Project Designations
This section would amend chapter 303 of title 10, United
States Code, to require the Secretary of each military
department to identify promising research programs of the Small
Business Innovation Research Program or Small Business
Technology Transfer Program for inclusion in the future budgets
and plans of the Department of Defense.
Section 882--Extension and Modification of Domestic Investment Pilot
Program
This section would amend section 884 of the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116-
92) and extend the domestic investment pilot program under the
Small Business Innovation Research program until September 30,
2027. The pilot program will be required to comply with the due
diligence program required under subsection (vv) of the Small
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638(vv)).
Section 883--Study and Report on the Expansion of the Strategic Funding
Increase Program of the Air Force
This section would require the Secretary of Defense to
direct a study from the Small Business Innovation Research
programs of the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps, on the
feasibility of implementing a program similar to the Strategic
Funding Increase Program of the Air Force.
Subtitle G--Other Matters
Section 891--Employee-Owned Business Contracting Incentive Pilot
Program Clarification and Extension
This section would amend section 874 of the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117-
81) by extending the length of the Employee-owned Business
Contracting Incentive pilot program by 3 years and increasing
the number of available contracts from 9 to 25.
Section 892--Pilot Program on the Use of Budget Transfer Authority for
Army Research to Aid in Technology Transition
This section would create a pilot program to allow the Army
to use acquisition authority to aid in the transition of
technology from the science and technology ecosystem to
acquisition activities and operational use.
Section 893--Seaplane Procurement and Employment
This section will request an analysis by the Secretary of
Defense no later than 270 days after the date of the enactment
of this Act on the feasibility of the Department of Defense
procuring seaplanes and amphibious aircraft.
Section 894--Limitation on Availability of Funds Relating to Contracts
with Contract Managers and Auditors
This section would require annual contract review of funds
relating to cost overruns.
Section 895--Inspector General Report on Department of Defense
Acquisition and Contract Administration
This section would require an Inspector General of the
Department of Defense report on Department-wide acquisitions
and contract management, including cost, price, and profit
data.
TITLE IX--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT
LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS
Subtitle A--Office of the Secretary of Defense and Related Matters
Section 901--Under Secretary of Defense for Science and Innovation
Integration
This section would rename the Under Secretary of Defense
for Research and Engineering to the Under Secretary of Defense
for Science and Innovation Integration. It would expand the
responsibilities for the position.
Section 902--Repeal of Position of Director of Cost Assessment and
Program Evaluation
This section would disestablish the Department of Defense's
Office of Cost Estimate and Program Evaluation (CAPE) and
authorizes the Secretary of Defense to determine where to
devolve CAPE's responsibilities.
Section 903--Conforming Amendments to Carry Out Elimination of Position
of Chief Management Officer
This section would strike references in statute to the
Chief Management Officer position, which was eliminated by law
in the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116-283).
Section 904--Elimination of the Chief Diversity Officer of the
Department of Defense
This section would eliminate the Chief Diversity Officer of
the Department of Defense.
Subtitle B--Other Department of Defense Organization and Management
Matters
Section 921--Modification of Analysis Required for Reductions to
Civilian Workforce under General Policy for Total Force Management
This section would amend section 12a(b) of title 10, United
States Code, to require that the civilian workforce analysis be
in writing and would require the Comptroller General of the
United States to conduct a review and report of written
analyses related to the workforce analysis done by the
Secretary of Defense.
Section 922--Additional Requirements under General Policy for Total
Force Management
This section would require the Secretary of Defense to
develop data analytics to identify quantitative and qualitative
metrics of the sizing and composition of the civilian workforce
in the Department of Defense and provide a briefing on the
developed analytics.
Section 923--Eligibility of Chief of the National Guard Bureau for
Appointment as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
This section would authorize the Chief of the National
Guard Bureau to be eligible to be appointed Chairman of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Section 924--Coast Guard Input to the Joint Requirements Oversight
Council
This section would require the Joint Requirements Oversight
Council to seek and consider the views of the Commandant of the
Coast Guard.
Section 925--Codification of the Defense Innovation Unit and
Establishment of the Nontraditional Innovation Fielding Enterprise
This section would codify the Defense Innovation Unit. It
would also establish nontraditional innovation fielding
enterprises (NIFE).
Section 926--Designation of Explosive Ordnance Disposal Corps as a
Basic Branch of the Army
This section establishes the Explosive Ordnance Disposal
Corps as a basic branch of the United States Army.
Section 927--Repeal of Authority To Appoint a Naval Research Advisory
Committee
This section would repeal section 8024 of title 10, United
States Code, the authority to appoint a Naval Research Advisory
Committee.
Section 928--Eligibility of Members of Space Force for Instruction at
the Naval Postgraduate School
This section would authorize the inclusion of members of
the Space Force in the list of service members that can attend
the Naval Postgraduate School.
Section 929--Membership of the Air Force Reserve Forces Policy
Committee
This section would add nonvoting advisors to the Air Force
Reserve Forces Policy Committee.
Section 930--Framework for Classification of Autonomous Capabilities
This section would require the Chief Digital and Artificial
Intelligence Officer (CDAO) of the Department of Defense to
create a framework for the classification of autonomous
capabilities to create a common understanding of autonomous
capabilities. It would also require the CDAO to create a plan
for integrating autonomous capabilities into systems of the
Department.
Section 931--Comprehensive Assessment of Force Design Modernization
Efforts of the Marine Corps
This section would require a review of U.S. Marine Corps
force modernization efforts by a federally funded research and
development center (FFRDC) and an assessment by the Secretary
of Defense on the results of the FFRDC review.
Section 932--Enhancing Department of Defense Coordination of
Geoeconomic Affairs
This section would require the Secretary of Defense to
conduct a review of the planning, resourcing, and contributions
of the Department of Defense to interagency efforts with
respect to geoeconomic affairs and to submit a report regarding
such review.
Subtitle C--Space National Guard
Section 951--Establishment of Space National Guard
This section would establish a Space National Guard
comprised of National Guard forces in the States and U.S.
territories in which the Space Force operates.
Section 952--No Effect on Military Installations
This section would clarify that nothing in this subtitle
would require or authorize the relocation of any facility,
infrastructure, or military installation of the Space National
Guard or Air National Guard.
Section 953--Implementation of Space National Guard
This section would require the Secretary of the Air Force
and the Chief of the National Guard Bureau to implement the
provisions of this subtitle not later than 18 months after the
date of the enactment of this Act.
Section 954--Conforming Amendments and Clarification of Authorities
This section would provide clarifications of authorities
pertaining to the Space National Guard, as established by this
subtitle, and conforming amendments to title 10, United States
Code.
TITLE X--GENERAL PROVISIONS
ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST
Counterdrug Activities
Joint Interagency Task Force South Capabilities
The committee remains focused on U.S. military posture and
strategic competition in the U.S. Southern Command area of
responsibility, as well as around the globe. Further, the
committee remains committed to ensuring U.S. Southern Command,
operating through Joint Interagency Task Force South (JIATF-S),
has the appropriate assets to detect and monitor transnational
criminal organizations' activities to exploit maritime and
aerial shipment routes of narcotics and support interagency
efforts to illuminate the illegal transport of precursor
chemicals of fentanyl, bulk cash, persons, and weapons. The
committee understands that JIATF-S is reliant on intelligence,
surveillance, and reconnaissance assets for detection and
monitoring of a vast area of responsibility, including in the
Pacific Ocean where fentanyl precursors are predominantly
transported.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense
to submit a report to the House Committee on Armed Services not
later than December 31, 2023, that includes capabilities
upgrades required to better enable JIATF-S to support the
interdiction of narcotics, precursor chemicals of fentanyl,
fentanyl, bulk cash, human trafficking, and weapons, including
platforms, vessels, and equipment.
Ship Special Mission Support
The committee is aware that the Joint Inter-Agency Task
Force--South (JIATF-South) currently employs one Ship Special
Mission (SSM) operated under the Military Sealift Command's
Special Mission Ship Program. The ship is currently deployed to
the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific and is a contractor-owned and
operated ship which acts as a forward staging base to support
and extend the operational range of our partner countries
assisting the counternarcotic/counter-transnational crime
organization mission. The committee understands that another
SSM could potentially help close capability gaps, allowing for
more opportunities to intercept illicit drugs.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense,
in consultation with the Commander of U.S. Southern Command and
the Commander of JIATF-South, to provide a briefing to the
House Armed Services Committee, no later than December 1, 2023,
on the feasibility of adding additional SSMs to U.S. Southern
Command's area of responsibility, whether such additions would
greatly increase the interdiction rates of vessels carrying
illicit drugs, and the costs associated with contracting one or
more ships.
Other Matters
Assessment of the Efficacy of U.S. Operations in the Information
Environment
The committee notes the continuing emphasis on, and
importance of, the Department of Defense's operations in the
information environment (OIE). OIE are critical to the
Department's ability to influence the decision-making of
adversaries and it is therefore incumbent upon the Department
to ensure OIE effectively contributes to overall mission
objectives. The committee notes that Section 1749 of Public Law
116-283 directed the establishment of ``a Department of Defense
entity to develop, apply, and continually refine an assessment
capability for defining and measuring the impact of Department
of Defense information operations''.
The committee directs the Secretary of Defense, in
coordination with Geographic Combatant Commanders; Commander,
U.S. Special Operations Command; and Commander, U.S. Cyber
Command, to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed
Services not later than May 31, 2024, assessing the efficacy of
military OIE. The briefing shall include the following
elements:
(1) composition, duties, responsibilities, and authorities
of the entity established by section 1749 of Public Law 116-
283;
(2) an assessment by the entity of the effectiveness of OIE
for each Combatant Command, including objectives and end states
for existing operations with OIE lines of effort, and a
description of assessment methodologies used to evaluate impact
and effectiveness;
(3) a description of Department of Defense formal and
informal coordination on OIE with the interagency, including
coordination with the Department of State's public affairs and
public diplomacy specialists; and
(4) any other matters the Secretary determines relevant.
Authorities of the Secretary of Defense Pursuant to Section 501 of
Title 46, United States Code
The committee is aware that the Secretary of Defense failed
to utilize authorities pursuant to section 501 of title 46,
United States Code in response to Typhoon Mawar. The committee
directs the Secretary of Defense to submit a brief to the House
Committee on Armed Services, by December 1, 2023, outlining
what factors were considered when deciding not to use
authorities pursuant to section 501 of title 46, United States
Code.
Briefing on Cooperation between the Department of Defense and the
Department of Commerce
The Committee commends the Department of Defense's
contributions to strategic competition, wherein all aspects of
national power are fundamental to securing national objectives.
The Committee notes that the Secretary of Defense, in testimony
before the Senate Committee on Appropriations, indicated that
the Department works closely with the Department of Commerce,
``to advance our technological advantages.'' The committee
encourages this interagency cooperation, and it wishes to
remain informed of how sustained cooperation between the
Departments of Defense and Commerce may support U.S. foreign
policy objectives in an era of strategic competition.
Therefore, the House Committee on Armed Services directs
the Secretary of the Department of Defense to provide a
briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services and Senate
Committee on Armed Services, not later than March 1, 2024, on
cooperative efforts between the Department of Defense and the
Department of Commerce. The briefing shall at least include:
1. An assessment of Department of Defense engagements in
international events, at both the Secretary, Under Secretary,
and Assistant Secretary levels and below, including bilateral
and multilateral engagements with foreign partners, which may
benefit from Department of Commerce participation;
2. An assessment of Department of Commerce engagements in
international events, including bilateral and multilateral
engagements with foreign partners, in which the Department of
Defense has a material interest;
3. An assessment of liaison activities between officials of
the Departments of Defense and Commerce regarding current or
future areas of cooperation, particularly in areas in which the
United States is engaging in strategic competition or advancing
technology;
4. An assessment of cooperative efforts between defense
attaches and commercial attaches in U.S. Embassies and
Missions; and
5. An assessment of how the Departments of Defense and
Commerce may better provide material or technical assistance to
each other regarding technological, scientific, or other non-
military matters.
Comptroller General Review of Reliability of Data for Oversight of the
Personnel Security Clearance Process
The Department of Defense is the largest provider of
background investigations in the Federal Government, conducting
more than 95 percent of the government's background
investigations. In January 2018, the Government Accountability
Office placed the government-wide personnel security clearance
process on its High-Risk List because the process faced
significant challenges. These challenges included delays in
processing clearances, a lack of measures to assess quality in
the investigation process, and information technology systems
issues. As the Security Executive Agent, the Director of
National Intelligence (DNI) has significant responsibilities
related to addressing these challenges to ensure the quality,
timeliness, consistency, and integrity of the process. To carry
out these responsibilities, the DNI must have access to and use
accurate, complete, and standardized data from the Department
of Defense, intelligence community elements, and other
executive branch agencies.
The committee directs the Comptroller General of the United
States to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed
Services not later than April 1, 2024, on the reliability of
the data the DNI has used to oversee key aspects of the
personnel security clearance process, including timeliness. In
particular, the Comptroller General should assess the extent
that the Department of Defense, intelligence community
elements, and other executive branch agencies have accurately
and consistently collected and reported data to DNI on key
aspects of the security clearance process, including timeliness
in completing the security clearance process, reciprocity, and
continuous vetting. The briefing should also assess the extent
that the DNI has used a data-driven approach to inform its
oversight of the security clearance process.
Comptroller General Review of Reserve Component Capabilities To Support
Challenges From Near-Peer Adversaries
The shift in focus by the Department of Defense on
strategic competition with near-peer adversaries such as Russia
and China necessitates different capabilities than those
required for counterinsurgency and regional stability
operations of prior decades. The Reserve Components of the
United States military services provide support and some unique
capabilities for key mission areas that could be called upon in
near-peer conflict scenarios. The Army and Air National Guard
also prepare for other missions, such as support of law
enforcement and emergency response within the United States.
In this context, the committee is concerned that as the
Department of Defense prepares for near-peer conflict, the
Reserve Components may not be able to train effectively for the
broad range of missions and activities for which they are
relied upon.
Therefore, the committee directs the Comptroller General of
the United States to conduct a review of the capabilities
provided by the Reserve Components to respond to near-peer
conflict scenarios and their readiness to provide those
capabilities should a conflict arise. The review should assess:
(1) the forces and capabilities of the Reserve Components
that would be utilized in response to a conflict with a near-
peer adversary;
(2) the unique or low-density forces of the Reserve
Components that would be needed in a conflict with a near-peer
adversary;
(3) the level of preparedness of these Reserve Component
forces and how, if at all, this level of preparedness has
changed to meet the needs of the National Defense Strategy;
(4) the extent that the Department of Defense and the
military services have developed strategies and provided
resources to prepare Reserve Component forces to perform
missions related to responding to conflict with near-peer
adversaries; and
(5) any other areas the Comptroller General deems
appropriate.
The committee directs the Comptroller General to provide a
briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not later
than April 1, 2024, on the initial findings, and submit a final
report to the Senate Committee on Armed Services and the House
Committee on Armed Services at a date mutually agreed upon at
the time of the briefing.
Defense Exchanges
The committee notes that pursuant to section 2481 of title
10, United States Code, the defense exchange system is intended
to enhance the quality of life of members of the uniformed
services and to support military readiness, recruitment, and
retention. The committee further notes the changing demographic
composition of the Armed Forces, as reported in the 2021
Department of Defense Demographics Report, with women
accounting for 17.3 percent of the Active Duty force and 21.4
percent of the Reserve Component.
The committee understands the challenges supply and demand
pose to a retail establishment's inventory metrics, to include
military exchanges, and the impact these challenges have on the
ability of service members to readily access required military
clothing items. Despite these challenges, however, the
committee is concerned with the disproportionate impact
affecting female service members' ability to obtain military
clothing; including the lack of sizing options at smaller
installations that do not sell as many uniform items as their
larger counterparts, or lack of service-specific items on
exchanges located on joint installations.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense
to submit a report to the House Committee on Armed Services by
March 1, 2024, on the ability of female service members to
access military clothing items at exchanges. The report shall,
at a minimum, include the following:
(1) proposed processes and methods to expand availability
of female military clothing items at physical stores
commensurate with supported population demographics; and
(2) if an exchange location cannot carry sufficient supply
commensurate with the area's demographics, a plan for
maintaining a full complement of sizes to allow female service
members the ability to find the correct fit prior to ordering
via the online exchange.
Deployment of Prepositioned Stocks in Europe
Prepositioned stocks are located at or near the points of
planned future use, reducing the initial strategic lift
required for power projection to enable the United States or
partner forces before the theater matures. Prepositioned stocks
allow U.S. forces to create tactical and technical overmatch in
a geographic combatant command area of responsibility and to
counter immediate threats.
The committee is concerned that the Department of Defense's
prepositioned stock programs are not able to fully meet
geographic combatant command needs due to constraints related
to funding and prioritization, especially related to U.S.
European Command. The committee directs the Secretary of
Defense to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed
Services not later than December 1, 2023, on how the Department
and the military services intend to accelerate fulfillment of
existing prepositioned stocks in Europe and plans to identify
additional locations for future prepositioned stocks,
considering the continuing war in Ukraine and the need to
support North Atlantic Treaty Organization members along the
alliance's eastern edge.
Domestic Response Training Center
Disaster response missions, as defined in the National
Response Framework (NRF), may include a mix of civilian
agencies at the federal, state, and local levels, and military
units with little practical experience working together. When
the NRF is activated, the Federal Emergency Management Agency
(FEMA) may request that the Department of Defense provide an
appropriate level of Defense Support of Civil Authorities
(DSCA) capability that is to be carried out by the military
services, including the Army. Installation commanders may also
provide assistance to local first responders. FEMA is the
primary agency coordinating the overall federal disaster
response, including that provided by the military.
However, at present, the Army is ill-prepared to coordinate
its disaster response with state and local civilian agencies
and there is a large disparity in DSCA experience between Title
10 and Title 32 personnel. There are many valuable training
courses, such as the U.S. Northern Command's Joint Task Force
Commanders Training (JTFC), performed at multiple locations,
agencies, and governments. However, there is no established
collective training center to bring these diverse elements
together and operate cohesively in a domestic disaster
response. To fill that gap, the House Committee on Armed
Services believes the Army should consider establishing a
Domestic Response Training Center to provide collective
training for these missions for itself and for National Guard
and Reserve units, other Federal agencies, and State and local
first responders. To provide maximum capability, the committee
recommends that the Army consider creating the center and
locating it at a Army Training and Doctrine Command
installation that possesses branch schools relevant to domestic
disaster response and encroachment free training areas.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense
to provide a report to the House Committee on Armed Services
not later than January 31, 2024, on current DSCA capabilities.
The report shall:
(1) assess the collective training requirements for
domestic response;
(2) identify gaps in meeting those requirements;
(3) assess possible locations for a Domestic Response
Training Center; and
(4) assess the need for such a center.
Feasibility Study on the Development and Future Use of Mare Island
Finger Piers
The committee is concerned about the navigability of Mare
Island Strait, California and the operational usability of
Finger Piers 2 and 3. The committee directs the Secretary of
Defense to conduct a study and provide a report to the House
Committee on Armed Services no later than July 30, 2024 on the
Mare Island Strait and Finger Piers 2 and 3. The report should
include the following:
(1) the expected costs of dredging the piers to a navigable
depth of 30 feet;
(2) the future planned use of the Mare Island Finger Piers
by the Department of Defense;
(3) the means by which a non-federal entity could gain use
of the piers, either through land transfers, easements, or
other dualuse agreements; and
(4) the costs anticipated with providing access to piers 2
and 3 to non-Department of Defense entities.
Foreign Ports Ship Repair
The committee directs the Secretary of the Navy to submit a
report to the Senate Committee on Armed Services and House
Committee on Armed Services by December 31, 2023, on
shipbuilding and ship repair operations conducted in foreign
ports. The report shall include:
(1) name and location of foreign shipyards utilized by the
Department of the Navy;
(2) types of shipbuilding and ship repair activities
utilized by the Department of the Navy, disaggregated by
location and type of service;
(3) a discussion of why these activities were unable to be
completed at domestic shipyards; and
(4) a discussion of how these activities may be beneficial
for operations in a contested environment.
Gaps in Writings on Joint Chiefs of Staff History
The committee acknowledges that the history of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff is rich and complex, and that many areas may
remain to be explored by historians. The committee encourages
and supports collaboration between historians and the Joint
Staff History Office to help preserve its unique history.
Therefore, the committee directs the Chairman of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff to submit a report to the House Committee on
Armed Services by March 1, 2024, that lists any identified gaps
in the existing canon of Joint Chiefs of Staff history to
assist historians' efforts to document the past more
holistically.
Gaps in Writings on Office of the Secretary of Defense History
The committee acknowledges that the history of the Office
of the Secretary of Defense is rich and complex, and that many
areas may remain to be explored by historians. The committee
encourages and supports collaboration between historians and
the historians of the Office of the Secretary of Defense to
help preserve its unique history. Therefore, the committee
directs the Secretary of Defense to submit a report to the
House Committee on Armed Services by March 1, 2024, that lists
any identified gaps in the existing canon of the Office of the
Secretary of Defense history to assist historians' efforts to
document the past more holistically.
Gaps in Writings on U.S. Special Operations Forces History
The committee acknowledges that the history of U.S. Special
Operations Forces is rich and complex, and that many areas
remain to be explored by historians. The committee encourages
and supports collaboration between historians and the U.S.
Special Operations Command to help preserve its unique history.
Therefore, the committee directs the Commander, U.S. Special
Operations Command to provide an unclassified report to the
House Armed Services Committee by March 1, 2024, that lists any
identified unclassified gaps in the existing cannon of U.S.
Special Operations Forces history to better enable historians'
efforts to more holistically document the past.
Implementation Plan for Identifying Resources Required for Achieving
Materiel Readiness Objectives
The committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a
briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not later
than December 1, 2023, on the remediation plan to provide the
details for the first year of the implementation plan described
in section 118 of title 10, United States Code, for identifying
the fiscal resources required to meet materiel readiness
objectives, and the progress that is underway to satisfy the
requirements to submit with the fiscal year 2025 budget request
as the second year of the implementation plan.
Less-Lethal Force Requirements for the National Guard Bureau and
Department of the Navy
The committee recognizes the expansive deployment of
conducted electrical weapons (CEWs, or TASER devices) by
civilian law enforcement and the resulting reduction in
encounters requiring the use of lethal force. The committee
believes a governing policy should exist for less-lethal
devices and CEWs for the National Guard Bureau and the
Department of the Navy, especially given the fact that they are
already deployed by the Department of the Army.
The National Guard Bureau is the Department of Defense
entity most frequently called upon to engage in civilian
environments, but maintains no independent policy for
procurement, training, or deployment of CEWs.
While the committee recognizes the significant differences
in tasks and duties between military and civilian law
enforcement personnel, the committee believes that in certain
circumstances, Department of the Navy personnel, including U.S.
Marines, would also benefit from the option to use less lethal
force, and is concerned that the Department has no policy
requirement to deploy CEWs and has not budgeted to field them.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense
to submit a report to the House Committee on Armed Services by
January 1, 2024, assessing less-lethal force needs. The report
shall include, at a minimum, the following:
(1) a description of the duties and scenarios where both
Air and Army National Guard personnel would be able to utilize,
and would benefit from, a less-lethal force option;
(2) an assessment of the less-lethal force options, to
include tools and training, that might be available to National
Guard personnel in current Department of Defense inventory in
in the open market;
(3) an evaluation of the necessary policies required to
ensure the National Guard can begin procuring its own inventory
of CEWs and less-lethal devices;
(4) an assessment of the viability of using CEWs by
Department of the Navy law enforcement and security personnel;
(5) a description of the duties where CEW use would be most
appropriate and effective;
(6) a discussion of what policies would need to be in place
to govern Navy and Marine Corps training and usage of CEWs;
(7) a cost estimate of deployment and storage of CEWs for
the National Guard Bureau and the Department of the Navy; and
(8) to the extent that CEWs are deemed appropriate and
necessary for use by National Guard, Navy, and Marine Corps
personnel, an implementation plan for deployment and use.
Littoral Combat Ships Divestments
The committee is aware that there may be opportunities for
littoral combat ships (LCS) that are decommissioned before the
end of their service life to support other missions globally by
leveraging the Excess Defense Articles (EDA) program. The
committee supports the EDA process and encourages its use. In
particular, the LCS may be a prime candidate for other nations,
including priority nations like the Philippines, to employ on
missions such as counternarcotic operations, or other
operations where speed, maneuverability, and the access to a
helicopter hangar are necessary. Further, these vessels may be
well suited for areas where People's Liberation Army presence
and influence is expanding.
Maintenance of Military Sealift Command Vessels
Vessels assigned to Military Sealift Command such as oilers
and dry cargo vessels are vital to the movement of platforms
and materiel that support operational efforts in the U.S. Indo-
Pacific Command's area of responsibility and other priority
theaters. These vessels suffer chronic maintenance backlogs
that threaten operational availability as well as mission
capability. The committee is concerned about how maintenance of
these vessels is planned and executed. Therefore, the committee
directs the Commander of Military Sealift Command to submit a
report to the congressional defense committees not later than
March 31, 2024, on the long-term planning for maintenance of
vessels assigned to Military Sealift Command. The report shall
include:
(1) how Military Sealift Command plans for maintenance;
(2) where maintenance can be performed;
(3) consideration of readiness impacts on maintenance
schedules; and
(4) efforts to improve the material availability of vessels
assigned to Military Sealift Command.
Mare Island Naval Shipyard Recapitalization Report
The committee acknowledges that in a potential future near-
peer conflict, the Department of the Navy may require an all-
hands-on-deck approach to ship repair. To repair damaged ships
in a timely manner and on a large scale, the Department of the
Navy may need access to additional naval ship repair
infrastructure to supplement the work of existing public and
private shipyards.
The committee directs the Secretary of the Navy to provide
a report to the House Armed Services Committee no later than
March 31, 2024, on the feasibility of recapitalizing the former
Mare Island Naval Shipyard for surge capacity capabilities
during a national emergency. Specifically, the report shall
examine the capabilities the recapitalized facility could
provide the Navy, the number and status of existing docks, the
cost of recapitalizing the facility to a basic operational
standard, any potential workforce challenges the facility may
face, and any other factors the Department deems necessary in
determining the feasibility of this endeavor.
Naval Surface Vessel Availability Improvement
The committee remains concerned about the availability of
U.S. Navy vessels and the impact on both new construction
schedules and delayed maintenance days as it relates to
corrosion prevention and remedy. The committee notes the work
conducted by Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) to reduce these
delays but understands that there are additional potential
solutions available from the industrial base. Therefore, the
committee directs the Secretary of the Navy to provide a report
to the House Armed Services Committee, no later than December
1, 2023, addressing the following:
(1) a review of industrial solutions in both public and
private yards that will increase the availability of vessels by
improving surface preparation and coating processes,
(2) plans by both public and private yards to utilize
technology to monitor realtime activities related to surface
preparation and coating processes, and
(3) plans to implement improvements, in coordination with
experienced industry partners.
Navy Wargaming and Multi-Domain Operations
The committee is concerned that U.S. Navy wargaming
exercises lack sufficient emphasis on the complexity and
unpredictability of multi-domain operations. The committee
notes that the Navy has taken steps to improve its training
exercises in recent years, including the Surface Warfare
Advanced Tactical Training exercises and subsurface Aggressor
Squadron, but requires additional information to evaluate the
effectiveness of these programs.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Navy
to submit a report to the House Committee on Armed Services,
not later than December 31, 2023, on the degree to which the
Navy incorporates multi-domain operations in its wargaming and
training exercises. The report shall include:
(1) an assessment of whether the Navy incorporates multi-
domain operations into its wargame exercise planning. If the
Navy does incorporate multi-domain operations into its training
exercises, the report shall provide a description regarding how
multi-domain operations are featured in such wargame exercises;
(2) an assessment regarding whether the Navy incorporates
multi-domain operations into its Surface Warfare Advanced
Tactical Training Exercises;
(3) an assessment regarding whether the Navy incorporates
multi-domain operations into its subsurface Aggressor Squadron;
and
(4) an analysis regarding the potential necessity and
feasibility of creating a standing multi-domain formation to
act as an opposition force during naval wargaming exercises.
The report should be submitted in an unclassified form but
may include a classified annex.
Report on Congressional Increases to Defense Spending
The committee directs the Secretary of Defense to submit a
report to the congressional defense committees, as an
unclassified appendix to the fiscal year 2025 Department of
Defense budget request, on the programs and activities of the
Department for which Congress provided authorization or
appropriations levels in the National Defense Authorization Act
for Fiscal Year 2024 or the fiscal year 2024 Defense
Appropriations Act that exceeded the amount requested for such
program or activity in the budget for the Department of Defense
submitted to Congress by the President for fiscal year 2024.
The report shall include information on:
(1) any program or activity that the Department of Defense
sought to divest from entirely or in part, or requested zero or
a reduced number of units, but that was restored wholly or in
part by Congress;
(2) any program or activity that Congress authorized or
appropriated at a level exceeding the amount requested by the
Department of Defense in its fiscal year 2024 budget request by
$20.0 million or more, and the sum of these increases expressed
as a percentage of the Department of Defense's total enacted
budget; and
(3) each program or activity listed in this report shall
include an assessment of whether and how the program or
activity does or does not meet requirements in support of the
priorities articulated in the 2022 National Defense Strategy.
In addition to being appended to the Department of
Defense's fiscal year 2025 budget request, this report shall be
made publicly available on the website of the Under Secretary
of Defense (Comptroller).
Report on Department of Defense's Security Clearance Screening Process
for Individuals Under Current or Previous Investigation for Terrorist
or Foreign State Sympathies
The committee recognizes the vital importance of our
national security and the internal risk posed by individuals
under current or previous investigation by law enforcement for
terrorist or foreign state sympathies. It is imperative that
these members, who pose a threat not only to our national
security but to other servicemembers, are not granted security
clearances. The committee directs that the Secretary of Defense
provide a report to the Senate Committee on Armed Services and
the House Committee on Armed Services by June 1, 2024, on the
status of its updates to the security clearance process and the
methods the Department is pursuing to ensure the security
clearance process continues to protect national security. The
report should include, at a minimum, the following:
(1) a review of the last ten years of cases of those who
held security clearances granted by the Department of Defense
that were ultimately charged with terrorism, espionage,
counterintelligence or other related crimes.
(2) a review of any existing internal processes applicable
to the suspension of security clearances for those individuals.
(3) any policy that may address removal of clearances of
individuals who are found to pose a threat to other
servicemembers or to national security after their clearance
process has been adjudicated.
(4) a review of the Department's processes to support the
transition to the continuous vetting system and status of the
transition.
(5) recommendations on enhancing existing security review
processes and recommendations for future new processes to
address any gaps identified and lessons learned from the
review.
Report on Encounters With Unmanned Aircraft Systems in the Pacific
Region
The committee is concerned by reports of unmanned aircraft
systems engaging in hostile activity towards United States
assets in the Pacific region. The committee believes that
gaining additional insight into these reports may highlight the
challenges United States forces face in responding to these
incidents and may inform the development of tactics,
techniques, and procedures for how and when to employ counter-
UAS capabilities in the future.
Therefore, the committee directs the Commander of the
United States Pacific Fleet to submit to the House Committee on
Armed Services no later than February 1, 2024, a report on all
unmanned aircraft system incident reports made through the
OPREP-3 reporting system between January 1, 2017, and January
1, 2023. The report shall be submitted in unclassified form but
may include a classified annex.
Report on Large-Scale, Government-Owned Remotely Piloted Aircraft
Flight Operations
The committee is aware that remotely piloted aircraft (RPA)
continue to become more ubiquitous in military operations. At
the same time, national airspace restrictions have impacted RPA
operations and have had potentially detrimental effects. In
order to assess the potentially deleterious effects of airspace
regulations on RPA operations, the committee directs the
Secretary of the Air Force to provide a report to the House
Committee on Armed Services not later than March 1, 2024 on
current flight operations of all active duty, reserve, and air
national guard largescale, government-owned RPA. The report
shall include:
(1) Regulatory challenges to unescorted flight operations
within the National Airspace System, including any unique
challenges to individual basing locations;
(2) Review of MQ-9 limiting factors preventing unescorted
instrument flight rules transit in the National Airspace
System, to include platform sensor limitations and platform
optical limitations potentially preventing satisfaction of
``see and avoid'' requirements;
(3) Average delay in acquiring certificates of waiver or
authorization (COA) and impacts of those delays on operational
readiness and real-world training;
(4) Review of safety impacts of chase plane requirements on
operational readiness and real-world training, to include the
cost to units and safety challenges of dissimilar formation and
dissimilar aircraft performance in close proximity;
(5) Review of spectrum allocation limitations in ground-
based sense and avoid systems;
(6) Total MQ-1 and MQ-9 flight hours outside the National
Airspace System without chase plane or ground-based sense and
avoid systems to include any data pertaining to the total
number of mid-air collisions or near midair collisions and
frequency of non-cooperative traffic encountered; and
(7) Any data on foreign governments seeking to impose a
regulatory regime similar to that found in the National
Airspace System on MQ-9 operations.
Report on Streamlining the Approval Process for Low-Risk Reprogramming
Requests
The committee directs the Secretary of Defense to submit a
report to the congressional defense committees not later than
March 1, 2024, which should include:
(1) a description, assessment, and recommendation of the
feasibility of cutting specific Department of Defense internal
vetting steps for transfer or reprogramming requests (DD Form
1414, DD Form 1415-3, DD Form 1415-1);
(2) a description, assessment, and recommendation of
possible means of decreasing processing time for vetting at
each step of the request process;
(3) a description, assessment, and recommendation of
possible mandatory time limits for vetting at each step of the
request process; and
(4) identify any commonalities or characteristics of
previous requests approved by congressional committees without
modification that would assist in identifying future requests
that may qualify for fast-track processing.
Report on the Need for Classified Administrative Space
The committee is aware of a significant shortage in
classified administrative space to meet current and future
mission Air Force requirements, particularly for the
acquisition workforce. Some of these requirements are driven by
the ``seven operational imperatives'' established by the
Secretary of the Air Force to meet new and emerging threats and
challenges. The committee urges the Secretary of the Air Force
to take immediate action to meet exigent requirements for
classified administrative space in support of acquisition
functions, which may include off-base leasing, enhanced use
leases, Intergovernmental Support Agreements, relocatable
facilities, facilities as a service, and other creative
approaches and industry best practices.
Additionally, the committee directs the Secretary of the
Air Force to provide a report to the House Committee on Armed
Services, not later than December 31, 2023, on classified
administrative space shortages across the Department,
especially in support of acquisition functions. The report, at
a minimum, should include the following:
(1) scope of classified administrative space shortages
across the Department;
(2) current efforts to address classified space shortfalls;
(3) expected timeline and cost for resolving these
shortages;
(4) specific statutory and administrative barriers to
addressing these shortages; and
(5) impact on mission if these shortages are not resolved.
Report on United States Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command
Continuity of Operations
The committee is interested in the Department of the Navy's
efforts to develop and attract qualified candidates to work in
highly technical Military Occupational Specialties, such as
oceanography. Furthermore, given the current recruiting
landscape and difficulties associated with attracting
specialized talent, the committee is also interested in the
Navy's plans to ensure continuity of operations for certain
functions that are not prevalent in other areas of the Joint
Force.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Navy,
in coordination with the Director of the Naval Oceanographic
Office, to submit a report to the congressional defense
committees not later than December 31, 2023 that explores the
development of a U.S. Navy Oceanography continuity of
operations site collocated with a highly ranked university
oceanography program that will provide a secure and classified
space for continuity of operations.
Review of Security Clearance Processing Times
The committee is concerned with security clearance
processing times and challenges in pursuing security
clearances. The committee directs the Secretary of Defense to
submit a report to the House Committee on Armed Services by
March 1, 2024, on the current security clearance processing
times. The report should include the following:
(1) The timeline for obtaining Top Secret and Secret
Clearances;
(2) A breakdown of applicants by demographics, including
age, sex, religion, and ethnicity, when there are delays in the
standard processing time for Top Secret and Secret Clearances;
(3) The justification for delays or denials for applicants
in aggregate;
(4) The process required to inform applicants of delays,
including the timeline required by the Department of Defense
and the applicant to respond to additional concerns; and
(5) The process and timeline required to inform the
applicant that a clearance has been denied.
Rotary Wing Support to West Coast Navy Special Warfare Units
The committee remains concerned about the Navy's recent
decision to decommission Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron Eight
Five (HSC-85), the last remaining naval aviation unit providing
dedicated support to special operations. The committee notes
that the House of Representatives included a provision in the
Fiscal Year 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (H.R.
7600), directing a pause to the Department of the Navy's stated
intent to deactivate this squadron without an executable plan
to mitigate operational impacts to Navy Special Warfare Command
and its four (4) Sea Air Land (SEALs) teams based on the
southwest coast of the United States. The committee directs the
Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of the
Navy, and the Commander, U.S. Special Operations Command to
provide a briefing to the congressional defense committees not
later than December 1, 2023, addressing the operational impact
of HSC-85 deactivation. This briefing shall include:
(1) the current status of HSC-85 aircraft, personnel and
equipment;
(2) an impact assessment of the estimated loss of
approximately 800 annual rotary wing flight hours supporting
west coast Navy Special Warfare Command units;
(3) an assessment of impacts to Navy Special Warfare
operational readiness in the Indo-Pacific Command theater of
operations; and
(4) the Department of Defense's plan to mitigate the
operational impact of HSC-85 deactivation.
Special Operations Capabilities in Wargames and Tabletop Exercises
The committee notes that the preponderance of wargaming and
tabletop exercises conducted by the Department of Defense are
focused on the employment of conventional capabilities of the
joint force and direct conflict with peer and near-peer
adversaries. However, the committee is concerned that such
wargaming and tabletop exercises often omit, or fail to
appropriately incorporate, capabilities of U.S. Special
Operations Command (USSOCOM), such as irregular warfare, in the
lead-up to conflict. The committee believes the Department and
the Joint Chiefs of Staff should incorporate USSOCOM
capabilities in future wargames and tabletop exercises to
ensure the joint force is fully informed of USSOCOM's ability
and capabilities to shape the environment and prepare the
battlespace prior to and during direct conflict with peer and
near-peer adversaries.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense,
in coordination with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,
to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services
not later than February 28, 2024, on the Department's efforts
to incorporate USSOCOM capabilities in wargames and tabletop
exercises. The briefing shall include current efforts to
incorporate USSOCOM in Department wargames, information related
to future plans to incorporate irregular warfare and other
special operations capabilities in wargames, and an overview of
how the Department will analyze the utility of irregular
warfare in supporting the joint force in the event of direct
conflict.
Special Operations Forces Use of Secure Digital Financial Assets
The committee is encouraged by U.S. Special Operations
Command's (USSOCOM) ability to adapt to new operating
environments and harness capabilities enabled by digitization.
The committee recognizes the increasing use of digital
financial assets by foreign actors to conduct illicit or malign
activities and enable surveillance of commercial, private, and
state activities. The committee is concerned that the use of
emerging digital financial assets, and their public blockchain
ledgers, could compromise sensitive operations and intelligence
activities. Therefore, the committee encourages USSOCOM, when
required, to utilize only those digital financial assets and
tools that ensure strict privacy and security and allow for
USSOCOM to obscure the transactional activity, and users and
their locations, from surveillance by hostile state and non-
state actors.
Supporting Department of Defense Efforts to Pass the Audit
The committee is encouraged by the Department of Defense's
efforts to successfully begin the audit process and to make
progress on financial management transformation,
accountability, and security. As the Department continues to
pursue securing an unmodified opinion, the committee notes that
relevant standards should be applied to determining which
companies are qualified to further the Department's work. The
committee believes that audit remediation and financial
consulting support should be widely competed and urges the
Department to avoid implementing detrimental restrictions, such
as requiring that audit companies be independent public
accounting firms, in order to ensure that the Department is
able to ensure free and open competition for audit remediation
services.
Throwable Cameras for Close Quarters Situational Awareness
The committee is aware of dangers facing Soldiers and
Marines in areas of close quarters situational awareness. The
committee understands that, while there are systems currently
in use by the Army and Marine Corps for close quarters
situational awareness such as pole cameras and small robots,
these systems lack capabilities or are not available in
sufficient quantities to meet user needs.
The committee understands that Special Operations Command
is in the process of addressing this need through the Family of
Unmanned Ground Systems (FUGS) program by fielding highly
capable throwable cameras, which can be deployed from a safe
position while still providing stabilized, reliable 360-degree
video imaging of the battlespace even in low-light
environments. The committee commends Special Operations Command
for pursuing low cost situational awareness tools that can be
deployed at scale and that minimize cognitive load requirements
through simplicity and integration with existing equipment. The
committee encourages the Secretary of the Army and the
Commandant of the Marine Corps, in consultation with the
Commander of US Special Operations Command, to explore such
systems for use across the entire force for close quarters
situational awareness and barricaded subject applications.
Additionally, the committee directs the Secretary of the
Army and the Commandant of the Marine Corps to provide a
briefing to the House committee on Armed Services by March 14,
2024 on close quarters situational awareness solutions. The
report shall include, at a minimum:
(1) Existing requirements for close quarters situational
awareness systems;
(2) An overview of close quarters situational awareness
equipment currently in use by the Army and Marine Corps; and
(3) Any current or planned efforts to adopt innovative
close quarters situational awareness solutions such as
throwable cameras.
Trade Intelligence Data for Maritime Domain Awareness
The committee notes that trade intelligence data is
critical for understanding the maritime pattern of life in each
of the combatant command's (COCOM's) area of responsibility
(AOR). Ocean-based physical trade accounts for 90 percent of
all global trade activity and is directly linked to the health
of a country's economy. Trade disruptions for a given
commodity, especially a critical resource, can either devastate
or bolster a country's economy and/or defense capability.
Additionally, the natural balance of trade can be affected
by politically retaliatory trade policies, tariffs, embargos,
and export controls. The critical commodities of rare earth
resources, dual-use goods, and semiconductors are exported by
just a few countries and territories but are essential to
national security. Disruptions to these trade patterns have
outsized ramifications for the world economy and the global
maritime commons. Therefore, it is critical to incorporate
trade intelligence data sets into established maritime domain
awareness practices.
The designated trade intelligence data sets should provide
maritime operation centers with pertinent trade data
information to enhance investigation and interdiction planning,
risk and disruption assessments, scenario/contingency planning
activities, and pattern of life modeling. Therefore, the
committee directs the Secretary of Defense to incorporate a
trade intelligence data tool in any future wargame that occurs
in fiscal year 2024. A priority should be placed on a wargame
that is focused on the Indo-Pacific AOR.
Wind Energy Concerns Near Department of Defense Facilities
The committee notes that there has been a significant
increase across the United States in the number of wind farms
employing vast quantities of free-standing wind turbine
generators. These wind farms are prevalent near Department of
Defense facilities, including those with flying missions. The
committee appreciates the work the Department of Defense
Military Aviation and Installation Siting Clearinghouse (the
Clearinghouse) has done to adjudicate wind development
proposals and evaluate the compatibility of these proposals
with military missions. The committee is concerned that the
additional proliferation of wind farms may lead to an
unacceptable loss of low-level flight training routes at these
locations, impacting the mission readiness of military
aviators.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense
to submit a report to the House Committee on Armed Services not
later than February 1, 2024, on the Clearinghouse's efforts to
mitigate the impact of wind energy infrastructure on military
aviation activities over the last 3 years. The report shall
address:
(1) a list of energy development proposals received by the
Clearinghouse over the last 3 years and the final adjudication
of these proposals;
(2) wind energy infrastructure impacts on operational
capabilities and training readiness;
(3) steps taken by the Department to mitigate impacts of
wind energy infrastructure on operations, training, and threats
and suggested means of further mitigation or elimination of
impacts;
(4) a list of military training routes no longer in use due
to wind energy development activities in the last 3 years and
the mitigations in place to address their loss; and
(5) any gaps in authorities or other barriers to the
Clearinghouse in preventing the unacceptable loss of low-level
training routes.
LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS
Subtitle A--Financial Matters
Section 1001--General Transfer Authority
This section would allow the Secretary of Defense, with
certain limitations, to make transfers between amounts
authorized for fiscal year 2024 in division A of this Act. This
section would limit the total amount transferred under this
authority to $6.00 billion.
Section 1002--Requirement for a Covered Armed Force To Submit Posture
Statements in Support of Congressional Budget Process
This section would require the Secretary of Defense, the
Secretary of each military department, and the chief of each
covered Armed Force to submit to the congressional defense
committees a written posture statement in support of budget
priorities. The covered Armed Forces are the Army, the Navy,
the Marine Corps, the Air Force, and the Space Force.
Subtitle B--Counterdrug Activities
Section 1006--Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities
This section would raise a $5,000 spending cap to $15,000
on counter-drug equipment procured or leased by the National
Guard requiring advance approval from Secretary of Defense.
Section 1007--Threat Analysis Regarding Fentanyl Crisis
This section would require a threat analysis of any
potential threats the illicit fentanyl drug trade poses to the
defense interests of the United States.
Section 1008--Report on Role of Department of Defense in Supporting
National Emergency Declaration Combating Fentanyl Crisis
This section would require a report on the role of the
Department of Defense in supporting a national emergency
declaration combating the fentanyl crisis.
Subtitle C--Naval Vessels and Shipyards
Section 1011--Modifications to Annual Naval Vessel Construction Plan
This section would provide for greater transparency and
representation by the services with regard to their views on
the annual naval vessel construction plan.
Section 1012--Critical Components of National Sea-Based Deterrence
Vessels
This section would modify the National Sea-Based Deterrence
Fund to allow for continuous production of additional critical
components.
Section 1013--Grants for Improvement of Navy Ship Repair or Alterations
Capability
This section would authorize a grant program for the Navy
for non-nuclear shipyards.
Section 1014--Repeal of Obsolete Provision of Law regarding Vessel
Nomenclature
This section would provide for a technical correction to
section 8662(b) of title 10, United States Code, that deletes
the requirement that battleships be named after States.
Section 1015--Responsibility of Commandant of the Marine Corps With
Respect to Naval Force Battleship Assessment and Requirement Reporting
This section would require the Commandant of the Marine
Corps to provide input on the battle force ship assessment
related to amphibious warships and vessels that transport
Marines.
Section 1016--Policy of the United States on Shipbuilding Defense
Industrial Base
This section would amend the National Defense Authorization
Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115-91) to state that it
is the policy of the United States that its shipbuilding
defense industrial base is fundamental for achieving the Navy's
shipbuilding requirements and constitutes a unique national
security imperative that requires sustainment and support by
the Navy and Congress.
Section 1017--Availability of Funds for Retirement or Inactivation of
Landing Dock Ships and Guided Missile Cruisers
This section would prohibit retirement or inactivation of
the USS Germantown (LSD-42), USS Gunston Hall (LSD-44), and USS
Tortuga (LSD-46), as well as the USS Shiloh (CG-67) and USS
Cowpens (CG-63).
Section 1018--Expeditionary Fast Transport Vessels
This section would prohibit the Navy from entering
expeditionary fast transport vessels into a reduced operational
status and would require the development of a new concept of
operations for use in the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command area of
responsibility.
Section 1019--Guam Shipyard Assessment
This section would require the Department of the Navy to
conduct an assessment of shipyard capabilities on Guam.
Section 1020--Authority To Use Incremental Funding To Enter Into a
Contract for the Advance Procurement and Construction of a San Antonio-
Class Amphibious Ship
This section would grant authority to use incremental
funding to enter into a contract for the advance procurement
and construction of a San Antonio-class amphibious ship.
Section 1021--Authority To Use Incremental Funding To Enter Into a
Contract for the Advance Procurement and Construction of a Submarine
Tender
This section would provide incremental funding authority
for the Navy to enter into a contract for acquisition and
construction of a submarine tender.
Section 1022--Plan for Extended Prohibition on Retirement of Ships
This section would require the Secretary of Defense to
provide a plan to resource and retain any ships prevented from
divestment by this Act through the end of fiscal year 2027 or
their expected service life.
Section 1023--Congressional Notification Regarding Pending Retirement
of Naval Vessels Viable for Artificial Reefing
This section would require congressional notification of
pending retirements of naval vessels that are viable candidates
for artificial reefing.
Section 1024--Quarterly Briefings on Submarine Readiness
This section would require quarterly briefings on submarine
readiness by the Secretary of the Navy.
Subtitle D--Counterterrorism
Section 1031--Extension of Prohibition on Use of Funds for Transfer or
Release of Individuals Detained at United States Naval Station,
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to the United States
This section would prohibit the use of any amounts
authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made available for
the Department of Defense during the period beginning on the
date of the enactment of this Act and ending on December 31,
2024, to transfer or release detainees at U.S. Naval Station,
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to or within the United States, its
territories, or possessions.
Section 1032--Extension of Prohibition on Use of Funds To Construct or
Modify Facilities in the United States To House Detainees Transferred
From United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
This section would prohibit the use of any amounts
authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made available for
the Department of Defense to be used during the period
beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act and ending
on December 31, 2024, to construct or modify any facility in
the United States, its territories, or possessions to house any
detainee transferred from U.S. Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay,
Cuba, for the purposes of detention or imprisonment in the
custody or under the effective control of the Department of
Defense.
Section 1033--Extension of Prohibition on Use of Funds for Transfer or
Release of Individuals Detained at United States Naval Station,
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to Certain Countries
This section would prohibit the use of funding authorized
to be appropriated or otherwise made available for the
Department of Defense during the period beginning on the date
of the enactment of this act and ending on December 31, 2024,
to transfer, release, or assist in the transfer or release of
any individual detained at U.S. Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay,
Cuba, to Libya, Somalia, Syria, Yemen, and Afghanistan.
Section 1034--Extension of Prohibition on Use of Funds To Close or
Relinquish Control of United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
This section would prohibit the use of any amounts
authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made available to
the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2024 for the closure
or abandonment of United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay,
Cuba, the relinquishment of control of Guantanamo Bay to the
Republic of Cuba, or the implementation of a material
modification to the Treaty Between the United States of America
and Cuba signed in the District of Columbia on May 29, 1934,
that constructively closes United States Naval Station,
Guantanamo Bay.
Subtitle E--Miscellaneous Authorities and Limitations
Section 1041--Modification to Definitions of Confucius Institute
This section would update the definition of a ``Confucius
Institute.''
Section 1042--Limitation on Provision of Funds to Institutions of
Higher Education Hosting Confucius Institutes
This section would discontinue the Secretary of Defense's
waiver authority under section 1062(b) of the William M. (Mac)
Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
2021 (Public Law 116-283; 10 U.S.C. 2241 note) by fiscal year
2026.
Section 1043--Modification of Vetting Procedures and Monitoring
Requirements for Certain Military Training
This section would amend section 1090 of the William M.
(Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 2021 (Public Law 116-283) to provide an exemption for
North Atlantic Treaty Organization countries.
Section 1044--Limitation on Availability of Funds until Delivery of
Report on Next Generation Tactical Communications
This section would limit funds available for certain
communications equipment until a report is submitted detailing
issues and the plan for addressing those issues.
Section 1045--Limitation on Use of Funds Related to Military Religious
Freedom Foundation
This section would prohibit the Department of Defense from
acting on complaints or claims by the Military Religious
Freedom Foundation or its leadership without approval of the
Secretary of Defense.
Section 1046--Prohibition on Use of Funds for Advisory Committees
Related to Environmental, Social, and Governance Aspects
This section would prohibit the Department of Defense from
using authorized funds to establish an advisory committee
related to environmental, social, and governance aspects or for
the Defense Advisory Committee on Diversity and Inclusion or
successor committees.
Subtitle F--Studies and Reports
Section 1061--Annual Report on Unfunded Priorities of Defense POW/MIA
Accounting Agency
This section would authorize the Director of the Defense
POW/MIA Accounting Agency to submit to the congressional
defense committees a report on the unfunded priorities of the
Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency.
Section 1062--Quarterly Briefings on Joint All Domain Command and
Control Effort
This section would amend section 1076 of the William M.
(Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 2021 (Public Law 116-283) by extending the requirement for
quarterly briefings to October 1, 2028.
Section 1063--Extension of Requirement To Submit a Report on Department
of Defense Support for Department of Homeland Security at the
International Borders of the United States
This section would extend until December 31, 2025, an
annual report required by section 1014 of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114-328) on
the coordination of operational needs at the international
borders of the United States and would add new reporting
elements regarding cost estimates and readiness impacts.
Section 1064--Air Force Plan for Maintaining Proficient Aircrews in
Certain Mission Areas
This section would require the Secretary of the Air Force
to provide a report on the Secretary's plan to maintain
sufficient capability, capacity, and proficient aircrews to
support geographical combatant commanders' requirements for
close air support, forward air controller-airborne, and combat
search and rescue missions during contingency operations.
Section 1065--Assessment and Strategy Relating to Range Capability and
Capacity for Joint All-Domain Operations
This section would require the Secretary of Defense to
submit a report assessing the range capacity within the United
States and lay out a strategy for ensuring range capability to
develop Joint All-Domain Operational capabilities based on the
results of the assessment.
Section 1066--Report on Defense of Department of Defense Facilities and
Forces in European and Indo-Pacific Regions From Missile and Air Attack
This section would require the Secretary of Defense to
conduct a study related to protecting military facilities in
Europe and the Indo-Pacific regions from missile and air
attack. This section would also require the Secretary to submit
a report to the congressional defense committees on the
findings of the study and make an unclassified summary of the
report publicly available.
Section 1067--Independent Study on Naval Mine Warfare
This section would require the Secretary of the Navy to
have a federally funded research and development center conduct
an independent study of the mine warfare capabilities of the
Navy.
Section 1068--Report on Establishment of Joint Force Headquarters in
Indo-Pacific Region
This section would require the Secretary of Defense to
submit a report on the progress of the implementation plan
required under section 1087 of the James M. Inhofe National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-
263).
Section 1069--Annual Briefings on Implementation of Force Design 2030
The section would require the Commandant of the Marine
Corps to provide a briefing on the programmatic choices made to
implement Force Design 2030, including new developmental and
fielded capabilities and capabilities and capacity divested to
accelerate the implementation of Force Design 2030.
Section 1070--Plan for Taiwan Noncombatant Evacuation Operations
This section would require the Secretary of Defense to
maintain a plan for a noncombatant evacuation operation or any
other evacuation mission conducted by the Department of Defense
from Taiwan. This section would also require the Secretary to
review such plan and submit a certification to Congress that
the plan is either sufficient or needs to be updated.
Additionally, this section would require a quarterly briefing
on such plan.
Subtitle G--Other Matters
Section 1081--Navy Consideration of Coast Guard Views on Matters
Directly Concerning Coast Guard Capabilities
This section would amend chapter 803 of title 10, United
States Code, to add a requirement that the Secretary of the
Navy ensure that the views of the Commandant of the U.S. Coast
Guard are given appropriate consideration before major
decisions are made regarding Coast Guard capabilities in
support of national defense.
Section 1082--Development of Commercial Integration Cells Action Plan
Within Certain Combatant Commands
This section would require development of certain combatant
command action plans on commercial integration cells to further
public-private partnerships and rapidly deliver capabilities
relevant to the combatant command area of operations.
Section 1083--Requirement To Update Warfighting Requirements for
Confronting Russia in Europe
This section would require the Department of Defense to
update warfighting requirements for confronting Russia in
Europe.
Section 1084--Update to Strategic Plan on Department of Defense
Combating Trafficking in Persons Program
This section would require the Secretary of Defense to
provide a briefing on an updated strategic plan for the
combating of trafficking in persons.
Section 1085--Guidance for Use of Unmanned Aircraft Systems by National
Guard
This section would require the Secretary of Defense to
provide guidance for the use of unmanned aircraft systems by
the National Guard, and be no more restrictive than the use of
other aircraft for covered activities.
Section 1086--Sense of Congress Regarding Defense Presence in the Indo-
Pacific Region
This section would express the sense of Congress regarding
Department of Defense force posture and capabilities in the
area of operations of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command.
TITLE XI--CIVILIAN PERSONNEL MATTERS
ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST
Report on Post-Employment Restrictions for Former Department of Defense
Civilians
The committee notes that the Department of Defense (DoD) is
reviewing policies regarding post employment restrictions for
former employees who seek employment opportunities with
countries that exhibit adversarial behavior against the
interests of the United States.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense
to provide a report to the House Committee on Armed Services no
later than March 30, 2024, including, but not limited to, the
following:
(1) the current policy for post-employment restrictions for
countries designated by the DoD;
(2) the covered positions that are restricted from certain
post-employment opportunities; and,
(3) incidents in which former DoD employees have sought to
or have worked for designated countries.
The report should be submitted in unclassified form but may
include a classified annex if required to fully inform all
elements of the described report content.
Reporting on the Personnel Practices Within the Department of Defense
Education Activity
The committee is concerned with the current recruiting,
hiring, and promoting processes at the Department of Defense
Education Activity (DoDEA). Several critical positions have
been vacant for extended periods, especially in overseas
locations. DoDEA's mission of providing high quality education
to the children of America's men and women in uniform is of the
utmost importance and our service members' children should have
access to the highest quality education and professionals.
The committee directs the Under Secretary of Defense for
Personnel and Readiness to submit a report to the House
Committee on Armed Services not later than March 1, 2024, on
DoDEA's personnel practices. The report must include the
following:
(1) the current USAJobs and Employment Application System
standard operating procedures for hiring a new DoDEA employee
including information on the average timeline for hiring,
broken out by positions and location;
(2) the current DoDEA protocol for internally reassigning
employees, including how job requirements align with
reassignments or promotions;
(3) the processes for DoDEA employees applying for a new
role within DoDEA; and
(4) recommendations on how DoDEA's personnel practices can
be updated to ensure DoDEA Schools are properly staffed across
positions necessary to operate the schools.
Review of the Department of Defense's Telework Policy Compliance
The committee directs the Secretary of Defense to review
current telework policies and telework locations of employees
to ensure that an employee is not receiving a higher General
Schedule (GS) locality pay than that of the area in which they
reside and perform their telework duties and brief the Senate
Committee on Armed Services and the House Committee on Armed
Services by January 5, 2024, on those findings. The committee
also directs the Secretary of Defense to review telework
agreements of all employees to ensure proper agreement and
arrangements are in place regarding their telework abilities,
eligibility, and location and brief the Senate Committee on
Armed Services and the House Committee on Armed Services by
January 5, 2024.
Shortage of Civilian Simulator Instructors
The committee remains concerned about the Air Force's pilot
shortage. In particular, the committee is concerned by the
shortage of General Schedule (GS) civilian simulator
instructors (CSIs). The lack of CSIs draws experienced military
pilots away from their mission in order to fill in as
instructors, further exacerbating the pilot shortage.
The committee notes the value of GS CSIs and the importance
of paying instructors a competitive rate to recruit and retain
this highly qualified workforce. The committee also notes that
the Air Force has employed several incentives to recruit and
retain CSIs, but a shortage remains. The committee supports the
Air Force in its efforts to prioritize immediate action to
recruit and retain CSIs to prevent mission failure.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Air
Force to submit a report to the House Committee on Armed
Services not later than December 31, 2023, on authorities the
Air Force may use to improve recruitment and retention of GS
CSIs. This report should include:
(1) an analysis of how base pay for CSIs compares to base
pay for equivalent jobs within the airline industry;
(2) a list of authorities used and the remaining pay gap
between GS CSIs and the equivalent job within the airline
industry;
(3) an analysis of the benefits and difficulties in
tailoring pay toward location, and an analysis of how payment
caps influence recruiting and retaining CSIs;
(4) information on the amount of time it takes for the Air
Force to obtain requested pay modifications for CSIs, including
an analysis of how the timeline influences recruiting and
retaining CSIs; and
(5) prioritization of authorities that may be employed to
modify pay, including any barriers to using these authorities.
Stopping Improper Payments in the Federal Employees Health Benefits
Program
The committee is concerned with findings contained in a
recent Government Accountability Office report entitled,
Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEBH) Program: Additional
Monitoring Mechanisms and Fraud Risk Assessment Need to Better
Ensure Member Eligibility. The report concludes that during the
60+ years of the FEBH program, there was no requirement by
employing offices to verify family member eligibility during
new-hire enrollment or during qualifying life events. Moreover,
the aforementioned report indicates up to $1 billion is
improperly paid on an annual basis. The committee is concerned
about this issue so that it can fulfill its role in reducing
waste, fraud, and abuse.
The committee directs the Secretary of Defense in
coordination with the Office of Personnel Management to submit
a report to the Senate Committee on Armed Services and the
House Armed Services Committee by January 5, 2024, on a
comprehensive review of the civilian workforce on FEHB to
ensure that all family members and dependents who are currently
receiving benefits are in fact eligible. The report shall
include how many records were checked, what method was used to
verify eligibility, what systems were put in place to verify
information for new hires, how many ineligible individuals were
removed from FEHB, and total estimated cost savings as a result
of this audit.
LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS
Section 1101--Authority To Establish Excepted Service Positions for
Army Law Enforcement Activities
This section would provide excepted service authorities for
Army law enforcement activities.
Section 1102--Authorization To Pay a Living Quarters Allowance for
Department of the Navy Civilian Employees Assigned to Permanent Duty in
Guam for Performing Work, or Supporting Work Being Performed, Aboard or
Dockside, of U.S. Naval Vessels
This section would allow the Secretary of the Navy to grant
to covered employees a living quarters allowance for rent,
heat, light, fuel, gas, electricity, and water and, in unusual
circumstances, payment or reimbursement for initial repairs,
alterations, and improvements to the privately leased residence
in Guam.
Section 1103--Consolidation of Direct Hire Authorities for Candidates
With Specified Degrees at Science and Technology Reinvention
Laboratories
This section would consolidate direct hire authorities for
candidates with specified degrees at science and technology
reinvention laboratories.
Section 1104--Direct Hire Authority for Certain Personnel of the
Department of Defense
This section would allow the Secretary of Defense to use
direct hire authority for any position in support of aircraft
operations and any position for the safety of the public, law
enforcement, or first response, for which the Secretary
determines there is a critical hiring need or shortage of
candidates.
Section 1105--One-Year Extension of Authority To Waive Annual
Limitation on Premium Pay and Aggregate Limitation on Pay for Federal
Civilian Employees Working Overseas
This section would grant a 1-year extension of the
authority to waive annual limitations of premium pay and the
aggregate limitation on pay for Federal civilian employees
working overseas until 2024.
Section 1106--Extension of Authority To Grant Competitive Status to
Employees of Inspectors General for Overseas Contingency Operations
This section would extend the authority to grant
competitive service status to employees of special inspectors
general for overseas contingency operations from 2 years to 5
years.
Section 1107--Extension of Direct Hire Authority for Domestic
Industrial Base Facilities and Major Range and Test Facilities Base
This section would provide an extension until fiscal year
2035 of direct hire authority for all domestic industrial base
facilities and major range and test facilities.
Section 1108--Waiver of Limitation on Appointment of Recently Retired
Members of Armed Forces to DOD Competitive Service Positions
This section would provide increased flexibility for hiring
retired military for certain positions.
Section 1109--Exclusion of Nonappropriated Fund Employees from
Limitations on Dual Pay
This section would create a statutory exception for
individuals employed by nonappropriated fund instrumentalities
under the jurisdiction of the Armed Forces from the limitation
on receiving basic pay from more than one position.
Section 1110--One-Year Extension of Temporary Authority To Grant
Allowances, Benefits, and Gratuities to Civilian Personnel on Official
Duty in a Combat Zone
This section would grant a 1-year extension of temporary
authority to grant allowances, benefits, and gratuities to
civilian personnel on official duty in a combat zone until
2025.
Section 1111--Support United States Strategic Command and United States
Space Command Enterprises
This section would extend authority based on section 1762
of title 10, United States Code, to allow recruitment and
retention of highly skilled personnel with expertise in space
and nuclear deterrence matters.
Section 1112--Temporary Extension of Authority To Provide Security for
Former Department of Defense Officials
This section would provide a temporary extension of the
authorized period of protection for former Department of
Defense officials. The protection period would be extended from
up to 2 years to up to 4 years.
Section 1113--GAO Report on Civilian Support Positions at Remote
Military Installations
This section would require the Comptroller General of the
United States to assess and submit a report on civilian support
positions at remote military installations.
Section 1114--Modification to Shore Leave Accrual for Crews of Vessels
To Support Crew Rotations and Improve Retention of Civilian Mariners
This section would modify civilian mariner shore leave
accrual to support crew rotations and improve retention.
Section 1115--Assessments of Staffing in Office of the Under Secretary
of Defense for Personnel and Readiness
This section would require the Secretary of Defense to
conduct an assessment validating each civil service position in
the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and
Readiness and provide an interim briefing and final report.
Section 1116--Military Spouse Employment Act
This section would define telework and remote work.
Further, it would require the Comptroller General of the United
States to conduct a study and publish a report regarding the
use of remote work.
Section 1117--Amendments to the John S. McCain Strategic Defense
Fellows Program
This section would allow fellows who participate in the
John S. McCain Strategic Defense Fellows Program to be
appointed in an excepted service position in the Department of
Defense.
Section 1118--Including Military Service in Determining Family and
Medical Leave Eligibility for Federal Employees
This section would permit Federal employees to utilize
their military service to qualify under the Family and Medical
Leave Act.
Section 1119--Assessments of Staffing in Office of the Under Secretary
of Defense for Research and Engineering
This section would require an assessment and validation of
all civil service positions within the Office of the Under
Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering with a report
to the congressional defense committees on the assessment.
Section 1120--Assessments of Staffing in DOD Office for Diversity,
Equity, and Inclusion
This section would require an assessment validating civil
service positions in the Office for Diversity, Equity, and
Inclusion and provision of a report.
TITLE XII--MATTERS RELATING TO FOREIGN NATIONS
ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST
Access to New Technology for Foreign Military Sales
Emerging and evolving technologies can play a critical role
in combat. For many such technologies, their value stems from
the speed with which front-line combatants can access them, use
them, and replenish them. The committee is aware of U.S.
companies that can develop and manufacture this class of
products and technologies with speed and efficiency. The
committee is concerned that today's foreign military sales
(FMS) processes may present barriers for new entrants and
traditional entities that provide non-Program of Record defense
articles.
Therefore, the committee directs the Under Secretary of
Defense for Policy, in consultation with the Under Secretary of
Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, to provide a briefing
to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than
December 1, 2023, on methods to improve the acquisition of
emerging and evolving technology non-Program of Record defense
articles and services for FMS. Accordingly, the briefing shall
include:
(1) recommended concepts for new pathways, potentially
including centers of excellence or dedicated program offices;
(2) methods for U.S. companies to inform government
customers about capabilities and access to resources for
testing and certification; and
(3) any other recommendations from the Under Secretary to
provide critical capabilities in accordance with the intended
purposes and goals of the FMS program.
Africa Institute for Security Cooperation
The committee notes the lack of a security cooperation
institute for African partner militaries, national law
enforcement agencies, and civilians who work in the related
ministries. Such an institution could complement U.S. Africa
Command's Joint Exercise Program, State Department's
International Military Education and Training program, and the
Africa Center for Strategic Studies at the National Defense
University. The committee directs the Secretary of Defense, not
later than December 31, 2023, to provide a briefing to the
congressional defense committees on the feasibility of
establishing an Africa Institute for Security Cooperation. The
briefing, shall include, at a minimum: an identification of the
potential: roles; mission and purpose, including what gaps such
institute would fill with regard to U.S. security cooperation
and related engagements with African partners; organization;
budget estimate; compliance with relevant statutes such as 10
USC 362; lessons learned from the Western Hemisphere Institute
for Security Cooperation and its predecessor as it relates to
promoting human rights, rule of law, and democracy; and any
other recommendations by the Secretary.
Assessment of African War Colleges
The committee recognizes that many partner war colleges on
the continent of Africa present opportunities to partner with
U.S. professional military education institutions for mutual
benefit. African war colleges would benefit from stronger
professional military education (PME) programs, including to
counter influence from Russia and China as well as to promote
human rights, rule of law, and democracy. To that end, the
committee directs the Secretary of Defense, not later than
March 1, 2024, to provide a report to the congressional defense
committees on the resources and authorities needed to address
support provided by U.S. professional military education
institutions to their African counterparts.
Assessment of Moldovan Security Capabilities
The committee recognizes the national security challenges
that the Republic of Moldova faces given the large imbalance of
conventional forces and geographical difficulties associated
with aggression by the Russian Federation. In this context,
capabilities such as integrated air and missile defense,
special operations activities, and other efforts that counter
the weaknesses of a traditional conventional force may play a
crucial role. To that end, the committee directs the Secretary
of Defense, not later than March 1, 2024, to provide a briefing
to the congressional defense committees with an assessment on
Moldova's defense capabilities, the role that capabilities and
efforts of the type described above could play in meeting
Moldova's defense requirements, and an overview of U.S. efforts
to apply those insights to Department of Defense activities
regarding Moldova.
Assessment of Participation of Contractors in the Boycott, Divestment
and Sanctions (BDS) Movement Against Israel
The committee is concerned about the participation of
Department of Defense contractors in the antisemitic Boycott,
Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement against the State of
Israel. The committee acknowledges that BDS is an effort to
delegitimize, isolate, and ultimately destroy the Jewish state.
The committee recognizes that both the executive and the House
of Representatives have previously opposed the BDS movement on
a broad and bipartisan basis.
Accordingly, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense
to provide to the Congressional Defense Committees, not later
than February 1, 2024, a report assessing whether their
contractors participated in or are engaged with the BDS
movement during Fiscal Year 2023. The contactors relevant for
this report shall include companies wherein the total value of
the contract with the Department exceeds $100,000, or companies
who have more than 10 full-time employees. For the instances of
this report, the Committee observes that ``Boycott action''
means refusing to deal, terminating business activities, or
limiting commercial relations with a company, when the action
is based on race, color, religion, gender, or nationality of
the targeted company. The Committee also observes that
``Boycott of the State of Israel'' means engaging in a boycott
action targeting: the State of Israel; and companies or
individuals doing business in or with the State of Israel; or
companies authorized by, licensed by, or organized under the
laws of the State of Israel to do business. The report shall
include a full analysis of:
(1) The number of contractors engaged in business with the
Department participating in or engaged with BDS;
(2) The monetary value of contracts awarded to contractors
participating in or engaged with BDS;
(3) The military departments, services, installations, and
programs supported by contractors participating in or engaged
with BDS; and
(4) The sector of industry to which any contractors
participating in or engaged with BDS belong.
Black Sea Flotilla
The committee notes the Black Sea region is a major focus
of the U.S. European Command's strategy for peace and stability
in the Euro-Atlantic area. Russia's premeditated and unprovoked
attacks in the Black Sea region underscore its strategic
importance to the United States, NATO Alliance, and the world.
The committee directs the Secretary of Defense, not later than
March 1, 2024, to provide a briefing to the congressional
defense committees on the feasibility of establishing a Black
Sea flotilla of vessels from the U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard,
NATO allies, and/or Ukraine. The briefing shall include
possible roles, missions, organization, treaty and legal
compliance, and requirements validation of such an effort.
Briefing on EUCOM-INDOPACOM Irregular Warfare Coordination
The committee recognizes the growing inclination of
competitors to combine kinetic tools with non-lethal means,
including spreading disinformation, engaging in cyber warfare
and covert operations, and utilizing proxy forces in order to
achieve strategic objectives. The committee also recognizes the
important role of irregular warfare in this era of strategic
competition.
The committee believes that there are lessons in conducting
irregular warfare to draw and share across multiple combatant
commands, including U.S. European Command (USEUCOM) and U.S.
Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM). The committee believes that
the Department of Defense could better leverage the experience
and expertise of European allies and partners, including the
Baltic states, to inform future irregular warfare best
practices and how they could apply to USINDOPACOM.
To better understand irregular warfare best practices, the
committee directs the Assistant Secretary of Defense for
Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict, in coordination
with the Commander USSOCOM, to provide a briefing to the House
Committee on Armed Services no later than March 1, 2024. The
briefing shall include:
(1) an analysis of current irregular warfare operations in
the European and Indo-Pacific theaters of operation and their
ability to combat competitors;
(2) a description of lessons learned and new initiatives
that could be implemented within the Department of Defense and
the Defense Intelligence Enterprise;
(3) a description of how irregular warfare efforts in
USEUCOM can help inform efforts in USINDOPACOM; and
(4) any additional matters the Assistant Secretary of
Defense for Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict
determines relevant.
Briefing on Irregular Warfare Center Location Selection
The committee is aware that the Department of Defense has
established a process to determine a permanent location for the
Irregular Warfare Center (Center) established under the
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public
Law 116-283) and is working to meet the requirement for a plan
on establishing the structure, operations, and administration
of the Center as mandated under Section 1204 of the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-
263).
The committee encourages the Department to follow the
process in place for determining the final location of the
Center that enables the intended mission of the Center and
maintains the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy and the
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low
Intensity Conflict active role in exercising policy oversight
of the Center, as stated in the Joint Explanatory Statement
accompanying the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 2023 (Public Law 117-263). Therefore, the committee
directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a briefing to the
House Committee on Armed Services not later than October 31,
2023, on the progress and findings of the phases of the process
for determining a location of the Center, to include the
metrics used to make determinations and recommendations.
Department of Defense State Partnership Program
The committee acknowledges that the Department of Defense
State Partnership Program supports the National Defense
Strategy priorities and campaign objectives of the combatant
commands through enduring, mutually beneficial relationships.
These relationships build partner defense capability and
provide persistent engagement with our partners, both of which
foster regional security and stability. Therefore, the
committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a
briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not later
than March 1, 2024, on the opportunities to enhance the State
Partnership Program that includes:
(1) A discussion of the feasibility and opportunities to
improve the admission of new countries to the program;
(2) A review of the activities conducted by the State
Partnership Program that provide the most effective
contributions to meeting U.S. national security objectives;
(3) An assessment of the funding and other investments
required to broaden the pool of partner countries appropriately
while ensuring the program remains cost effective;
(4) Any other matter the Secretary of Defense considers
appropriate.
Ensuring Burden Sharing With Europe in Support of Ukraine
The Committee notes that aid from the United States
constitutes the majority of bilateral aid to Ukraine. The
Committee notes that Ukraine's current and likely future
security requirements will demand sustained and/or increased
support from other allied and partner countries and
organizations that make up the Ukraine Defense Contact Group.
Therefore, the Committee directs the Secretary of Defense,
in consultation with the Secretary of State, to provide a
briefing to the House Armed Services Committee no later than
December 1, 2023, on updates of ally and partner efforts to
supply military aid to Ukraine, United States efforts to
increase such aid, and projected levels of foreign bilateral
military aid in FY2025 and FY2026.
Foreign Military Sales for Indo-Pacific Allies and Partners
The committee is cognizant of the importance of enhancing
interoperability between the United States and its allies and
partners to achieve shared security objectives, particularly in
the Indo-Pacific. Countries that share U.S. strategic goals for
a free and open Indo-Pacific may benefit from U.S. equipment to
deter regional threats more effectively. Enhancing U.S. ally
and partner capabilities and capacity should be efficient while
ensuring proper technology controls and accountability are
maintained.
The committee is committed to monitoring the timely
delivery of defense articles and defense services provided to
critical allies and partners in the Indo-Pacific via the
Foreign Military Sales (FMS) process to enhance regional
stability. Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of
Defense to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed
Services, no later than November 25, 2023, that includes the
following:
(1) an itemized accounting of the current, yet to be
delivered, FMS contracts being executed with Indo-Pacific
allies and partners, including Australia, Japan, and other key
allies and partners as determined by the Secretary of Defense,
including where in the contracting process these sales fall;
(2) a description of timelines for entering into contracts
associated with defense articles for the identified Indo-
Pacific allies and partners via FMS over the prior three years;
(3) a description of the degree to which U.S. industrial
capacity affects the timeline of each undelivered FMS contract
identified;
(4) a cost-benefit analysis of the degree to which
industrial base capacity could be expanded for purpose of
accelerating the delivery of the identified defense articles
over the next three years; and
(5) any other information deemed relevant by the Secretary.
Ground-Launched Small Diameter Bomb for U.S. European Command Maritime
Targets
The committee is encouraged by the development and
acquisition of the Ground-Launched Small Diameter Bomb (GLSDB)
as an affordable capability to bring additional ground-launched
fires to allied and partner forces. The committee notes the
decision of the U.S. Army, the U.S. Air Force, and the Under
Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment to examine
HIMARs integration with GLSDB. Therefore, to understand the
applicability of derivative weapons capabilities like GLSDB to
satisfy additional high-demand, low availability munitions
requirements, the Committee directs the Commander, U.S.
European Command, to brief the House Armed Services Committee
by January 31, 2024, on its munitions requirement for ground-
launched fires with anti-ship capability in its most stressing
operational plans, military capabilities available to meet this
requirement by 2030, and projected quantities by that year.
Illicit Goldmining in Venezuela
The committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a
briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services by March 1,
2024, on illegal and illicit mining in Venezuela and how such
activities undermine United States objectives with respect to
defense in the region. The brief should include the following
information:
(1) the impact mining and importation of materials such as
gold, coltan, and other rare earth elements has on defense
strategy in the region;
(2) an assessment of the impact of this illicit trade on
violent extremist organizations, particularly with respect to
Hizballah, Iran, and Russia; and
(3) the impact on defense supply chains of illicit mining
in Venezuela, specifically in regard to China's defense
industrial base.
Mission Support to Ukraine
The committee seeks to better understand how the Department
of Defense is prioritizing and approving or disapproving
requests from the Government of Ukraine for smaller dollar
value and lower quantity capabilities made by small businesses
or non-traditional providers. To ensure that these requests are
given due consideration, the committee directs the Secretary of
the Defense to provide a briefing to the House Committee on
Armed Services not later than December 1, 2023, on outstanding
or denied requests for support made by the Government of
Ukraine. At a minimum, this briefing shall include:
(1) details on any request made by the Ministry of Defense
or National Police that have not been adjudicated within 90
days of submission or request;
(2) any request for support for systems, capabilities, or
platforms made by the Government of Ukraine and denied;
(3) justification for denied or partially denied requests
for support; and
(4) methods to improve the acquisition of non-programs of
record defense articles and services for the provision to
Ukraine under the Presidential Drawdown Authority or the
Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative.
Morocco Joint Exercise Participation
The committee recognizes the critical importance of meeting
transnational threats that cross geographic boundaries. The
committee notes that Morocco is a key U.S. ally in Africa and
hosts African Lion, U.S. Africa Command's largest annual
combined joint exercise. The adoption of the Abraham Accords,
which normalized diplomatic relations and increased cooperation
between the signatories, has been beneficial to regional
stability and security. The committee notes that the Accords
have also created a foundation for increased cooperation in
responding to shared threats, including those posed by Iran and
Iranian-linked groups. The committee urges the Department of
Defense to work with Morocco to identify opportunities for
Moroccan military forces to participate in efforts that seek to
bring together Abraham Accords signatory countries, as
appropriate, and the United States in military exercises,
including exercises organized by U.S. Central Command.
Philippines Coast Guard
The committee notes the Philippines faces daily or more
frequent incursions by the armed forces of the People's
Republic China into its exclusive economic zone. The committee
understands that the Philippines Coast Guard currently has
three offshore patrol vessels capable of staying at sea for
more than ten days. As a result, they are not able to maintain
sufficient presence and patrol the entire economic zone,
leaving them vulnerable to incursions.
The committee directs the Secretary of Defense not later
than May 31, 2024 to provide a briefing to the House Armed
Services Committee assessing how the Department of Defense can
better leverage existing authorities to enhance the capacity of
the Philippines Coast Guard. Such a briefing shall include the
following elements:
(1) an assessment of the capacity of the Philippines Coast
Guard, including any shortfalls; and
(2) recommendations for how the Department of Defense can
help address such shortfalls, including by leveraging security
cooperation authorities and engagement with allies and
partners.
Report on Global Fragility Act Implementation
The committee notes that the Global Fragility Act of 2019
(Public Law 116-94) requires the Department of Defense, along
with the Department of State and the United States Agency for
International Development and other relevant departments and
agencies, to coordinate to implement the Global Fragility
Strategy through 10-year country and regional plans. The
committee also notes that such plans shall align and integrate
all relevant diplomatic, development, and security assistance
and activities of the United States Government with respect to
each of the countries and regions selected pursuant to section
505 of the Global Fragility Act of 2019. Therefore, the
committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a
briefing to the House Armed Services Committee not later than
January 1, 2024 on the resources, authorities, and staffing
necessary for the Department to implement and prioritize the
Global Fragility Act of 2019.
Report on Misuse in End-Use Monitoring
The committee notes that U.S. policy states that the U.S.
will engage in appropriate monitoring aimed at ensuring
transferred arms are used responsibly and in accordance with
the recipient government's obligations under the conditions of
the transfer and international law. The committee also notes
that the Comptroller General of the United States has
previously reported that the Department of Defense's end-use
monitoring program is not designed to track how U.S.-origin
defense articles are used. Therefore, the committee directs the
Comptroller General of the United States to submit a report to
the House Armed Services Committee not later than March 1, 2024
on efforts to ensure recipient obligations are met, including:
(1) the extent to which the Department of State and
Department of Defense have established expectations in policy
and in transfer agreements with recipient countries that U.S.-
origin defense articles and defense services should be used in
accordance with international humanitarian and human rights
law;
(2) the extent to which and how end-use monitoring has
addressed reporting and investigation of potential human rights
violations; and
(3) the extent to which the Department of State and
Department of Defense have identified guidance or procedures
that will need to be updated to comply with U.S. policy.
Report on Pre-Positioning Precision-Guided Munitions in Israel
A robust supply of munitions within War Reserves Stock
Allies-Israel (WRSA-I) that can address regional challenges is
critically important to Israel's security. The committee
prioritizes the replenishment of WRSA-I, following the
Department of Defense's drawdown of its weapons stocks for
transfer to the Government of Ukraine to defend against
Russia's illegal and unjustified invasion.
The committee directs the Secretary of Defense to submit a
report to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than
December 1, 2023, that includes:
(1) the current quantity and type of precision-guided
munitions in the WRSA-I;
(2) the quantity and type of munitions that the Department
of Defense transferred from WRSA-I to the Government of
Ukraine;
(3) the Department of Defense's plan for replenishing the
stockpile;
(4) the quantity and type of precision-guided munitions
with which the Department of Defense plans to replenish WRSA-I;
(5) an assessment of whether the current stockpile of
Israel's precision-guided munitions within WRSA-I meets the
requirement of providing Israel a qualitative military edge;
and
(6) any other information the Secretary determines
appropriate.
Russia and China's Defense and Security Presence in Latin America and
the Caribbean
The committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a
report to the congressional defense committees by March 1,
2024, on Russia and China's defense and security presence in
Central and South America, particularly with respect to defense
or security-related activities that may be linked to
transnational criminal organizations such as the Wagner Group.
The report should include the following information:
(1) a description of the provision of any security
assistance and military education by Russia or China to
countries or other entities in Central and South America;
(2) a description of irregular or asymmetric activities
directed, controlled, or conducted by Russia and China, to
include the defense or security-related activities
transnational organized criminal organizations; and
(3) an assessment of whether any Russian and Chinese
economic activities in Central and South America, including
purchases agricultural land and agricultural commodities and
investment in critical infrastructure, are intended for
military or naval purpose, and how these purchases impact the
environment, the threat of deforestation, food security, and
may influence provincial and local governments.
Russia Leaving the Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty
The committee is concerned regarding Russia's notice,
submitted on July 9, 2023, that it intends to withdraw from the
Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty. The CFE Treaty,
signed on November 19, 1990 by all NATO and Warsaw Pact member
states, imposed restrictions on conventional arms and combat
equipment. Given Russia's suspension of CFE in 2007, its
invasion of Georgia in 2008, and its repeated invasions and
occupation of Ukraine, the U.S. should take reciprocal actions
in response to Russia's withdrawal from the CFE Treaty.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense
to submit a report to the congressional defense committees not
later than October 1, 2023, on any reciprocal steps the
Department of Defense may take to respond to Russia's
notification of withdrawal. This report shall also include:
(1) an assessment of whether and how flank zone limits in
the CFE Treaty impede U.S. and NATO military movements in
Europe, including near Ukraine, including Russian occupied
Ukraine;
(2) whether and how these limits make managing a NATO-
Russia contingency near Ukraine and Russian occupied Ukraine
more difficult;
(3) any difficulty in managing U.S. and NATO force
deployments with respect to responding to Russian aggression on
the continent; and
(4) the Department's views on the likelihood of Russia
returning to compliance before Russia's Treaty withdrawal
becomes official on November 7, 2023.
Saudi Arabia-People's Republic of China Defense Cooperation
The committee is aware of the developing defense
relationship between the People's Republic of China (PRC) and
Saudi Arabia, exemplified by the December 2022 signing of a
comprehensive strategic partnership agreement. Therefore, the
committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a
briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not later
than March 1, 2024, on defense cooperation between Saudi Arabia
and the PRC. The briefing shall include:
(1) a detailed description of the nature and the extent of
defense cooperation between Saudi Arabia and the PRC;
(2) an assessment of the effect of such defense cooperation
on the security situation in the United States Central Command
area of operations; and
(3) a description of the role of the United Arab Emirates
in the region and its relationship with Saudi Arabia and the
PRC.
Strategic Competition in Latin America and the Caribbean
The committee remains focused on the U.S. military posture
and strategic competition in the U.S. Southern Command area of
responsibility, as well as around the globe. Further, the
committee is concerned by the the activities of China and
Russia in Latin America and the Caribbean and the potential
security challenges these activities subsequently pose.
Therefore, the committee encourages the Director of National
Intelligence and the Secretary of Defense to deliver the
reporting requirements of sections 6524 and 1069 of the James
M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
2023 (Public Law 117-263) by their respective deadlines.
U.S.-Israel Defense Assessment
The committee notes the increased regional threats posed to
Israel and U.S. forces stationed in the Middle East.
Furthermore, the committee is interested in new technological
opportunities that could be achieved through enhanced
collaboration between the United States and Israel. Therefore,
the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a
briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not later
than December 1, 2023, on Israel's evolving security needs and
prospective areas for future U.S.-Israel cooperation. The
briefing shall include:
(1) an assessment of the potential for increased U.S.-
Israel defense collaboration, particularly in emerging
technologies including but not limited to artificial
intelligence, machine learning, cybersecurity, directed energy,
and automation; and
(2) a summary of existing U.S.-Israel defense collaboration
in emerging technologies, including active memorandums of
understanding on research and development and ongoing research
programs conducted by the Irregular Warfare Technical Support
Directorate.
(3) a review of ongoing efforts to increase Israel's
participation in multinational organizations and military task
forces and the feasibility of increasing the number of such
organizations and military task forces that Israel participates
with the United States.
U.S.-Israel on Emerging Defense Technologies
The committee recognizes the capabilities and solutions
that the Irregular Warfare Technical Support Directorate
(IWTSD) is providing the U.S. warfighter. IWTSD performs rapid
research and development, advanced studies and technical
innovation, and provision of support to U.S. military
operations.
IWTSD's international program leverages the expertise and
resources of partners and allies, on a bilateral basis with
limited partners, to develop technologies and capabilities
through innovative research and development. The committee
commends the results from joint research investments from the
international program. IWTSD's international program has
produced technological advances in subterranean capabilities
and monitoring, counter-unmanned aerial systems, maritime
security, and robotics.
The committee recommends an increase of $50.0 million for
Combating Terrorism Technology Support. The committee
encourages IWTSD to continue focus on emerging technologies,
with strategic partners like Israel, to develop warfare
capabilities to meet the challenges of the future, including
but not limited to artificial intelligence, cybersecurity,
directed energy, and automation.
U.S.-Nordic SOF Exchange
The committee is concerned with the growing influence and
aggressive behavior of strategic competitors like China and
Russia in the High North and the European theater more broadly.
The committee recognizes the important role of Finland, Norway,
and Sweden in deterring malign activities of competitors and
adversaries in the region, particularly in the gray zone. The
committee also recognizes the unique capabilities of U.S. and
allied special operations forces (SOF) to combat threats to
European and Transatlantic security.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense
to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services
by March 1, 2024, on the viability of establishing a U.S.-
Nordic SOF exchange with Finland, Norway, and Sweden. The
report shall include:
(1) Existing Department of Defense coordination with
Finland, Norway, and Sweden on SOF activities, including
exercises and training;
(2) Opportunities provided by the accession of Finland and
the impending accession of Sweden into NATO to expand such
activities;
(3) Appropriate venues, both within and outside of NATO,
for strengthening SOF coordination with Finland, Norway, and
Sweden; and
(4) Particular areas of focus for strengthened SOF
coordination.
Ukraine Security Assistance for Army Tactical Missile Systems
Of the funds authorized for the Ukraine Security Assistance
Initiative (USAI) elsewhere in this Act, the committee intends
that not less than $80.0 million be used for the procurement of
Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMS) for the Armed Forces of
Ukraine. The committee directs the Secretary of Defense to
provide a briefing to the congressional defense committees, not
later than December 31, 2023, on the progress of using USAI for
the procurement of and availability of ATACMS to the Armed
Forces of Ukraine.
Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative
The committee authorizes the President's request of $300
million for the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative. This
funding is included in the amount authorized by this Act for
the Defense Security Cooperation Agency.
United States Support for Iraqi Minorities
The committee recognizes the importance of the support of
the United States for the religious and ethnic minority
survivors of genocide in Iraq. National, ethnic, religious, and
linguistic minorities and indigenous peoples, including
Yezidis, Turkmen, Shabak, Sabaean-Mandeans, Kaka'i, and
indigenous Christians (including Chaldean, Syriac, Assyrian,
Armenian, and Melkite communities) have been an integral part
of the cultural fabric and history of Iraq and the broader
Middle East. Members of these minority communities in Iraq face
daily insecurity, discrimination, and hardship related to
internal displacement, economic hardship, and security
protection. The committee recognizes that the Islamic State of
Iraq and Syria committed atrocities against these ethnic and
religious minorities in Iraq.
Therefore, the committee encourages the following as
security-enhancing measures in Iraq:
(1) the restoration of security, stability, and economic
opportunity for these communities as well as the safe,
dignified, and voluntary return of the displaced indigenous
peoples to the territories of Mosul, Baaj, Sinjar, and the
Nineveh Plain;
(2) the financial support from the Iraqi Government and
international aid donors for the restoration of homes, schools,
churches, and other religious sites;
(3) local representation in line with Article 125 of the
Constitution of Iraq that guarantees the administrative,
political, cultural, and educational rights of the various
nationalities, such as Turkmen, Chaldeans, Assyrians, and all
other constituents; and
(4) greater integration for minority groups in Iraq.
LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS
Subtitle A--Assistance and Training
Section 1201--Support of Special Operations for Irregular Warfare
This section would codify section 1202 of the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115-
91), as well as amendments made by Section 1207 of the William
M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116-283) by adding a new section
after section 127c, of title 10, United States Code.
Section 1202--Modification of Combatant Commander Initiative Fund
This section would amend section 166a of title 10, United
States Code, to include incremental expenses related to
security cooperation activities of the Department of Defense to
the authorized activities under the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Combatant Commander Initiative Fund. Additionally, this section
would authorize funding for U.S. Africa Command and U.S.
Southern Command for certain purposes under the Combatant
Commander Initiative Fund.
Section 1203--Equipment Disposition With Respect to Building Capacity
of Foreign Security Forces
This section would amend section 333 of title 10, United
States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Defense to treat as
stocks of the Department of Defense equipment procured under
such section that has not yet been transferred to a foreign
country or that has been returned by a foreign country to the
United States. This section would also require the Secretary to
submit a notice prior to initiating such an activity.
Section 1204--Mission Training Through Distributed Simulation
This section would modify section 346 of title 10, United
States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Defense to utilize
mission training through distributed simulation activities with
friendly foreign forces.
Section 1205--Modifications to Security Cooperation Workforce
Development Program and Establishment of Defense Security Cooperation
University
This section would modify section 384 of title 10, United
States Code, regarding the Security Cooperation Workforce
Development Program (SCWDP), and would establish the defense
security cooperation university structure. This section would
also require the Secretary of Defense to develop and submit an
implementation plan for the structure of the defense security
cooperation university. Additionally, this section would
require the Secretary to submit a report on the Department of
Defense security cooperation workforce. Finally, this section
would require the Comptroller General of the United States to
submit a report containing an independent evaluation of the
actions of the Secretary to carry out this section.
The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017
(Public Law 114-328) enacted extensive reforms to the
Department's security cooperation authorities, programs, and
activities, including establishment of the SCWDP. In the
conference report accompanying Public Law 114-328 (H. Rept.
116-617), the conferees noted that ``increased attention and
resourcing must be focused on the recruitment, training,
certification, assignment, and career development of the
security cooperation workforce.'' Further, the conferees noted
the expectation that the Department would ``implement this
authority expansively in order to address shortfalls in the
security cooperation workforce throughout the enterprise.''
The committee recognizes that the Department has not
implemented the SCWDP as directed in H. Rept. 116-617. As was
the case prior to establishment of the SCWDP, the current
system neither develops appropriate skills among its workforce
nor rationally assigns its workforce to match appropriate
skills with requirements. Accordingly, this section would
modify the SCWDP to address such shortfalls.
Additionally, the committee notes that improving the
security cooperation workforce is a key element in advancing
the transfers of defense articles and services with allies and
partners. The committee recognizes the critical importance of
the Australia-United Kingdom-United States trilateral agreement
known as AUKUS, and believes that a well-trained and managed
workforce will help ensure its success. Seamless and expedient
transfer of advanced defense technology both to and from allies
and partners is in the national security interest of the United
States and is critical to retaining a technological edge over
adversaries.
Section 1206--Requirement for Military Exercises
This section would require U.S. Central Command to engage
in regular exercises with international partners to practice
and simulate coalition strike, refueling, and other missions.
Section 1207--Report on End-Use Monitoring
This section would require the Comptroller General of the
United States to submit a report on practices related to
alleged end-use violations of equipment provided to foreign
countries through Foreign Military Sales (FMS), section 333 of
title 10, United States Code, or any other authority of the
Department of Defense to provide defense items to foreign
countries.
The Arms Export Control Act requires the President to
report promptly to Congress when a ``substantial violation'' of
any agreement under which the United States provides defense
articles under the FMS program may have occurred. These
violations can include use for unauthorized purposes,
unauthorized transfers, and security violations, among other
things. Department of Defense officials are to report alleged
end-use violations to the Defense Security Cooperation Agency
and the State Department, which investigates such allegations
to determine whether a violation occurred and determine what
actions the U.S. Government will take. Allegations that U.S.-
origin equipment was misused or transferred to parties that
should not have access to U.S. arms, such as militia units, can
harm diplomatic relations and potentially cause harm to
national security.
Section 1208--Report on Enhanced End-Use Monitoring
This section would require the Comptroller General of the
United States to submit a report on practices related to
enhanced end-use monitoring of equipment provided to foreign
countries through Foreign Military Sales, section 333 of title
10, United States Code, or any other authority of the
Department of Defense to provide defense items to foreign
countries.
Section 1209--Report on Partner Country Forces
This section would require the Secretary of Defense to
submit a report that specifies partner countries whose military
forces have participated in security cooperation or security
assistance programs and subsequently engaged in a coup,
insurrection, or action to overthrow a democratically elected
government.
Subtitle B--Matters Relating to the Middle East and Central Asia
Section 1211--Extension of Cross-Servicing Agreements for Loan of
Personnel Protection and Personnel Survivability Equipment in Coalition
Operations
This section would extend the duration of section 1207 of
the Carl Levin and Howard P. ``Buck'' McKeon National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113-291; 10
U.S.C. 2342 note) an additional 5 years.
Section 1212--Modification of Quarterly Reports on Ex-Gratia Payments
This section would modify ex-gratia reporting requirements
and require additional information, including when a request
was made and steps the Department of Defense has taken to
respond to the request.
Section 1213--Extension and Modification of Authority to Provide
Assistance to Vetted Syrian Groups and Individuals
This section would extend and modify existing authority to
conduct programs authorized under section 1209 of the Carl
Levin and Howard P. ``Buck'' McKeon National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113-291), to
provide assistance to vetted Syrian groups for countering the
Islamic State of Iraq and Syria in Syria. The section would
extend the authority 1 year, to December 31, 2024.
Section 1214--Extension and Modification of Authority to Provide
Assistance to Counter the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
This section would extend and modify existing authority
under section 1236 of the Carl Levin and Howard P. ``Buck''
McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015
(Public Law 113-291) to continue providing support to partner
forces in Iraq to defeat the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
(ISIS) and help ensure ISIS cannot resurge. The section would
extend the authority 1 year to December 31, 2024.
Section 1215--Plan of Action to Equip and Train Iraqi Security Forces
and Kurdish Peshmerga Forces
This section would require a plan of action for Kurdish and
Iraqi air defense.
Section 1216--Extension of United States-Israel Anti-Tunnel Cooperation
This section would extend section 1279(f) of the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 114-
92), as most recently amended by section 1279 of the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116-
92), by 2 years. The authorization would be extended from
December 31, 2024 to December 31, 2026.
Section 1217--Plan to Enable Israel to Gain Observer Status in the
Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training Program
This section would direct the Secretary of Defense to
produce a plan for enabling Israel to gain observer status in
the Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training Program.
Section 1218--Extension and Modification of Annual Report on Military
Power of Iran
This section would amend the annual reporting requirement
for the Department of Defense on Iran's military power to add
more capabilities and forces, including space launch.
Section 1219--Prohibition on Transporting Currency to the Taliban and
the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
This section would prohibit any funds authorized to be
appropriated to the Department of Defense being made available
for the operation of any Department of Defense aircraft to
transport currency or other items of value to the Taliban.
Section 1220--Modifications to the Office of the Special Inspector
General for Afghanistan Reconstruction
This section would amend the authority of the Office of the
Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction.
Subtitle C--Matters Relating to Ukraine
Section 1221--Direct Hire Authority for Certain Personnel of the Office
of the Inspector General of the Department of Defense
This section would provide enhanced oversight authorities
for the Inspector General (IG) of the Department of Defense to
conduct Ukraine oversight by extending limited direct hire
authority to the Department IG, modifying the direct hire
authority granted to the Secretary of Defense. Specifically,
the proposal would establish subsection (b) of section 9905 of
title 5, United States Code, and provide direct hire authority
to the Department of Defense IG to strengthen comprehensive and
timely oversight of U.S. support and activities carried out in
response to Russia's further invasion of Ukraine.
Section 1222--Special Inspector General for Ukraine Assistance
This section would create a Special Inspector General for
Ukraine Assistance.
Section 1223--Extension of Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative
This section would extend the Ukraine Security Assistance
Initiative through fiscal year 2025.
Section 1224--Extension of Lend-Lease Authority to Ukraine
This section would extend current lend-lease policy in
Ukraine through fiscal year 2024.
Section 1225--Plan and Report Relating to Allied and Partner Support to
Ukraine
This section would require the Secretary of Defense to
submit a plan and subsequent reports relating to allied and
partner support to Ukraine.
Subtitle D--Matters Relating to Russia, Europe, and NATO
Section 1231--Statement of Policy Relating to NATO-Russia Founding Act
This section would establish that the NATO-Russia Founding
Act does not prevent the United States from establishing a
permanent troop presence in Eastern Europe.
Section 1232--Strategy To Delay, Disrupt, and Degrade ROSATOM's
Proliferation Activities and Other Revenue Streams
This section would require the Secretary of Defense to
develop a strategy to combat Russian aid to China's nuclear
weapons program.
Section 1233--Baltic Security Initiative
This section would express the sense of Congress regarding
the Baltic states and require a report setting forth a strategy
of the Department of Defense to deepen security cooperation
with the Baltic states.
Section 1234--Prohibition on New START Treaty Information Sharing
This section would prohibit information sharing related to
the New START Treaty and provide a waiver.
Subtitle E--Matters Relating to the Armed Forces Abroad and the
Authorities of the Department of Defense
Section 1241--Report on Hostilities Involving United States Armed
Forces
This section would require the President to transmit a
report to the congressional defense committees, the Committee
on Foreign Relations of the Senate, and the Committee on
Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives within 48 hours
of any incident in which U.S. Armed Forces are involved in an
attack or hostilities, whether in an offensive or defensive
capacity, except in specified circumstances.
Section 1242--Protection and Legal Preparedness for Servicemembers
Abroad
This section would ensure members of the Armed Forces
stationed in a foreign country with which the United States
maintains a Status of Forces Agreement are afforded certain
rights and would require the Secretary of Defense, in
collaboration with the Secretary of State, to review and
provide a briefing on local legal systems and the rights of
service members under such Status of Forces Agreements.
Section 1243--Prohibition on Funding for the Global Engagement Center
This section would prohibit funding within this Act from
being made available to the Global Engagement Center.
Section 1244--Determination of Location for McCain Irregular Warfare
Center
This section would require the Secretary of Defense to
select a permanent location for the ``John S. McCain III Center
for Security Studies in Irregular Warfare Center'' based on
established criteria. This section would also recommend the
inclusion of specific criteria for the process.
TITLE XIII--OTHER MATTERS RELATING TO FOREIGN NATIONS
ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST
Acquisition and Cross Servicing Agreements With Pacific Island
Countries
Acquisition and Cross Servicing Agreements (ACSAs) provide
the Department of Defense and partner countries with the
ability to exchange equipment and logistical support during
operations and exercises. The ACSA program is a means to
strengthen relationships with foreign partners as well as to
provide combatant commanders with increased flexibility in
addressing logistical requirements. It may benefit the
Department to enter into an ACSA with certain Pacific island
countries. Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of
Defense to assess the potential benefits and the feasibility of
entering into an Acquisition and Cross Servicing Agreement or
an Acquisition Only Agreement with each of the following
countries: the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall
Islands, Palau, Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Tonga, Tuvalu, Papua New
Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Samoa, the Cook Islands,
and Niue. The assessment shall consider each of the potential
partner country's interests and needs, which could be satisfied
by such an agreement. The committee further directs the
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy to
provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services by
June 1, 2024, on the assessment's findings.
African C-130 Aircraft Coalition
The committee notes there is an interest among several
willing and capable African partners on establishing a C-130
coalition on the continent for intra and inter-theater airlift
sharing options. The committee directs the Secretary of
Defense, not later than March 1, 2024, to provide a report to
the congressional defense committees on the feasibility of a C-
130 coalition on the continent of Africa for intra and inter-
theater airlift.
Briefing on Defense Cooperation Involving Japan and the Republic of
Korea
The committee recognizes the importance of defense
cooperation involving Japan and the Republic of Korea to
maintaining peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region.
The committee directs the Under Secretary of Defense for
Policy, in coordination with the Commander of the United States
Indo-Pacific Command and the Director of the Defense Security
Cooperation Agency, to provide a briefing to the congressional
defense committees by March 1, 2024. The briefing shall include
the following:
(1) a description of recent defense cooperation efforts
involving Japan and the Republic of Korea;
(2) a description of any opportunities or initiatives
through which the United States may facilitate enhanced
bilateral defense cooperation between Japan and the Republic of
Korea or enhanced trilateral defense cooperation among the
United States, Japan, and the Republic of Korea; and
(3) an identification of any new or additional cooperative
steps that may be taken by the United States, Japan, or the
Republic of Korea to deter destabilizing activities.
Briefing on Requirements for Measuring Regional Sentiment and
Leveraging Commercially Available Technology To Support Information
Operations in USINDOPACOM
The committee recognizes the importance of maintaining
relationships throughout the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command
(USINDOPACOM) area of responsibility (AOR) with allies and
partners and recognizes the need to establish metrics to
measure regional sentiment in the information environment to
better understand and counter the malign activities and
messaging of competitors in the AOR. The committee further
recognizes the importance of understanding how attitudes and
behaviors may be shaped or manipulated by competitors.
To better understand how USINDOPACOM can leverage
commercially available technology to measure regional sentiment
and shape the information environment, the committee directs
the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and
Low Intensity Conflict, in coordination with the Commander,
USINDOPACOM, to provide a briefing to the House Committee on
Armed Services no later than March 1, 2024, on current
requirements for measuring regional sentiment in the
information environment in the USINDOPACOM AOR. The briefing
shall include:
(1) an overview of the processes and techniques used by
USINDOPACOM to measure regional sentiment in the information
environment;
(2) information on technologies and platforms used by
USINDOPACOM to measure regional sentiment and understand the
information environment in the AOR;
(3) a summary of commercially available technologies and
crowdsourced data services available to USINDOPACOM that can be
leveraged to better understand the information environment in
the AOR; and
(4) any additional requirements for understanding the
information environment and improving effectiveness of
information operations in the USINDOPACOM AOR.
Cooperation Among U.S. Defense Partners
The committee recognizes the importance of providing
military training and capacity building to Taiwan to enhance
its self-defense capabilities across all domains. With the
assistance of the United States, Taiwan has made significant
improvements.
The committee also notes that some United States partners
face security challenges that are similar to those of Taiwan
and may be able to provide specialized training and advice.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense
to provide a briefing to the House Armed Services Committee not
later than January 1, 2024, about the ways in which the
Department can encourage and work with partner countries to
provide advice and assistance to Taiwan. The briefing shall
include efforts to address security challenges involving
cybersecurity, reserve force management and conscription,
counter-disinformation campaigns, and civil missile defense.
Extreme Weather Wargames
The committee acknowledges that extreme weather conditions
pose considerable challenges to military operations. Weather
conditions can affect combat operations, logistics, movement of
personnel, command and control, infrastructure, humanitarian
assistance and disaster relief, and other military operations.
The Indo-Pacific area of operations is susceptible to
environmental risks such as typhoons, cyclones, earthquakes,
tsunamis, intense rainfall, floods, and mudslides.
The committee is further aware that the U.S. Indo-Pacific
Command Center for Excellence in Disaster Management and
Assistance conducted a wargame entitled ``Ho'okele Mua'' in
2022 for the purpose of informing the command on opportunities
to incorporate certain environmental risk considerations,
including considerations pertaining to increasingly frequent,
extreme weather events, more thoroughly in planning processes,
strategy development, and engagements. The results of the
wargame may provide lessons learned regarding the effects of
extreme weather conditions on military and naval operations,
which could be applied throughout the Indo-Pacific and other
regions.
Therefore, the committee directs the Commander, U.S. Indo-
Pacific Command, in consultation with the Director for Joint
Force Development, Joint Staff, to conduct a review of the
results of the Ho'okele Mua wargame. The review shall include a
discussion of the feasibility and advisability of conducting
additional wargames related to the impact of extreme weather
conditions on the planning and execution of military and naval
strategies and operations at Department of Defense educational
institutions and centers of excellence and at federally funded
research and development centers, and, if advisable,
recommendations regarding the scope, scale, and conditions of
such additional wargames and recommendations regarding the
applicability of such wargames to a spectrum of hypothetical
scenarios involving other geographic areas of operation,
multiple warfare domains, interagency cooperation, and
coordination with allies and partners. The committee further
directs the Commander, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, in
consultation with the Director for Joint Force Development,
Joint Staff, to provide a briefing to the House Committee on
Armed Services on the findings and recommendations associated
with the review by March 1, 2024.
GAO Report on Civilian Harm Training
The committee notes that the Department of Defense has made
diligent efforts in creating and implementing the Civilian Harm
Mitigation and Response Action Plan (CHMR-AP). Therefore, the
committee directs the Comptroller General of the United States
to submit a report to the House Armed Services Committee not
later than March 1, 2024 on an assessment of the efficacy of
civilian harm mitigation training implemented by the Department
as it relates to U.S. military personnel, including: (1) an
evaluation of the effectiveness of current training methods,
including the identification of best practices and less
effective approaches, as such training is implemented by each
of the Armed Forces; each of the combatant commands; the
Defense Intelligence Enterprise; and any relevant Defense
Agency; (2) an assessment of the differences in scope, cost,
and effectiveness between civilian harm training required under
Foreign Military Sales, International Military Education &
Training, and other accounts; (3) a review of current metrics
and indicators used to assess the effectiveness of civilian
casualty mitigation training on U.S. military; and (4)
recommendations if any corrective actions might improve current
training methods, curricula, and processes, based on the
findings of the assessment.
Indo-Pacific Command Stockpiles for Submarine and Anti-Submarine
Warfare Forces
The committee is deeply concerned about the adequacy of the
current stockpiles of munitions, expendables, and other
countermeasures for the United States submarine and anti-
submarine warfare (ASW) forces in the Indo-Pacific Command area
of operations. As such, the committee is interested in ensuring
that United States submarine and ASW forces in the Indo-Pacific
possess sufficient stockpiles of sonobuoys, torpedoes, towed
arrays, decoys, and other submarine countermeasures in-theater
to wage a protracted high-end campaign.
Therefore, the Committee directs the Commander, Indo-
Pacific Command to provide an unclassified report, that may
contain a classified annex, to the Committees on Armed Services
of the House of Representatives and the Senate by no later than
February 1, 2024, describing:
(1) whether existing Indo-Pacific Command stockpiles of
munitions, expendables, and other countermeasures are
sufficient to supply those submarine and anti-submarine warfare
forces in-theater;
(2) whether the United States can maintain and replenish
such stockpiles in the Indo-Pacific area of operations for
submarine and anti-submarine warfare forces in the event of a
protracted conflict;
(3) considerations pertaining to alternative resupply
locations; and
(4) whether forward-deployed submarines in the Indo-Pacific
area of operations could be adequately resupplied by the
current submarine tender fleet.
LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS
Subtitle A--Matters Relating to the Indo-Pacific and Pacific Regions
Section 1301--Extension of Pacific Deterrence Initiative and Report,
Briefings, and Plan Under the Initiative
This section would extend the Pacific Deterrence Initiative
established by section 1251 of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public
Law 116-283). This section would also extend the related
requirements for submission of the report on resourcing United
States defense requirements for the Indo-Pacific region,
briefings, and required plans.
Section 1302--Independent Assessment and Report on the Progress Made
Under the Pacific Deterrence Initiative
This section would require an independent assessment of the
Department of Defense activities carried out under the Pacific
Deterrence Initiative.
Section 1303--Sense of Congress on South Korea
This section would express the sense of Congress on South
Korea.
Section 1304--Sense of Congress on Taiwan Defense Relations
This section would express the sense of Congress on Taiwan
defense relations.
Section 1305--Briefing on Multi-Year Plan To Fulfill Defensive
Requirements of Military Forces of Taiwan
This section would require the Secretary of Defense to
provide a briefing on the status of the efforts to develop and
implement the joint multi-year plan to fulfill defensive
requirements of military forces of Taiwan required under
section 5506 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-263).
Section 1306--Modification to the American, British, Canadian, and
Australian Armies' Program
This section would amend section 1274 of the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (Public Law 112-
239) to include the Air Force program known as the Five Eyes
Air Force Interoperability Council.
Section 1307--Modifications to Initiative To Support Protection of
National Security Academic Researchers From Undue Influence and Other
Security Threats
This section would establish research security metrics to
evaluate whether or not an institution is properly securing
research being performed under Department of Defense grants or
direction. This section also would codify provisions from
National Security Presidential Memorandum 33 on National
Security Strategy for U.S. Government-Supported Research and
Development.
Section 1308--Limitation on Availability of Funds Pending Submittal of
List Identifying Certain Foreign Academic Institutions
This section would limit the availability of funds for the
Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and
Engineering travel budget until the delivery of the list as
required and developed under section 1286(c)(8)(A) of the
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public
Law 115-232; 10 U.S.C. 4001 note).
Section 1309--Expansion of International Technology Focused
Partnerships and Experimentation Activities in the Indo-Pacific
This section would require the Secretary of Defense to
develop a plan and roadmap to expand international technology-
focused partnerships, agreements, and experimentation
activities in the Indo-Pacific region; enhance capabilities
using lessons learned from Task Force 59; and identify and
accelerate the fielding of capabilities and technologies that
would improve Taiwan's self-defense capabilities.
Subtitle B--Matters Relating to China
Section 1311--Modifications to Public Reporting of Chinese Military
Companies Operating in the United States
This section would require the Secretary of Defense to
consider information related to Chinese military companies that
is provided jointly by the chair and ranking member of any of
the congressional defense committees. This section would also
require the inclusion of information related to such
requirement in an existing annual report.
Section 1312--Modification to Annual Report on Military and Security
Developments Involving the People's Republic of China
This section would modify the Annual Report on Military and
Security Developments Involving the People's Republic of China
to include among its report elements lessons learned by China
from Russia.
Section 1313--Prohibition on Use of Funds for Work Performed by
EcoHealth Alliance, Inc., in China on Research Supported by the
Government of China
This section would prohibit use of funds for work by the
EcoHealth Alliance, Inc., in China on research supported by the
Chinese Government.
Section 1314--Study and Report on Implementation of Naval Blockades of
Shipments of Fossil Fuels to China in Event of Armed Conflict
This section would require the Secretary of Defense to
submit a report to Congress that contains the findings of a
study on the feasibility of implementing naval blockades of
shipments of fossil fuels to China in the event of an armed
conflict between the United States and China.
Section 1315--Independent Study on Defense Budget of People's Republic
of China
This section would require an independent study of the
defense budget of the People's Republic of China.
Section 1316--Determination on Involvement of the PRC in the Mexican
Fentanyl Trade
This section would require the Secretary of Defense to
certify whether Chinese Government officials assisted or were
aware of the transportation of fentanyl precursors to Mexican
drug cartels.
TITLE XIV--OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS
LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS
Subtitle A--Military Programs
Section 1401--Working Capital Funds
This section would authorize appropriations for Defense
Working Capital Funds at the levels identified in section 4501
of division D of this Act.
Section 1402--Chemical Agents and Munitions Destruction, Defense
This section would authorize appropriations for Chemical
Agents and Munitions Destruction, Defense at the levels
identified in section 4501 of division D of this Act.
Section 1403--Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, Defense-
Wide
This section would authorize appropriations for Drug
Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, Defense-wide at the
levels identified in section 4501 of division D of this Act.
Section 1404--Defense Inspector General
This section would authorize appropriations for the Office
of the Inspector General of the Department of Defense at the
levels identified in section 4501 of division D of this Act.
Section 1405--Defense Health Program
This section would authorize appropriations for the Defense
Health Program at the levels identified in section 4501 of
division D of this Act.
Subtitle B--Other Matters
Section 1411--Expansion of National Defense Stockpile Requirements for
Era of Great Power Competition
This section would expand the requirements for the National
Defense Stockpile for the era of great power competition.
Section 1412--Membership of Coast Guard on Strategic Materials
Protection Board
This section would add a senior U.S. Coast Guard officer to
the Strategic and Critical Materials Board of Directors when
matters relating to the U.S. Coast Guard are under
consideration.
Section 1413--Authority for Transfer of Funds to Joint Department of
Defense--Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration
Fund For Captain James A. Lovell Health Care Center, Illinois
This section would authorize the transfer of funds to the
Joint Department of Defense--Department of Veterans Affairs
Medical Facility Demonstration Fund.
Section 1414--Authorization of Appropriations for Armed Forces
Retirement Home
This section would authorize appropriations for the
operation of the Armed Forces Retirement Home.
TITLE XV--CYBERSPACE-RELATED MATTERS
ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST
Army Cyber Auxiliary Utilization
The committee believes that in a globally and
technologically complex environment, the Department of Defense
requires adaptability to leverage skills and knowledge where
and when available. In April 2019 the United States Marine
Corps established a Marine Corps Cyber Auxiliary, a volunteer
organization of highly talented cyber experts who train,
educate, assist, and mentor Marines to keep pace with
constantly evolving cyber challenges. This is a novel approach
that the committee recognizes, while also acknowledging the
need to address statutory limitations.
In the face of a shortage in qualified cyber-focused
professionals to serve and protect our nation's critical
infrastructure, the committee believes that the creation of a
cyber auxiliary force may provide a cost-effective means to tap
into industry expertise and supplement each services' cyber
forces.
Therefore, the committee directs the Principal Cyber
Advisor of the United States Army to provide a report to the
House Committee on Armed Services not later than March 1, 2024
assessing the feasibility of an Army Cyber Auxiliary Force. The
report should include information on funding requirements and
statutory barriers that exist in the creation of a cyber
auxiliary force as well as any other information the Advisor
deems appropriate.
Artificial Intelligence Decision Aids
The committee notes the important role that decision aids,
enabled by artificial intelligence (AI), will have on
Department of Defense operations across all warfighting
domains. The Department of Defense is focused on generating
improved situational awareness by gathering numerous data
sources and communicating them to the tactical edge, with the
Deputy Secretary of Defense noting that ``data is a strategic
asset [for the Department].'' The committee understands that
one approach to improve the speed at which data can be moved is
through the use of AI decision aids. If demonstrated
successfully, the committee understands that technologies such
as these can improve battlefield awareness and reduce latency
in decision-making.
Authority To Operate
The committee recognizes that enterprise-wide adoption of
bring your own device (BYOD) policies will bring secure
communications to a broader section of Department of Defense
personnel while simultaneously reducing costs and enabling a
more mobile workforce. However, the committee is aware of gaps
in Department of Defense policies preventing applications
granted provisional authority to operate (P-ATO) on government-
furnished equipment from being given P-ATO on personal devices
currently enrolled in a BYOD program.
While the committee applauds the Department of Defense's
efforts to establish BYOD programs that allow personnel to
continue their critical work using BYOD-eligible devices, the
committee is concerned that enduring gaps in the Department of
Defense's policies will continue to impact personnel's ability
to connect to critical back-end systems up to Impact Level 5/
Controlled Unclassified Information.
The committee believes that the Department of Defense must
create policies that enable secure, reliable connection of
BYOD-eligible devices to necessary Department of Defense
systems.
Therefore, the committee directs the Chief Information
Officer, Department of Defense to provide a briefing to the
House Committee on Armed Services not later than January 1,
2024, on existing gaps in Department of Defense policy
governing the issuance of P-ATO on BYOD-eligible devices and
the Department of Defense's efforts to ensure its personnel can
access those systems critical to executing their missions.
Cyber Kinetic Combat Environment
The committee is encouraged by the progress made in
addressing development, training, and evaluation requirements
associated with multi-domain operations. The committee is aware
of Air Force efforts to build out research and training
environments capable of replicating vignettes of multi-domain
operations that integrate cyberspace operations, cyber physical
sensing, electromagnetic spectrum operations, and intelligence,
surveillance, and reconnaissance activities. The committee
believes that continued effort is required in order to keep
pace with potential adversaries who seek to degrade U.S.
advantages in multi-domain operations, and that such efforts
will require concerted efforts by government, industry, and
academia. Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the
Air Force to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed
Services, not later than March 1, 2024, on opportunities for
the Air Force to partner with academic institutions to provide
additional capabilities to facilitate continued development,
testing, training, and evaluation in multi-domain activities.
Cyber Protection for Certain Department of Defense Personnel
The committee is aware that adversarial advances in
ubiquitous technical surveillance, especially of commercial
telecommunications networks, put at risk Department personnel
that are deployed on sensitive operations or in contested
environments. The committee notes that the Department has an
authority, established in section 1645 of the National Defense
Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114-
328), to provide cyber protection support for certain personnel
highly vulnerable to cyber attack. The committee encourages the
Department to utilize such authority to the greatest extent
practicable to provide cyber support to secure the mobile
networks and devices of at-risk personnel.
To ensure that the aforementioned authority is being
utilized effectively, the committee directs the Department of
Defense Chief Information Officer to provide a briefing to the
House Committee on Armed Services by December 1, 2023, on the
Department's efforts to provide cyber protection support to at-
risk personnel. The briefing shall include, at a minimum:
(1) a description of the support offered to date, using the
authority provided by the FY2017 NDAA, to protect personnel's
mobile networks and devices from ubiquitous technical
surveillance; and
(2) a list of any barriers to implementing the authority
provided by the FY2017 NDAA.
Cyber-Peculiar Test & Evaluation Environments
The committee is aware of the Department of the Army's
efforts to build environments which are intended to emulate an
adversary's offensive cyber capabilities, specifically against
U.S. weapon systems. The capability to assess, experiment, and
test is a critical component of ensuring military supremacy in
a potential future conflict. Additionally, the data resulting
from simulated environments can have immense potential for
future use. Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of
the Army to brief the House Committee on Armed Services not
later than March 31, 2024, on the status of existing efforts
for cyber-peculiar test & evaluation environments, and any
benefits resulting from these efforts.
Data Literacy in Artificial Intelligence
The committee recognizes the increasing complexities of
artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning capabilities
available within the Department of Defense. To ensure the
proper implementation of these new technologies, there must be
a focus on data literacy across a broader population within the
Department. Section 256 of the National Defense Authorization
Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116-92) required the
Department of Defense to develop an AI education strategy, with
the stated objective to educate ``servicemembers in relevant
occupational fields on matters relating to artificial
intelligence.''
Given the continued centrality of AI to warfighting, the
committee directs the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence
Officer of the Department of Defense to provide a briefing to
the House Committee on Armed Services not later than March 31,
2024, on the implementation status of the AI education
strategy, with emphasis on current efforts underway, such as
the AI Primer course within the Army's Intelligence Center of
Excellence.
Data Repositories, Access, and Utilization
The committee commends the Department of Defense and the
Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO) focus
on building the scaffolding, or infrastructure, to produce the
high-quality data required to support artificial intelligence
and machine learning capabilities developed across the
Department. The committee encourages the CDAO to continue to
ensure requirements for the procurement of data repositories
and the infrastructure for artificial intelligence and machine
learning operations are clear to both government and industry
stakeholders, particularly in regard to functions to be
performed, performance required, and essential physical
characteristics. As the CDAO continues to mature, the committee
seeks additional information about how requirements for data
repositories, access, and scaffolding are both developed and
communicated to the totality of stakeholders involved.
Therefore, the committee directs the Chief Digital and
Artificial Intelligence Officer to provide a briefing to the
House Committee on Armed Services not later than December 1,
2023, about how requirements for data services are developed
and socialized and how market research is performed as part of
the acquisition process. Additionally, the briefing should
include information about how the CDAO will develop policy and
enforce compliance to the maximum extent possible.
Department Use of Open-Source Software
The committee supports the Department's use of open-source
software (OSS), which continues to positively impact how the
Department designs, develops, and deploys software-based
systems. OSS offers many benefits, including cost and time
savings that enable the Department to develop and field
software systems on operationally relevant timelines.
However, the committee is aware of concerns that program
offices may contract with federal systems integrators to build
features on top of OSS provided by developers that otherwise
offer those same features in enterprise versions of the
software. Such an approach may result in a lack of system
interoperability, inability of the OSS developer to push
critical cybersecurity updates, and additional support costs.
Therefore, the committee directs the Department of Defense
Chief Information Officer to provide a report to the House
Committee on Armed Services, no later than March 1, 2024, on
the Department's use of OSS and its mitigation strategies for
any risks associated with its use.
Digital Cross Domain Solution Policy
The committee recognizes the need for the Department of
Defense information systems to have real-time cross domain
capabilities that are coupled with updated processes and
polices that keep pace with evolving requirements for mission
owners. Therefore, the committee directs the Director, Defense
Information Systems Agency (DISA), to provide a briefing to the
House Committee on Armed Services no later than March 1, 2024,
updating the committee on current and planned efforts to
provide and enable a real-time cross domain solution, including
potential process and policy changes.
Digital Expertise Training and Certification
Section 230 of the FY2020 National Defense Authorization
Act (Public Law 116-92) outlined a policy to promote and
maintain digital expertise and software development as core
competencies of civilian and military work forces of the
Department of Defense. The committee is concerned that the
Department has not prioritized the comprehensive implementation
of the legislative intent. The committee directs the Chief
Information Officer (CIO) to provide a briefing to the House
Committee on Armed Services no later than March 15, 2024 on the
Department's process for review and recognition of
certifications that can be used to meet technical training
requirements. This briefing should include details on the list
of reimbursable certifications specific to software
development, networking and cybersecurity.
Digital Transformation for Multi-Level Secure Programs
The committee recognizes the benefits of digital
engineering and model-based systems engineering in complex
development programs, and believes digital transformation
concepts and agile culture, if properly implemented and
deployed, could reduce schedule risk and enable simultaneous
efforts at multiple levels of classification. Therefore, the
committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a
briefing to the congressional defense committees by March 1,
2024, on the efforts of the Department to deploy digital
transformation acquisition capabilities into classified
programs, including those that require multi-level security
systems.
Ensuring Generation of High-Quality Labeled Data
The committee recognizes the Department of Defense's
continuing efforts, such as the Global Information Dominance
Experiments (GIDE), to develop a high-quality data integration
layer that will enable the seamless use of artificial
intelligence tools across the enterprise. These data streams
play a critical role in the development of a high-quality data
layer accessible by human and machine consumers at the tactical
edge.
However, while the committee supports the Department's
efforts to implement a high-quality data integration layer,
data generated by software applications in use across the
Department may not contain adequate attribute-level metadata
tags and machine-readable labels. This information can ensure
data streams may distribute information to the correct users
based on criteria such as classification level or the purpose
of the data.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense
to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services
by June 1, 2024, on the Department's strategy to ensure
enterprise efforts for artificial intelligence are able to
absorb and incorporate data with the correct attributes and
tags.
Evaluation of National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity
The committee believes that promoting education and
developing expertise in cybersecurity is vital to protecting
United States critical infrastructure and growing the national
cybersecurity workforce. The committee supports the efforts of
the National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity
(NCAE-C) program to advance cybersecurity education in colleges
and universities but is concerned that challenges in oversight
and implementation may hinder the program's success.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense
to submit a report to the House Committee on Armed Services not
later than December 1, 2023, assessing the NCAE-C program. The
report should include:
(1) an evaluation of challenges in administration and
implementation, both at the program level and at individual
institutions;
(2) a review of metrics used to evaluate the continued
alignment of institutions with program requirements and
objectives;
(3) participation metrics, including but not limited to the
number of institutions currently designated or being considered
for designation, geographical distribution of the institutions,
and number of students receiving relevant degrees and
certificates; and
(4) such other information as the Secretary deems
appropriate.
Innovation for Cybersecurity of the Defense Industrial Base
The committee recognizes the challenges faced by the
Department of Defense in securing its own critical data,
intellectual property, networks, and infrastructure, as well as
that of its supporting defense industrial base (DIB), from
cyberattack. Multiple offices within the Department of Defense,
the military services, and the National Security Agency have
programs focused upon various aspects of this massive problem.
Over more than a decade, Congress has pursued many courses to
address the substantial issue of cybersecurity for the DIB.
This includes reviews, new authorities, and directed support
for programs such as the Cybersecurity Maturity Model
Certification and the National Cyber Security Operations
Center. Unfortunately, the problem persists with seemingly
little progress made. The committee remains unsatisfied and
concerned that until the issue can be addressed holistically
and is made a priority for the leadership of the Department of
Defense, the United States will continue to see successful
cyberattacks by nation states and non-state actors.
Therefore, the committee directs the Chief Information
Officer of the Department of Defense, in coordination with the
secretaries of the military departments, the Under Secretary of
Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, and the Under
Secretary of Defense for Policy, to provide a briefing to the
House Committee on Armed Services not later than January 31,
2024, on DIB cybersecurity efforts, specifically those efforts
performing in an exemplary or satisfactory manner, as well as
those efforts being underutilized or which are underperforming.
Internet Access Point Modernization
The committee commends the Defense Information Systems
Agency and Joint Force Headquarters--Department of Defense
Information Network on the actions taken to date on modernizing
and monitoring the Department of Defense's network and
information technology infrastructure. As part of this, the
Department's internet access points (IAPs) play a critical, if
often overlooked, part in the delivery of data to and across
the enterprise. To this end, the Department requires that these
IAPs be upgraded and modernized to keep abreast of adversaries.
Therefore, the committee directs the Director, Defense
Information Systems Agency, serving concurrently as the
Commander, Joint Force Headquarters--Department of Defense
Information Network, to provide a briefing to the House
Committee on Armed Services not later than March 1, 2024, on
the efforts underway to modernize the IAP infrastructure of the
Department.
Internet Operations Management
The committee is encouraged by strides made by Joint Force
Headquarters-Department of Defense Information Network (JFHQ-
DODIN) to improve its enterprise-wide visibility of Department
of Defense networks through internet operations management
(IOM), a critical component of ongoing efforts to harden
Department of Defense networks. The additional network
visibility this capability provides can most meaningfully drive
risk reduction if seamlessly integrated with state-of-the-art
security orchestration and automation capability deployable in
the military services and U.S. Cyber Command's Big Data
Platforms.
Therefore, the committee directs the Commander, JFHQ-DODIN
to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services
not later than August 1, 2024, on future plans for IOM, to
include consideration of enterprise-wide visibility for the
Department's entire internet presence.
JADC2 Advisory Panel
The committee recognizes the importance of collaboration
between DoD and private industry in the identification of
enterprise level technical standards and interoperability
technologies for the development and deployment of JADC2
enabling capabilities. Therefore, the committee directs the
Secretary of Defense to provide a briefing to the House
Committee on Armed Services no later than March 29, 2024. The
briefing shall include considerations of the feasibility for a
joint panel consisting of senior representatives from the
Department of Defense and private sector organizations to
collaborate on JADC2 standards and interoperability.
Joint Data Integration Layer
The committee recognizes that fielding Joint All Domain
Command and Control (JADC2) capability is critical for
preserving the military advantage of the United States and
deterring conflict with potential adversaries. The committee
supports the military services' efforts to integrate their own
service-specific platforms, systems, and networks to improve
command and control. However, the committee is concerned
service-led initiatives associated with JADC2 will be
insufficient to provide the joint integration that is urgently
required.
The committee is aware that the Chief Digital and
Artificial Intelligence Officer (CDAO), at the direction of the
Deputy Secretary of Defense and in coordination with relevant
elements of the Department of Defense, to include the Combatant
Commands, is leading the effort to develop a joint data
integration layer to improve access to, and interoperability
of, data required for command and control across services,
domains, and echelons.
The committee supports CDAO's role as the lead office to
develop a joint data integration layer for JADC2. The Committee
directs the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer
to provide a report to the House and Senate Committees on Armed
Services not later than March 1, 2024 which details efforts
related to the Joint Data Integration Layer, its resourcing,
timelines, coordination with relevant stakeholders such as
United States Indo-Pacific Command, and demonstration
opportunities.
Leveraging Commercial Capability for Cybersecurity in Cloud
Environments
The committee commends the Chief Information Officer and
the wider Department of Defense enterprise in the progress made
on implementing and leveraging cloud computing capabilities for
the Department. However, the committee notes that more will be
required to ensure that the potential benefits of cloud can be
fully realized, specifically in the area of cybersecurity. The
private sector can offer capabilities for advanced continuous
cyber threat hunting, identity threat protection, and robust
cyber threat intelligence. The committee expects that the
Department will continue the rapid pace of progress in
implementing cloud capability while simultaneously working
arduously to mitigate risk to data and operations.
Leveraging Edge-Compute Platform Data for Comprehensive Artificial-
Intelligence Enabled Training
The committee is aware of efforts by the Department of
Defense to implement applications that meet and monitor the
completion of training goals, including those training
activities undertaken via emergent technologies such as virtual
reality, augmented reality, and mixed reality. The committee is
also aware that such training shows the potential to improve
readiness, resilience, and quality of life for trainees through
advanced analytics and other data-enabled capabilities.
Accordingly, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to
provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services,
not later than March 1, 2024, that outlines the Department's
plan to further implement such applications and training across
the services.
Next Generation 9-1-1 Implementation
The Committee notes the Defense Information Systems
Agency's (DISA) intent to lead the Department's transition to
Next Generation 9-1-1. Some reports indicate that this effort
lags behind the civilian NG9-1-1 rollout, which may create
disparity for servicemembers and their families compared to
those residing in civilian communities. The Committee notes
this delay has the potential to leave installations with
reduced interoperability with state and local governments and
other emergency services agencies.
The committee directs a briefing from the Director of the
Defense Information Systems Agency no later than April 1, 2024
on the activities related to Next Generation 9-1-1.
Next Generation Cyber Red Teams
The Department of Defense uses military service-led cyber
red teams (CRTs) to identify critical problems and improve
defenders' capabilities and decision making for operational-
level cyber operations. The committee is concerned that CRTs
face many challenges, like high demand, lack of resources and
personnel, as well as a need for automation capabilities to
ease workload, that may decrease their ability to effectively
and efficiently do their job. Section 1660 of the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116-
92) recognized the shortfalls in Department of Defense red team
capability and required a joint assessment of Department of
Defense CRT capabilities, capacity, demand, and requirements.
Despite that required assessment, the Department continues to
struggle with providing the red team capacity demanded by the
the military services and components.
Therefore, the committee directs the Chief Information
Officer, Department of Defense, in coordination with the
Secretaries of the military services, to submit a report to the
House Committee on Armed Services not later than December 31,
2023, which includes the following elements:
(1) actions taken as a direct result of the joint
assessment directed in section 1660 of Public Law 116-92;
(2) a quantitative assessment and judgement on whether red
team capacity has been properly funded since the delivery of
the joint assessment directed in section 1660 of Public Law
116-92;
(3) a qualitative assessment of Department of Defense red
team capacity at present and obstacles for addressing any
shortfalls identified;
(4) efforts to modernize CRTs with a focus on utilizing
cyber threat intelligence, threat modeling, automation,
artificial intelligence/machine learning capabilities, and data
collection and correlation;
(5) an inventory of all certified Department of Defense red
teams and parent organizations;
(6) a determination by the Chief Information Officer,
Department of Defense, the Assistant Secretary of Defense for
Cyber Policy, and the Commander of United States Cyber Command
as to whether all red teams shall be included within the
Cyberspace Operations Forces; and
(7) a description of the methodology for the oversight of
Department of Defense red team certification and compliance.
North Atlantic Treaty Organization and Cyberspace Operations
The committee asserts that there is robust potential for
the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to improve how it
considers and incorporates cyberspace operations into its
planning efforts. To date, despite previous calls and a
recognition of cyberspace as an operational domain in 2016 at
the NATO summit, the Department of Defense has not accounted
for nor identified why this remains a persistent gap in
alliance operations. It remains unclear whether expertise for
cyberspace operations is provided by U.S. European Command's
Joint Cyber Center or U.S. Cyber Command's Cyberspace
Operations Integrated Planning Element collocated with U.S.
European Command. Before achieving success operationally, the
committee believes these questions will need answers.
Therefore, the committee directs the Assistant Secretary of
Defense for Cyber Policy to submit a report to the House
Committee on Armed Services not later than March 31, 2024,
which addresses precisely how the Department's cyber
capabilities have been incorporated into NATO planning forums
and obstacles that hinder more comprehensive efforts to
leverage cyberspace operations in NATO activities.
Additionally, this report should contain an inventory of prior
legislative mandates concerning NATO and cyberspace activities
and a list of changes enacted after these prior requirements
were satisfied.
Report on Cloud Computing Strategy for the United States Army Corps of
Engineers
The committee supports the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers'
(USACE) efforts to expand deployment of cloud computing in its
operations. Due to the unique nature of the USACE, the
diversity of the mission, and geographic challenges, the
committee believes that continued incorporation of cloud
technology into the USACE's operations has the potential to
yield significant benefits. Therefore, the committee directs
the Commanding General of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to
submit a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not
later than December 31, 2023 outlining the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers' current operational state with regard to cloud-based
information technology and operational technology.
Report on Collaboration Technologies for Military Operations
The committee is encouraged by the efforts of Air Mobility
Command, Space Systems Command, and other agencies in adopting
proven, secure, commercially available, and open-source
collaboration tools to enhance coordination for technical and
mission-focused operational teams. The committee notes that,
when architected properly, these tools may accelerate
interagency decision-making for contingency operations in
contested environments and provide numerous benefits, such as
reducing risk, supporting critical mission functions, and
increasing flexibility of collaboration at different security
levels. The committee believes that secure collaboration is a
mission essential function for the Department of Defense (DOD),
and efforts should be made to promote the widespread adoption
of these open-source collaboration tools throughout the
Department. Therefore, the committee directs the Chief
Information Officer (CIO) of the Department of the Air Force in
coordination with the CIOs of the Departments of the Army and
Navy to submit a cumulative report to the congressional defense
committees by March 1, 2024, on the efforts that are being
taken to expand the use of these tools.
Report on U.S. Space Force Program Information Technology
Infrastructure
The committee supports U.S. Space Force's vision of
becoming the world first digital service. Achieving the United
States' space objectives requires a technological maturity and
advantage over any potential adversary. Therefore, the
committee directs the Chief Information Officer of the
Department of the Air Force, in coordination with the Senior
Cyber Officer of the United States Space Force to provide a
briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not later
than a briefing April 1, 2024, on the U.S. Space Force's plan
to leverage commercial cloud technologies that can provide
mission benefit, improve acquisition process, and contribute to
cost savings in digital infrastructure modernization and
sustainment.
Sensor Open Systems Architecture
The committee supports the Department of Defense's adoption
of modular open systems architecture software and hardware
standards for military electronics, communications, and
integrated intelligence sensors. The committee commends the
United States Air Force for adopting the Sensor Open Systems
Architecture (SOSA) standard across an increasing number of air
and space platforms. The committee continues to encourage
cooperation between the military services to implement SOSA
across all domains and believes that adoption of the SOSA
standard will allow NATO and other international partners to
integrate and operate with the joint force more efficiently and
effectively. Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of
the Air Force to provide a briefing to the House Committee on
Armed Services not later than December 29, 2023 identifying all
Air Force programs currently compliant with the SOSA standard
and programs projected to be compliant by 2033. The brief shall
also include estimated cost for manpower to support SOSA
compliance and sustainment for the listed platforms over the
same 10 year period.
Shipyard Cybersecurity
The committee notes that the shipbuilding and repair
industrial base constitutes an essential component of U.S.
national security. As noted in the Navy's report to Congress on
the Annual Long-Range Plan for Construction of Naval Vessels
for Fiscal Year 2024, current national security threats
demonstrate ``the need for a larger, more capable Navy . . .''
and that ``[T]imely industrial base delivery of systems and
platforms within cost estimates is a key consideration as it
quickly enhances warfighting performance and controls cost
growth.''
The committee is concerned that potential private and
public shipyard vulnerability to cyberattacks puts at risk the
shipbuilding industrial base's ability to construct and
maintain naval systems and platforms in a timely and efficient
manner.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Navy
to submit a report to the House Committee on Armed Services,
not later than December 31, 2023, on the potential
vulnerability of U.S. private and public shipyards to
cyberattacks. The report should include:
(1) an analysis of current or potential cyber threats to
the nation's public and private shipyards, including from both
state and non-state actors;
(2) an analysis regarding potential vulnerabilities of the
nation's shipyards to cyber attack, and any constraints or
limitations encountered in the analysis of potential
vulnerabilities;
(3) an analysis of the potential impact of a cyberattack
upon public and private shipyards to the Navy's fleet
maintenance and procurement requirements;
(4) a comparison of the Navy's visibility into the networks
and security posture of public shipyards versus private
shipyards;
(5) a comprehensive evaluation of the delineation in
responsibilities for cybersecurity between Navy Cyber Defense
Operations Command, Naval Sea Systems Command, and any
localized shipyard cybersecurity elements separate from either
of the aforementioned commands; and
(6) identification of any gaps in coverage from the
preceding evaluation of the delineation in responsibilities.
The report should be submitted in an unclassified form but
may include classified annex.
Technologies Capable of Rapidly Delivering Wireless Internet
The committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a
report to the Armed Services Committees of the House and
Senate, no later than December 1, 2023, that identifies
stratospheric communications capabilities to the terrestrial
layer.
Thunderdome and Other Zero Trust Initiatives in the Department of
Defense
The committee is encouraged by the Department of Defense's
efforts to implement zero trust principles and architecture
within and across the Department of Defense information
networks, best exemplified by the Thunderdome effort under the
Department of Defense Chief Information Officer and the Defense
Information Systems Agency (DISA). If executed properly,
Thunderdome has the potential to operationalize zero trust in
an enterprise fashion. However, there remain key questions
about what Thunderdome requires to be successful.
Therefore, the committee directs the Chief Information
Officer, Department of Defense, in coordination with the
Director, Defense Information Systems Agency, to provide a
briefing to the Senate Committee on Armed Services and the
House Committee on Armed Services not later than March 1, 2024,
on Thunderdome and other related zero trust efforts. This
briefing should include deployment milestones and associated
timelines, a discussion of progress made to date, and potential
plans to promote the adoption of additional Thunderdome
subtenants at Department of Defense components beyond DISA.
Tracking Cyber Skill Sets Amongst Department of Defense Components
The committee notes with concern the findings from the
Comptroller General of the United States' 2022 report titled
``Military Cyber Personnel: Opportunities Exist to Improve
Service Obligation Guidance and Data Tracking'' (GAO-23-
105423). Most notably of all the findings was the disconnect in
the skills and qualifications monitored and tracked between the
military services and U.S. Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM). The
Comptroller General found that ``while the military services
track cyber personnel staffing levels by career fields,
USCYBERCOM uses work role designations to assign personnel to
cyber mission teams. However, the Army, Air Force, and Marine
Corps do not track staffing data by work role. As a result,
military service officials cannot determine if specific work
roles are experiencing staffing gaps.''
To that end, the committee directs the Principal Cyber
Advisor, Department of Defense, in coordination with the
Principal Cyber Advisors of the Army, Navy, and Air Force, to
submit a report to the Senate Committee on Armed Services and
the House Committee on Armed Services not later than January
31, 2024, on present courses and timelines for addressing the
present obstacles inhibiting the military services from
persistently tracking USCYBERCOM work roles for their cyber-
focused officer and enlisted career fields.
U.S. Northern Command Employment of Technology in Homeland Defense
The committee believes that as the geographic combatant
command-designated lead for homeland defense, U.S. Northern
Command (USNORTHCOM) is well-postured to capitalize on the
promise of artificial intelligence and machine learning for
critical defensive missions, to include defense from airspace
incursions. However, the Commander, USNORTHCOM is dependent in
many cases on the military services for the provision of
technology services.
Therefore, the committee directs the Commander, U.S.
Northern Command, to provide a briefing to the House Committee
on Armed Services not later than January 31, 2024, on efforts,
programs, and initiatives either underway or planned to utilize
new technologies in the furtherance of the USNORTHCOM mission
set. The briefing should include a consideration for efforts at
other combatant commands, such as U.S. Central Command, which
has established a new Chief Technology Officer on the senior
staff of the command.
Utilization of National Guard and Reserve Forces in Cyberspace
Operations
Over the last 10 years, Congress has expressed its position
that the Department of Defense can bolster its operational
capacity in cyberspace through improved utilization of the
National Guard. This has resulted in 10 legislative provisions
over a decade's worth of National Defense Authorization Acts
and is most pertinently expressed through sections 1729 and
1730 of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116-283).
Despite these calls for change, the Department of Defense and
the military services appear not to have made any meaningful
change in how the expertise resident within the National Guard
and the Reserve Component can be better leveraged.
Therefore, the committee directs the Assistant Secretary of
Defense for Cyber Policy, in coordination with the Commander,
U.S. Cyber Command, to submit a report to the Senate Committee
on Armed Services and the House Committee on Armed Services not
later than May 31, 2024, on the specific actions and
institutional obstacles that have prevented change from being
instantiated after the requirements directed in the following
legislative provisions:
(1) section 1651 of the National Defense Authorization Act
for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114-328);
(2) section 1653 of the John S. McCain National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115-232);
and
(3) section 1729 and 1730 of the William M. (Mac)
Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
2021 (Public Law 116-283).
LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS
Subtitle A--Cyber Matters
Section 1501--Harmonization and Clarification of Strategic
Cybersecurity Program and Related Matters
This section would align and harmonize efforts and
requirements for matters related to operational technologies
found in Department of Defense networks, weapon systems, and
base infrastructure. The originating legislative mandates are
found across seven separate National Defense Authorization
Acts, with the earliest requirement established in the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 114-
92).
Section 1502--Office for Academic Engagement Relating to Cyber
Activities
This section would require the Secretary of Defense to
establish a central program office, under the authority of the
Chief Information Officer of the Department of Defense, to
establish, maintain, and oversee the activities of the
Department of Defense in its relationship with academia, to
include those entities involved in primary, secondary, and
post-secondary education.
Section 1503--Modification to Department of Defense Enterprise-Wide
Procurement of Cyber Data Products and Services
This section would amend subsection (a) of section 1521 of
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022
(Public Law 117-81; 10 U.S.C. 2224 note) to include a new
paragraph that requires the evaluation of emerging cyber
technologies for efficacy and applicability to the requirements
of the Department of Defense.
Section 1504--Authority To Establish Program of United States Cyber
Command on Dark Web and Deep Web Analysis Tools
This section would permit the Commander of United States
Cyber Command to establish or augment a program for the purpose
of analysis of information from ``dark web'' and ``deep web''
sources.
Section 1505--Military Cybersecurity Cooperation With Taiwan
This section would require the Secretary of Defense, acting
through the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, in
concurrence with the Secretary of State and in coordination
with the Commander of the United States Cyber Command and the
Commander of the United States Indo-Pacific Command, to seek to
cooperate with the Ministry of Defense of Taiwan on defensive
military cybersecurity activities.
Subtitle B--Personnel
Section 1521--Authority To Accept Voluntary and Uncompensated Services
From Cybersecurity Experts
This section would provide the legal authority for the
military services to accept voluntary and uncompensated
services from civilian cybersecurity experts to train service
members on technical matters. It would solidify the legal basis
for the United States Marine Corps Cyber Auxiliary program, as
well as enable the other military services to establish their
own Cyber Auxiliary programs. This section builds on committee
report language titled ``Cyber Auxiliary Utilization,'' which
accompanied the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization
Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-263).
Section 1522--Matters Relating to Management of United States Marine
Corps Cyberspace Operations Officers
This section would enable the United States Marine Corps to
implement service obligations for Marine Corps Cyberspace
Operations Officers, specifically in response to a Government
Accountability Office report, ``Opportunities Exist to Improve
Service Obligation Guidance and Data Tracking'' (GAO-23-
105423).
Section 1523--Modifications to Rates of Pay for Certain Cyber-Related
Positions of Department of Defense
This section would grant a new authority to the Secretary
of Defense to grant pay cap waivers to civilians in critical
areas. Other components of the Department of Defense have this
authority, which creates artificial competition between the
Department components.
Section 1524--Responsibility for Cybersecurity and Critical
Infrastructure Protection of the Defense Industrial Base
This section would amend section 1724 of the William M.
(Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 2021 (Public Law 116-283; 10 U.S.C. 2224 note) by
requiring the Secretary of Defense to designate a principal
staff assistant from within the Office of the Secretary of
Defense to serve as the coordinating authority for
cybersecurity issues relating to the Defense Industrial Base.
Subtitle C--Reports and Other Matters
Section 1531--Oversight for Command Post Computing Environment Contract
Award
This provision would require the Secretary of the Army to
inform the congressional defense committees within 14 days with
a written notification of an award associated with the Command
Post Computing Environment, as well as the criteria used in the
selection, and any other information determined as necessary by
the Secretary.
Section 1532--Prohibition on Availability of Funds Relating to
Censorship or Blacklisting of News Sources Based on Subjective Criteria
or Political Biases
This section would prohibit the Department of Defense from
using funds to enter into contracts with certain entities with
a stated function of fact checking.
Section 1533--GAO Review of Cyberspace Operations Management
This section would require the Comptroller General of the
United States to conduct a comprehensive review and assessment
of the Department of Defense's management of matters related to
the execution of, and preparation for, cyberspace operations.
This section would direct the Comptroller General to consider
as part of the review the number of command staffs,
secretariats, organizations, units, and personnel (including
rank and grade levels) with any responsibility or management of
budgetary, personnel, policy, or training matters affecting
cyberspace operations across the Department of Defense, as well
as other related issues.
Section 1534--Study on Occupational Resiliency of Cyber Mission Force
This section would require the Principal Cyber Advisor of
the Department of Defense and the Under Secretary of Defense
for Personnel and Readiness, in coordination with the principal
cyber advisors of the military departments and the Commander of
United States Cyber Command to conduct a study on the personnel
and resources required to enhance and support the occupational
resiliency of the Cyber Mission Force.
TITLE XVI--SPACE ACTIVITIES, STRATEGIC PROGRAMS, AND INTELLIGENCE
MATTERS
ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST
Space Activities
Activities to Accelerate the Development and Deployment of Sea-Based
Orbital Launch Platforms
The committee recognizes the importance of resilient launch
infrastructure capacity for the future of security of space
assets and capabilities. The committee is encouraged by efforts
for the Department of Defense to secure access to space to
date. However, the committee also encourages the Department to
continue exploring the types of opportunities that might be
presented by new and innovative launch platforms. Therefore,
the committee directs the Secretary of Defense, in coordination
with the Director of the Defense Innovation Unit and the Chief
of Space Operations, to provide a briefing to the House Armed
Services Committee not later than December 1, 2023, that
includes the following:
(1) A review of opportunities to accelerate the development
and deployment of mobile, dual-use, sea-based orbital launch
platforms;
(2) a summary of the Department's efforts to advance its
technical understanding of the maturity and operational utility
of new and emerging mobile offshore launch platform technology;
(3) a summary of any actions taken to date or potentially
required in the future for the Department of Defense to
coordinate with other agencies to allow a domestic mobile,
dual-use, sea-based capability for use in U.S. territorial
waters; and,
(4) an estimate of the potential cost and timeline that
would be required to allow for the Department to support at
least one launch from a domestic mobile, dual-use, sea-based
orbital launch platform.
Briefing on Aerospike Rocket Integration and Suborbital Experiment
The committee is aware of Air Force Research Laboratory's
(AFRL) progress in expanding rocket propulsion technology
within its Affordable Responsive Modular Rocket (ARMR)
portfolio through programs such as the Aerospike Rocket
Integration and Suborbital Experiment (ARISE).
The committee is encouraged by steps taken towards testing
of aerospikes, which show the potential to provide a
significant increase in specific impulse, as well as the
increased use of additive manufacturing in rocket design and
manufacturing. The committee believes continued progress in
these, and other areas of advanced rocket design are important
to the Department of Defense's efforts to develop the rocket
propulsion designs of the future.
Therefore, the committee directs the Chief of Space
Operations, in coordination with and the Commander of the Air
Force Research Laboratory, to provide a briefing to the House
Committee on Armed Services not later than March 31, 2024, on
the progress of ARISE. The briefing should include the
following information: (1) an assessment of testing
infrastructure required for development of aerospike propulsion
technology, including any shortfalls; (2) projected funding
requirements; and (3) the anticipated schedule for development
and transition of technologies to production programs for
ARISE, including needed testing of the system.
Commercial Day of Launch Service Providers
The ability to launch and place satellites into orbit on
demand is vital to ensure American space superiority. At this
time, there are less than 10,000 satellites in orbit, with
credible estimates expecting that as many as 100,000 satellites
will be in orbit by 2030.
In order to accommodate the anticipated rapid growth in the
commercial space economy, the committee directs the Secretary
of the Air Force in coordination with the Chief of Space
Operations, provide a briefing to the House Armed Services
Committee, no later than December 1, 2023 on opportunities for
commercial providers to provide of ``Day of Launch'' range
services, including the availability of independent commercial
companies to provide services such as security, processing, and
integration.
Commercial Satellite Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance
Procurement
The committee supports the National Reconnaissance Office
(NRO) taking advantage of the commercially available geospatial
intelligence data-as-a-service via the Commercial Systems
Program Office (CSPO) to meet Department of Defense
requirements, as provided by the National Geospatial-
Intelligence Agency (NGA). Additionally, the committee is
encouraged to see the NRO execute a Service-Level Agreement for
the Electro-Optical Commercial Layer and encourages the NRO to
expand its current use of Electro-Optical data. The committee
continues to encourage the NRO to expand its procurement of
commercial space-based remote sensing into other
phenomenologies like synthetic-aperture radar, radio frequency,
hyperspectral, to support the national overhead architecture.
The committee directs the Director of the NRO to provide a
briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services by January
31, 2024, on the planned acquisition strategy and schedule for
commercial space-based remote sensing phenomenologies like
synthetic-aperture radar, radio frequency, hyperspectral, to
meet NGA requirements. Additionally, the briefing should
include how the development of commercial data ingest and
distribution architecture is proceeding, including how buy
versus build decisions will be balanced in future
architectures.
Commercial Weather Data and Forecasting Capabilities
The committee notes the continued development and fielding
of commercial weather data and analytics by the U.S. innovation
base, enabled primarily by private capital investment. The
committee understands that no single technology, sensor or data
set can provide all of the Department of Defense's needed
improvements in weather forecasts, and many different new
commercial, unclassified capabilities have the potential to
support a variety of Department of Defense missions. The
committee encourages the Departments of the Air Force and the
Navy to utilize commercial weather data acquisition programs to
the maximum extent practicable to leverage rapid innovation
from the private sector. The committee directs the Secretary of
the Air Force, in direct coordination with the Secretary of the
Navy, to provide a briefing to the congressional defense
committees not later than December 1, 2023, on how U.S.
commercial weather data and data analytics are being leveraged
by the services. The briefing should address:
(1) service plans for the evolution from pilot programs to
operational purchase across all current commercial weather data
programs;
(2) how the demonstration of capability and mission utility
translates to requirements for U.S. commercial weather products
and data to support relevant operational mission needs;
(3) how U.S. commercial weather products and data should be
integrated into the information systems and workflows used by
warfighters to ensure their timely and efficient operational
use; and
(4) what procurement and contracting mechanisms, if any,
currently exist that the services and the Department can use to
procure commercial weather products and weather data as a
service.
High-Power Nuclear-Electric Space Propulsion
The committee notes the need for satellite power systems
that have significant maneuver capability for the service life
of the system and that nuclear power is a technology that
adversary nations are pursuing to address this. The committee
is also aware that nuclear-thermal technology offers increased
asset maneuverability compared to chemical propulsion but does
not generate high electrical loads, which limits the ability to
host power-intensive national security systems. Recognizing
that nuclear-electric power designs offer far greater
propellent efficiency and electrical power than nuclear-thermal
processes, the committee is concerned the Department has
historically underinvested in this segment and directs the
Chief Space Force Technology and Innovation Officer to provide
a report to the House Committee on Armed Services by March 1st,
2024 describing the technical maturity, cost, benefits, and
risks associated with fielding a high-power megawatt (above two
megawatts) nuclear-electric power and propulsion asset in
space. This report shall include a proposed technology
development roadmap to scale existing power and electromagnetic
thruster technology to accompany megawatt-class power levels.
The roadmap shall also consider opportunities for the
Department to leverage existing advanced nuclear power
technologies to accelerate capability development for national
security initiatives.
Launch Infrastructure
The committee notes that the investments made in the state-
spaceports in Virginia and Alaska have given the Department two
options for vertical launch to orbit on each coast. For
example, Virginia Space's Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport
actively facilitates small and medium class vertical launch
missions to orbit, making it an operational backup to the
Eastern Range for that mission set as well as a national
strategic asset. As the threat environment intensifies and
geopolitical instability grows, there is more need than ever to
ensure redundant and operational national launch infrastructure
for assured access to space. As such, the committee commends
the Range of the Future initiative for its ongoing work,
applauds its inclusion of the state-spaceports in Virginia and
Alaska directly in the collaborative discussion, and encourages
continued strong collaboration that incorporates these state
capabilities directly into Federal range planning and
programming activities.
Missile Warning Enterprise Capability
The Committee recognizes the important efforts undertaken
by the Department of Defense (DoD) in collaboration with the
U.S Space Force (USSF) to modernize and optimize the legacy
missile warning enterprise. The committee is encouraged to see
the strides taken to capitalize on the use of additional orbits
to further the nations missile warning capabilities, and
supportive of efforts to distribute missile warning assets. The
committee is also understanding of the capability the Next
Generation Geosynchronous (NGG) Overhead Persistent Infrared
(OPIR) constellation has delivered and continues to deliver for
our nation's security. The committee has not received details
regarding how the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture
(PWSA) contributions for missile warning will meet stated
combatant commander resiliency requirements or be integrated
into the overall Integrated Tactical Warning and Attack
Assessment (ITWAA) architecture. Therefore, the Committee
directs the Secretary of the Air Force, in coordination with
the Commander of Strategic Command (STRATCOM), to provide a
briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services no later than
March 30, 2024 that includes the following analysis:
(1) Effects to the current and projected missile warning
capabilities if the planned constellation experiences program
delays;
(2) Cost incurred for ground infrastructure to fully
implement the new missile warning constellation; and,
(3) Identification, if any, of resiliency capability gaps
to provide global missile warning coverage
(4) How the PWSA will be incorporated into the ITWAA
architecture to meet STRATCOM requirements.
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Economic Indicator Monitoring
and LUNO Programs
The committee notes that the domestic commercial satellite
imagery industry continues to develop rapidly with new
capabilities available from constellations of satellites
dedicated to daily monitoring of the entire planet along with a
growing domestic geospatial intelligence analytic industry.
These robust capabilities are postured to support the National
Geospatial-Intelligence Agency's (NGA's) transformation that
includes greater use of commercial capabilities and a shift to
increased utilization of unclassified data. The committee also
supports the manner in which the NGA has accelerated the
Economic Indicator Monitoring (EIM) program as a pathfinder to
a full-scale artificial intelligence/machine learning-based
concept of operations.
The committee supports the NGA's continued prioritization
of commercial engagement and increased investment through the
EIM's follow-on program, LUNO, that is seeking capabilities
related to monitoring global military and economic activity
through unclassified computer vision and analytic services. The
NGA should leverage the LUNO program to both bring forward new
commercially derived analytic capabilities and further build
that part of the industrial base, supporting new and medium
size entrants into the market, as the NRO has done with their
Strategic Capabilities Enhancement program. To support the
Agency's continued transformation and growth of these programs,
the committee directs the Director of the National Geospatial-
Intelligence Agency to provide a briefing to the House
Committee on Armed Services not later than March 1, 2024, on:
(1) the NGA's plans for continued expansion that will
support the growth of the GEOINT analytic base;
(2) identification of missions (both classified and
unclassified) that may best be performed and/or augmented by
commercial capabilities; and
(3) the transition and integration of these commercial
capabilities into base programs of record and associated
programmatic decisions.
National Space Test and Training Complex
Given the establishment of the U.S. Space Force and
critical role space will play in any future conflict, the
committee is concerned about an effective way forward to
develop and shape space doctrine and how that is impacted by
testing and training opportunities and environments. The
committee directs the Chief of Space Operations to submit a
report to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than
March 31, 2024, on the National Space Test and Training Complex
(NSTTC). The report should address the following topics:
(1) the status of joint and Space Force space doctrine
development in Space Force guidance for the NSTTC and its
operators;
(2) how they plan to incorporate modeling and simulation
framework for exploring warfighting architectures and concept
development that uses existing and future representative models
in a multi-level security framework;
(3) how the service will align and address space doctrine
development responsibilities currently assigned to the Space
Force and United States Space Command in Department of Defense
policy, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff issuances, and
other guidance;
(4) how they plan to communicate to stakeholders that live,
virtual, and constructive environment-enabled space doctrine
development shall be a substitute for extant practice and past
experience;
(5) identifies the full resource cost of the NSTTC to
include its Orbital, Electronic, Digital, and Cyber components
and its operators.
Naval Air Station Pensacola Feasibility Study on Demonstrated Spaceport
The committee is aware that Naval Air Station (NAS)
Pensacola has been an important support facility for spacecraft
recovery operations from the Gulf of Mexico. NAS Pensacola
provided robust seaport, aviation, military, communication,
security, and medical support for recovery operations of the
first manned SpaceX Crew Dragon. NAS Pensacola and NAS Whiting
Field have a long history of astronaut medical and flight
training support. The committee encourages the U.S. Space Force
to work within the Department of Defense to identify
opportunities to establish partnerships with other services and
bases as necessary to support spaceport activities with a focus
on sea-based recovery needs. The committee directs the Chief of
Space Operations to provide a briefing to the House Committee
on Armed Services by March 1, 2024, on the feasibility of
establishment of additional spaceports that focus on sea-based
recovery of both personnel and assets.
Navigation Technology Satellite-3
The committee continues to support the importance of
ensuring resilient position, navigation, and timing (PNT)
capabilities to ensure a resilient Global Positioning System
(GPS) architecture. The committee further understands that one
of the Air Force's vanguard programs, Navigation Technology
Satellite-3 (NTS-3), first launch is planned for later this
year. NTS-3 will be in geosynchronous orbit and will be working
on PNT enhancements such as experimental antennas, flexible and
secure signals, increased automation, and use of commercial
assets. NTS-3 is intended to complement and add resiliency to
GPS satellites which fly in medium Earth orbit (MEO). NTS-3
adds orbital diversity to the PNT enterprise as an added
resiliency measure to the current GPS satellites in MEO,
similar to China's global navigation satellite system BeiDou
that has a constellation of geostationary orbit satellites to
aid system performance.
The committee understands NTS-3 will demonstrate different
experiments intended to add resiliency to the PNT architecture,
and upon satellite success, the Space Force can exercise an
option to procure additional satellites as required for global
coverage. The committee believes NTS-3 could play an important
role in supporting additional GPS resilience. Therefore, the
committee directs the Secretary of the Air Force to provide a
briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not later
than March 1, 2024, on its plans to transition technologies
demonstrated on NTS-3 from an experimental program to programs
of record, including programs identified for technology
upgrades, future program timelines, supporting budget
information, and other matters the Secretary deems relevant to
PNT resilience and modernization.
Plan for the Development and Fielding of Fire Control Quality Missile
Defense Data from Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture
The Committee finds that the Hypersonic and Ballistic
Tracking Space Sensor, or HBTSS, is a critical capability that
will enable the United States to detect, track, and engage
missile threats with high-fidelity fire control. The Committee
also notes that two HBTSS prototypes developed by the Missile
Defense Agency are set to enter service later this calendar
year. However, the committee is concerned that the transition
of the program requirements to the Space Development Agency and
resulting changes in the development and fielding plans could
delay providing the global, persistent hypersonic missile
defense fire control quality data that HBTSS was planned to
provide to the warfighter. The Committee directs the Secretary
of Defense, in collaboration with the Director of the Missile
Defense Agency and the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for
Acquisitions, to provide a briefing to the House Armed Services
Committee on the following information no later than December
1, 2023:
(1) The continued involvement of the Missile Defense Agency
in the development of the missile tracking and defense space
architecture to ensure missile defense systems have the
necessary fire control data and field of view coverage;
(2) A plan over the future years defense program for
procuring and fielding sensors that will meet missile defense
requirements; and
(3) Plans for continued collaboration between the Space
Development Agency and the Missile Defense Agency on various
elements of hypersonic and ballistic missile defense.
Space Constellation Security Program
The committee continues to support the commercial space
industry and recognizes the U.S. National Security Space
Architecture is operationally enhanced by the robust U.S.
commercial space market. The United States Space Force has had
tremendous success in leveraging commercial space capabilities
to provide effects to U.S. warfighters and our allies including
in the Russian war in Ukraine.
The committee is pleased with the United States Space
Force's effort to stand up a Commercial Augmentation Space
Reserve (CASR), which will enable a partnership with industry
in peacetime and times of conflict. The committee directs no
later than February 1, 2024, the Chief of Space Operations
shall submit to the House Armed Services Committee a report
containing the following:
(1) a future strategy and implementation milestones to
stand up a Commercial Augmentation Space Reserve (CASR),
including the estimated funding required to implement it;
(2) identification of any specific authorities the Chief
determines need to be modified by law to improve the ability of
the Space Force to enable a partnership with industry in
peacetime and times of conflict, and an explanation for why
such modified authorities are needed; and
(3) any other information the Chief thinks would be
appropriate.
Space Development Agency Tranche 2 Requirements
The committee supports the Space Development Agency's
Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture that will provide
space-based capabilities to benefit joint operations with
assured, resilient, low-latency military data and
communications connectivity to a full range of platforms.
The committee also believes that with future enhancements
planned for Tranche 1 and beyond of the Proliferated Warfighter
Space Architecture, the Space Development Agency should
prioritize on-orbit capabilities that maximize communication
flexibility and connection with a variety of ground terminals,
including tactical terminals.
The committee supports acquiring on-orbit capabilities that
support simultaneous high-bandwidth, low-latency communication
links to many tactical users at a time. Therefore, the
committee directs the Secretary of the Air Force to provide a
briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not later
than March 1, 2024, on Space Development Agency plans to
acquire on-orbit capabilities including the best available
apertures to include multibeam active phased array antennas,
the ability to connect multiple users with an efficient
deployment of satellite assets, and efficient implementation of
space-based tactical data links.
Space Force Small Business Report
The committee notes that the Space Systems Command, U.S.
Space Force, has stood up the Commercial Services Office in
order to leverage more commercial capability as well as dual
use technology with greater speed, agility, and flexibility to
respond to emerging threats. Small businesses are a valuable
part of that commercial market and a key pillar of the need to
build an advantage through strengthening the defense industrial
base and innovative technology firms.
Therefore, the committee directs the Assistant Secretary of
the Air Force for Space Acquisition and Integration to provide
a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services by March 1,
2024, on efforts made to increase the participation of small
businesses in competitions and the current distribution of
contract awards. The briefing should also include an analysis
of prime contractor subcontractor relations and any impacts to
programs as a result of poor communication, data management, or
technology integration.
Space Launch Protection
The committee supports the expeditious fielding of
Department of Defense (DoD) tested and approved air, ground,
and sea surveillance systems to enhance Space Launch Protection
(SLP) efforts and prevent disruptions to U.S. Space Force
(USSF) launches caused by natural causes or man-made threats.
The committee understands that successful space launch depends
on several factors including the security of the launch range
and installation. The security of launch sites and prevention
of outside interference are necessary for assured access to
space.
Therefore, the committee directs the Chief of Space
Operations to provide a report to the House Committee on Armed
Services no later than March 30, 2024 on the following:
(1) Actions taken to mitigate outside interference; and,
(2) Viable options for acquisition and fielding of DoD-
approved proven off-the-shelf multi-domain and multi-mission
technology, capable of tracking and targeting manned and
unmanned air, ground, and surface systems.
Tactically Responsive Space
The committee notes that the U.S. Space Force (USSF) has
requested funding in the fiscal year 2024 budget request for
Tactically Responsive Space (TacRS) for the first time, and
that the VICTUS NOX demonstration is planned to continue to
develop operational capability to rapidly respond to on-orbit
needs in operationally relevant timelines.
The committee is supportive of these continued efforts to
allow the service to support the training of USSF space
operators, tactics development, operational validation, and
leave-behind contingency capability as it builds out the
requirements and develops the doctrine of space as a
warfighting domain beyond the launch capability. Therefore,
elsewhere in this bill, the committee recommends an increase of
$20.0 million for TacRS.
The committee recognizes the emergence of the full suite of
TacRS activities from small and innovative companies including
multi-faceted, multi-mission on-orbit capabilities that can
rapidly respond to emerging crisis without being limited by
available launch assets. The committee encourages the
Department to use this funding to continue to pursue
technologies that would provide pre-positioned on-orbit
maneuverable spacecraft with modular payload capacity for a
wide spectrum of mission requirements, rendezvous and proximity
operations, agile mission command and control, scalable human-
machine teaming, and operational test and training
infrastructure and readiness activities.
Tracking of High-Altitude Surveillance Objects Report
A Chinese balloon operating at high altitude was shot down
off the coast of South Carolina in February of 2023. The
committee is concerned that this incident was not a one-time
occurrence.
Therefore, the committee directs the Commander of U.S.
Northern Command, in coordination with the Commander of U.S.
Space Command, to submit a briefing to the House Committee on
Armed Services not later than January 1, 2024, on all foreign
objects that have operated either actively or passively in
United States airspace from January 2021 through the date of
the briefing. This briefing shall include, but is not limited
to, the following information: number of objects by country,
type of objects, country of origin of objects, objects' length
of time over the United States, flight path of the object, if
the object had any intelligence collection capabilities, and
any other information the Commanders may deem relevant. This
briefing shall be submitted in an unclassified form but may
include a classified portion.
Intelligence Matters
Addressing the Cellular Intercept Threat
The Committee is concerned about the ability of United
States adversaries and criminal elements' abilities to
intercept cellular information both domestically and
internationally by deploying ``Rogue Base Stations'' as
cellular intercept devices and the capability of the Department
of Defense to effectively identify and mitigate any potential
threats to personnel affiliated with the Department. The
Committee believes the capability to counter the potential
threat from rogue base stations should be explored by the
Department. Therefore, the Committee directs the Secretary of
Defense to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed
Services no later than April 1, 2024, on the actions being
taken by the Department to identify and mitigate rogue base
station threats to Department of Defense personnel. The
briefing shall include the following:
(1) an evaluation of the Department's current effort to
identify and mitigate rogue base stations;
(2) plans to develop tactics, techniques, and procedures to
properly identify rogue base station threats;
(3) the Department's use of existing commercially available
capabilities to identify the use of rogue base stations;
(4) an analysis of the challenges facing the Department in
terms of developing and implementing strategies to effectively
identify and mitigate rogue base station threats, including
funding limitations, required policy changes, or barriers in
utilizing commercially available technology for collection; and
(5) any other relevant matters the Secretary of Defense
deems appropriate.
Analysis of Chinese Penetration of Transportation Nodes and Impact on
the Department of Defense
The committee is interested in understanding which
strategic transportation nodes are critical for supporting
military operations during times of conflict. The committee is
concerned that China's Belt and Road Initiative may impact the
use of some of these strategic transportation nodes and would
like to understand the efforts the Department of Defense has
initiated to address this concern. Therefore, the committee
directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a briefing to the
House Committee on Armed Services not later than December 1,
2023, that details the efforts the Department of Defense has
taken to understand the challenges that may impact the use of
strategic transportation nodes that are critical for supporting
military operations. The briefing shall, at a minimum, include
the following:
(1) an analysis of locations where the United States has
concerns about strategic transportation nodes;
(2) a list of policy and program initiatives taken by the
Department to address transportation nodes, specifically
shipping ports and airports that are of concern to the
Department;
(3) efforts by the Department to coordinate with the
interagency to address these concerns; and
(4) a summary of the work that the Department is conducting
with non-U.S. Government entities to address any concerns.
Army Publicly Available Information Collection and Exploitation
The committee is aware of a pilot program underway within
the Army's Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance Task
Force (ISR-TF) to develop a deep-sensing capability that
collects and exploits hard-to-access foreign publicly available
information (PAI) within denied adversary environments as a
complement to traditional ISR methods. The committee supports
the Army's efforts to experiment with and develop new
capabilities relevant to strategic competition. The committee
encourages the Army to quickly integrate publicly available
information collection and exploitation into multi-domain
operations to enable decision advantage and information
dominance. Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of
the Army to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed
Services by December 1, 2023, on the results of the pilot
program, and efforts to establish requirements to support the
development of enduring publicly available information
exploitation capabilities to support multi-domain operations.
Briefing on Telematics Use as an Intelligence Tool
The committee notes that non-traditional Intelligence
Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) tools are expanding as
technology improves. The committee understands there maybe
commercially available products that might have intelligence
gathering capabilities and should be explored. Telematics is a
technology typically used for commercial vehicle fleet
management but may have the capability to become a non-
traditional ISR asset for the Department of Defense. Therefore,
the committee directs the Secretary of Defense in consultation
with the Defense Intelligence Enterprise to brief the committee
on Armed Service of the House of Representatives, no later than
December 1, 2023, on the potential use of telematics as an
intelligence tool. The briefing should include any current
Defense organization using telematics as an intelligence tool
and how it is being employed; how the Department could use the
technology as an intelligence tool; the ability to share
information using telematics with partners and allies; and an
analysis of the risk telematics may pose to the United States
as well as our partners and allies.
Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency Reporting and
Establishing Defense Industrial Base Accreditation Efficiency
The committee recognizes that as the defense industrial
base (DIB) moves to cloud-based solutions, it is imperative
that the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA)
has the appropriate resources and capability to enable the
accreditation of industry in a timely manner.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense
to brief the House Committee on Armed Services no later than
December 1, 2023 outlining the process the Defense
Counterintelligence and Security Agency currently uses and
future potential modifications to include using a cloud-based
system to keep pace accrediting the growing numbers of the DIB
partners.
GAO Study on Protecting Classified Information From Insider Threats
Within the Department of Defense
Recent unauthorized disclosure of highly sensitive
classified information has once more raised concerns regarding
how to protect such information from intentional or
unintentional release. The committee acknowledges the steps the
Department of Defense has taken to detect and prevent insider
threats to classified information and systems, but believes
these efforts may require is further improvement. Therefore,
the committee directs the Comptroller General of the United
States to conduct a study to assess the Department of Defense's
ability to mitigate insider threats and the unauthorized
release of classified information and systems including--
(1) the extent to which the department is taking timely
action to address deficiencies identified in its annual Insider
Threat reports to the National Insider Threat Task Force;
(2) the extent to which the department has instituted
information system security controls to protect against insider
threats (to include but not limited to access control, audit,
and configuration management);
(3) the extent to which the department has instituted
controls that limit the ability of individuals who have access
to classified information from removing that information from
systems or buildings; and
(4) any other matters the Comptroller General deems
appropriate.
The committee further directs the Comptroller General to
brief the Committee on Armed Services of the House of
Representatives on the preliminary observations of the review
not later than December 30, 2023 and to provide final results
in the form of a report to the committee in a mutually agreed
upon format and timeframe.
Global Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) Commercial
Capacity Initiative
The committee notes that Intelligence, Surveillance and
Reconnaissance (ISR) systems fill critical roles in support of
military operations around the globe. The demand for ISR
support, including processing, exploitation, and dissemination,
to address the continued proliferation of increasingly complex
and lethal threats is enormous, and consistently exceeds the
capacity of available service-owned and operated assets in
support of the Geographic Combatant Commands (GCC) The
committee believes additional capacity provided by contracted-
owned and contractor-operated (COCO) ISR could assist the GCCs
to meet their intelligence requirements.
Therefore, the Committee directs the Secretary of Defense,
to brief the House Committee on Armed Services no later
February 1, 2024, on the following:
(1) A comprehensive plan on how the Department of Defense
prioritizes ISR activities to quickly address long-standing and
emergent ISR shortfalls that exceed Service capacity in support
of the GCCs;
(2) identifies how those shortfalls could be addressed
using high-performing COCO platforms to meet validated mission
requirements;
(3) assesses the need to establish a formal ``Global ISR
Commercial Capacity Initiative'' or other potential program of
record to address long-term Department of Defense requirements
for these assets, using the COCO model as a viable solution to
complement Service-Owned capabilities;
(4) identifies funding and commercial assets required to
ensure surge capacity requirements are met to the maximum
extent possible; and
(5) any other matters the Secretary determines to be
relevant.
Intelligence Sharing With Allies and Partners
The committee notes that strengthening integrated
deterrence with allies and partners is a key objective of the
2022 National Defense Strategy, which names mutually beneficial
alliances and partnerships as an enduring strength of the
United States. Sharing of intelligence with allies and partners
is critical to achieving this key national security objective.
Over-classification of intelligence limits the sharing of
critical information and the ability to build alliances and
partnerships that are foundational to our national security.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense
to brief the House Committee on Armed Services not later than
December 1, 2023, on the policy and guidance of classification
of documents within the Department of Defense. The briefing
shall include efforts on declassifying information at the
lowest level possible, encourage intelligence sharing with
allies and partners, ensure a uniform approach on
releasability, and steps being taken to ensure proper use of
dissemination control measures whenever possible instead of
classification.
Nuclear Forces
Airborne Nuclear Command and Control Modernization and Posture
The committee understands that the Department of Defense is
conducting an Analysis of Alternatives to consider follow-on
platforms to provide Emergency Action Message origination and
secondary intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) launch
capabilities currently performed by the E-6B Mercury as part of
the Looking Glass mission. The committee directs the
Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, in
coordination with the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff and the Commander of U.S. Strategic Command to provide a
briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not later
than September 1, 2023, on the results of the evaluation and
its recommendations. The briefing shall also include an
assessment of the feasibility, advisability, and estimated
costs of resuming continuous airborne operations for the
Looking Glass mission.
Artificial Intelligence in U.S. Nuclear Command, Control, and
Communications
The committee notes that the use of Artificial Intelligence
(AI) is increasingly becoming a more pervasive component of
warfighting capabilities. Given this, the committee seeks to
better understand the Department's approach to incorporating AI
in U.S. Nuclear Command, Control, and Communications (NC3).
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to
provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not
later than December 31, 2023, on how the Department currently
incorporates AI into NC3 and any plans for doing so over the
Future Years Defense Program (FYDP).
Nuclear Command, Control and Communications Enterprise Modernization
The committee is aware of the critical importance of the
complex technical architecture that supports the command,
control, and communications of the nation's strategic nuclear
deterrent. For this reason, the committee supports the
Department of Defense's 2018 policy decision to clarify the
roles and responsibilities for the Department's nuclear
command, control, and communications (NC3) enterprise. However,
the committee remains concerned about the limited progress made
in transitioning NC3 enterprise modernization requirements to
new programs of record since the 2018 decision. The committee
therefore directs the Secretary of Defense in coordination with
the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Commander of
U.S. Strategic Command to provide a briefing to the House
Committee on Armed Services not later than March 1, 2024 on the
Department's strategy, schedule, and estimated resource
requirements needed to modernize the nation's NC3 enterprise.
This briefing shall also include:
(1) A description of the current and proposed NC3
architecture linking combatant commanders to the President and
other senior national defense leaders through secure
conferencing and decision data visualization;
(2) A description of planned upgrades to emergency action
message dissemination systems to improve reliability and
transmission of planning data updates to each leg of the triad
and critical NC3 centers including the National Military
Command Center and the combatant commanders;
(3) An assessment of gaps in the nation's strategic warning
sensors and associated processing networks capable of detecting
adversary targeting of national strategic warning and decision
systems;
(4) An assessment of gaps in current NC3 physical
survivability, our resilience to the threat of peer adversaries
acting simultaneously, and how increased mobility may improve
this survivability; and
(5) A description by service and joint program offices of
all NC3 modernization programs currently funded in the future
years defense plan.
Report on Maximum Deployable Capacity
The committee directs the Commander of U.S. Strategic
Command, in consultation with the Assistant Secretary of
Defense for Space Policy, to provide a briefing to the House
Committee on Armed Services not later than March 1, 2024,
describing, should current commitments to existing arms control
treaties no longer be in effect, the maximum deployable
capacity of the nuclear forces of Russia, China, and the United
States, including an assessment of the readiness of U.S.
strategic nuclear forces to meet such capacity.
U.S. Nuclear Policy and Hedging Against Future Uncertainty
The committee supports modernizing the U.S. nuclear
enterprise and efforts underway to do so within the Department
of Defense and National Nuclear Security Administration. The
committee further understands the deteriorating global
strategic landscape and the need to continually evaluate U.S.
nuclear policy to deter both nuclear and non-nuclear attacks
against the United States, its allies, and its partners; assure
allies and partners; and provide hedging options against an
uncertain future.
Missile Defense Programs
East Coast Missile Defense Site
The committee notes continued proliferation of both
ballistic missile and nuclear weapon technology by adversaries.
The committee believes these growing threats strengthen the
need for a missile defense site located on the east coast of
the continental United States (CONUS).
The committee notes that the Department of Defense
designated Fort Drum, New York, as the preferred designation
for an east coast missile defense site, given its location for
providing ``shoot-assess-shoot'' capability for the
Northeastern region of the United States. The committee notes
that in testimony on March 29, 2023, the Chairman of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff stated that ``developing those systems on the
East Coast would be helpful and it would further enhance the
protection of United States,'' and that the Director of the
Missile Defense Agency affirmed his agreement with this
assessment in subsequent testimony on April 18, 2023.
The committee understands that constructing an additional
CONUS interceptor site will be a multiyear project, and
ensuring the homeland remains protected requires work to begin
before threats fully emerge. Accordingly, the committee
supports an additional $20.0 million in section 4601 of this
Act for Missile Defense Agency military construction funds to
be used to begin military construction planning and design
activities needed to construct a missile defense interceptor
site at Fort Drum, New York.
Enhanced Near-Term Homeland Missile Defense
The committee is concerned about missile proliferation by
China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, and other countries that
undermine security of the United States homeland. The committee
is fully supportive of efforts to modernize existing homeland
missile defense capabilities, including interceptors and
radars, but notes that these capabilities will take years to
become operational. Therefore, the committee encourages the
Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Director of the
Missile Defense Agency, Commander of U.S. Northern Command, and
each service secretary, to continue pursuing options to field
existing capabilities, including Aegis BMD and SM-3, should
changes in the threat dictate a need to increase homeland
missile defense capabilities beyond the current architecture.
Guam Defense Munitions Requirements
The committee continues to support efforts to improve the
defense of Guam against the full spectrum of advanced missile
threats. The committee also wishes to gain a greater
understanding of future procurement needs for the defense of
Guam.
The committee directs the Director of the Missile Defense
Agency, in consultation with the commander, U.S. Indo-Pacific
Command, to provide a report to the House Committee on Armed
Services, not later than March 1, 2024, on the anticipated
munitions requirements for the Guam Defense System and an
associated fielding schedule.
Guam Defense System--Missile Defense CONOP
The committee understands and is pleased that the Guam
Defense System (GDS) recently concluded a successful System
Requirements Review and is on track for a Preliminary Design
Review in November of 2023. However, the committee is also
concerned that U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM) has yet
to complete a GDS Concept of Operations (CONOPS), thereby
making it difficult for the program to maintain schedule and
remain on track to achieve an initial operational capability
(IOC). A GDS CONOPS would include such items as confirmed
warfighting requirements, threat definition, manning
requirements, and other factors. Therefore, the committee
encourages the Commander of USINDOPACOM to expeditiously
complete a GDS CONOPS and directs the Commander to provide a
briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not later
than November 1, 2023, on the outcome of this effort.
Homeland Missile Defense Options
The committee is concerned about the growing missile
threats to the homeland, and notes that in testimony on March
8, 2023, the Commander of U.S. Northern Command stated:
``Today, I remain confident in my ability to defend against a
limited attack from an ICBM from North Korea on the homeland. I
am concerned going forward based on what we saw in their parade
on the 8th of February and what we've seen on their capacity
and capability that they could exceed my ability to defend
against a limited attack.'' The committee also remains
concerned with the developing Iranian ICBM threat, as the
Iranian ballistic missile arsenal continues to grow in size and
capability.
While the committee recognizes the significant investment
in missile defense and missile defeat programs contained in the
budget request, it remains concerned about the evolving threat
environment. Additionally, the committee understands that
continued evolution of technology may make new operational
concepts based on mobile ground-launched interceptor
capabilities increasingly feasible.
Therefore, the committee directs the Director of the
Missile Defense Agency to submit a report to the congressional
defense committees not later than March 1, 2024, on options for
enhanced missile defense protection of the United States to
hedge against the uncertainty of the future missile threats and
technical risk in U.S. missile defense development plans. The
report shall include the following elements:
(1) an assessment of the current capability of the homeland
missile defense posture relative to missile threats;
(2) an assessment of how deployment of the Next Generation
Interceptor will improve homeland missile defense posture once
deployed, including options for replacing existing Ground Based
Interceptors, and future homeland missile defense requirements;
(3) a description of options for increasing the homeland
missile defense posture, including an analysis of technical
feasibility and operational advantages of mobile ground-
launched kinetic interceptor capabilities;
(4) an estimation of the associated cost, development
timelines, and infrastructure requirements for deployment for
each option; and
(5) any other information the Director considers
appropriate.
Integrated Air and Missile Defense Architecture in NATO Area of
Operations
The committee recognizes the willingness of Russia to
employ varying types of air-breathing and ballistic missiles
during conflict, including hypersonic weapons, in the illegal
Russian aggression against Ukraine. Further, the committee
recognizes Russia's bellicose language threatening strikes
against NATO members. The committee also notes the threats
posed by Iran's continued development of its ballistic missile
and nuclear weapon programs.
The committee urges the United States to initiate
discussions within the NATO Military Committee Working Group
for Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) regarding the current NATO
policy regarding IAMD, and options to improve the current NATO
IAMD architecture to detect, track, and defend against
adversarial missile threats.
Accordingly, the committee directs the Secretary of
Defense, in consultation with the Director of the Missile
Defense Agency and Commander of European Command, to provide a
report to the congressional defense committees not later than
March 31, 2024, detailing potential enhancements to U.S. and
Allied air and missile defense capabilities that could
contribute to NATO's Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD)
using a 360-degree approach, tailored to address threats
emanating from all strategic directions. The report shall be in
unclassified form but include a classified annex if necessary.
The report should include:
(1) a description of US efforts and challenges to increase
the Alliance's IAMD capability, considering, as applicable,
NATO's Deterrence and Defense of the Euro-Atlantic Area (DDA)
Family of Plans, NATO's Defense Planning Process (NDPP), and
other NATO IAMD related activities.
(2) an assessment of the operational, political, and
technical feasibility and advisability of developing, fielding,
modifying, integrating, or otherwise employing current and
future U.S. defensive resources to further improve NATO IAMD to
protect against any air or missile threat or attack (e.g.,
cruise, ballistic, and hypersonic), including but not limited
to:
(A) sensors to detect, track, discriminate, and support the
engagement of multi-axial air and missile threats.
(B) defensive interceptor systems; and
(C) passive defense options.
(3) a U.S funding profile, by year, detailing the complete
costs associated with the options assessed under paragraph (2);
and
(4) such other information as the Secretary of Defense
considers appropriate.
Leveraging Commercial Launch Capabilities for Missile Defense Agency
Targets and Countermeasures
The committee notes that the evolution of the commercial
space launch industry has helped lower the cost of deploying
satellites and accessing the space domain. The committee
commends the Department for leveraging these developments and
recognizes the emergence of a robust commercial space launch
industry has implications beyond the national security space
enterprise. Accordingly, the committee encourages the Missile
Defense Agency to consider utilizing commercial space launch
capabilities, where appropriate, in order to increase test
activities while reducing overall costs.
Missile Defense Technology
The committee notes the emergence of new, low-cost
technologies for missile defense that have the potential to be
deployed quickly and provide an additional defensive capability
against airborne threats. The committee encourages the
Department of Defense to consider how such technologies can be
integrated into ongoing missile defense efforts. Further, as
the Department evaluates new technologies, the committee
further encourages it to consider solutions that are cost-
effective, and use artificial intelligence and machine learning
technologies, where appropriate, to further enhance the defense
of high-value assets.
Next Generation Interceptor Acquisition Strategy
The committee supports the Missile Defense Agency's
utilization of competing industry teams to develop the Next
Generation Interceptor and notes the Missile Defense Agency's
current plan to make a down-select decision following Critical
Design Review. In order to maximize the benefits of
competition, the committee directs the Director, Missile
Defense Agency, to submit a report to the House Committee on
Armed Services not later than March 1, 2024, that assesses the
feasibility, advisability, and estimated cost of maintaining
two industry teams through flight testing. The assessment shall
also include an evaluation of the relative merits of fielding a
mixed interceptor fleet, and whether such an approach would
meet warfighter needs more rapidly.
Next Generation Interceptor Testing
The committee notes the Next Generation Interceptor program
is intended to address increasingly complex intercontinental
ballistic missile threats to the homeland. As threats continue
to develop and utilize sophisticated countermeasures, the suite
of missile defense targets must likewise evolve.
Therefore, the committee directs the Director of the
Missile Defense Agency to provide a briefing to the House
Committee on Armed Services not later than October 1, 2023, on
the Agency's plan to develop threat-representative targets to
ensure realistic intercept testing. The briefing shall include
a description of activities within the planned future years
defense program, as well as long-term plans.
Reusable Hypersonic Missile Defense Testing Capability
The committee is encouraged by the Missile Defense Agency's
(MDA) interest and evaluation of reusable hypersonic
technologies to evaluate performance of existing missile
defense systems, validate required test architectures, and
support hypersonic defense technical maturation. As MDA
develops hypersonic defensive capabilities, the ability to test
technologies in real-world flight environments will be
critical. Affordable and reusable hypersonic flight test
systems have the potential to increase the frequency of
operationally realistic flight test activities and accelerate
the development of capabilities to meet combatant command
requirements. The committee recognizes reusable hypersonic
capabilities are being developed and encourages MDA to utilize
these capabilities where appropriate to support hypersonic
defense developmental and operational testing requirements.
Other Matters
Addressing Diminishing Inventory of Legacy Rocket Motors
The committee notes that unguided rocketry has a long
history of advancing the technology readiness levels of
developmental items, collecting flight data, and as serving as
targets to test missile defense systems. Retired and
decommissioned military rocket motors have played a key role in
this effort and continue to support an array of users including
the Space Force, Navy, Army, Missile Defense Agency (MDA),
Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA), and National
Reconnaissance Office (NRO). However, inventories of retired
motors continue to diminish, and legacy motor designs may lack
performance necessary to meet the Department's emerging needs,
such as the development of hypersonic capabilities.
Therefore, the committee directs the Undersecretary for
Research and Engineering to provide a briefing to the House
Committee on Armed Services not later than March 1, 2024, on
the current inventory of retired military motors suitable for
unguided, fin-stabilized rocketry. The briefing shall include a
discussion of options to address diminishing inventory of
legacy rocket motors, including an assessment the feasibility
and advisability of conducting a centralized acquisition of a
low-cost unguided motor with sufficient thrust to achieve
environments relevant to the development of hypersonic systems.
Aerial Target Vehicle Replenishment
The committee is concerned about the Department of
Defense's ability to test missile and air defense systems
against threat realistic targets. Training effectively against
these types of threats requires target systems that can mimic
adversary capabilities in supersonic and hypersonic speed
regimes. The committee is aware that the AQM-37 has been the
only air-launched supersonic target vehicle in the U.S.
inventory and that the U.S. Navy recently exhausted its
remaining stock of the AQM with no replacement planned.
However, the committee is aware of ongoing developments at the
Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) to develop rocket engines using
storable liquid propellants that would be capable of supporting
a new aerial targets system.
The committee encourages the Under Secretary of Defense for
Acquisition and Sustainment, in coordination with the Director
for Operational Test and Evaluation, to evaluate options to
address this target shortfall by leveraging work being
conducted at AFRL and with a growing industrial base that has
the ability to meet target requirements needed to test current
air- and missile-defense systems programs under development by
the Department.
Availability of Autoinjectors for Chemical and Nerve Agent Exposure
The committee notes the Department of Defense efforts to
partner with industry improve and upgrade autoinjectors to
counter chemical and nerve agent exposure, particularly
Advanced Anticonvulsant System single chamber injectors that
are Food and Drug Administration approved. These are critical
advancements to ensure service members and first responders are
protected in case of exposure. The committee is also concerned
with the Department's continued extension of the shelf life of
the injectors, both the dual chamber Antidote Treatment Nerve
Agent Autoinjector and single chamber Atropine Sulfate
Autoinjector, instead of establishing a process for cycled
replacement to ensure the autoinjectors provide the protection
when needed. Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of
Defense to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed
Services by December 1, 2023, on the status of the current
stockpile of autoinjectors to counteract the effects of
chemical and nerve agent exposure. The report should include
the current stockpile inventory, the number of autoinjectors
anticipated to expire within 18 months of the date inventory is
assessed, the number of times the shelf life has been extended,
how the physical mechanism of the autoinjectors is tested, and
the procurement plan with costs to replace expiring
autoinjectors.
Biodefense Posture, Capabilities, and Activities Briefing
The committee is concerned about global biological threats
and is aware that the Department is currently undertaking a
review of biological threats and its current defense
capabilities. Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of
Defense to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed
Services not later than October 31, 2023, on biodefense
posture, capabilities, and activities. The briefing should
include the following information: (1) an assessment of
Department efforts to address enduring and emerging biological
weapons; (2) identification of biodefense priorities, roles and
responsibilities within the Department, authorities across
Department entities; (3) current prevention, detection, and
response capabilities; and (4) updates from the Undersecretary
of Defense for Intelligence, National Center for Medical
Intelligence, and the Defense Health Agency.
Brief on Technology Transfers and Technical Assistance From the
People's Republic of China to Iran
The committee is concerned with Iran's deepening
partnership with the People's Republic of China (PRC),
characterized by recent illicit technology transfers between
the authoritarian regimes. According to the U.S. State
Department, entities within the PRC have directly contributed
to Iran's ballistic missile development, resulting in sanctions
being imposed in June 2023. The committee notes that with this
assistance, Iran maintains the largest missile force in the
Middle East, while advancing its dual-use space launch and
inter-continental ballistic missile (ICBM) capabilities.
To better understand PRC assistance to Iranian weapons
development and procurement and the growing threat from Iran's
ballistic missile capabilities, the committee directs the
Secretary of Defense, acting through the Director of the
Defense Intelligence Agency, to brief to the Committee on Armed
Services in the House of Representatives no later than March 1,
2024, on how the CCP and PRC entities have aided in the
development of Iranian missile programs. The brief shall
include:
(1) A synopsis of all known or assessed technology
transfers and technical assistance from the PRC, or PRC
entities, to Iran, actively concluded or planned, that further
Iran's nuclear weapons program, ICBM capabilities, space
launch, and offensive missile programs;
(2) The Department's assessment of the impact of these
technology transfers on the ability of the Iranian regime to
accelerate the pursuit of ICBM, SLV, and intermediate-range
capabilities;
(3) An order of battle of Iranian ballistic missiles with
ranges over 500 km over the next five years;
(4) An overview of Iranian SLV programs.
Broad Spectrum Antivirals
The committee commends the Department of Defense for using
lessons learned from the COVID-19 response to update its
research, development, and acquisition of medical
countermeasures and test products strategy to address enhanced
threats enabled by advances in biotechnology. As detailed in
the Chemical and Biological Defense Program's (CBDP) December
2022 report, the new approach calls for viewing, ``medical
countermeasures (MCM) response as a spectrum that requires
investing in the development of broad-spectrum (or non-
specific) MCM and test products and establishing capabilities
to rapidly develop narrow-spectrum (or specific) MCM and test
products.'' This approach will focus on making warfighters more
resilient to a broad spectrum of threats, enabling the CBDP to
rely on capabilities to target more specific MCMs if necessary.
Among the new technologies available to supplement the current
inventory are indirect MCM, which alter infectious pathogens in
a way that enables the immune system and other bodily defenses
to recognize and destroy them. Therefore, the committee
encourages the Defense Threat Reduction Agency to prioritize
and fund research and development of broad-spectrum indirect
antivirals to address the warfighter requirements of the
Department's new research, development, and acquisition of
medical countermeasures and test products strategy.
Chemical, Biological, Radiological & Nuclear Response Enterprise
The committee is concerned with the Department's investment
plans to modernize mission essential equipment for the set of
forces sourced to respond rapidly to Chemical, Biological,
Radiological or Nuclear and high yield explosives (CBRNE)
incidents. The committee directs the Secretary of Defense by
March 1, 2024, to provide a brief to the House Committee on
Armed Services on modernization plans for Mass Casualty
Decontamination Systems, CBRN reconnaissance items, and
Personal Protective Equipment for National Guard Civil Support
Teams, CBRN Enhanced Response Force Packages, and Homeland
Response Forces as well as Title 10 Task Force Operations. This
briefing should also include the cost, scope and schedule for
the fielding of this mission essential equipment for fiscal
years 2023 to 2028.
Emergent Technologies Biological Risk Assessment
The committee recognizes use of artificial intelligence and
emergent technologies with biological applications has the
potential to impose global biological risk that could impact
the Department of Defense. Therefore, the committee encourages
the Secretary of Defense to consider the risk of open-source
artificial intelligence or other language models that could be
used to develop novel pathogens and impose biological risk. The
committee believes the Secretary should incorporate the threats
and any mitigation recommendations in the global catastrophic
risk report already produced by the Secretary of Defense in
coordination with the Secretary of Homeland Security under
section 7303 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (6 U.S.C. 822(b)(6)).
Encouraging the Department of Defense to Expand Passive Detection of
Pathogens
The committee commends Department of Defense efforts to
prevent servicemember exposure to bacterial, viral, and other
emerging chemical and biological threat agents. The committee
understands the unique challenges servicemembers face in pre-
and post-deployment settings that require early warning
detection capabilities suitable to identifying pathogens and
biological threats posing risk to servicemember readiness. The
recent emergence of infectious disease threats, antimicrobial
resistant pathogens, and the persistence of potential chemical
and biological threats from near-peer adversaries underscore
the need for predictive capabilities to detect harmful agents.
The committee is aware of the potential of wastewater
assessment to identify pathogens and biological threats to
inform leader decisions on prophylaxis and treatment protocols
to ensure operational readiness. The committee encourages the
Department to expand efforts using passive detection
capabilities to detect, characterize, report, and forecast
pathogens that pose a threat of national or international
significance to protect servicemembers from illness or
incapacitation, loss of operational capability, and degraded
readiness.
Force Protection Readiness to Weapons of Mass Destruction
The committee is concerned with the presence of Weapons of
Mass Destruction in the U.S. European Command (USEUCOM) and the
U.S. Indo-Pacific (USINDOPACOM) areas of responsibility
operation. Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of
Defense to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed
Services not later than March 1, 2024, on the adequacy of
prepositioned of chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear
and high yield explosives (CBRNE) force protection equipment to
respond to Weapons of Mass Destruction events in the USEUCOM
and USINDOPACOM areas of responsibility. The briefing shall
include efforts to stockpile personal protective equipment,
sensors, decontamination supplies and Chemical Indicator
Disclosure Spray (CIDAS) for use by conventional forces.
This briefing should also include the cost, scope, and
schedule for equipment fielding for fiscal years 2023 to 2028.
Increasing Hypersonic Testing Through Collaboration With Australia
The Committee is encouraged by the longstanding
collaboration between the United States and Australia, and
supportive of efforts to strengthen our defense relationship
via the Australia-United Kingdom-United States (AUKUS)
agreement. The Committee notes with interest joint work by the
United States and Australia pre-dating AUKUS on development of
hypersonic capabilities, but is concerned that available test
infrastructure in the United States is not able to keep up with
the test cadence required to accelerate development of
hypersonic capabilities. Therefore, the Committee directs the
Secretary of Defense, collaborating with the Director of the
Test Range Management Center, to provide a briefing to the
House Armed Services Committee no later than December 1, 2023
on efforts, opportunities, and challenges to expand the United
States-Australia relationship to include use of Australian test
facilities, including the Woomera Range Complex. The briefing
shall include the following elements:
(1) Near-term test requirements that are delayed due to
lack of available test range infrastructure, that could be
addressed by utilizing Australian ranges;
(2) Options to advance collaboration between the United
States and Australia on hypersonic development, including
jointly developing hypersonic capabilities and upgrading
facilities;
(3) Challenges posed by International Traffic in Arms
Regulations (ITAR), export controls, or other legal measures
that currently impede collaboration between the United States
and Australia on hypersonic development, or that could
interfere with options to expand it; and,
(4) Recommendations on expanding collaboration between the
United States and Australia on capability development and
testing to address near-term hypersonic testing needs.
Iranian Hardening of Nuclear Facilities
The committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a
briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services by March 1,
2024, on Iran's progress with respect to its nuclear program.
The brief should include the following information:
(1) the status of Iranian efforts to harden their nuclear
facilities, particularly the new facilities in Natanz;
(2) the capabilities of the United States, and our allies
and partners in the region to strike these sites if necessary;
and (3) the status of nuclear cooperation between Iran and
Russia.
Multi-Service Advanced Capability Hypersonics Test Bed (MACH-TB)
The Committee is encouraged by the Department of Defense's
efforts to test our nation's hypersonics capabilities in
innovative, faster, and more affordable ways. This includes
leveraging commercial products and services, such as launch
services, through the Multi-Service Advanced Capability
Hypersonics Test Bed (MACH-TB) program. To meet the pacing
threat, the committee believes the Department must continue to
maximize commercially-available launch vehicles and services
for hypersonic components and payloads to increase the rate of
flight opportunities. Further, the committee encourages the
Department to fully fund the MACH-TB program in future year's
budget requests to achieve full-scale flight test objectives
and expansion of critical test infrastructure. The committee
directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a report to the
House Armed Services Committee by January 31, 2024, on the
progress of the MACH-TB program. The report shall address a
schedule for procuring launch vehicles in blocks to achieve
cost savings for the government and provide certainty and
flexibility for the program.
Nuclear and Radiological Exposure Countermeasures
The committee notes that the Department of Defense may need
to improve its methods of treating personnel with internal
radionuclide contamination and heavy metal poisoning.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to
brief the House Committee on Armed Services by January 31,
2024, on the current countermeasures available for internal
radionuclide contamination. The briefing should include
information concerning the threat environment related to
nuclear and radiological weapons use, available treatments for
internal nuclear and radiological exposure, and the plan to
develop a shelf-stable, field deployable countermeasure for use
in a deployed environment and for use in a domestic nuclear or
radiological event.
Report on Department of Defense Spending for Track 1.5, Track 2
Dialogues
The committee notes the evolving strategic nuclear arms
control landscape, including the Russian Federation's decision
to suspend participation in New START (Strategic Arms Reduction
Treaty) and China's continued opposition to formal diplomatic
arms control talks. Therefore, the committee directs the Under
Secretary of Defense (Comptroller), in coordination with the
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space Policy, to submit a
report to the congressional defense committees, not later than
January 31, 2024, identifying the costs, participants, and any
relevant outcomes related to unofficial strategic dialogues
(Track 1.5 or Track 2) pertaining to global or regional weapons
of mass destruction threats and risks for fiscal years 2022 and
2023.
Report on National Hypersonic Test Range and Accelerator-Launched
Technologies
The committee recognizes that the ability to test critical
offensive and defense hypersonic systems requires extensive
range space and sophisticated evaluation capabilities.
Furthermore, the committee recognizes that Alaska, particularly
the Aleutian Test Range, provides a unique geographical
location where air-, sea-, undersea- and land-launched
hypersonic testing can be conducted without overflying
populated areas and offers the Department of Defense with
flexibility to meet hypersonic mission objectives. Therefore,
the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to submit a
briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services, no later
than January 1, 2024, on the feasibility of using the Aleutian
Test Range as a hypersonic test range and corridor for testing
long-distance hypersonic systems, and an evaluation of the
application of accelerator-launched technologies for hypersonic
testing.
Solid Rocket Motors
The committee notes the increasing demand for solid rocket
motors across strategic weapons systems, to include ballistic
missile defense and hypersonic weapons programs. The committee
further understands that there are investments being made by
the services, defense agencies, and industry to deliver future
capabilities that leverage additive manufacturing and
Cooperative Research and Development Agreements in innovative
ways; however, due to the existing supplier base having decades
of history with the Department of Defense, the process for
qualification of new solid rocket motors is not well codified
across the services, and varies. Therefore, the committee
directs the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and
Sustainment to provide a briefing to the House Committee on
Armed Services not later than March 31, 2024, on the existing
process of each service and defense agency to qualify new solid
rocket motors and a unified Department of Defense strategy and
implementation plan for qualifying new solid rocket motors
across the services and defense agencies.
Southern Cross Integrated Flight Research Experiment Results
The committee understands the Joint Hypersonics Transition
Office and Air Force Research Laboratory, through the Southern
Cross Integrated Flight Research Experiment effort, have
supported initial development of air-breathing hypersonic
propulsion systems designed to maximize service
interoperability, and that test activities are expected to
conclude around the end of 2023.
The committee directs the Under Secretary of Defense for
Research and Engineering to provide a briefing to the House
Committee on Armed Services not later than March 1, 2024, on
the results of this development initiative, including, as
appropriate, plans to further develop unique propulsion
technology that may have application to future hypersonic
programs.
LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS
Subtitle A--Space Activities
Section 1601--Classification Review of Space Major Defense Acquisition
Programs
This section would amend chapter 135 of title 10, United
States Code, to require review of the classification guidance
to make sure that it remains appropriate before granting
Milestone B approval of space major defense acquisition
programs.
Section 1602--Enhanced Authority to Increase Space Launch Capacity
Through Space Launch Support Services
This section would authorize the Secretary of the Air Force
to increase space launch capacity on Department of Defense
ranges allowing the provision of space launch support services,
and allow the collection for indirect costs from commercial
entities.
Section 1603--Modification to Prohibition on Foreign Commercial
Satellite Services
This section would modify the prohibition on foreign
commercial satellite services for ground stations.
Section 1604--Authorization for Establishment of the National Space
Intelligence Center as a Field Operating Agency
This section would authorize the Secretary of the Air Force
to establish the National Space Intelligence Center as a field
operating agency of the Space Force.
Section 1605--Limitation on Use of Funds for WGS-12 Satellite
This section would prohibit the Secretary of the Air Force
from issuing a contract for the procurement of WGS-12 until the
Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Space Acquisitions and
Integration certifies that the requirements cannot be met by
commercial providers.
Section 1606--Limitation on Use of Funds Pending Submission of Certain
Reports on Space Policy
This section would limit the availability of 10 percent of
the funds for the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space
Policy for travel until the Secretary of Defense submits to the
congressional defense committees the reports required by
sections 1609 and 1611 of the National Defense Authorization
Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117-81).
Section 1607--National Security Space Launch Program Phase Three
Acquisition
This section would require the Secretary of the Air Force
to maximize competition in the acquisition strategy for the
National Security Space Launch Program, provide opportunities
for emerging launch providers while also assuring access to
proven launch capabilities for low-risk tolerant payloads, and
establishes requirements for the two-lane acquisition approach,
as briefed to the House Committee on Armed Services in April
2023.
Section 1608--Application of TNT Equivalency to Launch Vehicles and
Components Using Methane Propellant
This section would establish an interim equivalency
determination for TNT applied to launch vehicles and components
that use methane during test and operations on or from a
Federal owned or licensed facility and would direct the
Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Transportation, and the
Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration to establish a process for TNT equivalency
determinations to be assessed for launch vehicles while in
flight.
Section 1609--Plan To Improve Threat-Sharing Arrangements With
Commercial Space Operators
This section would require a plan for threat sharing with
commercial space operators.
Section 1610--Plan for an Integrated and Resilient Satellite
Communications Architecture for the Space Force
This section would require a plan from the Secretary of the
Air Force, in coordination with the Assistant Secretary of the
Air Force for Space Acquisition and Integration and the Chief
of Space Operations, for an integrated and resilient satellite
communications architecture for the Space Force.
Section 1611--Process and Plan for Space Force Space Situational
Awareness
This section would require the Assistant Secretary of the
Air Force for Space Acquisition and Integration, in
consultation with the Chief of Space Operations, to establish a
process to identify and evaluate commercial space situational
awareness capabilities. It would also require them to develop
and implement a plan to integrate the unified data library into
Space Force operational systems.
Section 1612--Report on National Security Space Vehicle Processing
Capabilities
This section would require a report from the Secretary of
the Air Force on projected needs for national security space
vehicle processing capabilities and potential for public-
private partnerships.
Subtitle B--Nuclear Forces
Section 1631--Establishment of Major Force Program for Nuclear Command,
Control, and Communications Programs
This section would require the Department of Defense to
establish a major force program for nuclear command, control,
and communications (NC3) programs to aggregate and better track
sustainment and modernization efforts across the NC3
enterprise.
Section 1632--Repeal of Requirement for Review of Nuclear Deterrence
Postures
This section would eliminate a duplicative reporting
requirement contained in section 1753 of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116-92).
Section 1633--Retention of Capability to Redeploy Multiple
Independently Targetable Reentry Vehicles
This section would extend existing statutory requirements
related to the ability of the current Minuteman III
intercontinental ballistic missile to be capable of deploying
multiple independently targeted reentry vehicles to the next-
generation Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile.
Section 1634--Pilot Program on Development of Reentry Vehicles and
Related Systems
This section would authorize the Air Force to establish a
pilot program related to the development of reentry vehicles.
Section 1635--Integrated Master Schedule for the Sentinel Missile
Program of the Air Force
This section would require the submission of an integrated
master schedule for the Sentinel missile program, as well as
quarterly briefings on the program's progress.
Section 1636--Form of Contracting Authorized To Mitigate Risk to
Sentinel Program Schedule and Cost
This section would provide the Secretary of Defense
authority to authorize cost-plus incentive-fee contracting for
military construction projects associated with the Sentinel
Intercontinental Ballistic Missile program for not more than
the first two low-rate initial production lots.
Section 1637--Notification of Decision To Delay Strategic Delivery
System Test Event
This section would require congressional notification of a
decision to delay a strategic delivery system test event.
Section 1638--Prohibition on Reduction of the Intercontinental
Ballistic Missiles of the United States
This section would prohibit the Department of Defense from
reducing, or preparing to reduce, the responsiveness or alert
level of the intercontinental ballistic missiles of the United
States. It would also prohibit the Department from reducing the
number of deployed intercontinental ballistic missiles of the
United States below 400. The provision contains exceptions to
the prohibition for maintenance, safety, and facilitating the
transition to the Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile.
Section 1639--Limitation on Availability of Funds for Retirement of
B83-1 Nuclear Gravity Bombs
This section would prohibit the deactivation,
dismantlement, or retirement of not more than 25 percent of the
B83-1 nuclear gravity bombs that were in the active stockpile
as of September 30, 2022, until 90 days after the Secretary of
Defense submits to the congressional defense committees a study
on options to hold at risk hard and deeply buried targets
required by section 1674 of the James M. Inhofe National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-
263). This section would also include an exception allowing for
deactivation, dismantlement, or retirement of B83-1 gravity
bombs for the purpose of safety and surveillance.
Section 1640--Prohibition on Availability of Funds for Naval Nuclear
Fuel Systems Based on Low-Enriched Uranium
This section would prohibit funds from being used for
research or development of a naval nuclear fuel system based on
low-enriched uranium.
Section 1641--Establishment of Nuclear Sea-Launched Cruise Missile
Program
This section would require the establishment of a program
of record for the development of a nuclear sea-launched cruise
missile and would require the Administrator for Nuclear
Security to initiate the development of an accompanying warhead
variant.
Section 1642--Quarterly Reports on Progress of Sea-Launched Cruise
Missile-Nuclear Program
This section would require quarterly reports from both the
Navy and the National Nuclear Security Administration related
to their development of the nuclear sea-launched cruise missile
and the associated warhead.
Section 1643--Congressional Notification of Nuclear Cooperation Between
Russia and China
This section would require congressional notification in
the event of certain cooperative activities involving China and
Russia.
Section 1644--Report on Acceleration of Nuclear Modernization
Priorities
This section would require the Under Secretary of Defense
for Acquisition and Sustainment to submit a report related to
the ability of the Department of Defense to accelerate nuclear
modernization programs.
Subtitle C--Missile Defense Programs
Section 1661--Qualifications of Director of Missile Defense Agency
This section would amend current law to require the
Director of the Missile Defense Agency to be a military
officer.
Section 1662--National Missile Defense Policy
This section would update the U.S. national missile defense
policy.
Section 1663--Programs To Achieve Initial and Full Operational
Capabilities for the Glide Phase Interceptor Program
This section would specifically authorize the Missile
Defense Agency to carry out a program to develop a Glide Phase
Interceptor for hypersonic defense.
Section 1664--Research and Analysis on Multipolar Deterrence and
Escalation Dynamics
This section would direct the Secretary of Defense to seek
to enter into an agreement with a university affiliated
research center to study the evolving nuclear environment and
tripolar nuclear deterrence dynamics.
Section 1665--Limitation on Use of Funds Pending Submission of Report
on Missile Defense Interceptor Site
This section would limit certain funds until the submission
of a report required by section 1665 of the James M. Inhofe
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public
Law 117-263).
Section 1666--Report on Hawaii Missile Defense
This section would require that the Secretary of Defense
submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the
integrated air and missile defense sensor architecture of the
U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, and specific programs of record
which support additional sensor coverage for the State of
Hawaii.
Section 1667--Report on Potential Enhancements to Aegis Ashore Sites in
Poland and Romania
This section would require the Director of the Missile
Defense Agency to provide a report on potential enhancements to
the Aegis Ashore missile defense sites in Poland and Romania.
Section 1668--Rescission of Memorandum on Missile Defense Governance
This section would require the rescission of the Directive-
type Memorandum 20-002 relating to ``Missile Defense System
Policies and Governance.''
Section 1669--Policy and Report on North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Effective Integrated Air and Missile Defense Capabilities in Europe
This section would establish a policy and require the
Secretary of Defense to submit a report to the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization Conference of National Armaments Directors
for Ballistic Missile Defense on options to improve the
existing air and missile defense capabilities in Europe.
Section 1670--Independent Analysis of Space-Based Missile Defense
Capability
This section would require the Secretary of Defense to
enter into an agreement with a federally funded research and
development center to update a prior study related to the
feasibility and advisability of developing a space-based
missile defense capability.
Subtitle D--Other Matters
Section 1681--Inclusion of Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
of the House of Representatives as a Recipient of the Quarterly
Information Operations Briefings
This section would amend section 1631(d)(1) of the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116-
92; 133 Stat. 1742; 10 U.S.C. 397 note) to include the
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of
Representatives as a recipient of the Quarterly Information
Operations Briefing.
Section 1682--Modification to Authority To Use Operation and
Maintenance Funds for Cyber Operations-Peculiar Capability Development
Projects
This section would amend section 1640 of the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116-
92) by extending the authority to 2028 and increasing the limit
to $16.0 million.
Section 1683--Cooperative Threat Reduction Funds
This section would allocate specific funding amounts for
each program under the Department of Defense Cooperative Threat
Reduction Program from within the overall $350.9 million that
the committee would authorize for the Cooperative Threat
Reduction Program. The allocation under this section reflects
the amount of the budget request for fiscal year 2024.
This section would specify that funds authorized to be
appropriated to the Department of Defense for the Cooperative
Threat Reduction Program, established under the Department of
Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction Act (50 U.S.C. 3711),
would be available for obligation for fiscal years 2024-2026.
Section 1684--Quarterly Briefings on Implementation of Military-Code
Compliant GPS Receivers through Military GPS User Equipment Program
This section would require the Chairs of the Positioning,
Navigation, and Timing Oversight Council to provide quarterly
briefings to the congressional defense committees on the status
of Military code (M-code) implementation, including status of
Military Global Positioning System User Equipment Increments 1
and 2, with details on expected dates of M-code compliance for
all sea, air, and land-based terminals across the services'
platforms.
Section 1685--Moving Target Indicator Programs of Department of Defense
This section would create a working group with in the
Department of Defense to address joint service requirements to
replace the Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System with
future moving target indicator systems.
Section 1686--Reporting Mechanism on Use of Consultants, Informants,
and Other Human Sources to Acquire Intelligence Information
This section would require the the Secretary of Defense to
establish a mechanism for documenting and reporting to the
congressional defense committees regarding the use of
consultants, informants, or other human sources by any element
of the Department of Defense, including any military
department, to acquire intelligence information.
Section 1687--Report on Concept of Operations for Offensive Hypersonic
Systems
This section would require the Secretary of Defense, in
coordination with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, to
submit a report related to the development and implementation
of a concept of operations for offensive hypersonic systems.
Section 1688--Indo-Pacific Missile Strategy
This section would require the Secretary of Defense to
submit to the congressional defense committees a strategy for
ground-based theater-range conventional missiles in the Indo-
Pacific region.
TITLE XVII--SPACE FORCE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS
Section 1701--Short Title
This section would cite the short title of this title as
the ``Space Force Personnel Management Act''.
Subtitle A--Space Force Military Personnel System Without Component
Sections 1711-1720--Space Force Military Personnel System Without
Component
This subtitle would establish a single military personnel
management system for the United States Space Force, without
component.
Subtitle B--Conforming Amendments Related to Space Force Military
Personnel System
Sections 1731-1733--Conforming Amendments Related to Space Force
Military Personnel System
This subtitle would establish the conforming amendments
related to the United States Space Force Military Personnel
System.
Subtitle C--Transition Provisions
Sections 1741-1747--Transition Provisions
This subtitle would establish a transition period for
establishment of the Space Force Personnel system.
Subtitle D--Other Amendments Related to the Space Force
Sections 1751-1752--Other Amendments Related to the Space Force
This subtitle would authorize other amendments as necessary
for the establishment of the Space Force Personnel System.
TITLE XVIII--OTHER DEFENSE MATTERS
ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST
Collection of Biological Threat Information
America's military must be capable of operating under all
circumstances, including degraded biological conditions. The
committee is concerned that the Department of Defense may not
be appropriately accounting for the operational impacts of
biological threats to the health and well-being of
servicemembers, the effectiveness of operations, or the
national security of the United States. Biological threats with
the potential to produce degraded conditions may derive from
environmental factors such as air, soil, and water
contamination, and from plants or animals and zoonotic
diseases; and the range of the threats may vary from widespread
distribution to isolated localities. Recent experience with the
COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated the profound impact of
biological threats upon all facets of society including the
military, and the Department of Defense cannot afford to be
caught flat-footed in the future. Improved biological threat
information supports the Department of Defense by enhancing the
development and updating of logistics plans and risk mitigation
strategies of the Department, future pandemic preparedness, and
integration of the National Biodefense Strategy. In order to
ensure the national security of the United States and the
safety of military servicemembers, the committee directs the
Secretary of Defense to provide a briefing to the House
Committee on Armed Services not later than April 1, 2024, on
the Department's collection and analysis of biological threat
information. The briefing shall include:
(1) how the Department collects and analyzes information
about biological threats to health;
(2) an update on proposed efforts to develop a database of
baseline environmental biological threats to health due to air,
soil, and water contamination, as well as physical hazards, in
current or planned areas of operations;
(3) information concerning the development and updating of
logistics plans and risk mitigation strategies of the
Department of Defense;
(4) any updates to the standard operating procedures for
medicine within the Department due to collected information on
potential biological threats;
(5) efforts to improve the collection and analysis of
biological threats posed at various geographic levels, from key
local deployment sites and surrounding areas to entire
countries and regions, in current or planned areas of
operations;
(6) an update on the pandemic preparedness of the
Department;
(7) information on the updating of the National Biodefense
Strategy required under section 104 of Title 6, United States
Code; and
(8) recommendations on additional measures to mitigate the
risk posed to service members from biological threats.
Domestic Balloon Identification and Research
The Committee commends the Department of Defense,
particularly North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD)
and U.S. Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) for executing the
critical national defense mission to protect the United States
homeland from foreign threats. The Committee notes that the
Federal Aviation Administration plays an integral role for
NORAD and USNORTHCOM's mission and holds primary responsibility
for issuing guidance and rules for domestic aircraft, unmanned
aerial systems, manned balloons, and unmanned, free flying
balloons, the last of which is being increasingly used for
hobbyist and research use and which current Federal regulations
do not currently mandate any type of locational or altitudinal
electronic, digital, or radio emissions. Current regulations
mandate passive observance and manual communication with local
air traffic control, contrary to recent mandates requiring
active emissions from manned balloons and unmanned aerial
systems. With this type of balloon increasingly being used, it
could lead to unnecessary NORAD and USNORTHCOM analysis and
actions detrimental to readiness as the organization respond to
domestically launched non-threats.
Therefore, the House Committee on Armed Services directs
the Commander, U.S. Northern Command, in consultation with the
Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, to
provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services and
Senate Committee on Armed Services and not later than July 26,
2024. The briefing shall at least include:
(1) As assessment of how, within the National Airspace
System, unmanned, free flying balloons with and without onboard
emissions technology are monitored, deconflicted, and reacted
to by both organizations;
(2) An assessment of how many unmanned, free flying
balloons have caused officially recognized airspace incidents
over the past 5 years and the current state of the commercial,
public, and non-profit user community on their involuntary use
of emissions technology for geolocational and altitudinal
awareness or reasons why they do not use such technology; and
(3) A discussion of boosting real-time awareness of the
geolocation and altitude of domestically launched unmanned,
free-flying balloons and how this data might be collected to
ensure safety of flight, accurate threat awareness, and inter-
organizational deconfliction of known and unknown threats.
LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS
Subtitle A--Miscellaneous Authorities and Limitations
Section 1801--Extension of Authority to Engage in Certain Commercial
Activities
This section would amend section 431(a) of title 10, United
States Code, by striking ``December 31, 2023'' and inserting
``December 31, 2024''.
Section 1802--Modification of Defense Sensitive Support Notification
Requirement
This section would amend section 1055(b) of the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114-
328), amending the notification to Congress requirement to a
monthly summary of Defense Sensitive Support provided to non-
Department of Defense Federal departments or agencies. It would
also require a notification to Congress within 48 hours if the
nature of the support is operationally sensitive and not
routine administrative or logistical.
Section 1803--Modification to Requirements Relating to Combating
Military Reliance on Russian Energy
This section would modify section 1086 of the James M.
Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023
(Public Law 117-263) to include all operating bases within U.S.
European Command, not just main operating bases.
Section 1804--Support for Execution of Bilateral Agreements Concerning
Illicit Transnational Maritime Activity in Africa
This section would enable the Secretary of Defense to
provide assistance to the Coast Guard in executing existing
maritime laws agreed upon between the United States and
friendly African countries for the purposes of combatting
transnational organized illegal activity.
Section 1805--Clarification of Waiver Authority for Organizational and
Consultant Conflicts of Interest Under the Federal Acquisition
Regulation
This section would elevate waiver decisions for conflict of
interest waivers.
Section 1806--Genealogy Collection of Family Members of Servicemembers
Killed at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941
This section would provide authority for the Secretary of
Defense, acting through the Defense Prisoner of War/Missing in
Action Accounting Agency (DPAA), to contract with a private
entity to assist with DNA collection of families of victims
from the USS Arizona in order to collect, archive, and maintain
genetic samples until such a time as DPAA is prepared to make
identifications.
Subtitle B--Studies and Reports
Section 1821--Report on Increasing National Cemetery Capacity
This section would require a report from the Secretary of
Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs that offers
proposals to increase capacity at Arlington National Cemetery.
Section 1822--Limitation on Funds Relating to Federal Contractor
Disclosure of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Climate-Related Financial
Risk
This section would prohibit the use of funds to require any
entity submitting an offer for a Federal contract to disclose
greenhouse gas (GHG) financial risk, GHG inventory, or submit
emission reduction targets.
Section 1823--Study and Report on Damage to Infrastructure in Guam
Resulting from Typhoon Mawar
This section would require a report on the damage affecting
military readiness to infrastructure in Guam resulting from
Typhoon Mawar.
Subtitle C--Other Matters
Section 1851--Technical and Conforming Amendments
This section would make technical and conforming amendments
to existing law.
Section 1852--Referral to Museum Located at Blytheville/Eaker Air Force
Base as the National Cold War Center
This section would authorize the reference to the museum
located at Blytheville/Eaker Air Force Base in Blytheville,
Arkansas, as the National Cold War Center.
Section 1853--Exemption under Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 for
Certain Activities That May Result in Incidental Take of Rice's Whale
This section would initiate an exemption for the Eglin Gulf
Test Range for the Department of the Air Force under Marine
Mammal Protection Act of 1972 for certain activities that may
result in the incidental take of Rice's whale.
Section 1854--Revision of Requirement for Transfer of Certain Aircraft
to State of California for Wildfire Suppression Purposes
This section would transfer certain HC-130H aircraft to
California for wildfire suppression.
Section 1855--Restrictive Housing Reform
This section would place certain limitation on restrictive
housing in military prisons.
Section 1856--Sense of Congress Regarding Unmanned Aerial, Surface, and
Underwater Vehicles
This section would express a sense of Congress regarding
unmanned vehicles.
Section 1857--Sense of Congress Regarding Naming of Vessel for Battle
of Dai Do
This section would express a sense of Congress that the
Secretary of the Navy should name an amphibious or
expeditionary class vessel for the Battle of Dai Do (Vietnam
War).
Section 1858--Risk Framework for Foreign Phone Applications of Concern
This section would require the Secretary of Defense to
create categorical definitions of foreign phone applications of
concern with respect to personnel or operations of the
Department of Defense, distinguishing among categories such as
applications for shopping, social media, entertainment, or
health; and create a risk framework with respect to Department
personnel or operations that assesses each foreign phone
application (or, if appropriate, grouping of similar such
applications) that is from a country of concern for any
potential impact on Departmental personnel and Departmental
operations.
DIVISION B--MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATIONS
PURPOSE
Division B provides military construction, family housing,
and related authorities in support of the military departments
during fiscal year 2024. As recommended by the committee,
division B would authorize appropriations in the amount of
$17,474,944,000 for construction in support of the Active
Forces, Reserve Components, defense agencies, and the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Program for
fiscal year 2024.
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AND FAMILY HOUSING OVERVIEW
The Department of Defense requested $14,345,515,000 for
military construction, $389,174,000 for Base Realignment and
Closure activities, and $1,940,255,000 for family housing for
fiscal year 2024. The committee recommends authorization of
appropriations of $14,968,515,000 for military construction,
$539,174,000 for Base Realignment and Closure activities, and
$1,967,255,000 for family housing in fiscal year 2024.
Section 2001--Short Title
This section would cite division B and title XLVI of this
Act as the ``Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 2024.''
Section 2002--Expiration of Authorizations and Amounts Required To Be
Specified by Law
This section would ensure that the authorizations provided
in titles XXI through XXVII of this Act shall expire on October
1, 2026, or the date of the enactment of an Act authorizing
funds for military construction for fiscal year 2027, whichever
is later.
Section 2003--Effective Date
This section would provide that titles XXI through XXVII of
this Act would take effect on October 1, 2023, or the date of
the enactment of this Act, whichever is later.
TITLE XXI--ARMY MILITARY CONSTRUCTION
SUMMARY
The budget request contained $1,470,555,000 for Department
of the Army military construction and $690,380,000 for family
housing for fiscal year 2024. The committee recommends
authorization of appropriations of $1,803,165,000 for military
construction and $690,380,000 for family housing for the Army
in fiscal year 2024.
ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST
Explanation of Funding Adjustments
The committee recommends the inclusion of funding for the
following projects requested by the Department of the Army but
not contained in the budget request for military construction
and family housing:
(1) $17,000,000 for a Child Development Center at Camp Bull
Simons, Florida;
(2) $13,400,000 for a Multipurpose Athletic Field at Fort
Polk, Louisiana;
(3) $61,000,000 for an Aircraft Maintenance Hangar at Fort
Bragg, North Carolina; and
(4) $36,000,000 for a Child Development Center at Fort
Bragg, North Carolina;
The budget request submitted by the Department of the Army
also included $324,424,000 for planning and design activities.
The committee recommends an authorization of appropriation of
$508,424,000, an increase of $184,000,000, for planning and
design activities. This increase includes $20,000,000 for Child
Development Centers, $30,000,000 for Lab Infrastructure, and
$50,000,000 for Barracks Replacement at unspecified worldwide
locations. The committee also recommends the inclusion of
funding for the following planning and design activities
requested by the Army but not contained in the budget request
for military construction:
(1) $5,500,000 for an Access Control Point at Anniston Army
Depot, Alabama;
(2) $8,100,000 for a Component Rebuild Shop at Anniston
Army Depot, Alabama;
(3) $2,900,000 for a Vehicle Paint Shop at Anniston Army
Depot, Alabama;
(4) $5,400,000 for an Air Traffic Control Tower at Wheeler
Army Air Field, Hawaii;
(5) $8,000,000 for Collective Training Barracks at Fort
Bliss, Texas;
(6) $9,900,000 for Barracks at Fort Hood, Texas (PN
100948);
(7) $9,900,000 for Barracks at Fort Hood, Texas (PN 94937);
and
(8) $5,000,000 for Organic Industrial Base at unspecified
worldwide locations.
The budget request submitted by the Department of the Army
also included $76,280,000 for minor construction activities at
unspecified worldwide locations. The committee recommends an
authorization of appropriation of $101,280,000, an increase of
$25,000,000, for minor construction activities at unspecified
worldwide locations which includes $15,000,000 for unspecified
minor military construction demolition activities.
Additionally, the committee recommends the inclusion of
$122,210,000 for Cost to Complete projects requested by the
Department of the Army but not contained in the budget request
for military construction and family housing.
Finally, the committee recommends a reduction of funding
for the following projects contained in the budget requested
submitted by the Department of the Army for military
construction. However, the committee supports the authorization
of appropriations in an amount equivalent to the ability of the
Army to execute in the year of the authorization for
appropriations. The committee believes that the Army cannot
fully expend the requested funding in fiscal year 2024, and
therefore, consistent with committee practice, recommends the
following reductions:
(1) $83,000,000 for Cyber Instructional Facility
(Classrooms) at Fort Gordon, Georgia; and
(2) $43,000,000 for the Component Rebuild Shop at Red River
Army Depot, Texas.
LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS
Section 2101--Authorized Army Construction and Land Acquisition
Projects
This section would contain a list of authorized Army
construction projects for fiscal year 2024. The authorized
amounts are listed on an installation-by-installation basis.
The State list contained in this Act is intended to be the
binding list of the specific projects authorized at each
location.
Section 2102--Family Housing
This section would authorize new construction,
improvements, and planning and design of family housing units
for the Army for fiscal year 2024.
Section 2103--Authorization of Appropriations, Army
This section would authorize appropriations for Army
military construction levels identified in section 4601 of
division D of this Act.
Section 2104--Extension of Authority to Use Cash Payments in Special
Account From Land Conveyance, Natick Soldier Systems Center,
Massachusetts
This section would extend the authority to use cash
payments related to the conveyance of the Natick Soldier
Systems Center in Massachusetts until October 1, 2027.
Section 2105--Extension of Authority to Carry Out Fiscal Year 2018
Project at Kunsan Air Base, Korea
This section would extend the authorization of certain
fiscal year 2018 projects until October 1, 2024.
Section 2106--Extension of Authority to Carry Out Certain Fiscal Year
2019 Army Military Construction Projects
This section would extend the authorization of certain
fiscal year 2019 projects until October 1, 2024.
Section 2107--Extension of Authority to Carry Out Certain Fiscal Year
2021 Army Military Construction Projects
This section would extend the authorization of certain
fiscal year 2021 projects until October 1, 2024.
TITLE XXII--NAVY MILITARY CONSTRUCTION
SUMMARY
The budget request contained $6,022,187,000 for Department
of the Navy military construction and $640,996,000 for family
housing for fiscal year 2024. The committee recommends
authorization of appropriations of $5,343,514,000 for military
construction and $640,996,000 for family housing for the
Department of the Navy in fiscal year 2024.
ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST
Explanation of Funding Adjustments
The committee recommends the inclusion of funding for the
following projects requested by the Department of the Navy but
not contained in the budget request for military construction
and family housing:
(1) $106,600,000 for an Electrical Power Plant at Camp
Lemonnier Djibouti, Djibouti;
(2) $100,000,000 for an Advanced Helicopter Training System
Hangar at Whiting Field, Florida;
(3) $63,970,000 for a Consolidated Communication Facility
at Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany, Georgia;
(4) $31,890,000 for an Amphibious Combat Vehicle Shelters
at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina;
(5) $88,200,000 for an AI Machinery Control Development
Center at Naval Surface Warfare Center Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania;
(6) $19,000,000 for an Alternate Power Transmission Line at
Naval Base Kitsap, Washington; and
(7) $31,000,000 for an Armored Fighting Vehicle Support
Facility at Naval Base Kitsap, Washington.
The budget request submitted by the Department of the Navy
also included $614,312,000 for planning and design activities.
The committee recommends an authorization of appropriation of
$940,744,000, an increase of $326,432,000 for planning and
design activities at unspecified worldwide locations. This
increase includes $20,000,000 for Child Development Centers,
$30,000,000 for Lab Infrastructure, and $50,000,000 for
Barracks Replacement at unspecified worldwide locations. The
committee also recommends the inclusion of funding for the
following planning and design activities requested by the Navy
but not contained in the budget request for military
construction:
(1) $2,683,000 for a Fire Station Replacement (53 Area) at
Camp Pendleton, California;
(2) $40,000,000 for Electromagnetic and Cyber
Countermeasures Lab at Naval Support Activity Washington, DC;
(3) $85,000,000 for Navy Shore Utility Infrastructure at
unspecified worldwide locations; and
(4) $48,749,000 for USMC Military Construction at
unspecified worldwide locations.
The budget request submitted by the Department of the Navy
included $34,430,000 for Unspecified Minor Construction at
unspecified worldwide locations. The committee recommends an
authorization of appropriation of $89,430,000, an increase of
$55,000,000, for Unspecified Minor Construction at unspecified
worldwide locations, which includes $10,000,000 for Unspecified
Minor Construction, $30,000,000 for USMC Unspecified Minor
Construction, and $15,000,000 for Unspecified Minor Military
Construction Demolition activities.
The budget request submitted by the Department of the Navy
also included $1,318,711,000 for Dry Dock 3 Replacement at
Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. The committee
recommends an authorization of appropriation of $1,398,035,000,
an increase of $79,324,000, for Dry Dock 3 Replacement at Joint
Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii.
The committee also recommends authorizing $227,350,000 for
a Water Reclamation Facility Compliance Upgrade at Marine Corps
Base Hawai'i, Hawaii. However, the committee believes that the
Department of the Navy cannot fully expend the requested
funding in fiscal year 2024, and therefore, consistent with
committee practice, recommends an appropriation of $50,000,000.
The committee also recommends authorizing $91,270,000 for a
10th Marines Maintenance & Operations Complex at Marine Corps
Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. However, the committee
believes that the Department of the Navy cannot fully expend
the requested funding in fiscal year 2024, and therefore,
consistent with committee practice, recommends an appropriation
of $40,000,000.
The committee also recommends authorizing $92,510,000 for a
Corrosion Repair Facility Replacement at Marine Corps Base Camp
Lejeune, North Carolina. However, the committee believes that
the Department of the Navy cannot fully expend the requested
funding in fiscal year 2024 and therefore, consistent with
committee practice, recommends an appropriation of $40,000,000.
The committee also recommends authorizing $145,000,000 for
2D LAAD Maintenance and Operations Facilities at Marine Corps
Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina. However, the
committee believes that the Department of the Navy cannot fully
expend the requested funding in fiscal year 2024, and
therefore, consistent with committee practice, recommends an
appropriation of $65,000,000 for 2D LAAD Maintenance and
Operations Facilities at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point,
North Carolina.
Finally, the committee recommends a reduction of funding
for the following projects contained in the budget requested
submitted by the Department of the Navy for military
construction. However, the committee supports the authorization
of appropriations in an amount equivalent to the ability of the
Navy to execute in the year of the authorization for
appropriations. The committee believes that the Navy cannot
fully expend the requested funding in fiscal year 2024, and
therefore, consistent with committee practice, recommends the
following reductions:
(1) $95,000,000 for Laboratory Compound Facilities
Improvements at Port Hueneme, California;
(2) $70,000,000 for Submarine Pier 31 Extension at Naval
Submarine Base New London, Connecticut;
(3) $190,000,000 for Weapons Magazine & Ordnance Operations
Fac. At Naval Submarine Base New London, Connecticut;
(4) $100,000,000 for Bachelor Enlisted Quarters & Support
Facility at Marine Barracks Washington, District of Columbia;
(5) $100,000,000 for PDI: Missile Integration Test Facility
at Joint Region Marianas, Guam;
(6) $65,000,000 for PDI: Artillery Battery Facilities at
Naval Base Guam, Guam;
(7) $66,159,000 for PDI: Satellite Communications Facility
(INC) at Naval Base Guam, Guam;
(8) $242,830,000 for PDI: Joint Communication Upgrade (Inc)
at Joint Regions Marianas, Guam;
(9) $106,480,000 for a Cybersecurity Operations Facility at
Fort Meade, Maryland;
(10) $61,700,000 for Aircraft Development and Maintenance
Facilities at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland;
(11) $90,000,000 for Maintenance Facility & Marine Air
Group HQs at Cherry Point Marine Corps Air Station, North
Carolina;
(12) $86,000,000 for Maritime Surveillance System Facility
at Dam Neck Annex, Virginia;
(13) $90,000,000 for Water Treatment Plant at Marine Corps
Base Quantico, Virginia;
(14) $106,000,000 for MQ-25 Aircraft laydown Facilities at
Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia;
(15) $170,920,000 for Weapons Magazines at Naval Weapons
Station Yorktown, Virginia; and
(16) $135,000,000 for Shipyard Electrical Backbone at Naval
Base Kitsap, Washington.
LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS
Section 2201--Authorized Navy Construction and Land Acquisition
Projects
This section would contain a list of authorized Department
of the Navy construction projects for fiscal year 2024. The
authorized amounts are listed on an installation-by-
installation basis. The State list contained in this Act is
intended to be the binding list of the specific projects
authorized at each location.
Section 2202--Family Housing
This section would authorize new construction,
improvements, and planning and design of family housing units
for the Department of the Navy for fiscal year 2024.
Section 2203--Authorization of Appropriations, Navy
This section would authorize appropriations for Department
of Navy military construction levels identified in section 4601
of division D of this Act.
Section 2204--Extension of Authority to Carry Out Certain Fiscal Year
2019 Navy Military Construction Projects
This section would extend the authorization of certain
fiscal year 2019 projects until October 1, 2024.
Section 2205--Extension of Authority to Carry Out Certain Fiscal Year
2021 Navy Military Construction Projects
This section would extend the authorization of certain
fiscal year 2021 projects until October 1, 2024.
TITLE XXIII--AIR FORCE MILITARY CONSTRUCTION
SUMMARY
The budget request contained $2,605,314,000 for Department
of the Air Force military construction and $551,483,000 for
family housing for fiscal year 2024. The committee recommends
authorization of appropriations of $3,045,314,000 for military
construction and $578,483,000 for family housing for the
Department of the Air Force in fiscal year 2024.
ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST
Explanation of Funding Adjustments
The committee recommends the inclusion of funding for
projects requested by the Department of the Air Force but not
contained in the budget request for military construction and
family housing:
(1) $14,600,000 for Eglin Air Force Base--LRSO Hardware
Software Development & Test Facility at Eglin Air Force Base,
Florida;
(2) $27,000,000 for Improve Family Housing PAIP 9, Phase 1
(24 Units) at Yokota Air Base, Japan;
(2) $10,300,000 for a Fire Station Bay/Storage Area at
Malmstrom Air Force Base, Montana;
(3) $48,000,000 for a 91 Cyber Operations Center at Joint
Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas;
(4) $90,000,000 for BMT--Chapel for America's Airmen at
Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas; and
(5) $252,000,000 for Natural Disaster Recovery at
unspecified worldwide locations.
The budget request submitted by the Department of the Air
Force also included $442,729,000 for planning and design
activities at unspecified worldwide locations. The committee
recommends an authorization of appropriation of $558,429,000,
an increase of $115,700,000, for planning and design activities
at unspecified worldwide locations. This increase includes
$20,000,000 for Child Development Centers, $30,000,000 for Lab
Infrastructure, and $50,000,000 for Barracks Replacement at
unspecified worldwide locations. The committee also recommends
the inclusion of funding for the following planning and design
activities requested by the Air Force but not contained in the
budget request for military construction:
(1) $5,800,000 for a F-35 Aircraft Oxygen Shop P&D at
Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma; and
(2) $9,900,000 for a Acquisition Management Complex Phase V
P&D at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.
The budget request submitted by the Department of the Air
Force included $64,900,000 for Unspecified Minor Military
Construction at unspecified worldwide locations. The committee
recommends an authorization of appropriation of $89,900,000, an
increase of $25,000,000, for Unspecified Minor Military
Construction, which includes $10,000,000 for Unspecified Minor
Construction and $15,000,000 for Unspecified Minor Military
Construction Demolition at unspecified worldwide locations.
Additionally, the committee recommends the inclusion of
$90,400,000 for Cost to Complete projects requested by the
Department of the Air Force but not contained in the budget
request for military construction.
Finally, the committee recommends a reduction of funding
for the following projects contained in the budget requested
submitted by the Department of the Air Force for military
construction. However, the committee supports the authorization
of appropriations in an amount equivalent to the ability of the
Air Force to execute in the year of the authorization for
appropriations. The committee believes that the Air Force
cannot fully expend the requested funding in fiscal year 2024,
and therefore the committee recommends the following
reductions:
(1) $80,000,000 for a Battle Management Combined Operations
Complex at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia; and
(2) $126,000,000 for a B-21 Phase Hangar at Ellsworth Air
Force Base, South Dakota.
LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS
Section 2301--Authorized Air Force Construction and Land Acquisition
Projects
This section would contain a list of authorized Air Force
construction projects for fiscal year 2024. The authorized
amounts are listed on an installation-by-installation basis.
The State list contained in this Act is intended to be the
binding list of the specific projects authorized at each
location.
Section 2302--Family Housing
This section would authorize new construction,
improvements, and planning and design of family housing units
for the Department of the Air Force for fiscal year 2024.
Section 2303--Authorization of Appropriations, Air Force
This section would authorize appropriations for Air Force
military construction levels identified in section 4601 of
division D of this Act.
Section 2304--Extension of Authority to Carry Out Certain Fiscal Year
2017 Air Force Military Construction Projects
This section would extend the authorization of certain
fiscal year 2017 projects until October 1, 2024.
Section 2305--Extension of Authority to Carry Out Certain Fiscal Year
2018 Air Force Military Construction Projects
This section would extend the authorization of certain
fiscal year 2018 projects until October 1, 2024.
Section 2306--Extension of Authority to Carry Out Certain Fiscal Year
2019 Air Force Military Construction Projects
This section would extend the authorization of certain
fiscal year 2019 projects until October 1, 2024.
Section 2307--Extension of Authority to Carry Out Fiscal Year 2021 Air
Force Military Construction Projects
This section would extend the authorization of certain
fiscal year 2021 projects until October 1, 2024.
TITLE XXIV--DEFENSE AGENCIES MILITARY CONSTRUCTION
SUMMARY
The budget request contained $2,984,682,000 for defense
agency military construction and $50,785,000 for family housing
for fiscal year 2024. The committee recommends authorization of
appropriations of $2,925,147,000 for military construction and
$57,396,000 for family housing for defense agencies in fiscal
year 2024.
ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST
Explanation of Funding Adjustments
The committee recommends the inclusion of funding for the
following projects requested by the Department of Defense for
military construction:
(1) $30,550,000 for Electrical Infrastructure, On-Site
Generation, and Microgrid Improvements at Marine Corps Air
Station Miramar, California;
(2) $6,300,000 for Microgrid and Backup Power at Naval Base
San Diego, California;
(3) $57,000,000 for Microgrid with Backup Power at
Vandenberg Space Force Base, California;
(4) $9,000,000 for a Redundant Electrical Supply at Buckley
Space Force Base, Colorado;
(5) $5,700,000 for a Replacement Water Well at Buckley
Space Force Base, Colorado;
(6) $49,500,000 for Electrical Transmission and
Distribution Improvements, Phase 2, at Naval Submarine Base
Kings Bay, Georgia;
(7) $5,850,000 for Microgrid and Backup Power at Forbes
Field, Kansas;
(8) $5,650,000 for K-16 Emergency Backup Power at K-16 Air
Base, South Korea;
(9) $18,850,000 for Microgrid and Backup Power at Camp
Buehring, Kuwait;
(10) $80,100,000 for Microgrid and Backup Power at Lake
City Army Ammunition Plant, Missouri;
(11) $41,000,000 for Microgrid and Backup Power at Offutt
Air Force Base, Nebraska;
(12) $10,500,000 for Microgrid and Backup Power at Fort
Brag (Camp Mackall), North Carolina;
(13) $76,650,000 for Microgrid and Backup Power at Fort
Sill, Oklahoma;
(14) $56,000,000 for Microgrid and Backup Power at Fort
Buchanan, Puerto Rico;
(15) $18,250,000 for Microgrid and Backup Power at Fort
Hood, Texas;
(16) $2,250,000 for HVAC Efficiency Upgrades at Pentagon,
Virginia;
(17) $49,850,000 for Power Generation and Microgrid at
Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington; and
(18) $25,000,000 for Microgrid and Battery Storage at F.E.
Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming;
The committee also recommends the inclusion of funding for
projects requested by the Department of Defense but not
contained in the budget request for military construction:
(1) $51,000,000 for a SOF Naval Special Warfare Command
Operations Support Facility, Phase 2, Naval Base Coronado,
California;
(2) $16,700,000 for a Human Performance Training Center at
Baumholder, Germany; and
(3) $70,000,000 for a Marine Raider Battalion Operations
Facility at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina;
The budget request submitted by the Department of Defense
also included $1,035,000 for planning and design activities at
unspecified worldwide locations, Missile Defense Agency. The
committee recommends an authorization of appropriation of
$21,035,000, an increase of $20,000,000, for planning and
design activities at unspecified worldwide locations.
The budget request submitted by the Department of Defense
included $86,250,000 for ERCIP planning and design activities
at unspecified worldwide locations. The committee recommends an
authorization of appropriation of $101,250,000, an increase of
$15,000,000, for ERCIP planning and design activities at
unspecified worldwide locations.
The budget request submitted by the Department of Defense
included $263,045,000 for planning and design activities at
unspecified worldwide locations. The committee recommends an
authorization of appropriation of $367,045,000, and increase of
$104,000,000, which includes $69,000,000 for PDI: INDOPACOM
Planning & Design at unspecified worldwide locations requested
by the INDOPACOM but not included in the budget request.
The budget request submitted by the Department of Defense
included $38,253,000 for unspecified minor construction at
unspecified worldwide locations. The committee recommends an
authorization of appropriation of $110,618,000, an increase of
$72,365,000, which includes $62,000,000 for PDI: INDOPACOM
Unspecified Minor Construction at unspecified worldwide
locations requested by the Department of Defense but not
included in the budget request.
The budget request submitted by the Department of Defense
included $11,107,000 for Exercise Related Minor Construction at
unspecified worldwide locations. The committee recommends an
authorization of appropriation of $21,472,000, an increase of
$10,365,000, for Exercise Related Minor Construction at
unspecified worldwide locations.
Additionally, the committee recommends the inclusion of
$11,400,000 for Cost to Complete: ATC Operations Support
Facility at Naval Base Coronado, California, requested by the
Department of Defense but not contained in the budget request
for military construction.
Finally, the committee recommends a reduction of funding
for the following projects contained in the budget requested
submitted by the Department of Defense for military
construction. However, the committee supports the authorization
of appropriations in an amount equivalent to the ability of the
Department of Defense to execute in the year of the
authorization for appropriations. The committee believes that
the Department of Defense cannot fully expend the requested
funding in fiscal year 2024, and therefore, consistent with
committee practice, recommends the following reductions:
(1) $80,000,000 for Ground Test Facility Infrastructure at
Redstone Arsenal, Alabama;
(2) $75,000,000 for Ambulatory Care Center--Dental Clinic
Add//Alt at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California;
(3) $70,000,000 for Ambulatory Care Center--Dental Clinic
Replacement at Naval Base San Diego, California; and
(4) $160,000,000 for DIA Headquarters Annex at Fort
Belvoir, Virginia.
LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS
Section 2401--Authorized Defense Agencies Construction and Land
Acquisition Projects
This section would contain a list of authorized defense
agencies construction projects for fiscal year 2024. The
authorized amounts are listed on an installation-by-
installation basis. The State list contained in this Act is
intended to be the binding list of the specific projects
authorized at each location.
Section 2402--Authorized Energy Resilience and Conservation Investment
Program Projects
This section would contain a list of authorized energy
resilience and conservation investment projects for fiscal year
2024. The authorized amounts are listed on an installation-by-
installation basis. The State list contained in this Act is
intended to be the binding list of the specific projects
authorized at each location.
Section 2403--Authorization of Appropriations, Defense Agencies
This section would authorize appropriations for defense
agencies' military construction at the levels identified in
section 4601 of division D of this Act.
Section 2404--Extension of Authority to Carry Out Certain Fiscal Year
2018 Defense Agencies Military Construction Projects
This section would extend the authorization of certain
fiscal year 2018 projects until October 1, 2024.
Section 2405--Extension of Authority to Carry Out Certain Fiscal Year
2019 Defense Agencies Military Construction Projects
This section would extend the authorization of certain
fiscal year 2019 projects until October 1, 2024.
Section 2406--Modification of Authority to Carry Out Fiscal Year 2019
Project at SOF Joint Parachute Rigging Facility, Baumholder, Germany
This section would extend the authorization of a fiscal
year 2019 project until October 1, 2024.
Section 2407--Extension of Authority to Carry Out Fiscal Year 2021
Project at Defense Fuel Support Point Tsurumi, Japan
This section would extend the authorization of certain
fiscal year 2021 project until October 1, 2024.
Section 2408--Extension of Authority to Carry Out Certain Fiscal Year
2021 Energy Resilience and Conservation Investment Projects
This section would extend the authorization of certain
fiscal year 2021 Environmental Resilience and Conservation
Investment Program projects until October 1, 2024.
Section 2409--Authority to Carry Out Military Construction Projects to
Improve Certain Fiscal Year 2022 Utility Systems
This section would provide the Secretary of Defense or the
Secretary of a military department with authority to contract
with the conveyee of a utility system for certain fiscal year
2022 utility system improvement projects.
Section 2410--Additional Authority to Carry Out Certain Military
Construction Projects to Improve Certain Fiscal Year 2023 Utility
Systems
This section would provide the Secretary of Defense or the
Secretary of a military department with authority to contract
with the conveyee of a utility system for certain fiscal year
2023 utility system improvement projects.
TITLE XXV--INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS
SUMMARY
The budget request contained $293,434,000 for the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Program (NSIP)
for fiscal year 2024. The committee recommends authorization of
appropriations of $293,434,000 NSIP for fiscal year 2024.
LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS
Subtitle A--North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment
Program
Section 2501--Authorized NATO Construction and Land Acquisition
Projects
This section would authorize the Secretary of Defense to
make contributions to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Security Investment Program in an amount not to exceed the sum
of the amount specifically authorized in section 2502 of this
Act and the amount collected from the North Atlantic Treaty
Organization as a result of construction previously financed by
the United States.
Section 2502--Authorization of Appropriations, NATO
This section would authorize appropriations for the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Program at the
levels identified in section 4601 of division D of this Act.
Subtitle B--Host Country In-Kind Contributions
Section 2511--Republic of Korea Funded Construction Projects
This section would authorize the Secretary of Defense to
accept 12 military construction projects totaling $456.6
million pursuant to agreement with the Republic of Korea for
required in-kind contributions.
Section 2512--Republic of Poland Funded Construction Projects
This section would authorize the Secretary of Defense to
accept seven military construction projects totaling $284.5
million pursuant to agreement with the Republic of Poland for
required in-kind contributions.
TITLE XXVI--GUARD AND RESERVE FORCES FACILITIES
SUMMARY
The budget request contained $968,847,000 for National
Guard and Reserve facilities military construction for fiscal
year 2024. The committee recommends authorization of
appropriations of $1,557,445,000 for National Guard and Reserve
facilities military construction for fiscal year 2024.
ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST
Explanation of Funding Adjustments
The committee recommends the inclusion of funding for the
following projects requested by the Department of the Army for
the National Guard and Reserve components but not contained in
the budget request for military construction and family
housing:
(1) $40,000,000 for a Network Enterprise Center at Fort
Hunter Liggett, California;
(2) $11,000,000 for a Camp Blanding Automated Multipurpose
Machine Gun Range at Camp Blanding, Florida;
(3) $40,000,000 for an Army Reserve Center at USMC
Logistics Base Albany, Georgia; and
(4) $16,400,000 for a Vehicle Maintenance Shop at
Burlington, Kentucky;
The committee also recommends the inclusion of funding for
the following planning and design activities requested by the
Department of the Army and the National Guard and Reserve
components but not contained in the budget request for military
construction:
(1) $1,200,000 for a Training Aids Center at Camp Blanding,
Florida;
(2) $840,000 for a Wedge Infantry Squad Battle Course at
Camp Blanding, Florida;
(3) $1,800,000 for an National Guard Readiness Center at
Shawnee Readiness Center, Oklahoma;
(4) $1,550,000 for a FTIG Auto MPMG Range at Fort
Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania; and
(5) $2,685,000 for a General Purpose Instruction Building
at Fort Hood, Texas
The budget request submitted by the Department of the Army
for the National Guard component also included $34,286,000 for
planning and design activities at unspecified worldwide
locations. The committee recommends an authorization of
appropriation of $44,686,000, an increase of $10,400,000, for
planning and design activities at unspecified worldwide
locations.
The budget request submitted by the Department of the Army
for the National Guard component included $63,000,000 for
Unspecified Minor Construction at unspecified worldwide
locations. The committee recommends an authorization of
appropriation of $88,000,000, an increase of $25,000,000, which
includes $15,000,000 for Unspecified Minor Military
Construction Demolition, and an increase of $10,000,000, for
Unspecified Minor Construction at unspecified worldwide
locations.
The budget request submitted by the Army for the Reserve
included $14,687,000 for Unspecified Minor Construction at
unspecified worldwide locations. The committee recommends an
authorization of appropriation of $29,687,000, which includes
an increase of $10,000,000 for Unspecified Minor Construction
at unspecified worldwide locations and $5,000,000 for
Unspecified Minor Military Construction Demolition.
The committee also recommends authorizing $90,000,000
million for a Lexington Armory National Guard Readiness Center
Addition/Alteration at Lexington Avenue Armory, New York.
However, the committee believes that the Department of the Army
cannot fully expend the requested funding in fiscal year 2024,
and therefore, consistent with committee practice, recommends
an appropriation of $45,000,000 for a Lexington Armory National
Guard Readiness Center Addition/Alteration at Lexington Avenue
Armory, New York.
The committee also recommends the inclusion of $134,881,000
for Cost to Complete projects for the Department of the Army
National Guard, and the inclusion of $23,000,000 for the
Reserve, both requested by the Department of the Army but not
contained in the budget request for military construction and
family housing.
The budget request submitted by the Department of the Navy
for the Reserve component includes $7,847,000 for Unspecified
Minor Construction at unspecified worldwide locations. The
committee recommends the authorization of appropriation of
$22,847,000, an increase of $15,000,000, which includes an
increase of $10,000,000, for MCNR Unspecified Minor
Construction and $5,000,000 for Unspecified Minor Military
Construction Demolition at unspecified worldwide locations.
The committee recommends the inclusion of funding for the
following projects requested by the Department of the Air Force
for the National Guard and Reserve components but not contained
in the budget request for military construction and family
housing:
(1) $7,000,000 for an ADAL Alert Crew Facility Hangar at
Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson, Alaska; and
(2) $8,500,000 for a Guardian Angel POTFF Facility at
Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona;
(3) $53,553,000 for a Permanent (F-35 Multi) Construct F-35
FMS 3-Bay Clear Span Hangar at Ebbing Field, Arkansas;
(4) $9,269,000 for a Permanent (Multi F-35) Construct F-35
FMS AFE & Step at Ebbing Field, Arkansas;
(5) $12,720,000 for a Permanent (Multi F-35) Construct F-35
FMS SAPF (Secure Facility) at Ebbing Field, Arkansas;
(6) $22,000,000 for a Security Forces Facility at Dobbins
Air Reserve Base, Georgia;
(7) $7,000,000 for a 307 Bomb Wing Medical Facility
Expansion at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana;
(8) $20,000,000 for a Special Tactics Complex, Phase 3 at
Portland International Airport, Oregon;
(9) $11,000,000 for a Special Tactics Complex, Phase 4 at
Portland International Airport, Oregon;
(10) $8,000,000 for an Entry Control Facility at Harrisburg
International Airport, Pennsylvania; and
(11) $5,200,000 for a F-35: MM&I Fac, B701 at Truax Field,
Wisconsin The committee also recommends the inclusion of
$600,000 for a Air National Guard F-35 Munitions Storage Area
Admin at Jacksonville International Airport, Florida (P&D)
requested by the Department of the Air Force for the National
Guard component but not contained in the budget request for
military construction.
The budget request submitted by the Air Force for the
Reserve component included $9,926,000 for Unspecified Minor
Military Construction at unspecified worldwide locations. The
committee recommends an authorization of appropriation of
$24,926,000, which includes an increase of $10,000,000 for
Unspecified Minor Military Construction at unspecified
worldwide locations and $5,000,000 for Unspecified Minor
Military Construction Demolition at unspecified worldwide
locations.
The budget request submitted by the Air Force for the
National Guard component included $63,122,000 for Unspecified
Minor Construction at unspecified worldwide locations. The
committee recommends an authorization of appropriation of
$88,122,000, which includes an increase of $10,000,000 for
Unspecified Minor Construction at unspecified worldwide
locations and $15,000,000 for Unspecified Minor Military
Construction Demolition at unspecified worldwide locations.
LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS
Section 2601--Authorized Army National Guard Construction and Land
Acquisition Projects
This section would contain the list of authorized Army
National Guard construction projects for fiscal year 2024. The
authorized amounts are listed on an installation-by-
installation basis. The State list contained in this Act is
intended to be the binding list of the specific projects
authorized at each location.
Section 2602--Authorized Army Reserve Construction and Land Acquisition
Projects
This section would contain the list of authorized Army
Reserve construction projects for fiscal year 2024. The
authorized amounts are listed on an installation-by-
installation basis. The State list contained in this Act is
intended to be the binding list of the specific projects
authorized at each location.
Section 2603--Authorized Navy Reserve and Marine Corps Reserve
Construction and Land Acquisition Projects
This section would contain the list of authorized Navy
Reserve and Marine Corps Reserve construction projects for
fiscal year 2024. The authorized amounts are listed on an
installation-by-installation basis. The State list contained in
this Act is intended to be the binding list of the specific
projects authorized at each location.
Section 2604--Authorized Air National Guard Construction and Land
Acquisition Projects
This section would contain the list of authorized Air
National Guard construction projects for fiscal year 2024. The
authorized amounts are listed on an installation-by-
installation basis. The State list contained in this Act is
intended to be the binding list of the specific projects
authorized at each location.
Section 2605--Authorized Air Force Reserve Construction and Land
Acquisition Projects
This section would contain the list of authorized Air Force
Reserve construction projects for fiscal year 2024. The
authorized amounts are listed on an installation-by-
installation basis. The State list contained in this Act is
intended to be the binding list of the specific projects
authorized at each location.
Section 2606--Authorization of Appropriations, National Guard and
Reserve
This section would authorize appropriations for National
Guard and Reserve military construction at the levels
identified in section 4601 of division D of this Act.
Section 2607--Extension of Authority to Carry Out Fiscal Year 2018
Project at Hulman Regional Airport, Indiana
This section would extend the authorization of a certain
fiscal year 2018 project until October 1, 2024.
Section 2608--Extension of Authority to Carry Out Fiscal Year 2019
Project at Francis S. Gabreski Airport, New York
This section would extend the authorization of a certain
fiscal year 2019 project until October 1, 2024.
Section 2609--Extension of Authority to Carry Out Certain Fiscal Year
2021 National Guard and Reserve Military Construction Projects
This section would extend the authorization of certain
fiscal year 2021 projects until October 1, 2024.
Section 2610--Modification of Authority to Carry Out Fiscal Year 2023
Project at Camp Pendleton, California
This section would modify the authorization of a fiscal
year 2023 project.
TITLE XXVII--BASE REALIGNMENT AND CLOSURE ACTIVITIES
SUMMARY
The budget request contained $389,174,000 for activities
related to Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) activities in
fiscal year 2024. The committee recommends authorization of
appropriations of $539,174,000 for BRAC activities in fiscal
year 2024.
ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST
Explanation of Funding Adjustments
The budget request submitted by the Department of Defense
for activities related to Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC)
included $389,174,000 for activities related to recommendations
from the previous BRAC rounds. The committee recommends an
authorization of appropriations of $200,640,000, an increase of
$50,000,000, for Army Base Realignment and Closure activities
in fiscal year 2024. The committee also recommends an
authorization of appropriations of $158,818,000, an increase of
$50,000,000, for Navy Base Realignment and Closure activities
in fiscal year 2024. The committee also recommends an
authorization of appropriations of $173,990,000, an increase of
$50,000,000, for Air Force Base Realignment and Closure
activities in fiscal year 2024.
Conditions on the Final Closure of Certain Portion of Pueblo Chemical
Depot and Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plant, Colorado
The committee directs the Secretary of the Army to submit a
report to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than
February 1, 2024 a status update on the closure and disposal
plan for a certain portion of the Pueblo Chemical Depot and
Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plant in Colorado. The report
should include the following:
(1) a comprehensive, updated plan for the closure of the
covered portion of Pueblo Chemical Depot not later than one
year after the completion of the chemical demilitarization
mission of the Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant at Pueblo
Chemical Depot;
(2) a comprehensive, updated plan for the disposal of all
remaining land, building, facilities, and equipment of the
covered portion of Pueblo Chemical Depot, to include analysis
regarding the future role of the Local Redevelopment Authority;
(3) a description of how such a plan will utilize the Base
Realignment and Closure (BRAC) guidance dated October 3, 2022
to dispose of any excess or surplus property, or state the
updated guidance the Army intends to follow and the rationale
for deviating from existing guidance;
(4) any plans for assistance to the Local Redevelopment
Authority in planning community adjustments and economic
diversification required by the closure of Pueblo Chemical
Depot and the Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant, including
through grants, cooperative agreements, or supplements to other
Federal funds; and
(5) statements regarding whether action would be taken to
close or realign the covered portion of Pueblo Chemical Depot
or the Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant, or to dispose of
any surplus land, building, facility, or equipment that
comprises any portion of the Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot
Plant other than to the Local Development Authority.
LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS
Section 2701--Authorization of Appropriations for Base Realignment and
Closure Activities Funded through Department of Defense Base Closure
Account
This section would authorize appropriations for ongoing
activities that are required to implement the Base Realignment
and Closure activities authorized by the Defense Base Closure
and Realignment Act of 1990 (part A of title XXIX of Public Law
101-510), at the levels identified in section 4601 of division
D of this Act.
TITLE XXVIII--MILITARY CONSTRUCTION GENERAL PROVISIONS
ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST
Air Force Process for Strategic Emplacement of Fighter Aircraft
The committee is aware the Air Force's Strategic Basing
process is used to provide a deliberate, repeatable,
standardized, and transparent process for strategic basing
decisions for Air Force assets to include fighter aircraft
placement. Furthermore, the committee is aware the Air Force
utilizes the Strategic Basing process when making decisions to
reduce fighter aircraft fleets of fourth-generation aircraft,
specifically F-16s, to free resources, facilities, and manpower
for F-35 procurement and sixth-generation fighter development.
The committee is not fully aware how the Air Force determines
basing locations for new F-35s to replace existing F-16 and F-
15 fleets, prioritizes basing locations, and determines their
priority order.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Air
Force to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed
Services not later than February 28, 2024, outlining the
process and criteria for determining F-35 basing decisions. The
briefing shall include:
(1) the criteria used with the weight given to each set of
criteria;
(2) an updated timeline for F-35 basing decisions;
(3) current bases and F-16/F-15 fleets under consideration
for replacement by the F-35, to include their priority order;
(4) what criteria was used to determine previous years
strategic basing decisions for F-35s; and
(5) what, if any, criteria changed from previous strategic
basing decisions to the current criteria.
Air National Guard Facility Modernization
The committee notes that the Air National Guard serves a
critical role as a reserve force that supports operational
readiness, augments active duty personnel, and provides
valuable capability to state governments. The committee also
notes that to ensure these units are properly trained and
equipped, infrastructure and facilities for the Air National
Guard require the same planning for modernization and
sustainment as active component facilities. However, the
committee is concerned that current investment in the
modernization of Air National Guard facilities and
infrastructure is insufficient. The committee directs the
Secretary of the Air Force to provide a briefing to the House
Committee on Armed Services not later than December 1st, 2023,
on facility modernization plans for Air National Guard
installations in Alabama. The briefing shall include:
(1) information on the condition of Air National Guard
facilities in the state;
(2) current facility needs and the impact on mission
requirements, personnel safety, and the risk to aircraft;
(3) any future infrastructure projects planned at such Air
National Guard installations.
Assessment of Marine Concrete for Military Construction Projects in the
INDOPACOM
The Committee remains concerned about the construction and
maintenance needs of infrastructure at forward postured
installations as well as the materials used for projects in
marine environments. Military facilities in the harsh marine
environment of the Indo-Pacific like drydocks and piers often
come with significant construction and maintenance costs
because of the location.
The committee seeks to better understand the availability
of materials suited for use in construction and repair of
facilities in marine environments. Therefore, the Committee
directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a briefing, no
later than January 31, 2024, to the House Committee on Armed
Services, on the sources of sand and gravel consistent with the
requirements outlined in U.S. Navy Unified Facilities Guide
Specifications document 03 31 29 referred to as marine
concrete. The briefing shall also include a cost analysis for
domestic sources of components for marine concrete.
Benefits and Use of Electrochromic Glass in Military Bases and
Installations
The Committee is aware of the potential benefits of
electrochromic glass technology in commercial buildings for
heating and cooling efficiency and other metrics. To better
understand how this technology may be used in military
facilities, the Committee directs the Assistant Secretary of
Defense for Energy, Installations, and Environment provide a
briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services on the
Department of Defense efforts to assess this technology, not
later than April 1, 2024. This briefing should include
information on current or planned DOD engagement with this
industry and any plans to demonstrate electrochromic glass
technology.
Briefing on Feasibility of Prefabricated Housing at Remote Military
Installations
The committee remains concerned about lack of availability
for military housing at remote military installations.
Construction of new military housing in these areas can be
difficult or cost prohibitive. To better understand potential
solutions to increase housing availability at remote military
installations, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense
to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services
not later than March 31, 2024, on the feasibility of
prefabricated housing to meet military housing needs.
Briefing on Infrastructure of Naval Air Station Pensacola
Naval Air Station Pensacola is a critical installation that
provides access to valuable training airspace in the Gulf of
Mexico and is home to the Blue Angels and other aircraft
training squadrons. However, the committee is concerned that
the current availability of hangars that meet standards to
withstand hurricanes and other extreme weather events is
insufficient.
Therefore, the committee directs the Assistant Secretary of
the Navy for Energy, Installations, and Environment to submit a
report to the congressional defense committees not later than
March 31, 2024, on the facility plans for Naval Air Station
Pensacola. The report shall include:
(1) an assessment of the material condition of current
installation facilities;
(2) any future military construction; and
(3) plans to support training operations during the
transition to modern infrastructure.
Briefing on Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake and Military
Construction Process
Naval Air Weapons Station (NAWS) China Lake is the Navy's
largest landholding, which includes more than 1 million acres
of land. Within NAWS China Lake, there are different commands
with different roles and responsibilities related to
infrastructure maintenance and military construction projects.
The committee is concerned that multiple jurisdictions with
opaque boundaries do not provide a clear path to move proposed
military construction projects forward for consideration.
The committee directs the Secretary of the Navy to provide
a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not later
than December 1, 2023, on the following:
(1) areas of responsibilities for the installation and each
tenant command related to military construction projects and
infrastructure maintenance;
(2) for the installation and each tenant command, outline
the process for advancing military construction projects from
the beginning of the process, through the Navy chain of
command;
(3) outline any barriers that prevent these projects from
moving forward;
(4) outline any reforms that have been made to improve the
process; and
(5) develop recommendations on reforms that could be made
to streamline the process and whether additional legislative
authorities are needed to achieve these objectives.
Briefing on Remediation of the Former Lone Star Ammunition Plant
The committee remains concerned about the rate at which the
Army is conducting cleanup and remediation activities involving
property associated with the 1995 and 2005 rounds of Base
Realignment and Closure (BRAC). Specifically, efforts involving
the former Lone Star Army Ammunition Plant and Red River Army
Depot have been significantly prolonged. The committee is
particularly concerned about remediation of the High-Explosive
Burning Grounds parcel which remains a serious hazard in the
area and barrier to development. Therefore, the committee
directs the Secretary of the Army to provide a briefing to the
House Committee on Armed Services not later than January 1,
2024, on the status of remediation for the former Lone Star
Army Ammunition Plant and the High-Explosive Burning Ground
parcel, as well as efforts to expedite this cleanup to allow
redevelopment. The briefing shall also include a timeline for
completed remediation with an expected date of completion.
Briefing on Runway Conditions at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
The committee is aware of the importance of maintaining our
critical military infrastructure in support of both current and
contingency missions. The committee recognizes that Wright-
Patterson Air Force Base is a strategically located and
significant installation that hosts nine major commands and
activities including the 445th Airlift Wing, which provides
heavy strategic airlift of personnel and equipment in support
of military operations, medical evacuation, and humanitarian
relief. However, runway degradation at the installation can
threaten operations in the future and reduce strategic
capabilities in contingency situations. The committee directs
the Secretary of the Air Force to provide a briefing to the
House Committee on Armed Services not later than March 31,
2024, on the runway conditions at Wright-Patterson Air Force
Base. The briefing shall include a determination of the
strategic impact from degradation to runway conditions below
optimal standards and a cost assessment for any potential
repairs to the runway.
Briefing on Telecommunications Infrastructure at Alabama Army National
Guard Facilities
The Army National Guard serves a critical role as a Reserve
force that supports operational readiness, augments Active Duty
personnel, and provides valuable capability to State
governments. To ensure these units are properly trained and
equipped, infrastructure and facilities for the Army National
Guard require the same planning for modernization and
sustainment as Active Component facilities. However, the
committee is concerned that current investment in the
modernization of Army National Guard facilities, and
specifically in telecommunications infrastructure, is
insufficient. The committee directs the Secretary of the Army
to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services
not later than March 31, 2024, on facility modernization plans
for Army National Guard installations in Alabama. The briefing
shall include:
(1) information on the condition of Army National Guard
facilities in the State;
(2) any impacts to training efforts from facility needs;
and
(3) any future infrastructure projects planned at such Army
National Guard installations.
Briefing on the Utilization of B-2 Infrastructure to Support B-21
The committee notes that the Air Force has announced
Whiteman Air Force Base as a likely main operating base for the
B-21 bomber aircraft along with Ellsworth and Dyess Air Force
Bases. The committee also notes that Whiteman Air Force Base is
the only main operating base for the B-2 bomber aircraft that
the B-21 will eventually replace and there are many
similarities between the two aircraft. Utilization of existing
B-2 infrastructure and facilities for future B-21 basing has
the potential to present significant cost savings compared to
new military construction. Therefore, the committee directs the
Secretary of the Air Force to provide a briefing to the House
Committee on Armed Services not later than December 1, 2023, on
the plans for utilizing existing B-2 aircraft support
infrastructure for future B-21 bomber aircraft deployment. This
briefing shall include:
(1) specifics on what commonality exists between current B-
2 facilities and requirements for future B-21 infrastructure;
(2) what modifications may be required to optimize existing
B-2 infrastructure to meet B-21 requirements; and
(3) a planned timeline for facility modification or new
military construction needed for B-21 basing.
Camp Lejeune Rail Reporting
Camp Lejeune is connected to Marine Corps Air Station
Cherry Point via a 30-mile-long rail line owned by the U.S.
Government and managed by the Marine Corps. The rail line is
part of the Strategic Rail Corridor Network and is currently
undergoing repairs and upgrades after years of deferred
maintenance and substantial damage caused by Hurricane Florence
in 2018. The committee directs the Deputy Commandant of the
Marine Corps for Installations and Logistics and the Assistant
Secretary of the Navy for Energy, Installations, and
Environment to report to the House Committee on Armed Services
not later than March 15, 2024 on the anticipated use of the
rail line when it is put back into operation, including its
maintenance plan and amount of rail traffic. Furthermore, the
committee directs that the report contain an assessment of how
the rail line can be transferred to ownership or long-term
lease to the State of North Carolina or a state-owned railroad
company in a way that will maintain military use of the rail
line while accommodating economic development along the rail
line.
Cecil Airport and Other Civilian Airports Supporting Defense Training
and Readiness
Cecil Airport is a former Naval Air Station in
Jacksonville, Florida, that transitioned to a public use
General Aviation Airport in 1999 but supports aviation mission
readiness through training and maintenance across the military
services. Department of Defense training and readiness missions
represent approximately 46 percent of flights from Cecil
Airport, but the committee is concerned that the Department of
Defense does not adequately support or coordinate the planning
and maintenance of airfield infrastructure at Cecil Airport or
other civilian airfields that support the Department's
missions. To better understand how the Department of Defense
coordinates whole-of-government support for General Aviation
Airports that support military operations through the
Department's Defense Community Infrastructure Program or the
Federal Aviation Administration's Military Airport Program, the
committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a
briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not later
than December 1, 2023, that shall include:
(1) information on the processes the military departments
use to identify civilian airports that support significant
operations;
(2) a description of how the Department interacts with the
Federal Aviation Administration to assist in designating and
prioritizing airports for the Military Airport Program; and
(3) any recommendations to better provide for
infrastructure needs of militarily useful civilian General
Aviation Airports.
Comptroller General Review of Department of Defense Real Property in
the National Capital Region
The committee is concerned about how the Department of
Defense manages its real property needs, in particular in areas
with available Federal Government and leased office space such
as the National Capital Region. The committee is also
interested in how the Department of Defense has adjusted use of
its available office space to reflect changing workforce needs.
Therefore, the committee directs the Comptroller General of the
United States to assess the following:
(1) how has the Department of Defense assessed its real
property needs in the National Capital Region;
(2) to what extent do the processes for entering into lease
agreements for office space in the National Capital Region take
into account available federally owned space located in close
proximity;
(3) how has the Department of Defense assessed any cost
savings from changes in its use of Federal facilities or leased
space in the National Capital Region; and
(4) any other matters deemed necessary.
The committee directs the Comptroller General to provide a
briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not later
than April 30, 2024, on preliminary findings from this
assessment to be followed with a report to the congressional
defense committees by a mutually agreed upon date.
Comptroller General Review of Military Installation Maintenance
Management
The military services each have entities at the
installation level, such as installation public works offices,
that manage the annual sustainment of facilities, including
preventive maintenance and maintenance requested when facility
systems break. The Government Accountability Office (GAO)
reported in 2022 that the Department of Defense has
consistently underestimated and underfunded sustainment
requirements for maintenance of facilities. Moreover, the
committee is concerned that the services' maintenance
management entities, particularly at the installation level,
might not have sufficient resources in place to maintain both
mission critical and quality of life facilities on their
installations. Additionally, the committee is concerned that
there may not be sufficient quality assurance processes in
place to ensure quality and timely responses to address
installation maintenance needs, including instances of
emergency work orders.
Therefore, the committee directs the Comptroller General of
the United States to conduct an assessment of the management of
military installation maintenance entities, such as public
works offices. Such assessment should include an evaluation of
the following:
(1) what are the roles and responsibilities of installation
facility managers, installation maintenance entities, and
installation tenant organizations with respect to facility
maintenance, and to what extent is there effective coordination
between these stakeholders;
(2) to what extent does the Department track timeliness and
quality of maintenance response;
(3) to what extent do installations have policies and
processes in place for quality assurance and to ensure
effective customer service and communication;
(4) what are the challenges to effective and timely
maintenance for facilities, if any, and to what extent have
military installations and the military services taken steps to
address these challenges; and
(5) any other matters deemed appropriate by the Comptroller
General.
The committee further directs the Comptroller General to
provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not
later than April 30, 2024, on the preliminary findings of this
assessment, with a report to follow by a mutually agreed upon
date.
Comptroller General Review of Military Installation Safety and Security
The safety and security of Department of Defense
installations is important for preventing incidents and
maintaining quality of life for service members and their
dependents. Problems such as unsecured buildings, lack of
sufficient video surveillance, or poor lighting can increase
risks to service members, such as the risks of theft or
assault. The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO)
reported in 2019 that only the Air Force and Defense Logistics
Agency had monitored the system used to scan credentials to
authenticate access to Department of Defense installations,
while the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps had not, raising
concerns and questions about other measures that should be
taken to ensure safety and security on installations. The
committee is concerned that crimes and other unsafe situations
on military installations could adversely impact personnel
readiness, in addition to the well-being and resiliency of
service members and their families.
Therefore, the committee directs the Comptroller General of
the United States to conduct an assessment of military
installation safety and security. Such an assessment shall
include an evaluation of the following:
(1) the Department and service policies that direct
installation security and safety;
(2) to what extent does the Department track safety and
security incidents and assess the effectiveness of policies and
procedures in preventing and responding to incidents;
(3) the extent that the Department has assessed the effects
of facility safety and security on service members and
families; and
(4) any other matters deemed appropriate by the Comptroller
General.
The committee further directs the Comptroller General to
provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not
later than April 30, 2024, on the preliminary findings of this
assessment with a report to follow by a mutually agreed upon
date.
Condition of Water Utility Systems on Military Installations
The committee is concerned that there is no standardized
assessment system to measure and report on the condition,
performance, and sustainment requirements of Department of
Defense-owned water utility systems on military installations.
The committee notes that the lack of a standardized assessment
system leads to inconsistent decision making amongst the
military departments on the best way to maintain these
utilities. The committee is concerned that the lack of
standardized data has contributed to the degradation of these
systems and has created associated resiliency and readiness
concerns. Accordingly, the committee directs the Under
Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment to submit
a report to the House Committee on Armed Services not later
than January 15, 2025, containing at a minimum the following:
(1) a list of Department of Defense-owned water utilities
on or providing water to military installations including the
following information: (a) year of original installation of
major water utility system components, including water
treatment facilities, pump stations, and water storage tanks;
(b) average age of water distribution system piping; (c) last
major recapitalization of the system, to include a brief
description of the infrastructure that was recapitalized; and
(d) identification of all instances of non-compliance with any
applicable Federal, State, or local law or regulation to which
the subject water system is required to comply within the prior
5-year period, including information on any prior or current
consent orders or equivalent compliance agreements with any
regulatory agency;
(2) for each military department, the total rate of system
recapitalization, represented as an annual percentage
replacement value of all water system assets;
(3) for each military department, a description of the
annual inspection requirements, and percentage of water
distribution systems inspected annually;
(4) for each military department, the number of unplanned
water system outages and the duration of these outages in the
prior 12-month period to include a listing of installations at
which these outages occurred; and
(5) the methodology by which each military department
develops its business case for retention of ownership of the
utility or pursuing privatization of a given utility.
Defense Laboratory Modernization Pilot Program
The committee continues to support the nation's defense
laboratories and understands the importance of laboratory
revitalization and expediting the construction of new
facilities. The committee directs the Secretary of Defense to
submit a report to the House Committee on Armed Services not
later than March 31, 2024, on the Defense Laboratory
Modernization Pilot Program (DLMPP). The report shall include:
(1) an assessment of the current military construction
requirements and acquisition process for facilities that meet
the DLMPP;
(2) the process for each service to consider projects under
this authority;
(3) the challenges or barriers to utilization of DLMPP; and
(4) recommendations on how to improve the authority, which
may include legislative changes.
Department-Wide Fitness Standard Report
The committee remains concerned about the slow progress in
the Department of Defense's efforts to address longstanding
base access challenges for motor carriers, truck drivers,
household goods movers, and other visitors, including military
veterans and Gold Star Families. The committee notes that a key
improvement would be the development of a Department-wide
fitness standard for installation access that applies evenly
and routinely across all services and military installations in
the United States.
Once again, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense
to issue, through an updated volume of Department of Defense
Manual 5200.08 or any comparable or successor policy guidance
document, a final Department-wide fitness standard for
installation access. Prior to publishing a final Department-
wide fitness standard for installation access in Department of
Defense Manual 5200.08 or any comparable or successor policy
guidance document, the committee directs the Secretary of
Defense to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed
Services not later than January 1, 2024. The briefing shall
include an update on the Department's progress in finalizing a
Department-wide fitness standard for installation access,
including a copy of the Department's proposed standard.
Digital Platforms to Manage the Military Construction Process
The Committee recognizes the increased usage of digital
platforms by other Federal agencies to manage community
engagement and other processes related to construction
projects. These digital tools could provide benefits to the
Department of Defense and the military departments through
increased public input as well as greater collaboration between
the military and relevant stakeholders.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense
to provide a briefing to the Armed Services Committees of the
House and Senate, no later than December 1, 2023, on efforts to
utilize digital tools such as interactive, digital, and cloud-
based platforms, for project reviews and community engagement
processes required for military construction projects.
DoD Study of Defense Access Roads in Guam
The committee notes that the civilian infrastructure on
Guam also serves an important role in military readiness. The
routes connecting Apra Harbor, Guam and the military
installations on Guam are critical for both the civilian
population and the movement of military personnel and
equipment. To better understand how the Department of Defense
utilizes the Defense Access Roads program to support
infrastructure projects on Guam, the Committee directs the
Secretary of Defense to provide a report to the House Committee
on Armed Services no later than March 31, 2024. The report
shall include information on efforts to minimize the use of
private land for Defense Access Roads projects, previous
projects in the last ten years, and any planned or potential
projects under consideration.
DoD Unaccompanied Privatizing Housing Report
The committee recognizes the vital role that housing plays
in dictating the quality of life of our service members and
their families. Given that the services are currently
experiencing issues with recruitment and retention, the
committee recognizes that ensuring high quality housing for our
servicemembers would likely help reduce retention challenges.
The committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a
report to the House Armed Services Committee by January 31,
2024, on the status of privatized housing communities
designated solely for unaccompanied servicemembers that
currently exist or are planned in each service. The report
shall include details of the accommodation capacity of each
community, the cost of each community, the cost per service
member, the age of each community, and any expected realized
cost savings. Furthermore, the report shall examine how each
service's policies related to these communities differ and
identify best practices that can be applied enterprise-wide.
Financial Viability of Privatized Housing Projects
The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020
established a Chief Housing Officer to oversee privatized
housing policies and processes. According to the Government
Accountability Office, many privatized housing projects are
experiencing financial strain. Therefore, the committee directs
the Chief Housing Officer, in coordination with the Secretaries
of the military departments, to provide a briefing to the House
Committee on Armed Services no later than February 15, 2024, on
the financial viability of privatization projects, including an
assessment of risks to due to the financial condition of these
projects, and plans to mitigate these risks.
Fort Liberty Roadway Infrastructure
The committee is aware that the North Carolina Department
of Transportation (NCDOT) has offered to assume the
responsibility for maintenance of 47 miles of roadway
infrastructure at Fort Liberty, NC, under a proposed
intergovernmental support agreement. The committee notes that
under state law, NCDOT cannot assume maintenance of any roadway
until the surface of that roadway meets NCDOT's minimum
maintenance standard. The committee is aware that NCDOT taking
over maintenance of the relevant roadway infrastructure at Fort
Liberty could create savings for the Army by reducing annual
road maintenance and repair costs by 40 percent. The committee
understands that the roadways in question were originally
designed and constructed to serve Fort Liberty troop training
functions and provide troop access to training areas using
military vehicles. The committee is also aware that due to
population growth around Fort Liberty and the off-base housing
communities surrounding the installation, these roads are now
used by servicemembers, their families, and civilians to
commute to the cantonment area of the installation as well as
for non-military purposes. The committee is concerned that the
current condition of these roadways could lead to unsafe and
inefficient travel. Therefore, the committee directs the
Secretary of the Army to provide a briefing to the House
Committee on Armed Services by January 1, 2024 that details at
a minimum the following:
1. the Army's plan for bringing the relevant roadway
infrastructure at Fort Liberty up to NCDOT's minimum standards,
2. the cost for such roadway repairs,
3. a timeline for performing such roadway repairs,
4. the estimated cost of maintenance and upkeep of the
relevant roadway infrastructure over the future year defense
plan; and,
5. a status update as to any discussions with the North
Carolina Department of Transportation related to the execution
of a potential intergovernmental support agreement to perform
annual maintenance on the relevant roadway infrastructure at
Fort Liberty.
Funding Accounts for Housing Unaccompanied Junior Enlisted Service
Members
The military services rely on three appropriation accounts
to house junior enlisted service members: Military Construction
(MILCON) for new barracks, Operation & Maintenance (O&M) to
maintain and renovate barracks, and Military Personnel to
provide Basic Allowance for Housing for service members when
barracks space is unavailable. The Government Accountability
Office has noted that the Department does not track how much
funding it spends to house junior enlisted service members
across these accounts. Further, the Department has not
conducted an analysis of the costs and tradeoffs of relying on
these different accounts to meet housing needs. Therefore, the
committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a report
to the House Committee on Armed Services by February 1, 2024,
which includes an assessment on the cost effectiveness of
housing unaccompanied junior enlisted services members using
MILCON, O&M or BAH, including an evaluation of costs by
locality (urban, suburban, rural) across relevant appropriation
accounts.
Future Operations Planning for Multi-Modal Sites
The committee understands that the facilities at Fleet
Readiness Center East (FRC East) are 60 years old and the
installation does not have modern systems such as efficient
wastewater management that improve resilience. The committee
notes that the condition of these facilities is adding
additional cost per maintenance event increasing costs
significantly across the fiscal year and future years defense
program window.
The committee is aware of opportunities for Fleet Readiness
Center East (FRC East) to work in conjunction with the State of
North Carolina Department of Transportation, large-scale multi-
modal industrial, or airport sites in Eastern North Carolina to
potentially enhance readiness and reduce maintenance costs.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to
submit a report to the House Committee on Armed Services by
February 1, 2024, on its assessment of economic factors and the
feasibility of entering public-private or public-public
partnerships to improve the efficiency of Marine Corps Air
Station Cherry Point, Fleet Readiness Center East.
Gull Cottage Prospect Harbor, ME
The committee is aware of the 2022 fire which rendered the
historic Gull Cottage in Prospect Harbor, Maine untenable with
an indefinite closure. The committee understands the long-
standing history Gull Cottage holds as a premier Morale,
Welfare, and Recreation site.
Therefore, the committee directs the Under Secretary of
Defense for Personnel and Readiness to provide a report to the
House Committee on Armed Services, not later than January 31,
2024, on the status of efforts to restore Gull Cottage to its
pre-fire state. The report should, at a minimum, discuss the
following:
(1) Cost estimates of repair and restoration efforts; and
(2) Timelines for completion of repairs and re-opening of
the facility.
Hawaii Infrastructure Assessment
The committee recognizes that there are considerable
challenges posed by aging infrastructure across the Department
of Defense. The committee is particularly concerned about the
readiness impacts of infrastructure that has degraded due to
chronically deferred maintenance. The committee notes that
these readiness impacts can be further exacerbated in locations
such as Hawaii where there are additional construction costs
and logistical challenges to both sustainment and new
construction. Accordingly, the committee directs the Assistant
Secretary of Defense for Energy, Installations, and Environment
to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services
not later than February 15, 2024, on:
(1) a list of infrastructure in Hawaii that is in poor or
failing condition;
(2) a discussion on the extent to which the Department of
Defense is able to maintain a holistic view of the
infrastructure requirements across military departments in
Hawaii, and the extent to which there is coordination among the
military departments;
(3) how U.S. Indo-Pacific Command priorities are weighted
against military department priorities in Hawaii;
(4) the extent of oversight the Department of Defense has
over quality of life infrastructure (for instance, barracks and
child development centers) prioritization within the military
departments on Hawaii; and
(5) how the Department of Defense measures readiness
impacts for aging, poor, or failing infrastructure.
Indoor Air Quality Monitoring and Remediation
The committee remains concerned about air quality issues in
military housing, healthcare facilities, and other facilities
of the Department of Defense. These problems have been
identified in facilities across the entire department and
present potential health risks to service members and their
families. The department and services must expand its air
quality and monitoring efforts and should seek systems and new
technologies that can rapidly identify air quality issues.
Similar issues have been managed in private sector
infrastructure using integrated air quality monitoring and Food
and Drug Administration (FDA)-cleared remediation systems that
have been proven to reduce indoor air risks and yield
measurable environmental and public health outcomes.
Therefore, the committee directs the Assistant Secretary of
Defense for Health Affairs, in coordination with the Assistant
Secretary of Defense for Energy Installations, and Environment,
to prepare a plan for a pilot project to implement integrated
air quality monitoring and remediation systems to improve the
indoor air quality of military installations, healthcare
facilities, and military housing facilities.
The Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs shall
provide a report on the plan to the House Committee on Armed
Services by February 1, 2024, and it shall include, at a
minimum, the following:
(1) the number of facilities included in the pilot program,
which are located in different climate regions of the United
States as determined by the Secretary;
(2) the correlation of indoor air quality and acute
respiratory illness as cited by the Department of Defense
Health of the Force 2021 report;
(3) an analysis of the commercial entities that provide
indoor air quality monitoring and remediation, including a list
of the services they offer, the outcomes they achieve,
technologies used;
(4) conformance with indoor air quality standards and
guidance as described by the federal Clean Air in Buildings
Challenge;
(5) estimated costs of implementation of the pilot program;
and
(6) a draft timeline for implementing the pilot.
Insurance for Military Housing Projects
The committee is aware that partnership agreements for
Military Housing Privatization Initiative projects require the
partner to carry insurance to protect against loss over the
lifecycle of the project. The committee also notes that the
insurance requirements of these agreements were, in some cases,
established over two decades ago and the insurance market has
seen substantial change in that time. Therefore, the committee
directs the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Energy,
Installations, and Environment to provide a report to the House
Committee on Armed Services not later than January 30, 2024, on
alternative insurance options for the construction and
operation of military family housing and unaccompanied housing.
At minimum, the study shall address the following:
(1) An assessment of methods to reduce costs and improve
efficacy of insurance coverage, to include self-insured
retention, government-sponsored insurance programs, combining
projects with an acceptable risk profile, captive insurance
programs, and other options the Assistant Secretary deems
appropriate to consider;
(2) An assessment of whether partner agreements would need
to be renegotiated to adjust the insurance requirements of the
agreements or if sufficient flexibility exists in the
agreements; and
(3) Additional recommendations from the Assistant Secretary
to reduce costs and improve efficacy of insurance programs for
military housing projects.
Metrics for On-Base Housing
Title 30 of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116-92) contained various reforms
of military housing. The committee notes the progress the
Department has made but remains concerned about persisting
issues that greatly impact the service member and their
family's quality of life.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretaries of the
military departments to submit a report to the House Committee
on Armed Services not later than February 1, 2024, on data
collected for on-base housing at domestic military
installations. The report should address the key topics of
availability of housing for service members who want it, the
quality and affordability of housing, and investments for
modernization or new construction. Specifically, the report
should include:
(1) how the military departments use data to inform on-base
housing decisions;
(2) what data the military departments are currently
collecting on the key topics;
(3) how the military departments are using this data to
inform their on-base housing decisions; and
(4) a roll-up of on-hand data currently being used.
Naval Air Station Key West Family Housing
Naval Air Station (NAS) Key West possesses significant
acres of land designated for the purpose of building homes.
Much of this land remains undeveloped and many service members
and civilians who work at NAS Key West are forced to purchase
or rent expensive homes outside NAS Key West. The committee
emphasizes the importance of the Department of Navy to develop
property on NAS Key West for its intended use of family
housing. Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the
Navy to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed
Services not later than December 31, 2023, on the current
status of, and planning for, developing additional land for
family housing on NAS Key West.
Naval Air Station Lemoore Assessment
The committee recognizes the significance of Naval Air
Station Lemoore and its invaluable mission as the Navy's
largest master jet base. As a result, the committee directs the
Secretary of the Navy to provide a briefing to the House
Committee on Armed Services not later than December 1, 2023, on
base operations at Naval Air Station Lemoore. The briefing
shall address:
(1) the installation's successes and opportunities to
enhance the installation's mission;
(2) the date of the most recently completed installation
masterplan and housing requirements and market analysis
reports;
(3) the condition of utility infrastructure, water security
planning, encroachment issues, housing, and transportation; and
(4) any other challenges anticipated over the next 5 years.
Naval Innovation Center at the Naval Postgraduate School
The committee recognizes the importance of innovation in
maintaining a technological advantage to keep up with pacing
challenges outlined in the National Defense Strategy. In order
to maintain technological superiority, the committee notes the
Navy's plan to create a Naval Innovation Center within the
Naval Postgraduate School. The committee further notes that the
Center will be located within a physical facility that is
designed to include a modeling and simulation immersion center,
rapid prototyping lab, wargaming center, and other technologies
to enable collaboration between the Navy, Marine Corps, and
private industry across the globe.
The committee was encouraged by the Secretary of the Navy's
support for the creation of the Naval Postgraduate School
Innovation Center. The committee directs the Secretary of the
Navy to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed
Services not later than January 1, 2024, regarding the Naval
Innovation Center. The briefing shall include the following
elements:
(1) infrastructure requirements and current planning for
Naval Innovation Center facilities;
(2) the Naval Innovation Center's plan to incorporate the
Department of Defense's objectives, as outlined in the 2022
National Defense Strategy, and professional military education
modernization, as outlined in the Joint Chiefs of Staff's May
2020 report, ``Developing Today's Joint Officers for Tomorrow's
Ways of War: The Joint Chiefs of Staff Vision and Guidance for
Professional Military Education and Talent Management'';
(3) design and testing for joint all-domain command and
control activities;
(4) academic criterion to address new and emerging problem
sets of immediate relevance to the Department of Defense;
(5) Department of Defense objectives in rapid innovation
and fielding new technologies, including supporting the U.S.
Navy's investments in research and development; and
(6) a plan to enable multidisciplinary teams of military
professionals, commercial partners, and academia to problem-
solve in immersive environments.
Physical Security at Defense Health Agency Facilities
The committee is aware that the Defense Health Agency is
responsible for the management of 450 medical facilities across
the Department of Defense. The committee notes that in 2020,
the Department of Defense Inspector General released an ``Audit
of Physical Security Controls at Department of Defense Medical
Treatment Facilities'' in which the Inspector General
investigators found a number of security weaknesses across
military hospitals and clinics that may leave the facilities
vulnerable to criminal activities, including theft, damage, and
terrorism. The committee is particularly concerned that the
audit cited several instances where unauthorized personnel
could enter facilities through unsecured doors and gain access
to equipment, pharmaceuticals, and patient information. In
addition, the committee notes fuel storage tanks and hospital
generators were also often improperly secured increasing the
risk of damage due to vandalism or terrorism and potentially
leading to loss of life. Therefore, the committee directs the
Director of the Defense Health Agency to provide a briefing to
the House Committee on Armed Services by January 1, 2024, on
its implementation of the Department of Defense Inspector
General's recommendations and plans for updating security at
military medical facilities, including the feasibility, cost,
and benefits of deploying technologies for access control.
Report on Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake Infrastructure
The committee appreciates the report to Congress titled
Naval Air Weapons Station (NAWS) China Lake Modernization dated
June 2022 as required by the committee report accompanying the
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (H.
Rept. 117-118). Because of the important issues addressed, the
committee directs the Secretary of the Navy to submit an
updated report to the congressional defense committees not
later than March 31, 2024. This report shall include the
following related to NAWS China Lake:
(1) an estimated construction timeline on the earthquake
recovery effort and the estimated cost to complete this effort;
(2) date of completion of the most recent installation
master plan and housing requirements and market analysis for
NAWS China Lake;
(2) information on water security planning;
(3) information on the condition of utility infrastructure;
(4) information on the condition of the roadways;
(5) a description of other challenges facing the
installation and Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division
(NAWCWD) in the next 5 years; and
(6) the current and future use of the Cuddeback Range, as
well as any barriers to usage, for both the installation and
NAWCWD.
For the elements listed above, the Secretary of the Navy
should address how the Navy is resolving these issues.
Report on Progressive Design-Build Model for Military Construction
The committee appreciates the Army Corps of Engineers'
recent review of reforms to military construction that could
accelerate project delivery and reduce cost. The committee is
disappointed that the Progressive Design-Build model was not
reviewed as part of that process. The committee notes that this
contracting model has been used successfully by other federal
and state agencies. Accordingly, the committee directs the
Secretary of Defense to provide a report to the House Committee
on Armed Services not later than April 1, 2024 on the potential
for using the Progressive-Design Build contract method for
military construction.
Report on the Determination of Pore and Subterranean Rights Below
Department of Defense Installations
The committee understands there has been an increased
interest in the pore space and relevant subterranean rights
below Department of Defense installations for purposes of
carrying out various projects, including the storage of carbon.
The committee further understands that the current ownership of
such pore space and the determination of subterranean rights
can, at times, be convoluted.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense,
in consultation with the Secretary of the Army, the Secretary
of the Air Force, and the Secretary of the Navy to submit a
report to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than
December 31, 2023 on the Department of Defense's methodology
for granting access to pore space and other subterranean rights
below the Department's installations. Further, the Report
should indicate the Department's methodology to determine
ownership of such pore space today, and whether or not the
Department believes there is a need for further legislative
action to clarify ownership, in order to facilitate potential
pore space projects under DOD installations in the future.
Report on Western Range Interoperability
The committee is aware of the need for expanded test areas
for hypersonic, autonomous systems, and new aerospace
developments that require access to restricted air, land, and
sea space. The need to expand ranges for seamless
interoperability is paramount to address the complexity of
weapon systems. The committee directs the Secretary of Defense
to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services
not later than March 31, 2024. The briefing shall address:
(1) a plan to maximize existing western ranges, including
steps needed to improve the existing western ranges;
(2) a plan to address the western range interoperability,
including current challenges and gaps; and
(3) estimated cost and schedule for execution of the plan.
Safety in Department of Defense Education Activity Schools
The committee is concerned about potential shortfalls in
physical security at Department of Defense Education Activity
schools. The committee is aware that the vast majority of
schools located on bases do not have security guards and lack
proven, existing technologies that can provide additional
security to these schools in an unobtrusive manner. The
committee encourages the Director of the Department of Defense
Education Activity to examine ways to increase safety at its
schools through the deployment of proven technologies,
including upgrades to security cameras and panic buttons that
are directly linked to installation law enforcement. The
committee also encourages the Director to improve
communications capabilities to allow for interoperability of
school officials, installation law enforcement, and law
enforcement outside of the gates.
Study on Limiting Light Pollution at US Military Facilities and
Installations
The Committee commends the Department of Defense on its
efforts to make facilities resilient, mitigate impacts on local
communities, and remain a steward of over half a million
facilities and 27 million acres of land, in urban, suburban,
and rural areas, that often abut homes, community spaces, and
protected natural landscapes. The Committee remarks that under
the Department of Defense's Natural Resources Conservation
Program, promulgated under Instruction 4715.3, that the
Department, ``. . . sustain the long-term ecological integrity
of the resource base and ecosystem services it provides.'' The
Committee notes that research points to yearly increases in
light pollution, mostly from large buildings, streets, roads,
airports, parking lots, homes, and industrial facilities, all
types of infrastructure under the Department's charge, which
affect human health, the local environment, and unneeded
financial costs. The Committee notes that this makes the
Department a crucial entity in limiting light pollution and
good resource to see how light pollution mitigation policies
might be executed at a large scale amongst the Department's
diverse landscapes and infrastructure.
Therefore, the House Committee on Armed Services directs
the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Energy, Installations,
and Environment, in coordination with the Assistant Secretary
of Defense for Health Affairs, to provide a report to the House
Committee on Armed Services and Senate Committee on Armed
Services, not later than 1 December 2024, on the Department's
sources of light pollution, analyzed health or environmental
impacts, and potential use of new technology or methods to
mitigate excessive light pollution. The report shall include at
least:
(1) an assessment of the Department's levels of light
pollution at geographically disparate Department infrastructure
across its property holdings, in particular singular high-
emission entities, enterprise-wide recurring causes of light
pollution, and trends across Department infrastructure;
(2) an assessment of potential recommendations for limiting
light pollution, particularly those that decrease unneeded
skyward light pollution, have significant short- and long-term
cost savings, or affect human health;
(3) an assessment of how any light mitigation actions would
affect security and safety;
(4) an assessment of the methods, technologies, or
regulatory changes that could mitigate light pollution at the
Department's infrastructure;
(5) an assessment of the physical and monetary cost and
benefits to execute a Department-wide light pollution
mitigation plan;
(6) a discussion of how local and state regulations impact
lighting at various Department infrastructure; and
(7) a review of any current best practices or light
pollution mitigation activities currently employed across the
Department enterprise.
Utilization of Existing Authorities for Construction and Maintenance of
Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation Facilities
The committee remains concerned about the poor condition of
Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation (RDTE) facilities
and the status of efforts to modernize these facilities across
the military departments. These facilities and laboratories are
necessary to develop the platforms and technologies for the
future and continued deterioration of their material condition
will jeopardize military capabilities. To help address
modernization and repair of RDTE facilities, section 2803 of
the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-263) made permanent the
authority to use RDTE funds for facility repair and for
construction projects that modernize laboratory facilities.
The committee notes that in addition to making this
authority permanent, section 2805 of Public Law 117-263
provided a novel military construction authority modeled after
the Energy Resilience and Conservation Investment Program by
which military departments may nominate RDTE infrastructure
projects critical to innovation across the Department of
Defense for inclusion in the defense wide military construction
budget request. The committee is interested in how the
Department of Defense and military departments are using these
authorities and others to address RDTE infrastructure repair
and modernization needs and the modernization of these
facilities through new military construction.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretaries of the
military departments to provide a briefing to the House
Committee on Armed Services not later than March 31, 2024, on
their military department's plans to utilize these authorities
and others to address pressing RDTE facility repair and
modernization. The briefings shall include information on funds
obligated and prioritization of projects and any guidance that
has been provided for the nomination of projects under section
2805.
Visitor Identify Verification Technology
The committee directs the Secretary of the Army, in
coordination with the Defense Human Resources Activity, to
provide a briefing to the House Armed Services Committee not
later than February 1, 2024, on the usage of biometrics at
installations for the purposes of visitor identity
verification. Such briefing should include an evaluation of the
effectiveness of current usage of biometrics and the
desirability of, potential timeline for, and costs associated
with expanding such usage to additional installations.
LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS
Subtitle A--Military Construction Programs
Section 2801--Modifications to Defense Community Infrastructure Program
This section would eliminate the sunset clause for the
Defense Community Infrastructure Program.
Section 2802--Modification to Authority for Unspecified Minor
Construction
This section would increase the unspecified minor military
construction authority limit from $6,000,0000 to $9,000,000,
and for projects with high area construction costs the
authority limit is increased from $10,000,000 to $14,000,000.
This section would also add demolition projects to the
definition of an unspecified minor military construction
project.
Section 2803--Modification of Authority to Carry Out Defense Laboratory
Modernization Program
This section would make research, development, test, and
evaluation facilities involved in the development, production,
and sustainment of combat capabilities eligible for the Defense
Laboratory Modernization Program.
Section 2804--Expansion of Maximum Amount of Funds Available for
Certain Defense Laboratory Improvement Projects
This section would increase the maximum amount of funds
available for Defense Laboratory Improvement Program projects
to $200 million.
Section 2805--Prioritization of Certain Military Construction Projects
To Improve Infrastructure at Certain Facilities Determined To Be
Critical to National Security
This section would direct the Secretary of Defense to
prioritize projects when considering military resilience
projects under section 2815 of title 10, United States Code.
Section 2806--Expansion of Amount of Certain Funds Secretary Concerned
May Obligate Annually for Military Installation Resilience Projects
This section would amend section 2815 of title 10, United
States Code, to increase the maximum annual amount the
Secretary of Defense can spend on military installation
resilience projects to $200 million.
Section 2807--Certification of Consideration of Certain Methods of
Construction for Military Construction Projects; Annual Report
This section would require a covered official to certify
that they have considered all relevant construction methods and
materials in the Unified Facilities Criteria before advancement
of a construction project beyond the design phase. This section
would also require the Assistant Secretary of Defense for
Energy, Installations, and Environment to provide a report to
the congressional defense committees on any processes developed
to comply with the certification requirement.
Section 2808--Authority for Certain Construction Projects in Friendly
Foreign Countries
This section would allow the Secretary of Defense to use
operations and maintenance funds for planning and design as
well as construction of projects necessary to support U.S.
military requirements related to strategic laydown
opportunities at an air port of debarkation, sea port of
debarkation, or rail or other logistics support location.
Section 2809--Reporting Requirements and Congressional Notification for
Certain Military Construction Projects
This section would clarify reporting requirements and
require notifications to Members of Congress on certain
military construction projects in their district.
Subtitle B--Military Housing Reforms
Section 2821--Authority To Operate Certain Transient Housing of the
Department of Defense Transferred to Assistant Secretary of Defense for
Energy, Installations, and Environment
This section would transfer the jurisdiction for the
administration of military transient lodging to the Assistant
Secretary of Defense for Energy, Installations, and
Environment.
Section 2822--Department of Defense Military Housing Readiness Council
This section would establish the Department of Defense
Military Housing Readiness Council to review and make
recommendations to the Department of Defense regarding policies
for privatized military housing.
Section 2823--Inclusion of Information Relating to Compliance With
Military Housing Privatization Initiative Tenant Bill of Rights in
Certain Notifications Submitted to Congress
This section would amend section 2878(f)(2) of title 10,
United States Code, by adding an assessment by the Assistant
Secretary of Defense for Energy, Installations, and Environment
of the extent to which the lessor complied with the Military
Housing Privatization Initiative Tenant Bill of Rights.
Section 2824--Establishing Additional Requirements for a Military
Housing Complaint Database
This section would require the Department of Defense to
modify tools that allow service members and their families to
identify housing-related complaints.
Section 2825--Modification of Authority To Grant Certain Waivers
Relating to Configuration and Privacy Standards for Military
Unaccompanied Housing; Limitations on Availability of Certain Funds
This section would mandate the Secretary of each service
approve any waivers for on-base housing that does not meet that
service's minimum standards. It also mandates a quarterly
report to Congress on progress being made to rectify cases
where waivers were used.
Section 2826--Revision of Certain Minimum Standards Relating to Health,
Safety, and Condition for Military Unaccompanied Housing; Termination
of Authority to Grant Certain Waivers
This section would require the Department of Defense to
develop health and safety standards for barracks, including
standards on fire and electrical safety. It also prevents
waivers on certain safety standards.
Subtitle C--Real Property and Facilities Administration
Section 2831--Improvements Relating to Access to Military Installations
in United States
This section would standardize base installation access
across the Department of Defense.
Section 2832--Real Property Usage in the National Capital Region
This section would require the Department of Defense to
report usage data for all real property assets within the
National Capital Region.
Section 2833--Revision Unified Facilities Criteria on Use of Life
Safety Accessibility Hardware for Covered Doors
This section would require the Department of Defense to
include life safety accessibility hardware in the construction,
renovation, replacement, or other retrofit of sensitive
compartmented information facilities.
Subtitle D--Land Conveyances
Section 2841--Extension of Sunset for Land Conveyance, Sharpe Army
Depot, Lathrop, California
This section would extend the timeline for the conveyance
of the Sharpe Army Depot in Lathrop, California.
Section 2842--Land Conveyance, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida
This section would provide the Secretary of the Air Force
with authority to convey approximately 80 acres located
adjacent to Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, for the purpose of
independent-living and assisted-living apartments for veterans.
Section 2843--Land Acquisition, Westmoreland State Park, Virginia
This section would authorize the Department of the Navy to
purchase or lease, from the Commonwealth of Virginia, land at
Westmoreland State Park for national security purposes.
Subtitle E--Pilot Programs and Reports
Section 2851--Clarification on Amounts Available for Projects Under
Certain Pilot Program Relating to Testing Facilities at Installations
of the Department of the Air Force
This section would clarify language in the pilot program
created under section 2862 of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117-81) to
allow facilities covered by the pilot program to use funds
allocated to Facility, Sustainment, Restoration, and
Modernization as well as user fees collected from customers.
Section 2852--Pilot Program To Provide Air Purification Technology in
Military Housing
This section would direct the Secretary of Defense to carry
out a pilot program to provide air purification technology in
privatized military housing.
Section 2853--Quarterly Briefings on Military Construction Related to
the Sentinel Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Weapon System Program
This section would require the Secretary of the Air Force
to provide quarterly briefings on the contracts for
construction projects related to the Sentinel intercontinental
ballistic missile weapon system program.
Section 2854--Plan for Use of Excess Border Wall Construction Materials
This section would direct the Secretary of Defense to
submit a proposal to utilize, transfer, or donate unused border
wall materials to States on the southern border.
Section 2871--Joint Housing Requirements and Market Analysis for
Military Installations in Hawaii
This section requires the Department of Defense to conduct
a joint housing requirement and market analysis in Hawaii and
report on Department impacts on Hawaii's affordable housing
supply and private rental market.
Subtitle F--Other Matters
Section 2861--Expansion of Certain Exemption Relating to Funding
Requirement for Certain Defense Community Infrastructure Projects
This section would make insular territories eligible for a
reduced cost sharing community funding requirement under the
Defense Community Infrastructure Program.
Section 2862--Development and Operation of Marine Corps Heritage Center
and National Museum of the Marine Corps
This section would codify authority to provide for the
development and operation of the Marine Corps Heritage Center
and National Museum of the Marine Corps at Marine Corps Base,
Quantico, Virginia.
Section 2863--Prohibition on Joint Use of Homestead Air Reserve Base
With Civil Aviation
This section would permanently prohibit the joint use of
Homestead Air Reserve Base with civil aviation.
Section 2864--National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force
This section would designate the National Museum of the
Mighty Eighth Air Force located in Pooler, Georgia as the
official National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force of the
United States.
Section 2865--Recognition of Memorial, Memorial Garden, and K9 Memorial
of the National Navy UDT-SEAL Museum in Fort Pierce, Florida, as a
National Memorial, Memorial Garden, and K9 Memorial, Respectively, of
Navy SEALs and Their Predecessors
This section would recognize the U.S. Navy SEAL Museum in
Fort Pierce, Florida as a national memorial.
Section 2866--Limitation on Availability of Certain Funds Relating to
the Location of the Headquarters for United States Space Command
This section would limit the use of funds to construct or
modify facilities for temporary or permanent use by United
States Space Command for headquarter operations until the
Secretary of the Air Force delivers a report on the selection
of a permanent location to the congressional defense
committees. The section would also limit the availability of
funds made available to the Secretary of the Air Force for
travel expenditures until delivery of the report.
Section 2867--Limitation on Use of Funds for Closure of Combat
Readiness Training Centers
This section would restrict the use of funds for the
closure of Department of the Air Force Combat Readiness
Training Centers.
Section 2868--Limitation on Availability of Certain Funds Until
Submission of Certain Report on Military Housing
This section would restrict the use of authorized funds for
certain Department of Defense officials until the report on
military housing required under section 3041 of the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116-
92) is submitted.
Section 2869--Guidance on Encroachment That Impacts Covered Sites
This section would require the Secretaries of the military
departments to develop and implement guidance on identifying,
mitigating, and reporting potentially harmful encroachment on
military installations.
Section 2870--Continuing Education Curriculum on the Use of Innovative
Products for Military Construction Projects
This section would require the establishment of a
continuing education curriculum for contracting officers and
program managers at Navy Facilities Command and the Army Corps
of Engineers responsible for managing military construction and
planning and design projects.
DIVISION C--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY AUTHORIZATIONS AND
OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS
TITLE XXXI--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY PROGRAMS
ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST
Comptroller General Study on National Nuclear Security Administration
Management and Operation Contracting Process
The committee reiterates concern expressed in the the joint
explanatory material accompanying the James M. Inhofe National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Committee Print
No. 2) relating to the National Nuclear Security Administration
contracting process for management and operations contracts.
The committee remains concerned about the impact that
uncertainty and unpredictability in the contracting process
could have on mission delivery, as well as workforce
recruitment and retention. The committee notes the Comptroller
General's ongoing review of National Nuclear Security
Administration's contracting process and encourages the
National Nuclear Security Administration and Government
Accountability Office to continue to closely cooperate to
ensure a thorough and substantive review. Additionally, the
committee directs the Comptroller General to provide a briefing
to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than October
1, 2023, on the preliminary results of the study.
Department of Energy Insider Threat Program
The committee notes that Comptroller General's findings
that the Department of Energy has not fully implemented
required measures for its Insider Threat Program. The committee
is concerned about the Department's progress in attaining a
fully operational Insider Threat Program, and directs the
Secretary of Energy to submit a report to the congressional
defense committees and the House Committee on Energy and
Commerce and Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources,
not later than December 1, 2023, on the status of implementing
the required measures for its Insider Threat Program. The
report shall include a plan to fully implement the program in
accordance with Department of Energy order 470.5 and adopt
recommendations from relevant independent reviews, including
identification of resource needs, and creation of tracking and
reporting mechanisms necessary to verify implementation.
Development of Expanded X-Ray Nuclear Weapons Effects Testing Using an
Advanced KrF
Laser The Committee recognizes the important efforts that
the Department of Defense and the National Nuclear Security
Administration (NNSA) are making to maintain the safety,
security, and effectiveness of the nation's nuclear stockpile
with science-based methods. The importance of X-ray nuclear
weapons effects testing due to modernization programs for the
nuclear stockpile, the increasing reliance on advanced sensors
whose vulnerability to x-rays is a recognized concern, and the
growing nuclear threats from China, Russia, and rogue nations.
The Committee is concerned that shortfalls remain in x-ray
testing and certification that even modern high-performance
computing on three-dimensional modeling systems cannot close.
To address this gap, and based on advances in low-cost, ultra-
high-energy KrF laser technology, the Committee directs the
Administrator of NNSA to provide a briefing no later than
December 1, 2023 on plans to close this gap and how ultra high-
energy KrF laser technology could be used for modeling,
mission, analysis and target design to support large scale x-
ray effects testing.
High Explosives and Energetics Modernization
The committee notes that High Explosives and Energetics
Modernization program is a critical element of the nuclear
security enterprise, but most of the facilities in the National
Nuclear Security Administration's (NNSA) High Explosive (HE)
enterprise are over seventy years old and face infrastructure,
safety, and security limitations. The committee is concerned
that the President's budget request for fiscal year 2024
proposed to delay major construction projects in this program,
including the High Explosives Synthesis, Formulation, and
Production project at the Pantex Plant. While the committee
understands NNSA's desire to prioritize its construction
efforts, it is concerned about NNSA's ability to meet the
substantial demand for energetics associated with future
modernization activities. Accordingly, the committee directs
the Administrator for Nuclear Security to submit a report to
the congressional defense committees, not later than March 31,
2024, on a 10-year strategic plan for sustaining, upgrading,
and replacing current facilities in the HE enterprise. The plan
shall include: (1) an assessment of the current HE enterprise,
including the risk associated with aging facilities and
equipment; (2) a description of current HE production and
testing gaps; (3) a description of the enduring requirement for
HE materials and anticipated future demand; and (4) the
resources required to recapitalize HE facilities to meet
mission needs over the next 10 years.
Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant--Cleanup Support Facility
The Committee understands that the maintenance expenses at
the Cold War Era C-100 program support facility at the Paducah
Gaseous Diffusion Plant (PGDP) have become unsustainable and a
new facility is desperately needed. This new facility will be
needed to support current and future cleanup efforts at the
site, which are estimated to take in excess of four decades. To
better understand options that exist to replace the PGDP
support facility, the Committee directs the Secretary of Energy
provide a report to the House Committee on Armed Services not
later than January 31, 2024 that includes an analysis of
possible alternatives replace the facility. The report shall
examine all possible solutions, including private financing to
replace the antiquated C-100 support facility and include a
cost-benefit analysis of each option as well as detailed
requirements for each option including land use and conveyance.
Plutonium Pit Re-Use for the W-93 Warhead
The committee notes continued delays to plutonium pit
production facilities at Los Alamos National Laboratory and
Savannah River, and the inability of the National Nuclear
Security Administration to meet statutory deadlines established
for pit production capacity by 2030. Given these delays and
current plans to meet new nuclear weapon platform deliveries,
the committee directs the Administrator of the National Nuclear
Security Administration to provide a briefing to the Committee
on Armed Services of the House of Representatives no later than
February 1, 2024 on the potential of plutonium pit re-use for
the W-93 warhead to meet delivery timelines for the U.S. Navy's
Trident D5 program. Further, the briefing shall include details
regarding any potential changes to total pit requirements
currently planned for given any pit re-use in the W-93 warhead.
Report on the Status of the Advanced Recovery and Integrated Extraction
System
The committee notes that the National Nuclear Security
Administration does not have a plan to complete the Advanced
Recovery and Integrated Extraction System (ARIES), for which
activities are currently being executed as a pilot program at
Los Alamos National Lab in the same facility where plutonium
pit production is underway. This capability is needed to dilute
and dispose of the about 43.8 metric tons (MT) of surplus
plutonium that is in storage today. Therefore, the committee
directs the Deputy Administrator for Defense Nuclear
Nonproliferation to provide to the Committee on Armed Services
of the House of Representatives a briefing no later than March
1, 2024 detailing the current status of the ARIES pit
disassembly and processing project, including information added
to and decisions taken on the program's 2022 Analysis of
Alternatives, timing of future decisions about the program, and
projected cost and schedule of the selected alternative or most
likely alternatives.
Security Enhancements at National Nuclear Security Administration Sites
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
maintains the United States nuclear weapons stockpile, provides
the United States Navy with nuclear propulsion fuel, and
responds to nuclear and radiological emergencies in the United
States and abroad. The NNSA has sites throughout the United
States, and due to the highly sensitive nature of the Agency's
mission, physical security of NNSA facilities is paramount.
The committee believes that an increased attention to
security of NNSA sites is an important component of the renewed
national focus on recapitalization of the United States'
nuclear enterprise. The threat environment continues to evolve,
and the committee understands that new technologies and systems
have emerged, including advancements in unmanned aerial
systems, that may enhance the Agency's ability to mitigate
threats and harden its facilities.
Therefore, the committee directs the Administrator,
National Nuclear Security Administration, to provide a briefing
to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than March
1, 2024, on physical security measures and protocols at NNSA
sites. The briefing shall include:
(1) An overview of the process for assessing physical
security and determining both enterprise-wide and site-specific
security requirements;
(2) A description of measures in place to evaluate security
readiness;
(3) A discussion of the process for updating security
postures to account for emerging threats; and
(4) A description process for evaluating new technologies
and innovative concepts to enhance physical security.
Technology Readiness Levels
The committee notes that the current effort to modernize
the nation's nuclear deterrent requires close coordination
between the Department of Defense (DOD) and National Nuclear
Security Administration (NNSA) along with a highly synchronized
execution of parallel development activities for both delivery
systems and warhead variants, such as the Long Range Stand Off
weapon and the W80-4 life extension program (LEP).
The committee remains concerned that reliance on
technologies proceeding with an insufficient Technology
Readiness Level (TRL) can increase program cost and schedule
risk, and understands that the Department of Defense and NNSA
utilize different policy guidance related to TRLs in weapons
system development.
Accordingly, the committee directs the Chairman of the
Nuclear Weapons Council to provide a briefing, not later than
March 1, 2024, to the House Committee on Armed Services on
NNSA's and the Department of Defense's guidance with respect to
minimum TRLs at each stage of the acquisition process and
incorporation of the Government Accountability Office's
recommended best practices.
LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS
Subtitle A--National Security Program and Authorizations
Section 3101--National Nuclear Security Administration
This section would authorize appropriations for the
National Nuclear Security Administration of the Department of
Energy for fiscal year 2024 at the levels specified in the
funding table in division D of this Act and authorizes new
plant projects.
Section 3102--Defense Environmental Cleanup
This section would authorize appropriations for defense
environmental cleanup for the Department of Energy for fiscal
year 2024 at the levels specified in the funding table in
division D of this Act and authorizes a new plant project.
Section 3103--Other Defense Activities
This section would authorize appropriations for other
defense activities for the Department of Energy for fiscal year
2024 at the levels specified in the funding table in division D
of this Act.
Section 3104--Nuclear Energy
This section would authorize appropriations for nuclear
energy for the Department of Energy for fiscal year 2024 at the
levels specified in the funding table in division D of this
Act.
Subtitle B--Program Authorizations, Restrictions, and Limitations
Section 3112--Extension of Authority on Acceptance of Contributions for
Acceleration or Removal or Security of Fissile Materials, Radiological
Materials, and Related Equipment at Vulnerable Sites Worldwide
This section would amend section 2569 of title 50, United
States Code, to indefinitely extend the Department of Energy's
ability to accept external contributions related to its work to
mitigate the threats posed by high-risk, proliferation-
attractive fissile materials, radiological materials, and
related equipment, technologies, and knowledge.
Section 3113--Cybersecurity Risk Inventory, Assessment, and Mitigation
Working Group
This section would establish a working group within the
National Nuclear Security Administration related to
cybersecurity and require the working group to develop a
comprehensive strategy to assess and mitigate certain
cybersecurity risks. Additionally, the working group would be
required to submit the completed strategy not later than April
1, 2025.
Section 3114--Modification of Minor Construction Threshold for Plant
Projects
This section would remove the sunset in section 4701(2) of
the Atomic Energy Defense Act (Public Law 107-314; 50 U.S.C.
2741(2)) regarding minor construction threshold for plant
projects.
Section 3115--Technical Correction to National Nuclear Security
Administration Unfunded Priorities
This section would amend existing law regarding the
submission of unfunded priorities of the National Nuclear
Security Administration to include projects that mitigate risk.
Section 3116--Criminal Penalties for Interference with the Transport of
Special Nuclear Materials, Nuclear Weapons Components, or Restricted
Data
This section would make it a Federal crime to knowingly
interfere with the transport of atomic weapons and special
nuclear material, nuclear weapons components, or Restricted
Data in the custody of Nuclear Materials Couriers.
Section 3117--Deadlines for Commencement of Operations of Certain
Atomic Energy Replacement Projects
This section would codify the National Nuclear Security
Administration's (NNSA) plans with respect to constructing new
facilities related to high explosives production at the Pantex
Plant, Amarillo, Texas, and tritium activities at the Savannah
River Site, Aiken, South Carolina. These new facilities were
designed to reduce operational risk associated with continuing
to operate legacy facilities, and ensure the necessary capacity
is availability to meet future workload and mission
requirements. While the fiscal year 2024 budget request
proposed temporarily pausing both projects in order to
prioritize construction activities elsewhere within the nuclear
security enterprise, the committee understands the need for
these facilities has not changed and supports the completion of
these construction activities as expeditiously as possible.
Section 3118--Integrated Master Schedule for the Future-Years Nuclear
Security Program
This section would require the Administrator for Nuclear
Security to develop an integrated master schedule related to
nuclear warhead development.
Section 3119--Prohibition on Availability of Funds to Reconvert or
Retire W76-2 Warheads
This section would prohibit the National Nuclear Security
Administration from reconverting or retiring W76-2 warheads. It
would provide a waiver if the Administrator for Nuclear
Security, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense and the
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, certifies to the
congressional defense committees that Russia and China do not
possess similar capabilities and that the Department of Defense
does not have a valid military requirement for the W76-2
warhead.
Section 3120--Limitation on Use of Funds Pending Submission of Certain
National Nuclear Security Administration Reports
This section would limit the availability of funds for the
Administrator for Nuclear Security for travel until a briefing
required in the committee report accompanying the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (H. Rept. 117-
397) and a report required in the committee report accompanying
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (H.
Rept. 117-118) are provided.
Section 3121--Increase in Number of Authorized Contracting, Program
Management, Scientific, Engineering, and Technical Positions in
National Nuclear Security Administration
This section would increase the authorized number of
certain personnel within the National Nuclear Security
Administration.
Subtitle C--Plans, Reports, and Other Matters
Section 3131--Biennial Detailed Report on Nuclear Weapons Stockpile
Stewardship, Management, and Responsiveness Plan
This section would modify the requirement for a plan for
sustaining the nuclear weapons stockpile.
Section 3132--Plan for Domestic Enrichment Capability to Satisfy
Department of Defense Uranium Requirements
This section would direct the Administrator of the National
Nuclear Security Administration, not later than 120 days after
the date of the enactment of this Act, to develop and submit to
the congressional defense committees a strategy to establish a
uranium enrichment dedicated to satisfying Department of
Defense requirements.
Section 3133--Independent Assessment of Plutonium Pit Aging Milestones
and Progress
This section would require an independent assessment
related to plutonium aging.
TITLE XXXII--DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES SAFETY BOARD
LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS
Section 3201--Authorization
This section would authorize $47.2 million for the Defense
Nuclear Facilities Safety Board.
TITLE XXXIV--NAVAL PETROLEUM RESERVES
LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS
Section 3401--Authorization of Appropriations
This section would authorize $13,010,000 for fiscal year
2024 for operation and maintenance of the Naval Petroleum
Reserves.
TITLE XXXV--MARITIME ADMINISTRATION
LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS
Subtitle A--Maritime Administration
Section 3501--Authorization of Appropriations for Maritime
Administration
This section would authorize funds for the Maritime
Administration.
Subtitle B--Maritime Infrastructure
Section 3511--Port Infrastructure Development Program Eligible Projects
This section would amend the types of projects eligible for
certain grants under the Port Infrastructure Development
Program.
Section 3512--Assistance for Small Inland River and Coastal Ports and
Terminals
This section would clarify the criteria for determining the
eligibility of small inland river and coastal ports for
assistance under the Port Infrastructure Development Program.
Section 3513--Eligibility of Shore Power Projects under Port
Infrastructure Development Program
This section would define additional projects that would be
eligible to receive grants under the Port Infrastructure
Development Program.
Section 3514--Codification of Existing Language; Technical Amendments
This section would codify language from previous National
Defense Authorization Acts related to the Port Infrastructure
Development Program and Maritime Administration navigation and
inspection laws. This section would also make technical
amendments to the Deepwater Port Act of 1974 and other sections
of title 46, United States Code.
Section 3515--Update to Categorical Exclusions Used by Maritime
Administration in Reviewing Environmental Impacts of Transportation
Projects
This section would require the Secretary of Transportation
to survey the Maritime Administration on the use of categorical
exclusions in the review of transportation projects since 2013
and publish the results of that survey in the Federal Register
along with any new categorical exclusions relevant to maritime
projects or projects sponsored by the Maritime Administration.
This section would also require the Secretary of Transportation
to begin a rulemaking process for the new categorical
exclusions identified as well as develop a process for
considering new categorical exclusions in the future.
Subtitle C--Reports
Section 3521--Report on Administration of Programs
This section would amend chapter 553 of title 46, United
States Code, to require the Administrator of the Maritime
Administration to report annually to Congress on the compliance
of all federal agencies with cargo preference laws.
Section 3522--Report on Availability of Used Sealift Vessels
This section would require the Commander of U.S.
Transportation Command to submit a report on the expected
availability of used commercial sealift vessels over the next 5
years.
Section 3523--Report on Port Preferences for US-Flag Vessels
This section would require the Maritime Administrator to
submit a report to Congress on any preference afforded by port
authorities and marine terminal operators to certain vessels
documented under the laws of the United States.
Section 3524--Reports to Congress
This section would require the Secretary of Defense to
report to Congress on the implementation of changes made to
section 2631 of title 10, United States Code, by section 1024
of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116-283).
Subtitle D--Other Matters
Section 3531--Cargoes Procured, Furnished, or Financed by the United
States Government
This section would amend section 55305 of title 46, United
States Code, to designate the Maritime Administration as the
authority to determine non-availability of qualified United
States flag capacity at a fair and reasonable rate for
commercial vessels to support a waiver of requirements under
section 55305 or section 55314 of title 46, United States Code.
The section would also set the duration of any such waivers and
require congressional notifications for waivers issued.
Section 3532--Recapitalization of National Defense Reserve Fleet
This section would amend section 3546 of the James M.
Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023
(Public Law 117-263) and provide limitations on certain Navy
expenditures until a report is submitted containing a detailed
description of the acquisition strategy for a domestic new
build sealift program.
Section 3533--Limitation on Use of Funds pending Submission of Reports
on Merchant Marine Academy
This section would prohibit appropriated funds from being
used for travel expenses of the Office of the Maritime
Administrator until the Secretary of Transportation submits the
reports required by section 3515(a) of the James M. Inhofe
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public
Law 117-263).
Section 3534--Maritime Workforce Working Group
This section would require the Maritime Administrator to
convene a working group to examine and assess the size of the
pool of credentialed mariners necessary to support the United
States flag fleet.
Section 3535--Consideration of Life-Cycle Cost Estimates for
Acquisition and Procurement of Vessels
This section would require the Secretary of Transportation
to consider the life-cycle cost estimates of new National
Defense Reserve Fleet vessels during design and evaluation.
Section 3536--Source Restrictions on Auxiliary Ship Components
This section would require the Secretary of Defense to
finalize the rule from the Federal Register on September 29,
2020, titled ``Source Restrictions on Auxiliary Ship
Components.''
Section 3537--Authorization of Appropriations for National Maritime
Strategy
This section would authorize $2.0 million for the Maritime
Administration to implement the development of a national
maritime strategy, as required by section 3542 of the James M.
Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023
(Public Law 117-263).
DIVISION D--FUNDING TABLES
Section 4001--Authorization of Amounts in Funding Tables
This section would provide for the allocation of funds
among programs, projects, and activities in accordance with the
tables in division D of this Act, subject to reprogramming
guidance in accordance with established procedures.
Consistent with the previously expressed views of the
committee, this section would also require that a decision by
an agency head to commit, obligate, or expend funds to a
specific entity on the basis of such funding tables be based on
merit-based selection procedures in accordance with the
requirements of section 2304(k) and section 2374 of title 10,
United States Code, and other applicable provisions of law.
SUMMARY OF NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024
(In Thousands of Dollars)
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DISCRETIONARY AUTHORIZATIONS WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE
National Defense Funding, Base Budget Request
Function 051, Department of Defense-Military
Division A: Department of Defense Authorizations
Title I--Procurement
Aircraft Procurement, Army................................. 3,012,440 275,000 3,287,440
Missile Procurement, Army.................................. 4,962,017 -10,500 4,951,517
Weapons & Tracked Combat Vehicles, Army.................... 3,765,521 620,500 4,386,021
Procurement of Ammunition, Army............................ 2,967,578 -16,190 2,951,388
Other Procurement, Army.................................... 8,672,979 55,051 8,728,030
Aircraft Procurement, Navy................................. 17,336,760 72,890 17,409,650
Weapons Procurement, Navy.................................. 6,876,385 147,892 7,024,277
Procurement of Ammunition, Navy & Marine Corps............. 1,293,273 75,000 1,368,273
Shipbuilding & Conversion, Navy............................ 32,848,950 -560,334 32,288,616
Other Procurement, Navy.................................... 14,535,257 -101,666 14,433,591
Procurement, Marine Corps.................................. 3,979,212 -3,900 3,975,312
Aircraft Procurement, Air Force............................ 20,315,204 397,320 20,712,524
Missile Procurement, Air Force............................. 5,530,446 5,530,446
Procurement of Ammunition, Air Force....................... 703,158 703,158
Other Procurement, Air Force............................... 30,417,892 314,009 30,731,901
Procurement, Space Force................................... 4,714,294 -962,100 3,752,194
Procurement, Defense-Wide.................................. 6,056,975 175,439 6,232,414
National Guard & Reserve Equipment......................... 100,000 100,000
Subtotal, Title I--Procurement............................. 167,988,341 578,411 168,566,752
Title II--Research, Development, Test and Evaluation
Research, Development, Test & Evaluation, Army............. 15,775,381 74,541 15,849,922
Research, Development, Test & Evaluation, Navy............. 26,922,225 -921,632 26,000,593
Research, Development, Test & Evaluation, Air Force........ 46,565,356 -59,107 46,506,249
Research, Development, Test & Evaluation, Space Force...... 19,199,340 352,109 19,551,449
Research, Development, Test & Evaluation, Defense-Wide..... 36,185,834 787,116 36,972,950
Operational Test & Evaluation, Defense..................... 331,489 331,489
Subtotal, Title II--Research, Development, Test and 144,979,625 233,027 145,212,652
Evaluation................................................
Title III--Operation and Maintenance
Operation & Maintenance, Army.............................. 59,554,553 21,635 59,576,188
Operation & Maintenance, Army Reserve...................... 3,630,948 3,630,948
Operation & Maintenance, Army National Guard............... 8,683,104 4,000 8,687,104
Counter-ISIS Train and Equip Fund.......................... 397,950 397,950
Operation & Maintenance, Navy.............................. 72,244,533 245,524 72,490,057
Operation & Maintenance, Marine Corps...................... 10,281,913 27,224 10,309,137
Operation & Maintenance, Navy Reserve...................... 1,380,810 1,380,810
Operation & Maintenance, Marine Corps Reserve.............. 329,395 329,395
Operation & Maintenance, Air Force......................... 62,750,095 -704,003 62,046,092
Operation & Maintenance, Space Force....................... 5,017,468 16,073 5,033,541
Operation & Maintenance, Air Force Reserve................. 4,116,256 4,116,256
Operation & Maintenance, Air National Guard................ 7,253,694 -19,500 7,234,194
Operation & Maintenance, Defense-Wide...................... 52,767,563 -476,187 52,291,376
United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces........ 16,620 16,620
DOD Acquisition Workforce Development Fund................. 54,977 54,977
Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster, and Civic Aid............. 114,900 114,900
Cooperative Threat Reduction Account....................... 350,999 -15,000 335,999
Environmental Restoration, Army............................ 198,760 198,760
Environmental Restoration, Navy............................ 335,240 335,240
Environmental Restoration, Air Force....................... 349,744 349,744
Environmental Restoration, Defense......................... 8,965 8,965
Environmental Restoration, Formerly Used Sites............. 232,806 232,806
Subtotal, Title III--Operation and Maintenance............. 290,071,293 -900,234 289,171,059
Title IV--Military Personnel
Military Personnel Appropriations.......................... 168,320,510 -242,200 168,078,310
Medicare-Eligible Retiree Health Fund Contributions........ 10,553,456 10,553,456
Subtotal, Title IV--Military Personnel..................... 178,873,966 -242,200 178,631,766
Title XIV--Other Authorizations
National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund................ 7,629 7,629
Working Capital Fund, Army................................. 29,213 29,213
Working Capital Fund, Air Force............................ 83,587 83,587
Working Capital Fund, Defense-Wide......................... 114,667 114,667
Working Capital Fund, DECA................................. 1,447,612 1,447,612
Chemical Agents & Munitions Destruction.................... 1,091,844 1,091,844
Drug Interdiction and Counter Drug Activities.............. 886,426 42,500 928,926
Office of the Inspector General............................ 525,365 525,365
Defense Health Program..................................... 38,413,960 -185,500 38,228,460
Subtotal, Title XIV--Other Authorizations.................. 42,600,303 -143,000 42,457,303
Total, Division A: Department of Defense Authorizations.... 824,513,528 -473,996 824,039,532
Division B: Military Construction Authorizations
Military Construction
Army....................................................... 1,470,555 332,610 1,803,165
Navy....................................................... 6,022,187 -678,673 5,343,514
Air Force.................................................. 2,605,314 440,000 3,045,314
Defense-Wide............................................... 2,984,682 -59,535 2,925,147
NATO Security Investment Program........................... 293,434 293,434
Army National Guard........................................ 340,186 250,756 590,942
Army Reserve............................................... 107,076 118,000 225,076
Navy and Marine Corps Reserve.............................. 51,291 15,000 66,291
Air National Guard......................................... 178,722 152,342 331,064
Air Force Reserve.......................................... 291,572 52,500 344,072
Unaccompanied Housing Improvement Fund..................... 496 496
Subtotal, Military Construction............................ 14,345,515 623,000 14,968,515
Family Housing
Construction, Army......................................... 304,895 304,895
Operation & Maintenance, Army.............................. 385,485 385,485
Construction, Navy and Marine Corps........................ 277,142 277,142
Operation & Maintenance, Navy and Marine Corps............. 363,854 363,854
Construction, Air Force.................................... 237,097 27,000 264,097
Operation & Maintenance, Air Force......................... 314,386 314,386
Operation & Maintenance, Defense-Wide...................... 50,785 50,785
Improvement Fund........................................... 6,611 6,611
Subtotal, Family Housing................................... 1,940,255 27,000 1,967,255
Base Realignment and Closure
Base Realignment and Closure--Army......................... 150,640 50,000 200,640
Base Realignment and Closure--Navy......................... 108,818 50,000 158,818
Base Realignment and Closure--Air Force.................... 123,990 50,000 173,990
Base Realignment and Closure--Defense-wide................. 5,726 5,726
Subtotal, Base Realignment and Closure..................... 389,174 150,000 539,174
Total, Division B: Military Construction Authorizations.... 16,674,944 800,000 17,474,944
Total, 051, Department of Defense-Military................. 841,188,472 326,004 841,514,476
Division C: Department of Energy National Security Authorization and Other Authorizations
Function 053, Atomic Energy Defense Activities
Environmental and Other Defense Activities
Nuclear Energy............................................. 177,733 -17,733 160,000
Weapons Activities......................................... 18,832,947 119,729 18,952,676
Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation........................... 2,508,959 -81,000 2,427,959
Naval Reactors............................................. 1,964,100 -15,000 1,949,100
Federal Salaries and Expenses.............................. 538,994 538,994
Defense Environmental Cleanup.............................. 7,500,587 -392,000 7,108,587
Other Defense Activities................................... 1,075,197 1,075,197
Subtotal, Environmental and Other Defense Activities....... 32,598,517 -386,004 32,212,513
Independent Federal Agency Authorization
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board.................... 47,230 47,230
Subtotal, Independent Federal Agency Authorization......... 47,230 0 47,230
Subtotal, 053, Atomic Energy Defense Activities............ 32,645,747 -386,004 32,259,743
Function 054, Defense-Related Activities
Other Agency Authorizations
Maritime Security Program.................................. 318,000 318,000
Tanker Security Program (previously authorized)............ 60,000 60,000 120,000
Subtotal, Other Agency Authorizations...................... 378,000 60,000 438,000
Subtotal, 054, Defense-Related Activities.................. 378,000 60,000 438,000
Subtotal, Division C: Department of Energy National 33,023,747 -326,004 32,697,743
Security Authorization and Other Authorizations...........
Total, National Defense.................................... 874,212,219 0 874,212,219
MEMORANDUM: NON-DEFENSE AUTHORIZATIONS..................... 692,224 117,286 809,510
Title XIV--Armed Forces Retirement Home (Function 700)..... 77,000 77,000
Title XXXIV--Naval Petroleum and Oil Shale Reserves 13,010 13,010
(Function 270)............................................
Title XXXV--Maritime Administration (Function 400)......... 602,214 117,286 719,500
MEMORANDUM: TRANSFER AUTHORITIES (NON-ADD)
Title X--General Transfer Authority........................ [8,000,000] [-2,000,000] [6,000,000]
MEMORANDUM: DEFENSE AUTHORIZATIONS NOT UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE (NON-ADD)
Defense Production Act..................................... 968,605 968,605
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NATIONAL DEFENSE BUDGET AUTHORITY IMPLICATION
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Summary, Discretionary Authorizations Within the Jurisdiction of the Armed Services Committee
SUBTOTAL, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (051)........................... 841,188,472 326,004 841,514,476
SUBTOTAL, ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE PROGRAMS (053).................. 32,645,747 -386,004 32,259,743
SUBTOTAL, DEFENSE-RELATED ACTIVITIES (054)...................... 378,000 60,000 438,000
TOTAL, NATIONAL DEFENSE......................................... 874,212,219 874,212,219
Scoring adjustments
Transfers to non-Defense budget functions (051)................. -187,000 -187,000
Defense Production Act, Negative subsidies (051)................ -9,000 -9,000
Subtotal, Scoring Adjustments................................... -196,000 -196,000
National Defense Discretionary Programs not In the Jurisdiction of the Armed Services Committee or Do Not
Require Additional Authorization (CBO Estimates)
Defense Production Act Purchases................................ 968,605 968,605
Indefinite Account: Disposal of DOD Real Property............... 7,000 7,000
Indefinite Account: Lease of DOD Real Property.................. 32,000 32,000
Subtotal, Budget Sub-Function 051............................... 1,007,605 1,007,605
Corps of Engineers--Civil Works, Formerly Utilized Sites 200,000 200,000
Remedial Action Program........................................
Subtotal, Budget Sub-Function 053............................... 200,000 200,000
Other Discretionary Programs.................................... 11,125,000 11,125,000
Subtotal, Budget Sub-Function 054............................... 11,125,000 11,125,000
Total Defense Discretionary Adjustments (050)................... 12,136,605 12,136,605
Budget Authority Implication, National Defense Discretionary
Department of Defense--Military (051)........................... 842,000,077 326,004 842,326,081
Atomic Energy Defense Activities (053).......................... 32,845,747 -386,004 32,459,743
Defense-Related Activities (054)................................ 11,503,000 60,000 11,563,000
Total BA Implication, National Defense Discretionary............ 886,348,824 886,348,824
National Defense Mandatory Programs, Current Law (CBO Baseline)
Concurrent receipt accrual payments to the Military Retirement 19,704,000 19,704,000
Fund...........................................................
Revolving, trust and other DOD Mandatory........................ 2,104,000 2,104,000
TID for CHIPS Act (Defense)..................................... 400,000 400,000
Offsetting receipts............................................. -2,001,000 -2,001,000
Subtotal, Budget Sub-Function 051............................... 20,207,000 20,207,000
Energy employees occupational illness compensation programs and 2,339,000 2,339,000
other..........................................................
DOE Defense environmental cleanup and Weapons activities........ 37,000 37,000
CDC-Wide Activities and Program Support......................... 56,000 56,000
Subtotal, Budget Sub-Function 053............................... 2,432,000 2,432,000
Payment to CIA retirement fund.................................. 514,000 514,000
Radiation exposure compensation................................. 26,000 26,000
Subtotal, Budget Sub-Function 054............................... 540,000 540,000
Total National Defense Mandatory (050).......................... 23,179,000 23,179,000
Budget Authority Implication, National Defense Discretionary and Mandatory
Department of Defense--Military (051)........................... 862,207,077 326,004 862,533,081
Atomic Energy Defense Activities (053).......................... 35,277,747 -386,004 34,891,743
Defense-Related Activities (054)................................ 12,043,000 60,000 12,103,000
Total BA Implication, National Defense Discretionary and 909,527,824 909,527,824
Mandatory......................................................
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TITLE XLI--PROCUREMENT
SEC. 4101. PROCUREMENT.
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SEC. 4101. PROCUREMENT (In Thousands of Dollars)
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AIRCRAFT
PROCUREMENT,
ARMY
FIXED WING
003 FUTURE UAS 53,453 53,453
FAMILY.
005 SMALL UNMANNED 20,769 20,769
AIRCRAFT
SYSTEMS.
ROTARY
006 AH-64 APACHE 42 718,578 42 718,578
BLOCK IIIA
REMAN.
007 AH-64 APACHE 110,360 110,360
BLOCK IIIA
REMAN AP.
008 UH-60 BLACKHAWK 24 668,258 24 668,258
M MODEL (MYP).
009 UH-60 BLACKHAWK 92,494 92,494
M MODEL (MYP)
AP.
010 UH-60 BLACK 26 153,196 26 153,196
HAWK L AND V
MODELS.
011 CH-47 6 202,487 4 177,500 10 379,987
HELICOPTER.
Four [4] [177,500]
Additional
Aircraft.
012 CH-47 18,936 22,500 41,436
HELICOPTER AP.
CH-47F [22,500]
Block II--
Adv
Procurement.
012A UH-72B LAKOTA 2 20,000 2 20,000
HELICOPTER.
Two [2] [20,000]
aircraft.
MODIFICATION OF
AIRCRAFT
013 MQ-1 PAYLOAD... 13,650 13,650
014 GRAY EAGLE 14,959 25,000 39,959
MODS2.
Program [25,000]
increase.
016 AH-64 MODS..... 113,127 113,127
017 CH-47 CARGO 20,689 20,689
HELICOPTER
MODS (MYP).
022 UTILITY 35,879 30,000 65,879
HELICOPTER
MODS.
Black Hawk [15,000]
Mods--60kVA
Generators.
Litter [15,000]
Basket
Stabilizati
on Systems.
023 NETWORK AND 32,418 32,418
MISSION PLAN.
024 COMMS, NAV 74,912 74,912
SURVEILLANCE.
025 DEGRADED VISUAL 16,838 16,838
ENVIRONMENT.
026 AVIATION 67,383 67,383
ASSURED PNT.
027 GATM ROLLUP.... 8,924 8,924
029 UAS MODS....... 2,258 2,258
GROUND SUPPORT
AVIONICS
030 AIRCRAFT 161,731 161,731
SURVIVABILITY
EQUIPMENT.
031 SURVIVABILITY 6,526 6,526
CM.
032 CMWS........... 72,041 72,041
033 COMMON INFRARED 125 261,384 125 261,384
COUNTERMEASURE
S (CIRCM).
OTHER SUPPORT
034 COMMON GROUND 25,752 25,752
EQUIPMENT.
035 AIRCREW 22,097 22,097
INTEGRATED
SYSTEMS.
036 AIR TRAFFIC 21,216 21,216
CONTROL.
037 LAUNCHER, 2.75 2,125 2,125
ROCKET.
TOTAL 223 3,012,440 6 275,000 229 3,287,440
AIRCRAFT
PROCUREMEN
T, ARMY.
MISSILE
PROCUREMENT,
ARMY
SURFACE-TO-AIR
MISSILE SYSTEM
001 LOWER TIER AIR 6,625 6,625
AND MISSILE
DEFENSE (AMD)
SEN.
003 M-SHORAD-- 22 400,697 -10,500 22 390,197
PROCUREMENT.
Excess [-10,500]
fielding
growth.
004 MSE MISSILE.... 230 1,212,832 230 1,212,832
006 PRECISION 110 384,071 110 384,071
STRIKE MISSILE
(PRSM).
007 INDIRECT FIRE 313,189 313,189
PROTECTION
CAPABILITY INC
2-I.
008 MID-RANGE 169,519 169,519
CAPABILITY
(MRC).
AIR-TO-SURFACE
MISSILE SYSTEM
009 HELLFIRE SYS 21,976 21,976
SUMMARY.
010 JOINT AIR-TO- 901 303,409 901 303,409
GROUND MSLS
(JAGM).
012 LONG-RANGE 156,821 156,821
HYPERSONIC
WEAPON.
ANTI-TANK/
ASSAULT
MISSILE SYS
013 JAVELIN (AAWS- 541 199,509 541 199,509
M) SYSTEM
SUMMARY.
014 TOW 2 SYSTEM 850 120,475 850 120,475
SUMMARY.
015 GUIDED MLRS 5,016 886,367 5,016 886,367
ROCKET (GMLRS).
016 GUIDED MLRS 55,913 55,913
ROCKET (GMLRS).
017 MLRS REDUCED 366 10,334 366 10,334
RANGE PRACTICE
ROCKETS (RRPR).
018 HIGH MOBILITY 28 179,230 28 179,230
ARTILLERY
ROCKET SYSTEM
(HIMARS.
019 ARMY TACTICAL 7,307 7,307
MSL SYS
(ATACMS)--SYS
SUM.
MODIFICATIONS
021 PATRIOT MODS... 212,247 212,247
022 STINGER MODS... 36,484 36,484
023 AVENGER MODS... 22,274 22,274
025 MLRS MODS...... 168,198 168,198
026 HIMARS 76,266 76,266
MODIFICATIONS.
SPARES AND
REPAIR PARTS
027 SPARES AND 6,573 6,573
REPAIR PARTS.
SUPPORT
EQUIPMENT &
FACILITIES
028 AIR DEFENSE 11,701 11,701
TARGETS.
TOTAL 8,064 4,962,017 -10,500 8,064 4,951,517
MISSILE
PROCUREMEN
T, ARMY.
PROCUREMENT OF
WEAPONS AND
TRACKED COMBAT
VEHICLES, ARMY
TRACKED COMBAT
VEHICLES
001 ARMORED MULTI 91 554,777 -2,500 91 552,277
PURPOSE
VEHICLE (AMPV).
Program [-2,500]
decrease.
003 MOBILE 33 394,635 -8,400 33 386,235
PROTECTED
FIREPOWER.
Excessive [-8,400]
growth--sys
tems
technical
support.
MODIFICATION OF
TRACKED COMBAT
VEHICLES
004 STRYKER UPGRADE 85 614,282 20 142,400 105 756,682
Excessive [-4,600]
growth--fle
et
modificatio
ns.
Program [20] [147,000]
increase.
005 BRADLEY FIRE 128 5,232 128 5,232
SUPPORT TEAM
(BFIST)
VEHICLE.
006 BRADLEY PROGRAM 158,274 94,500 252,774
(MOD).
Program [94,500]
increase.
007 M109 FOV 90,986 90,986
MODIFICATIONS.
008 PALADIN 24 469,152 6 110,000 30 579,152
INTEGRATED
MANAGEMENT
(PIM).
Program [6] [110,000]
increase.
009 IMPROVED 41,058 41,058
RECOVERY
VEHICLE (M88
HERCULES).
012 JOINT ASSAULT 24 159,804 24 159,804
BRIDGE.
013 ABRAMS UPGRADE 34 697,883 13 276,500 47 974,383
PROGRAM.
Abrams [10,000]
Upgrade
Predictive
Maintenance
(PPMX).
Program [13] [266,500]
increase.
014 ABRAMS UPGRADE 102,440 102,440
PROGRAM AP.
WEAPONS & OTHER
COMBAT
VEHICLES
016 PERSONAL 100 510 100 510
DEFENSE WEAPON
(ROLL).
017 M240 MEDIUM 425 425
MACHINE GUN
(7.62MM).
019 MACHINE GUN, 3,420 3,420
CAL .50 M2
ROLL.
020 MORTAR SYSTEMS. 8,013 8,013
021 LOCATION & 3,174 3,174
AZIMUTH
DETERMINATION
SYSTEM (LADS.
022 XM320 GRENADE 14,143 14,143
LAUNCHER
MODULE (GLM).
023 PRECISION 5,248 5,248
SNIPER RIFLE.
024 CARBINE........ 571 571
025 NEXT GENERATION 292,850 292,850
SQUAD WEAPON.
026 HANDGUN........ 32 32
MOD OF WEAPONS
AND OTHER
COMBAT VEH
028 M777 MODS...... 18,920 18,920
029 M2 50 CAL 8,000 8,000
MACHINE GUN
MODS.
M4 Carbine [8,000]
Mods for
Upper
Receivers.
031 M119 13,097 13,097
MODIFICATIONS.
032 MORTAR 423 423
MODIFICATION.
SUPPORT
EQUIPMENT &
FACILITIES
033 ITEMS LESS THAN 1,148 1,148
$5.0M (WOCV-
WTCV).
034 PRODUCTION BASE 115,024 115,024
SUPPORT (WOCV-
WTCV).
TOTAL 519 3,765,521 39 620,500 558 4,386,021
PROCUREMEN
T OF
WEAPONS
AND
TRACKED
COMBAT
VEHICLES,
ARMY.
PROCUREMENT OF
AMMUNITION,
ARMY
SMALL/MEDIUM
CAL AMMUNITION
001 CTG, 5.56MM, 90,853 15,700 106,553
ALL TYPES.
Program [15,700]
increase.
002 CTG, 7.62MM, 65,370 35,900 101,270
ALL TYPES.
Program [35,900]
increase.
003 NEXT GENERATION 191,244 191,244
SQUAD WEAPON
AMMUNITION.
004 CTG, HANDGUN, 6,597 3,600 10,197
ALL TYPES.
Program [3,600]
increase.
005 CTG, .50 CAL, 41,534 31,760 73,294
ALL TYPES.
Program [31,760]
increase.
006 CTG, 20MM, ALL 7,925 7,925
TYPES.
007 CTG, 25MM, ALL 38,760 38,760
TYPES.
008 CTG, 30MM, ALL 107,805 107,805
TYPES.
009 CTG, 40MM, ALL 148,970 148,970
TYPES.
010 CTG, 50MM, ALL 28,000 28,000
TYPES.
MORTAR
AMMUNITION
011 60MM MORTAR, 35,160 35,160
ALL TYPES.
012 81MM MORTAR, 40,562 40,562
ALL TYPES.
013 120MM MORTAR, 106,784 106,784
ALL TYPES.
TANK AMMUNITION
014 CARTRIDGES, 300,368 300,368
TANK, 105MM
AND 120MM, ALL
TYPES.
ARTILLERY
AMMUNITION
015 ARTILLERY 21,298 21,298
CARTRIDGES,
75MM & 105MM,
ALL TYPES.
016 ARTILLERY 150,839 150,839
PROJECTILE,
155MM, ALL
TYPES.
018 PRECISION 96,406 96,406
ARTILLERY
MUNITIONS.
019 ARTILLERY 172,947 172,947
PROPELLANTS,
FUZES AND
PRIMERS, ALL.
MINES
020 MINES & 71,182 71,182
CLEARING
CHARGES, ALL
TYPES.
021 CLOSE TERRAIN 55,374 55,374
SHAPING
OBSTACLE.
ROCKETS
022 SHOULDER 18,630 18,630
LAUNCHED
MUNITIONS, ALL
TYPES.
023 ROCKET, HYDRA 87,293 87,293
70, ALL TYPES.
OTHER
AMMUNITION
024 CAD/PAD, ALL 6,564 6,564
TYPES.
025 DEMOLITION 24,238 24,238
MUNITIONS, ALL
TYPES.
026 GRENADES, ALL 48,374 48,374
TYPES.
027 SIGNALS, ALL 23,252 23,252
TYPES.
028 SIMULATORS, ALL 11,309 11,309
TYPES.
MISCELLANEOUS
030 AMMO 3,976 3,976
COMPONENTS,
ALL TYPES.
031 NON-LETHAL 3,281 3,281
AMMUNITION,
ALL TYPES.
032 ITEMS LESS THAN 17,436 17,436
$5 MILLION
(AMMO).
033 AMMUNITION 13,133 13,133
PECULIAR
EQUIPMENT.
034 FIRST 18,068 18,068
DESTINATION
TRANSPORTATION
(AMMO).
035 CLOSEOUT 102 102
LIABILITIES.
PRODUCTION BASE
SUPPORT
036 INDUSTRIAL 726,135 726,135
FACILITIES.
037 CONVENTIONAL 183,752 -103,150 80,602
MUNITIONS
DEMILITARIZATI
ON.
Unjustified [-98,450]
growth--EP1
800
Conventiona
l
Ammunition
Demilitariz
ation.
Unjustified [-4,700]
growth--EP1
803 Non
Army
Missile
Demilitariz
ation.
038 ARMS INITIATIVE 4,057 4,057
TOTAL 2,967,578 -16,190 2,951,388
PROCUREMEN
T OF
AMMUNITION
, ARMY.
OTHER
PROCUREMENT,
ARMY
TACTICAL
VEHICLES
001 SEMITRAILERS, 22,751 22,751
FLATBED:.
002 SEMITRAILERS, 40,359 40,359
TANKERS.
003 HI MOB MULTI- 25,904 25,904
PURP WHLD VEH
(HMMWV).
004 GROUND MOBILITY 36,223 25,000 61,223
VEHICLES (GMV).
Program [25,000]
increase.
006 JOINT LIGHT 839,413 839,413
TACTICAL
VEHICLE FAMILY
OF VEHICL.
007 TRUCK, DUMP, 20,075 30,000 50,075
20T (CCE).
Program [30,000]
increase.
008 FAMILY OF 110,734 110,734
MEDIUM
TACTICAL VEH
(FMTV).
009 FAMILY OF COLD 28,745 28,745
WEATHER ALL-
TERRAIN
VEHICLE.
010 FIRETRUCKS & 55,340 55,340
ASSOCIATED
FIREFIGHTING
EQUIP.
011 FAMILY OF HEAVY 66,428 35,007 101,435
TACTICAL
VEHICLES
(FHTV).
Incomplete [-14,993]
development
goals.
Program [50,000]
increase.
012 PLS ESP........ 51,868 51,868
014 TACTICAL 3,792 3,792
WHEELED
VEHICLE
PROTECTION
KITS.
015 MODIFICATION OF 80,326 70,000 150,326
IN SVC EQUIP.
HMMWV ABS/ [70,000]
ESC.
NON-TACTICAL
VEHICLES
016 PASSENGER 2,203 2,203
CARRYING
VEHICLES.
017 NONTACTICAL 8,246 8,246
VEHICLES,
OTHER.
COMM--JOINT
COMMUNICATIONS
018 SIGNAL 161,585 -10,400 151,185
MODERNIZATION
PROGRAM.
Program [-10,400]
decrease.
019 TACTICAL 358,646 18,000 376,646
NETWORK
TECHNOLOGY MOD
IN SVC.
On-the-Move [18,000]
Sattelite
Communicati
ons
Terminals.
020 DISASTER 254 254
INCIDENT
RESPONSE COMMS
TERMINAL (DI.
021 JCSE EQUIPMENT 5,097 5,097
(USRDECOM).
COMM--SATELLITE
COMMUNICATIONS
024 DEFENSE 101,181 101,181
ENTERPRISE
WIDEBAND
SATCOM SYSTEMS.
025 TRANSPORTABLE 54,849 54,849
TACTICAL
COMMAND
COMMUNICATIONS.
026 SHF TERM....... 41,634 41,634
027 ASSURED 202,370 202,370
POSITIONING,
NAVIGATION AND
TIMING.
028 EHF SATELLITE 19,122 19,122
COMMUNICATION.
030 GLOBAL BRDCST 531 531
SVC--GBS.
COMM--C3 SYSTEM
031 COE TACTICAL 77,999 77,999
SERVER
INFRASTRUCTURE
(TSI).
COMM--COMBAT
COMMUNICATIONS
032 HANDHELD 765,109 -5,043 760,066
MANPACK SMALL
FORM FIT (HMS).
Excess to [-5,043]
need.
033 ARMY LINK 16 60,767 60,767
SYSTEMS.
035 UNIFIED COMMAND 18,999 18,999
SUITE.
036 COTS 492,001 -7,100 484,901
COMMUNICATIONS
EQUIPMENT.
Program [-7,100]
decrease.
037 FAMILY OF MED 1,374 1,374
COMM FOR
COMBAT
CASUALTY CARE.
038 ARMY 52,485 52,485
COMMUNICATIONS
& ELECTRONICS.
COMM--INTELLIGE
NCE COMM
039 CI AUTOMATION 16,767 16,767
ARCHITECTURE-
INTEL.
041 MULTI-DOMAIN 119,989 119,989
INTELLIGENCE.
INFORMATION
SECURITY
042 INFORMATION 701 701
SYSTEM
SECURITY
PROGRAM-ISSP.
043 COMMUNICATIONS 159,712 159,712
SECURITY
(COMSEC).
044 DEFENSIVE CYBER 13,848 13,848
OPERATIONS.
045 INSIDER THREAT 1,502 1,502
PROGRAM--UNIT
ACTIVITY
MONITO.
047 BIOMETRIC 453 453
ENABLING
CAPABILITY
(BEC).
COMM--LONG HAUL
COMMUNICATIONS
049 BASE SUPPORT 23,278 23,278
COMMUNICATIONS.
COMM--BASE
COMMUNICATIONS
050 INFORMATION 32,608 32,608
SYSTEMS.
051 EMERGENCY 4,949 4,949
MANAGEMENT
MODERNIZATION
PROGRAM.
052 INSTALLATION 243,011 243,011
INFO
INFRASTRUCTURE
MOD PROGRAM.
ELECT EQUIP--
TACT INT REL
ACT (TIARA)
055 JTT/CIBS-M..... 8,543 8,543
056 TERRESTRIAL 85,486 85,486
LAYER SYSTEMS
(TLS).
058 DCGS-A-INTEL... 2,980 2,980
060 TROJAN......... 30,649 30,649
061 MOD OF IN-SVC 4,169 4,169
EQUIP (INTEL
SPT).
062 BIOMETRIC 932 932
TACTICAL
COLLECTION
DEVICES.
ELECT EQUIP--
ELECTRONIC
WARFARE (EW)
063 EW PLANNING & 21,278 21,278
MANAGEMENT
TOOLS (EWPMT).
064 AIR VIGILANCE 6,641 6,641
(AV).
065 MULTI-FUNCTION 15,941 15,941
ELECTRONIC
WARFARE (MFEW)
SYST.
067 COUNTERINTELLIG 22,833 22,833
ENCE/SECURITY
COUNTERMEASURE
S.
068 CI 434 434
MODERNIZATION.
ELECT EQUIP--
TACTICAL SURV.
(TAC SURV)
069 SENTINEL MODS.. 161,886 15,000 176,886
Prophet ESP [15,000]
kits.
070 NIGHT VISION 141,143 -89,451 51,692
DEVICES.
Rephase to [-89,451]
RDT&E for
IVAS 1.2
Development.
071 SMALL TACTICAL 15,484 15,484
OPTICAL RIFLE
MOUNTED MLRF.
073 FAMILY OF 185,634 -8,100 177,534
WEAPON SIGHTS
(FWS).
Program [-8,100]
decrease.
074 ENHANCED 3,652 3,652
PORTABLE
INDUCTIVE
ARTILLERY FUZE
SE.
075 FORWARD LOOKING 20,438 20,438
INFRARED
(IFLIR).
076 COUNTER SMALL 365,376 365,376
UNMANNED
AERIAL SYSTEM
(C-SUAS).
077 JOINT BATTLE 215,290 -5,224 210,066
COMMAND--PLATF
ORM (JBC-P).
Unjustified [-5,224]
Cost
Growth--Fie
lding and
Systems
Engineering.
078 JOINT EFFECTS 8,932 8,932
TARGETING
SYSTEM (JETS).
079 COMPUTER 2,965 2,965
BALLISTICS:
LHMBC XM32.
080 MORTAR FIRE 8,024 8,024
CONTROL SYSTEM.
081 MORTAR FIRE 7,399 7,399
CONTROL
SYSTEMS
MODIFICATIONS.
082 COUNTERFIRE 99,782 99,782
RADARS.
ELECT EQUIP--
TACTICAL C2
SYSTEMS
083 ARMY COMMAND 78,512 78,512
POST
INTEGRATED
INFRASTRUCTURE.
084 FIRE SUPPORT C2 10,052 10,052
FAMILY.
085 AIR & MSL 68,892 68,892
DEFENSE
PLANNING &
CONTROL SYS.
086 IAMD BATTLE 412,556 -17,100 395,456
COMMAND SYSTEM.
Excess [-17,100]
Interim
Contractor
Support.
087 LIFE CYCLE 4,270 4,270
SOFTWARE
SUPPORT (LCSS).
088 NETWORK 37,194 37,194
MANAGEMENT
INITIALIZATION
AND SERVICE.
089 GLOBAL COMBAT 1,987 1,987
SUPPORT SYSTEM-
ARMY (GCSS-A).
090 INTEGRATED 5,318 5,318
PERSONNEL AND
PAY SYSTEM-
ARMY (IPP.
091 MOD OF IN-SVC 4,997 4,997
EQUIPMENT
(ENFIRE).
ELECT EQUIP--
AUTOMATION
092 ARMY TRAINING 10,130 10,130
MODERNIZATION.
093 AUTOMATED DATA 61,489 61,489
PROCESSING
EQUIP.
094 ACCESSIONS 4,198 4,198
INFORMATION
ENVIRONMENT
(AIE).
096 HIGH PERF 76,053 76,053
COMPUTING MOD
PGM (HPCMP).
097 CONTRACT 6,061 6,061
WRITING SYSTEM.
098 CSS 56,804 56,804
COMMUNICATIONS.
CLASSIFIED
PROGRAMS
151A CLASSIFIED 1,781 1,781
PROGRAMS.
CHEMICAL
DEFENSIVE
EQUIPMENT
102 BASE DEFENSE 70,781 70,781
SYSTEMS (BDS).
103 CBRN DEFENSE... 63,198 63,198
BRIDGING
EQUIPMENT
104 TACTICAL 1,157 1,157
BRIDGING.
105 TACTICAL 82,228 82,228
BRIDGE, FLOAT-
RIBBON.
106 BRIDGE 4,414 4,414
SUPPLEMENTAL
SET.
ENGINEER (NON-
CONSTRUCTION)
EQUIPMENT
110 ROBOTICS AND 68,893 68,893
APPLIQUE
SYSTEMS.
112 FAMILY OF BOATS 4,785 4,785
AND MOTORS.
COMBAT SERVICE
SUPPORT
EQUIPMENT
113 HEATERS AND 7,617 7,617
ECU'S.
115 PERSONNEL 5,356 5,356
RECOVERY
SUPPORT SYSTEM
(PRSS).
116 GROUND SOLDIER 167,129 -18,805 148,324
SYSTEM.
Excess to [-18,805]
need.
117 MOBILE SOLDIER 15,967 15,967
POWER.
118 FORCE PROVIDER. 34,200 34,200
120 CARGO AERIAL 45,792 45,792
DEL &
PERSONNEL
PARACHUTE
SYSTEM.
121 FAMILY OF ENGR 12,118 12,118
COMBAT AND
CONSTRUCTION
SETS.
PETROLEUM
EQUIPMENT
123 QUALITY 2,507 2,507
SURVEILLANCE
EQUIPMENT.
124 DISTRIBUTION 40,989 40,989
SYSTEMS,
PETROLEUM &
WATER.
MEDICAL
EQUIPMENT
125 COMBAT SUPPORT 86,829 86,829
MEDICAL.
MAINTENANCE
EQUIPMENT
126 MOBILE 17,287 17,287
MAINTENANCE
EQUIPMENT
SYSTEMS.
CONSTRUCTION
EQUIPMENT
128 TRACTOR, FULL 29,878 29,878
TRACKED.
129 ALL TERRAIN 27,725 3,000 30,725
CRANES.
FOATC Type [3,000]
I Cranes.
131 FAMILY OF DIVER 1,811 1,811
SUPPORT
EQUIPMENT.
132 CONST EQUIP ESP 8,898 8,898
RAIL FLOAT
CONTAINERIZATI
ON EQUIPMENT
133 ARMY WATERCRAFT 30,592 30,592
ESP.
134 MANEUVER 4 149,449 1 42,027 5 191,476
SUPPORT VESSEL
(MSV).
One [1] [42,027]
additional
vessel.
GENERATORS
136 GENERATORS AND 78,364 78,364
ASSOCIATED
EQUIP.
137 TACTICAL 11,088 11,088
ELECTRIC POWER
RECAPITALIZATI
ON.
MATERIAL
HANDLING
EQUIPMENT
138 FAMILY OF 12,982 12,982
FORKLIFTS.
TRAINING
EQUIPMENT
139 COMBAT TRAINING 56,619 56,619
CENTERS
SUPPORT.
140 TRAINING 226,379 226,379
DEVICES,
NONSYSTEM.
141 SYNTHETIC 234,965 -21,760 213,205
TRAINING
ENVIRONMENT
(STE).
Excess to [-9,534]
need--RVCT.
Excess to [-7,226]
need--STE
Live.
STE Live [-5,000]
Training
System.
142 GAMING 9,698 9,698
TECHNOLOGY IN
SUPPORT OF
ARMY TRAINING.
TEST MEASURE
AND DIG
EQUIPMENT
(TMD)
143 INTEGRATED 36,149 36,149
FAMILY OF TEST
EQUIPMENT
(IFTE).
144 TEST EQUIPMENT 32,623 32,623
MODERNIZATION
(TEMOD).
OTHER SUPPORT
EQUIPMENT
145 PHYSICAL 132,739 132,739
SECURITY
SYSTEMS (OPA3).
146 BASE LEVEL 34,460 34,460
COMMON
EQUIPMENT.
147 MODIFICATION OF 35,239 35,239
IN-SVC
EQUIPMENT (OPA-
3).
148 BUILDING, PRE- 31,011 31,011
FAB,
RELOCATABLE.
149 SPECIAL 52,481 52,481
EQUIPMENT FOR
TEST AND
EVALUATION.
OPA2
151 INITIAL SPARES-- 9,169 9,169
C&E.
TOTAL 4 8,672,979 1 55,051 5 8,728,030
OTHER
PROCUREMEN
T, ARMY.
AIRCRAFT
PROCUREMENT,
NAVY
COMBAT AIRCRAFT
001 F/A-18E/F 41,329 41,329
(FIGHTER)
HORNET.
002 JOINT STRIKE 19 2,410,569 -28,500 19 2,382,069
FIGHTER CV.
Flyaway [-28,500]
unit cost
growth.
003 JOINT STRIKE 189,425 189,425
FIGHTER CV AP.
004 JSF STOVL...... 16 2,126,317 -89,600 16 2,036,717
Flyaway [-89,600]
unit cost
growth.
005 JSF STOVL AP... 193,125 193,125
006 CH-53K (HEAVY 15 1,698,050 15 1,698,050
LIFT).
007 CH-53K (HEAVY 456,567 456,567
LIFT) AP.
008 V-22 (MEDIUM 27,216 27,216
LIFT).
009 H-1 UPGRADES 4,292 4,292
(UH-1Y/AH-1Z).
010 P-8A POSEIDON.. 31,257 2 360,000 2 391,257
Two [2] [360,000]
additional
aircraft.
011 E-2D ADV 182,817 182,817
HAWKEYE.
TRAINER
AIRCRAFT
013 MULTI-ENGINE 26 289,141 26 289,141
TRAINING
SYSTEM (METS).
OTHER AIRCRAFT
015 KC-130J........ 2 241,291 2 241,291
017 MQ-4 TRITON.... 2 416,010 2 416,010
019 MQ-8 UAV....... 1,546 1,546
021 MQ-25.......... 3 545,697 -199,000 3 346,697
Scheduling [-199,000]
delays.
022 MQ-25 AP....... 50,576 -12,600 37,976
Scheduling [-12,600]
delays.
023 MARINE GROUP 5 5 89,563 -17,900 5 71,663
UAS.
Early to [-17,900]
need.
023A UC-12W......... 2 45,000 2 45,000
USMC UPL--2 [2] [45,000]
additional
aircraft.
MODIFICATION OF
AIRCRAFT
024 F-18 A-D UNIQUE 116,551 116,551
025 F-18E/F AND EA- 605,416 605,416
18G
MODERNIZATION
AND SUSTAINM.
026 MARINE GROUP 5 98,063 98,063
UAS SERIES.
027 AEA SYSTEMS.... 24,110 24,110
028 AV-8 SERIES.... 22,829 22,829
029 INFRARED SEARCH 179,193 179,193
AND TRACK
(IRST).
030 ADVERSARY...... 69,336 69,336
031 F-18 SERIES.... 640,236 640,236
032 H-53 SERIES.... 41,414 41,414
033 MH-60 SERIES... 106,495 106,495
034 H-1 SERIES..... 114,284 29,000 143,284
UH-1Y--SIEP [29,000]
U Upgrades.
035 EP-3 SERIES.... 8,548 8,548
036 E-2 SERIES..... 183,246 183,246
037 TRAINER A/C 16,376 16,376
SERIES.
039 C-130 SERIES... 198,220 198,220
040 FEWSG.......... 651 651
041 CARGO/TRANSPORT 13,930 13,930
A/C SERIES.
042 E-6 SERIES..... 164,571 164,571
043 EXECUTIVE 60,498 60,498
HELICOPTERS
SERIES.
044 T-45 SERIES.... 170,357 170,357
045 POWER PLANT 21,079 21,079
CHANGES.
046 JPATS SERIES... 28,005 28,005
048 COMMON ECM 53,614 53,614
EQUIPMENT.
049 COMMON AVIONICS 136,199 136,199
CHANGES.
050 COMMON 6,585 6,585
DEFENSIVE
WEAPON SYSTEM.
051 ID SYSTEMS..... 13,085 13,085
052 P-8 SERIES..... 316,168 316,168
053 MAGTF EW FOR 24,901 24,901
AVIATION.
054 MQ-8 SERIES.... 14,700 14,700
055 V-22 (TILT/ 215,997 10,890 226,887
ROTOR ACFT)
OSPREY.
V-22 [10,890]
Nacelle
Improvement.
056 NEXT GENERATION 426,396 426,396
JAMMER (NGJ).
057 F-35 STOVL 311,921 311,921
SERIES.
058 F-35 CV SERIES. 166,909 166,909
059 QRC............ 28,206 28,206
060 MQ-4 SERIES.... 93,951 93,951
AIRCRAFT SPARES
AND REPAIR
PARTS
062 SPARES AND 2,451,244 2,451,244
REPAIR PARTS.
AIRCRAFT
SUPPORT EQUIP
& FACILITIES
063 COMMON GROUND 566,156 -5,000 561,156
EQUIPMENT.
Program [-5,000]
decrease.
064 AIRCRAFT 133,815 133,815
INDUSTRIAL
FACILITIES.
065 WAR CONSUMABLES 44,632 44,632
066 OTHER 49,907 49,907
PRODUCTION
CHARGES.
067 SPECIAL SUPPORT 404,178 -19,400 384,778
EQUIPMENT.
Flyaway [-19,400]
unit cost
growth.
TOTAL 88 17,336,760 4 72,890 92 17,409,650
AIRCRAFT
PROCUREMEN
T, NAVY.
WEAPONS
PROCUREMENT,
NAVY
BALLISTIC
MISSILES
001 CONVENTIONAL 8 341,434 8 341,434
PROMPT STRIKE.
MODIFICATION OF
MISSILES
002 TRIDENT II MODS 1,284,705 1,284,705
SUPPORT
EQUIPMENT &
FACILITIES
003 MISSILE 7,954 7,954
INDUSTRIAL
FACILITIES.
STRATEGIC
MISSILES
004 TOMAHAWK....... 72,908 72,908
TACTICAL
MISSILES
005 AMRAAM......... 374 439,153 374 439,153
006 SIDEWINDER..... 147 78,165 147 78,165
007 STANDARD 125 969,525 79,800 125 1,049,325
MISSILE.
INDOPACOM [79,800]
UPL--Standa
rd Missile
1B Variant.
008 STANDARD 227,320 227,320
MISSILE AP.
009 SMALL DIAMETER 250 65,863 250 65,863
BOMB II.
010 RAM............ 120 114,896 120 114,896
011 JOINT AIR 264 79,292 264 79,292
GROUND MISSILE
(JAGM).
012 HELLFIRE....... 40 6,923 40 6,923
013 AERIAL TARGETS. 176,588 176,588
014 OTHER MISSILE 3,687 3,687
SUPPORT.
015 LRASM.......... 91 639,636 91 639,636
016 NAVAL STRIKE 13 29,925 13 29,925
MISSILE (NSM).
017 NAVAL STRIKE 5,755 5,755
MISSILE (NSM)
AP.
MODIFICATION OF
MISSILES
018 TOMAHAWK MODS.. 540,944 540,944
019 ESSM........... 147 290,129 147 290,129
020 AARGM-ER....... 83 162,429 83 162,429
021 AARGM-ER AP.... 33,273 33,273
022 STANDARD 89,255 89,255
MISSILES MODS.
SUPPORT
EQUIPMENT &
FACILITIES
023 WEAPONS 2,037 2,037
INDUSTRIAL
FACILITIES.
ORDNANCE
SUPPORT
EQUIPMENT
025 ORDNANCE 208,154 208,154
SUPPORT
EQUIPMENT.
TORPEDOES AND
RELATED EQUIP
026 SSTD........... 4,830 4,830
027 MK-48 TORPEDO.. 78 308,497 43,092 78 351,589
Program [43,092]
increase.
028 ASW TARGETS.... 14,817 14,817
MOD OF
TORPEDOES AND
RELATED EQUIP
029 MK-54 TORPEDO 104,086 104,086
MODS.
030 MK-48 TORPEDO 20,714 20,714
ADCAP MODS.
031 MARITIME MINES. 58,800 25,000 83,800
INDOPACOM [25,000]
UPL--Hammer
head Mine.
SUPPORT
EQUIPMENT
032 TORPEDO SUPPORT 133,187 133,187
EQUIPMENT.
033 ASW RANGE 4,146 4,146
SUPPORT.
DESTINATION
TRANSPORTATION
034 FIRST 5,811 5,811
DESTINATION
TRANSPORTATION.
GUNS AND GUN
MOUNTS
035 SMALL ARMS AND 14,165 14,165
WEAPONS.
MODIFICATION OF
GUNS AND GUN
MOUNTS
036 CIWS MODS...... 4,088 4,088
037 COAST GUARD 55,172 55,172
WEAPONS.
038 GUN MOUNT MODS. 82,682 82,682
039 LCS MODULE 18 3,264 18 3,264
WEAPONS.
040 AIRBORNE MINE 14,357 14,357
NEUTRALIZATION
SYSTEMS.
SPARES AND
REPAIR PARTS
042 SPARES AND 177,819 177,819
REPAIR PARTS.
TOTAL 1,758 6,876,385 147,892 1,758 7,024,277
WEAPONS
PROCUREMEN
T, NAVY.
PROCUREMENT OF
AMMUNITION,
NAVY AND
MARINE CORPS
NAVY AMMUNITION
001 GENERAL PURPOSE 43,519 43,519
BOMBS.
002 JDAM........... 1,464 73,689 1,464 73,689
003 AIRBORNE 67,423 67,423
ROCKETS, ALL
TYPES.
004 MACHINE GUN 11,862 11,862
AMMUNITION.
005 PRACTICE BOMBS. 52,481 52,481
006 CARTRIDGES & 72,426 72,426
CART ACTUATED
DEVICES.
007 AIR EXPENDABLE 104,529 104,529
COUNTERMEASURE
S.
008 JATOS.......... 7,433 7,433
009 5 INCH/54 GUN 30,871 30,871
AMMUNITION.
010 INTERMEDIATE 41,261 41,261
CALIBER GUN
AMMUNITION.
011 OTHER SHIP GUN 44,044 44,044
AMMUNITION.
012 SMALL ARMS & 48,478 48,478
LANDING PARTY
AMMO.
013 PYROTECHNIC AND 9,521 9,521
DEMOLITION.
014 AMMUNITION LESS 1,679 1,679
THAN $5
MILLION.
015 EXPEDITIONARY 249,575 75,000 324,575
LOITERING
MUNITIONS.
Goalkeeper. [75,000]
MARINE CORPS
AMMUNITION
016 MORTARS........ 61,274 61,274
017 DIRECT SUPPORT 73,338 73,338
MUNITIONS.
018 INFANTRY 178,240 178,240
WEAPONS
AMMUNITION.
019 COMBAT SUPPORT 15,897 15,897
MUNITIONS.
020 AMMO 17,941 17,941
MODERNIZATION.
021 ARTILLERY 82,452 82,452
MUNITIONS.
022 ITEMS LESS THAN 5,340 5,340
$5 MILLION.
TOTAL 1,464 1,293,273 75,000 1,464 1,368,273
PROCUREMEN
T OF
AMMUNITION
, NAVY AND
MARINE
CORPS.
SHIPBUILDING
AND
CONVERSION,
NAVY
FLEET BALLISTIC
MISSILE SHIPS
001 OHIO 1 2,443,598 88,000 1 2,531,598
REPLACEMENT
SUBMARINE.
Submarine [88,000]
industrial
base.
002 OHIO 3,390,734 3,390,734
REPLACEMENT
SUBMARINE AP.
OTHER WARSHIPS
003 CARRIER 1,115,296 160,000 1,275,296
REPLACEMENT
PROGRAM.
Navy UPL-- [160,000]
CVN 75 and
CVN 80
SEWIP BLK
III.
004 CVN-81......... 800,492 800,492
005 VIRGINIA CLASS 2 7,129,965 2 7,129,965
SUBMARINE.
006 VIRGINIA CLASS 3,215,539 -325,100 2,890,439
SUBMARINE AP.
Early to [-325,100]
need.
008 CVN REFUELING 817,646 817,646
OVERHAULS AP.
009 DDG 1000....... 410,400 410,400
010 DDG-51......... 2 4,199,179 2 4,199,179
011 DDG-51 AP...... 284,035 155,000 439,035
Explosion [5,000]
welding.
Program [150,000]
increase.
013 FFG-FRIGATE.... 2 2,173,698 -10,000 2 2,163,698
Insufficien [-10,000]
t
justificati
on.
AMPHIBIOUS
SHIPS
016 LPD-17......... 1 750,000 1 750,000
LPD-33..... [1] [750,000]
018 LHA REPLACEMENT 1,830,149 1,830,149
020 EXPEDITIONARY 5,000 5,000
FAST TRANSPORT
(EPF).
Expeditiona [5,000]
ry Medical
Ship long-
lead time
material
(LLTM).
AUXILIARIES,
CRAFT AND
PRIOR YR
PROGRAM COST
021 AS SUBMARINE 1 1,733,234 -1,485,234 1 248,000
TENDER.
Late [-1,485,234]
contract
award.
022 TAO FLEET OILER 1 815,420 1 815,420
025 LCU 1700....... 2 62,532 2 62,532
026 OUTFITTING..... 557,365 557,365
028 SERVICE CRAFT.. 63,815 30,000 93,815
Yard, [30,000]
Repair,
Berthing,
and Messing
Barge.
029 AUXILIARY 1 72,000 1 72,000
PERSONNEL
LIGHTER.
Auxiliary [1] [72,000]
Personnel
Lighter.
030 LCAC SLEP...... 1 15,286 1 15,286
031 AUXILIARY 2 142,008 2 142,008
VESSELS (USED
SEALIFT).
032 COMPLETION OF 1,648,559 1,648,559
PY
SHIPBUILDING
PROGRAMS.
TOTAL 14 32,848,950 2 -560,334 16 32,288,616
SHIPBUILDI
NG AND
CONVERSION
, NAVY.
OTHER
PROCUREMENT,
NAVY
SHIP PROPULSION
EQUIPMENT
001 SURFACE POWER 14,003 14,003
EQUIPMENT.
GENERATORS
002 SURFACE 105,441 105,441
COMBATANT HM&E.
NAVIGATION
EQUIPMENT
003 OTHER 110,286 110,286
NAVIGATION
EQUIPMENT.
OTHER SHIPBOARD
EQUIPMENT
004 SUB PERISCOPE, 262,951 262,951
IMAGING AND
SUPT EQUIP
PROG.
005 DDG MOD........ 628,532 10,000 638,532
Navy Common [10,000]
Actuator.
006 FIREFIGHTING 34,782 34,782
EQUIPMENT.
007 COMMAND AND 2,458 2,458
CONTROL
SWITCHBOARD.
008 LHA/LHD MIDLIFE 104,369 104,369
009 LCC 19/20 10,529 10,529
EXTENDED
SERVICE LIFE
PROGRAM.
010 POLLUTION 23,272 23,272
CONTROL
EQUIPMENT.
011 SUBMARINE 112,526 112,526
SUPPORT
EQUIPMENT.
012 VIRGINIA CLASS 32,076 32,076
SUPPORT
EQUIPMENT.
013 LCS CLASS 18,832 18,832
SUPPORT
EQUIPMENT.
014 SUBMARINE 28,221 28,221
BATTERIES.
015 LPD CLASS 91,890 91,890
SUPPORT
EQUIPMENT.
016 DDG 1000 CLASS 232,124 61,900 294,024
SUPPORT
EQUIPMENT.
Navy UPL... [61,900]
017 STRATEGIC 25,058 25,058
PLATFORM
SUPPORT EQUIP.
018 DSSP EQUIPMENT. 4,623 4,623
020 LCAC........... 10,794 10,794
021 UNDERWATER EOD 19,549 19,549
EQUIPMENT.
022 ITEMS LESS THAN 86,001 86,001
$5 MILLION.
023 CHEMICAL 3,288 3,288
WARFARE
DETECTORS.
REACTOR PLANT
EQUIPMENT
024 SHIP 2,746,313 2,746,313
MAINTENANCE,
REPAIR AND
MODERNIZATION.
025 REACTOR POWER 2,016 2,016
UNITS.
026 REACTOR 390,148 390,148
COMPONENTS.
OCEAN
ENGINEERING
027 DIVING AND 18,086 18,086
SALVAGE
EQUIPMENT.
SMALL BOATS
028 STANDARD BOATS. 74,963 7 12,000 7 86,963
40-foot [7] [12,000]
Patrol
Boats.
PRODUCTION
FACILITIES
EQUIPMENT
029 OPERATING 187,495 187,495
FORCES IPE.
OTHER SHIP
SUPPORT
030 LCS COMMON 49,060 -30,000 19,060
MISSION
MODULES
EQUIPMENT.
Excess to [-30,000]
need.
031 LCS MCM MISSION 93,961 -35,000 58,961
MODULES.
Excess to [-35,000]
need.
033 LCS SUW MISSION 12,102 12,102
MODULES.
034 LCS IN-SERVICE 171,704 -25,000 146,704
MODERNIZATION.
Excessive [-25,000]
cost growth.
035 SMALL & MEDIUM 61,951 -10,000 51,951
UUV.
Late [-5,000]
contract
award--Razo
rback.
Late [-5,000]
execution--
Viperfish.
LOGISTIC
SUPPORT
036 LSD MIDLIFE & 7,594 7,594
MODERNIZATION.
SHIP SONARS
037 SPQ-9B RADAR... 7,267 7,267
038 AN/SQQ-89 SURF 138,065 138,065
ASW COMBAT
SYSTEM.
039 SSN ACOUSTIC 463,577 -10,000 453,577
EQUIPMENT.
Excessive [-10,000]
cost growth.
040 UNDERSEA 23,452 23,452
WARFARE
SUPPORT
EQUIPMENT.
ASW ELECTRONIC
EQUIPMENT
041 SUBMARINE 46,726 46,726
ACOUSTIC
WARFARE SYSTEM.
042 SSTD........... 14,560 14,560
043 FIXED 420,069 420,069
SURVEILLANCE
SYSTEM.
044 SURTASS........ 33,910 33,910
ELECTRONIC
WARFARE
EQUIPMENT
045 AN/SLQ-32...... 329,513 329,513
RECONNAISSANCE
EQUIPMENT
046 SHIPBOARD IW 379,230 -25,000 354,230
EXPLOIT.
Excessive [-15,000]
cost growth.
Program [-10,000]
decrease.
047 AUTOMATED 4,082 4,082
IDENTIFICATION
SYSTEM (AIS).
OTHER SHIP
ELECTRONIC
EQUIPMENT
048 COOPERATIVE 37,677 37,677
ENGAGEMENT
CAPABILITY.
049 NAVAL TACTICAL 15,374 15,374
COMMAND
SUPPORT SYSTEM
(NTCSS).
050 ATDLS.......... 50,148 50,148
051 NAVY COMMAND 3,918 3,918
AND CONTROL
SYSTEM (NCCS).
052 MINESWEEPING 16,814 16,814
SYSTEM
REPLACEMENT.
054 NAVSTAR GPS 37,319 37,319
RECEIVERS
(SPACE).
055 AMERICAN FORCES 2,750 2,750
RADIO AND TV
SERVICE.
056 STRATEGIC 6,437 6,437
PLATFORM
SUPPORT EQUIP.
AVIATION
ELECTRONIC
EQUIPMENT
057 ASHORE ATC 89,237 89,237
EQUIPMENT.
058 AFLOAT ATC 90,487 -5,000 85,487
EQUIPMENT.
Excessive [-5,000]
cost growth.
059 ID SYSTEMS..... 59,234 59,234
060 JOINT PRECISION 3,343 3,343
APPROACH AND
LANDING SYSTEM.
061 NAVAL MISSION 39,180 39,180
PLANNING
SYSTEMS.
OTHER SHORE
ELECTRONIC
EQUIPMENT
062 MARITIME 6,994 6,994
INTEGRATED
BROADCAST
SYSTEM.
063 TACTICAL/MOBILE 52,026 52,026
C4I SYSTEMS.
064 DCGS-N......... 16,579 16,579
065 CANES.......... 467,587 5,000 472,587
Program [5,000]
increase.
066 RADIAC......... 16,475 16,475
067 CANES-INTELL... 48,207 48,207
068 GPETE.......... 25,761 25,761
069 MASF........... 16,475 16,475
070 INTEG COMBAT 6,345 6,345
SYSTEM TEST
FACILITY.
071 EMI CONTROL 4,282 4,282
INSTRUMENTATIO
N.
073 IN-SERVICE 255,256 -15,000 240,256
RADARS AND
SENSORS.
Insufficien [-15,000]
t
justificati
on.
SHIPBOARD
COMMUNICATIONS
074 BATTLE FORCE 74,180 74,180
TACTICAL
NETWORK.
075 SHIPBOARD 29,776 29,776
TACTICAL
COMMUNICATIONS.
076 SHIP 96,916 96,916
COMMUNICATIONS
AUTOMATION.
077 COMMUNICATIONS 14,107 14,107
ITEMS UNDER
$5M.
SUBMARINE
COMMUNICATIONS
078 SUBMARINE 73,791 1,200 74,991
BROADCAST
SUPPORT.
Navy UPL-- [1,200]
VIOLET.
079 SUBMARINE 83,178 83,178
COMMUNICATION
EQUIPMENT.
SATELLITE
COMMUNICATIONS
080 SATELLITE 72,871 72,871
COMMUNICATIONS
SYSTEMS.
081 NAVY MULTIBAND 37,921 37,921
TERMINAL (NMT).
SHORE
COMMUNICATIONS
082 JOINT 5,065 5,065
COMMUNICATIONS
SUPPORT
ELEMENT (JCSE).
CRYPTOGRAPHIC
EQUIPMENT
083 INFO SYSTEMS 154,890 154,890
SECURITY
PROGRAM (ISSP).
084 MIO INTEL 1,079 1,079
EXPLOITATION
TEAM.
CRYPTOLOGIC
EQUIPMENT
085 CRYPTOLOGIC 17,483 17,483
COMMUNICATIONS
EQUIP.
OTHER
ELECTRONIC
SUPPORT
086 COAST GUARD 77,458 77,458
EQUIPMENT.
SONOBUOYS
088 SONOBUOYS--ALL 311,177 10,000 321,177
TYPES.
Increase [10,000]
industrial
capacity.
AIRCRAFT
SUPPORT
EQUIPMENT
089 MINOTAUR....... 5,396 5,396
090 WEAPONS RANGE 147,556 147,556
SUPPORT
EQUIPMENT.
091 AIRCRAFT 162,273 162,273
SUPPORT
EQUIPMENT.
092 ADVANCED 11,930 11,930
ARRESTING GEAR
(AAG).
093 ELECTROMAGNETIC 17,836 17,836
AIRCRAFT
LAUNCH SYSTEM
(EMALS.
094 METEOROLOGICAL 19,703 19,703
EQUIPMENT.
095 LEGACY AIRBORNE 12,202 12,202
MCM.
097 AVIATION 82,115 82,115
SUPPORT
EQUIPMENT.
098 UMCS-UNMAN 152,687 152,687
CARRIER
AVIATION(UCA)M
ISSION CNTRL.
099 ARCHITECT & CAP 1,612 1,612
FOR AUTONOMY
IN NAV ENTER.
SHIP GUN SYSTEM
EQUIPMENT
100 SHIP GUN 6,404 6,404
SYSTEMS
EQUIPMENT.
SHIP MISSILE
SYSTEMS
EQUIPMENT
101 HARPOON SUPPORT 227 227
EQUIPMENT.
102 SHIP MISSILE 294,511 294,511
SUPPORT
EQUIPMENT.
103 TOMAHAWK 92,432 92,432
SUPPORT
EQUIPMENT.
FBM SUPPORT
EQUIPMENT
104 STRATEGIC 325,318 325,318
MISSILE
SYSTEMS EQUIP.
ASW SUPPORT
EQUIPMENT
105 SSN COMBAT 133,063 133,063
CONTROL
SYSTEMS.
106 ASW SUPPORT 27,469 27,469
EQUIPMENT.
OTHER ORDNANCE
SUPPORT
EQUIPMENT
107 EXPLOSIVE 27,864 27,864
ORDNANCE
DISPOSAL EQUIP.
108 ITEMS LESS THAN 6,171 6,171
$5 MILLION.
OTHER
EXPENDABLE
ORDNANCE
109 ANTI-SHIP 56,630 4,500 61,130
MISSILE DECOY
SYSTEM.
CONUS-Based [4,500]
Repair,
Refurbishme
nt and
Production
of NULKA
Decoy
Canisters.
110 SUBMARINE 76,954 76,954
TRAINING
DEVICE MODS.
111 SURFACE 209,487 209,487
TRAINING
EQUIPMENT.
CIVIL
ENGINEERING
SUPPORT
EQUIPMENT
112 PASSENGER 3,827 3,827
CARRYING
VEHICLES.
113 GENERAL PURPOSE 4,570 4,570
TRUCKS.
114 CONSTRUCTION & 56,829 56,829
MAINTENANCE
EQUIP.
115 FIRE FIGHTING 16,583 16,583
EQUIPMENT.
116 TACTICAL 24,236 24,236
VEHICLES.
117 AMPHIBIOUS 4,504 4,504
EQUIPMENT.
118 POLLUTION 3,898 3,898
CONTROL
EQUIPMENT.
119 ITEMS LESS THAN 67,286 67,286
$5 MILLION.
120 PHYSICAL 1,286 1,286
SECURITY
VEHICLES.
SUPPLY SUPPORT
EQUIPMENT
121 SUPPLY 33,258 33,258
EQUIPMENT.
122 FIRST 6,977 6,977
DESTINATION
TRANSPORTATION.
123 SPECIAL PURPOSE 659,529 -3,666 655,863
SUPPLY SYSTEMS.
Program [-3,666]
decrease.
TRAINING
DEVICES
124 TRAINING 2,083 2,083
SUPPORT
EQUIPMENT.
125 TRAINING AND 106,542 -40,000 66,542
EDUCATION
EQUIPMENT.
Excessive [-25,000]
cost growth.
Program [-15,000]
decrease.
COMMAND SUPPORT
EQUIPMENT
126 COMMAND SUPPORT 44,448 36,900 81,348
EQUIPMENT.
AFRICOM [36,900]
UPL--Somali
a
Persistent
Presence.
127 MEDICAL SUPPORT 12,529 12,529
EQUIPMENT.
129 NAVAL MIP 5,408 5,408
SUPPORT
EQUIPMENT.
130 OPERATING 12,105 12,105
FORCES SUPPORT
EQUIPMENT.
131 C4ISR EQUIPMENT 7,670 7,670
132 ENVIRONMENTAL 52,597 -10,000 42,597
SUPPORT
EQUIPMENT.
Excessive [-10,000]
cost growth.
133 PHYSICAL 108,901 108,901
SECURITY
EQUIPMENT.
134 ENTERPRISE 42,154 42,154
INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY.
OTHER
139 NEXT GENERATION 177,585 177,585
ENTERPRISE
SERVICE.
140 CYBERSPACE 23,176 23,176
ACTIVITIES.
CLASSIFIED
PROGRAMS
143A CLASSIFIED 16,290 11,500 27,790
PROGRAMS.
Program [11,500]
increase.
SPARES AND
REPAIR PARTS
142 SPARES AND 645,900 -20,000 625,900
REPAIR PARTS.
Program [-20,000]
decrease.
143 VIRGINIA CLASS 470,000 470,000
(VACL) SPARES
AND REPAIR
PARTS.
UNDISTRIBUTED
144 UNDISTRIBUTED.. -26,000 -26,000
Decommissio [-56,000]
n CG-69 USS
Vicksburg.
Restore CG- [30,000]
63 USS
Cowpens.
TOTAL 14,535,257 7 -101,666 7 14,433,591
OTHER
PROCUREMEN
T, NAVY.
PROCUREMENT,
MARINE CORPS
TRACKED COMBAT
VEHICLES
001 AAV7A1 PIP..... 3,353 3,353
002 AMPHIBIOUS 80 557,564 -5,100 80 552,464
COMBAT VEHICLE
FAMILY OF
VEHICLES.
Unjustified [-5,100]
growth--Pro
gram
Management.
003 LAV PIP........ 42,052 42,052
ARTILLERY AND
OTHER WEAPONS
004 155MM 489 489
LIGHTWEIGHT
TOWED HOWITZER.
005 ARTILLERY 165,268 165,268
WEAPONS SYSTEM.
006 WEAPONS AND 14,004 14,004
COMBAT
VEHICLES UNDER
$5 MILLION.
GUIDED MISSILES
007 TOMAHAWK....... 34 105,192 34 105,192
008 NAVAL STRIKE 90 169,726 90 169,726
MISSILE (NSM).
009 NAVAL STRIKE 39,244 39,244
MISSILE (NSM)
AP.
010 GROUND BASED 249,103 249,103
AIR DEFENSE.
011 ANTI-ARMOR 54,883 54,883
MISSILE-
JAVELIN.
012 FAMILY ANTI- 23,627 23,627
ARMOR WEAPON
SYSTEMS
(FOAAWS).
013 ANTI-ARMOR 2,007 2,007
MISSILE-TOW.
014 GUIDED MLRS 48 8,867 48 8,867
ROCKET (GMLRS).
COMMAND AND
CONTROL
SYSTEMS
015 COMMON AVIATION 75,382 -5,900 69,482
COMMAND AND
CONTROL SYSTEM.
Unjustified [-5,900]
fielding
growth.
REPAIR AND TEST
EQUIPMENT
016 REPAIR AND TEST 53,590 53,590
EQUIPMENT.
OTHER SUPPORT
(TEL)
017 MODIFICATION 1,782 1,782
KITS.
COMMAND AND
CONTROL SYSTEM
(NON-TEL)
018 ITEMS UNDER $5 122,917 122,917
MILLION (COMM
& ELEC).
019 AIR OPERATIONS 23,744 23,744
C2 SYSTEMS.
RADAR +
EQUIPMENT (NON-
TEL)
020 GROUND/AIR TASK 66,291 66,291
ORIENTED RADAR
(G/ATOR).
INTELL/COMM
EQUIPMENT (NON-
TEL)
021 ELECTRO 177,270 177,270
MAGNETIC
SPECTRUM
OPERATIONS
(EMSO).
022 GCSS-MC........ 4,144 4,144
023 FIRE SUPPORT 58,483 58,483
SYSTEM.
024 INTELLIGENCE 148,062 2,000 150,062
SUPPORT
EQUIPMENT.
Marine [2,000]
Innovation
Unit.
026 UNMANNED AIR 52,273 52,273
SYSTEMS
(INTEL).
027 DCGS-MC........ 68,289 5,100 73,389
USMC UPL #5 [5,100]
028 UAS PAYLOADS... 19,088 19,088
OTHER SUPPORT
(NON-TEL)
031 EXPEDITIONARY 2,010 2,010
SUPPORT
EQUIPMENT.
032 MARINE CORPS 259,044 259,044
ENTERPRISE
NETWORK (MCEN).
033 COMMON COMPUTER 27,966 27,966
RESOURCES.
034 COMMAND POST 71,109 71,109
SYSTEMS.
035 RADIO SYSTEMS.. 544,059 544,059
036 COMM SWITCHING 46,276 46,276
& CONTROL
SYSTEMS.
037 COMM & ELEC 27,111 27,111
INFRASTRUCTURE
SUPPORT.
038 CYBERSPACE 27,583 27,583
ACTIVITIES.
040 UNMANNED 13,564 13,564
EXPEDITIONARY
SYSTEMS.
CLASSIFIED
PROGRAMS
057A CLASSIFIED 2,799 2,799
PROGRAMS.
ADMINISTRATIVE
VEHICLES
043 COMMERCIAL 34,169 34,169
CARGO VEHICLES.
TACTICAL
VEHICLES
044 MOTOR TRANSPORT 17,299 17,299
MODIFICATIONS.
045 JOINT LIGHT 396 232,501 396 232,501
TACTICAL
VEHICLE.
046 TRAILERS....... 2,034 2,034
ENGINEER AND
OTHER
EQUIPMENT
047 TACTICAL FUEL 12,956 12,956
SYSTEMS.
048 POWER EQUIPMENT 28,899 28,899
ASSORTED.
049 AMPHIBIOUS 15,691 15,691
SUPPORT
EQUIPMENT.
050 EOD SYSTEMS.... 41,200 41,200
MATERIALS
HANDLING
EQUIPMENT
051 PHYSICAL 53,949 53,949
SECURITY
EQUIPMENT.
GENERAL
PROPERTY
052 FIELD MEDICAL 5,457 5,457
EQUIPMENT.
053 TRAINING 96,577 96,577
DEVICES.
054 FAMILY OF 29,883 29,883
CONSTRUCTION
EQUIPMENT.
055 ULTRA-LIGHT 17,034 17,034
TACTICAL
VEHICLE (ULTV).
OTHER SUPPORT
056 ITEMS LESS THAN 27,691 27,691
$5 MILLION.
SPARES AND
REPAIR PARTS
057 SPARES AND 35,657 35,657
REPAIR PARTS.
TOTAL 648 3,979,212 -3,900 648 3,975,312
PROCUREMEN
T, MARINE
CORPS.
AIRCRAFT
PROCUREMENT,
AIR FORCE
STRATEGIC
OFFENSIVE
001 B-21 RAIDER.... 1,617,093 1,617,093
002 B-21 RAIDER AP. 708,000 708,000
TACTICAL FORCES
003 F-35........... 48 4,877,121 -124,800 48 4,752,321
Flyaway [-124,800]
unit cost
growth.
004 F-35 AP........ 402,000 402,000
005 F-15EX......... 24 2,670,039 -200,448 24 2,469,591
Technical [-200,448]
realignment.
006 F-15EX AP...... 228,000 92,000 320,000
FY25 6 [92,000]
additional
aircraft.
TACTICAL
AIRLIFT
007 KC-46A MDAP.... 15 2,882,590 15 2,882,590
OTHER AIRLIFT
008 C-130J......... 34,921 34,921
HELICOPTERS
011 MH-139A........ 7 228,807 7 228,807
012 COMBAT RESCUE 282,533 282,533
HELICOPTER.
MISSION SUPPORT
AIRCRAFT
013 CIVIL AIR 3,013 8,887 11,900
PATROL A/C.
Program [8,887]
increase.
OTHER AIRCRAFT
015 TARGET DRONES.. 20 42,226 20 42,226
017 E-11 BACN/HAG.. 1 67,367 1 67,367
STRATEGIC
AIRCRAFT
019 B-2A........... 107,980 107,980
020 B-1B........... 12,757 -2,975 9,782
Technical [-2,975]
realignment.
021 B-52........... 65,815 -14,017 51,798
Technical [-14,017]
realignment.
022 LARGE AIRCRAFT 21,723 21,723
INFRARED
COUNTERMEASURE
S.
TACTICAL
AIRCRAFT
024 E-11 BACN/HAG.. 58,923 58,923
025 F-15........... 34,830 120,448 155,278
Technical [120,448]
realignment.
026 F-16........... 297,342 100,000 397,342
IVEWS [100,000]
restoration.
027 F-22A.......... 794,676 794,676
028 F-35 451,798 451,798
MODIFICATIONS.
029 F-15 EPAW...... 280,658 280,658
AIRLIFT
AIRCRAFT
031 C-5............ 24,377 24,377
032 C-17A.......... 140,560 140,560
033 C-32A.......... 19,060 19,060
034 C-37A.......... 13,454 13,454
TRAINER
AIRCRAFT
035 GLIDER MODS.... 5,270 5,270
036 T-6............ 2,942 2,942
037 T-1............ 10,950 10,950
038 T-38........... 125,340 125,340
OTHER AIRCRAFT
040 U-2 MODS....... 54,727 54,727
042 C-12........... 446 446
044 VC-25A MOD..... 29,707 29,707
045 C-40........... 8,921 8,921
046 C-130.......... 71,177 22,000 93,177
iMAFFS..... [22,000]
047 C-130J MODS.... 121,258 121,258
048 C-135.......... 153,595 153,595
049 COMPASS CALL... 144,686 50,000 194,686
SABER [50,000]
integration
on EC-37B
aircraft.
050 COMBAT FLIGHT 446 446
INSPECTION--CF
IN.
051 RC-135......... 220,138 220,138
052 E-3............ 1,350 1,350
052A E-7A AP........ 300,000 300,000
USAF UPL... [300,000]
053 E-4............ 13,055 13,055
056 H-1............ 816 816
057 H-60........... 4,207 4,207
060 HC/MC-130 101,055 101,055
MODIFICATIONS.
061 OTHER AIRCRAFT. 54,134 19,269 73,403
Technical [11,619]
realignment.
Technical [7,650]
realignment
-Sentinel
Aircraft
Procurement.
062 MQ-9 MODS...... 98,063 98,063
064 SENIOR LEADER 24,847 24,847
C3 SYSTEM--
AIRCRAFT.
065 CV-22 MODS..... 153,006 153,006
AIRCRAFT SPARES
AND REPAIR
PARTS
066 INITIAL SPARES/ 781,521 -8,644 772,877
REPAIR PARTS.
Technical [-8,644]
realignment.
COMMON SUPPORT
EQUIPMENT
067 AIRCRAFT 157,664 157,664
REPLACEMENT
SUPPORT EQUIP.
POST PRODUCTION
SUPPORT
068 B-2A........... 1,838 1,838
069 B-2B........... 15,207 15,207
072 MC-130J........ 10,117 10,117
074 F-16........... 1,075 1,075
075 F-22A.......... 38,418 38,418
INDUSTRIAL
PREPAREDNESS
079 INDUSTRIAL 18,874 18,874
RESPONSIVENESS.
WAR CONSUMABLES
080 WAR CONSUMABLES 27,482 27,482
OTHER
PRODUCTION
CHARGES
081 OTHER 1,478,044 35,600 1,513,644
PRODUCTION
CHARGES.
Classified [190,000]
adjustment.
Excess to [-229,400]
need.
Program [-5,000]
decrease.
Technical [80,000]
realignment.
CLASSIFIED
PROGRAMS
083A CLASSIFIED 17,165 17,165
PROGRAMS.
TOTAL 115 20,315,204 397,320 115 20,712,524
AIRCRAFT
PROCUREMEN
T, AIR
FORCE.
MISSILE
PROCUREMENT,
AIR FORCE
MISSILE
REPLACEMENT
EQUIPMENT--BAL
LISTIC
001 MISSILE 69,319 69,319
REPLACEMENT EQ-
BALLISTIC.
BALLISTIC
MISSILES
003 GROUND BASED 539,300 539,300
STRATEGIC
DETERRENT AP.
STRATEGIC
004 LONG RANGE 66,816 66,816
STAND-OFF
WEAPON.
TACTICAL
005 REPLAC EQUIP & 37,318 37,318
WAR
CONSUMABLES.
006 JOINT AIR- 550 915,996 550 915,996
SURFACE
STANDOFF
MISSILE.
007 JOINT AIR- 769,672 769,672
SURFACE
STANDOFF
MISSILE AP.
008 JOINT STRIKE 48 161,011 48 161,011
MISSILE.
009 LRASM0......... 27 87,796 27 87,796
010 LRASM0 AP...... 99,871 99,871
011 SIDEWINDER (AIM- 192 95,643 192 95,643
9X).
012 AMRAAM......... 457 489,049 457 489,049
013 AMRAAM AP...... 212,410 212,410
014 PREDATOR 1,049 1,049
HELLFIRE
MISSILE.
015 SMALL DIAMETER 874 48,734 874 48,734
BOMB.
016 SMALL DIAMETER 920 291,553 920 291,553
BOMB II.
017 STAND-IN ATTACK 14 41,947 14 41,947
WEAPON (SIAW).
INDUSTRIAL
FACILITIES
018 INDUSTRIAL 793 793
PREPAREDNESS/
POL PREVENTION.
CLASS IV
019 ICBM FUZE MOD.. 115,745 115,745
020 ICBM FUZE MOD 43,044 43,044
AP.
021 MM III 48,639 48,639
MODIFICATIONS.
022 AIR LAUNCH 41,494 41,494
CRUISE MISSILE
(ALCM).
MISSILE SPARES
AND REPAIR
PARTS
023 MSL SPRS/REPAIR 6,840 6,840
PARTS
(INITIAL).
024 MSL SPRS/REPAIR 75,191 75,191
PARTS (REPLEN).
SPECIAL
PROGRAMS
029 SPECIAL UPDATE 419,498 419,498
PROGRAMS.
CLASSIFIED
PROGRAMS
029A CLASSIFIED 851,718 851,718
PROGRAMS.
TOTAL 3,082 5,530,446 3,082 5,530,446
MISSILE
PROCUREMEN
T, AIR
FORCE.
PROCUREMENT OF
AMMUNITION,
AIR FORCE
ROCKETS
001 ROCKETS........ 18,483 18,483
CARTRIDGES
002 CARTRIDGES..... 101,104 101,104
BOMBS
004 GENERAL PURPOSE 142,118 142,118
BOMBS.
005 MASSIVE 14,074 14,074
ORDNANCE
PENETRATOR
(MOP).
006 JOINT DIRECT 1,772 132,364 1,772 132,364
ATTACK
MUNITION.
007 B-61........... 68 68
008 B61-12 TRAINER. 10,100 10,100
OTHER ITEMS
009 CAD/PAD........ 51,487 51,487
010 EXPLOSIVE 6,707 6,707
ORDNANCE
DISPOSAL (EOD).
011 SPARES AND 585 585
REPAIR PARTS.
013 FIRST 2,299 2,299
DESTINATION
TRANSPORTATION.
014 ITEMS LESS THAN 5,115 5,115
$5,000,000.
FLARES
015 EXPENDABLE 79,786 79,786
COUNTERMEASURE
S.
FUZES
016 FUZES.......... 109,562 109,562
SMALL ARMS
017 SMALL ARMS..... 29,306 29,306
TOTAL 1,772 703,158 1,772 703,158
PROCUREMEN
T OF
AMMUNITION
, AIR
FORCE.
PROCUREMENT,
SPACE FORCE
SPACE
PROCUREMENT,
SF
001 AF SATELLITE 64,345 64,345
COMM SYSTEM.
003 COUNTERSPACE 52,665 52,665
SYSTEMS.
004 FAMILY OF 25,057 25,057
BEYOND LINE-OF-
SIGHT
TERMINALS.
005 FABT FORCE 121,634 121,634
ELEMENT
TERMINAL.
007 GENERAL 3,451 3,451
INFORMATION
TECH--SPACE.
008 GPSIII FOLLOW 119,700 -49,300 70,400
ON.
Request for [-49,300]
Equitable
Adjustment.
009 GPS III SPACE 121,770 -18,100 103,670
SEGMENT.
Unjustified [-18,100]
growth SV
03-10
production.
010 GLOBAL 893 893
POSTIONING
(SPACE).
011 HERITAGE 6,110 6,110
TRANSITION.
012 JOINT TACTICAL 580 580
GROUND
STATIONS.
013 SPACEBORNE 83,168 83,168
EQUIP (COMSEC).
014 MILSATCOM...... 44,672 44,672
015 SBIR HIGH 39,438 39,438
(SPACE).
016 SPECIAL SPACE 840,913 -460,700 380,213
ACTIVITIES.
Classified [-497,000]
overrun.
USSF UPL-- [36,300]
Classified
program A.
017 MOBILE USER 101,147 101,147
OBJECTIVE
SYSTEM.
018 NATIONAL 10 2,142,846 10 2,142,846
SECURITY SPACE
LAUNCH.
020 PTES HUB....... 12 56,482 12 56,482
021 ROCKET SYSTEMS 74,848 74,848
LAUNCH PROGRAM.
022 SPACE 5 529,468 5 529,468
DEVELOPMENT
AGENCY LAUNCH.
023 SPACE MODS..... 166,596 166,596
024 SPACELIFT RANGE 114,505 114,505
SYSTEM SPACE.
SPARES
025 SPARES AND 906 906
REPAIR PARTS.
SUPPORT
EQUIPMENT
026 POWER 3,100 3,100
CONDITIONING
EQUIPMENT.
UNDISTRIBUTED
027 UNDISTRIBUTED.. -434,000 -434,000
WGS-12 [-434,000]
delayed
contract
award.
TOTAL 27 4,714,294 -962,100 27 3,752,194
PROCUREMEN
T, SPACE
FORCE.
OTHER
PROCUREMENT,
AIR FORCE
PASSENGER
CARRYING
VEHICLES
001 PASSENGER 6,123 6,123
CARRYING
VEHICLES.
CARGO AND
UTILITY
VEHICLES
002 MEDIUM TACTICAL 3,961 3,961
VEHICLE.
003 CAP VEHICLES... 1,027 1,027
004 CARGO AND 45,036 2,302 47,338
UTILITY
VEHICLES.
Technical [2,302]
realignment.
SPECIAL PURPOSE
VEHICLES
005 JOINT LIGHT 57,780 57,780
TACTICAL
VEHICLE.
006 SECURITY AND 390 390
TACTICAL
VEHICLES.
007 SPECIAL PURPOSE 79,023 3,780 82,803
VEHICLES.
Technical [3,780]
realignment.
FIRE FIGHTING
EQUIPMENT
008 FIRE FIGHTING/ 70,252 70,252
CRASH RESCUE
VEHICLES.
MATERIALS
HANDLING
EQUIPMENT
009 MATERIALS 73,805 2,090 75,895
HANDLING
VEHICLES.
Technical [2,090]
realignment.
BASE
MAINTENANCE
SUPPORT
010 RUNWAY SNOW 22,030 22,030
REMOV AND
CLEANING EQU.
011 BASE 223,354 17,280 240,634
MAINTENANCE
SUPPORT
VEHICLES.
Technical [17,280]
realignment.
COMM SECURITY
EQUIPMENT(COMS
EC)
013 COMSEC 98,600 98,600
EQUIPMENT.
INTELLIGENCE
PROGRAMS
015 INTERNATIONAL 5,393 5,393
INTEL TECH &
ARCHITECTURES.
016 INTELLIGENCE 5,012 5,012
TRAINING
EQUIPMENT.
017 INTELLIGENCE 40,042 40,042
COMM EQUIPMENT.
ELECTRONICS
PROGRAMS
018 AIR TRAFFIC 67,581 67,581
CONTROL &
LANDING SYS.
019 NATIONAL 3,841 3,841
AIRSPACE
SYSTEM.
020 BATTLE CONTROL 1,867 1,867
SYSTEM--FIXED.
022 3D 83,735 83,735
EXPEDITIONARY
LONG-RANGE
RADAR.
023 WEATHER 28,530 28,530
OBSERVATION
FORECAST.
024 STRATEGIC 73,593 73,593
COMMAND AND
CONTROL.
025 CHEYENNE 8,221 8,221
MOUNTAIN
COMPLEX.
026 MISSION 17,078 17,078
PLANNING
SYSTEMS.
029 STRATEGIC 3,861 3,861
MISSION
PLANNING &
EXECUTION
SYSTEM.
SPCL COMM-
ELECTRONICS
PROJECTS
030 GENERAL 206,142 5,951 212,093
INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY.
Insufficien [-25,000]
t
justificati
on.
Technical [30,951]
realignment.
031 AF GLOBAL 2,582 2,582
COMMAND &
CONTROL SYS.
032 BATTLEFIELD 30 30
AIRBORNE
CONTROL NODE
(BACN).
033 MOBILITY 3,768 3,768
COMMAND AND
CONTROL.
034 AIR FORCE 208,704 208,704
PHYSICAL
SECURITY
SYSTEM.
035 COMBAT TRAINING 346,340 346,340
RANGES.
036 MINIMUM 84,102 84,102
ESSENTIAL
EMERGENCY COMM
N.
037 WIDE AREA 11,594 11,594
SURVEILLANCE
(WAS).
038 C3 148,818 148,818
COUNTERMEASURE
S.
044 AIR & SPACE 5,032 5,032
OPERATIONS
CENTER (AOC).
AIR FORCE
COMMUNICATIONS
046 BASE 108,532 214,172 322,704
INFORMATION
TRANSPT
INFRAST (BITI)
WIRED.
Technical [214,172]
realignment.
047 AFNET.......... 154,911 -25,000 129,911
Insufficien [-25,000]
t
justificati
on.
048 JOINT 5,381 5,381
COMMUNICATIONS
SUPPORT
ELEMENT (JCSE).
049 USCENTCOM...... 18,025 18,025
050 USSTRATCOM..... 4,436 4,436
051 USSPACECOM..... 27,073 27,073
ORGANIZATION
AND BASE
052 TACTICAL C-E 226,819 226,819
EQUIPMENT.
053 RADIO EQUIPMENT 30,407 30,407
054 BASE COMM 113,563 113,563
INFRASTRUCTURE.
MODIFICATIONS
055 COMM ELECT MODS 98,224 20,000 118,224
NORTHCOM [20,000]
UPL--Over
the Horizon
Radar
Acceleratio
n.
PERSONAL SAFETY
& RESCUE EQUIP
056 PERSONAL SAFETY 60,473 60,473
AND RESCUE
EQUIPMENT.
DEPOT
PLANT+MTRLS
HANDLING EQ
057 POWER 9,235 9,235
CONDITIONING
EQUIPMENT.
058 MECHANIZED 15,662 15,662
MATERIAL
HANDLING EQUIP.
BASE SUPPORT
EQUIPMENT
059 BASE PROCURED 77,875 77,875
EQUIPMENT.
060 ENGINEERING AND 280,734 42,284 323,018
EOD EQUIPMENT.
Recovery of [40,000]
Air Bases
Denied by
Ordnance
Program.
Technical [2,284]
realignment.
061 MOBILITY 207,071 25,200 232,271
EQUIPMENT.
Technical [25,200]
realignment.
062 FUELS SUPPORT 218,790 218,790
EQUIPMENT
(FSE).
063 BASE 51,914 5,950 57,864
MAINTENANCE
AND SUPPORT
EQUIPMENT.
Technical [5,950]
realignment.
SPECIAL SUPPORT
PROJECTS
065 DARP RC135..... 28,882 28,882
066 DCGS-AF........ 129,655 129,655
070 SPECIAL UPDATE 1,042,833 1,042,833
PROGRAM.
CLASSIFIED
PROGRAMS
072A CLASSIFIED 25,456,490 25,456,490
PROGRAMS.
SPARES AND
REPAIR PARTS
071 SPARES AND 1,032 1,032
REPAIR PARTS
(CYBER).
072 SPARES AND 12,628 12,628
REPAIR PARTS.
TOTAL 30,417,892 314,009 30,731,901
OTHER
PROCUREMEN
T, AIR
FORCE.
PROCUREMENT,
DEFENSE-WIDE
MAJOR
EQUIPMENT, SDA
001 MAJOR 10 516 10 516
EQUIPMENT,
DPAA.
002 MAJOR 186,006 186,006
EQUIPMENT, OSD.
MAJOR
EQUIPMENT,
DISA
011 INFORMATION 12,275 12,275
SYSTEMS
SECURITY.
012 TELEPORT 42,399 42,399
PROGRAM.
014 ITEMS LESS THAN 47,538 47,538
$5 MILLION.
015 DEFENSE 39,472 39,472
INFORMATION
SYSTEM NETWORK.
016 WHITE HOUSE 118,523 118,523
COMMUNICATION
AGENCY.
017 SENIOR 94,591 94,591
LEADERSHIP
ENTERPRISE.
018 JOINT REGIONAL 22,714 -22,714 0
SECURITY
STACKS (JRSS).
Program [-22,714]
decrease.
019 JOINT SERVICE 107,637 -10,000 97,637
PROVIDER.
Insufficien [-10,000]
t
justificati
on.
020 FOURTH ESTATE 33,047 33,047
NETWORK
OPTIMIZATION
(4ENO).
MAJOR
EQUIPMENT, DLA
028 MAJOR EQUIPMENT 30,355 30,355
MAJOR
EQUIPMENT,
DCSA
029 MAJOR EQUIPMENT 2,135 2,135
MAJOR
EQUIPMENT, TJS
030 MAJOR 3,747 3,747
EQUIPMENT, TJS.
MAJOR
EQUIPMENT,
MISSILE
DEFENSE AGENCY
031 THAAD.......... 11 216,782 6 100,000 17 316,782
6 [6] [100,000]
additional
THAAD
Interceptor
s.
033 AEGIS BMD...... 27 374,756 45,000 27 419,756
MDA UPL--SM- [45,000]
3 Blk 1B
Life
Extension.
035 BMDS AN/TPY-2 29,108 29,108
RADARS.
036 SM-3 IIAS...... 12 432,824 12 432,824
037 ARROW 3 UPPER 1 80,000 1 80,000
TIER SYSTEMS.
038 SHORT RANGE 1 40,000 1 40,000
BALLISTIC
MISSILE
DEFENSE
(SRBMD).
039 DEFENSE OF GUAM 1 169,627 1 169,627
PROCUREMENT.
040 AEGIS ASHORE 2,390 2,390
PHASE III.
041 IRON DOME...... 1 80,000 1 80,000
042 AEGIS BMD 9 27,825 9 27,825
HARDWARE AND
SOFTWARE.
MAJOR
EQUIPMENT,
DHRA
043 PERSONNEL 3,704 3,704
ADMINISTRATION.
MAJOR
EQUIPMENT,
DEFENSE THREAT
REDUCTION
AGENCY
046 VEHICLES....... 366 366
047 OTHER MAJOR 12,787 12,787
EQUIPMENT.
048 DTRA CYBER 21,413 21,413
ACTIVITIES.
MAJOR
EQUIPMENT,
DODEA
049 AUTOMATION/ 1,358 1,358
EDUCATIONAL
SUPPORT &
LOGISTICS.
MAJOR
EQUIPMENT,
DMACT
050 MAJOR EQUIPMENT 13,012 13,012
MAJOR
EQUIPMENT,
USCYBERCOM
051 CYBERSPACE 129,082 2,500 131,582
OPERATIONS.
Additional [2,500]
resourcing.
CLASSIFIED
PROGRAMS
UNDISTRIBUTED
073A CLASSIFIED 658,529 658,529
PROGRAMS.
AVIATION
PROGRAMS
053 ARMED OVERWATCH/ 12 266,846 12 266,846
TARGETING.
054 MANNED ISR..... 7,000 7,000
055 MC-12.......... 600 600
057 ROTARY WING 261,012 261,012
UPGRADES AND
SUSTAINMENT.
058 UNMANNED ISR... 26,997 2,500 29,497
Commercial- [2,500]
off-the-
Shelf
(COTS)
Miniaturize
d Unmanned
Aerial
System
(UAS)
Ground
Control
Stations.
059 NON-STANDARD 25,782 25,782
AVIATION.
060 U-28........... 7,198 7,198
061 MH-47 CHINOOK.. 149,883 149,883
062 CV-22 75,981 75,981
MODIFICATION.
063 MQ-9 UNMANNED 17,684 17,684
AERIAL VEHICLE.
064 PRECISION 108,497 108,497
STRIKE PACKAGE.
065 AC/MC-130J..... 319,754 319,754
066 C-130 18,796 18,796
MODIFICATIONS.
SHIPBUILDING
067 UNDERWATER 66,111 7,000 73,111
SYSTEMS.
Deep [7,000]
Submergence
Collective
Propulsion.
AMMUNITION
PROGRAMS
068 ORDNANCE ITEMS 147,831 147,831
<$5M.
OTHER
PROCUREMENT
PROGRAMS
069 INTELLIGENCE 203,400 203,400
SYSTEMS.
070 DISTRIBUTED 5,718 5,718
COMMON GROUND/
SURFACE
SYSTEMS.
071 OTHER ITEMS 108,816 -2,500 106,316
<$5M.
Program [-2,500]
decrease.
072 COMBATANT CRAFT 55,064 3,666 58,730
SYSTEMS.
Combat [3,666]
Craft
Assault for
Naval
Special
Warfare--on
e craft.
073 SPECIAL 20,412 20,412
PROGRAMS.
074 TACTICAL 56,561 56,561
VEHICLES.
075 WARRIOR SYSTEMS 329,837 49,987 379,824
<$5M.
USSOCOM [49,987]
UPL--Counte
r Uncrewed
Aerial
Systems
(CUAS)
Group 3
Defeat
Acceleratio
n.
076 COMBAT MISSION 4,987 4,987
REQUIREMENTS.
077 OPERATIONAL 23,639 23,639
ENHANCEMENTS
INTELLIGENCE.
078 OPERATIONAL 322,341 322,341
ENHANCEMENTS.
CBDP
079 CHEMICAL 159,884 159,884
BIOLOGICAL
SITUATIONAL
AWARENESS.
080 CB PROTECTION & 231,826 231,826
HAZARD
MITIGATION.
TOTAL 85 6,056,975 6 175,439 91 6,232,414
PROCUREMEN
T, DEFENSE-
WIDE.
NATIONAL GUARD
AND RESERVE
EQUIPMENT
UNDISTRIBUTED
006 UNDISTRIBUTED.. 100,000 100,000
Program [100,000]
increase.
TOTAL 100,000 100,000
NATIONAL
GUARD AND
RESERVE
EQUIPMENT.
TOTAL 17,863 167,988,341 65 578,411 17,928 168,566,752
PROCUREMEN
T.
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TITLE XLII--RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND
EVALUATION
SEC. 4201. RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SEC. 4201. RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION (In Thousands of Dollars)
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FY 2024 House
Line Program Element Item Request House Change Authorized
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........................ RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST
AND EVALUATION, ARMY
........................ BASIC RESEARCH
001 0601102A DEFENSE RESEARCH SCIENCES.. 296,670 5,000 301,670
........................ AI-Enhanced Quantum [5,000]
Computing.
002 0601103A UNIVERSITY RESEARCH 75,672 75,672
INITIATIVES.
003 0601104A UNIVERSITY AND INDUSTRY 108,946 4,000 112,946
RESEARCH CENTERS.
........................ Biotechnology research. [2,000]
........................ Hypervelocity research [2,000]
and testing.
004 0601121A CYBER COLLABORATIVE 5,459 5,459
RESEARCH ALLIANCE.
005 0601601A ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND 10,708 10,708
MACHINE LEARNING BASIC
RESEARCH.
........................ SUBTOTAL BASIC RESEARCH. 497,455 9,000 506,455
........................
........................ APPLIED RESEARCH
006 0602002A ARMY AGILE INNOVATION AND 5,613 5,613
DEVELOPMENT-APPLIED
RESEARCH.
008 0602134A COUNTER IMPROVISED-THREAT 6,242 6,242
ADVANCED STUDIES.
009 0602141A LETHALITY TECHNOLOGY....... 85,578 15,000 100,578
........................ Armaments technology [2,500]
for unmanned systems.
........................ Convergent Advanced [5,000]
Manufacturing for
Extreme Environments.
........................ Crtitical energetic [2,500]
materials chemistries.
........................ Overmatching the Speed [2,500]
of Battle.
........................ Universal [2,500]
Nanocrystalline Alloys
Lethality.
010 0602142A ARMY APPLIED RESEARCH...... 34,572 34,572
011 0602143A SOLDIER LETHALITY 104,470 12,500 116,970
TECHNOLOGY.
........................ Body armor research.... [2,500]
........................ Digital night vision [5,000]
technology.
........................ Pathfinder program..... [2,500]
........................ Wafer-Level Vacuum [2,500]
Packaging (WLVP) of
Microbolometers.
012 0602144A GROUND TECHNOLOGY.......... 60,005 9,000 69,005
........................ Cold weather research.. [2,500]
........................ Engineered Repair [1,500]
Materials for Roadways
to Support Effective
Maneuver of Military
Assets.
........................ HMAR Production........ [2,500]
........................ Polar proving ground [2,500]
and training program.
013 0602145A NEXT GENERATION COMBAT 166,500 500 167,000
VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY.
........................ High Mobility [500]
Multipurpose Wheeled
Vehicle (HMMWD -
Humvee) Gunner
Restraint System (GRS).
014 0602146A NETWORK C3I TECHNOLOGY..... 81,618 10,000 91,618
........................ Intelligent Resilience [2,500]
of Communications
Signals.
........................ Man-portable doppler [5,000]
radar.
........................ Secure Microelectronic [2,500]
Interposer Technology.
015 0602147A LONG RANGE PRECISION FIRES 34,683 2,500 37,183
TECHNOLOGY.
........................ Additive manufacturing [2,500]
for low-cost missile
applications.
016 0602148A FUTURE VERTICLE LIFT 73,844 2,500 76,344
TECHNOLOGY.
........................ eVTOL power source [2,500]
development.
017 0602150A AIR AND MISSILE DEFENSE 33,301 27,500 60,801
TECHNOLOGY.
........................ Counter UAS research... [5,000]
........................ High energy laser [2,500]
enabling and support
technology.
........................ High energy Laser in a [20,000]
Box.
018 0602180A ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND 24,142 24,142
MACHINE LEARNING
TECHNOLOGIES.
019 0602181A ALL DOMAIN CONVERGENCE 14,297 14,297
APPLIED RESEARCH.
020 0602182A C3I APPLIED RESEARCH....... 30,659 30,659
021 0602183A AIR PLATFORM APPLIED 48,163 5,000 53,163
RESEARCH.
........................ Unmanned aerial and [2,500]
ground sensor network.
........................ Vision-Based Navigation [2,500]
for Small Unmanned
Aerial Systems.
022 0602184A SOLDIER APPLIED RESEARCH... 18,986 18,986
023 0602213A C3I APPLIED CYBER.......... 22,714 22,714
024 0602386A BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR 16,736 16,736
MATERIALS--APPLIED
RESEARCH.
025 0602785A MANPOWER/PERSONNEL/TRAINING 19,969 19,969
TECHNOLOGY.
026 0602787A MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY......... 66,266 9,900 76,166
........................ Precision Medicine for [4,900]
Bone Injuries.
........................ WRAIR Mitochonchondria [5,000]
TBI program.
........................ SUBTOTAL APPLIED 948,358 94,400 1,042,758
RESEARCH.
........................
........................ ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY
DEVELOPMENT
027 0603002A MEDICAL ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY 4,147 8,000 12,147
........................ Hearing Protections [8,000]
Communications.
028 0603007A MANPOWER, PERSONNEL AND 16,316 16,316
TRAINING ADVANCED
TECHNOLOGY.
029 0603025A ARMY AGILE INNOVATION AND 23,156 23,156
DEMONSTRATION.
030 0603040A ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND 13,187 13,187
MACHINE LEARNING ADVANCED
TECHNOLOGIES.
031 0603041A ALL DOMAIN CONVERGENCE 33,332 33,332
ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY.
032 0603042A C3I ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY.... 19,225 19,225
033 0603043A AIR PLATFORM ADVANCED 14,165 14,165
TECHNOLOGY.
034 0603044A SOLDIER ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY 1,214 1,214
036 0603116A LETHALITY ADVANCED 20,582 10,000 30,582
TECHNOLOGY.
........................ Battlefield Armaments [10,000]
and Ammunition Supply
Chain.
........................ Energetics Materials [2,500]
and Manufacturing
Technology.
........................ Program decrease....... [-5,000]
........................ Systems materials and [2,500]
hardened structures.
037 0603117A ARMY ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY 136,280 136,280
DEVELOPMENT.
038 0603118A SOLDIER LETHALITY ADVANCED 102,778 6,500 109,278
TECHNOLOGY.
........................ Autonomous Long Range [2,500]
Resupply.
........................ Paratrooper and Powered [4,000]
Paragliders Autopilot
System (PAPPAS).
039 0603119A GROUND ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY. 40,597 5,000 45,597
........................ 3D Printed Cold Weather [2,500]
Structures.
........................ Research supporting [2,500]
rapid entry in Arctic
conditions.
040 0603134A COUNTER IMPROVISED-THREAT 21,672 21,672
SIMULATION.
041 0603386A BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR 59,871 59,871
MATERIALS--ADVANCED
RESEARCH.
042 0603457A C3I CYBER ADVANCED 28,847 28,847
DEVELOPMENT.
043 0603461A HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING 255,772 -5,000 250,772
MODERNIZATION PROGRAM.
........................ Excessive cost growth.. [-5,000]
044 0603462A NEXT GENERATION COMBAT 217,394 10,000 227,394
VEHICLE ADVANCED
TECHNOLOGY.
........................ Next Generation Combat [10,000]
Vehicle Advanced
Technology (Silent
Watch Hydrogen Fuel
Cell).
045 0603463A NETWORK C3I ADVANCED 105,549 105,549
TECHNOLOGY.
046 0603464A LONG RANGE PRECISION FIRES 153,024 72,000 225,024
ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY.
........................ Al-Li solid rocket [10,000]
motors.
........................ Assured Munition [10,000]
Position, Navigation,
Timing, and
Navigational Warfare.
........................ ERAMS Advanced [8,000]
Technology.
........................ Maneuvering [9,000]
Submunitions for
Precision Strike
Missile.
........................ Missile Virtual [15,000]
Interactive Testbeds
And Labs.
........................ XM1155 Glide Flight [20,000]
Projectile.
047 0603465A FUTURE VERTICAL LIFT 158,795 20,000 178,795
ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY.
........................ Additive manufacturing. [10,000]
........................ Army Aviation [5,000]
Cybersecurity and
Electromagnetic
Activity (CEMA).
........................ Next Generation [5,000]
Vertical Takeoff and
Landing Concepts for
Unmanned Aircraft.
048 0603466A AIR AND MISSILE DEFENSE 21,015 13,300 34,315
ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY.
........................ Armaments Based Counter [7,000]
Small Unmanned Aerial
Systems.
........................ SHORAD S&T Engineering [6,300]
and Integration (SSEI)
Lab.
049 0603920A HUMANITARIAN DEMINING...... 9,068 13,932 23,000
........................ Program increase....... [13,932]
........................ SUBTOTAL ADVANCED 1,455,986 153,732 1,609,718
TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT.
........................
........................ ADVANCED COMPONENT
DEVELOPMENT AND PROTOTYPES
051 0603305A ARMY MISSLE DEFENSE SYSTEMS 12,904 31,000 43,904
INTEGRATION.
........................ Artificial Intelligence [6,000]
Decision Aids for All
Domain Operations.
........................ Capability for Advanced [8,000]
Protetive Technologies
Assessment and
Integration (CAPTAIN).
........................ Integrated [5,000]
Environmental Control
and Power.
........................ Pulsed Laser for [5,000]
Hypersonic Defense.
........................ Resilient Position, [7,000]
Navigation, and Timing
Development (PNT).
052 0603308A ARMY SPACE SYSTEMS 19,120 5,000 24,120
INTEGRATION.
........................ Essential Multi- [5,000]
Function Multi-Mission
Payload Development.
054 0603619A LANDMINE WARFARE AND 47,537 47,537
BARRIER--ADV DEV.
055 0603639A TANK AND MEDIUM CALIBER 91,323 91,323
AMMUNITION.
056 0603645A ARMORED SYSTEM 43,026 -13,100 29,926
MODERNIZATION--ADV DEV.
........................ Slow expenditure-- [-13,100]
Ground Combat Platform.
057 0603747A SOLDIER SUPPORT AND 3,550 3,550
SURVIVABILITY.
058 0603766A TACTICAL ELECTRONIC 65,567 65,567
SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM--ADV
DEV.
059 0603774A NIGHT VISION SYSTEMS 73,675 73,675
ADVANCED DEVELOPMENT.
060 0603779A ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY 31,720 5,000 36,720
TECHNOLOGY--DEM/VAL.
........................ Underwater Cut and [5,000]
Capture Demonstration.
061 0603790A NATO RESEARCH AND 4,143 4,143
DEVELOPMENT.
062 0603801A AVIATION--ADV DEV.......... 1,502,160 -38,000 1,464,160
........................ FARA--Excess to need... [-50,000]
........................ Modular Communication, [12,000]
Command, and Control
Suite (MC3-Suite).
063 0603804A LOGISTICS AND ENGINEER 7,604 7,604
EQUIPMENT--ADV DEV.
064 0603807A MEDICAL SYSTEMS--ADV DEV... 1,602 1,602
065 0603827A SOLDIER SYSTEMS--ADVANCED 27,681 -1,856 25,825
DEVELOPMENT.
........................ Excessive growth-- [-1,333]
Program management.
........................ Slow expenditure rate-- [-523]
Advance Development.
066 0604017A ROBOTICS DEVELOPMENT....... 3,024 3,024
067 0604019A EXPANDED MISSION AREA 97,018 97,018
MISSILE (EMAM).
068 0604020A CROSS FUNCTIONAL TEAM (CFT) 117,557 117,557
ADVANCED DEVELOPMENT &
PROTOTYPING.
069 0604035A LOW EARTH ORBIT (LEO) 38,851 38,851
SATELLITE CAPABILITY.
070 0604036A MULTI-DOMAIN SENSING SYSTEM 191,394 191,394
(MDSS) ADV DEV.
071 0604037A TACTICAL INTEL TARGETING 10,626 10,626
ACCESS NODE (TITAN) ADV
DEV.
072 0604100A ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATIVES... 11,095 11,095
073 0604101A SMALL UNMANNED AERIAL 5,144 5,144
VEHICLE (SUAV) (6.4).
074 0604103A ELECTRONIC WARFARE PLANNING 2,260 2,260
AND MANAGEMENT TOOL
(EWPMT).
075 0604113A FUTURE TACTICAL UNMANNED 53,143 -29,047 24,096
AIRCRAFT SYSTEM (FTUAS).
........................ Slow expenditure rate.. [-29,047]
076 0604114A LOWER TIER AIR MISSILE 816,663 816,663
DEFENSE (LTAMD) SENSOR.
077 0604115A TECHNOLOGY MATURATION 281,314 281,314
INITIATIVES.
078 0604117A MANEUVER--SHORT RANGE AIR 281,239 -41,174 240,065
DEFENSE (M-SHORAD).
........................ Delayed expenditure-- [-41,174]
Contract Award Delay.
079 0604119A ARMY ADVANCED COMPONENT 204,914 204,914
DEVELOPMENT & PROTOTYPING.
080 0604120A ASSURED POSITIONING, 40,930 -7,840 33,090
NAVIGATION AND TIMING
(PNT).
........................ Slow expenditure rate-- [-5,236]
ALTNAV.
........................ Slow expenditure rate-- [-2,604]
Mounted APNT.
081 0604121A SYNTHETIC TRAINING 109,714 -31,028 78,686
ENVIRONMENT REFINEMENT &
PROTOTYPING.
........................ Slow expenditure rate-- [-3,524]
Reconfig Virtual
Collective Trainer.
........................ Slow expenditure rate-- [-25,451]
STE Live.
........................ Slow expenditure rate-- [-2,053]
SVT.
082 0604134A COUNTER IMPROVISED-THREAT 16,426 16,426
DEMONSTRATION, PROTOTYPE
DEVELOPMENT, AND TESTING.
083 0604135A STRATEGIC MID-RANGE FIRES.. 31,559 31,559
084 0604182A HYPERSONICS................ 43,435 43,435
085 0604403A FUTURE INTERCEPTOR......... 8,040 8,040
086 0604531A COUNTER--SMALL UNMANNED 64,242 64,242
AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS ADVANCED
DEVELOPMENT.
087 0604541A UNIFIED NETWORK TRANSPORT.. 40,915 40,915
090A 99999999 FLEXIBLE TRANSITION PATHWAY 10,000 10,000
........................ Pilot program.......... [10,000]
229A 9999999999 CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS........ 19,200 -2,500 16,700
........................ Program decrease....... [-2,500]
........................ SUBTOTAL ADVANCED 4,420,315 -113,545 4,306,770
COMPONENT DEVELOPMENT
AND PROTOTYPES.
........................
........................ SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT AND
DEMONSTRATION
091 0604201A AIRCRAFT AVIONICS.......... 13,673 13,673
092 0604270A ELECTRONIC WARFARE 12,789 12,789
DEVELOPMENT.
093 0604601A INFANTRY SUPPORT WEAPONS... 64,076 -1,344 62,732
........................ Slow expenditure....... [-1,344]
094 0604604A MEDIUM TACTICAL VEHICLES... 28,226 -25,000 3,226
........................ Incomplete development [-25,000]
goals.
095 0604611A JAVELIN.................... 7,827 7,827
096 0604622A FAMILY OF HEAVY TACTICAL 44,197 44,197
VEHICLES.
097 0604633A AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL........ 1,134 10,000 11,134
........................ Integrated Mission [10,000]
Planning & Airspace
Control Tools (IMPACT).
098 0604641A TACTICAL UNMANNED GROUND 142,125 142,125
VEHICLE (TUGV).
099 0604642A LIGHT TACTICAL WHEELED 53,564 -43,893 9,671
VEHICLES.
........................ Incomplete development [-43,893]
goals.
100 0604645A ARMORED SYSTEMS 102,201 102,201
MODERNIZATION (ASM)--ENG
DEV.
101 0604710A NIGHT VISION SYSTEMS--ENG 48,720 84,423 133,143
DEV.
........................ Rephase from [89,451]
Procurement for IVAS
1.2 development.
........................ Slow expenditure--Joint [-5,028]
Effects Targetting
System (JETS).
102 0604713A COMBAT FEEDING, CLOTHING, 2,223 2,223
AND EQUIPMENT.
103 0604715A NON-SYSTEM TRAINING 21,441 21,441
DEVICES--ENG DEV.
104 0604741A AIR DEFENSE COMMAND, 74,738 10,000 84,738
CONTROL AND INTELLIGENCE--
ENG DEV.
........................ Software Integration [10,000]
Digital Eco-system.
105 0604742A CONSTRUCTIVE SIMULATION 30,985 30,985
SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT.
106 0604746A AUTOMATIC TEST EQUIPMENT 13,626 13,626
DEVELOPMENT.
107 0604760A DISTRIBUTIVE INTERACTIVE 8,802 8,802
SIMULATIONS (DIS)--ENG DEV.
108 0604798A BRIGADE ANALYSIS, 20,828 20,828
INTEGRATION AND EVALUATION.
109 0604802A WEAPONS AND MUNITIONS--ENG 243,851 15,000 258,851
DEV.
........................ Long Range Precision [15,000]
Guidance Kit.
110 0604804A LOGISTICS AND ENGINEER 37,420 37,420
EQUIPMENT--ENG DEV.
111 0604805A COMMAND, CONTROL, 34,214 34,214
COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS--
ENG DEV.
112 0604807A MEDICAL MATERIEL/MEDICAL 6,496 6,496
BIOLOGICAL DEFENSE
EQUIPMENT--ENG DEV.
113 0604808A LANDMINE WARFARE/BARRIER-- 13,581 13,581
ENG DEV.
114 0604818A ARMY TACTICAL COMMAND & 168,574 -7,796 160,778
CONTROL HARDWARE &
SOFTWARE.
........................ Slow expenditure rate-- [-5,049]
Expeditionary Army
Command Post.
........................ Slow expenditure rate-- [-2,747]
Sustainment Transport
System.
115 0604820A RADAR DEVELOPMENT.......... 94,944 94,944
116 0604822A GENERAL FUND ENTERPRISE 2,965 2,965
BUSINESS SYSTEM (GFEBS).
117 0604827A SOLDIER SYSTEMS--WARRIOR 11,333 11,333
DEM/VAL.
118 0604852A SUITE OF SURVIVABILITY 79,250 79,250
ENHANCEMENT SYSTEMS--EMD.
119 0604854A ARTILLERY SYSTEMS--EMD..... 42,490 42,490
120 0605013A INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 104,024 104,024
DEVELOPMENT.
121 0605018A INTEGRATED PERSONNEL AND 102,084 102,084
PAY SYSTEM-ARMY (IPPS-A).
123 0605030A JOINT TACTICAL NETWORK 18,662 18,662
CENTER (JTNC).
124 0605031A JOINT TACTICAL NETWORK 30,328 30,328
(JTN).
125 0605035A COMMON INFRARED 11,509 11,509
COUNTERMEASURES (CIRCM).
126 0605036A COMBATING WEAPONS OF MASS 1,050 1,050
DESTRUCTION (CWMD).
128 0605041A DEFENSIVE CYBER TOOL 27,714 27,714
DEVELOPMENT.
129 0605042A TACTICAL NETWORK RADIO 4,318 4,318
SYSTEMS (LOW-TIER).
130 0605047A CONTRACT WRITING SYSTEM.... 16,355 16,355
131 0605049A MISSILE WARNING SYSTEM 27,571 27,571
MODERNIZATION (MWSM).
132 0605051A AIRCRAFT SURVIVABILITY 24,900 24,900
DEVELOPMENT.
133 0605052A INDIRECT FIRE PROTECTION 196,248 196,248
CAPABILITY INC 2--BLOCK 1.
134 0605053A GROUND ROBOTICS............ 35,319 35,319
135 0605054A EMERGING TECHNOLOGY 201,274 -51,440 149,834
INITIATIVES.
........................ Program decrease....... [-2,500]
........................ Prototype delay........ [-48,940]
137 0605144A NEXT GENERATION LOAD 36,970 -11,411 25,559
DEVICE--MEDIUM.
........................ Unjustified cost growth [-11,411]
139 0605148A TACTICAL INTEL TARGETING 132,136 132,136
ACCESS NODE (TITAN) EMD.
140 0605203A ARMY SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT & 81,657 81,657
DEMONSTRATION.
141 0605205A SMALL UNMANNED AERIAL 31,284 31,284
VEHICLE (SUAV) (6.5).
142 0605206A CI AND HUMINT EQUIPMENT 2,170 2,170
PROGRAM-ARMY (CIHEP-A).
143 0605216A JOINT TARGETING INTEGRATED 9,290 9,290
COMMAND AND COORDINATION
SUITE (JTIC2S).
144 0605224A MULTI-DOMAIN INTELLIGENCE.. 41,003 41,003
146 0605231A PRECISION STRIKE MISSILE 272,786 272,786
(PRSM).
147 0605232A HYPERSONICS EMD............ 900,920 900,920
148 0605233A ACCESSIONS INFORMATION 27,361 27,361
ENVIRONMENT (AIE).
149 0605235A STRATEGIC MID-RANGE 348,855 348,855
CAPABILITY.
150 0605236A INTEGRATED TACTICAL 22,901 22,901
COMMUNICATIONS.
151 0605450A JOINT AIR-TO-GROUND MISSILE 3,014 3,014
(JAGM).
152 0605457A ARMY INTEGRATED AIR AND 284,095 -10,900 273,195
MISSILE DEFENSE (AIAMD).
........................ Capabilty development [-10,900]
excess growth.
153 0605531A COUNTER--SMALL UNMANNED 36,016 36,016
AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS SYS DEV &
DEMONSTRATION.
154 0605625A MANNED GROUND VEHICLE...... 996,653 -120,900 875,753
........................ OMFV slow expenditure.. [-120,900]
155 0605766A NATIONAL CAPABILITIES 15,129 15,129
INTEGRATION (MIP).
156 0605812A JOINT LIGHT TACTICAL 27,243 -1,100 26,143
VEHICLE (JLTV) ENGINEERING
AND MANUFACTURING
DEVELOPMENT PH.
........................ Slow expenditure....... [-1,100]
157 0605830A AVIATION GROUND SUPPORT 1,167 1,167
EQUIPMENT.
158 0303032A TROJAN--RH12............... 3,879 3,879
159 0304270A ELECTRONIC WARFARE 137,186 137,186
DEVELOPMENT.
........................ SUBTOTAL SYSTEM 5,639,364 -154,361 5,485,003
DEVELOPMENT AND
DEMONSTRATION.
........................
........................ MANAGEMENT SUPPORT
160 0604256A THREAT SIMULATOR 38,492 38,492
DEVELOPMENT.
161 0604258A TARGET SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT. 11,873 15,400 27,273
........................ Program increase....... [5,000]
........................ U.S. Replacement for [10,400]
Foreign Engines for
Aerial Targets.
162 0604759A MAJOR T&E INVESTMENT....... 76,167 76,167
163 0605103A RAND ARROYO CENTER......... 37,078 37,078
164 0605301A ARMY KWAJALEIN ATOLL....... 314,872 314,872
165 0605326A CONCEPTS EXPERIMENTATION 95,551 95,551
PROGRAM.
167 0605601A ARMY TEST RANGES AND 439,118 439,118
FACILITIES.
168 0605602A ARMY TECHNICAL TEST 42,220 30,000 72,220
INSTRUMENTATION AND
TARGETS.
........................ Rapid Assurance [30,000]
Modernization Program.
169 0605604A SURVIVABILITY/LETHALITY 37,518 37,518
ANALYSIS.
170 0605606A AIRCRAFT CERTIFICATION..... 2,718 2,718
172 0605706A MATERIEL SYSTEMS ANALYSIS.. 26,902 26,902
173 0605709A EXPLOITATION OF FOREIGN 7,805 7,805
ITEMS.
174 0605712A SUPPORT OF OPERATIONAL 75,133 75,133
TESTING.
175 0605716A ARMY EVALUATION CENTER..... 71,118 71,118
176 0605718A ARMY MODELING & SIM X-CMD 11,204 11,204
COLLABORATION & INTEG.
177 0605801A PROGRAMWIDE ACTIVITIES..... 93,895 93,895
178 0605803A TECHNICAL INFORMATION 31,327 4,900 36,227
ACTIVITIES.
........................ Modeling & Simulation-- [4,900]
Infrastructure.
179 0605805A MUNITIONS STANDARDIZATION, 50,409 50,409
EFFECTIVENESS AND SAFETY.
180 0605857A ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY 1,629 1,629
TECHNOLOGY MGMT SUPPORT.
181 0605898A ARMY DIRECT REPORT 55,843 55,843
HEADQUARTERS--R&D - MHA.
182 0606002A RONALD REAGAN BALLISTIC 91,340 4,000 95,340
MISSILE DEFENSE TEST SITE.
........................ Mission Control Center [4,000]
Modernization.
183 0606003A COUNTERINTEL AND HUMAN 6,348 6,348
INTEL MODERNIZATION.
185 0606942A ASSESSMENTS AND EVALUATIONS 6,025 6,025
CYBER VULNERABILITIES.
........................ SUBTOTAL MANAGEMENT 1,624,585 54,300 1,678,885
SUPPORT.
........................
........................ OPERATIONAL SYSTEM
DEVELOPMENT
187 0603778A MLRS PRODUCT IMPROVEMENT 14,465 14,465
PROGRAM.
188 0605024A ANTI-TAMPER TECHNOLOGY 7,472 7,472
SUPPORT.
189 0607131A WEAPONS AND MUNITIONS 8,425 8,425
PRODUCT IMPROVEMENT
PROGRAMS.
190 0607136A BLACKHAWK PRODUCT 1,507 1,507
IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
191 0607137A CHINOOK PRODUCT IMPROVEMENT 9,265 15,000 24,265
PROGRAM.
........................ 714C Engine Enhancement [15,000]
192 0607139A IMPROVED TURBINE ENGINE 201,247 -10,185 191,062
PROGRAM.
........................ Excessive Growth-- [-1,721]
Government Planning.
........................ Slow expenditure rate.. [-8,464]
193 0607142A AVIATION ROCKET SYSTEM 3,014 3,014
PRODUCT IMPROVEMENT AND
DEVELOPMENT.
194 0607143A UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEM 25,393 25,393
UNIVERSAL PRODUCTS.
195 0607145A APACHE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT.. 10,547 25,000 35,547
........................ Apache modernization... [25,000]
196 0607148A AN/TPQ-53 COUNTERFIRE 54,167 54,167
TARGET ACQUISITION RADAR
SYSTEM.
197 0607150A INTEL CYBER DEVELOPMENT.... 4,345 4,345
198 0607312A ARMY OPERATIONAL SYSTEMS 19,000 19,000
DEVELOPMENT.
199 0607313A ELECTRONIC WARFARE 6,389 6,389
DEVELOPMENT.
200 0607315A ENDURING TURBINE ENGINES 2,411 2,411
AND POWER SYSTEMS.
201 0607665A FAMILY OF BIOMETRICS....... 797 797
202 0607865A PATRIOT PRODUCT IMPROVEMENT 177,197 177,197
203 0203728A JOINT AUTOMATED DEEP 42,177 42,177
OPERATION COORDINATION
SYSTEM (JADOCS).
204 0203735A COMBAT VEHICLE IMPROVEMENT 146,635 3,300 149,935
PROGRAMS.
........................ Abrams Modernization [15,000]
Program.
........................ Slow expenditure-- [-11,700]
Stryker Combat Vehicle
Improvement Program.
205 0203743A 155MM SELF-PROPELLED 122,902 -12,100 110,802
HOWITZER IMPROVEMENTS.
........................ Excess growth--ERCA [-5,900]
range prototype build.
........................ Slow expenditure-- [-6,200]
Extended Range Cannon
Artillery.
207 0203752A AIRCRAFT ENGINE COMPONENT 146 146
IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
208 0203758A DIGITIZATION............... 1,515 1,515
209 0203801A MISSILE/AIR DEFENSE PRODUCT 4,520 4,520
IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
210 0203802A OTHER MISSILE PRODUCT 10,044 10,044
IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS.
211 0205412A ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY 281 281
TECHNOLOGY--OPERATIONAL
SYSTEM DEV.
212 0205778A GUIDED MULTIPLE-LAUNCH 75,952 75,952
ROCKET SYSTEM (GMLRS).
213 0208053A JOINT TACTICAL GROUND 203 203
SYSTEM.
216 0303028A SECURITY AND INTELLIGENCE 301 301
ACTIVITIES.
217 0303140A INFORMATION SYSTEMS 15,323 15,323
SECURITY PROGRAM.
218 0303141A GLOBAL COMBAT SUPPORT 13,082 13,082
SYSTEM.
219 0303142A SATCOM GROUND ENVIRONMENT 26,838 26,838
(SPACE).
222 0305179A INTEGRATED BROADCAST 9,456 9,456
SERVICE (IBS).
225 0305219A MQ-1C GRAY EAGLE UAS....... 6,629 6,629
227 0708045A END ITEM INDUSTRIAL 75,317 10,000 85,317
PREPAREDNESS ACTIVITIES.
........................ Additive manufacturing [10,000]
expansion.
228A 9999999999 CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS........ 8,786 8,786
........................ SUBTOTAL OPERATIONAL 1,105,748 31,015 1,136,763
SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT.
........................
........................ SOFTWARE AND DIGITAL
TECHNOLOGY PILOT PROGRAMS
228 0608041A DEFENSIVE CYBER--SOFTWARE 83,570 83,570
PROTOTYPE DEVELOPMENT.
........................ SUBTOTAL SOFTWARE AND 83,570 83,570
DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY PILOT
PROGRAMS.
........................
........................ TOTAL RESEARCH, 15,775,381 74,541 15,849,922
DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND
EVALUATION, ARMY.
........................
........................ RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST
AND EVALUATION, NAVY
........................ BASIC RESEARCH
001 0601103N UNIVERSITY RESEARCH 96,355 5,000 101,355
INITIATIVES.
........................ Defense University [5,000]
Research
Instrumentation Program
(DURIP).
002 0601153N DEFENSE RESEARCH SCIENCES.. 540,908 3,000 543,908
........................ Hypersonic research [3,000]
initiatives.
........................ SUBTOTAL BASIC RESEARCH. 637,263 8,000 645,263
........................
........................ APPLIED RESEARCH
003 0602114N POWER PROJECTION APPLIED 23,982 23,982
RESEARCH.
004 0602123N FORCE PROTECTION APPLIED 142,148 2,500 144,648
RESEARCH.
........................ Cavitation erosion [2,500]
research.
005 0602131M MARINE CORPS LANDING FORCE 59,208 7,500 66,708
TECHNOLOGY.
........................ Next Generation Lithium [5,000]
Ion Batteries.
........................ Unmanned logistics [2,500]
solutions.
006 0602235N COMMON PICTURE APPLIED 52,090 52,090
RESEARCH.
007 0602236N WARFIGHTER SUSTAINMENT 74,722 74,722
APPLIED RESEARCH.
008 0602271N ELECTROMAGNETIC SYSTEMS 92,473 92,473
APPLIED RESEARCH.
009 0602435N OCEAN WARFIGHTING 80,806 10,000 90,806
ENVIRONMENT APPLIED
RESEARCH.
........................ Continous distributed [10,000]
sensing systems.
010 0602651M JOINT NON-LETHAL WEAPONS 7,419 7,419
APPLIED RESEARCH.
011 0602747N UNDERSEA WARFARE APPLIED 61,503 7,500 69,003
RESEARCH.
........................ Academic Partnerships [5,000]
for Submarine &
Undersea Vehicle
Research &
Manufacturing.
........................ Undersea Sensing and [2,500]
Communications.
012 0602750N FUTURE NAVAL CAPABILITIES 182,662 2,500 185,162
APPLIED RESEARCH.
........................ Long endurance mobile [2,500]
autonomous passive
acoustic sensing
research.
013 0602782N MINE AND EXPEDITIONARY 30,435 30,435
WARFARE APPLIED RESEARCH.
014 0602792N INNOVATIVE NAVAL PROTOTYPES 133,828 133,828
(INP) APPLIED RESEARCH.
015 0602861N SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 85,063 -5,000 80,063
MANAGEMENT--ONR FIELD
ACITIVITIES.
........................ Early to need.......... [-5,000]
........................ SUBTOTAL APPLIED 1,026,339 25,000 1,051,339
RESEARCH.
........................
........................ ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY
DEVELOPMENT
016 0603123N FORCE PROTECTION ADVANCED 29,512 29,512
TECHNOLOGY.
017 0603271N ELECTROMAGNETIC SYSTEMS 8,418 8,418
ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY.
018 0603273N SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY FOR 112,329 112,329
NUCLEAR RE-ENTRY SYSTEMS.
019 0603640M USMC ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY 308,217 12,500 320,717
DEMONSTRATION (ATD).
........................ Early to need.......... [-5,000]
........................ Hybrid electrical VTOL [2,500]
UAS development.
........................ Long Range Maneuvering [15,000]
Projectile.
020 0603651M JOINT NON-LETHAL WEAPONS 15,556 15,556
TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT.
021 0603673N FUTURE NAVAL CAPABILITIES 264,700 2,500 267,200
ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY
DEVELOPMENT.
........................ Automated acoustic [2,500]
signal classifier.
022 0603680N MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY 61,843 61,843
PROGRAM.
023 0603729N WARFIGHTER PROTECTION 5,100 5,100
ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY.
024 0603758N NAVY WARFIGHTING 75,898 75,898
EXPERIMENTS AND
DEMONSTRATIONS.
025 0603782N MINE AND EXPEDITIONARY 2,048 2,048
WARFARE ADVANCED
TECHNOLOGY.
026 0603801N INNOVATIVE NAVAL PROTOTYPES 132,931 10,000 142,931
(INP) ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY
DEVELOPMENT.
........................ HEL weapon System...... [10,000]
........................ SUBTOTAL ADVANCED 1,016,552 25,000 1,041,552
TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT.
........................
........................ ADVANCED COMPONENT
DEVELOPMENT AND PROTOTYPES
027 0603128N UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEM..... 108,225 108,225
028 0603178N LARGE UNMANNED SURFACE 117,400 117,400
VEHICLES (LUSV).
029 0603207N AIR/OCEAN TACTICAL 40,653 5,000 45,653
APPLICATIONS.
........................ Autonomous surface and [5,000]
underwater dual-
modality vehicles.
030 0603216N AVIATION SURVIVABILITY..... 20,874 20,874
031 0603239N NAVAL CONSTRUCTION FORCES.. 7,821 7,821
032 0603254N ASW SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT.... 17,090 17,090
033 0603261N TACTICAL AIRBORNE 3,721 3,721
RECONNAISSANCE.
034 0603382N ADVANCED COMBAT SYSTEMS 6,216 10,000 16,216
TECHNOLOGY.
........................ Tier 2.5 LO Inspection [10,000]
Technology.
035 0603502N SURFACE AND SHALLOW WATER 34,690 34,690
MINE COUNTERMEASURES.
036 0603506N SURFACE SHIP TORPEDO 730 730
DEFENSE.
037 0603512N CARRIER SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT 6,095 6,095
038 0603525N PILOT FISH................. 916,208 916,208
039 0603527N RETRACT LARCH.............. 7,545 7,545
040 0603536N RETRACT JUNIPER............ 271,109 271,109
041 0603542N RADIOLOGICAL CONTROL....... 811 811
042 0603553N SURFACE ASW................ 1,189 1,189
043 0603561N ADVANCED SUBMARINE SYSTEM 88,415 88,415
DEVELOPMENT.
044 0603562N SUBMARINE TACTICAL WARFARE 15,119 15,119
SYSTEMS.
045 0603563N SHIP CONCEPT ADVANCED 89,939 5,000 94,939
DESIGN.
........................ Support for Additive [5,000]
Manufacturing.
046 0603564N SHIP PRELIMINARY DESIGN & 121,402 5,000 126,402
FEASIBILITY STUDIES.
........................ Ship Concept Advanced [5,000]
Design.
047 0603570N ADVANCED NUCLEAR POWER 319,656 319,656
SYSTEMS.
048 0603573N ADVANCED SURFACE MACHINERY 133,911 5,000 138,911
SYSTEMS.
........................ Support Shipboard [5,000]
Distribution of High-
Power Energy.
049 0603576N CHALK EAGLE................ 116,078 116,078
050 0603581N LITTORAL COMBAT SHIP (LCS). 32,615 32,615
051 0603582N COMBAT SYSTEM INTEGRATION.. 18,610 18,610
052 0603595N OHIO REPLACEMENT........... 257,076 10,000 267,076
........................ Rapid composites....... [10,000]
053 0603596N LCS MISSION MODULES........ 31,464 -15,000 16,464
........................ Insufficient [-15,000]
justification.
054 0603597N AUTOMATED TEST AND RE-TEST 10,809 10,809
(ATRT).
055 0603599N FRIGATE DEVELOPMENT........ 112,972 112,972
056 0603609N CONVENTIONAL MUNITIONS..... 9,030 9,030
057 0603635M MARINE CORPS GROUND COMBAT/ 128,782 -17,800 110,982
SUPPORT SYSTEM.
........................ Slow expenditure....... [-17,800]
058 0603654N JOINT SERVICE EXPLOSIVE 44,766 44,766
ORDNANCE DEVELOPMENT.
059 0603713N OCEAN ENGINEERING 10,751 10,751
TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT.
060 0603721N ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION... 24,457 24,457
061 0603724N NAVY ENERGY PROGRAM........ 72,214 5,000 77,214
........................ Marine Energy Systems [5,000]
for Sensors and
Microgrids.
062 0603725N FACILITIES IMPROVEMENT..... 10,149 10,149
063 0603734N CHALK CORAL................ 687,841 -165,000 522,841
........................ Program decrease....... [-165,000]
064 0603739N NAVY LOGISTIC PRODUCTIVITY. 4,712 -2,000 2,712
........................ Program decrease....... [-2,000]
065 0603746N RETRACT MAPLE.............. 420,455 420,455
066 0603748N LINK PLUMERIA.............. 2,100,474 -1,100,300 1,000,174
........................ Project 2937: [-1,100,300]
Unjustified
requirements.
067 0603751N RETRACT ELM................ 88,036 88,036
068 0603764M LINK EVERGREEN............. 547,005 547,005
069 0603790N NATO RESEARCH AND 6,265 6,265
DEVELOPMENT.
070 0603795N LAND ATTACK TECHNOLOGY..... 1,624 2,500 4,124
........................ Hypervelocity [2,500]
Projectile--Seeker
Integration.
071 0603851M JOINT NON-LETHAL WEAPONS 31,058 31,058
TESTING.
072 0603860N JOINT PRECISION APPROACH 22,590 22,590
AND LANDING SYSTEMS--DEM/
VAL.
073 0603925N DIRECTED ENERGY AND 52,129 52,129
ELECTRIC WEAPON SYSTEMS.
074 0604014N F/A -18 INFRARED SEARCH AND 32,127 32,127
TRACK (IRST).
075 0604027N DIGITAL WARFARE OFFICE..... 181,001 181,001
076 0604028N SMALL AND MEDIUM UNMANNED 110,506 -5,000 105,506
UNDERSEA VEHICLES.
........................ Late execution--MEDUSA. [-5,000]
077 0604029N UNMANNED UNDERSEA VEHICLE 71,156 71,156
CORE TECHNOLOGIES.
078 0604030N RAPID PROTOTYPING, 214,100 214,100
EXPERIMENTATION AND
DEMONSTRATION..
079 0604031N LARGE UNMANNED UNDERSEA 6,900 6,900
VEHICLES.
080 0604112N GERALD R. FORD CLASS 118,182 118,182
NUCLEAR AIRCRAFT CARRIER
(CVN 78--80).
082 0604127N SURFACE MINE 16,127 16,127
COUNTERMEASURES.
083 0604272N TACTICAL AIR DIRECTIONAL 34,684 34,684
INFRARED COUNTERMEASURES
(TADIRCM).
084 0604289M NEXT GENERATION LOGISTICS.. 5,991 5,991
085 0604292N FUTURE VERTICAL LIFT 2,100 2,100
(MARITIME STRIKE).
086 0604320M RAPID TECHNOLOGY CAPABILITY 131,763 131,763
PROTOTYPE.
087 0604454N LX (R)..................... 21,319 21,319
088 0604536N ADVANCED UNDERSEA 104,328 104,328
PROTOTYPING.
089 0604636N COUNTER UNMANNED AIRCRAFT 11,567 11,567
SYSTEMS (C-UAS).
090 0604659N PRECISION STRIKE WEAPONS 5,976 190,000 195,976
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.
........................ SLCM-N................. [190,000]
091 0604707N SPACE AND ELECTRONIC 9,993 9,993
WARFARE (SEW) ARCHITECTURE/
ENGINEERING SUPPORT.
092 0604786N OFFENSIVE ANTI-SURFACE 237,655 237,655
WARFARE WEAPON DEVELOPMENT.
093 0605512N MEDIUM UNMANNED SURFACE 85,800 85,800
VEHICLES (MUSVS)).
094 0605513N UNMANNED SURFACE VEHICLE 176,261 176,261
ENABLING CAPABILITIES.
095 0605514M GROUND BASED ANTI-SHIP 36,383 36,383
MISSILE.
096 0605516M LONG RANGE FIRES........... 36,763 36,763
097 0605518N CONVENTIONAL PROMPT STRIKE 901,064 20,000 921,064
(CPS).
........................ Mach-TB................ [20,000]
098 0303354N ASW SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT-- 10,167 10,167
MIP.
099 0304240M ADVANCED TACTICAL UNMANNED 539 8,900 9,439
AIRCRAFT SYSTEM.
........................ KAMAN KARGO............ [8,900]
100 0304270N ELECTRONIC WARFARE 1,250 1,250
DEVELOPMENT--MIP.
100A 99999999 FLEXIBLE TRANSITION PATHWAY 10,000 10,000
........................ Pilot program.......... [10,000]
........................ SUBTOTAL ADVANCED 9,734,483 -1,028,700 8,705,783
COMPONENT DEVELOPMENT
AND PROTOTYPES.
........................
........................ SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT AND
DEMONSTRATION
101 0603208N TRAINING SYSTEM AIRCRAFT... 44,120 44,120
102 0604038N MARITIME TARGETING CELL.... 30,922 30,922
103 0604212M OTHER HELO DEVELOPMENT..... 101,209 101,209
104 0604212N OTHER HELO DEVELOPMENT..... 2,604 2,604
105 0604214M AV-8B AIRCRAFT--ENG DEV.... 8,263 8,263
106 0604215N STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT...... 4,039 4,039
107 0604216N MULTI-MISSION HELICOPTER 62,350 62,350
UPGRADE DEVELOPMENT.
108 0604221N P-3 MODERNIZATION PROGRAM.. 771 771
109 0604230N WARFARE SUPPORT SYSTEM..... 109,485 109,485
110 0604231N COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEMS 87,457 87,457
111 0604234N ADVANCED HAWKEYE........... 399,919 49,300 449,219
........................ Navy UPL--E-2D Theater [49,300]
Combat ID and HECTR.
112 0604245M H-1 UPGRADES............... 29,766 29,766
113 0604261N ACOUSTIC SEARCH SENSORS.... 51,531 51,531
114 0604262N V-22A...................... 137,597 137,597
115 0604264N AIR CREW SYSTEMS 42,155 42,155
DEVELOPMENT.
116 0604269N EA-18...................... 172,507 172,507
117 0604270N ELECTRONIC WARFARE 171,384 171,384
DEVELOPMENT.
118 0604273M EXECUTIVE HELO DEVELOPMENT. 35,376 35,376
119 0604274N NEXT GENERATION JAMMER 40,477 40,477
(NGJ).
120 0604280N JOINT TACTICAL RADIO 451,397 15,000 466,397
SYSTEM--NAVY (JTRS-NAVY).
........................ Navy Multiband Terminal [5,000]
........................ Satellite Terminal [10,000]
(transportable) Non-
Geostationary.
121 0604282N NEXT GENERATION JAMMER 250,577 -50,932 199,645
(NGJ) INCREMENT II.
........................ Next Generation Jammer-- [-50,932]
Low Band.
122 0604307N SURFACE COMBATANT COMBAT 453,311 453,311
SYSTEM ENGINEERING.
124 0604329N SMALL DIAMETER BOMB (SDB).. 52,211 52,211
125 0604366N STANDARD MISSILE 418,187 75,000 493,187
IMPROVEMENTS.
........................ Program increase....... [75,000]
126 0604373N AIRBORNE MCM............... 11,368 11,368
127 0604378N NAVAL INTEGRATED FIRE 66,445 2,500 68,945
CONTROL--COUNTER AIR
SYSTEMS ENGINEERING.
........................ Stratospheric Balloon [2,500]
Research.
129 0604501N ADVANCED ABOVE WATER 115,396 115,396
SENSORS.
130 0604503N SSN-688 AND TRIDENT 93,435 93,435
MODERNIZATION.
131 0604504N AIR CONTROL................ 42,656 42,656
132 0604512N SHIPBOARD AVIATION SYSTEMS. 10,442 10,442
133 0604518N COMBAT INFORMATION CENTER 11,359 11,359
CONVERSION.
134 0604522N AIR AND MISSILE DEFENSE 90,307 90,307
RADAR (AMDR) SYSTEM.
135 0604530N ADVANCED ARRESTING GEAR 10,658 10,658
(AAG).
136 0604558N NEW DESIGN SSN............. 234,356 7,000 241,356
........................ Precision Manuevering [7,000]
Unit.
137 0604562N SUBMARINE TACTICAL WARFARE 71,516 71,516
SYSTEM.
138 0604567N SHIP CONTRACT DESIGN/ LIVE 22,462 22,462
FIRE T&E.
139 0604574N NAVY TACTICAL COMPUTER 4,279 4,279
RESOURCES.
140 0604601N MINE DEVELOPMENT........... 104,731 -5,000 99,731
........................ Program decrease....... [-5,000]
141 0604610N LIGHTWEIGHT TORPEDO 229,668 229,668
DEVELOPMENT.
142 0604654N JOINT SERVICE EXPLOSIVE 9,064 9,064
ORDNANCE DEVELOPMENT.
143 0604657M USMC GROUND COMBAT/ 62,329 62,329
SUPPORTING ARMS SYSTEMS--
ENG DEV.
144 0604703N PERSONNEL, TRAINING, 9,319 9,319
SIMULATION, AND HUMAN
FACTORS.
145 0604727N JOINT STANDOFF WEAPON 1,964 1,964
SYSTEMS.
146 0604755N SHIP SELF DEFENSE (DETECT & 158,426 158,426
CONTROL).
147 0604756N SHIP SELF DEFENSE (ENGAGE: 47,492 5,000 52,492
HARD KILL).
........................ Ship Self Defense (Soft [5,000]
Kill).
148 0604757N SHIP SELF DEFENSE (ENGAGE: 125,206 125,206
SOFT KILL/EW).
149 0604761N INTELLIGENCE ENGINEERING... 19,969 19,969
150 0604771N MEDICAL DEVELOPMENT........ 6,061 6,061
151 0604777N NAVIGATION/ID SYSTEM....... 45,262 45,262
154 0604850N SSN(X)..................... 361,582 361,582
155 0605013M INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 22,663 22,663
DEVELOPMENT.
156 0605013N INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 282,138 282,138
DEVELOPMENT.
157 0605024N ANTI-TAMPER TECHNOLOGY 8,340 8,340
SUPPORT.
158 0605180N TACAMO MODERNIZATION....... 213,743 213,743
159 0605212M CH-53K RDTE................ 222,288 222,288
160 0605215N MISSION PLANNING........... 86,448 86,448
161 0605217N COMMON AVIONICS............ 81,076 81,076
162 0605220N SHIP TO SHORE CONNECTOR 1,343 1,343
(SSC).
163 0605327N T-AO 205 CLASS............. 71 71
164 0605414N UNMANNED CARRIER AVIATION 220,404 220,404
(UCA).
165 0605450M JOINT AIR-TO-GROUND MISSILE 384 384
(JAGM).
166 0605500N MULTI-MISSION MARITIME 36,027 36,027
AIRCRAFT (MMA).
167 0605504N MULTI-MISSION MARITIME 132,449 132,449
(MMA) INCREMENT III.
168 0605611M MARINE CORPS ASSAULT 103,236 103,236
VEHICLES SYSTEM
DEVELOPMENT &
DEMONSTRATION.
169 0605813M JOINT LIGHT TACTICAL 2,609 2,609
VEHICLE (JLTV) SYSTEM
DEVELOPMENT &
DEMONSTRATION.
170 0204202N DDG-1000................... 231,778 231,778
171 0301377N COUNTERING ADVANCED 17,531 17,531
CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS
(CACW).
172 0304785N ISR & INFO OPERATIONS...... 174,271 174,271
173 0306250M CYBER OPERATIONS TECHNOLOGY 2,068 2,068
DEVELOPMENT.
........................ SUBTOTAL SYSTEM 6,962,234 97,868 7,060,102
DEVELOPMENT AND
DEMONSTRATION.
........................
........................ MANAGEMENT SUPPORT
174 0604256N THREAT SIMULATOR 22,918 22,918
DEVELOPMENT.
175 0604258N TARGET SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT. 18,623 18,623
176 0604759N MAJOR T&E INVESTMENT....... 74,221 74,221
177 0605152N STUDIES AND ANALYSIS 3,229 3,229
SUPPORT--NAVY.
178 0605154N CENTER FOR NAVAL ANALYSES.. 45,672 45,672
180 0605804N TECHNICAL INFORMATION 1,000 1,000
SERVICES.
181 0605853N MANAGEMENT, TECHNICAL & 124,328 7,500 131,828
INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT.
........................ Program increase....... [7,500]
182 0605856N STRATEGIC TECHNICAL SUPPORT 4,053 4,053
183 0605863N RDT&E SHIP AND AIRCRAFT 203,447 203,447
SUPPORT.
184 0605864N TEST AND EVALUATION SUPPORT 481,975 481,975
185 0605865N OPERATIONAL TEST AND 29,399 29,399
EVALUATION CAPABILITY.
186 0605866N NAVY SPACE AND ELECTRONIC 27,504 27,504
WARFARE (SEW) SUPPORT.
187 0605867N SEW SURVEILLANCE/ 9,183 9,183
RECONNAISSANCE SUPPORT.
188 0605873M MARINE CORPS PROGRAM WIDE 34,976 34,976
SUPPORT.
189 0605898N MANAGEMENT HQ--R&D......... 41,331 41,331
190 0606355N WARFARE INNOVATION 37,340 37,340
MANAGEMENT.
191 0305327N INSIDER THREAT............. 2,246 2,246
192 0902498N MANAGEMENT HEADQUARTERS 2,168 2,168
(DEPARTMENTAL SUPPORT
ACTIVITIES).
........................ SUBTOTAL MANAGEMENT 1,163,613 7,500 1,171,113
SUPPORT.
........................
........................ OPERATIONAL SYSTEM
DEVELOPMENT
196 0604840M F-35 C2D2.................. 544,625 -37,500 507,125
........................ TR-3/B4 Unplanned cost [-37,500]
growth.
197 0604840N F-35 C2D2.................. 543,834 -37,500 506,334
........................ TR-3/B4 Unplanned cost [-37,500]
growth.
198 0605520M MARINE CORPS AIR DEFENSE 99,860 -10,500 89,360
WEAPONS SYSTEMS.
........................ Slow expenditure....... [-10,500]
199 0607658N COOPERATIVE ENGAGEMENT 153,440 153,440
CAPABILITY (CEC).
200 0101221N STRATEGIC SUB & WEAPONS 321,648 321,648
SYSTEM SUPPORT.
201 0101224N SSBN SECURITY TECHNOLOGY 62,694 62,694
PROGRAM.
202 0101226N SUBMARINE ACOUSTIC WARFARE 92,869 92,869
DEVELOPMENT.
203 0101402N NAVY STRATEGIC 51,919 20,400 72,319
COMMUNICATIONS.
........................ Navy UPL--VIOLET - Navy [20,400]
Strategic
Communications.
204 0204136N F/A-18 SQUADRONS........... 333,783 333,783
205 0204228N SURFACE SUPPORT............ 8,619 8,619
206 0204229N TOMAHAWK AND TOMAHAWK 122,834 122,834
MISSION PLANNING CENTER
(TMPC).
207 0204311N INTEGRATED SURVEILLANCE 76,279 76,279
SYSTEM.
208 0204313N SHIP-TOWED ARRAY 1,103 1,103
SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS.
209 0204413N AMPHIBIOUS TACTICAL SUPPORT 1,991 1,991
UNITS (DISPLACEMENT CRAFT).
210 0204460M GROUND/AIR TASK ORIENTED 92,674 -15,100 77,574
RADAR (G/ATOR).
........................ Slow expenditure....... [-15,100]
211 0204571N CONSOLIDATED TRAINING 115,894 115,894
SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT.
212 0204575N ELECTRONIC WARFARE (EW) 61,677 61,677
READINESS SUPPORT.
213 0205601N ANTI-RADIATION MISSILE 59,555 59,555
IMPROVEMENT.
214 0205620N SURFACE ASW COMBAT SYSTEM 29,973 29,973
INTEGRATION.
215 0205632N MK-48 ADCAP................ 213,165 213,165
216 0205633N AVIATION IMPROVEMENTS...... 143,277 143,277
217 0205675N OPERATIONAL NUCLEAR POWER 152,546 152,546
SYSTEMS.
218 0206313M MARINE CORPS COMMUNICATIONS 192,625 -8,900 183,725
SYSTEMS.
........................ Marine Electromagnetic [-7,200]
Warfare Ground Family
of Systems.
........................ Tactical Communication [-1,700]
Modernization.
219 0206335M COMMON AVIATION COMMAND AND 12,565 12,565
CONTROL SYSTEM (CAC2S).
220 0206623M MARINE CORPS GROUND COMBAT/ 83,900 83,900
SUPPORTING ARMS SYSTEMS.
221 0206624M MARINE CORPS COMBAT 27,794 27,794
SERVICES SUPPORT.
222 0206625M USMC INTELLIGENCE/ 47,762 47,762
ELECTRONIC WARFARE SYSTEMS
(MIP).
223 0206629M AMPHIBIOUS ASSAULT VEHICLE. 373 373
224 0207161N TACTICAL AIM MISSILES...... 36,439 36,439
225 0207163N ADVANCED MEDIUM RANGE AIR- 29,198 29,198
TO-AIR MISSILE (AMRAAM).
226 0208043N PLANNING AND DECISION AID 3,565 3,565
SYSTEM (PDAS).
230 0303138N AFLOAT NETWORKS............ 49,995 49,995
231 0303140N INFORMATION SYSTEMS 33,390 33,390
SECURITY PROGRAM.
232 0305192N MILITARY INTELLIGENCE 7,304 7,304
PROGRAM (MIP) ACTIVITIES.
233 0305204N TACTICAL UNMANNED AERIAL 11,235 11,235
VEHICLES.
234 0305205N UAS INTEGRATION AND 16,409 16,409
INTEROPERABILITY.
235 0305208M DISTRIBUTED COMMON GROUND/ 51,192 -7,200 43,992
SURFACE SYSTEMS.
........................ Distributed Common [-7,200]
Ground System Marine
Corps (DCGS-MC).
236 0305220N MQ-4C TRITON............... 12,094 12,094
237 0305231N MQ-8 UAV................... 29,700 29,700
238 0305232M RQ-11 UAV.................. 2,107 2,107
239 0305234N SMALL (LEVEL 0) TACTICAL 2,999 2,999
UAS (STUASL0).
240 0305241N MULTI-INTELLIGENCE SENSOR 49,460 49,460
DEVELOPMENT.
241 0305242M UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEMS 13,005 13,005
(UAS) PAYLOADS (MIP).
242 0305251N CYBERSPACE OPERATIONS 2,000 2,000
FORCES AND FORCE SUPPORT.
243 0305421N RQ-4 MODERNIZATION......... 300,378 300,378
244 0307577N INTELLIGENCE MISSION DATA 788 788
(IMD).
245 0308601N MODELING AND SIMULATION 10,994 10,994
SUPPORT.
246 0702207N DEPOT MAINTENANCE (NON-IF). 23,248 23,248
247 0708730N MARITIME TECHNOLOGY 3,284 3,284
(MARITECH).
251A 9999999999 CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS........ 2,021,376 40,000 2,061,376
........................ INDOPACOM UPL.......... [40,000]
........................ SUBTOTAL OPERATIONAL 6,359,438 -56,300 6,303,138
SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT.
........................
........................ SOFTWARE AND DIGITAL
TECHNOLOGY PILOT PROGRAMS
249 0608013N RISK MANAGEMENT 11,748 11,748
INFORMATION--SOFTWARE
PILOT PROGRAM.
250 0608231N MARITIME TACTICAL COMMAND 10,555 10,555
AND CONTROL (MTC2)--
SOFTWARE PILOT PROGRAM.
........................ SUBTOTAL SOFTWARE AND 22,303 22,303
DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY PILOT
PROGRAMS.
........................
........................ TOTAL RESEARCH, 26,922,225 -921,632 26,000,593
DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND
EVALUATION, NAVY.
........................
........................ RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST
AND EVALUATION, AIR FORCE
........................ BASIC RESEARCH
001 0601102F DEFENSE RESEARCH SCIENCES.. 401,486 401,486
002 0601103F UNIVERSITY RESEARCH 182,372 2,000 184,372
INITIATIVES.
........................ UARC Advanced Research [2,000]
on Strategic
Deterrence--TriPolar
Game Theory.
........................ SUBTOTAL BASIC RESEARCH. 583,858 2,000 585,858
........................
........................ APPLIED RESEARCH
003 0602020F FUTURE AF CAPABILITIES 90,713 90,713
APPLIED RESEARCH.
004 0602022F UNIVERSITY AFFILIATED 8,018 8,018
RESEARCH CENTER (UARC)--
TACTICAL AUTONOMY.
005 0602102F MATERIALS.................. 142,325 5,000 147,325
........................ High energy synchrotron [2,500]
x-ray research.
........................ Materials development [2,500]
for high mach
capabilities.
006 0602201F AEROSPACE VEHICLE 161,268 2,500 163,768
TECHNOLOGIES.
........................ Aerospace engineering [2,500]
systems security
integration.
007 0602202F HUMAN EFFECTIVENESS APPLIED 146,921 -2,500 144,421
RESEARCH.
........................ Program decrease....... [-2,500]
008 0602203F AEROSPACE PROPULSION....... 184,867 5,000 189,867
........................ High mach turbine [5,000]
engine.
009 0602204F AEROSPACE SENSORS.......... 216,269 216,269
011 0602298F SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 10,303 10,303
MANAGEMENT--MAJOR
HEADQUARTERS ACTIVITIES.
012 0602602F CONVENTIONAL MUNITIONS..... 160,599 160,599
013 0602605F DIRECTED ENERGY TECHNOLOGY. 129,961 129,961
014 0602788F DOMINANT INFORMATION 182,076 -3,509 178,567
SCIENCES AND METHODS.
........................ JADC2 Operational [5,000]
Testbed.
........................ Secure Interference [3,000]
Avoiding Connectivity
of Autonomous AI
Machines.
........................ Technical realignment.. [-11,509]
........................ SUBTOTAL APPLIED 1,433,320 6,491 1,439,811
RESEARCH.
........................
........................ ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY
DEVELOPMENT
015 0603032F FUTURE AF INTEGRATED 255,855 -25,000 230,855
TECHNOLOGY DEMOS.
........................ Rocket Cargo early to [-25,000]
need.
016 0603112F ADVANCED MATERIALS FOR 30,372 2,500 32,872
WEAPON SYSTEMS.
........................ Metals Affordability [2,500]
Initiative.
017 0603199F SUSTAINMENT SCIENCE AND 10,478 10,478
TECHNOLOGY (S&T).
018 0603203F ADVANCED AEROSPACE SENSORS. 48,046 48,046
019 0603211F AEROSPACE TECHNOLOGY DEV/ 51,896 6,000 57,896
DEMO.
........................ Hybrid Electric [6,000]
Propulsion.
020 0603216F AEROSPACE PROPULSION AND 56,789 2,500 59,289
POWER TECHNOLOGY.
........................ Additive manufacturing [2,500]
for energetics.
021 0603270F ELECTRONIC COMBAT 32,510 32,510
TECHNOLOGY.
022 0603273F SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY FOR 70,321 70,321
NUCLEAR RE-ENTRY SYSTEMS.
023 0603444F MAUI SPACE SURVEILLANCE 2 2
SYSTEM (MSSS).
024 0603456F HUMAN EFFECTIVENESS 15,593 15,593
ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY
DEVELOPMENT.
025 0603601F CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS 132,311 132,311
TECHNOLOGY.
026 0603605F ADVANCED WEAPONS TECHNOLOGY 102,997 -10,000 92,997
........................ Excessive cost growth.. [-10,000]
027 0603680F MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY 44,422 2,500 46,922
PROGRAM.
........................ High accuracy robotics. [2,500]
028 0603788F BATTLESPACE KNOWLEDGE 37,779 2,500 40,279
DEVELOPMENT AND
DEMONSTRATION.
........................ Modeling and simulation [2,500]
conversion software.
029 0207412F CONTROL AND REPORTING 2,005 2,005
CENTER (CRC).
........................ SUBTOTAL ADVANCED 891,376 -19,000 872,376
TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT.
........................
........................ ADVANCED COMPONENT
DEVELOPMENT AND PROTOTYPES
030 0603036F MODULAR ADVANCED MISSILE... 105,238 -105,238
........................ Program decrease....... [-105,238]
031 0603260F INTELLIGENCE ADVANCED 6,237 6,237
DEVELOPMENT.
032 0603742F COMBAT IDENTIFICATION 21,298 21,298
TECHNOLOGY.
033 0603790F NATO RESEARCH AND 2,208 2,208
DEVELOPMENT.
034 0603851F INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC 45,319 45,319
MISSILE--DEM/VAL.
035 0604001F NC3 ADVANCED CONCEPTS...... 10,011 10,011
037 0604003F ADVANCED BATTLE MANAGEMENT 500,575 500,575
SYSTEM (ABMS).
038 0604004F ADVANCED ENGINE DEVELOPMENT 595,352 595,352
039 0604005F NC3 COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT 78,799 78,799
& PROTOTYPING.
040 0604006F DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE TECH 2,620 -2,620
ARCHITECTURE.
........................ Technical realignment.. [-2,620]
041 0604007F E-7........................ 681,039 37,200 718,239
........................ Rapid Prototyping...... [37,200]
042 0604009F AFWERX PRIME............... 83,336 5,000 88,336
........................ Agility Prime.......... [5,000]
043 0604015F LONG RANGE STRIKE--BOMBER.. 2,984,143 2,984,143
044 0604025F RAPID DEFENSE 154,300 154,300
EXPERIMENTATION RESERVE
(RDER).
045 0604032F DIRECTED ENERGY PROTOTYPING 1,246 1,246
046 0604033F HYPERSONICS PROTOTYPING.... 150,340 -150,340
........................ Air-Launched Rapid [-150,340]
Response Weapon (ARRW).
047 0604183F HYPERSONICS PROTOTYPING-- 381,528 20,000 401,528
HYPERSONIC ATTACK CRUISE
MISSILE (HACM).
........................ HACM Production and [20,000]
Tooling Investment.
048 0604201F PNT RESILIENCY, MODS, AND 18,041 18,041
IMPROVEMENTS.
049 0604257F ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY AND 27,650 27,650
SENSORS.
050 0604288F SURVIVABLE AIRBORNE 888,829 888,829
OPERATIONS CENTER (SAOC).
051 0604317F TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER........ 26,638 26,638
052 0604327F HARD AND DEEPLY BURIED 19,266 19,266
TARGET DEFEAT SYSTEM
(HDBTDS) PROGRAM.
053 0604414F CYBER RESILIENCY OF WEAPON 37,121 37,121
SYSTEMS-ACS.
054 0604534F ADAPTIVE ENGINE TRANSITION 588,400 588,400
PROGRAM (AETP).
........................ Technology Maturation [588,400]
and Risk Reduction.
055 0604668F JOINT TRANSPORTATION 37,026 37,026
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (JTMS).
056 0604776F DEPLOYMENT & DISTRIBUTION 31,833 31,833
ENTERPRISE R&D.
057 0604858F TECH TRANSITION PROGRAM.... 210,806 24,670 235,476
........................ Technical realignment.. [24,670]
058 0604860F OPERATIONAL ENERGY AND 46,305 46,305
INSTALLATION RESILIENCE.
059 0605164F AIR REFUELING CAPABILITY 19,400 19,400
MODERNIZATION.
061 0207110F NEXT GENERATION AIR 2,326,128 -550,600 1,775,528
DOMINANCE.
........................ Project 646007: Program [-550,600]
deferment.
062 0207179F AUTONOMOUS COLLABORATIVE 118,826 57,187 176,013
PLATFORMS.
........................ Project 647123: Air-Air [75,000]
Refueling TMRR.
........................ Technical realignment.. [-17,813]
063 0207420F COMBAT IDENTIFICATION...... 1,902 1,902
064 0207455F THREE DIMENSIONAL LONG- 19,763 19,763
RANGE RADAR (3DELRR).
065 0207522F AIRBASE AIR DEFENSE SYSTEMS 78,867 78,867
(ABADS).
066 0208030F WAR RESERVE MATERIEL-- 8,175 8,175
AMMUNITION.
068 0305236F COMMON DATA LINK EXECUTIVE 25,157 25,157
AGENT (CDL EA).
069 0305601F MISSION PARTNER 17,727 17,727
ENVIRONMENTS.
072 0708051F RAPID SUSTAINMENT 43,431 43,431
MODERNIZATION (RSM).
073 0808737F INTEGRATED PRIMARY 9,364 9,364
PREVENTION.
074 0901410F CONTRACTING INFORMATION 28,294 28,294
TECHNOLOGY SYSTEM.
075 1206415F U.S. SPACE COMMAND RESEARCH 14,892 14,892
AND DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT.
075A 0605057F NEXT GENERATION AIR- 7,928 7,928
REFUELING SYSTEM.
........................ Technical realignment.. [7,928]
075B 99999999 FLEXIBLE TRANSITION PATHWAY 10,000 10,000
........................ Pilot program.......... [10,000]
........................ SUBTOTAL ADVANCED 9,859,030 -58,413 9,800,617
COMPONENT DEVELOPMENT
AND PROTOTYPES.
........................
........................ SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT AND
DEMONSTRATION
076 0604200F FUTURE ADVANCED WEAPON 9,757 25,000 34,757
ANALYSIS & PROGRAMS.
........................ RAACM.................. [15,000]
........................ Stand-Off Attack Weapon [10,000]
Technology.
077 0604201F PNT RESILIENCY, MODS, AND 163,156 163,156
IMPROVEMENTS.
078 0604222F NUCLEAR WEAPONS SUPPORT.... 45,884 45,884
079 0604270F ELECTRONIC WARFARE 13,804 13,804
DEVELOPMENT.
080 0604281F TACTICAL DATA NETWORKS 74,023 5,000 79,023
ENTERPRISE.
........................ Technical realignment.. [5,000]
081 0604287F PHYSICAL SECURITY EQUIPMENT 10,605 10,605
082 0604602F ARMAMENT/ORDNANCE 5,918 5,918
DEVELOPMENT.
083 0604604F SUBMUNITIONS............... 3,345 3,345
084 0604617F AGILE COMBAT SUPPORT....... 21,967 21,967
085 0604706F LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS....... 39,301 39,301
086 0604735F COMBAT TRAINING RANGES..... 152,569 152,569
087 0604932F LONG RANGE STANDOFF WEAPON. 911,406 -20,000 891,406
........................ Technical realignment.. [-20,000]
088 0604933F ICBM FUZE MODERNIZATION.... 71,732 71,732
089 0605030F JOINT TACTICAL NETWORK 2,256 2,256
CENTER (JTNC).
090 0605031F JOINT TACTICAL NETWORK 452 452
(JTN).
091 0605056F OPEN ARCHITECTURE 36,582 36,582
MANAGEMENT.
092 0605057F NEXT GENERATION AIR- 7,928 -7,928
REFUELING SYSTEM.
........................ Technical realignment.. [-7,928]
093 0605223F ADVANCED PILOT TRAINING.... 77,252 -11,600 65,652
........................ Program delay.......... [-11,600]
094 0605229F HH-60W..................... 48,268 48,268
095 0605238F GROUND BASED STRATEGIC 3,746,935 -7,650 3,739,285
DETERRENT EMD.
........................ Technical realignment.. [-7,650]
096 0207171F F-15 EPAWSS................ 13,982 13,982
097 0207279F ISOLATED PERSONNEL 56,225 56,225
SURVIVABILITY AND RECOVERY.
098 0207328F STAND IN ATTACK WEAPON..... 298,585 298,585
099 0207701F FULL COMBAT MISSION 7,597 10,000 17,597
TRAINING.
........................ Airborne Augmented [10,000]
Reality for Pilot
Training.
100 0208036F MEDICAL C-CBRNE PROGRAMS... 2,006 2,006
102 0305205F ENDURANCE UNMANNED AERIAL 30,000 30,000
VEHICLES.
103 0401221F KC-46A TANKER SQUADRONS.... 124,662 124,662
104 0401319F VC-25B..................... 490,701 -57,000 433,701
........................ Excess to Need......... [-57,000]
105 0701212F AUTOMATED TEST SYSTEMS..... 12,911 12,911
106 0804772F TRAINING DEVELOPMENTS...... 1,922 1,922
106A 0102417F OVER-THE-HORIZON 428,754 428,754
BACKSCATTER RADAR.
........................ Technical realignment.. [428,754]
........................ SUBTOTAL SYSTEM 6,481,731 364,576 6,846,307
DEVELOPMENT AND
DEMONSTRATION.
........................
........................ MANAGEMENT SUPPORT
107 0604256F THREAT SIMULATOR 16,626 16,626
DEVELOPMENT.
108 0604759F MAJOR T&E INVESTMENT....... 31,143 31,143
109 0605101F RAND PROJECT AIR FORCE..... 38,398 38,398
110 0605502F SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION 1,466 1,466
RESEARCH.
111 0605712F INITIAL OPERATIONAL TEST & 13,736 13,736
EVALUATION.
112 0605807F TEST AND EVALUATION SUPPORT 913,213 32,813 946,026
........................ Technical realignment.. [32,813]
113 0605827F ACQ WORKFORCE- GLOBAL VIG & 317,901 317,901
COMBAT SYS.
114 0605828F ACQ WORKFORCE- GLOBAL REACH 541,677 4,000 545,677
........................ Aircraft Cannon Digital [4,000]
Modeling.
115 0605829F ACQ WORKFORCE- CYBER, 551,213 -14,700 536,513
NETWORK, & BUS SYS.
........................ Technical realignment.. [-14,700]
117 0605831F ACQ WORKFORCE- CAPABILITY 243,780 30,000 273,780
INTEGRATION.
........................ Technical realignment.. [30,000]
118 0605832F ACQ WORKFORCE- ADVANCED 109,030 -32,000 77,030
PRGM TECHNOLOGY.
........................ Technical realignment.. [-32,000]
119 0605833F ACQ WORKFORCE- NUCLEAR 336,788 336,788
SYSTEMS.
120 0605898F MANAGEMENT HQ--R&D......... 5,005 1,700 6,705
........................ Technical realignment.. [1,700]
121 0605976F FACILITIES RESTORATION AND 87,889 87,889
MODERNIZATION--TEST AND
EVALUATION SUPPORT.
122 0605978F FACILITIES SUSTAINMENT-- 35,065 35,065
TEST AND EVALUATION
SUPPORT.
123 0606017F REQUIREMENTS ANALYSIS AND 89,956 89,956
MATURATION.
124 0606398F MANAGEMENT HQ--T&E......... 7,453 7,453
126 0303255F COMMAND, CONTROL, 20,871 10,000 30,871
COMMUNICATION, AND
COMPUTERS (C4)--STRATCOM.
........................ NC3 STRATCOM........... [10,000]
127 0308602F ENTEPRISE INFORMATION 100,357 100,357
SERVICES (EIS).
128 0702806F ACQUISITION AND MANAGEMENT 20,478 20,478
SUPPORT.
129 0804731F GENERAL SKILL TRAINING..... 796 796
132 1001004F INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES... 3,917 3,917
........................ SUBTOTAL MANAGEMENT 3,486,758 31,813 3,518,571
SUPPORT.
........................
........................ OPERATIONAL SYSTEM
DEVELOPMENT
134 0604233F SPECIALIZED UNDERGRADUATE 41,464 41,464
FLIGHT TRAINING.
135 0604283F BATTLE MGMT COM & CTRL 40,000 -35,000 5,000
SENSOR DEVELOPMENT.
........................ ARSR-4 Replacement [-35,000]
Hawai'i Radar.
136 0604445F WIDE AREA SURVEILLANCE..... 8,018 8,018
137 0604617F AGILE COMBAT SUPPORT....... 5,645 5,645
139 0604840F F-35 C2D2.................. 1,275,268 -90,000 1,185,268
........................ Program decrease....... [-10,000]
........................ Technical realignment.. [-5,000]
........................ TR-3/B4 Unplanned cost [-75,000]
growth.
140 0605018F AF INTEGRATED PERSONNEL AND 40,203 40,203
PAY SYSTEM (AF-IPPS).
141 0605024F ANTI-TAMPER TECHNOLOGY 49,613 49,613
EXECUTIVE AGENCY.
142 0605117F FOREIGN MATERIEL 93,881 93,881
ACQUISITION AND
EXPLOITATION.
143 0605278F HC/MC-130 RECAP RDT&E...... 36,536 -25,000 11,536
........................ Excess to need......... [-5,000]
........................ Program decrease....... [-20,000]
144 0606018F NC3 INTEGRATION............ 22,910 22,910
145 0101113F B-52 SQUADRONS............. 950,815 -28,983 921,832
........................ Scheduling delays...... [-43,000]
........................ Technical realignment.. [14,017]
146 0101122F AIR-LAUNCHED CRUISE MISSILE 290 290
(ALCM).
147 0101126F B-1B SQUADRONS............. 12,619 12,619
148 0101127F B-2 SQUADRONS.............. 87,623 87,623
149 0101213F MINUTEMAN SQUADRONS........ 33,237 10,000 43,237
........................ Legacy Weapons Software [5,000]
Translation/
Modernization.
........................ Multi-Domain Command [5,000]
and Control Tool.
150 0101316F WORLDWIDE JOINT STRATEGIC 24,653 24,653
COMMUNICATIONS.
151 0101318F SERVICE SUPPORT TO 7,562 7,562
STRATCOM--GLOBAL STRIKE.
153 0101328F ICBM REENTRY VEHICLES...... 475,415 475,415
155 0102110F MH-139A.................... 25,737 25,737
156 0102326F REGION/SECTOR OPERATION 831 831
CONTROL CENTER
MODERNIZATION PROGRAM.
157 0102412F NORTH WARNING SYSTEM (NWS). 102 102
158 0102417F OVER-THE-HORIZON 428,754 -393,754 35,000
BACKSCATTER RADAR.
........................ NORTHCOM UPL--Over the [35,000]
Horizon Radar
Acceleration.
........................ Technical realignment.. [-428,754]
159 0202834F VEHICLES AND SUPPORT 15,498 4,000 19,498
EQUIPMENT--GENERAL.
........................ Technical realignment.. [4,000]
160 0205219F MQ-9 UAV................... 81,123 81,123
161 0205671F JOINT COUNTER RCIED 2,303 2,303
ELECTRONIC WARFARE.
162 0207040F MULTI-PLATFORM ELECTRONIC 7,312 7,312
WARFARE EQUIPMENT.
164 0207133F F-16 SQUADRONS............. 98,633 40,600 139,233
........................ IVEWS restoration...... [40,600]
165 0207134F F-15E SQUADRONS............ 50,965 50,965
166 0207136F MANNED DESTRUCTIVE 16,543 16,543
SUPPRESSION.
167 0207138F F-22A SQUADRONS............ 725,889 15,000 740,889
........................ Cyber Resiliency....... [15,000]
168 0207142F F-35 SQUADRONS............. 97,231 10,000 107,231
........................ Operational Test Data [10,000]
Sharing.
169 0207146F F-15EX..................... 100,006 100,006
170 0207161F TACTICAL AIM MISSILES...... 41,958 41,958
171 0207163F ADVANCED MEDIUM RANGE AIR- 53,679 53,679
TO-AIR MISSILE (AMRAAM).
172 0207227F COMBAT RESCUE--PARARESCUE.. 726 726
173 0207238F E-11A...................... 64,888 64,888
174 0207247F AF TENCAP.................. 25,749 25,749
175 0207249F PRECISION ATTACK SYSTEMS 11,872 11,872
PROCUREMENT.
176 0207253F COMPASS CALL............... 66,932 66,932
177 0207268F AIRCRAFT ENGINE COMPONENT 55,223 10,000 65,223
IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
........................ Additive manufacturing [10,000]
expansion.
178 0207325F JOINT AIR-TO-SURFACE 132,937 132,937
STANDOFF MISSILE (JASSM).
179 0207327F SMALL DIAMETER BOMB (SDB).. 37,518 12,000 49,518
........................ GLSDB Maritime Seeker.. [12,000]
180 0207410F AIR & SPACE OPERATIONS 72,059 72,059
CENTER (AOC).
181 0207412F CONTROL AND REPORTING 17,498 17,498
CENTER (CRC).
183 0207418F AFSPECWAR--TACP............ 2,106 2,106
185 0207431F COMBAT AIR INTELLIGENCE 72,010 72,010
SYSTEM ACTIVITIES.
186 0207438F THEATER BATTLE MANAGEMENT 6,467 6,467
(TBM) C4I.
187 0207439F ELECTRONIC WARFARE 10,388 10,388
INTEGRATED REPROGRAMMING
(EWIR).
188 0207444F TACTICAL AIR CONTROL PARTY- 10,060 10,060
MOD.
189 0207452F DCAPES..................... 8,233 8,233
190 0207521F AIR FORCE CALIBRATION 2,172 2,172
PROGRAMS.
192 0207573F NATIONAL TECHNICAL NUCLEAR 2,049 2,049
FORENSICS.
193 0207590F SEEK EAGLE................. 33,478 33,478
195 0207605F WARGAMING AND SIMULATION 11,894 11,894
CENTERS.
197 0207697F DISTRIBUTED TRAINING AND 3,811 3,811
EXERCISES.
198 0208006F MISSION PLANNING SYSTEMS... 96,272 96,272
199 0208007F TACTICAL DECEPTION......... 26,533 26,533
201 0208087F DISTRIBUTED CYBER WARFARE 50,122 50,122
OPERATIONS.
202 0208088F AF DEFENSIVE CYBERSPACE 113,064 113,064
OPERATIONS.
208 0208288F INTEL DATA APPLICATIONS.... 967 967
209 0301025F GEOBASE.................... 1,514 1,514
211 0301113F CYBER SECURITY INTELLIGENCE 8,476 8,476
SUPPORT.
218 0301401F AF MULTI-DOMAIN NON- 2,890 2,890
TRADITIONAL ISR
BATTLESPACE AWARENESS.
219 0302015F E-4B NATIONAL AIRBORNE 39,868 39,868
OPERATIONS CENTER (NAOC).
220 0303004F EIT CONNECT................ 32,900 32,900
221 0303089F CYBERSPACE OPERATIONS 4,881 4,881
SYSTEMS.
222 0303131F MINIMUM ESSENTIAL EMERGENCY 33,567 33,567
COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK
(MEECN).
223 0303133F HIGH FREQUENCY RADIO 40,000 40,000
SYSTEMS.
224 0303140F INFORMATION SYSTEMS 95,523 95,523
SECURITY PROGRAM.
226 0303248F ALL DOMAIN COMMON PLATFORM. 71,296 -15,000 56,296
........................ Insufficient [-15,000]
justification.
227 0303260F JOINT MILITARY DECEPTION 4,682 4,682
INITIATIVE.
228 0304100F STRATEGIC MISSION PLANNING 64,944 64,944
& EXECUTION SYSTEM (SMPES).
230 0304260F AIRBORNE SIGINT ENTERPRISE. 108,947 108,947
231 0304310F COMMERCIAL ECONOMIC 4,635 4,635
ANALYSIS.
234 0305015F C2 AIR OPERATIONS SUITE--C2 13,751 13,751
INFO SERVICES.
235 0305020F CCMD INTELLIGENCE 1,660 1,660
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY.
236 0305022F ISR MODERNIZATION & 18,680 18,680
AUTOMATION DVMT (IMAD).
237 0305099F GLOBAL AIR TRAFFIC 5,031 5,031
MANAGEMENT (GATM).
238 0305103F CYBER SECURITY INITIATIVE.. 301 301
239 0305111F WEATHER SERVICE............ 26,329 26,329
240 0305114F AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL, 8,751 8,751
APPROACH, AND LANDING
SYSTEM (ATCALS).
241 0305116F AERIAL TARGETS............. 6,915 6,915
244 0305128F SECURITY AND INVESTIGATIVE 352 352
ACTIVITIES.
245 0305146F DEFENSE JOINT 6,930 6,930
COUNTERINTELLIGENCE
ACTIVITIES.
246 0305179F INTEGRATED BROADCAST 21,588 21,588
SERVICE (IBS).
247 0305202F DRAGON U-2................. 16,842 16,842
248 0305206F AIRBORNE RECONNAISSANCE 43,158 43,158
SYSTEMS.
249 0305207F MANNED RECONNAISSANCE 14,330 14,330
SYSTEMS.
250 0305208F DISTRIBUTED COMMON GROUND/ 88,854 88,854
SURFACE SYSTEMS.
251 0305220F RQ-4 UAV................... 1,242 1,242
252 0305221F NETWORK-CENTRIC 12,496 12,496
COLLABORATIVE TARGETING.
253 0305238F NATO AGS................... 2 2
254 0305240F SUPPORT TO DCGS ENTERPRISE. 31,589 31,589
255 0305600F INTERNATIONAL INTELLIGENCE 15,322 15,322
TECHNOLOGY AND
ARCHITECTURES.
256 0305881F RAPID CYBER ACQUISITION.... 8,830 8,830
257 0305984F PERSONNEL RECOVERY COMMAND 2,764 2,764
& CTRL (PRC2).
258 0307577F INTELLIGENCE MISSION DATA 7,090 7,090
(IMD).
259 0401115F C-130 AIRLIFT SQUADRON..... 5,427 18,000 23,427
........................ C-130H Link-16 MIDS-JTR [18,000]
Terminal.
260 0401119F C-5 AIRLIFT SQUADRONS (IF). 29,502 29,502
261 0401130F C-17 AIRCRAFT (IF)......... 2,753 46,000 48,753
........................ C-17A Modernized High [16,000]
Frequency Radio.
........................ C-17A Tactical Data [30,000]
Link.
262 0401132F C-130J PROGRAM............. 19,100 50,300 69,400
........................ C-130J Global Secure [26,700]
Data and Voice Comm.
........................ C-130J Tactical Data [18,600]
Link/BLOS Secure Data.
........................ Test and evaluate load [5,000]
alleviation components.
263 0401134F LARGE AIRCRAFT IR 5,982 5,982
COUNTERMEASURES (LAIRCM).
264 0401218F KC-135S.................... 51,105 51,105
265 0401318F CV-22...................... 18,127 18,127
266 0408011F SPECIAL TACTICS / COMBAT 9,198 9,198
CONTROL.
268 0708610F LOGISTICS INFORMATION 17,520 17,520
TECHNOLOGY (LOGIT).
269 0801380F AF LVC OPERATIONAL TRAINING 25,144 25,144
(LVC-OT).
270 0804743F OTHER FLIGHT TRAINING...... 2,265 2,265
272 0901202F JOINT PERSONNEL RECOVERY 2,266 2,266
AGENCY.
273 0901218F CIVILIAN COMPENSATION 4,006 4,006
PROGRAM.
274 0901220F PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION... 3,078 3,078
275 0901226F AIR FORCE STUDIES AND 5,309 5,309
ANALYSIS AGENCY.
276 0901538F FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT 4,279 4,279
INFORMATION SYSTEMS
DEVELOPMENT.
277 0901554F DEFENSE ENTERPRISE ACNTNG 45,925 45,925
AND MGT SYS (DEAMS).
278 1202140F SERVICE SUPPORT TO SPACECOM 9,778 9,778
ACTIVITIES.
279A 9999999999 CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS........ 16,814,245 -14,737 16,799,508
........................ Program justification [-14,737]
review.
........................ SUBTOTAL OPERATIONAL 23,829,283 -386,574 23,442,709
SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT.
........................
........................ TOTAL RESEARCH, 46,565,356 -59,107 46,506,249
DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND
EVALUATION, AIR FORCE.
........................
........................ RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT,
TEST, AND EVALUATION,
SPACE FORCE
........................ APPLIED RESEARCH
004 1206601SF SPACE TECHNOLOGY........... 206,196 80,388 286,584
........................ Advanced Analog [5,000]
Microelectronics.
........................ Technical realignment.. [72,888]
........................ University Consortium [2,500]
for Space Technology.
........................ SUBTOTAL APPLIED 206,196 80,388 286,584
RESEARCH.
........................
........................ ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY
DEVELOPMENT
005 1206310SF SPACE SCIENCE AND 472,493 21,509 494,002
TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT.
........................ Defense In Depth as [10,000]
Mission Assurance
Spacecraft--Multilevel
Security.
........................ Technical realignment.. [11,509]
006 1206616SF SPACE ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY 110,033 40,000 150,033
DEVELOPMENT/DEMO.
........................ Technical realignment.. [40,000]
........................ SUBTOTAL ADVANCED 582,526 61,509 644,035
TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT.
........................
........................ ADVANCED COMPONENT
DEVELOPMENT AND PROTOTYPES
007 0604002SF SPACE FORCE WEATHER 849 849
SERVICES RESEARCH.
008 1203010SF SPACE FORCE IT, DATA 61,723 -10,000 51,723
ANALYTICS, DIGITAL
SOLUTIONS.
........................ Program decrease....... [-10,000]
009 1203164SF NAVSTAR GLOBAL POSITIONING 353,807 353,807
SYSTEM (USER EQUIPMENT)
(SPACE).
010 1203622SF SPACE WARFIGHTING ANALYSIS. 95,541 95,541
011 1203710SF EO/IR WEATHER SYSTEMS...... 95,615 95,615
013 1206410SF SPACE TECHNOLOGY 2,081,307 2,081,307
DEVELOPMENT AND
PROTOTYPING.
016 1206427SF SPACE SYSTEMS PROTOTYPE 145,948 -40,000 105,948
TRANSITIONS (SSPT).
........................ Technical realignment.. [-40,000]
017 1206438SF SPACE CONTROL TECHNOLOGY... 58,374 58,374
018 1206458SF TECH TRANSITION (SPACE).... 164,649 164,649
019 1206730SF SPACE SECURITY AND DEFENSE 59,784 59,784
PROGRAM.
020 1206760SF PROTECTED TACTICAL 76,554 76,554
ENTERPRISE SERVICE (PTES).
021 1206761SF PROTECTED TACTICAL SERVICE 360,126 360,126
(PTS).
022 1206855SF EVOLVED STRATEGIC SATCOM 632,833 632,833
(ESS).
023 1206857SF SPACE RAPID CAPABILITIES 12,036 10,000 22,036
OFFICE.
........................ Machine Learning [10,000]
Techniques for Radio
Frequency (RF) Signal
Monitoring and
Interference Detection.
024 1206862SF TACTICALLY RESPONSE SPACE.. 30,000 20,000 50,000
........................ Program increase....... [20,000]
........................ SUBTOTAL ADVANCED 4,229,146 -20,000 4,209,146
COMPONENT DEVELOPMENT
AND PROTOTYPES.
........................
........................ SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT AND
DEMONSTRATION
025 1203269SF GPS III FOLLOW-ON (GPS 308,999 308,999
IIIF).
027 1206421SF COUNTERSPACE SYSTEMS....... 36,537 36,537
028 1206422SF WEATHER SYSTEM FOLLOW-ON... 79,727 79,727
029 1206425SF SPACE SITUATION AWARENESS 372,827 372,827
SYSTEMS.
030 1206431SF ADVANCED EHF MILSATCOM 4,068 4,068
(SPACE).
031 1206432SF POLAR MILSATCOM (SPACE).... 73,757 73,757
032 1206433SF WIDEBAND GLOBAL SATCOM 49,445 49,445
(SPACE).
033 1206440SF NEXT-GEN OPIR--GROUND...... 661,367 661,367
034 1206442SF NEXT GENERATION OPIR....... 222,178 222,178
035 1206443SF NEXT-GEN OPIR--GEO......... 719,731 719,731
036 1206444SF NEXT-GEN OPIR--POLAR....... 1,013,478 1,013,478
037 1206445SF COMMERCIAL SATCOM 73,501 73,501
(COMSATCOM) INTEGRATION.
038 1206446SF RESILIENT MISSILE WARNING 1,266,437 252,785 1,519,222
MISSILE TRACKING--LOW
EARTH ORBIT (LEO).
........................ Technical realignment.. [252,785]
039 1206447SF RESILIENT MISSILE WARNING 538,208 252,784 790,992
MISSILE TRACKING--MEDIUM
EARTH ORBIT (MEO).
........................ Technical realignment.. [252,784]
040 1206448SF RESILIENT MISSILE WARNING 505,569 -505,569
MISSILE TRACKING--
INTEGRATED GROUND SEGMENT.
........................ Technical realignment.. [-505,569]
041 1206853SF NATIONAL SECURITY SPACE 82,188 10,000 92,188
LAUNCH PROGRAM (SPACE)--
EMD.
........................ Launch capability [10,000]
development.
........................ SUBTOTAL SYSTEM 6,008,017 10,000 6,018,017
DEVELOPMENT AND
DEMONSTRATION.
........................
........................ MANAGEMENT SUPPORT
043 1203622SF SPACE WARFIGHTING ANALYSIS. 3,568 3,568
046 1206392SF ACQ WORKFORCE--SPACE & 258,969 17,531 276,500
MISSILE SYSTEMS.
........................ Technical realignment.. [17,531]
047 1206398SF SPACE & MISSILE SYSTEMS 13,694 1,359 15,053
CENTER--MHA.
........................ Technical realignment.. [1,359]
048 1206601SF SPACE TECHNOLOGY........... 91,778 -91,778
........................ Technical realignment.. [-91,778]
049 1206759SF MAJOR T&E INVESTMENT--SPACE 146,797 146,797
050 1206860SF ROCKET SYSTEMS LAUNCH 18,023 18,023
PROGRAM (SPACE).
052 1206864SF SPACE TEST PROGRAM (STP)... 30,192 30,192
........................ SUBTOTAL MANAGEMENT 563,021 -72,888 490,133
SUPPORT.
........................
........................ OPERATIONAL SYSTEM
DEVELOPMENT
055 1203001SF FAMILY OF ADVANCED BLOS 91,369 91,369
TERMINALS (FAB-T).
056 1203040SF DCO-SPACE.................. 76,003 76,003
057 1203109SF NARROWBAND SATELLITE 230,785 230,785
COMMUNICATIONS.
058 1203110SF SATELLITE CONTROL NETWORK 86,465 86,465
(SPACE).
059 1203154SF LONG RANGE KILL CHAINS..... 243,036 243,036
061 1203173SF SPACE AND MISSILE TEST AND 22,039 22,039
EVALUATION CENTER.
062 1203174SF SPACE INNOVATION, 41,483 2,500 43,983
INTEGRATION AND RAPID
TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT.
........................ Accelerating Space [2,500]
Operators Education and
Experiential Learning.
063 1203182SF SPACELIFT RANGE SYSTEM 11,175 11,175
(SPACE).
065 1203330SF SPACE SUPERIORITY ISR...... 28,730 28,730
067 1203873SF BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE 20,752 20,752
RADARS.
068 1203906SF NCMC--TW/AA SYSTEM......... 25,545 25,545
069 1203913SF NUDET DETECTION SYSTEM 93,391 93,391
(SPACE).
070 1203940SF SPACE SITUATION AWARENESS 264,966 264,966
OPERATIONS.
071 1206423SF GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM 317,309 -45,400 271,909
III--OPERATIONAL CONTROL
SEGMENT.
........................ Excess to need......... [-45,400]
075 1206770SF ENTERPRISE GROUND SERVICES. 155,825 155,825
076 1208053SF JOINT TACTICAL GROUND 14,568 14,568
SYSTEM.
078A 9999999999 CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS........ 5,764,667 336,000 6,100,667
........................ DCO-S.................. [43,000]
........................ USSF UPL--Classified [83,000]
program B.
........................ USSF UPL--Classified [53,000]
program C.
........................ USSF UPL--Classified [67,000]
program D.
........................ USSF UPL--Classified [90,000]
program F.
........................ SUBTOTAL OPERATIONAL 7,488,108 293,100 7,781,208
SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT.
........................
........................ SOFTWARE AND DIGITAL
TECHNOLOGY PILOT PROGRAMS
078 1208248SF SPACE COMMAND & CONTROL-- 122,326 122,326
SOFTWARE PILOT PROGRAM.
........................ SUBTOTAL SOFTWARE AND 122,326 122,326
DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY PILOT
PROGRAMS.
........................
........................ TOTAL RESEARCH, 19,199,340 352,109 19,551,449
DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND
EVALUATION, SPACE
FORCE.
........................
........................ RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST
AND EVALUATION, DEFENSE-
WIDE
........................ BASIC RESEARCH
001 0601000BR DTRA BASIC RESEARCH........ 14,761 14,761
002 0601101E DEFENSE RESEARCH SCIENCES.. 311,531 5,000 316,531
........................ Research Security [5,000]
Consortium.
003 0601108D8Z HIGH ENERGY LASER RESEARCH 16,329 16,329
INITIATIVES.
004 0601110D8Z BASIC RESEARCH INITIATIVES. 71,783 71,783
005 0601117E BASIC OPERATIONAL MEDICAL 50,430 50,430
RESEARCH SCIENCE.
006 0601120D8Z NATIONAL DEFENSE EDUCATION 159,549 159,549
PROGRAM.
007 0601228D8Z HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES 100,467 25,000 125,467
AND UNIVERSITIES/MINORITY
INSTITUTIONS.
........................ Program increase....... [25,000]
008 0601384BP CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL 36,235 36,235
DEFENSE PROGRAM.
........................ SUBTOTAL BASIC RESEARCH. 761,085 30,000 791,085
........................
........................ APPLIED RESEARCH
009 0602000D8Z JOINT MUNITIONS TECHNOLOGY. 19,157 19,157
010 0602115E BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY...... 141,081 -10,000 131,081
........................ Program decrease....... [-10,000]
011 0602128D8Z PROMOTION AND PROTECTION 3,219 3,219
STRATEGIES.
012 0602230D8Z DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY 55,160 -15,000 40,160
INNOVATION.
........................ Realignment............ [-15,000]
013 0602234D8Z LINCOLN LABORATORY RESEARCH 46,858 46,858
PROGRAM.
014 0602251D8Z APPLIED RESEARCH FOR THE 66,866 66,866
ADVANCEMENT OF S&T
PRIORITIES.
015 0602303E INFORMATION & 333,029 333,029
COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY.
017 0602384BP CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL 240,610 240,610
DEFENSE PROGRAM.
018 0602668D8Z CYBER SECURITY RESEARCH.... 17,437 2,500 19,937
........................ Pacific Intelligence [2,500]
and Innovation
Initiative.
019 0602675D8Z SOCIAL SCIENCES FOR 4,718 4,718
ENVIRONMENTAL SECURITY.
020 0602702E TACTICAL TECHNOLOGY........ 234,549 -20,000 214,549
........................ Program decrease....... [-20,000]
021 0602715E MATERIALS AND BIOLOGICAL 344,986 344,986
TECHNOLOGY.
022 0602716E ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY..... 572,662 572,662
023 0602718BR COUNTER WEAPONS OF MASS 208,870 -15,000 193,870
DESTRUCTION APPLIED
RESEARCH.
........................ Program decrease....... [-15,000]
024 0602751D8Z SOFTWARE ENGINEERING 11,168 11,168
INSTITUTE (SEI) APPLIED
RESEARCH.
025 0602890D8Z HIGH ENERGY LASER RESEARCH. 48,804 48,804
026 0602891D8Z FSRM MODELLING............. 2,000 2,000
027 1160401BB SOF TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT. 52,287 52,287
........................ SUBTOTAL APPLIED 2,403,461 -57,500 2,345,961
RESEARCH.
........................
........................ ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY
DEVELOPMENT
028 0603000D8Z JOINT MUNITIONS ADVANCED 37,706 15,000 52,706
TECHNOLOGY.
........................ Advanced Process [5,000]
Technology for
Energetics.
........................ Explosive Energetics [10,000]
Expansion.
029 0603021D8Z NATIONAL SECURITY 15,085 15,085
INNOVATION CAPITAL.
030 0603121D8Z SO/LIC ADVANCED DEVELOPMENT 30,102 30,102
031 0603122D8Z COMBATING TERRORISM 75,593 55,000 130,593
TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT.
........................ Joint R&D with Israel.. [50,000]
........................ ROC-X VTOL Loitering [5,000]
Munition.
032 0603133D8Z FOREIGN COMPARATIVE TESTING 27,078 27,078
033 0603160BR COUNTER WEAPONS OF MASS 400,947 2,500 403,447
DESTRUCTION ADVANCED
TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT.
........................ Advanced Manufacturing [2,500]
of Energetics.
034 0603176BR ADVANCED CONCEPTS AND 7,990 7,990
PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT.
035 0603176C ADVANCED CONCEPTS AND 17,825 17,825
PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT.
036 0603180C ADVANCED RESEARCH.......... 21,461 8,000 29,461
........................ Radiation Hardened [5,000]
Microelectronics--Facil
iity and Workforce
Development.
........................ Testbed for Advanced [3,000]
Digital Low Latency
Networks.
037 0603183D8Z JOINT HYPERSONIC TECHNOLOGY 52,292 5,000 57,292
DEVELOPMENT &TRANSITION.
........................ Common Hypersonic Glide [5,000]
Body Development.
038 0603225D8Z JOINT DOD-DOE MUNITIONS 19,567 19,567
TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT.
039 0603260BR INTELLIGENCE ADVANCED 10,000 10,000
DEVELOPMENT.
040 0603286E ADVANCED AEROSPACE SYSTEMS. 331,753 -10,000 321,753
........................ Program decrease....... [-10,000]
041 0603287E SPACE PROGRAMS AND 134,809 134,809
TECHNOLOGY.
042 0603288D8Z ANALYTIC ASSESSMENTS....... 24,328 24,328
043 0603289D8Z ADVANCED INNOVATIVE 55,626 55,626
ANALYSIS AND CONCEPTS.
044 0603330D8Z QUANTUM APPLICATION........ 75,000 75,000
046 0603342D8Z DEFENSE INNOVATION UNIT 104,729 22,500 127,229
(DIU).
........................ Electric Boats......... [10,000]
........................ Nuclear Advanced [10,000]
Propulsion and power.
........................ Program increase....... [2,500]
047 0603375D8Z TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION...... 123,837 123,837
048 0603379D8Z ADVANCED TECHNICAL 11,000 11,000
INTEGRATION.
049 0603384BP CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL 267,073 -40,000 227,073
DEFENSE PROGRAM--ADVANCED
DEVELOPMENT.
........................ Program decrease....... [-40,000]
050 0603527D8Z RETRACT LARCH.............. 57,401 57,401
051 0603618D8Z JOINT ELECTRONIC ADVANCED 19,793 19,793
TECHNOLOGY.
053 0603662D8Z NETWORKED COMMUNICATIONS 11,197 11,197
CAPABILITIES.
054 0603680D8Z DEFENSE-WIDE MANUFACTURING 252,965 22,500 275,465
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
PROGRAM.
........................ Bioindustrial [20,000]
Manufacturing
Infrastructure.
........................ Hypersonic Advanced [2,500]
Composites
Manufacturing.
055 0603680S MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY 46,404 5,000 51,404
PROGRAM.
........................ Program Increase....... [5,000]
056 0603712S GENERIC LOGISTICS R&D 16,580 16,580
TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATIONS.
057 0603716D8Z STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL 60,387 60,387
RESEARCH PROGRAM.
058 0603720S MICROELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY 144,707 144,707
DEVELOPMENT AND SUPPORT.
059 0603727D8Z JOINT WARFIGHTING PROGRAM.. 2,749 2,749
060 0603739E ADVANCED ELECTRONICS 254,033 -10,000 244,033
TECHNOLOGIES.
........................ Program decrease....... [-10,000]
061 0603760E COMMAND, CONTROL AND 321,591 321,591
COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS.
062 0603766E NETWORK-CENTRIC WARFARE 885,425 885,425
TECHNOLOGY.
063 0603767E SENSOR TECHNOLOGY.......... 358,580 -5,250 353,330
........................ Program decrease....... [-5,250]
065 0603781D8Z SOFTWARE ENGINEERING 16,699 16,699
INSTITUTE.
066 0603838D8Z DEFENSE INNOVATION 257,110 5,700 262,810
ACCELERATION (DIA).
........................ Autonomous resupply for [2,500]
contested logistics.
........................ High energy Laser [3,200]
Weapon System
Procurement.
067 0603924D8Z HIGH ENERGY LASER ADVANCED 111,799 111,799
TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM.
068 0603941D8Z TEST & EVALUATION SCIENCE & 345,384 345,384
TECHNOLOGY.
069 0603945D8Z AUKUS INNOVATION 25,000 25,000
INITIATIVES.
070 0603950D8Z NATIONAL SECURITY 21,575 21,575
INNOVATION NETWORK.
071 0604055D8Z OPERATIONAL ENERGY 171,668 10,000 181,668
CAPABILITY IMPROVEMENT.
........................ HELCAP Thermal Energy [10,000]
Storage.
072 1160402BB SOF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY 156,097 2,500 158,597
DEVELOPMENT.
........................ Jam Resistant Military [2,500]
Communications.
........................ SUBTOTAL ADVANCED 5,380,945 88,450 5,469,395
TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT.
........................
........................ ADVANCED COMPONENT
DEVELOPMENT AND PROTOTYPES
074 0603161D8Z NUCLEAR AND CONVENTIONAL 76,764 76,764
PHYSICAL SECURITY
EQUIPMENT RDT&E ADC&P.
075 0603600D8Z WALKOFF.................... 143,486 143,486
076 0603851D8Z ENVIRONMENTAL SECURITY 117,196 2,000 119,196
TECHNICAL CERTIFICATION
PROGRAM.
........................ Development and [2,000]
acquisition of hybrid
energy systems.
077 0603881C BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE 220,311 90,000 310,311
TERMINAL DEFENSE SEGMENT.
........................ INDOPACOM UPL--Enhanced [90,000]
THAAD Mission Support
Element Integration
(eTMI).
078 0603882C BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE 903,633 903,633
MIDCOURSE DEFENSE SEGMENT.
079 0603884BP CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL 316,853 316,853
DEFENSE PROGRAM--DEM/VAL.
080 0603884C BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE 239,159 239,159
SENSORS.
081 0603890C BMD ENABLING PROGRAMS...... 597,720 12,374 610,094
........................ MDA UPL--Electronic [12,374]
Attack/Electronic
Protection.
082 0603891C SPECIAL PROGRAMS--MDA...... 552,888 150,392 703,280
........................ Enhanced Battlespace [68,000]
Awarness for Space
Warfare.
........................ MDA UPL--Classified [22,892]
increase.
........................ MDA UPL--Electronic [27,300]
Warfare for Missile
Defense.
........................ MDA UPL--Left Through [32,200]
Right of Launch
Integration.
083 0603892C AEGIS BMD.................. 693,727 16,000 709,727
........................ PAC-3 MSE/AEGIS Weapon [20,000]
System Integration.
........................ Program decrease....... [-4,000]
084 0603896C BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE 554,201 554,201
COMMAND AND CONTROL,
BATTLE MANAGEMENT AND
COMMUNICATI.
085 0603898C BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE 48,248 48,248
JOINT WARFIGHTER SUPPORT.
086 0603904C MISSILE DEFENSE INTEGRATION 50,549 50,549
& OPERATIONS CENTER
(MDIOC).
087 0603906C REGARDING TRENCH........... 12,564 15,000 27,564
........................ MDA UPL--Classified [15,000]
increase.
088 0603907C SEA BASED X-BAND RADAR 177,868 177,868
(SBX).
089 0603913C ISRAELI COOPERATIVE 300,000 300,000
PROGRAMS.
090 0603914C BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE 360,455 360,455
TEST.
091 0603915C BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE 570,258 30,000 600,258
TARGETS.
........................ Advanced Hypersonic [5,000]
Thermal Protection
System Prototypes.
........................ Advanced Reactive [15,000]
Target Simulation.
........................ Hypersonic Maneuvering [5,000]
Extended Range (HMER)
Target System.
........................ Hypersonic Target for [5,000]
MDA Advanced Target
Front End Configuration
3 (ATFE C3).
092 0603923D8Z COALITION WARFARE.......... 12,103 12,103
093 0604011D8Z NEXT GENERATION INFORMATION 179,278 -5,000 174,278
COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
(5G).
........................ Program decrease....... [-5,000]
094 0604016D8Z DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 3,185 3,185
CORROSION PROGRAM.
095 0604102C GUAM DEFENSE DEVELOPMENT... 397,578 100,000 497,578
........................ INDOPACOM UPL--Guam [100,000]
Defense System,
INDOPACOM.
096 0604115C TECHNOLOGY MATURATION 6,000
INITIATIVES.
........................ Diode-Pumped Alkali [6,000]
Laser (DPAL) for
Missile Defense.
097 0604124D8Z CHIEF DIGITAL AND 34,350 34,350
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
OFFICER (CDAO)--MIP.
098 0604181C HYPERSONIC DEFENSE......... 208,997 225,000 433,997
........................ MDA UPL--Glide Phase [225,000]
Interceptor.
099 0604250D8Z ADVANCED INNOVATIVE 1,085,826 5,000 1,090,826
TECHNOLOGIES.
........................ Mobile micronuclear [5,000]
reactors.
100 0604294D8Z TRUSTED & ASSURED 810,839 5,000 815,839
MICROELECTRONICS.
........................ Radiation-Hardened [2,500]
Fully-Depleted Silicon-
on-Insulator
Microelectronics.
........................ Strategic Rad Hard [2,500]
Chiplet Design
Accelaration.
101 0604331D8Z RAPID PROTOTYPING PROGRAM.. 110,291 110,291
102 0604331J RAPID PROTOTYPING PROGRAM.. 9,880 9,880
103 0604341D8Z DEFENSE INNOVATION UNIT 15,000
(DIU) PROTOTYPING.
........................ Realignment............ [15,000]
104 0604400D8Z DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (DOD) 2,643 2,643
UNMANNED SYSTEM COMMON
DEVELOPMENT.
105 0604551BR CATAPULT INFORMATION SYSTEM 8,328 8,328
106 0604555D8Z OPERATIONAL ENERGY 53,726 7,000 60,726
CAPABILITY IMPROVEMENT--
NON S&T.
........................ High energy Laser Power [7,000]
Beaming.
108 0604682D8Z WARGAMING AND SUPPORT FOR 3,206 3,206
STRATEGIC ANALYSIS (SSA).
109 0604790D8Z RAPID DEFENSE 79,773 79,773
EXPERIMENTATION RESERVE
(RDER).
110 0604826J JOINT C5 CAPABILITY 28,517 28,517
DEVELOPMENT, INTEGRATION
AND INTEROPERABILITY
ASSESSMENTS.
111 0604873C LONG RANGE DISCRIMINATION 103,517 103,517
RADAR (LRDR).
112 0604874C IMPROVED HOMELAND DEFENSE 2,130,838 2,130,838
INTERCEPTORS.
113 0604876C BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE 47,577 47,577
TERMINAL DEFENSE SEGMENT
TEST.
114 0604878C AEGIS BMD TEST............. 193,484 193,484
115 0604879C BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE 111,049 111,049
SENSOR TEST.
116 0604880C LAND-BASED SM-3 (LBSM3).... 22,163 22,163
117 0604887C BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE 41,824 41,824
MIDCOURSE SEGMENT TEST.
118 0202057C SAFETY PROGRAM MANAGEMENT.. 2,484 2,484
119 0208059JCY CYBERCOM ACTIVITIES........ 65,484 65,484
120 0208085JCY ROBUST INFRASTRUCTURE AND 170,182 170,182
ACCESS.
121 0208086JCY CYBER TRAINING ENVIRONMENT 114,980 114,980
(CTE).
122 0300206R ENTERPRISE INFORMATION 2,156 2,156
TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS.
123 0305103C CYBER SECURITY INITIATIVE.. 2,760 1,000 3,760
........................ Program Increase for [1,000]
Classified Algorithm
Study.
124 0305245D8Z INTELLIGENCE CAPABILITIES 3,000 3,000
AND INNOVATION INVESTMENTS.
125 0305251JCY CYBERSPACE OPERATIONS 2,669 2,669
FORCES AND FORCE SUPPORT.
126 0901579D8Z OFFICE OF STRATEGIC CAPITAL 99,000 99,000
(OSC).
129 1206895C BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE 109,483 109,483
SYSTEM SPACE PROGRAMS.
........................ SUBTOTAL ADVANCED 12,187,050 674,766 12,861,816
COMPONENT DEVELOPMENT
AND PROTOTYPES.
........................
........................ SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT AND
DEMONSTRATION
130 0604123D8Z CHIEF DIGITAL AND 615,246 -45,000 570,246
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
OFFICER (CDAO)--DEM/VAL
ACTIVITIES.
........................ Insufficient [-40,000]
justification.
........................ Program decrease....... [-5,000]
131 0604161D8Z NUCLEAR AND CONVENTIONAL 6,229 6,229
PHYSICAL SECURITY
EQUIPMENT RDT&E SDD.
132 0604384BP CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL 382,977 382,977
DEFENSE PROGRAM--EMD.
133 0604771D8Z JOINT TACTICAL INFORMATION 9,775 9,775
DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM
(JTIDS).
134 0605000BR COUNTER WEAPONS OF MASS 14,414 14,414
DESTRUCTION SYSTEMS
DEVELOPMENT.
135 0605013BL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 6,953 6,953
DEVELOPMENT.
136 0605021SE HOMELAND PERSONNEL SECURITY 9,292 9,292
INITIATIVE.
137 0605022D8Z DEFENSE EXPORTABILITY 18,981 18,981
PROGRAM.
138 0605027D8Z OUSD(C) IT DEVELOPMENT 5,456 5,456
INITIATIVES.
140 0605080S DEFENSE AGENCY INITIATIVES 32,629 32,629
(DAI)--FINANCIAL SYSTEM.
141 0605141BR MISSION ASSURANCE RISK 9,316 9,316
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (MARMS).
142 0605210D8Z DEFENSE-WIDE ELECTRONIC 6,899 6,899
PROCUREMENT CAPABILITIES.
143 0605294D8Z TRUSTED & ASSURED 297,586 -20,000 277,586
MICROELECTRONICS.
........................ Program decrease....... [-20,000]
145 0605772D8Z NUCLEAR COMMAND, CONTROL, & 4,110 4,110
COMMUNICATIONS.
146 0305304D8Z DOD ENTERPRISE ENERGY 8,159 8,159
INFORMATION MANAGEMENT
(EEIM).
147 0305310D8Z CWMD SYSTEMS: SYSTEM 14,471 14,471
DEVELOPMENT AND
DEMONSTRATION.
148 0505167D8Z DOMESTIC PREPAREDNESS 3,770 3,770
AGAINST WEAPONS OF MASS
DESTRUCTION.
........................ SUBTOTAL SYSTEM 1,446,263 -65,000 1,381,263
DEVELOPMENT AND
DEMONSTRATION.
........................
........................ MANAGEMENT SUPPORT
149 0603829J JOINT CAPABILITY 12,402 12,402
EXPERIMENTATION.
150 0604774D8Z DEFENSE READINESS REPORTING 12,746 12,746
SYSTEM (DRRS).
151 0604875D8Z JOINT SYSTEMS ARCHITECTURE 8,426 8,426
DEVELOPMENT.
152 0604940D8Z CENTRAL TEST AND EVALUATION 833,792 5,000 838,792
INVESTMENT DEVELOPMENT
(CTEIP).
........................ Hypersonic Telemetry [2,500]
SATCOM Relay.
........................ Reusable Hypersonic [2,500]
Testbed.
153 0604942D8Z ASSESSMENTS AND EVALUATIONS 5,810 5,810
154 0605001E MISSION SUPPORT............ 99,090 99,090
155 0605100D8Z JOINT MISSION ENVIRONMENT 187,421 187,421
TEST CAPABILITY (JMETC).
156 0605126J JOINT INTEGRATED AIR AND 61,477 61,477
MISSILE DEFENSE
ORGANIZATION (JIAMDO).
158 0605142D8Z SYSTEMS ENGINEERING........ 39,949 39,949
159 0605151D8Z STUDIES AND ANALYSIS 6,292 6,292
SUPPORT--OSD.
160 0605161D8Z NUCLEAR MATTERS-PHYSICAL 21,043 21,043
SECURITY.
161 0605170D8Z SUPPORT TO NETWORKS AND 10,504 10,504
INFORMATION INTEGRATION.
162 0605200D8Z GENERAL SUPPORT TO 2,980 2,980
OUSD(INTELLIGENCE AND
SECURITY).
163 0605384BP CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL 74,382 74,382
DEFENSE PROGRAM.
170 0605790D8Z SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION 3,831 3,831
RESEARCH (SBIR)/ SMALL
BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY
TRANSFER.
171 0605797D8Z MAINTAINING TECHNOLOGY 38,923 38,923
ADVANTAGE.
172 0605798D8Z DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY ANALYSIS 60,404 60,404
173 0605801KA DEFENSE TECHNICAL 65,715 65,715
INFORMATION CENTER (DTIC).
174 0605803SE R&D IN SUPPORT OF DOD 26,037 26,037
ENLISTMENT, TESTING AND
EVALUATION.
175 0605804D8Z DEVELOPMENT TEST AND 37,353 37,353
EVALUATION.
176 0605898E MANAGEMENT HQ--R&D......... 14,833 14,833
177 0605998KA MANAGEMENT HQ--DEFENSE 3,752 3,752
TECHNICAL INFORMATION
CENTER (DTIC).
178 0606005D8Z SPECIAL ACTIVITIES......... 18,088 18,088
179 0606100D8Z BUDGET AND PROGRAM 14,427 14,427
ASSESSMENTS.
180 0606114D8Z ANALYSIS WORKING GROUP 4,200 4,200
(AWG) SUPPORT.
181 0606135D8Z CHIEF DIGITAL AND 17,247 17,247
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
OFFICER (CDAO) ACTIVITIES.
182 0606225D8Z ODNA TECHNOLOGY AND 3,386 3,386
RESOURCE ANALYSIS.
183 0606300D8Z DEFENSE SCIENCE BOARD...... 2,352 2,352
184 0606301D8Z AVIATION SAFETY 213 213
TECHNOLOGIES.
186 0606771D8Z CYBER RESILIENCY AND 45,194 45,194
CYBERSECURITY POLICY.
187 0606853BR MANAGEMENT, TECHNICAL & 11,919 11,919
INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT.
188 0203345D8Z DEFENSE OPERATIONS SECURITY 3,112 3,112
INITIATIVE (DOSI).
189 0204571J JOINT STAFF ANALYTICAL 4,916 4,916
SUPPORT.
190 0208045K C4I INTEROPERABILITY....... 66,152 66,152
195 0305172K COMBINED ADVANCED 5,366 5,366
APPLICATIONS.
197 0305208K DISTRIBUTED COMMON GROUND/ 3,069 3,069
SURFACE SYSTEMS.
199 0804768J COCOM EXERCISE ENGAGEMENT 101,319 101,319
AND TRAINING
TRANSFORMATION (CE2T2)--
NON-MHA.
200 0808709SE DEFENSE EQUAL OPPORTUNITY 740 740
MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE
(DEOMI).
201 0901598C MANAGEMENT HQ--MDA......... 28,363 28,363
202 0903235K JOINT SERVICE PROVIDER 5,177 5,177
(JSP).
282A 9999999999 CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS........ 36,315 36,315
........................ SUBTOTAL MANAGEMENT 1,998,717 5,000 2,003,717
SUPPORT.
........................
........................ OPERATIONAL SYSTEM
DEVELOPMENT
203 0604130V ENTERPRISE SECURITY SYSTEM 42,482 42,482
(ESS).
205 0607210D8Z INDUSTRIAL BASE ANALYSIS 1,017,141 48,000 1,065,141
AND SUSTAINMENT SUPPORT.
........................ Additive Manufacturing [10,000]
for shipbuilding.
........................ Integrated Substrates.. [3,000]
........................ Large Surface Combatant [35,000]
workforce.
206 0607310D8Z COUNTERPROLIFERATION 12,713 12,713
SPECIAL PROJECTS:
OPERATIONAL SYSTEMS
DEVELOPMENT.
207 0607327T GLOBAL THEATER SECURITY 8,503 8,503
COOPERATION MANAGEMENT
INFORMATION SYSTEMS (G-
TSCMIS).
208 0607384BP CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL 80,495 80,495
DEFENSE (OPERATIONAL
SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT).
209 0208097JCY CYBER COMMAND AND CONTROL 95,733 95,733
(CYBER C2).
210 0208099JCY DATA AND UNIFIED PLATFORM 138,558 138,558
(D&UP).
214 0302019K DEFENSE INFO INFRASTRUCTURE 19,299 19,299
ENGINEERING AND
INTEGRATION.
215 0303126K LONG-HAUL COMMUNICATIONS-- 37,726 37,726
DCS.
216 0303131K MINIMUM ESSENTIAL EMERGENCY 5,037 5,037
COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK
(MEECN).
218 0303140D8Z INFORMATION SYSTEMS 97,171 18,400 115,571
SECURITY PROGRAM.
........................ DoD Cyber Scholarship [10,000]
Program.
........................ Program decrease....... [-6,000]
........................ Scholarship funding [14,400]
alignment.
220 0303140K INFORMATION SYSTEMS 8,351 8,351
SECURITY PROGRAM.
222 0303153K DEFENSE SPECTRUM 35,995 35,995
ORGANIZATION.
223 0303171K JOINT PLANNING AND 5,677 5,677
EXECUTION SERVICES.
224 0303228K JOINT REGIONAL SECURITY 3,196 3,196
STACKS (JRSS).
228 0305104D8Z DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL BASE 25,655 25,655
(DIB) CYBER SECURITY
INITIATIVE.
232 0305133V INDUSTRIAL SECURITY 2,134 2,134
ACTIVITIES.
235 0305146V DEFENSE JOINT 2,295 2,295
COUNTERINTELLIGENCE
ACTIVITIES.
236 0305172D8Z COMBINED ADVANCED 52,736 52,736
APPLICATIONS.
239 0305186D8Z POLICY R&D PROGRAMS........ 6,263 6,263
240 0305199D8Z NET CENTRICITY............. 23,275 23,275
242 0305208BB DISTRIBUTED COMMON GROUND/ 6,214 6,214
SURFACE SYSTEMS.
249 0305327V INSIDER THREAT............. 2,971 2,971
250 0305387D8Z HOMELAND DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY 1,879 1,879
TRANSFER PROGRAM.
257 0306250JCY CYBER OPERATIONS TECHNOLOGY 469,385 20,000 489,385
SUPPORT.
........................ INDOPACOM UPL-- [20,000]
Offensive cyber.
261 0505167D8Z DOMESTIC PREPAREDNESS 1,760 1,760
AGAINST WEAPONS OF MASS
DESTRUCTION.
262 0708012K LOGISTICS SUPPORT 1,420 1,420
ACTIVITIES.
263 0708012S PACIFIC DISASTER CENTERS... 1,905 1,905
264 0708047S DEFENSE PROPERTY 3,249 3,249
ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM.
265 1105219BB MQ-9 UAV................... 37,188 15,000 52,188
........................ Adaptive Airborne [15,000]
Enterprise (A2E).
267 1160403BB AVIATION SYSTEMS........... 216,174 10,000 226,174
........................ Alternative Domestic [10,000]
Source AC-130J IRSS.
268 1160405BB INTELLIGENCE SYSTEMS 86,737 86,737
DEVELOPMENT.
269 1160408BB OPERATIONAL ENHANCEMENTS... 216,135 -1,500 214,635
........................ Program decrease....... [-1,500]
270 1160431BB WARRIOR SYSTEMS............ 263,374 1,500 264,874
........................ Female Body Armor [1,500]
Development and
Modernization.
271 1160432BB SPECIAL PROGRAMS........... 529 529
272 1160434BB UNMANNED ISR............... 6,727 6,727
273 1160480BB SOF TACTICAL VEHICLES...... 9,335 9,335
274 1160483BB MARITIME SYSTEMS........... 158,231 158,231
275 1160490BB OPERATIONAL ENHANCEMENTS 15,749 15,749
INTELLIGENCE.
281A 9999999999 CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS........ 8,463,742 8,463,742
........................ SUBTOTAL OPERATIONAL 11,683,139 111,400 11,794,539
SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT.
........................
........................ SOFTWARE AND DIGITAL
TECHNOLOGY PILOT PROGRAMS
278 0608648D8Z ACQUISITION VISIBILITY-- 21,355 21,355
SOFTWARE PILOT PROGRAM.
279 0303150K GLOBAL COMMAND AND CONTROL 33,166 33,166
SYSTEM.
283A 9999999999 CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS........ 270,653 270,653
........................ SUBTOTAL SOFTWARE AND 325,174 325,174
DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY PILOT
PROGRAMS.
........................
........................ TOTAL RESEARCH, 36,185,834 787,116 36,972,950
DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND
EVALUATION, DEFENSE-
WIDE.
........................
........................ OPERATIONAL TEST AND
EVALUATION, DEFENSE
........................ MANAGEMENT SUPPORT
001 0605118OTE OPERATIONAL TEST AND 169,544 169,544
EVALUATION.
002 0605131OTE LIVE FIRE TEST AND 103,252 103,252
EVALUATION.
003 0605814OTE OPERATIONAL TEST ACTIVITIES 58,693 58,693
AND ANALYSES.
........................ SUBTOTAL MANAGEMENT 331,489 331,489
SUPPORT.
........................
........................ TOTAL OPERATIONAL TEST 331,489 331,489
AND EVALUATION,
DEFENSE.
........................
........................ TOTAL RDT&E........... 144,979,625 233,027 145,212,652
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TITLE XLIII--OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE
SEC. 4301. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE.
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SEC. 4301. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE (In Thousands of Dollars)
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FY 2024 House
Line Item Request House Change Authorized
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OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY
OPERATING FORCES
010 MANEUVER UNITS.................................. 3,943,409 3,943,409
020 MODULAR SUPPORT BRIGADES........................ 225,238 225,238
030 ECHELONS ABOVE BRIGADE.......................... 947,395 -20,000 927,395
Underexecution.............................. [-20,000]
040 THEATER LEVEL ASSETS............................ 2,449,141 -125,000 2,324,141
Underexecution.............................. [-125,000]
050 LAND FORCES OPERATIONS SUPPORT.................. 1,233,070 -35,000 1,198,070
Underexecution.............................. [-35,000]
060 AVIATION ASSETS................................. 2,046,144 2,046,144
070 FORCE READINESS OPERATIONS SUPPORT.............. 7,149,427 7,149,427
080 LAND FORCES SYSTEMS READINESS................... 475,435 -20,000 455,435
Underexecution.............................. [-20,000]
090 LAND FORCES DEPOT MAINTENANCE................... 1,423,560 1,423,560
100 MEDICAL READINESS............................... 951,499 951,499
110 BASE OPERATIONS SUPPORT......................... 9,943,031 23,000 9,966,031
CUAS National Security Installation Pilot [8,000]
Program.....................................
Fire and Emergency Services................. [15,000]
120 FACILITIES SUSTAINMENT, RESTORATION & 5,381,757 107,635 5,489,392
MODERNIZATION..................................
Program increase............................ [107,635]
130 MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONAL HEADQUARTERS......... 313,612 313,612
140 ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES........................... 454,565 454,565
150 RESET........................................... 447,987 447,987
160 US AFRICA COMMAND............................... 414,680 150,000 564,680
AFRICOM UPL--High-risk ISR.................. [150,000]
170 US EUROPEAN COMMAND............................. 408,529 408,529
180 US SOUTHERN COMMAND............................. 285,692 285,692
190 US FORCES KOREA................................. 88,463 88,463
200 CYBERSPACE ACTIVITIES--CYBERSPACE OPERATIONS.... 507,845 507,845
210 CYBERSPACE ACTIVITIES--CYBERSECURITY............ 704,667 6,000 710,667
Secure Remote Access........................ [6,000]
SUBTOTAL OPERATING FORCES................... 39,795,146 86,635 39,881,781
MOBILIZATION
230 STRATEGIC MOBILITY.............................. 470,143 470,143
240 ARMY PREPOSITIONED STOCKS....................... 433,909 433,909
250 INDUSTRIAL PREPAREDNESS......................... 4,244 4,244
SUBTOTAL MOBILIZATION....................... 908,296 908,296
TRAINING AND RECRUITING
260 OFFICER ACQUISITION............................. 178,428 178,428
270 RECRUIT TRAINING................................ 78,235 78,235
280 ONE STATION UNIT TRAINING....................... 114,777 114,777
290 SENIOR RESERVE OFFICERS TRAINING CORPS.......... 551,462 551,462
300 SPECIALIZED SKILL TRAINING...................... 1,147,431 1,147,431
310 FLIGHT TRAINING................................. 1,398,415 1,398,415
320 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION.............. 200,779 200,779
330 TRAINING SUPPORT................................ 682,896 682,896
340 RECRUITING AND ADVERTISING...................... 690,280 690,280
350 EXAMINING....................................... 195,009 195,009
360 OFF-DUTY AND VOLUNTARY EDUCATION................ 260,235 260,235
370 CIVILIAN EDUCATION AND TRAINING................. 250,252 250,252
380 JUNIOR RESERVE OFFICER TRAINING CORPS........... 204,895 204,895
SUBTOTAL TRAINING AND RECRUITING............ 5,953,094 5,953,094
ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICE-WIDE ACTIVITIES
400 SERVICEWIDE TRANSPORTATION...................... 718,323 718,323
410 CENTRAL SUPPLY ACTIVITIES....................... 900,624 900,624
420 LOGISTIC SUPPORT ACTIVITIES..................... 828,059 828,059
430 AMMUNITION MANAGEMENT........................... 464,029 464,029
440 ADMINISTRATION.................................. 537,837 537,837
450 SERVICEWIDE COMMUNICATIONS...................... 1,962,059 -25,000 1,937,059
Insufficient justification.................. [-25,000]
460 MANPOWER MANAGEMENT............................. 361,553 361,553
470 OTHER PERSONNEL SUPPORT......................... 829,248 -40,000 789,248
Underexecution.............................. [-40,000]
480 OTHER SERVICE SUPPORT........................... 2,370,107 2,370,107
490 ARMY CLAIMS ACTIVITIES.......................... 203,323 203,323
500 REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT.......................... 286,682 286,682
510 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND AUDIT READINESS........ 455,928 455,928
520 DEF ACQUISITION WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNT... 39,867 39,867
530 INTERNATIONAL MILITARY HEADQUARTERS............. 610,201 610,201
540 MISC. SUPPORT OF OTHER NATIONS.................. 38,948 38,948
590A CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS............................. 2,291,229 2,291,229
SUBTOTAL ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICE-WIDE 12,898,017 -65,000 12,833,017
ACTIVITIES..................................
TOTAL OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY...... 59,554,553 21,635 59,576,188
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY RESERVE
OPERATING FORCES
010 MODULAR SUPPORT BRIGADES........................ 15,208 15,208
020 ECHELONS ABOVE BRIGADE.......................... 720,802 720,802
030 THEATER LEVEL ASSETS............................ 143,400 143,400
040 LAND FORCES OPERATIONS SUPPORT.................. 707,654 707,654
050 AVIATION ASSETS................................. 134,346 134,346
060 FORCE READINESS OPERATIONS SUPPORT.............. 451,178 451,178
070 LAND FORCES SYSTEMS READINESS................... 97,564 97,564
080 LAND FORCES DEPOT MAINTENANCE................... 45,711 45,711
090 BASE OPERATIONS SUPPORT......................... 608,079 608,079
100 FACILITIES SUSTAINMENT, RESTORATION & 495,435 495,435
MODERNIZATION..................................
110 MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONAL HEADQUARTERS......... 28,783 28,783
120 CYBERSPACE ACTIVITIES--CYBERSPACE OPERATIONS.... 3,153 3,153
130 CYBERSPACE ACTIVITIES--CYBERSECURITY............ 19,591 19,591
SUBTOTAL OPERATING FORCES................... 3,470,904 3,470,904
ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICE-WIDE ACTIVITIES
140 SERVICEWIDE TRANSPORTATION...................... 19,155 19,155
150 ADMINISTRATION.................................. 21,668 21,668
160 SERVICEWIDE COMMUNICATIONS...................... 44,118 44,118
170 MANPOWER MANAGEMENT............................. 7,127 7,127
180 RECRUITING AND ADVERTISING...................... 67,976 67,976
SUBTOTAL ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICE-WIDE 160,044 160,044
ACTIVITIES..................................
TOTAL OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY 3,630,948 3,630,948
RESERVE....................................
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY NATIONAL GUARD
OPERATING FORCES
010 MANEUVER UNITS.................................. 925,071 925,071
020 MODULAR SUPPORT BRIGADES........................ 201,781 201,781
030 ECHELONS ABOVE BRIGADE.......................... 840,373 840,373
040 THEATER LEVEL ASSETS............................ 107,392 107,392
050 LAND FORCES OPERATIONS SUPPORT.................. 62,908 62,908
060 AVIATION ASSETS................................. 1,113,908 1,113,908
070 FORCE READINESS OPERATIONS SUPPORT.............. 832,946 4,000 836,946
Training Exercise Support................... [4,000]
080 LAND FORCES SYSTEMS READINESS................... 50,696 50,696
090 LAND FORCES DEPOT MAINTENANCE................... 231,784 231,784
100 BASE OPERATIONS SUPPORT......................... 1,249,066 1,249,066
110 FACILITIES SUSTAINMENT, RESTORATION & 1,081,561 1,081,561
MODERNIZATION..................................
120 MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONAL HEADQUARTERS......... 1,468,857 1,468,857
130 CYBERSPACE ACTIVITIES--CYBERSPACE OPERATIONS.... 9,566 9,566
140 CYBERSPACE ACTIVITIES--CYBERSECURITY............ 15,710 15,710
SUBTOTAL OPERATING FORCES................... 8,191,619 4,000 8,195,619
ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICE-WIDE ACTIVITIES
150 SERVICEWIDE TRANSPORTATION...................... 7,251 7,251
160 ADMINISTRATION.................................. 66,025 66,025
170 SERVICEWIDE COMMUNICATIONS...................... 113,366 113,366
180 MANPOWER MANAGEMENT............................. 8,663 8,663
190 OTHER PERSONNEL SUPPORT......................... 292,426 292,426
200 REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT.......................... 3,754 3,754
SUBTOTAL ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICE-WIDE 491,485 491,485
ACTIVITIES..................................
TOTAL OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY 8,683,104 4,000 8,687,104
NATIONAL GUARD.............................
COUNTER-ISLAMIC STATE OF IRAQ AND SYRIA TRAIN
AND EQUIP
COUNTER ISIS TRAIN AND EQUIP FUND (CTEF)
010 IRAQ............................................ 241,950 241,950
020 SYRIA........................................... 156,000 156,000
SUBTOTAL COUNTER ISIS TRAIN AND EQUIP FUND 397,950 397,950
(CTEF)......................................
TOTAL COUNTER-ISLAMIC STATE OF IRAQ AND 397,950 397,950
SYRIA TRAIN AND EQUIP......................
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY
OPERATING FORCES
010 MISSION AND OTHER FLIGHT OPERATIONS............. 7,882,504 7,882,504
020 FLEET AIR TRAINING.............................. 2,773,957 2,773,957
030 AVIATION TECHNICAL DATA & ENGINEERING SERVICES.. 73,047 73,047
040 AIR OPERATIONS AND SAFETY SUPPORT............... 213,862 213,862
050 AIR SYSTEMS SUPPORT............................. 1,155,463 1,155,463
060 AIRCRAFT DEPOT MAINTENANCE...................... 1,857,021 1,857,021
070 AIRCRAFT DEPOT OPERATIONS SUPPORT............... 66,822 66,822
080 AVIATION LOGISTICS.............................. 1,871,670 1,871,670
090 MISSION AND OTHER SHIP OPERATIONS............... 7,015,796 -10,000 7,005,796
Underexecution.............................. [-10,000]
100 SHIP OPERATIONS SUPPORT & TRAINING.............. 1,301,108 -5,000 1,296,108
Underexecution.............................. [-5,000]
110 SHIP DEPOT MAINTENANCE.......................... 11,164,249 11,164,249
120 SHIP DEPOT OPERATIONS SUPPORT................... 2,728,712 2,728,712
Decommission CG-69 USS Vicksburg............ [-8,000]
Restore CG-63 USS Cowpens................... [8,000]
130 COMBAT COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONIC WARFARE.... 1,776,881 26,500 1,803,381
AFRICOM UPL--Somalia Persistent Presence.... [26,500]
140 SPACE SYSTEMS AND SURVEILLANCE.................. 389,915 389,915
150 WARFARE TACTICS................................. 1,005,998 1,005,998
160 OPERATIONAL METEOROLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY........ 455,330 455,330
170 COMBAT SUPPORT FORCES........................... 2,350,089 86,600 2,436,689
AFRICOM UPL--Somalia Persistent Presence.... [86,600]
180 EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE AND DEPOT OPERATIONS 189,044 189,044
SUPPORT........................................
200 COMBATANT COMMANDERS CORE OPERATIONS............ 92,504 92,504
210 COMBATANT COMMANDERS DIRECT MISSION SUPPORT..... 352,980 352,980
230 CYBERSPACE ACTIVITIES........................... 522,180 522,180
240 FLEET BALLISTIC MISSILE......................... 1,763,238 1,763,238
250 WEAPONS MAINTENANCE............................. 1,640,642 -25,000 1,615,642
Underexecution.............................. [-25,000]
260 OTHER WEAPON SYSTEMS SUPPORT.................... 696,653 -10,000 686,653
Underexecution.............................. [-10,000]
270 ENTERPRISE INFORMATION.......................... 1,780,645 -25,000 1,755,645
Insufficient justification.................. [-25,000]
280 SUSTAINMENT, RESTORATION AND MODERNIZATION...... 4,406,192 308,124 4,714,316
Dry Dock Repairs at PSNS Investment [200,000]
Restoration and Modernization...............
Hangar resilience and repair................ [20,000]
Program increase............................ [88,124]
290 BASE OPERATING SUPPORT.......................... 6,223,827 6,223,827
SUBTOTAL OPERATING FORCES................... 61,750,329 346,224 62,096,553
MOBILIZATION
300 SHIP PREPOSITIONING AND SURGE................... 475,255 475,255
310 READY RESERVE FORCE............................. 701,060 701,060
320 SHIP ACTIVATIONS/INACTIVATIONS.................. 302,930 302,930
330 EXPEDITIONARY HEALTH SERVICES SYSTEMS........... 151,966 151,966
340 COAST GUARD SUPPORT............................. 21,464 21,464
SUBTOTAL MOBILIZATION....................... 1,652,675 1,652,675
TRAINING AND RECRUITING
350 OFFICER ACQUISITION............................. 201,555 201,555
360 RECRUIT TRAINING................................ 16,521 4,300 20,821
Sea Cadets.................................. [4,300]
370 RESERVE OFFICERS TRAINING CORPS................. 175,171 175,171
380 SPECIALIZED SKILL TRAINING...................... 1,238,894 1,238,894
390 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION.............. 335,603 335,603
400 TRAINING SUPPORT................................ 390,931 390,931
410 RECRUITING AND ADVERTISING...................... 269,483 269,483
420 OFF-DUTY AND VOLUNTARY EDUCATION................ 90,452 90,452
430 CIVILIAN EDUCATION AND TRAINING................. 73,406 73,406
440 JUNIOR ROTC..................................... 58,970 58,970
SUBTOTAL TRAINING AND RECRUITING............ 2,850,986 4,300 2,855,286
ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICE-WIDE ACTIVITIES
450 ADMINISTRATION.................................. 1,350,449 1,350,449
460 CIVILIAN MANPOWER AND PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT...... 242,760 242,760
470 MILITARY MANPOWER AND PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT...... 745,666 745,666
490 MEDICAL ACTIVITIES.............................. 323,978 -30,000 293,978
Underexecution.............................. [-30,000]
500 DEF ACQUISITION WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNT... 67,357 67,357
510 SERVICEWIDE TRANSPORTATION...................... 248,822 248,822
530 PLANNING, ENGINEERING, AND PROGRAM SUPPORT...... 616,816 -60,000 556,816
Underexecution.............................. [-60,000]
540 ACQUISITION, LOGISTICS, AND OVERSIGHT........... 850,906 -15,000 835,906
Underexecution.............................. [-15,000]
550 INVESTIGATIVE AND SECURITY SERVICES............. 888,508 888,508
730A CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS............................. 655,281 655,281
SUBTOTAL ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICE-WIDE 5,990,543 -105,000 5,885,543
ACTIVITIES..................................
TOTAL OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY...... 72,244,533 245,524 72,490,057
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS
OPERATING FORCES
010 OPERATIONAL FORCES.............................. 1,799,964 1,799,964
020 FIELD LOGISTICS................................. 1,878,228 1,878,228
030 DEPOT MAINTENANCE............................... 211,460 211,460
040 MARITIME PREPOSITIONING......................... 137,831 137,831
060 CYBERSPACE ACTIVITIES........................... 205,449 205,449
070 SUSTAINMENT, RESTORATION & MODERNIZATION........ 1,211,183 24,224 1,235,407
Program increase............................ [24,224]
080 BASE OPERATING SUPPORT.......................... 3,124,551 3,000 3,127,551
USMC Nucleated Foam Engine Wash............. [3,000]
SUBTOTAL OPERATING FORCES................... 8,568,666 27,224 8,595,890
TRAINING AND RECRUITING
090 RECRUIT TRAINING................................ 26,284 26,284
100 OFFICER ACQUISITION............................. 1,316 1,316
110 SPECIALIZED SKILL TRAINING...................... 133,176 133,176
120 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION.............. 66,213 66,213
130 TRAINING SUPPORT................................ 570,152 570,152
140 RECRUITING AND ADVERTISING...................... 246,586 246,586
150 OFF-DUTY AND VOLUNTARY EDUCATION................ 55,230 55,230
160 JUNIOR ROTC..................................... 29,616 29,616
SUBTOTAL TRAINING AND RECRUITING............ 1,128,573 1,128,573
ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICE-WIDE ACTIVITIES
180 SERVICEWIDE TRANSPORTATION...................... 90,366 90,366
190 ADMINISTRATION.................................. 428,650 428,650
220A CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS............................. 65,658 65,658
SUBTOTAL ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICE-WIDE 584,674 584,674
ACTIVITIES..................................
TOTAL OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE 10,281,913 27,224 10,309,137
CORPS......................................
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY RESERVE
OPERATING FORCES
010 MISSION AND OTHER FLIGHT OPERATIONS............. 731,113 731,113
020 INTERMEDIATE MAINTENANCE........................ 10,122 10,122
030 AIRCRAFT DEPOT MAINTENANCE...................... 167,811 167,811
040 AIRCRAFT DEPOT OPERATIONS SUPPORT............... 103 103
050 AVIATION LOGISTICS.............................. 29,185 29,185
060 COMBAT COMMUNICATIONS........................... 20,806 20,806
070 COMBAT SUPPORT FORCES........................... 186,590 186,590
080 CYBERSPACE ACTIVITIES........................... 296 296
090 ENTERPRISE INFORMATION.......................... 32,467 32,467
100 SUSTAINMENT, RESTORATION AND MODERNIZATION...... 63,726 63,726
110 BASE OPERATING SUPPORT.......................... 121,064 121,064
SUBTOTAL OPERATING FORCES................... 1,363,283 1,363,283
ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICE-WIDE ACTIVITIES
120 ADMINISTRATION.................................. 2,025 2,025
130 MILITARY MANPOWER AND PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT...... 13,401 13,401
140 ACQUISITION AND PROGRAM MANAGEMENT.............. 2,101 2,101
SUBTOTAL ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICE-WIDE 17,527 17,527
ACTIVITIES..................................
TOTAL OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY 1,380,810 1,380,810
RESERVE....................................
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS RESERVE
OPERATING FORCES
010 OPERATING FORCES................................ 128,468 128,468
020 DEPOT MAINTENANCE............................... 20,967 20,967
030 SUSTAINMENT, RESTORATION AND MODERNIZATION...... 46,589 46,589
040 BASE OPERATING SUPPORT.......................... 120,808 120,808
SUBTOTAL OPERATING FORCES................... 316,832 316,832
ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICE-WIDE ACTIVITIES
050 ADMINISTRATION.................................. 12,563 12,563
SUBTOTAL ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICE-WIDE 12,563 12,563
ACTIVITIES..................................
TOTAL OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE 329,395 329,395
CORPS RESERVE..............................
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE
OPERATING FORCES
010 PRIMARY COMBAT FORCES........................... 980,768 -14,700 966,068
Technical realignment....................... [-14,700]
020 COMBAT ENHANCEMENT FORCES....................... 2,665,924 2,665,924
030 AIR OPERATIONS TRAINING (OJT, MAINTAIN SKILLS).. 1,630,552 1,630,552
040 DEPOT PURCHASE EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE............ 4,632,693 4,632,693
050 FACILITIES SUSTAINMENT, RESTORATION & 4,252,815 26,904 4,279,719
MODERNIZATION..................................
Program increase............................ [85,056]
Technical realignment....................... [-58,152]
060 CYBERSPACE SUSTAINMENT.......................... 229,440 229,440
070 CONTRACTOR LOGISTICS SUPPORT AND SYSTEM SUPPORT. 9,537,192 -40,000 9,497,192
Underexecution.............................. [-40,000]
080 FLYING HOUR PROGRAM............................. 6,697,549 -115,000 6,582,549
Underexecution.............................. [-115,000]
090 BASE SUPPORT.................................... 11,633,510 -323,492 11,310,018
Technical realignment....................... [-208,492]
Underexecution.............................. [-115,000]
100 GLOBAL C3I AND EARLY WARNING.................... 1,350,827 -30,951 1,319,876
Technical realignment....................... [-30,951]
110 OTHER COMBAT OPS SPT PROGRAMS................... 1,817,941 -75,000 1,742,941
Underexecution.............................. [-75,000]
120 CYBERSPACE ACTIVITIES........................... 807,966 -30,000 777,966
Program decrease............................ [-30,000]
130 TACTICAL INTEL AND OTHER SPECIAL ACTIVITIES..... 267,615 267,615
160 US NORTHCOM/NORAD............................... 245,263 245,263
170 US STRATCOM..................................... 541,720 -15,000 526,720
Underexecution.............................. [-15,000]
190 US CENTCOM...................................... 335,220 335,220
200 US SOCOM........................................ 27,511 27,511
210 US TRANSCOM..................................... 607 607
220 CENTCOM CYBERSPACE SUSTAINMENT.................. 1,415 1,415
230 USSPACECOM...................................... 373,989 373,989
240 MEDICAL READINESS............................... 564,880 -2,284 562,596
Technical realignment....................... [-2,284]
480A CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS............................. 1,465,926 1,465,926
SUBTOTAL OPERATING FORCES................... 50,061,323 -619,523 49,441,800
MOBILIZATION
260 AIRLIFT OPERATIONS.............................. 3,012,287 3,012,287
270 MOBILIZATION PREPAREDNESS....................... 241,918 241,918
SUBTOTAL MOBILIZATION....................... 3,254,205 3,254,205
TRAINING AND RECRUITING
280 OFFICER ACQUISITION............................. 202,769 202,769
290 RECRUIT TRAINING................................ 28,892 28,892
300 RESERVE OFFICERS TRAINING CORPS (ROTC).......... 137,647 137,647
310 SPECIALIZED SKILL TRAINING...................... 588,131 588,131
320 FLIGHT TRAINING................................. 875,230 -25,000 850,230
Underexecution.............................. [-25,000]
330 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION.............. 301,262 301,262
340 TRAINING SUPPORT................................ 194,609 1,000 195,609
Training Exercise Support................... [1,000]
350 RECRUITING AND ADVERTISING...................... 204,318 204,318
360 EXAMINING....................................... 7,775 7,775
370 OFF-DUTY AND VOLUNTARY EDUCATION................ 263,421 263,421
380 CIVILIAN EDUCATION AND TRAINING................. 343,039 343,039
390 JUNIOR ROTC..................................... 75,666 75,666
SUBTOTAL TRAINING AND RECRUITING............ 3,222,759 -24,000 3,198,759
ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICE-WIDE ACTIVITIES
400 LOGISTICS OPERATIONS............................ 1,062,199 1,062,199
410 TECHNICAL SUPPORT ACTIVITIES.................... 162,919 162,919
420 ADMINISTRATION.................................. 1,409,015 1,409,015
430 SERVICEWIDE COMMUNICATIONS...................... 30,268 30,268
440 OTHER SERVICEWIDE ACTIVITIES.................... 1,851,856 -40,480 1,811,376
Technical realignment....................... [4,520]
Underexecution.............................. [-45,000]
450 CIVIL AIR PATROL................................ 30,901 30,901
460 DEF ACQUISITION WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNT... 42,759 42,759
480 INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT........................... 115,267 -20,000 95,267
Underexecution.............................. [-20,000]
490A CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS............................. 1,506,624 1,506,624
SUBTOTAL ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICE-WIDE 6,211,808 -60,480 6,151,328
ACTIVITIES..................................
TOTAL OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE. 62,750,095 -704,003 62,046,092
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, SPACE FORCE
OPERATING FORCES
010 GLOBAL C3I & EARLY WARNING...................... 642,201 642,201
020 SPACE LAUNCH OPERATIONS......................... 356,162 356,162
030 SPACE OPERATIONS................................ 866,547 2,500 869,047
Systems Tool Kit Digital Operations......... [2,500]
040 EDUCATION & TRAINING............................ 199,181 18,172 217,353
Technical realignment....................... [18,172]
050 SPECIAL PROGRAMS................................ 383,233 383,233
060 DEPOT MAINTENANCE............................... 67,757 67,757
070 FACILITIES SUSTAINMENT, RESTORATION & 678,648 13,573 692,221
MODERNIZATION..................................
Program increase............................ [13,573]
080 CONTRACTOR LOGISTICS AND SYSTEM SUPPORT......... 1,380,350 1,380,350
090 SPACE OPERATIONS -BOS........................... 188,760 188,760
110A CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS............................. 71,475 71,475
SUBTOTAL OPERATING FORCES................... 4,834,314 34,245 4,868,559
ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICE-WIDE ACTIVITIES
100 LOGISTICS OPERATIONS............................ 34,046 34,046
110 ADMINISTRATION.................................. 149,108 -18,172 130,936
Technical realignment....................... [-18,172]
SUBTOTAL ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICE-WIDE 183,154 -18,172 164,982
ACTIVITIES..................................
TOTAL OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, SPACE 5,017,468 16,073 5,033,541
FORCE......................................
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE RESERVE
OPERATING FORCES
010 PRIMARY COMBAT FORCES........................... 2,088,949 2,088,949
020 MISSION SUPPORT OPERATIONS...................... 198,213 198,213
030 DEPOT PURCHASE EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE............ 647,758 647,758
040 FACILITIES SUSTAINMENT, RESTORATION & 122,314 122,314
MODERNIZATION..................................
050 CONTRACTOR LOGISTICS SUPPORT AND SYSTEM SUPPORT. 374,442 374,442
060 BASE SUPPORT.................................... 543,962 543,962
070 CYBERSPACE ACTIVITIES........................... 1,742 1,742
SUBTOTAL OPERATING FORCES................... 3,977,380 3,977,380
ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICE-WIDE ACTIVITIES
080 ADMINISTRATION.................................. 107,281 107,281
090 RECRUITING AND ADVERTISING...................... 9,373 9,373
100 MILITARY MANPOWER AND PERS MGMT (ARPC).......... 15,563 15,563
110 OTHER PERS SUPPORT (DISABILITY COMP)............ 6,174 6,174
120 AUDIOVISUAL..................................... 485 485
SUBTOTAL ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICE-WIDE 138,876 138,876
ACTIVITIES..................................
TOTAL OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE 4,116,256 4,116,256
RESERVE....................................
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR NATIONAL GUARD
OPERATING FORCES
010 AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS............................. 2,498,675 2,498,675
020 MISSION SUPPORT OPERATIONS...................... 656,714 656,714
030 DEPOT PURCHASE EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE............ 1,171,901 1,171,901
040 FACILITIES SUSTAINMENT, RESTORATION & 370,188 370,188
MODERNIZATION..................................
050 CONTRACTOR LOGISTICS SUPPORT AND SYSTEM SUPPORT. 1,280,003 1,280,003
060 BASE SUPPORT.................................... 1,089,579 1,089,579
070 CYBERSPACE SUSTAINMENT.......................... 19,708 19,708
080 CYBERSPACE ACTIVITIES........................... 49,476 -19,500 29,976
Cyberspace actitivies....................... [2,500]
Insufficient justification.................. [-22,000]
SUBTOTAL OPERATING FORCES................... 7,136,244 -19,500 7,116,744
ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICE-WIDE ACTIVITIES
090 ADMINISTRATION.................................. 68,417 68,417
100 RECRUITING AND ADVERTISING...................... 49,033 49,033
SUBTOTAL ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICE-WIDE 117,450 117,450
ACTIVITIES..................................
TOTAL OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR 7,253,694 -19,500 7,234,194
NATIONAL GUARD.............................
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, DEFENSE-WIDE
OPERATING FORCES
010 JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF........................... 461,370 10,000 471,370
Combatant Commander's Initiative Fund [10,000]
(CCIF)--AFRICOM and SOUTHCOM................
020 JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF--JTEEP.................... 701,081 701,081
030 JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF--CYBER.................... 8,210 8,210
040 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE--MISO........ 252,480 18,630 271,110
INDOPACOM MISO.............................. [11,300]
SOUTHCOM MISO............................... [7,330]
060 SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND COMBAT DEVELOPMENT 2,012,953 2,012,953
ACTIVITIES.....................................
070 SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND MAINTENANCE.......... 1,210,930 -24,300 1,186,630
Program decrease............................ [-24,300]
080 SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND MANAGEMENT/ 202,574 -7,330 195,244
OPERATIONAL HEADQUARTERS.......................
Program decrease............................ [-7,330]
090 SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND THEATER FORCES....... 3,346,004 -12,000 3,334,004
Program decrease............................ [-12,000]
100 SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND CYBERSPACE ACTIVITIES 49,757 49,757
110 SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND INTELLIGENCE......... 1,391,402 10,000 1,401,402
Program decrease............................ [-15,000]
Special Operations Command Intelligence [25,000]
increase in Non-Traditional ISR (SOF Digital
Ecosystem POR)..............................
120 SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND OPERATIONAL SUPPORT.. 1,438,967 -61,987 1,376,980
Program decrease............................ [-61,987]
130 CYBERSPACE OPERATIONS........................... 1,318,614 35,000 1,353,614
Additional resourcing....................... [10,000]
Internet Operations Management.............. [5,000]
JFHQ-DODIN Resourcing....................... [20,000]
140 USCYBERCOM HEADQUARTERS......................... 332,690 332,690
SUBTOTAL OPERATING FORCES................... 12,727,032 -31,987 12,695,045
TRAINING AND RECRUITING
150 DEFENSE ACQUISITION UNIVERSITY.................. 183,342 183,342
160 JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF........................... 118,172 118,172
170 SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND/PROFESSIONAL 33,855 33,855
DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION..........................
SUBTOTAL TRAINING AND RECRUITING............ 335,369 335,369
ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICE-WIDE ACTIVITIES
180 CIVIL MILITARY PROGRAMS......................... 142,240 131,000 273,240
National Guard Youth Challenge.............. [83,500]
Program decrease............................ [-2,500]
STARBASE.................................... [50,000]
190 DEFENSE CONTRACT AUDIT AGENCY--CYBER............ 4,870 4,870
200 DEFENSE CONTRACT AUDIT AGENCY................... 667,943 667,943
210 DEFENSE CONTRACT MANAGEMENT AGENCY.............. 1,567,119 1,567,119
220 DEFENSE CONTRACT MANAGEMENT AGENCY--CYBER....... 30,279 -5,000 25,279
Early to need............................... [-5,000]
230 DEFENSE COUNTERINTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY AGENCY. 1,062,123 1,062,123
Insider Threat - DITMAC, Resiliency and [5,000]
Suicide Prevention Program for the
Warfighter..................................
Program decrease--Facilities and Physical [-5,000]
Security....................................
250 DEFENSE COUNTERINTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY AGENCY-- 9,835 9,835
CYBER..........................................
260 DEFENSE HUMAN RESOURCES ACTIVITY--CYBER......... 27,517 27,517
270 DEFENSE HUMAN RESOURCES ACTIVITY................ 1,033,789 -45,000 988,789
Underexecution.............................. [-45,000]
300 DEFENSE INFORMATION SYSTEMS AGENCY.............. 2,567,698 -25,000 2,542,698
Program decrease............................ [-25,000]
310 DEFENSE INFORMATION SYSTEMS AGENCY--CYBER....... 526,893 526,893
320 DEFENSE LEGAL SERVICES AGENCY................... 241,779 -35,000 206,779
Underexecution.............................. [-35,000]
330 DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY........................ 446,731 446,731
340 DEFENSE MEDIA ACTIVITY.......................... 246,840 5,000 251,840
Public Web program.......................... [5,000]
360 DEFENSE POW/MIA OFFICE.......................... 195,959 3,000 198,959
DPAA Identification Programs................ [3,000]
370 DEFENSE SECURITY COOPERATION AGENCY............. 2,379,100 2,379,100
Baltic Security Initiative.................. [210,000]
Offset for Baltic Security Initiative....... [-210,000]
380 DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY SECURITY ADMINISTRATION...... 41,722 41,722
390 DEFENSE THREAT REDUCTION AGENCY................. 984,272 -10,000 974,272
Program decrease............................ [-10,000]
410 DEFENSE THREAT REDUCTION AGENCY--CYBER.......... 70,548 70,548
420 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE EDUCATION ACTIVITY........ 3,451,625 70,000 3,521,625
Impact Aid.................................. [50,000]
Impact Aid Students with Disabilities....... [20,000]
430 MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY.......................... 564,078 -5,000 559,078
Program decrease............................ [-5,000]
440 OFFICE OF THE LOCAL DEFENSE COMMUNITY 118,216 -10,000 108,216
COOPERATION....................................
Underexecution.............................. [-10,000]
480 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE--CYBER....... 92,176 -4,400 87,776
Central program office...................... [10,000]
Scholarship funding alignment............... [-14,400]
490 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE.............. 2,676,416 -223,800 2,452,616
Chief Digital and AI Office Senior [2,750]
Leadership Training Courses.................
Eliminate Office of Cost Assessment and [-78,000]
Program Evaluation (CAPE)...................
Legacy Resource Management Program.......... [2,000]
Program decrease............................ [-153,550]
Readiness and Environmental Protection [3,000]
Initiative..................................
530 WASHINGTON HEADQUARTERS SERVICES................ 440,947 440,947
530A CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS............................. 20,114,447 10,000 20,124,447
Classifed increase.......................... [10,000]
SUBTOTAL ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICE-WIDE 39,705,162 -144,200 39,560,962
ACTIVITIES..................................
UNDISTRIBUTED
540 UNDISTRIBUTED................................... -300,000 -300,000
Historical unobligated balances............. [-300,000]
SUBTOTAL UNDISTRIBUTED...................... -300,000 -300,000
TOTAL OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, DEFENSE- 52,767,563 -476,187 52,291,376
WIDE.......................................
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ARMED
FORCES
ADMINISTRATION AND ASSOCIATED ACTIVITIES
010 US COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ARMED FORCES, 16,620 16,620
DEFENSE........................................
SUBTOTAL ADMINISTRATION AND ASSOCIATED 16,620 16,620
ACTIVITIES..................................
TOTAL UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR 16,620 16,620
THE ARMED FORCES...........................
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ACQUISITION WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT FUND
ACQUISITION WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
010 ACQ WORKFORCE DEV FD............................ 54,977 54,977
SUBTOTAL ACQUISITION WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.. 54,977 54,977
TOTAL DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ACQUISITION 54,977 54,977
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT FUND.................
OVERSEAS HUMANITARIAN, DISASTER, AND CIVIC AID
HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE
010 OVERSEAS HUMANITARIAN, DISASTER AND CIVIC AID... 114,900 114,900
SUBTOTAL HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE............ 114,900 114,900
TOTAL OVERSEAS HUMANITARIAN, DISASTER, AND 114,900 114,900
CIVIC AID..................................
COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION ACCOUNT
010 COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION.................... 350,999 -15,000 335,999
Program decrease............................ [-25,000]
Program increase............................ [10,000]
SUBTOTAL COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION....... 350,999 -15,000 335,999
TOTAL COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION ACCOUNT. 350,999 -15,000 335,999
ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, ARMY
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
050 ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, ARMY................. 198,760 198,760
SUBTOTAL DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY............. 198,760 198,760
TOTAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, ARMY...... 198,760 198,760
ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, NAVY
DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY
060 ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, NAVY................. 335,240 335,240
SUBTOTAL DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY............. 335,240 335,240
TOTAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, NAVY...... 335,240 335,240
ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, AIR FORCE
DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
070 ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, AIR FORCE............ 349,744 349,744
SUBTOTAL DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE........ 349,744 349,744
TOTAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, AIR FORCE. 349,744 349,744
ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, DEFENSE
DEFENSE-WIDE
080 ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, DEFENSE.............. 8,965 8,965
SUBTOTAL DEFENSE-WIDE....................... 8,965 8,965
TOTAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, DEFENSE... 8,965 8,965
ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, FORMERLY USED DEFENSE
SITES
DEFENSE-WIDE
090 ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION FORMERLY USED SITES... 232,806 232,806
SUBTOTAL DEFENSE-WIDE....................... 232,806 232,806
TOTAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, FORMERLY 232,806 232,806
USED DEFENSE SITES.........................
TOTAL OPERATION & MAINTENANCE.............. 290,071,293 -900,234 289,171,059
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TITLE XLIV--MILITARY PERSONNEL
SEC. 4401. MILITARY PERSONNEL.
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SEC. 4401. MILITARY PERSONNEL (In Thousands of Dollars)
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Item FY 2024 Request House Change House Authorized
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Military Personnel.................................. 168,320,510 -242,200 168,078,310
BAH Absorption Restoration (1%)................ [244,000]
Remove BAH from BNA Calculation (150%)......... [113,800]
Military personnel historical underexecution... [-600,000]
MERHCF.............................................. 10,553,456 10,553,456
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TITLE XLV--OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS
SEC. 4501. OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS.
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SEC. 4501. OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS (In Thousands of Dollars)
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Item FY 2024 Request House Change House Authorized
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NATIONAL DEFENSE STOCKPILE TRANSACTION FUND
DEFENSE STOCKPILE................................... 7,629 7,629
TOTAL NATIONAL DEFENSE STOCKPILE TRANSACTION 7,629 7,629
FUND.........................................
WORKING CAPITAL FUND, ARMY
ARMY ARSENALS INITIATIVE............................ 27,551 27,551
ARMY SUPPLY MANAGEMENT.............................. 1,662 1,662
TOTAL WORKING CAPITAL FUND, ARMY............. 29,213 29,213
WORKING CAPITAL FUND, AIR FORCE
SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS.............................. 83,587 83,587
TOTAL WORKING CAPITAL FUND, AIR FORCE........ 83,587 83,587
WORKING CAPITAL FUND, DEFENSE-WIDE
DEFENSE AUTOMATION & PRODUCTION SERVICES............ 4 4
ENERGY MANAGEMENT--DEFENSE.......................... 114,663 114,663
TOTAL WORKING CAPITAL FUND, DEFENSE-WIDE..... 114,667 114,667
WORKING CAPITAL FUND, DEFENSE COMMISSARY AGENCY
WORKING CAPITAL FUND--DECA.......................... 1,447,612 1,447,612
TOTAL WORKING CAPITAL FUND, DEFENSE 1,447,612 1,447,612
COMMISSARY AGENCY............................
CHEMICAL AGENTS AND MUNITIONS DESTRUCTION, DEFENSE
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE........................... 89,284 89,284
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION......... 1,002,560 1,002,560
TOTAL CHEMICAL AGENTS AND MUNITIONS 1,091,844 1,091,844
DESTRUCTION, DEFENSE.........................
DRUG INTERDICTION AND COUNTER-DRUG ACTIVITIES,
DEFENSE
COUNTER-NARCOTICS SUPPORT........................... 643,848 15,000 658,848
Counter Strategic Competitors in the Western [15,000]
Hemisphere.....................................
DRUG DEMAND REDUCTION PROGRAM....................... 134,313 2,500 136,813
Young Marines Program.......................... [2,500]
NATIONAL GUARD COUNTER-DRUG PROGRAM................. 102,272 20,000 122,272
Program increase............................... [20,000]
NATIONAL GUARD COUNTER-DRUG SCHOOLS................. 5,993 5,000 10,993
Program increase............................... [5,000]
TOTAL DRUG INTERDICTION AND COUNTER-DRUG 886,426 42,500 928,926
ACTIVITIES, DEFENSE..........................
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL--O&M................ 518,919 518,919
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL--CYBER.............. 1,948 1,948
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL--RDT&E.............. 3,400 3,400
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL--PROCUREMENT........ 1,098 1,098
TOTAL OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL........ 525,365 525,365
DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM
IN-HOUSE CARE....................................... 10,044,342 5,000 10,049,342
TRICARE Reserve Select Extension............... [5,000]
PRIVATE SECTOR CARE................................. 19,893,028 19,893,028
CONSOLIDATED HEALTH SUPPORT......................... 2,007,012 -188,500 1,818,512
Historical underexecution...................... [-186,000]
Program decrease............................... [-2,500]
INFORMATION MANAGEMENT.............................. 2,327,816 2,327,816
MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES............................... 347,446 -4,000 343,446
Historical underexecution...................... [-4,000]
EDUCATION AND TRAINING.............................. 336,111 -13,000 323,111
Historical underexecution...................... [-20,000]
TriService Nursing Research Program............ [7,000]
BASE OPERATIONS/COMMUNICATIONS...................... 2,144,551 -2,500 2,142,051
Historical underexecution...................... [-2,500]
R&D RESEARCH........................................ 40,311 40,311
R&D EXPLORATRY DEVELOPMENT.......................... 178,892 178,892
R&D ADVANCED DEVELOPMENT............................ 327,040 17,500 344,540
Antibiotic Susceptibility Test Development..... [2,500]
Peptide Research and Development............... [5,000]
Platelet Development and Platelet Hemostatic [10,000]
Products.......................................
R&D DEMONSTRATION/VALIDATION........................ 172,351 172,351
R&D ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT......................... 107,753 107,753
R&D MANAGEMENT AND SUPPORT.......................... 87,096 87,096
R&D CAPABILITIES ENHANCEMENT........................ 18,330 18,330
PROC INITIAL OUTFITTING............................. 22,344 22,344
PROC REPLACEMENT & MODERNIZATION.................... 238,435 238,435
PROC JOINT OPERATIONAL MEDICINE INFORMATION SYSTEM.. 29,537 29,537
PROC MILITARY HEALTH SYSTEM--DESKTOP TO DATACENTER.. 74,055 74,055
PROC DOD HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM MODERNIZATION. 17,510 17,510
TOTAL DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM................. 38,413,960 -185,500 38,228,460
TOTAL OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS................... 42,600,303 -143,000 42,457,303
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TITLE XLVI--MILITARY CONSTRUCTION
SEC. 4601. MILITARY CONSTRUCTION.
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SEC. 4601. MILITARY CONSTRUCTION (In Thousands of Dollars)
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FY 2024 House
Account State/ Country Installation Project Title Request House Change Agreement
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Army Alabama Anniston Army Depot Access Control Point 0 5,500 5,500
(P&D).
Army Alabama Anniston Army Depot Component Rebuild Shop 0 8,100 8,100
(P&D).
Army Alabama Anniston Army Depot Vehicle Paint Shop 0 2,900 2,900
(P&D).
Army Alabama Redstone Arsenal Substation............. 50,000 50,000
Army Alaska Fort Wainwright Cost to Complete: 34,000 34,000
Enlisted Unaccompanied
Pers Hsg.
Army Florida Camp Bull Simons Camp Bull Simons 7th 0 17,000 17,000
Special Forces Group
Child Development
Center.
Army Georgia Fort Gordon Cyber Instructional 163,000 -83,000 80,000
Facility (Classrooms).
Army Germany Grafenwoehr Automated Multipurpose 10,400 10,400
Machine Gun Range.
Army Germany Hohenfels Simulations Center..... 56,000 56,000
Army Hawaii Aliamanu Military Water Storage Tank..... 20,000 20,000
Reservation
Army Hawaii Wheeler Army Air Field Air Traffic Control 0 5,400 5,400
Tower (P&D).
Army Kansas Fort Riley Aircraft Maintenance 105,000 105,000
Hanger.
Army Kentucky Fort Campbell Multipurpose Training 38,000 38,000
Range.
Army Louisiana Fort Polk Multipurpose Athletic 0 13,400 13,400
Field.
Army Massachusetts Soldier Systems Center Barracks Addition...... 18,500 18,500
Natick
Army Michigan Detroit Arsenal Ground Transport 72,000 72,000
Equipment Building.
Army North Carolina Fort Bragg Aircraft Maintenance 0 61,000 61,000
Hangar.
Army North Carolina Fort Bragg Automated Record Fire 19,500 19,500
Range.
Army North Carolina Fort Bragg Barracks............... 50,000 50,000
Army North Carolina Fort Bragg Barracks (Facility 85,000 85,000
Prototyping).
Army North Carolina Fort Bragg Child Development 0 36,000 36,000
Center.
Army Pennsylvania Letterkenny Army Depot Guided Missile 89,000 89,000
Maintenance Building.
Army Texas Fort Bliss Collective Training 0 8,000 8,000
Barracks (P&D).
Army Texas Fort Bliss Rail Yard.............. 74,000 74,000
Army Texas Fort Hood Barracks, Fort Hood (PN 0 9,900 9,900
100948) (P&D).
Army Texas Fort Hood Barracks, Fort Hood (PN 0 9,900 9,900
94937) (P&D).
Army Texas Red River Army Depot Component Rebuild Shop. 113,000 -43,000 70,000
Army Washington Joint Base Lewis-McChord Barracks............... 100,000 100,000
Army Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Barracks Replacement 0 50,000 50,000
Locations (P&D).
Army Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide CDC Planning and Design 0 20,000 20,000
Locations
Army Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Cost to Complete Army.. 0 122,210 122,210
Locations
Army Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Host Nation Support.... 26,000 26,000
Locations
Army Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Lab Infrastructure 0 30,000 30,000
Locations Planning & Design.
Army Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Minor Construction..... 76,280 10,000 86,280
Locations
Army Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Organic Industrial Base 0 5,000 5,000
Locations Planning & Design.
Army Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Planning & Design...... 270,875 29,300 300,175
Locations
Army Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Unspecified Minor 0 15,000 15,000
Locations Military Construction
Demolition.
Military Construction, Army Total 1,470,555 332,610 1,803,165
.................................. ........................
Navy Australia Royal Australian Air PDI: Aircraft Parking 134,624 134,624
Force Base Darwin Apron (INC).
Navy California Camp Pendleton Fire Station 0 2,683 2,683
Replacement (53 Area)
(P&D).
Navy California Marine Corps Air Ground Communications Towers.. 42,100 42,100
Combat Center
Twentynine Palms
Navy California Port Hueneme Laboratory Compound 110,000 -95,000 15,000
Facilities
Improvements.
Navy Connecticut Naval Submarine Base New Submarine Pier 31 112,518 -70,000 42,518
London Extension.
Navy Connecticut Naval Submarine Base New Weapons Magazine & 219,200 -190,000 29,200
London Ordnance Operations
Fac..
Navy District Of Columbia Marine Barracks Bachelor Enlisted 131,800 -100,000 31,800
Washington Quarters & Support
Facility.
Navy District of Columbia Naval Support Activity Electromagnetic & Cyber 0 40,000 40,000
Countermeasures Lab
(P&D).
Navy Djibouti Camp Lemonnier Djibouti Electrical Power Plant. 0 106,600 106,600
Navy Florida Whiting Field Advanced Helicopter 0 100,000 100,000
Training System Hangar.
Navy Georgia Marine Corps Logistics Consolidated 0 63,970 63,970
Base Albany Communication Facility.
Navy Guam Andersen Air Force Base PDI: Child Development 105,220 105,220
Center.
Navy Guam Andersen Air Force Base PDI: Joint Consol. 107,000 107,000
Comm. Center (INC).
Navy Guam Joint Region Marianas PDI: Joint 292,830 -242,830 50,000
Communication Upgrade
(INC).
Navy Guam Joint Region Marianas PDI: Missile 174,540 -100,000 74,540
Integration Test
Facility.
Navy Guam Naval Base Guam PDI: 9th ESB Training 23,380 23,380
Complex.
Navy Guam Naval Base Guam PDI: Artillery Battery 137,550 -65,000 72,550
Facilities.
Navy Guam Naval Base Guam PDI: Consolidated MEB 19,740 19,740
HQ/NCIS Phii.
Navy Guam Naval Base Guam PDI: Recreation Center. 34,740 34,740
Navy Guam Naval Base Guam PDI: Religious Ministry 46,350 46,350
Services Facility.
Navy Guam Naval Base Guam PDI: Satellite 166,159 -66,159 100,000
Communications
Facility (INC).
Navy Guam Naval Base Guam PDI: Training Center... 89,640 89,640
Navy Hawaii Joint Base Pearl Harbor- Dry Dock 3 Replacement 1,318,711 79,324 1,398,035
Hickam (INC).
Navy Hawaii Marine Corps Base Water Reclamation 0 50,000 50,000
Hawai'i Facility Compliance
Upgrade.
Navy Italy Naval Air Station EDI: Ordnance Magazines 77,072 77,072
Sigonella
Navy Maine Portsmouth Naval Multi-Mission Drydock 544,808 544,808
Shipyard #1 Extension (INC).
Navy Maryland Fort Meade Cybersecurity 186,480 -106,480 80,000
Operations Facility.
Navy Maryland Naval Air Station Aircraft Development 141,700 -61,700 80,000
Patuxent River and Maintenance
Facilities.
Navy North Carolina Cherry Point Marine Aircraft Maintenance 19,529 19,529
Corps Air Station Hangar (INC).
Navy North Carolina Marine Corps Air Station 2D LAAD Maintenance and 0 65,000 65,000
Cherry Point Operations Facilities.
Navy North Carolina Marine Corps Air Station Maintenance Facility & 125,150 -90,000 35,150
Cherry Point Marine Air Group HQS.
Navy North Carolina Marine Corps Base Camp 10th Marines 0 40,000 40,000
Lejeune Maintenance &
Operations Complex.
Navy North Carolina Marine Corps Base Camp Amphibious Combat 0 31,890 31,890
Lejeune Vehicle Shelters.
Navy North Carolina Marine Corps Base Camp Corrosion Repair 0 40,000 40,000
Lejeune Facility Replacement.
Navy Pennsylvania Naval Surface Warfare AI Machinery Control 0 88,200 88,200
Center Philadeplhia Development Center.
Navy Virginia Dam Neck Annex Maritime Surveillance 109,680 -86,000 23,680
System Facility.
Navy Virginia Joint Expeditionary Base Child Development 35,000 35,000
Little Creek--Story Center.
Navy Virginia Marine Corps Base Water Treatment Plant.. 127,120 -90,000 37,120
Quantico
Navy Virginia Naval Station Norfolk Child Development 43,600 43,600
Center.
Navy Virginia Naval Station Norfolk MQ-25 Aircraft Laydown 114,495 -106,000 8,495
Facilities.
Navy Virginia Naval Station Norfolk Submarine Pier 3 (INC). 99,077 99,077
Navy Virginia Naval Weapons Station Weapons Magazines...... 221,920 -170,920 51,000
Yorktown
Navy Virginia Norfolk Naval Shipyard Dry Dock Saltwater 81,082 81,082
System for CVN-78
(INC).
Navy Washington Naval Base Kitsap Alternate Power 0 19,000 19,000
Transmission Line.
Navy Washington Naval Base Kitsap Armored Fighting 0 31,000 31,000
Vehicle Support
Facility.
Navy Washington Naval Base Kitsap Shipyard Electrical 195,000 -135,000 60,000
Backbone.
Navy Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Barracks Replacement 0 50,000 50,000
Locations (P&D).
Navy Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide CDC Planning and Design 0 20,000 20,000
Locations
Navy Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Lab Infrastructure 0 30,000 30,000
Locations Planning & Design.
Navy Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Navy Shore Utility 0 85,000 85,000
Locations Infrastructure (P&D).
Navy Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Planning & Design...... 578,942 578,942
Locations
Navy Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Planning & Design...... 21,000 21,000
Locations
Navy Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Shipyard Infrastructure 0 50,000 50,000
Locations Optimization Program
Planning & Design.
Navy Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Unspecified Minor 34,430 10,000 44,430
Locations Construction.
Navy Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Unspecified Minor 0 15,000 15,000
Locations Military Construction
Demolition.
Navy Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide USMC Military 0 48,749 48,749
Locations Construction Planning
& Design.
Navy Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide USMC Unspecified Minor 0 30,000 30,000
Locations Construction.
Military Construction, Navy Total 6,022,187 -678,673 5,343,514
.................................. ........................
AF Alaska Joint Base Elmendorf- Extend Runway 16/34 107,500 107,500
Richardson (INC 3).
AF Australia Royal Australian Air PDI: Squadron 26,000 26,000
Force Base Darwin Operations Facility.
AF Australia Royal Australian Air PDI: Aircraft 17,500 17,500
Force Base Tindal Maintenance Support
Facility.
AF Australia Royal Australian Air PDI: Squadron 20,000 20,000
Force Base Tindal Operations Facility.
AF Australia Royal Australian Air PDI: Bomber Apron...... 93,000 93,000
Force Base Tindal
AF Florida Eglin Air Force Base Eglin Air Force Base-- 0 14,600 14,600
LRSO Hardware Software
Development & Test
Facility.
AF Florida MacDill Air Force Base KC-46 ADAL Fuel System 18,000 18,000
Maintenance Dock.
AF Florida MacDill Air Force Base KC-46A ADAL Aircraft 25,000 25,000
Corrosion Control.
AF Florida MacDill Air Force Base KC-46A ADAL Aircraft 27,000 27,000
Maintenance Hangar.
AF Florida MacDill Air Force Base KC-46A ADAL Apron & 61,000 61,000
Hydrant Fueling Pits.
AF Florida Patrick Space Force Base Commercial Vehicle 15,000 15,000
Inspection.
AF Florida Patrick Space Force Base Cost to Complete: 15,000 15,000
Consolidated
Communications Center.
AF Florida Patrick Space Force Base Final Denial Barriers, 12,000 12,000
South Gate.
AF Georgia Robins Air Force Base Battle Management 115,000 -80,000 35,000
Combined Operations
Complex.
AF Guam Joint Region Marianas PDI: North Aircraft 109,000 109,000
Parking Ramp (INC).
AF Japan Kadena Air Base PDI: Helo Rescue OPS 46,000 46,000
Maintenance Hangar
(INC 3).
AF Japan Kadena Air Base PDI: Theater A/C 42,000 42,000
Corrosion Control Ctr
(INC).
AF Louisiana Barksdale Air Force Base Weapons Generation 112,000 112,000
Facility (INC 3).
AF Mariana Islands Tinian PDI: Airfield 26,000 26,000
Development, Phase 1
(INC 3).
AF Mariana Islands Tinian PDI: Fuel Tanks W/ 20,000 20,000
Pipeline & Hydrant
(INC 3).
AF Mariana Islands Tinian PDI: Parking Apron (INC 32,000 32,000
3).
AF Massachusetts Hanscom Air Force Base Child Development 37,000 37,000
Center.
AF Massachusetts Hanscom Air Force Base MIT-Lincoln Lab (West 70,000 70,000
Lab CSL/MIF) (INC 4).
AF Mississippi Columbus Air Force Base T-7a Ground Based 30,000 30,000
Training System
Facility.
AF Mississippi Columbus Air Force Base T-7a Unit Maintenance 9,500 9,500
Training Facility.
AF Montana Malmstrom Air Force Base Fire Station Bay/ 0 10,300 10,300
Storage Area.
AF Norway Rygge Air Station EDI: DABS-FEV Storage.. 88,000 88,000
AF Norway Rygge Air Station EDI: Munitions Storage 31,000 31,000
Area.
AF Ohio Wright-Patterson Air Acquisition Management 0 9,900 9,900
Force Base Complex Phase V (P&D).
AF Oklahoma Tinker Air Force Base F-35 Aircraft Oxygen 0 5,800 5,800
Shop (P&D).
AF Oklahoma Tinker Air Force Base KC-46 3-Bay Depot 78,000 78,000
Maintenance Hangar
(INC 3).
AF Philippines Cesar Basa Air Base PDI: Transient Aircraft 35,000 35,000
Parking Apron.
AF South Dakota Ellsworth Air Force Base B-21 Fuel System 75,000 75,000
Maintenance Dock.
AF South Dakota Ellsworth Air Force Base B-21 Phase Hangar...... 160,000 -126,000 34,000
AF South Dakota Ellsworth Air Force Base B-21 Weapons Generation 160,000 160,000
Facility (INC).
AF Spain Moron Air Base EDI: Munitions Storage. 26,000 26,000
AF Texas Joint Base San Antonio- 91 Cyber Operations 0 48,000 48,000
Lackland Center.
AF Texas Joint Base San Antonio- BMT - Chapel for 0 90,000 90,000
Lackland America's Airmen.
AF Texas Joint Base San Antonio- Child Development 20,000 20,000
Lackland Center.
AF United Kingdom Royal Air Force Fairford EDI: RADR Storage 47,000 47,000
Facility.
AF United Kingdom Royal Air Force EDI: RADR Storage 28,000 28,000
Lakenheath Facility.
AF United Kingdom Royal Air Force Surety Dormitory....... 50,000 50,000
Lakenheath
AF Utah Hill Air Force Base F-35 T-7a East Campus 82,000 82,000
Infrastructure.
AF Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Barracks Replacement 0 50,000 50,000
Locations (P&D).
AF Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide CDC Planning and Design 0 20,000 20,000
Locations
AF Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Cost to Complete....... 0 90,400 90,400
Locations
AF Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide EDI: Planning & Design. 5,648 5,648
Locations
AF Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Lab Infrastructure 0 30,000 30,000
Locations Planning & Design.
AF Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Natural Disaster 0 252,000 252,000
Locations Recovery.
AF Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Planning & Design...... 338,985 338,985
Locations
AF Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Planning & Design...... 90,281 90,281
Locations
AF Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Unspecified Minor 64,900 10,000 74,900
Locations Military Construction.
AF Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Unspecified Minor 0 15,000 15,000
Locations Military Construction
Demolition.
AF Wyoming F.E. Warren Air Force GBSD Integrated Command 27,000 27,000
Base Center (INC 2).
AF Wyoming F.E. Warren Air Force GBSD Integrated 85,000 85,000
Base Training Center.
AF Wyoming F.E. Warren Air Force GBSD Missile Handling 28,000 28,000
Base Complex (INC 2).
Military Construction, Air Force Total 2,605,314 440,000 3,045,314
.................................. ........................
Def-Wide Alabama Redstone Arsenal Ground Test Facility 147,975 -80,000 67,975
Infrastructure.
Def-Wide California Marine Corps Air Station Ambulatory Care Center-- 103,000 -75,000 28,000
Miramar Dental Clinic Add//Alt.
Def-Wide California Marine Corps Air Station Electrical 0 30,550 30,550
Miramar Infrastructure, on-
Site Generation, and
Microgrid Improvements.
Def-Wide California Naval Base Coronado Cost to Complete: ATC 0 11,400 11,400
Operations Support
Facility.
Def-Wide California Naval Base Coronado SOF Naval Special 0 51,000 51,000
Warfare Command
Operations Support
Facility, Phase 2.
Def-Wide California Naval Base San Diego Ambulatory Care Center-- 101,644 -70,000 31,644
Dental Clinic Replmt.
Def-Wide California Naval Base San Diego Microgrid and Backup 0 6,300 6,300
Power.
Def-Wide California Vandenberg Space Force Microgrid With Backup 0 57,000 57,000
Base Power.
Def-Wide Colorado Buckley Space Force Base Redundant Electrical 0 9,000 9,000
Supply.
Def-Wide Colorado Buckley Space Force Base Replacement Water Well. 0 5,700 5,700
Def-Wide Cuba Guantanamo Bay Naval Ambulatory Care Center 60,000 60,000
Station (INC 1).
Def-Wide Georgia Naval Submarine Base Electrical Transmission 0 49,500 49,500
Kings Bay and Distribution
Improvements, Phase 2.
Def-Wide Germany Baumholder Human Performance 0 16,700 16,700
Training Center.
Def-Wide Germany Baumholder SOF Company Operations 41,000 41,000
Facility.
Def-Wide Germany Baumholder SOF Joint Parachute 23,000 23,000
Rigging Facility.
Def-Wide Germany Kaiserslautern Air Base Kaiserslautern Middle 21,275 21,275
School.
Def-Wide Germany Ramstein Air Base Ramstein Middle School. 181,764 181,764
Def-Wide Germany Rhine Ordnance Barracks Medical Center 77,210 77,210
Replacement (INC 11).
Def-Wide Germany Stuttgart Robinson Barracks Elem 8,000 8,000
School Replacement.
Def-Wide Honduras Soto Cano Air Base Fuel Facilities........ 41,300 41,300
Def-Wide Japan Fleet Activities Kinnick High School 70,000 70,000
Yokosuka (INC).
Def-Wide Japan Kadena Air Base PDI: SOF Maintenance 88,900 88,900
Hangar.
Def-Wide Japan Kadena Air Base PDI: SOF Composite 11,400 11,400
Maintenance Facility.
Def-Wide Kansas Forbes Field Microgrid and Backup 0 5,850 5,850
Power.
Def-Wide Korea K-16 Air Base K-16 Emergency Backup 0 5,650 5,650
Power.
Def-Wide Kuwait Camp Buehring Microgrid and Backup 0 18,850 18,850
Power.
Def-Wide Maryland Bethesda Naval Hospital Medical Center Addition/ 101,816 101,816
Alteration (INC 7).
Def-Wide Maryland Fort Meade NSAW Mission OPS and 105,000 105,000
Records Center (INC).
Def-Wide Maryland Fort Meade NSAW Recap Building 4 315,000 315,000
(INC).
Def-Wide Maryland Fort Meade NSAW Recap Building 5 65,000 65,000
(ECB 5) (INC).
Def-Wide Maryland Joint Base Andrews Hydrant Fueling System. 38,300 38,300
Def-Wide Missouri Lake City Army Microgrid and Backup 0 80,100 80,100
Ammunition Plant Power.
Def-Wide Montana Great Falls Fuel Facilities........ 30,000 30,000
International Airport
Def-Wide Nebraska Offutt Air Force Base Microgrid and Backup 0 41,000 41,000
Power.
Def-Wide North Carolina Fort Bragg (Camp Microgrid and Backup 0 10,500 10,500
Mackall) Power.
Def-Wide North Carolina Marine Corps Base Camp Marine Raider Battalion 0 70,000 70,000
Lejeune Operations Facility.
Def-Wide Oklahoma Fort Sill Microgrid and Backup 0 76,650 76,650
Power.
Def-Wide Puerto Rico Fort Buchanan Microgrid and Backup 0 56,000 56,000
Power.
Def-Wide Spain Naval Station Rota Bulk Tank Farm, Phase 1 80,000 80,000
Def-Wide Texas Fort Hood Microgrid and Backup 0 18,250 18,250
Power.
Def-Wide Utah Hill Air Force Base Open Storage........... 14,200 14,200
Def-Wide Virginia Fort Belvoir DIA Headquarters Annex. 185,000 -160,000 25,000
Def-Wide Virginia Joint Expeditionary Base SOF SDVT2 Operations 61,000 61,000
Little Creek--Story Support Facility.
Def-Wide Virginia Pentagon HVAC Efficiency 0 2,250 2,250
Upgrades.
Def-Wide Virginia Pentagon Sec OPS and Pedestrian 30,600 30,600
Access Facs.
Def-Wide Washington Joint Base Lewis-McChord Power Generation and 0 49,850 49,850
Microgrid.
Def-Wide Washington Joint Base Lewis-McChord SOF Consolidated 62,000 62,000
Rigging Facility.
Def-Wide Washington Manchester Bulk Storage Tanks, 71,000 71,000
Phase 2.
Def-Wide Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Energy Resilience and 548,000 -548,000 0
Locations Conserv. Invest. Prog..
Def-Wide Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide ERCIP Planning & Design 86,250 15,000 101,250
Locations
Def-Wide Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Exercise Related Minor 11,107 10,365 21,472
Locations Construction.
Def-Wide Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide PDI: INDOPACOM Planning 0 69,000 69,000
Locations & Design.
Def-Wide Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide PDI: INDOPACOM 0 62,000 62,000
Locations Unspecified Minor
Construction.
Def-Wide Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Planning & Design (DHA) 49,610 49,610
Locations
Def-Wide Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Planning & Design 32,579 32,579
Locations (Defense-Wide).
Def-Wide Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Planning & Design 30,215 30,215
Locations (Cybercom).
Def-Wide Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Planning & Design 25,130 25,130
Locations (SOCOM).
Def-Wide Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Planning & Design (DLA) 24,000 24,000
Locations
Def-Wide Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Planning & Design 8,568 8,568
Locations (DODEA).
Def-Wide Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Planning & Design (NSA) 3,068 3,068
Locations
Def-Wide Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Planning & Design (TJS) 2,000 2,000
Locations
Def-Wide Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Planning & Design (MDA) 1,035 20,000 21,035
Locations
Def-Wide Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Planning & Design (WHS) 590 590
Locations
Def-Wide Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Unspecified Minor 19,271 19,271
Locations Construction (SOCOM).
Def-Wide Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Unspecified Minor 3,000 3,000
Locations Construction (Defense-
Wide).
Def-Wide Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Unspecified Minor 4,875 4,875
Locations Construction (DLA).
Def-Wide Wyoming F.E. Warren Air Force Microgrid and Battery 0 25,000 25,000
Base Storage.
Military Construction, Defense-Wide Total 2,984,682 -59,535 2,925,147
.................................. ........................
NATO Worldwide Unspecified NATO Security Investment NATO Security 293,434 293,434
Program Investment Program.
NATO Security Investment Program Total 293,434 0 293,434
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Army NG Arizona Surprise Readiness National Guard 15,000 15,000
Center Readiness Center.
Army NG Florida Camp Blanding Camp Blanding Automated 0 11,000 11,000
Multipurpose Machine
Gun Range.
Army NG Florida Camp Blanding Camp Blanding Training 0 1,200 1,200
Aids Center (P&D).
Army NG Florida Camp Blanding Camp Blanding Wedge 0 840 840
Infantry Squad Battle
Course (P&D).
Army NG Idaho Jerome County Regional National Guard Vehicle 17,000 17,000
Site Maintenance Shop.
Army NG Illinois North Riverside National Guard Vehicle 24,000 24,000
(National Guard Maintenance Shop.
Maintenance Center)
Army NG Kentucky Burlington Vehicle Maintenance 0 16,400 16,400
Shop.
Army NG Missouri Belle Fontaine National Guard 28,000 28,000
Readiness Center.
Army NG New Hampshire Littleton National Guard Vehicle 23,000 23,000
Maintenance Shop Add.
Army NG New Mexico Rio Rancho Training Site National Guard Vehicle 11,000 11,000
Maintenance Shop Add.
Army NG New York Lexington Avenue Armory Lexington Armory 0 45,000 45,000
National Guard
Readiness Center
Addition/Alteration.
Army NG Ohio Camp Perry Joint National Guard 19,200 19,200
Training Center Readiness Center.
Army NG Oklahoma Shawnee Readiness Center National Guard 0 1,800 1,800
Readiness Center (P&D).
Army NG Oregon Washington County National Guard 26,000 26,000
Readiness Center Readiness Center.
Army NG Pennsylvania Fort Indiantown Gap FTIG Auto MPMG Range 0 1,550 1,550
(P&D).
Army NG Pennsylvania Hermitage Readiness National Guard 13,600 13,600
Center Readiness Center.
Army NG South Carolina Aiken County Readiness National Guard 20,000 20,000
Center Readiness Center.
Army NG South Carolina McCrady Training Center Automated Multipurpose 7,900 7,900
Machine Gun Range.
Army NG Texas Fort Hood General Purpose 0 2,685 2,685
Instruction Building
(P&D).
Army NG Virginia Sandston RC & FMS 1 Aircraft Maintenance 20,000 20,000
Hangar.
Army NG Wisconsin Viroqua National Guard 18,200 18,200
Readiness Center.
Army NG Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Cost to Complete Army 0 134,881 134,881
Locations National Guard.
Army NG Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Planning & Design...... 34,286 10,400 44,686
Locations
Army NG Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Unspecified Minor 63,000 10,000 73,000
Locations Construction.
Army NG Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Unspecified Minor 0 15,000 15,000
Locations Military Construction
Demolition.
Military Construction, Army National Guard Total 340,186 250,756 590,942
.................................. ........................
Army Res Alabama Birmingham Army Reserve Center/ 57,000 57,000
AMSA/Land.
Army Res Arizona Queen Creek Area Maintenance 12,000 12,000
Support Activity.
Army Res California Fort Hunter Liggett Network Enterprise 0 40,000 40,000
Center.
Army Res Georgia USMC Logistics Base Army Reserve Center.... 0 40,000 40,000
Albany
Army Res Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Cost to Complete Army 0 23,000 23,000
Locations Reserve.
Army Res Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Planning & Design...... 23,389 23,389
Locations
Army Res Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Unspecified Minor 14,687 10,000 24,687
Locations Construction.
Army Res Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Unspecified Minor 0 5,000 5,000
Locations Military Construction
Demolition.
Military Construction, Army Reserve Total 107,076 118,000 225,076
.................................. ........................
N/MC Res Michigan Battle Creek Organic Supply 24,549 24,549
Facilities.
N/MC Res Virginia Marine Forces Reserve G/Ator Support 12,400 12,400
Dam Neck Virginia Beach Facilities.
N/MC Res Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide MCNR Planning & Design. 6,495 6,495
Locations
N/MC Res Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide MCNR Unspecified Minor 7,847 10,000 17,847
Locations Construction.
N/MC Res Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Unspecified Minor 0 5,000 5,000
Locations Military Construction
Demolition.
Military Construction, Navy Reserve Total 51,291 15,000 66,291
.................................. ........................
Air NG Alabama Montgomery Regional F-35 ADAL SQ OPS Bldg 7,000 7,000
Airport 1303.
Air NG Alaska Joint Base Elmendorf ADAL Alert Crew 0 7,000 7,000
Richardson Facility Hgr 18.
Air NG Arizona Tucson International Mcca: Aircraft 11,600 11,600
Airport Arresting System (New
Rwy).
Air NG Arkansas Ebbing Field Permanent (F-35 Multi) 0 53,553 53,553
Construct F-35 FMS 3-
Bay Clear Span Hangar.
Air NG Arkansas Ebbing Field Permanent (Multi F-35) 0 9,269 9,269
Construct F-35 FMS AFE
& Step.
Air NG Arkansas Ebbing Field Permanent (Multi F-35) 0 12,720 12,720
Construct F-35 FMS
SAPF (Secure Facility).
Air NG Colorado Buckley Air National Aircraft Corrosion 12,000 12,000
Guard Base Control.
Air NG Florida Jacksonville Int'l Jacksonville 0 600 600
Airport International Airport--
Air National Guard F-
35 Munitions Storage
Area Admin (P&D).
Air NG Indiana Fort Wayne International Fire Station........... 8,900 8,900
Airport
Air NG Oregon Portland International Special Tactics 22,000 22,000
Airport Complex, Phase 1.
Air NG Oregon Portland International Special Tactics 18,500 18,500
Airport Complex, Phase 2.
Air NG Oregon Portland International Special Tactics 0 20,000 20,000
Airport Complex, Phase 3.
Air NG Oregon Portland International Special Tactics 0 11,000 11,000
Airport Complex, Phase 4.
Air NG Pennsylvania Harrisburg International Entry Control Facility. 0 8,000 8,000
Airport
Air NG Wisconsin Truax Field F-35: MM&I Fac, B701... 0 5,200 5,200
Air NG Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Planning & Design...... 35,600 35,600
Locations
Air NG Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Unspecified Minor 63,122 10,000 73,122
Locations Construction.
Air NG Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Unspecified Minor 0 15,000 15,000
Locations Military Construction
Demolition.
Military Construction, Air National Guard Total 178,722 152,342 331,064
.................................. ........................
AF Res Arizona Davis-Monthan Air Force Guardian Angel POTFF 0 8,500 8,500
Base Facility.
AF Res California March Air Reserve Base KC-46 Add/Alter B1244 17,000 17,000
FUT/Cargo Pallet
Storage.
AF Res California March Air Reserve Base KC-46 Add/Alter B6000 8,500 8,500
Simulator Facility.
AF Res California March Air Reserve Base KC-46 Two Bay 201,000 201,000
Maintenance/Fuel
Hangar.
AF Res Georgia Dobbins Air Reserve Base Security Forces 0 22,000 22,000
Facility.
AF Res Guam Joint Region Marianas Aerial Port Facility... 27,000 27,000
AF Res Louisiana Barksdale Air Force Base 307 Bomb Wing Medical 0 7,000 7,000
Facility Expansion.
AF Res Texas Naval Air Station Joint LRS Warehouse.......... 16,000 16,000
Reserve Base Fort Worth
AF Res Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Planning & Design...... 12,146 12,146
Locations
AF Res Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Unspecified Minor 9,926 10,000 19,926
Locations Military Construction.
AF Res Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Unspecified Minor 0 5,000 5,000
Locations Military Construction
Demolition.
Military Construction, Air Force Reserve Total 291,572 52,500 344,072
.................................. ........................
FH Con Army Georgia Fort Gordon Fort Gordon MHPI Equity 50,000 50,000
Investment.
FH Con Army Germany Baumholder Family Housing New 78,746 78,746
Construction.
FH Con Army Kwajalein Kwajalein Atoll Family Housing 98,600 98,600
Replacement
Construction.
FH Con Army Missouri Fort Leonard Wood Fort Leonard Wood MHPI 50,000 50,000
Equity Investment.
FH Con Army Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Family Housing P&D..... 27,549 27,549
Locations
Family Housing Construction, Army Total 304,895 0 304,895
.................................. ........................
FH Ops Army Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Furnishings............ 12,121 12,121
Locations
FH Ops Army Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Housing Privatization 86,019 86,019
Locations Support.
FH Ops Army Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Leasing................ 112,976 112,976
Locations
FH Ops Army Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Maintenance............ 86,706 86,706
Locations
FH Ops Army Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Management............. 41,121 41,121
Locations
FH Ops Army Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Miscellaneous.......... 554 554
Locations
FH Ops Army Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Services............... 7,037 7,037
Locations
FH Ops Army Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Utilities.............. 38,951 38,951
Locations
Family Housing Operation and Maintenance, Army Total 385,485 0 385,485
.................................. ........................
FH Con Navy Guam Joint Region Marianas Replace Andersen 121,906 121,906
Housing, Phase 8.
FH Con Navy Guam Naval Support Activity Replace Andersen 83,126 83,126
Andersen Housing (AF), Phase 7.
FH Con Navy Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Design, Washington DC.. 4,782 4,782
Locations
FH Con Navy Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Improvements, 57,740 57,740
Locations Washington DC.
FH Con Navy Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide USMC DPRI/Guam Planning 9,588 9,588
Locations & Design.
Family Housing Construction, Navy and Marine Corps Total 277,142 0 277,142
.................................. ........................
FH Ops Navy Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Furnishings............ 17,744 17,744
Locations
FH Ops Navy Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Housing Privatization 65,655 65,655
Locations Support.
FH Ops Navy Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Leasing................ 60,214 60,214
Locations
FH Ops Navy Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Maintenance............ 101,356 101,356
Locations
FH Ops Navy Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Management............. 61,896 61,896
Locations
FH Ops Navy Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Miscellaneous.......... 419 419
Locations
FH Ops Navy Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Services............... 13,250 13,250
Locations
FH Ops Navy Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Utilities.............. 43,320 43,320
Locations
Family Housing Operation And Maintenance, Navy and Marine Corps Total 363,854 0 363,854
.................................. ........................
FH Con AF Alabama Maxwell Air Force Base MHPI Restructure-AETC 65,000 65,000
Group II.
FH Con AF Colorado U.S. Air Force Academy Construction 9,282 9,282
Improvement--Carlton
House.
FH Con AF Hawaii Hickam Air Force Base MHPI Restructure-Joint 75,000 75,000
Base Pearl Harbor-
Hickam.
FH Con AF Japan Yokota Air Base Improve Family Housing 0 27,000 27,000
PAIP 9, Phase 1 (24
Units).
FH Con AF Mississippi Keesler Air Force Base MHPI Restructure- 80,000 80,000
Southern Group.
FH Con AF Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Planning & Design...... 7,815 7,815
Locations
Family Housing Construction, Air Force Total 237,097 27,000 264,097
.................................. ........................
FH Ops AF Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Furnishings............ 23,884 23,884
Locations
FH Ops AF Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Housing Privatization 31,803 31,803
Locations Support.
FH Ops AF Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Leasing................ 5,143 5,143
Locations
FH Ops AF Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Maintenance............ 124,410 124,410
Locations
FH Ops AF Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Management............. 68,023 68,023
Locations
FH Ops AF Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Miscellaneous.......... 2,377 2,377
Locations
FH Ops AF Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Services............... 10,692 10,692
Locations
FH Ops AF Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Utilities.............. 48,054 48,054
Locations
Family Housing Operation and Maintenance, Air Force Total 314,386 0 314,386
.................................. ........................
FH Ops DW Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Furnishings............ 673 673
Locations
FH Ops DW Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Furnishings............ 89 89
Locations
FH Ops DW Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Leasing................ 32,042 32,042
Locations
FH Ops DW Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Leasing................ 13,658 13,658
Locations
FH Ops DW Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Maintenance............ 35 35
Locations
FH Ops DW Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Utilities.............. 4,273 4,273
Locations
FH Ops DW Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Utilities.............. 15 15
Locations
Family Housing Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide Total 50,785 0 50,785
.................................. ........................
FHIF Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Administrative 6,611 6,611
Locations Expenses--FHIF.
DOD Family Housing Improvement Fund Total 6,611 0 6,611
.................................. ........................
UHIF Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Administrative 496 496
Locations Expenses--UHIF.
Unaccompanied Housing Improvement Fund Total 496 0 496
.................................. ........................
BRAC Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Base Realignment & 150,640 50,000 200,640
Locations Closure.
Base Realignment and Closure--Army Total 150,640 50,000 200,640
.................................. ........................
BRAC Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Base Realignment & 108,818 50,000 158,818
Locations Closure.
Base Realignment and Closure--Navy Total 108,818 50,000 158,818
.................................. ........................
BRAC Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Base Realignment & 123,990 50,000 173,990
Locations Closure.
Base Realignment and Closure--Air Force Total 123,990 50,000 173,990
.................................. ........................
BRAC Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide INT-4: DLA Activities.. 5,726 5,726
Locations
Base Realignment and Closure--Defense-wide Total 5,726 0 5,726
.................................. ........................
Total, Military Construction 16,674,944 800,000 17,474,944
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TITLE XLVII--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL
SECURITY PROGRAMS
SEC. 4701. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY PROGRAMS.
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SEC. 4701. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY PROGRAMS (In Thousands of Dollars)
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House
Program FY 2024 Request House Change Authorized
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Discretionary Summary By Appropriation
Energy And Water Development, And Related Agencies
Appropriation Summary:
Nuclear Energy........................................ 177,733 -17,733 160,000
Atomic Energy Defense Activities
National nuclear security administration:
Weapons activities................................ 18,832,947 119,729 18,952,676
Defense nuclear nonproliferation.................. 2,508,959 -81,000 2,427,959
Naval reactors.................................... 1,964,100 -15,000 1,949,100
Federal salaries and expenses..................... 538,994 0 538,994
Total, National Nuclear Security Administration..... 23,845,000 23,729 23,868,729
Environmental and other defense activities:
Defense environmental cleanup..................... 7,500,587 -392,000 7,108,587
Other defense activities.......................... 1,075,197 0 1,075,197
Total, Environmental & other defense activities..... 8,575,784 -392,000 8,183,784
Total, Atomic Energy Defense Activities............... 32,420,784 -368,271 32,052,513
Total, Discretionary Funding.............................. 32,598,517 -386,004 32,212,513
Nuclear Energy
Idaho sitewide safeguards and security.................. 177,733 -17,733 160,000
Program decrease.................................... [-17,733]
Total, Nuclear Energy..................................... 177,733 -17,733 160,000
Stockpile Management
Stockpile Major Modernization
B61-12 Life Extension Program....................... 449,850 449,850
W88 Alteration Program.............................. 178,823 178,823
W80-4 Life Extension Program........................ 1,009,929 1,009,929
W80-4 ALT SLCM...................................... 0 70,000 70,000
Program increase.................................. [70,000]
W87-1 Modification Program.......................... 1,068,909 1,068,909
W93 Program......................................... 389,656 389,656
Total, Stockpile Major Modernization.................. 3,097,167 70,000 3,167,167
Stockpile services
Stockpile Sustainment............................. 1,276,578 -12,500 1,264,078
Program decrease................................ [-12,500]
Weapons Dismantlement and Disposition............. 53,718 -17,000 36,718
Program decrease................................ [-17,000]
Production Operations............................. 710,822 710,822
Nuclear Enterprise Assurance...................... 66,614 66,614
Subtotal, Stockpile Services........................ 2,107,732 -29,500 2,078,232
Total, Stockpile Management............................. 5,204,899 40,500 5,245,399
Weapons Activities
Production Modernization
Primary Capability Modernization
Plutonium Modernization
Los Alamos Plutonium Modernization
Los Alamos Plutonium Operations................. 833,100 833,100
21-D-512 Plutonium Pit Production Project, LANL. 670,000 670,000
15-D-302 TA-55 Reinvestments Project, Phase 3, 30,000 30,000
LANL...........................................
07-D-220-04 Transuranic Liquid Waste Facility, 0 0
LANL...........................................
04-D-125 Chemistry and Metallurgy Research 227,122 227,122
Replacement Project, LANL......................
Subtotal, Los Alamos Plutonium Modernization...... 1,760,222 0 1,760,222
Savannah River Plutonium Modernization
Savannah River Plutonium Operations............. 62,764 62,764
21-D-511 Savannah River Plutonium Processing 858,235 142,000 1,000,235
Facility, SRS..................................
Program increase.............................. [142,000]
Subtotal, Savannah River Plutonium Modernization.. 920,999 142,000 1,062,999
Enterprise Plutonium Support...................... 87,779 87,779
Total, Plutonium Modernization...................... 2,769,000 142,000 2,911,000
High Explosives and Energetics
High Explosives & Energetics.................... 93,558 93,558
23-D-516 Energetic Materials Characterization 0 0
Facility, LANL.................................
21-D-510 HE Synthesis, Formulation, and 0 83,000 83,000
Production, PX.................................
Program increase.............................. [83,000]
15-D-301 HE Science & Engineering Facility, PX.. 101,356 101,356
Total, High Explosives and Energetics............... 194,914 277,914
Total, Primary Capability Modernization............... 2,963,914 225,000 3,188,914
Secondary Capability Modernization
Secondary Capability Modernization.................. 666,914 666,914
18-D-690 Lithium Processing Facility, Y-12.......... 210,770 210,770
06-D-141 Uranium Processing Facility, Y-12.......... 760,000 760,000
Total, Secondary Capability Modernization............. 1,637,684 0 1,637,684
Tritium and Domestic Uranium Enrichment
Tritium and Domestic Uranium Enrichment............. 592,992 592,992
18-D-650 Tritium Finishing Facility, SRS............ 0 37,000 37,000
Program increase.................................. [37,000]
Total, Tritium and Domestic Uranium Enrichment........ 592,992 37,000 629,992
Non-Nuclear Capability Modernization.................. 166,990 166,990
22-D-513 Power Sources Capability, SNL................ 37,886 37,886
Capability Based Investments.......................... 156,462 156,462
Total, Production Modernization......................... 5,555,928 262,000 5,817,928
Stockpile Research, Technology, and Engineering
Assessment Science.................................... 1,044,321 -20,000 1,024,321
Program decrease.................................. [-20,000]
Engineering and Integrated Assessments................ 440,456 -30,000 410,456
Program decrease.................................. [-30,000]
Inertial Confinement Fusion........................... 601,650 601,650
Advanced Simulation and Computing..................... 782,472 -50,000 732,472
Program decrease.................................. [-50,000]
Weapon Technology and Manufacturing Maturation........ 327,745 -20,000 307,745
Program decrease.................................. [-20,000]
Total, Stockpile Research, Technology, and Engineering.. 3,196,644 -120,000 3,076,644
Academic Programs and Community Support................. 152,271 -40,271 112,000
Community Capacity Building Program................. [-30,000]
Program decrease.................................... [-10,271]
Total, Academic Programs and Community Support.......... 152,271 -40,271 112,000
Infrastructure and Operations
Operations of facilities.............................. 1,053,000 0 1,053,000
Safety and environmental operations................... 139,114 139,114
Maintenance and repair of facilities.................. 718,000 718,000
Recapitalization:
Infrastructure and safety........................... 650,012 -22,500 627,512
Program decrease.................................. [-22,500]
Total, Recapitalization............................... 650,012 -22,500 627,512
Construction:
24-D-512 TA-46 Protective Force Facility, LANL...... 48,500 48,500
24-D-511 Plutonium Production Building, LANL........ 48,500 48,500
24-D-510 Analytic Gas Laboratory, PX................ 35,000 35,000
23-D-517 Electrical Power Capacity Upgrade, LANL.... 75,000 75,000
Total, Construction................................... 207,000 0 207,000
Total, Infrastructure and operations.................... 2,767,126 -22,500 2,744,626
Secure transportation asset
Operations and equipment.............................. 239,008 239,008
Program direction..................................... 118,056 118,056
Total, Secure transportation asset...................... 357,064 0 357,064
Defense Nuclear Security
Operations and Maintenance............................ 988,756 988,756
Construction:
17-D-710 West end protected area reduction project, 28,000 28,000
Y-12...............................................
Total, Defense nuclear security......................... 1,016,756 0 1,016,756
Information technology and cybersecurity................ 578,379 578,379
Legacy contractor pensions.............................. 65,452 65,452
Use of Prior Year Balances.............................. -61,572 -61,572
Total, Weapons Activities................................. 18,832,947 119,729 18,952,676
Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation
Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation Programs
Global material security
International nuclear security...................... 84,707 -10,000 74,707
Program decrease.................................. [-10,000]
Radiological security............................... 258,033 258,033
Nuclear smuggling detection and deterrence.......... 181,308 181,308
Total, Global material security....................... 524,048 -10,000 514,048
Material management and minimization
Conversion.......................................... 116,675 116,675
Nuclear material removal............................ 47,100 47,100
Material disposition................................ 282,250 282,250
Total, Material management & minimization............. 446,025 0 446,025
Nonproliferation and arms control..................... 212,358 -20,000 192,358
Program decrease.................................... [-20,000]
Defense nuclear nonproliferation R&D
Proliferation Detection............................. 290,388 -20,000 270,388
Program decrease--Arms control efforts............ [-20,000]
Nuclear Detonation Detection........................ 285,603 285,603
Forensics R&D....................................... 44,759 44,759
Nonproliferation Stewardship Program................ 107,437 -6,000 101,437
Program decrease.................................. [-6,000]
Total, Defense nuclear nonproliferation R&D........... 728,187 -26,000 702,187
NNSA Bioassurance Program............................. 25,000 -25,000 0
Program decrease.................................... [-25,000]
Nonproliferation Construction:
18-D-150 Surplus Plutonium Disposition Project, SRS. 77,211 77,211
Total, Nonproliferation construction.................. 77,211 0 77,211
Total, Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation Programs........ 2,012,829 -81,000 1,931,829
Legacy contractor pensions.............................. 22,587 22,587
Nuclear counterterrorism and incident response program.. 493,543 493,543
Use of prior-year balances.............................. -20,000 -20,000
Total, Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation................... 2,508,959 -81,000 2,427,959
Naval Reactors
Naval reactors development.............................. 838,340 838,340
Columbia-Class reactor systems development.............. 52,900 52,900
Naval reactors operations and infrastructure............ 712,036 712,036
Construction:
24-D-530 NRF Medical Science Complex.................. 36,584 36,584
22-D-531 KL Chemistry and Radiological Health Building 10,400 10,400
21-D-530 KL Steam and Condensate Upgrade.............. 53,000 53,000
14-D-901 Spent Fuel Handling Recapitalization Project, 199,300 -15,000 184,300
NRF..................................................
Program decrease.................................... [-15,000]
Total, Construction..................................... 299,284 -15,000 284,284
Program direction....................................... 61,540 61,540
Total, Naval Reactors..................................... 1,964,100 -15,000 1,949,100
Federal Salaries And Expenses
Program Direction....................................... 538,994 538,994
Total, Office Of The Administrator........................ 538,994 0 538,994
Defense Environmental Cleanup
Closure sites:
Closure sites administration.......................... 3,023 3,023
Richland:
River corridor and other cleanup operations........... 180,000 180,000
Central plateau remediation........................... 684,289 684,289
Richland community and regulatory support............. 10,100 10,100
Construction:
22-D-401 Eastern Plateau Fire Station............... 7,000 7,000
22-D-402 L-897, 200 Area Water Treatment Facility... 11,200 11,200
23-D-404 181D Export Water System Reconfiguration 27,149 27,149
and Upgrade........................................
23-D-405 181B Export Water System Reconfiguration 462 462
and Upgrade........................................
24-D-401 Environmental Restoration Disposal Facility 1,000 1,000
Supercell 11 Expansion Proj........................
Total, Construction................................... 46,811 0 46,811
Total, Hanford site..................................... 921,200 0 921,200
Office of River Protection:
Waste Treatment Immobilization Plant Commissioning.... 466,000 466,000
Rad liquid tank waste stabilization and disposition... 813,625 813,625
Construction:
01-D-16D High-Level Waste Facility.................. 600,000 600,000
01-D-16E Pretreatment Facility...................... 20,000 20,000
15-D-409 Low Activity Waste Pretreatment System..... 60,000 60,000
23-D-403, Hanford 200 West Area Tank Farms Risk 15,309 15,309
Management Project.................................
Total, Construction................................... 695,309 0 695,309
Total, Office of River Protection....................... 1,974,934 0 1,974,934
Idaho National Laboratory:
Idaho cleanup and waste disposition................... 377,623 377,623
Idaho community and regulatory support................ 2,759 2,759
Construction:
22-D-403 Idaho Spent Nuclear Fuel Staging Facility 10,159 10,159
22-D-404 Additional ICDF Landfill Disposal Cell 46,500 46,500
and Evaporation Ponds Project....................
23-D-402--Calcine Construction.................... 10,000 10,000
Total, Construction................................. 66,659 0 66,659
Total, Idaho National Laboratory........................ 447,041 0 447,041
NNSA sites and Nevada off-sites
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory................ 1,879 1,879
LLNL Excess Facilities D&D............................ 20,195 20,195
Nuclear facility D & D
Separations Process Research Unit................... 15,300 15,300
Nevada Site......................................... 61,952 61,952
Sandia National Laboratories........................ 2,264 2,264
Los Alamos National Laboratory...................... 273,831 273,831
Los Alamos Excess Facilities D&D.................... 13,648 13,648
Total, NNSA sites and Nevada off-sites.................. 389,069 0 389,069
Oak Ridge Reservation:
OR Nuclear facility D & D............................. 335,000 0 335,000
Total, OR Nuclear facility D & D...................... 335,000 0 335,000
U233 Disposition Program.............................. 55,000 55,000
OR cleanup and disposition............................ 72,000 72,000
Construction:
14-D-403 Outfall 200 Mercury Treatment Facility... 10,000 10,000
17-D-401 On-site waste disposal facility.......... 24,500 24,500
Total, Construction................................. 34,500 0 34,500
Total, OR cleanup and waste disposition............... 161,500 0 161,500
OR community & regulatory support..................... 5,500 5,500
OR technology development and deployment.............. 3,000 3,000
Total, Oak Ridge Reservation............................ 505,000 0 505,000
Savannah River Sites:
Savannah River risk management operations............. 453,109 15,000 468,109
Program increase.................................... [15,000]
Construction:
18-D-402 Emergency Operations Center Replacement, 34,733 34,733
SR...............................................
Total, Risk Management Operations..................... 487,842 15,000 502,842
Savannah River Legacy Pensions........................ 65,898 65,898
Savannah River National Laboratory O&M................ 42,000 42,000
SR community and regulatory support................... 12,389 12,389
Radioactive liquid tank waste stabilization and 880,323 20,000 900,323
disposition..........................................
Program increase.................................... [20,000]
Construction:
18-D-402 Saltstone disposal unit #8/9............. 31,250 31,250
20-D-401 Saltstone Disposal Unit #10, 11, 12...... 56,250 56,250
Total, Construction................................. 87,500 0 87,500
Total, Savannah River site.............................. 1,575,952 35,000 1,610,952
Waste Isolation Pilot Plant
Waste Isolation Pilot Plant........................... 369,961 369,961
Construction:
15-D-411 Safety significant confinement ventilation 44,365 44,365
system, WIPP.......................................
15-D-412 Utility Shaft, WIPP........................ 50,000 50,000
Total, Construction................................... 94,365 0 94,365
Total, Waste Isolation Pilot Plant...................... 464,326 0 464,326
Program Direction....................................... 326,893 326,893
Program Support......................................... 103,504 103,504
Safeguards and Security................................. 332,645 332,645
Technology Development and Deployment................... 30,000 30,000
Federal contribution to the Uranium Enrichment D&D Fund. 427,000 -427,000 0
Program decrease...................................... [-427,000]
Total, Defense Environmental Cleanup...................... 7,500,587 -392,000 7,108,587
Other Defense Activities
Environment, health, safety and security
Environment, health, safety and security.............. 86,558 86,558
Program direction..................................... 144,705 144,705
Total, Environment, Health, safety and security......... 231,263 0 231,263
Office of Enterprise Assessments
Program Direction..................................... 64,132 64,132
Enterprise Assessments................................ 30,022 30,022
Total, Office of Enterprise Assessments................. 94,154 0 94,154
Specialized security activities......................... 345,330 345,330
Office of Legacy Management
Legacy management..................................... 173,681 173,681
Program direction..................................... 22,621 22,621
Total, Office of Legacy Management...................... 196,302 0 196,302
Defense-related administrative support.................. 203,649 203,649
Office of hearings and appeals.......................... 4,499 4,499
Subtotal, Other Defense Activities........................ 1,075,197 0 1,075,197
Total, Other Defense Activities........................... 1,075,197 0 1,075,197
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SAVINGS TABLE, FY 2024 NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT
(In Thousands of Dollars)
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TOTAL FYDP
SERVICE/COMPONENT DESCRIPTION OF SAVINGS/PLATFORM DIVESTED SAVINGS
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AIR FORCE A-10 aircraft divestment 4,494,727
AIR FORCE B-1B aircraft divestment 406,851
AIR FORCE C-130H aircraft divestment 692,418
AIR FORCE E-3/AWACS aircraft divestment 764,689
AIR FORCE E-8 JSTARS aircraft divestment 1,464,417
AIR FORCE EC-130H aircraft divestment 496,521
AIR FORCE EC-130J aircraft divestment 186,030
AIR FORCE F-15 C/D aircraft divestment 3,699,838
AIR FORCE F-15E aircraft divestment 3,015,337
AIR FORCE F-16 C/D aircraft divestment 1,239,576
AIR FORCE HH-60G aircraft divestment 1,462,747
AIR FORCE KC-10 aircraft divestment 2,054,206
AIR FORCE KC-135 R/T aircraft divestment 1,533,002
AIR FORCE RQ-4 aircraft divestment 1,089,797
AIR FORCE T-1A aircraft divestment 631,948
AIR FORCE Battle Mgmt Com & Ctrl Sensor Development, ARSR-4 Replacement Hawai'i 35,000
Radar
AIR FORCE B-52 Squadrons, Scheduling delays 35,000
AIR FORCE Cyberspace Activities, Insufficient and delayed justification 30,000
AIR FORCE All Domain Common Platform, Insufficient justification 15,000
AIR FORCE General Information Technology, Insufficient justification 25,000
AIR FORCE AFNET, Insufficient justification 25,000
AIR FORCE Afwerx Prime, Rocket Cargo Early to need 25,000
AIR FORCE Modular Advanced Missile, Excess to need 105,328
AIR FORCE Next Generation Air Dominance, Project 646007: Program Deferment 550,600
AIR FORCE Advanced Pilot Training, Program delay 11,600
AIR FORCE Hypersonics Prototyping, Air-Launched Raid Response Weapon (ARRW) 150,340
program performance
AIR FORCE Contractor Logistics Support and System Support, Underexecution 40,000
AIR FORCE Flying Hour Program, Underexecution 115,000
AIR FORCE Base Support, Underexecution 115,000
AIR FORCE Other Combat Ops Spt Programs, Underexecution 75,000
AIR FORCE US STRATCOM, Underexecution 15,000
AIR FORCE Flight Training, Underexecution 25,000
AIR FORCE Other Servicewide Activities, Underexecution 45,000
AIR FORCE International Support, Underexecution 20,000
AIR FORCE VC-25B, Excess to need 57,000
AIR FORCE Advanced Weapons Technology, Excessive cost growth 10,000
AIR FORCE F-35, Flyaway unit cost growth 124,800
AIR FORCE Other Production Charges, Excess to need 229,400
AIR FORCE F-35 C2/D2, TR-3/B4 unplanned cost growth 75,000
AIR FORCE Classified Programs, Program justification review 14,737
AIR FORCE F-35 C2D2, Reallocation for committee amendments 10,000
AIR FORCE HC/MC-130 Recap RDT&E, Reallocation for committee amendments 25,000
AIR FORCE Human Effectiveness Applied Research, Reallocation for committee 2,500
amendments
AIR FORCE Other Production Charges, Reallocation for committee amendments 5,000
ARMY UH-60A aircraft divestment 3,400
ARMY UH-60L aircraft divestment 15,300
ARMY Servicewide Communications, Insufficient justification 25,000
ARMY Lethality Advanced Technology, Early to need 5,000
ARMY M-SHORAD--Procurement, Excess fielding growth 10,500
ARMY Family of Heavy Tactical Vehicles (FHTV), Incomplete development goals 14,993
ARMY Handheld Manpack Small Form Fit (HMS), Excess to need 5,043
ARMY Family of Weapon Sights (FWS), Family of Weapon Sights 8,100
ARMY Joint Battle Command--Platform (JBC-P), Unjustified Cost Growth-- 5,224
Fielding and Systems Engineering
ARMY Iamd Battle Command System, Excess Interim Contractor Support 17,100
ARMY Ground Soldier System, Excess to need 18,805
ARMY Synthetic Training Environment (STE), Excess to need--STE Live 7,226
ARMY Synthetic Training Environment (STE), Excess to need--RVCT 9,534
ARMY Conventional Munitions Demilitarization, Unjustified growth--EP1803 Non 4,700
Army Missile Demilitarization
ARMY Conventional Munitions Demilitarization, Unjustified growth--EP1800 98,450
Conventional Ammunition Demilitarization
ARMY Armored System Modernization--Adv Dev, Slow Expenditure Ground Combat 13,100
Platform
ARMY Aviation--Adv Dev, FARA--Excess to need 50,000
ARMY Soldier Systems--Advanced Development, Slow expenditure rate--Advance 523
Development
ARMY Soldier Systems--Advanced Development, Excessive growth--Program 1,333
management
ARMY Robotics Development, Slow expenditure rate 7,500
ARMY Future Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System (FTUAS), Slow expenditure rate 29,047
ARMY Maneuver--Short Range Air Defense (M-SHORAD), Delayed expenditure-- 41,174
Contract Award Delay
ARMY Assured Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT), Slow expenditure 2,604
rate--Mounted APNT
ARMY Assured Positioning, Navigation And Timing (PNT), Slow expenditure 5,236
rate--ALTNAV
ARMY Synthetic Training Environment Refinement & Prototyping, Slow 2,053
expenditure rate--SVT
ARMY Synthetic Training Environment Refinement & Prototyping, Slow 3,524
expenditure rate--Reconfig Virtual Collective Trainer
ARMY Synthetic Training Environment Refinement & Prototyping, Slow 25,451
expenditure rate--STE Live
ARMY Infantry Support Weapons, Slow expenditure 1,344
ARMY Medium Tactical Vehicles, Incomplete development goals 25,000
ARMY Light Tactical Wheeled Vehicles, Incomplete development goals 43,893
ARMY Night Vision Systems--Eng Dev, Slow expenditure--Joint Effects 5,028
Targetting System (JETS)
ARMY Army Tactical Command & Control Hardware & Software, Slow expenditure 5,049
rate--Expeditionary Army Command Post
ARMY Army Tactical Command & Control Hardware & Software, Slow expenditure 2,747
rate--Sustainment Transport System
ARMY Emerging Technology Initiatives, Prototype delay 48,940
ARMY Next Generation Load Device--Medium, Unjustified cost growth 11,411
ARMY Army Integrated Air and Missile Defense (AIAMD), Capabilty development 10,900
excess growth
ARMY Manned Ground Vehicle, OMFV slow expenditure 120,900
ARMY Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) Engineering And Manufacturing 1,100
Development Ph, JLTV
ARMY Improved Turbine Engine Program, Excessive Growth--Government Planning 1,721
ARMY Improved Turbine Engine Program, Slow expenditure rate 8,464
ARMY Combat Vehicle Improvement Programs, Slow expenditure--Stryker Combat 11,700
Vehicle Improvement Program
ARMY 155MM Self-Propelled Howitzer Improvements, Slow expenditure--Extended 6,200
Range Cannon Artillery
ARMY 155MM Self-Propelled Howitzer Improvements, Excess growth--ERCA range 5,900
prototype build
ARMY Mobile Protected Firepower, Excessive growth--systems technical support 8,400
ARMY Stryker Upgrade, Excessive growth--fleet modifications 4,600
ARMY Echelons Above Brigade, Underexecution 20,000
ARMY Theater Level Assets, Underexecution 125,000
ARMY Land Forces Operations Support, Underexecution 35,000
ARMY Land Forces Systems Readiness, Underexecution 20,000
ARMY Other Personnel Support, Underexecution 40,000
ARMY High Performance Computing Modernization Program, Excessive cost growth 5,000
ARMY Armored Multi Purpose Vehicle (AMPV), Reallocation for committee 2,500
amendments
ARMY Classified Programs, Reallocation for committee amendments 2,500
ARMY COTS Communications Equipment, Reallocation for committee amendments 7,100
ARMY Emerging Technology Initiatives, Reallocation for committee amendments 2,500
ARMY Signal Modernization Program, Reallocation for committee amendments 10,400
ARMY Synthetic Training Environment (STE), Reallocation for committee 5,000
amendments
ARMY NATIONAL GUARD Cyberspace Activities, Insufficient justification 22,000
CMP Civil Military Programs, Reallocation for committee amendments 2,500
DARPA Sensor Technology, Reallocation for committee amendments 5,250
DCMA Defense Contract Management Agency--Cyber, Early to need 5,000
DCSA Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency, Reallocation for 5,000
committee amendments
DEFENSE HEALTH AGENCY Consolidated Health Support, Underexecution 186,000
DEFENSE HEALTH AGENCY Education and Training, Underexecution 20,000
DEFENSE HEALTH AGENCY Management Activities, Underexecution 4,000
DEFENSE HEALTH AGENCY Base Operations/Communication, Underexecution 2,500
DEFENSE-WIDE Historical unobligated balances 300,000
DEFENSE HEALTH AGENCY Consolidated Health Support, Reallocation for committee amendments 2,500
DHRA Defense Human Resources Activity, Underexecution 45,000
DISA Defense Information Systems Agency, Reallocation to modernization 25,000
priorities
DISA Joint Regional Security Stacks (JRSS), Acceleration of legacy 22,714
technology divestment
DISA Joint Service Provider, Insufficient justification 10,000
DLSA Defense Legal Services Agency, Underexecution 35,000
DOE EM Federal contribution to the Uranium Enrichment D&D Fund, Expired 2,228,000
authorization
DOE NNSA Spent Fuel Handling Recapitalization Project, NRF, Revised baseline 15,000
DOE NNSA NNSA Bioassurance, Reallocation to core mission priorities 180,144
DOE NNSA International Nuclear Security, Excess to need 50,000
DOE NNSA Nonproliferation Stewardship Program, Excess to need 30,000
DOE NNSA Proliferation Detection--Arms Control Efforts, Excess to need 100,000
DOE NNSA Arms Control Advancement Initiative (ACAI), Excess to need 100,000
DOE NNSA Community Capacity Building Program, Insufficient justificationl; 356,184
Academic Programs and Community Support, Underexecution
DOE NNSA Weapons Dismantlement and Disposition, Reallocation to higher 53,839
priorities
DOE NNSA Primary Assessment Technologies, Early to need 20,000
DOE NNSA Studies and Assessments, Insufficient justification 30,000
DOE NNSA Advanced Simulation and Computing, Reallocation to higher priorities 50,000
DOE NNSA Weapon Technology and Manufacturing Maturation, Insufficient 20,000
justification
DOE NUCLEAR ENERGY Nuclear Energy, Early to need 103,733
DTRA Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Reallocation to counter China 10,000
DTRA Cooperative Threat Reduction, Reallocation for committee amendments 25,000
MARINE CORPS Amphibious Combat Vehicle Family of Vehicles, Unjustified growth-- 5,100
Program Management
MARINE CORPS Common Aviation Command and Control System, Unjustified fielding growth 5,900
MDA AEGIS BMD, Reallocation for committee amendments 4,000
MDA Missile Defense Agency, Reallocation for committee amendments 5,000
MILITARY PERSONNEL Military Personnel, Historical Underexecution 600,000
NAVY Terminate COBRA Block II Development 290,000
NAVY Disestablishment of Amphibious Construction Battalion (ACB) 2 87,400
NAVY Continuous Process Improvement/Underexecution Reviews 166,000
NAVY AV-8B aircraft divestment 64,800
NAVY C-2A aircraft divestment 29,400
NAVY CH-53E aircraft divestment 36,700
NAVY E-2C aircraft divestment 16,300
NAVY F/A-18C aircraft divestment 126,400
NAVY F/A-18D aircraft divestment 33,800
NAVY F/A-18E aircraft divestment 60,000
NAVY F/A-18F aircraft divestment 10,500
NAVY MH-53E aircraft divestment 3,500
NAVY MH-60R aircraft divestment 2,700
NAVY MH-60S aircraft divestment 1,900
NAVY P-3C aircraft divestment 2,100
NAVY RQ-21A aircraft divestment 5,900
NAVY TH-57B aircraft divestment 7,300
NAVY TH-57C aircraft divestment 15,300
NAVY UH-1Y aircraft divestment 6,900
NAVY VH-3D aircraft divestment 1,200
NAVY VH-60N aircraft divestment 800
NAVY CG 69--USS Vicksburg decommissioning 524,300
NAVY LCS 6--USS Jackson decommissioning 300,323
NAVY LCS 8--USS Montgomery decommissioning 306,429
NAVY LCS Common Mission Modules Equipment, Excess to need 30,000
NAVY LCS In-Service Modernization, Excessive cost growth 25,000
NAVY SSN Acoustic Equipment, Excessive cost growth 10,000
NAVY Shipboard IW Exploit, Excessive cost growth 15,000
NAVY Afloat ATC Equipment, Excessive cost growth 5,000
NAVY In-Service Radars And Sensors, Insufficient justification 15,000
NAVY Training And Education Equipment, Excessive cost growth 25,000
NAVY LCS MCM Mission Modules, Excess to need 35,000
NAVY Environmental Support Equipment, Excessive cost growth 10,000
NAVY FFG-Frigate, Insufficient justification 10,000
NAVY Small & Medium UUV, Late contract award--Razorback 5,000
NAVY Small And Medium Unmanned Undersea Vehicles, Late execution--MEDUSA 5,000
NAVY Small & Medium UUV, Late execution--Viperfish 5,000
NAVY LCS Mission Modules, Insufficient justification 15,000
NAVY Mine Development, Program decrease 5,000
NAVY Virginia Class Submarine AP, Early to need 325,100
NAVY AS Submarine Tender, Late contract award 1,485,234
NAVY MQ-25, Scheduling delays 199,000
NAVY MQ-25 AP, Scheduling delays 12,600
NAVY Marine Group 5 UAS, Early to need 17,900
NAVY Chalk Coral, Program decrease 165,000
NAVY Enterprise Information, Insufficient justification 25,000
NAVY Navy Logistic Productivity, Early to need 2,000
NAVY Science & Technology For Nuclear Re-Entry Systems, Excessive cost 20,000
growth
NAVY Marine Corps Ground Combat/Support System, Slow expenditure 17,800
NAVY Link Plumeria, Project 2937: Unjustified requirements 1,100,300
NAVY Marine Corps Air Defense Weapons Systems, Slow expenditure 10,500
NAVY Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar (G/ATOR), Slow expenditure 15,100
NAVY Mission and Other Ship Operations, Underexecution 10,000
NAVY Ship Operations Support & Training, Underexecution 5,000
NAVY Weapons Maintenance, Underexecution 25,000
NAVY Other Weapon Systems Support, Underexecution 10,000
NAVY Medical Activities, Underexecution 30,000
NAVY Planning, Engineering, and Program Support, Underexecution 60,000
NAVY Acquisition, Logistics, and Oversight, Underexecution 15,000
NAVY Science and Technology Management--Onr Field Acitivities, Early to need 5,000
NAVY USMC Advanced Technology Demonstration (ATD), Early to need 5,000
NAVY Joint Strike Fighter CV, Flyaway unit cost growth 28,500
NAVY JSF STOVL, Flyaway unit cost growth 89,600
NAVY Special Support Equipment, Flyaway unit cost growth 19,400
NAVY F-35 C2/D2, TR-3/B4 unplanned cost growth 75,000
NAVY Classified Programs, Reallocation for committee amendments 14,500
NAVY Common Ground Equipment, Reallocation for committee amendments 5,000
NAVY Distributed Common Ground/Surface Systems, Reallocation for committee 7,200
amendments
NAVY Marine Corps Communications Systems, Reallocation for committee 8,900
amendments
NAVY Next Generation Jammer (NGJ) Increment II, Reallocation for committee 50,932
amendments
NAVY Shipboard IW Exploit, Reallocation for committee amendments 10,000
NAVY Spares and Repair Parts, Reallocation for committee amendments 20,000
NAVY Special Purpose Supply Systems, Reallocation for committee amendments 3,666
NAVY Training and Education Equipment, Reallocation for committee amendments 15,000
NNSA Infrastructure and Operations, Reallocation for committee amendments 22,500
NNSA Stockpile Services, Reallocation for committee amendments 12,500
OSD Office of the Secretary Of Defense, Reduce administrative costs 29,750
OSD Chief Digital And Artificial Intelligence Officer (CDAO)--Dem/Val 40,000
Activities, Insufficient justification
OSD Office of The Secretary Of Defense--Cyber, Scholarship funding 14,400
alignment
OSD Defense Technology Innovation, Excessive cost growth 15,000
OSD Advanced Electronics Technologies, Reallocation to higher innovation 10,000
priorities
OSD Advanced Aerospace Systems, Reallocation to higher innovation 10,000
priorities
OSD Biomedical Technology, Reallocation to higher innovation priorities 10,000
OSD Counter Weapons of Mass Destruction Applied Research, Reallocation to 15,000
higher innovation priorities
OSD Chemical and Biological Defense Program--Advanced Development, 20,000
Reallocation to higher innovation priorities
OSD Tactical Technology, Reallocation to higher innovation priorities 20,000
OSD Chemical and Biological Defense Program--Advanced Development, 20,000
Reallocation to higher innovation priorities
OSD Information Systems Security Program, Reallocation to higher innovation 6,000
priorities
OSD Office of the Local Defense Community Cooperation, Underexecution 10,000
OSD Eliminate Office of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation (CAPE) 410,077
OSD Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer (CDAO)--Dem/Val 5,000
Activities, Reallocation for committee amendments
OSD Next Generation Information Communications Technology (5G), 5,000
Reallocation for committee amendments
OSD Office of the Secretary of Defense, Reallocation for committee 123,000
amendments
OSD Elimination of the Chief Diversity Officer of the Department of Defense 800
SPACE FORCE Wideband Gapfiller Satellites(Space), Use of prior-year balances--WGS 784,000
SPACE FORCE GPSIII Follow On, Request for Equitable Adjustment 49,300
SPACE FORCE Special Space Activities, Classified overrun 497,000
SPACE FORCE Global Positioning System III--Operational Control Segment, Excess to 45,400
need
SPACE FORCE GPS III Space Segment, Unjustified growth SV 03-10 production 18,100
SPACE FORCE Space Force IT, Data Analytics, Digital Solutions, Reallocation for 10,000
committee amendments
USSOCOM EC-130J aircraft divestment 2,500
USSOCOM MC-12W aircraft divestment 29,700
USSOCOM A/MH-6M aircraft divestment 3,900
USSOCOM Special Operations Command Theater Forces, Reallocation to counter 5,000
China
USSOCOM Special Operations Command Maintenance, Reallocation to support counter 13,000
China ISR
USSOCOM Special Operations Command Operational Support, Reallocation to support 17,000
counter China ISR
USSOCOM Special Operations Command Theater Forces, Reallocation to support 7,000
strategic competition
USSOCOM Special Operations Command Maintenance, Reallocation to counter China 11,300
messaging
USSOCOM Special Operations Command Management/Operational Headquarters, 7,330
Reallocation to counter China messaging
USSOCOM Special Operations Command Intelligence, Reallocation to counter China 15,000
USSOCOM Special Operations Command Operational Support, Reallocation to counter 49,987
evolving UAS threats
USSOCOM Special Operations Command Theater Forces, Reallocation to counter 30,000
evolving UAS threats
USSOCOM Special Operations Command Management/Operational Headquarters, 4,000
Reallocation to counter evolving UAS threats
USSOCOM Operational Enhancements, Reallocation for committee amendments 1,500
USSOCOM Other Items <$5M, Reallocation for committee amendments 2,500
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TOTAL FYDP SAVINGS ....................................................................... 39,581,718
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COMMUNICATIONS FROM OTHER COMMITTEES
House of Representatives,
Committee on Agriculture,
Washington, DC, June 28, 2023.
Hon. Mike Rogers,
Chairman, Committee on Armed Services,
House of Representatives, Washington, DC.
Dear Chairman Rogers: I am writing to you concerning H.R.
2670, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
2024. There are certain provisions in the legislation that fall
within the Rule X jurisdiction of the Committee on Agriculture.
In the interest of permitting your committee to proceed
expeditiously to floor consideration of this important bill, I
am willing to waive this committee's right to sequential
referral. I do so with the understanding that by waiving
consideration of the bill, the Committee on Agriculture does
not waive any future jurisdictional claim over the subject
matters contained in the bill that fall within its Rule X
jurisdiction. I request that you urge the Speaker to name
members of this committee to any conference committee that is
named to consider such provisions.
Please place this letter into the committee report on H.R.
2670 and into the Congressional Record during consideration of
the measure on the House floor. Thank you for the cooperative
spirit in which you have worked regarding this matter and
others between our respective committees.
Sincerely,
Glenn ``GT'' Thompson,
Chairman.
------
House of Representatives,
Committee on Armed Services,
Washington, DC, June 29, 2023.
Hon. Glenn ``GT'' Thompson,
Chairman, Committee on Agriculture,
House of Representatives, Washington, DC.
Dear Chairman Thompson: Thank you for your letter regarding
H.R. 2670, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 2024. I agree that the Committee on Agriculture has valid
jurisdictional claims to certain provisions in this important
legislation, and I am most appreciative of your decision not to
request a referral in the interest of expediting consideration
of the bill. I agree that by foregoing a sequential referral,
the Committee on Agriculture is not waiving its jurisdiction.
Further, this exchange of letters will be included in the
committee report on the bill.
Sincerely,
Mike Rogers,
Chairman.
------
House of Representatives,
Committee on Appropriations,
Washington, DC, June 29, 2023.
Hon. Mike Rogers,
Chairman, Committee on Armed Services,
House of Representatives, Washington, DC.
Dear Chairman Rogers: I am writing to you concerning H.R.
2670, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
2024. There are certain provisions in the legislation that fall
within the rule X jurisdiction of the Committee on
Appropriations.
In the interest of permitting your committee to proceed
expeditiously to floor consideration of this important bill,
the Committee on Appropriations is willing to waive its right
to sequential referral. It does so with the mutual
understanding that the Committee is not waiving any
jurisdiction over the subject matter contained in this or other
legislation, whether now or in the future, and that the
Committee will be appropriately consulted and involved as the
bill or similar legislation moves forward, so it may address
any remaining jurisdictional issues. I further request that you
urge the Speaker to name members of this Committee to any
conference committee that is named to consider such provisions.
Please place this letter in the committee report on H.R.
2670 and in the Congressional Record during consideration of
the measure on the House floor. Thank you for the cooperative
spirit in which you have worked regarding this matter and
others between our respective committees.
Sincerely,
Kay Granger,
Chairwoman.
------
House of Representatives,
Committee on Armed Services,
Washington, DC, June 29, 2023.
Hon. Kay Granger,
Chairwoman, Committee on Appropriations,
House of Representatives, Washington, DC.
Dear Chairwoman Granger: Thank you for your letter
regarding H.R. 2670, the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2024. I agree that the Committee on Appropriations
has valid jurisdictional claims to certain provisions in this
important legislation, and I am most appreciative of your
decision not to request a referral in the interest of
expediting consideration of the bill. I agree that by foregoing
a sequential referral, the Committee on Appropriations is not
waiving its jurisdiction. Further, this exchange of letters
will be included in the committee report on the bill.
Sincerely,
Mike Rogers,
Chairman.
------
House of Representatives,
Committee on the Budget,
Washington, DC, June 28, 2023.
Hon. Mike Rogers,
Chairman, Committee on Armed Services,
House of Representatives, Washington, DC.
Dear Chairman Rogers: I write to confirm our mutual
understanding regarding H.R. 2670, the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024. H.R. 2670 contains
provisions that fall within the rule X jurisdiction of the
Committee on the Budget. However, the Committee agrees to waive
formal consideration of the bill in order to expedite House
consideration of H.R. 2670.
The Committee on the Budget takes this action with the
mutual understanding that we do not waive any jurisdiction over
the subject matter contained in this or similar legislation,
and the Committee will be appropriately consulted and involved
as this bill or similar legislation moves forward so that the
Committee may address any remaining issues within our
jurisdiction. The Committee also reserves the right to seek
appointment of an appropriate number of conferees to any House-
Senate conference convened on this legislation or similar
legislation and requests your support if such a request is
made.
I would appreciate a response to this letter confirming
this understanding with respect to H.R. 2670 and would ask that
a copy of our exchange of letters on this matter be included in
your committee report and in the Congressional Record during
floor consideration of H.R. 2670. I look forward to continuing
to work with you as this measure moves through the legislative
process.
Sincerely,
Jodey Arrington,
Chairman.
------
House of Representatives,
Committee on Armed Services,
Washington, DC, June 29, 2023.
Hon. Jodey Arrington,
Chairman, Committee on the Budget,
House of Representatives, Washington, DC.
Dear Chairman Arrington: Thank you for your letter
regarding H.R. 2670, the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2024. I agree that the Committee on the Budget has
valid jurisdictional claims to certain provisions in this
important legislation, and I am most appreciative of your
decision not to request a referral in the interest of
expediting consideration of the bill. I agree that by foregoing
a sequential referral, the Committee on the Budget is not
waiving its jurisdiction. Further, this exchange of letters
will be included in the committee report on the bill.
Sincerely,
Mike Rogers,
Chairman.
------
House of Representatives,
Committee on Education and the Workforce,
Washington, DC, June 26, 2023.
Hon. Mike Rogers,
Chairman, Committee on Armed Services,
House of Representatives, Washington, DC.
Dear Chairman Rogers: This letter is in regard to the
jurisdictional interest of the Committee on Education and the
Workforce (``Committee'') in certain provisions of H.R. 2670,
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024,
which fall within the Rule X jurisdiction of the Committee on
Education and the Workforce.
In the interest of permitting your committee to proceed
expeditiously to floor consideration of this important bill,
the Committee is willing to waive the right to sequential
referral. By waiving consideration of the bill, the Committee
does not waive any future jurisdictional claim over the subject
matters contained in the bill that fall within its Rule X
jurisdiction. I request that you urge the Speaker to name
members of the Education and the Workforce Committee to any
conference committee that is named to consider such provisions.
Please place this letter into the committee report on H.R.
2670 and into the Congressional Record during consideration of
the measure on the House floor. Thank you for the cooperative
spirit in which you have worked regarding this matter and
others between our respective committees.
Sincerely,
Virginia Foxx,
Chairwoman.
------
House of Representatives,
Committee on Armed Services,
Washington, DC, June 28, 2023.
Hon. Virginia Foxx,
Chairwoman, Committee on Education and the Workforce,
House of Representatives, Washington, DC.
Dear Chairwoman Foxx: Thank you for your letter regarding
H.R. 2670, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 2024. I agree that the Committee on Education and the
Workforce has valid jurisdictional claims to certain provisions
in this important legislation, and I am most appreciative of
your decision not to request a referral in the interest of
expediting consideration of the bill. I agree that by foregoing
a sequential referral, the Committee on Education and the
Workforce is not waiving its jurisdiction. Further, this
exchange of letters will be included in the committee report on
the bill.
Sincerely,
Mike Rogers,
Chairman.
------
House of Representatives,
Committee on Energy And Commerce,
Washington, DC, June 28, 2023.
Hon. Mike Rogers,
Chairman, Committee on Armed Services,
House of Representatives, Washington, DC.
Dear Chairman Rogers: I write to you concerning H.R. 2670,
the ``National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
2024.'' While there are provisions in the legislation that fall
within the Rule X jurisdiction of the Committee on Energy and
Commerce, I wanted to notify you that the Committee will forgo
action on the bill so that it may proceed expeditiously to the
House floor for consideration.
This is done with the understanding that the Committee's
jurisdictional interests over this and similar legislation are
in no way diminished or altered. In addition, the Committee
reserves the right to seek conferees on H.R. 2670 and requests
your support when such a request is made.
I would appreciate your response confirming this
understanding with respect to H.R. 2670 and ask that a copy of
our exchange of letters on this matter be included in the
committee report on the bill or in the Congressional Record
during consideration of the bill on the House floor.
Sincerely,
Cathy McMorris Rodgers,
Chair.
------
House of Representatives,
Committee on Armed Services,
Washington, DC, June 29, 2023.
Hon. Cathy McMorris Rodgers,
Chair, Committee on Energy and Commerce,
House of Representatives, Washington, DC.
Dear Chair McMorris Rodgers: Thank you for your letter
regarding H.R. 2670, the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2024. I agree that the Committee on Energy and
Commerce has valid jurisdictional claims to certain provisions
in this important legislation, and I am most appreciative of
your decision not to request a referral in the interest of
expediting consideration of the bill. I agree that by foregoing
a sequential referral, the Committee on Energy and Commerce is
not waiving its jurisdiction. Further, this exchange of letters
will be included in the committee report on the bill.
Sincerely,
Mike Rogers,
Chairman.
------
House of Representatives,
Committee on Financial Services,
Washington, DC, June 28, 2023.
Hon. Mike Rogers,
Chairman, Committee on Armed Services,
House of Representatives, Washington, DC.
Dear Chairman Rogers: I am writing to you concerning H.R.
2670, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
2024. There are certain provisions in the legislation that fall
within the Rule X jurisdiction of the Committee on Financial
Services.
In the interest of permitting your Committee to proceed
expeditiously to floor consideration of this important bill, I
am willing to waive the Financial Services Committee's right to
sequential referral. I do so with the understanding that by
waiving consideration of the bill, the Committee on Financial
Services does not waive any future jurisdictional claim over
the subject matters contained in the bill which fall within its
Rule X jurisdiction. I request that you urge the Speaker to
name Members of this committee to any conference committee
which is named to consider such provisions.
Please place this letter into the committee report on H.R.
2670 and into the Congressional Record during consideration of
the measure on the House floor. Thank you for the cooperative
spirit in which you have worked regarding this matter and
others between our respective committees.
Sincerely,
Patrick McHenry,
Chairman.
------
House of Representatives,
Committee on Armed Services,
Washington, DC, June 29, 2023.
Hon. Patrick McHenry,
Chairman, Committee on Financial Services,
House of Representatives, Washington, DC.
Dear Chairman McHenry: Thank you for your letter regarding
H.R. 2670, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 2024. I agree that the Committee on Financial Services has
valid jurisdictional claims to certain provisions in this
important legislation, and I am most appreciative of your
decision not to request a referral in the interest of
expediting consideration of the bill. I agree that by foregoing
a sequential referral, the Committee on Financial Services is
not waiving its jurisdiction. Further, this exchange of letters
will be included in the committee report on the bill.
Sincerely,
Mike Rogers,
Chairman.
------
House of Representatives,
Committee On Foreign Affairs,
Washington, DC, June 26, 2023.
Hon. Mike Rogers,
Chairman, Committee on Armed Services,
House of Representatives, Washington, DC.
Dear Chairman Rogers: Thank you for consulting with the
Committee on Foreign Affairs on H.R. 2670, the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024, certain provisions of
which fall within the Rule X jurisdiction of the Committee on
Foreign Affairs.
To help expedite its consideration, I agree to forego a
sequential referral of the bill, subject to the understanding
that this does not in any way diminish or alter the
jurisdiction of the Foreign Affairs Committee, or prejudice its
jurisdictional prerogatives on this bill or similar legislation
in the future. I ask that you support the appointment of
Foreign Affairs conferees to any House-Senate conference
involving this bill.
Please place our exchange of letters into your committee
report on H.R. 2670, and into the Congressional Record during
floor consideration. I appreciate your cooperation on this
bill, and look forward to continuing to work with you as H.R.
2670 moves through the legislative process.
Sincerely,
Michael McCaul,
Chairman.
------
House of Representatives,
Committee on Armed Services,
Washington, DC, June 28, 2023.
Hon. Michael McCaul,
Chairman, Committee on Foreign Affairs,
House of Representatives, Washington, DC.
Dear Chairman McCaul: Thank you for your letter regarding
H.R. 2670, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 2024. I agree that the Committee on Foreign Affairs has
valid jurisdictional claims to certain provisions in this
important legislation, and I am most appreciative of your
decision not to request a referral in the interest of
expediting consideration of the bill. I agree that by foregoing
a sequential referral, the Committee on Foreign Affairs is not
waiving its jurisdiction. Further, this exchange of letters
will be included in the committee report on the bill.
Sincerely,
Mike Rogers,
Chairman.
------
House of Representatives,
Committee on Homeland Security,
Washington, DC, June 27, 2023.
Hon. Mike Rogers,
Chairman, Committee on Armed Services,
House of Representatives, Washington, DC.
Dear Chairman Rogers: I write to you concerning H.R. 2670,
the ``National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
2024.'' There are certain provisions in the legislation that
fall within the Rule X jurisdiction of the Committee on
Homeland Security. In the interest of permitting your committee
to proceed expeditiously to floor consideration of this
important bill, I am willing to waive this committee's right to
sequential referral.
The Committee takes this action with the understanding that
by waiving consideration of H.R. 2670, the Committee on
Homeland Security does not waive any future jurisdictional
claim over the subject matters contained in this or similar
legislation, and that we will be appropriately consulted and
involved as the bill or similar legislation moves forward so we
may address any remaining issues within our Rule X
jurisdiction. I request that you urge the Speaker to name
members of this committee to any conference committee which is
named to consider such provisions.
Finally, please place this letter in the committee report
on H.R. 2670 and in the Congressional Record during
consideration of the measure on the House floor. Thank you for
your cooperation on this matter.
Sincerely,
Mark Green,
Chairman.
------
House of Representatives,
Committee on Armed Services,
Washington, DC, June 28, 2023.
Hon. Mark Green,
Chairman, Committee on Homeland Security,
House of Representatives, Washington, DC.
Dear Chairman Green: Thank you for your letter regarding
H.R. 2670, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 2024. I agree that the Committee on Homeland Security has
valid jurisdictional claims to certain provisions in this
important legislation, and I am most appreciative of your
decision not to request a referral in the interest of
expediting consideration of the bill. I agree that by foregoing
a sequential referral, the Committee on Homeland Security is
not waiving its jurisdiction. Further, this exchange of letters
will be included in the committee report on the bill.
Sincerely,
Mike Rogers,
Chairman.
------
House of Representatives,
Committee on House Administration,
Washington, DC, June 28, 2023.
Hon. Mike Rogers,
Chairman, Committee on Armed Services,
House of Representatives, Washington, DC.
Dear Chairman Rogers: I am writing to you concerning H.R.
2670, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
2024. There are certain provisions in the legislation that fall
within the Rule X jurisdiction of the Committee on House
Administration.
In the interest of permitting your committee to proceed
expeditiously to floor consideration of this important bill, I
am willing to waive this Committee's right to sequential
referral. I do so with the understanding that by waiving
consideration of the bill, the Committee on House
Administration does not waive any future jurisdictional claim
over the subject matters contained in the bill that fall within
its Rule X jurisdiction. I request that you urge the Speaker to
name members of this Committee to any conference committee that
is named to consider such provisions.
Please place this letter into the committee report on H.R.
2670 and into the Congressional Record during consideration of
the measure on the House floor. Thank you for the cooperative
spirit in which you have worked regarding this matter and
others between our respective committees.
Sincerely,
Bryan Steil,
Chairman.
------
House of Representatives,
Committee on Armed Services,
Washington, DC, June 28, 2023.
Hon. Bryan Steil,
Chairman, Committee on House Administration,
House of Representatives, Washington, DC.
Dear Chairman Steil: Thank you for your letter regarding
H.R. 2670, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 2024. I agree that the Committee on House Administration
has valid jurisdictional claims to certain provisions in this
important legislation, and I am most appreciative of your
decision not to request a referral in the interest of
expediting consideration of the bill. I agree that by foregoing
a sequential referral, the Committee on House Administration is
not waiving its jurisdiction. Further, this exchange of letters
will be included in the committee report on the bill.
Sincerely,
Mike Rogers,
Chairman.
------
House of Representatives,
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence,
Washington, DC, June 28, 2023.
Hon. Mike Rogers,
Chairman, Committee on Armed Services,
House of Representatives, Washington, DC.
Dear Chairman Rogers: I write in response to your
committee's request concerning H.R. 2670, the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024. Certain provisions in
the legislation fall within the jurisdiction of the Permanent
Select Committee on Intelligence (the ``Committee''), as
established by Rule X of the Rules of the House of
Representatives for the 118th Congress.
In the interest of expediting floor consideration of this
important bill, I am willing to waive the Committee's right to
request a sequential referral. By doing so, the Committee does
not waive any future claim over subjects addressed in the bill
which fall within the Committee's jurisdiction. I also request
that you urge the Speaker to name members of the Committee to
any conference committee on the bill.
Please place this letter into the committee report on H.R.
2670 and into the Congressional Record during consideration of
the measure on the House floor. Thank you for the cooperative
spirit in which you have worked regarding this matter and
others between our respective committees.
Sincerely,
Michael Turner,
Chairman.
------
House of Representatives,
Committee on Armed Services,
Washington, DC, June 28, 2023.
Hon. Michael Turner,
Chairman, Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence,
House of Representatives, Washington, DC.
Dear Chairman Turner: Thank you for your letter regarding
H.R. 2670, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 2024. I agree that the Permanent Select Committee on
Intelligence has valid jurisdictional claims to certain
provisions in this important legislation, and I am most
appreciative of your decision not to request a referral in the
interest of expediting consideration of the bill. I agree that
by foregoing a sequential referral, the Permanent Select
Committee on Intelligence is not waiving its jurisdiction.
Further, this exchange of letters will be included in the
committee report on the bill.
Sincerely,
Mike Rogers,
Chairman.
------
House of Representatives,
Committee on the Judiciary,
Washington, DC, June 28, 2023.
Hon. Mike Rogers,
Chairman, Committee on Armed Services,
House of Representatives, Washington, DC.
Dear Chairman Rogers: I write regarding H.R. 2670, the
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024.
Provisions of this bill fall within the Judiciary Committee's
Rule X jurisdiction, and I appreciate that you consulted with
us on those provisions. The Judiciary Committee agrees that it
shall be discharged from further consideration of the bill so
that it may proceed expeditiously to the House floor.
The Committee takes this action with the understanding that
forgoing further consideration of this measure does not in any
way alter the Committee's jurisdiction or waive any future
jurisdictional claim over these provisions or their subject
matter. We also reserve the right to seek appointment of an
appropriate number of conferees in the event of a conference
with the Senate involving this measure or similar legislation.
I ask that you please include this letter in your
committee's report to accompany this legislation or insert this
letter in the Congressional Record during consideration of H.R.
2670 on the House floor. I appreciate the cooperative manner in
which our committees have worked on this matter, and I look
forward to working collaboratively in the future on matters of
shared jurisdiction. Thank you for your attention to this
matter.
Sincerely,
Jim Jordan,
Chairman.
------
House of Representatives,
Committee on Armed Services,
Washington, DC, June 28, 2023.
Hon. Jim Jordan,
Chairman, Committee on the Judiciary,
House of Representatives, Washington, DC.
Dear Chairman Jordan: Thank you for your letter regarding
H.R. 2670, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 2024. I agree that the Committee on the Judiciary has
valid jurisdictional claims to certain provisions in this
important legislation, and I am most appreciative of your
decision not to request a referral in the interest of
expediting consideration of the bill. I agree that by foregoing
a sequential referral, the Committee on the Judiciary is not
waiving its jurisdiction. Further, this exchange of letters
will be included in the committee report on the bill.
Sincerely,
Mike Rogers,
Chairman.
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House of Representatives,
Committee on Natural Resources,
Washington, DC, June 28, 2023.
Hon. Mike Rogers,
Chairman, Committee on Armed Services,
House of Representatives, Washington, DC.
Dear Chairman Rogers: I write to you concerning H.R. 2670,
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024.
There are certain provisions in the legislation that fall
within the Rule X jurisdiction of the Committee on Natural
Resources.
In the interest of permitting your committee to proceed
expeditiously to floor consideration of this important bill, I
am willing to waive this committee's right to sequential
referral. I do so with the understanding that by waiving
consideration of the bill, the Committee on Natural Resources
does not waive any future jurisdictional claim over the subject
matters contained in the bill that fall within its Rule X
jurisdiction. I request that you urge the Speaker to name
members of this committee to any conference committee that is
named to consider such provisions.
Please place this letter into the committee report on H.R.
2670 and into the Congressional Record during consideration of
the measure on the House floor. Thank you for the cooperative
spirit in which you have worked regarding this matter and
others between our respective committees.
Sincerely,
Bruce Westerman,
Chairman.
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House of Representatives,
Committee on Armed Services,
Washington, DC, June 28, 2023.
Hon. Bruce Westerman,
Chairman, Committee on Natural Resources,
House of Representatives, Washington, DC.
Dear Chairman Westerman: Thank you for your letter
regarding H.R. 2670, the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2024. I agree that the Committee on Natural
Resources has valid jurisdictional claims to certain provisions
in this important legislation, and I am most appreciative of
your decision not to request a referral in the interest of
expediting consideration of the bill. I agree that by foregoing
a sequential referral, the Committee on Natural Resources is
not waiving its jurisdiction. Further, this exchange of letters
will be included in the committee report on the bill.
Sincerely,
Mike Rogers,
Chairman.
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House of Representatives,
Committee on Oversight and Accountability,
Washington, DC, June 28, 2023.
Hon. Mike Rogers,
Chairman, Committee on Armed Services,
House of Representatives, Washington, DC.
Dear Chairman Rogers: I am writing to you concerning H.R.
2670, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
2024. There are certain provisions in the legislation that fall
within the Rule X jurisdiction of the Committee on Oversight
and Accountability.
In the interest of permitting your committee to proceed
expeditiously to floor consideration of this important bill, I
am willing to waive this committee's right to sequential
referral. I do so with the understanding that by waiving
consideration of the bill, Committee on Oversight and
Accountability does not waive any future jurisdictional claim
over the subject matters contained in the bill which fall
within its Rule X jurisdiction. I request that you urge the
Speaker to name members of this committee to any conference
committee which is named to consider such provisions.
Please place this letter into the committee report on H.R.
2670 and into the Congressional Record during consideration of
the measure on the House floor. Thank you for the cooperative
spirit in which you have worked regarding this matter and
others between our respective committees.
Sincerely,
James Comer,
Chairman.
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House of Representatives,
Committee on Armed Services,
Washington, DC, June 29, 2023.
Hon. James Comer,
Chairman, Committee on Oversight and Accountability,
House of Representatives, Washington, DC.
Dear Chairman Comer: Thank you for your letter regarding
H.R. 2670, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 2024. I agree that the Committee on Oversight and
Accountability has valid jurisdictional claims to certain
provisions in this important legislation, and I am most
appreciative of your decision not to request a referral in the
interest of expediting consideration of the bill. I agree that
by foregoing a sequential referral, the Committee on Oversight
and Accountability is not waiving its jurisdiction. Further,
this exchange of letters will be included in the committee
report on the bill.
Sincerely,
Mike Rogers,
Chairman.
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House of Representatives,
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology,
Washington, DC, June 29, 2023.
Hon. Mike Rogers,
Chairman, Committee on Armed Services,
House of Representatives, Washington, DC.
Dear Chairman Rogers: I am writing to you concerning H.R.
2670, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
2024. There are certain provisions in the legislation that fall
within the Rule X jurisdiction of the Committee on Science,
Space, and Technology.
In the interest of permitting your committee to proceed
expeditiously to floor consideration of this important bill, I
am willing to waive this committee's right to sequential
referral. I do so with the understanding that by waiving
consideration of the bill, the Committee on Science, Space, and
Technology does not waive any future jurisdictional claim over
the subject matters contained in the bill which fall within its
Rule X jurisdiction. I request that you urge the Speaker to
name members of this committee to any conference committee
which is named to consider such provisions.
Please place this letter into the committee report on H.R.
2670 and into the Congressional Record during consideration of
the measure on the House floor. Thank you for the cooperative
spirit in which you have worked regarding this matter and
others between our respective committees.
Sincerely,
Frank Lucas,
Chairman.
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House of Representatives,
Committee on Armed Services,
Washington, DC, June 29, 2023.
Hon. Frank Lucas,
Chairman, Committee on Science, Space, and Technology,
House of Representatives, Washington, DC.
Dear Chairman Lucas: Thank you for your letter regarding
H.R. 2670, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 2024. I agree that the Committee on Science, Space, and
Technology has valid jurisdictional claims to certain
provisions in this important legislation, and I am most
appreciative of your decision not to request a referral in the
interest of expediting consideration of the bill. I agree that
by foregoing a sequential referral, the Committee on Science,
Space, and Technology is not waiving its jurisdiction. Further,
this exchange of letters will be included in the committee
report on the bill.
Sincerely,
Mike Rogers,
Chairman.
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House of Representatives,
Committee on Small Business,
Washington, DC, June 26, 2023.
Hon. Mike Rogers,
Chairman, Committee on Armed Services,
House of Representatives, Washington, DC.
Dear Chairman Rogers: I am writing to you concerning H.R.
2670, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
2024. There are certain provisions in the legislation that fall
within the Rule X jurisdiction of the Committee on Small
Business.
In the interest of permitting your committee to proceed
expeditiously to floor consideration of this important bill, I
am willing to waive this committee's right to sequential
referral. I do so with the understanding that by waiving
consideration of the bill, the Committee on Small Business does
not waive any future jurisdictional claim over the subject
matters contained in the bill which fall within its Rule X
jurisdiction. I request that you urge the Speaker to name
members of this committee to any conference committee which is
named to consider such provisions.
Please place this letter into the committee report on H.R.
2670 and into the Congressional Record during consideration of
the measure on the House floor. Thank you for the cooperative
spirit in which you have worked regarding this matter and
others between our respective committees.
Sincerely,
Roger Williams,
Chairman.
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House of Representatives,
Committee on Armed Services,
Washington, DC, June 28, 2023.
Hon. Roger Williams,
Chairman, Committee on Small Business,
House of Representatives, Washington, DC.
Dear Chairman Williams: Thank you for your letter regarding
H.R. 2670, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 2024. I agree that the Committee on Small Business has
valid jurisdictional claims to certain provisions in this
important legislation, and I am most appreciative of your
decision not to request a referral in the interest of
expediting consideration of the bill. I agree that by foregoing
a sequential referral, the Committee on Small Business is not
waiving its jurisdiction. Further, this exchange of letters
will be included in the committee report on the bill.
Sincerely,
Mike Rogers,
Chairman.
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House of Representatives,
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure,
Washington, DC, June 26, 2023.
Hon. Mike Rogers,
Chairman, Committee on Armed Services,
House of Representatives, Washington, DC.
Dear Chairman Rogers: I am writing to you concerning H.R.
2670, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
2024. There are certain provisions in the legislation that fall
within the Rule X jurisdiction of the Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure.
In the interest of permitting your Committee to proceed
expeditiously to floor consideration of this important bill, I
am willing to waive this Committee's right to sequential
referral. I do so with the understanding that by waiving
consideration of the bill, the Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure does not waive any future jurisdictional claim
over the subject matters contained in the bill which fall
within its Rule X jurisdiction. I request that you urge the
Speaker to name members of this Committee to any conference
committee which is named to consider such provisions.
Please place this letter into the Committee report on H.R.
2670 and into the Congressional Record during consideration of
the measure on the House floor. Thank you for the cooperative
spirit in which you have worked regarding this matter and
others between our respective Committees.
Sincerely,
Sam Graves,
Chairman.
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House of Representatives,
Committee on Armed Services,
Washington, DC, June 28, 2023.
Hon. Sam Graves,
Chairman, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure,
House of Representatives, Washington, DC.
Dear Chairman Graves: Thank you for your letter regarding
H.R. 2670, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 2024. I agree that the Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure has valid jurisdictional claims to certain
provisions in this important legislation, and I am most
appreciative of your decision not to request a referral in the
interest of expediting consideration of the bill. I agree that
by foregoing a sequential referral, the Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure is not waiving its
jurisdiction. Further, this exchange of letters will be
included in the committee report on the bill.
Sincerely,
Mike Rogers,
Chairman.
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House of Representatives,
Committee on Veterans' Affairs,
Washington, DC, June 28, 2023.
Hon. Mike Rogers,
Chairman, Committee on Armed Services,
House of Representatives, Washington, DC.
Dear Chairman Rogers: I am writing to you concerning H.R.
2670, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
2024. There are certain provisions in the legislation that fall
within the Rule X jurisdiction of the Committee on Veterans'
Affairs.
In the interest of permitting your committee to proceed
expeditiously to floor consideration of this important bill, I
am willing to waive this Committee's right to sequential
referral. I do so with the understanding that by waiving
consideration of the bill, the Committee on Veterans' Affairs
does not waive any future jurisdictional claim over the subject
matters contained in the bill that fall within its Rule X
jurisdiction. I request that you urge the Speaker to name
members of this Committee to any conference committee that is
named to consider such provisions.
Please place this letter into the committee report on H.R.
2670 and into the Congressional Record during consideration of
the measure on the House floor. Thank you for the cooperative
spirit in which you have worked regarding this matter and
others between our respective committees.
Sincerely,
Mike Bost,
Chairman.
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House of Representatives,
Committee on Armed Services,
Washington, DC, June 29, 2023.
Hon. Mike Bost,
Chairman, Committee on Veterans' Affairs,
House of Representatives, Washington, DC.
Dear Chairman Bost: Thank you for your letter regarding
H.R. 2670, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 2024. I agree that the Committee on Veterans' Affairs has
valid jurisdictional claims to certain provisions in this
important legislation, and I am most appreciative of your
decision not to request a referral in the interest of
expediting consideration of the bill. I agree that by foregoing
a sequential referral, the Committee on Veterans' Affairs is
not waiving its jurisdiction. Further, this exchange of letters
will be included in the committee report on the bill.
Sincerely,
Mike Rogers,
Chairman.
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House of Representatives,
Committee on Ways and Means,
Washington, DC, June 29, 2023.
Hon. Jason Smith,
Chairman, Committee on Armed Services,
House of Representatives, Washington, DC.
Dear Chairman Rogers: I am writing with respect to H.R.
2670, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
2024. There are certain provisions in the legislation that fall
within the Rule X jurisdiction of the Committee on Ways and
Means.
In the interest of permitting your committee to proceed
expeditiously to floor consideration of this important bill, I
am willing to waive this Committee's right to sequential
referral. I do so with the understanding that by waiving
consideration of the bill, the Committee on Ways and Means does
not waive any future jurisdictional claim over the subject
matters contained in the bill that fall within its Rule X
jurisdiction. I request that you urge the Speaker to name
members of this Committee to any conference committee that is
named to consider such provisions.
Please place this letter into the committee report on H.R.
2670 and into the Congressional Record during consideration of
the measure on the House floor. Thank you for the cooperative
spirit in which you have worked regarding this matter and
others between our respective committees.
Sincerely,
Jason Smith,
Chairman.
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House of Representatives,
Committee on Armed Services,
Washington, DC, June 29, 2023.
Hon. Jason Smith,
Chairman, Committee on Ways and Means,
House of Representatives, Washington, DC.
Dear Chairman Smith: Thank you for your letter regarding
H.R. 2670, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 2024. I agree that the Committee on Ways and Means has
valid jurisdictional claims to certain provisions in this
important legislation, and I am most appreciative of your
decision not to request a referral in the interest of
expediting consideration of the bill. I agree that by foregoing
a sequential referral, the Committee on Ways and Means is not
waiving its jurisdiction. Further, this exchange of letters
will be included in the committee report on the bill.
Sincerely,
Mike Rogers,
Chairman.
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CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE ESTIMATE
In compliance with clause 3(c)(3) of rule XIII of the House
of Representatives, the cost estimate prepared by the
Congressional Budget Office and submitted pursuant to section
402 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is as follows:
June 28, 2023.
Re: Direct Spending and Revenue Effects of H.R. 2670, the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024
Hon. Mike Rogers,
Chairman, Committee on Armed Services,
House of Representatives, Washington, DC.
Dear Mr. Chairman: The Congressional Budget Office has
completed an estimate of the direct spending and revenue
effects of H.R. 2670, the National Defense Authorization Act
for Fiscal Year 2024, as ordered reported by the House
Committee on Armed Services on June 21, 2023. This estimate is
based on the Committee Print 118-10 that was posted to the
website of the House Committee on Rules on June 23, 2023.
Enacting the bill would have an insignificant effect on
direct spending and revenues each year and in total over the
2024-2033 period, CBO estimates. Our complete cost estimate of
H.R. 2670, including a discussion of discretionary
authorizations and mandates under the Unfunded Mandates Reform
Act, will be provided shortly.
Some provisions in H.R. 2670 would affect direct spending
by between -$500,000 and $500,000, generally because very few
people would be affected. Those provisions primarily involve
personnel benefits, such as health care and compensation.
Several provisions would allow the Department of Defense to
collect receipts (which are recorded as reductions in direct
spending) and spend them without further appropriation so that
the net effect on direct spending would be negligible.
Two sections could increase the collections of civil or
criminal fines--which are classified as revenues--by less than
$500,000, CBO estimates. (Criminal penalties are deposited in
the Crime Victims Fund and may be spent without further
appropriation.)
Because the bill would affect direct spending and revenues,
statutory pay-as-you-go procedures apply.
CBO estimates that enacting H.R. 2670 would not increase
net direct spending by more than $2.5 billion in any of the
four consecutive 10-year periods beginning in 2034.
CBO estimates that enacting H.R. 2670 would not increase
on-budget deficits by more than $5 billion in any of the four
consecutive 10-year periods beginning in 2034.
If you wish further details on this estimate, we will be
pleased to provide them. The CBO staff contact is Matt Schmit.
Sincerely,
Phillip L. Swagel,
Director
STATEMENT REQUIRED BY THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET ACT
Pursuant to clause (3)(c)(2) of rule XIII of the Rules of
the House of Representatives, and section 308(a) of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (Public Law 93-344):
(1) this legislation does not provide budget authority
subject to an allocation made pursuant to section 302(b) of
Public Law 93-344;
(2) the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Estimate included
in this report pursuant to clause (3)(c)(3) of rule XIII of the
Rules of the House of Representatives contains CBO's projection
of how this legislation will affect the levels of budget
authority, budget outlays, revenues, and tax expenditures for
fiscal year 2024 and for the ensuing 5 fiscal years; and
(3) the CBO Estimate does not identify any new budget
authority for assistance to state and local governments by this
measure at the time that this report was filed.
COMMITTEE COST ESTIMATE
Pursuant to clause 3(d)(2)(B) of Rule XIII of the Rules of
the House of Representatives, the Congressional Budget Office
estimate included in this report satisfies the requirement for
the committee to include an estimate by the committee of the
costs incurred in carrying out this bill.
DISCLOSURE OF EARMARKS AND CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED SPENDING ITEMS
The following table is submitted in compliance with clause
9 of rule XXI of the Rules of the House of Representatives, 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.
COMPLIANCE WITH HOUSE RULE XXI
(Community Project Funding Items)
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AMOUNT
(Dollars
TITLE ACCOUNT PROJECT NAME PROJECT RECIPIENT PROJECT LOCATION in MEMBER(S)
Thousands)
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4601 MCA Vehicle Paint Shop Anniston Army Depot Anniston Army 2,900 Rogers, Mike (AL)
Depot, AL
4601 MCA Access Control Point Anniston Army Depot Anniston Army 5,500 Rogers, Mike (AL)
Depot, AL
4601 MCA Component Rebuild Shop Anniston Army Depot Anniston Army 8,100 Rogers, Mike (AL)
Depot, AL
4601 MCA Camp Bull Simons 7th Special Forces Group Child U.S. Army Crestview, FL 17,000 Waltz, Michael (FL)
Development Center
4601 MCA Planning and Design Funds for the Wheeler Air U.S. Department of the Wahiawa, HI 5,400 Case, Ed (HI)
Traffic Control Tower Army
4601 MCA Child Development Center Fort Bragg Cumberland and Hoke 36,000 Hudson, Richard
counties, NC (NC)
4601 MCA Aircraft Maintenance Hangar Fort Bragg Cumberland and Hoke 61,000 Hudson, Richard
counties, NC (NC)
4601 MCA Collective Training Barracks USAG Fort Bliss El Paso, TX 8,000 Escobar, Veronica
(TX)
4601 MCA BARRACKS, FORT HOOD Fort Hood Killeen, TX 19,800 Carter, John R.
(TX)
4601 MCN P521 Fire/Emergency Response Station (53 Area) United States Marine Corps Camp Pendleton, CA 2,683 Levin, Mike (CA)
Replacement, MCB Camp Pendleton, CA
4601 MCN Whiting Field, Advanced Helicopter Training System Naval Air Station Whiting Milton, FL 100,000 Gaetz, Matt (FL)
Hangar with crane system Field
4601 MCN Water Reclamation Facility Compliance Upgrade Marine Corps Base Hawai'i Kaneohe Bay, HI 50,000 Tokuda, Jill N.
(HI)
4601 MCAF Eglin Air Force Base--LRSO Hardware Software U.S. Air Force Okaloosa County, FL 14,600 Waltz, Michael (FL)
Development & Test Facility
4601 MCAF Acquisition Management Complex Phase V Wright-Patterson Air Force Dayton, OH 9,900 Turner, Michael R.
Base (OH)
4601 MCAF F-35 Aircraft Oxygen Shop Tinker AFB Midwest City/Tinker 5,800 Bice, Stephanie I.
AFB, OK (OK); Cole, Tom
(OK)
4601 MCARNG Camp Blanding Wedge Infantry Squad Battle Course U.S. National Guard Clay County, FL 840 Waltz, Michael (FL)
4601 MCARNG Camp Blanding Training Aids Center U.S. National Guard Clay County, FL 1,200 Waltz, Michael (FL)
4601 MCARNG Camp Blanding Automated Multipurpose Machine Gun U.S. National Guard Clay County, FL 11,000 Waltz, Michael (FL)
Range
4601 MCARNG Lexington Armory National Guard Readiness Center New York Division of New York, NY 45,000 Nadler, Jerrold
Addition/Alteration Military and Naval (NY)
Affairs
4601 MCARNG National Guard Readiness Center, Shawnee, Oklahoma Oklahoma National Guard Shawnee, OK 1,800 Bice, Stephanie I.
(OK)
4601 MCARNG FTIG Auto MPMG Range Fort Indiantown Gap Annville, PA 1,550 Meuser, Daniel (PA)
4601 MCARNG Texas Army National Guard's Regional Training Texas Army National Guard Killeen, TX 2,685 Carter, John R.
Institute (RTI) at Fort Hood (TX)
4601 MCANG Jacksonville International Airport--Air National U.S. Air National Guard Jacksonville, FL 600 Waltz, Michael (FL)
Guard F-35 Munitions Storage Area Admin
4601 MCAR Network Enterprise Center Fort Hunter Liggett Jolon, CA 40,000 Lofgren, Zoe (CA)
4601 MCAFR Security Forces Facility Dobbins Air Reserve Base Marietta, GA 22,000 Loudermilk, Barry
(GA)
4601 MCAFR 307 Bomb Wing Medical Facility Expansion Barksdale AFB, 307th Bomb Bossier Parish 7,000 Johnson, Mike (LA)
Wing (Barksdale Air
Force Base), LA
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OVERSIGHT FINDINGS
With respect to clause 3(c)(1) of rule XIII of the Rules of
the House of Representatives, this legislation results from
hearings and other oversight activities conducted by the
committee pursuant to clause 2(b)(1) of rule X. The findings
are reflected in the body of this report.
GENERAL PERFORMANCE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES
With respect to clause 3(c)(4) of rule XIII of the Rules of
the House of Representatives, the general goals and objectives
of H.R. 2670 are to maintain the national defense, to prepare
the United States to meet current and future challenges to the
national defense, and to accomplish each of those goals and
objectives in a responsible manner.
The bill authorizes $886.3 billion of discretionary funding
to support national defense requirements. The bill authorizes
funding sufficient to provide a 5.2 percent pay raise for
service members, to invest in key maintenance and readiness
areas, and to modernize the force to deter adversaries.
The bill continues the longstanding work of the Committee
on Armed Services to provide U.S. military forces with
sufficient resources to maintain the national defense, and it
fulfills the committee's duties under Article I, Section 8, of
the Constitution.
STATEMENT OF FEDERAL MANDATES
The committee adopts as its own the estimate of Federal
mandates prepared by the Director of the Congressional Budget
Office pursuant to section 423 of the Unfunded Mandates Reform
Act.
FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE STATEMENT
Consistent with the requirements of section 5(b) of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, the committee finds that the
functions of the proposed advisory committees authorized in the
bill are not currently being performed, nor could they be
performed, by one or more agencies, an advisory committee
already in existence, or by enlarging the mandate of an
existing advisory committee.
APPLICABILITY TO THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
The committee finds that section 1118 of H.R. 2670 relates
to the terms and conditions of employment or access to public
services or accommodations within the meaning of section
102(b)(3) of the Congressional Accountability Act (Public Law
104-1).
Section 1118 of the bill makes improvements related to the
calculation of family leave for certain servicemembers who
transition from military service into other federal employment,
including employment in the legislative branch.
DUPLICATION OF FEDERAL PROGRAMS
Pursuant to clause 3(c)(5) of rule XIII, no provision of
H.R. 2670 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.
COMMITTEE VOTES
In accordance with clause 3(b) of rule XIII of the Rules of
the House of Representatives, recorded votes were taken with
respect to the committee's consideration of H.R. 2670. The
record of these votes is contained in the following pages.
The committee ordered H.R. 2670 to be reported to the House
with a favorable recommendation by a vote of 58-1, a quorum
being present.
committee on armed services
recorded vote no. 1
h.r. 2670
On McCormick Log 2842r2--Prohibits DOD from using FY24
funds to enter into contracts with entities that advise the
censorship or blacklisting of news sources based on subjective
criteria or political biases under the stated function of
``fact checking'' or otherwise (e.g. NewsGuard).
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Member Aye No Present Member Aye No Present
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Mr. Rogers.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Smith....... ........ X ..........
Mr. Wilson.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Courtney.... ........ X ..........
Mr. Turner.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Garamendi... ........ X ..........
Mr. Lamborn................... X ........ .......... Mr. Norcross.... ........ X ..........
Mr. Wittman................... X ........ .......... Mr. Gallego..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Scott..................... X ........ .......... Mr. Moulton..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Graves.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Carbajal.... ........ X ..........
Ms. Stefanik.................. X ........ .......... Mr. Khanna...... ........ X ..........
Dr. DesJarlais................ X ........ .......... Mr. Keating..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Kelly..................... X ........ .......... Mr. Kim......... ........ X ..........
Mr. Gallagher................. X ........ .......... Ms. Houlahan.... ........ X ..........
Mr. Gaetz..................... X ........ .......... Ms. Slotkin..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Bacon..................... ........ X .......... Ms. Sherrill.... ........ X ..........
Mr. Banks..................... X ........ .......... Ms. Escobar..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Bergman................... X ........ .......... Mr. Golden...... ........ ........ ..........
Mr. Waltz..................... X ........ .......... Ms. Jacobs...... ........ X ..........
Mr. Johnson................... X ........ .......... Ms. Strickland.. ........ X ..........
Mrs. McClain.................. X ........ .......... Mr. Ryan........ ........ X ..........
Dr. Jackson (TX).............. X ........ .......... Mr. Jackson (NC) ........ X ..........
Mr. Fallon.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Vasquez..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Gimenez................... X ........ .......... Mr. Deluzio..... ........ X ..........
Ms. Mace...................... X ........ .......... Ms. Tokuda...... ........ X ..........
Mr. Finstad................... X ........ .......... Mr. Davis....... ........ X ..........
Mr. Strong.................... X ........ .......... Mrs. McClellan.. ........ X ..........
Mr. Luttrell.................. X ........ .......... Ms. Sewell...... ........ X ..........
Mrs. Kiggans.................. X ........ .......... Mr. Horsford.... ........ X ..........
Mr. LaLota.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Panetta..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Moylan.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Veasey...... ........ X ..........
Mr. Alford.................... X ........ .......... ........ ........ ..........
Mr. Mills..................... X ........ .......... ........ ........ ..........
Dr. McCormick................. X ........ .......... ........ ........ ..........
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Recorded Vote Total: 30 28 0 ........ ........ ..........
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committee on armed services
recorded vote no. 2
h.r. 2670
On Banks Log 2563r2--Prohibits adverse action against
servicemembers based solely on refusal to receive Covid-19
vaccines. Reinstates at election individuals discharged for
vaccine refusal to the Mirror Career Intermission Program.
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Member Aye No Present Member Aye No Present
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Mr. Rogers.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Smith....... ........ X ..........
Mr. Wilson.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Courtney.... ........ X ..........
Mr. Turner.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Garamendi... ........ X ..........
Mr. Lamborn................... X ........ .......... Mr. Norcross.... ........ X ..........
Mr. Wittman................... X ........ .......... Mr. Gallego..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Scott..................... X ........ .......... Mr. Moulton..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Graves.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Carbajal.... ........ X ..........
Ms. Stefanik.................. X ........ .......... Mr. Khanna...... ........ X ..........
Dr. DesJarlais................ X ........ .......... Mr. Keating..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Kelly..................... X ........ .......... Mr. Kim......... ........ X ..........
Mr. Gallagher................. X ........ .......... Ms. Houlahan.... ........ X ..........
Mr. Gaetz..................... X ........ .......... Ms. Slotkin..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Bacon..................... X ........ .......... Ms. Sherrill.... ........ X ..........
Mr. Banks..................... X ........ .......... Ms. Escobar..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Bergman................... X ........ .......... Mr. Golden...... ........ ........ ..........
Mr. Waltz..................... X ........ .......... Ms. Jacobs...... ........ X ..........
Mr. Johnson................... X ........ .......... Ms. Strickland.. ........ X ..........
Mrs. McClain.................. X ........ .......... Mr. Ryan........ ........ X ..........
Dr. Jackson (TX).............. X ........ .......... Mr. Jackson (NC) ........ X ..........
Mr. Fallon.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Vasquez..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Gimenez................... X ........ .......... Mr. Deluzio..... ........ X ..........
Ms. Mace...................... X ........ .......... Ms. Tokuda...... ........ X ..........
Mr. Finstad................... X ........ .......... Mr. Davis....... X ........ ..........
Mr. Strong.................... X ........ .......... Mrs. McClellan.. ........ X ..........
Mr. Luttrell.................. X ........ .......... Ms. Sewell...... ........ X ..........
Mrs. Kiggans.................. X ........ .......... Mr. Horsford.... ........ X ..........
Mr. LaLota.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Panetta..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Moylan.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Veasey...... ........ X ..........
Mr. Alford.................... X ........ .......... ........ ........ ..........
Mr. Mills..................... X ........ .......... ........ ........ ..........
Dr. McCormick................. X ........ .......... ........ ........ ..........
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Recorded Vote Total: 32 26 0 ........ ........ ..........
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committee on armed services
recorded vote no. 3
h.r. 2670
On Banks Log 2564r2--Directs the Boards of Correction to
prioritize and grant requests to review the narrative reasons
of discharge and re-entry codes of veterans for servicemembers
discharged for refusal to receive the Covid vaccine.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Member Aye No Present Member Aye No Present
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Mr. Rogers.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Smith....... ........ X ..........
Mr. Wilson.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Courtney.... ........ X ..........
Mr. Turner.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Garamendi... ........ X ..........
Mr. Lamborn................... X ........ .......... Mr. Norcross.... ........ X ..........
Mr. Wittman................... X ........ .......... Mr. Gallego..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Scott..................... X ........ .......... Mr. Moulton..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Graves.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Carbajal.... ........ X ..........
Ms. Stefanik.................. X ........ .......... Mr. Khanna...... ........ X ..........
Dr. DesJarlais................ X ........ .......... Mr. Keating..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Kelly..................... X ........ .......... Mr. Kim......... ........ X ..........
Mr. Gallagher................. X ........ .......... Ms. Houlahan.... ........ X ..........
Mr. Gaetz..................... X ........ .......... Ms. Slotkin..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Bacon..................... X ........ .......... Ms. Sherrill.... ........ X ..........
Mr. Banks..................... X ........ .......... Ms. Escobar..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Bergman................... X ........ .......... Mr. Golden...... ........ ........ ..........
Mr. Waltz..................... X ........ .......... Ms. Jacobs...... ........ X ..........
Mr. Johnson................... X ........ .......... Ms. Strickland.. ........ X ..........
Mrs. McClain.................. X ........ .......... Mr. Ryan........ ........ X ..........
Dr. Jackson (TX).............. X ........ .......... Mr. Jackson (NC) ........ X ..........
Mr. Fallon.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Vasquez..... X ........ ..........
Mr. Gimenez................... X ........ .......... Mr. Deluzio..... ........ X ..........
Ms. Mace...................... X ........ .......... Ms. Tokuda...... ........ X ..........
Mr. Finstad................... X ........ .......... Mr. Davis....... X ........ ..........
Mr. Strong.................... X ........ .......... Mrs. McClellan.. ........ X ..........
Mr. Luttrell.................. X ........ .......... Ms. Sewell...... ........ X ..........
Mrs. Kiggans.................. X ........ .......... Mr. Horsford.... ........ X ..........
Mr. LaLota.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Panetta..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Moylan.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Veasey...... ........ X ..........
Mr. Alford.................... X ........ .......... ........ ........ ..........
Mr. Mills..................... X ........ .......... ........ ........ ..........
Dr. McCormick................. X ........ .......... ........ ........ ..........
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Recorded Vote Total: 33 25 0 ........ ........ ..........
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
committee on armed services
recorded vote no. 4
h.r. 2670
On Banks Log 2565r2--Requires a communication strategy for
reentry of service members separated for refusing to take the
COVID-19 vaccine.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Member Aye No Present Member Aye No Present
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Mr. Rogers.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Smith....... ........ X ..........
Mr. Wilson.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Courtney.... ........ X ..........
Mr. Turner.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Garamendi... ........ X ..........
Mr. Lamborn................... X ........ .......... Mr. Norcross.... ........ X ..........
Mr. Wittman................... X ........ .......... Mr. Gallego..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Scott..................... X ........ .......... Mr. Moulton..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Graves.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Carbajal.... ........ X ..........
Ms. Stefanik.................. X ........ .......... Mr. Khanna...... ........ X ..........
Dr. DesJarlais................ X ........ .......... Mr. Keating..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Kelly..................... X ........ .......... Mr. Kim......... ........ X ..........
Mr. Gallagher................. X ........ .......... Ms. Houlahan.... X ........ ..........
Mr. Gaetz..................... X ........ .......... Ms. Slotkin..... X ........ ..........
Mr. Bacon..................... X ........ .......... Ms. Sherrill.... ........ X ..........
Mr. Banks..................... X ........ .......... Ms. Escobar..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Bergman................... X ........ .......... Mr. Golden...... ........ X ..........
Mr. Waltz..................... X ........ .......... Ms. Jacobs...... ........ X ..........
Mr. Johnson................... X ........ .......... Ms. Strickland.. ........ X ..........
Mrs. McClain.................. X ........ .......... Mr. Ryan........ ........ X ..........
Dr. Jackson (TX).............. X ........ .......... Mr. Jackson (NC) X ........ ..........
Mr. Fallon.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Vasquez..... X ........ ..........
Mr. Gimenez................... X ........ .......... Mr. Deluzio..... ........ X ..........
Ms. Mace...................... X ........ .......... Ms. Tokuda...... ........ X ..........
Mr. Finstad................... X ........ .......... Mr. Davis....... X ........ ..........
Mr. Strong.................... X ........ .......... Mrs. McClellan.. ........ X ..........
Mr. Luttrell.................. X ........ .......... Ms. Sewell...... ........ X ..........
Mrs. Kiggans.................. X ........ .......... Mr. Horsford.... ........ X ..........
Mr. LaLota.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Panetta..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Moylan.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Veasey...... ........ X ..........
Mr. Alford.................... X ........ .......... ........ ........ ..........
Mr. Mills..................... X ........ .......... ........ ........ ..........
Dr. McCormick................. X ........ .......... ........ ........ ..........
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Recorded Vote Total: 36 23 0 ........ ........ ..........
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committee on armed services
recorded vote no. 5
h.r. 2670
On Jackson (TX) Log 2783--Exempts a Cadet or Midshipman
from being required to repay tuition if certain requirements
aren't met.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Member Aye No Present Member Aye No Present
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Mr. Rogers.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Smith....... ........ X ..........
Mr. Wilson.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Courtney.... ........ X ..........
Mr. Turner.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Garamendi... ........ X ..........
Mr. Lamborn................... X ........ .......... Mr. Norcross.... ........ X ..........
Mr. Wittman................... X ........ .......... Mr. Gallego..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Scott..................... X ........ .......... Mr. Moulton..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Graves.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Carbajal.... ........ X ..........
Ms. Stefanik.................. X ........ .......... Mr. Khanna...... ........ X ..........
Dr. DesJarlais................ X ........ .......... Mr. Keating..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Kelly..................... X ........ .......... Mr. Kim......... ........ X ..........
Mr. Gallagher................. X ........ .......... Ms. Houlahan.... ........ X ..........
Mr. Gaetz..................... X ........ .......... Ms. Slotkin..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Bacon..................... X ........ .......... Ms. Sherrill.... ........ X ..........
Mr. Banks..................... X ........ .......... Ms. Escobar..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Bergman................... X ........ .......... Mr. Golden...... ........ X ..........
Mr. Waltz..................... X ........ .......... Ms. Jacobs...... ........ X ..........
Mr. Johnson................... X ........ .......... Ms. Strickland.. ........ X ..........
Mrs. McClain.................. X ........ .......... Mr. Ryan........ ........ X ..........
Dr. Jackson (TX).............. X ........ .......... Mr. Jackson (NC) ........ X ..........
Mr. Fallon.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Vasquez..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Gimenez................... X ........ .......... Mr. Deluzio..... ........ X ..........
Ms. Mace...................... X ........ .......... Ms. Tokuda...... ........ X ..........
Mr. Finstad................... X ........ .......... Mr. Davis....... X ........ ..........
Mr. Strong.................... X ........ .......... Mrs. McClellan.. ........ X ..........
Mr. Luttrell.................. X ........ .......... Ms. Sewell...... ........ X ..........
Mrs. Kiggans.................. X ........ .......... Mr. Horsford.... ........ X ..........
Mr. LaLota.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Panetta..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Moylan.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Veasey...... ........ X ..........
Mr. Alford.................... X ........ .......... ........ ........ ..........
Mr. Mills..................... X ........ .......... ........ ........ ..........
Dr. McCormick................. X ........ .......... ........ ........ ..........
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Recorded Vote Total: 32 27 0 ........ ........ ..........
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committee on armed services
recorded vote no. 6
h.r. 2670
On Gaetz Log 3557r1--Study on Department of Defense
reinstatement with backpay and bonus, for service members
separated for refusal to get the COVID vaccine.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Member Aye No Present Member Aye No Present
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Mr. Rogers.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Smith....... ........ X ..........
Mr. Wilson.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Courtney.... ........ X ..........
Mr. Turner.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Garamendi... ........ X ..........
Mr. Lamborn................... X ........ .......... Mr. Norcross.... ........ X ..........
Mr. Wittman................... X ........ .......... Mr. Gallego..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Scott..................... X ........ .......... Mr. Moulton..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Graves.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Carbajal.... ........ X ..........
Ms. Stefanik.................. X ........ .......... Mr. Khanna...... ........ X ..........
Dr. DesJarlais................ X ........ .......... Mr. Keating..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Kelly..................... X ........ .......... Mr. Kim......... ........ X ..........
Mr. Gallagher................. X ........ .......... Ms. Houlahan.... ........ X ..........
Mr. Gaetz..................... X ........ .......... Ms. Slotkin..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Bacon..................... X ........ .......... Ms. Sherrill.... ........ X ..........
Mr. Banks..................... X ........ .......... Ms. Escobar..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Bergman................... X ........ .......... Mr. Golden...... ........ X ..........
Mr. Waltz..................... X ........ .......... Ms. Jacobs...... ........ X ..........
Mr. Johnson................... X ........ .......... Ms. Strickland.. ........ X ..........
Mrs. McClain.................. X ........ .......... Mr. Ryan........ ........ X ..........
Dr. Jackson (TX).............. X ........ .......... Mr. Jackson (NC) ........ X ..........
Mr. Fallon.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Vasquez..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Gimenez................... X ........ .......... Mr. Deluzio..... ........ X ..........
Ms. Mace...................... X ........ .......... Ms. Tokuda...... ........ X ..........
Mr. Finstad................... X ........ .......... Mr. Davis....... X ........ ..........
Mr. Strong.................... X ........ .......... Mrs. McClellan.. ........ X ..........
Mr. Luttrell.................. X ........ .......... Ms. Sewell...... ........ X ..........
Mrs. Kiggans.................. X ........ .......... Mr. Horsford.... ........ X ..........
Mr. LaLota.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Panetta..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Moylan.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Veasey...... ........ X ..........
Mr. Alford.................... X ........ .......... ........ ........ ..........
Mr. Mills..................... X ........ .......... ........ ........ ..........
Dr. McCormick................. X ........ .......... ........ ........ ..........
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Recorded Vote Total: 32 27 0 ........ ........ ..........
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
committee on armed services
recorded vote no. 7
h.r. 2670
On Slotkin Log 3129--To prohibit DoD procurement,
purchasing, or sale of certain items containing or produced
using certain types of PFAS, including cookware, uniforms,
personal care products, floor and furniture wax, carpeting and
upholstery, and food packaging.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Member Aye No Present Member Aye No Present
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Mr. Rogers.................... ........ X .......... Mr. Smith....... X ........ ..........
Mr. Wilson.................... ........ X .......... Mr. Courtney.... X ........ ..........
Mr. Turner.................... ........ X .......... Mr. Garamendi... X ........ ..........
Mr. Lamborn................... ........ X .......... Mr. Norcross.... X ........ ..........
Mr. Wittman................... ........ X .......... Mr. Gallego..... X ........ ..........
Mr. Scott..................... ........ X .......... Mr. Moulton..... X ........ ..........
Mr. Graves.................... ........ X .......... Mr. Carbajal.... X ........ ..........
Ms. Stefanik.................. ........ X .......... Mr. Khanna...... X ........ ..........
Dr. DesJarlais................ ........ X .......... Mr. Keating..... X ........ ..........
Mr. Kelly..................... ........ X .......... Mr. Kim......... X ........ ..........
Mr. Gallagher................. ........ X .......... Ms. Houlahan.... X ........ ..........
Mr. Gaetz..................... X ........ .......... Ms. Slotkin..... X ........ ..........
Mr. Bacon..................... ........ X .......... Ms. Sherrill.... X ........ ..........
Mr. Banks..................... ........ X .......... Ms. Escobar..... X ........ ..........
Mr. Bergman................... ........ X .......... Mr. Golden...... X ........ ..........
Mr. Waltz..................... ........ X .......... Ms. Jacobs...... X ........ ..........
Mr. Johnson................... ........ X .......... Ms. Strickland.. X ........ ..........
Mrs. McClain.................. ........ X .......... Mr. Ryan........ X ........ ..........
Dr. Jackson (TX).............. ........ X .......... Mr. Jackson (NC) X ........ ..........
Mr. Fallon.................... ........ X .......... Mr. Vasquez..... X ........ ..........
Mr. Gimenez................... ........ X .......... Mr. Deluzio..... X ........ ..........
Ms. Mace...................... ........ ........ X Ms. Tokuda...... X ........ ..........
Mr. Finstad................... ........ X .......... Mr. Davis....... X ........ ..........
Mr. Strong.................... ........ X .......... Mrs. McClellan.. X ........ ..........
Mr. Luttrell.................. ........ X .......... Ms. Sewell...... X ........ ..........
Mrs. Kiggans.................. ........ ........ X Mr. Horsford.... X ........ ..........
Mr. LaLota.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Panetta..... X ........ ..........
Mr. Moylan.................... ........ X .......... Mr. Veasey...... X ........ ..........
Mr. Alford.................... X ........ .......... ........ ........ ..........
Mr. Mills..................... ........ X .......... ........ ........ ..........
Dr. McCormick................. ........ X .......... ........ ........ ..........
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Recorded Vote Total: 31 26 2 ........ ........ ..........
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committee on armed services
recorded vote no. 8
h.r. 2670
On Fallon Log 3281r1--This language would prohibit the use
of funds to require any entity submitting an offer for a
Federal contract to disclose greenhouse gas (GHG) financial
risk, GHG inventory, or submit emission reduction targets.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Member Aye No Present Member Aye No Present
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Mr. Rogers.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Smith....... ........ X ..........
Mr. Wilson.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Courtney.... ........ X ..........
Mr. Turner.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Garamendi... ........ X ..........
Mr. Lamborn................... X ........ .......... Mr. Norcross.... ........ X ..........
Mr. Wittman................... X ........ .......... Mr. Gallego..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Scott..................... X ........ .......... Mr. Moulton..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Graves.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Carbajal.... ........ X ..........
Ms. Stefanik.................. X ........ .......... Mr. Khanna...... ........ X ..........
Dr. DesJarlais................ X ........ .......... Mr. Keating..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Kelly..................... X ........ .......... Mr. Kim......... ........ X ..........
Mr. Gallagher................. X ........ .......... Ms. Houlahan.... ........ X ..........
Mr. Gaetz..................... X ........ .......... Ms. Slotkin..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Bacon..................... X ........ .......... Ms. Sherrill.... ........ X ..........
Mr. Banks..................... X ........ .......... Ms. Escobar..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Bergman................... X ........ .......... Mr. Golden...... ........ X ..........
Mr. Waltz..................... X ........ .......... Ms. Jacobs...... ........ X ..........
Mr. Johnson................... X ........ .......... Ms. Strickland.. ........ X ..........
Mrs. McClain.................. X ........ .......... Mr. Ryan........ ........ X ..........
Dr. Jackson (TX).............. X ........ .......... Mr. Jackson (NC) ........ X ..........
Mr. Fallon.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Vasquez..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Gimenez................... X ........ .......... Mr. Deluzio..... ........ X ..........
Ms. Mace...................... X ........ .......... Ms. Tokuda...... ........ X ..........
Mr. Finstad................... X ........ .......... Mr. Davis....... ........ X ..........
Mr. Strong.................... X ........ .......... Mrs. McClellan.. ........ X ..........
Mr. Luttrell.................. X ........ .......... Ms. Sewell...... ........ X ..........
Mrs. Kiggans.................. X ........ .......... Mr. Horsford.... ........ X ..........
Mr. LaLota.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Panetta..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Moylan.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Veasey...... ........ X ..........
Mr. Alford.................... X ........ .......... ........ ........ ..........
Mr. Mills..................... X ........ .......... ........ ........ ..........
Dr. McCormick................. X ........ .......... ........ ........ ..........
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Recorded Vote Total: 31 28 0 ........ ........ ..........
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committee on armed services
recorded vote no. 9
h.r. 2670
On Gaetz Log 2612--Exemption under Marine Mammal Protection
Act of 1972 for certain activities that may result in
incidental take of Rice's whale.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Member Aye No Present Member Aye No Present
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Mr. Rogers.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Smith....... ........ X ..........
Mr. Wilson.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Courtney.... ........ X ..........
Mr. Turner.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Garamendi... ........ X ..........
Mr. Lamborn................... X ........ .......... Mr. Norcross.... ........ X ..........
Mr. Wittman................... X ........ .......... Mr. Gallego..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Scott..................... X ........ .......... Mr. Moulton..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Graves.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Carbajal.... ........ X ..........
Ms. Stefanik.................. X ........ .......... Mr. Khanna...... ........ X ..........
Dr. DesJarlais................ X ........ .......... Mr. Keating..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Kelly..................... X ........ .......... Mr. Kim......... ........ X ..........
Mr. Gallagher................. X ........ .......... Ms. Houlahan.... ........ X ..........
Mr. Gaetz..................... X ........ .......... Ms. Slotkin..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Bacon..................... X ........ .......... Ms. Sherrill.... ........ X ..........
Mr. Banks..................... X ........ .......... Ms. Escobar..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Bergman................... X ........ .......... Mr. Golden...... ........ X ..........
Mr. Waltz..................... X ........ .......... Ms. Jacobs...... ........ X ..........
Mr. Johnson................... X ........ .......... Ms. Strickland.. ........ X ..........
Mrs. McClain.................. X ........ .......... Mr. Ryan........ ........ X ..........
Dr. Jackson (TX).............. X ........ .......... Mr. Jackson (NC) ........ X ..........
Mr. Fallon.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Vasquez..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Gimenez................... X ........ .......... Mr. Deluzio..... ........ X ..........
Ms. Mace...................... X ........ .......... Ms. Tokuda...... ........ X ..........
Mr. Finstad................... X ........ .......... Mr. Davis....... ........ X ..........
Mr. Strong.................... X ........ .......... Mrs. McClellan.. ........ X ..........
Mr. Luttrell.................. X ........ .......... Ms. Sewell...... ........ X ..........
Mrs. Kiggans.................. X ........ .......... Mr. Horsford.... ........ X ..........
Mr. LaLota.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Panetta..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Moylan.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Veasey...... ........ X ..........
Mr. Alford.................... X ........ .......... ........ ........ ..........
Mr. Mills..................... X ........ .......... ........ ........ ..........
Dr. McCormick................. X ........ .......... ........ ........ ..........
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Recorded Vote Total: 31 28 0 ........ ........ ..........
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committee on armed services
recorded vote no. 10
h.r. 2670
On Banks Log 2580--Requires DOD to require principal
investigators of DOD-funded research at U.S. institutions of
higher education to disclose background of foreign researchers
involved in their projects.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Member Aye No Present Member Aye No Present
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Mr. Rogers.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Smith....... ........ X ..........
Mr. Wilson.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Courtney.... ........ X ..........
Mr. Turner.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Garamendi... ........ X ..........
Mr. Lamborn................... X ........ .......... Mr. Norcross.... ........ X ..........
Mr. Wittman................... X ........ .......... Mr. Gallego..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Scott..................... X ........ .......... Mr. Moulton..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Graves.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Carbajal.... ........ X ..........
Ms. Stefanik.................. X ........ .......... Mr. Khanna...... ........ X ..........
Dr. DesJarlais................ X ........ .......... Mr. Keating..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Kelly..................... X ........ .......... Mr. Kim......... ........ X ..........
Mr. Gallagher................. X ........ .......... Ms. Houlahan.... ........ X ..........
Mr. Gaetz..................... X ........ .......... Ms. Slotkin..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Bacon..................... X ........ .......... Ms. Sherrill.... ........ X ..........
Mr. Banks..................... X ........ .......... Ms. Escobar..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Bergman................... X ........ .......... Mr. Golden...... ........ X ..........
Mr. Waltz..................... X ........ .......... Ms. Jacobs...... ........ X ..........
Mr. Johnson................... X ........ .......... Ms. Strickland.. ........ X ..........
Mrs. McClain.................. X ........ .......... Mr. Ryan........ ........ X ..........
Dr. Jackson (TX).............. X ........ .......... Mr. Jackson (NC) ........ X ..........
Mr. Fallon.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Vasquez..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Gimenez................... X ........ .......... Mr. Deluzio..... ........ X ..........
Ms. Mace...................... X ........ .......... Ms. Tokuda...... ........ X ..........
Mr. Finstad................... X ........ .......... Mr. Davis....... ........ X ..........
Mr. Strong.................... X ........ .......... Mrs. McClellan.. ........ X ..........
Mr. Luttrell.................. X ........ .......... Ms. Sewell...... ........ X ..........
Mrs. Kiggans.................. X ........ .......... Mr. Horsford.... ........ X ..........
Mr. LaLota.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Panetta..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Moylan.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Veasey...... ........ X ..........
Mr. Alford.................... X ........ .......... ........ ........ ..........
Mr. Mills..................... X ........ .......... ........ ........ ..........
Dr. McCormick................. X ........ .......... ........ ........ ..........
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Recorded Vote Total: 31 28 0 ........ ........ ..........
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committee on armed services
recorded vote no. 11
h.r. 2670
On Courtney Log 3634 (Perfecting to Lamborn Log 3381)--
Allows for a waiver from the Secretary of Defense and NNSA if
there are negative impacts to operations and existing programs
of record should SLCM-N be developed.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Member Aye No Present Member Aye No Present
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Mr. Rogers.................... ........ X .......... Mr. Smith....... X ........ ..........
Mr. Wilson.................... ........ X .......... Mr. Courtney.... X ........ ..........
Mr. Turner.................... ........ X .......... Mr. Garamendi... X ........ ..........
Mr. Lamborn................... ........ X .......... Mr. Norcross.... X ........ ..........
Mr. Wittman................... ........ X .......... Mr. Gallego..... X ........ ..........
Mr. Scott..................... ........ X .......... Mr. Moulton..... X ........ ..........
Mr. Graves.................... ........ X .......... Mr. Carbajal.... X ........ ..........
Ms. Stefanik.................. ........ X .......... Mr. Khanna...... X ........ ..........
Dr. DesJarlais................ ........ X .......... Mr. Keating..... X ........ ..........
Mr. Kelly..................... ........ X .......... Mr. Kim......... X ........ ..........
Mr. Gallagher................. ........ X .......... Ms. Houlahan.... X ........ ..........
Mr. Gaetz..................... ........ X .......... Ms. Slotkin..... X ........ ..........
Mr. Bacon..................... ........ X .......... Ms. Sherrill.... X ........ ..........
Mr. Banks..................... ........ X .......... Ms. Escobar..... X ........ ..........
Mr. Bergman................... ........ X .......... Mr. Golden...... X ........ ..........
Mr. Waltz..................... ........ X .......... Ms. Jacobs...... X ........ ..........
Mr. Johnson................... ........ X .......... Ms. Strickland.. X ........ ..........
Mrs. McClain.................. ........ X .......... Mr. Ryan........ X ........ ..........
Dr. Jackson (TX).............. ........ X .......... Mr. Jackson (NC) X ........ ..........
Mr. Fallon.................... ........ X .......... Mr. Vasquez..... X ........ ..........
Mr. Gimenez................... ........ X .......... Mr. Deluzio..... X ........ ..........
Ms. Mace...................... ........ X .......... Ms. Tokuda...... X ........ ..........
Mr. Finstad................... ........ X .......... Mr. Davis....... X ........ ..........
Mr. Strong.................... ........ X .......... Mrs. McClellan.. X ........ ..........
Mr. Luttrell.................. ........ X .......... Ms. Sewell...... X ........ ..........
Mrs. Kiggans.................. ........ X .......... Mr. Horsford.... X ........ ..........
Mr. LaLota.................... ........ X .......... Mr. Panetta..... X ........ ..........
Mr. Moylan.................... ........ X .......... Mr. Veasey...... X ........ ..........
Mr. Alford.................... ........ X .......... ........ ........ ..........
Mr. Mills..................... ........ X .......... ........ ........ ..........
Dr. McCormick................. ........ X .......... ........ ........ ..........
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Recorded Vote Total: 28 31 0 ........ ........ ..........
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committee on armed services
recorded vote no. 12
h.r. 2670
On Gaetz Log 2575--Costs of training on critical race.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Member Aye No Present Member Aye No Present
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Mr. Rogers.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Smith....... ........ X ..........
Mr. Wilson.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Courtney.... ........ X ..........
Mr. Turner.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Garamendi... ........ X ..........
Mr. Lamborn................... X ........ .......... Mr. Norcross.... ........ X ..........
Mr. Wittman................... X ........ .......... Mr. Gallego..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Scott..................... X ........ .......... Mr. Moulton..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Graves.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Carbajal.... ........ X ..........
Ms. Stefanik.................. X ........ .......... Mr. Khanna...... ........ X ..........
Dr. DesJarlais................ X ........ .......... Mr. Keating..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Kelly..................... X ........ .......... Mr. Kim......... ........ X ..........
Mr. Gallagher................. X ........ .......... Ms. Houlahan.... ........ X ..........
Mr. Gaetz..................... X ........ .......... Ms. Slotkin..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Bacon..................... X ........ .......... Ms. Sherrill.... ........ X ..........
Mr. Banks..................... X ........ .......... Ms. Escobar..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Bergman................... X ........ .......... Mr. Golden...... ........ X ..........
Mr. Waltz..................... X ........ .......... Ms. Jacobs...... ........ X ..........
Mr. Johnson................... X ........ .......... Ms. Strickland.. ........ X ..........
Mrs. McClain.................. X ........ .......... Mr. Ryan........ ........ X ..........
Dr. Jackson (TX).............. X ........ .......... Mr. Jackson (NC) ........ X ..........
Mr. Fallon.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Vasquez..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Gimenez................... X ........ .......... Mr. Deluzio..... ........ X ..........
Ms. Mace...................... X ........ .......... Ms. Tokuda...... ........ X ..........
Mr. Finstad................... X ........ .......... Mr. Davis....... ........ X ..........
Mr. Strong.................... X ........ .......... Mrs. McClellan.. ........ X ..........
Mr. Luttrell.................. X ........ .......... Ms. Sewell...... ........ X ..........
Mrs. Kiggans.................. X ........ .......... Mr. Horsford.... ........ X ..........
Mr. LaLota.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Panetta..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Moylan.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Veasey...... ........ X ..........
Mr. Alford.................... X ........ .......... ........ ........ ..........
Mr. Mills..................... X ........ .......... ........ ........ ..........
Dr. McCormick................. X ........ .......... ........ ........ ..........
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Recorded Vote Total: 31 28 0 ........ ........ ..........
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
committee on armed services
recorded vote no. 13
h.r. 2670
On Gaetz Log 2586--Elimination of the Chief Diversity
Officer of the Department of Defense.
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Member Aye No Present Member Aye No Present
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Mr. Rogers.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Smith....... ........ X ..........
Mr. Wilson.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Courtney.... ........ X ..........
Mr. Turner.................... ........ X .......... Mr. Garamendi... ........ X ..........
Mr. Lamborn................... X ........ .......... Mr. Norcross.... ........ X ..........
Mr. Wittman................... X ........ .......... Mr. Gallego..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Scott..................... X ........ .......... Mr. Moulton..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Graves.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Carbajal.... ........ X ..........
Ms. Stefanik.................. X ........ .......... Mr. Khanna...... ........ X ..........
Dr. DesJarlais................ X ........ .......... Mr. Keating..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Kelly..................... X ........ .......... Mr. Kim......... ........ X ..........
Mr. Gallagher................. X ........ .......... Ms. Houlahan.... ........ X ..........
Mr. Gaetz..................... X ........ .......... Ms. Slotkin..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Bacon..................... X ........ .......... Ms. Sherrill.... ........ X ..........
Mr. Banks..................... X ........ .......... Ms. Escobar..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Bergman................... X ........ .......... Mr. Golden...... ........ X ..........
Mr. Waltz..................... X ........ .......... Ms. Jacobs...... ........ X ..........
Mr. Johnson................... X ........ .......... Ms. Strickland.. ........ X ..........
Mrs. McClain.................. X ........ .......... Mr. Ryan........ ........ X ..........
Dr. Jackson (TX).............. X ........ .......... Mr. Jackson (NC) ........ X ..........
Mr. Fallon.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Vasquez..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Gimenez................... X ........ .......... Mr. Deluzio..... ........ X ..........
Ms. Mace...................... X ........ .......... Ms. Tokuda...... ........ X ..........
Mr. Finstad................... X ........ .......... Mr. Davis....... ........ X ..........
Mr. Strong.................... X ........ .......... Mrs. McClellan.. ........ X ..........
Mr. Luttrell.................. X ........ .......... Ms. Sewell...... ........ X ..........
Mrs. Kiggans.................. X ........ .......... Mr. Horsford.... ........ X ..........
Mr. LaLota.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Panetta..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Moylan.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Veasey...... ........ X ..........
Mr. Alford.................... X ........ .......... ........ ........ ..........
Mr. Mills..................... X ........ .......... ........ ........ ..........
Dr. McCormick................. X ........ .......... ........ ........ ..........
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Recorded Vote Total: 30 29 0 ........ ........ ..........
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committee on armed services
recorded vote no. 14
h.r. 2670
On Gaetz Log 2598r2--Limitation on increase to the budget
of the Department of Defense for training on diversity, equity,
and inclusion.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Member Aye No Present Member Aye No Present
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Mr. Rogers.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Smith....... ........ X ..........
Mr. Wilson.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Courtney.... ........ X ..........
Mr. Turner.................... ........ X .......... Mr. Garamendi... ........ X ..........
Mr. Lamborn................... X ........ .......... Mr. Norcross.... ........ X ..........
Mr. Wittman................... X ........ .......... Mr. Gallego..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Scott..................... X ........ .......... Mr. Moulton..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Graves.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Carbajal.... ........ X ..........
Ms. Stefanik.................. X ........ .......... Mr. Khanna...... ........ X ..........
Dr. DesJarlais................ X ........ .......... Mr. Keating..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Kelly..................... X ........ .......... Mr. Kim......... ........ X ..........
Mr. Gallagher................. X ........ .......... Ms. Houlahan.... ........ X ..........
Mr. Gaetz..................... X ........ .......... Ms. Slotkin..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Bacon..................... ........ X .......... Ms. Sherrill.... ........ X ..........
Mr. Banks..................... X ........ .......... Ms. Escobar..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Bergman................... X ........ .......... Mr. Golden...... ........ X ..........
Mr. Waltz..................... X ........ .......... Ms. Jacobs...... ........ X ..........
Mr. Johnson................... X ........ .......... Ms. Strickland.. ........ X ..........
Mrs. McClain.................. X ........ .......... Mr. Ryan........ ........ X ..........
Dr. Jackson (TX).............. X ........ .......... Mr. Jackson (NC) ........ X ..........
Mr. Fallon.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Vasquez..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Gimenez................... X ........ .......... Mr. Deluzio..... ........ X ..........
Ms. Mace...................... X ........ .......... Ms. Tokuda...... ........ X ..........
Mr. Finstad................... X ........ .......... Mr. Davis....... ........ X ..........
Mr. Strong.................... X ........ .......... Mrs. McClellan.. ........ X ..........
Mr. Luttrell.................. X ........ .......... Ms. Sewell...... ........ X ..........
Mrs. Kiggans.................. X ........ .......... Mr. Horsford.... ........ X ..........
Mr. LaLota.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Panetta..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Moylan.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Veasey...... ........ X ..........
Mr. Alford.................... X ........ .......... ........ ........ ..........
Mr. Mills..................... X ........ .......... ........ ........ ..........
Dr. McCormick................. X ........ .......... ........ ........ ..........
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Recorded Vote Total: 29 30 0 ........ ........ ..........
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committee on armed services
recorded vote no. 15
h.r. 2670
On Alford Log 2776--Prohibits federal funds for the Deputy
Inspector General for DEI.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Member Aye No Present Member Aye No Present
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Mr. Rogers.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Smith....... ........ X ..........
Mr. Wilson.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Courtney.... ........ X ..........
Mr. Turner.................... ........ X .......... Mr. Garamendi... ........ X ..........
Mr. Lamborn................... X ........ .......... Mr. Norcross.... ........ X ..........
Mr. Wittman................... X ........ .......... Mr. Gallego..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Scott..................... X ........ .......... Mr. Moulton..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Graves.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Carbajal.... ........ X ..........
Ms. Stefanik.................. X ........ .......... Mr. Khanna...... ........ X ..........
Dr. DesJarlais................ X ........ .......... Mr. Keating..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Kelly..................... X ........ .......... Mr. Kim......... ........ X ..........
Mr. Gallagher................. X ........ .......... Ms. Houlahan.... ........ X ..........
Mr. Gaetz..................... X ........ .......... Ms. Slotkin..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Bacon..................... ........ X .......... Ms. Sherrill.... ........ X ..........
Mr. Banks..................... X ........ .......... Ms. Escobar..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Bergman................... X ........ .......... Mr. Golden...... ........ X ..........
Mr. Waltz..................... X ........ .......... Ms. Jacobs...... ........ X ..........
Mr. Johnson................... X ........ .......... Ms. Strickland.. ........ X ..........
Mrs. McClain.................. X ........ .......... Mr. Ryan........ ........ X ..........
Dr. Jackson (TX).............. X ........ .......... Mr. Jackson (NC) ........ X ..........
Mr. Fallon.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Vasquez..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Gimenez................... X ........ .......... Mr. Deluzio..... ........ X ..........
Ms. Mace...................... X ........ .......... Ms. Tokuda...... ........ X ..........
Mr. Finstad................... X ........ .......... Mr. Davis....... ........ X ..........
Mr. Strong.................... X ........ .......... Mrs. McClellan.. ........ X ..........
Mr. Luttrell.................. X ........ .......... Ms. Sewell...... ........ X ..........
Mrs. Kiggans.................. X ........ .......... Mr. Horsford.... ........ X ..........
Mr. LaLota.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Panetta..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Moylan.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Veasey...... ........ X ..........
Mr. Alford.................... X ........ .......... ........ ........ ..........
Mr. Mills..................... X ........ .......... ........ ........ ..........
Dr. McCormick................. X ........ .......... ........ ........ ..........
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Recorded Vote Total: 29 30 0 ........ ........ ..........
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committee on armed services
recorded vote no. 16
h.r. 2670
On Waltz Log 3581--Funding prohibition to promote critical
race theory at Service Academies.
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Member Aye No Present Member Aye No Present
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Mr. Rogers.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Smith....... ........ X ..........
Mr. Wilson.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Courtney.... ........ X ..........
Mr. Turner.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Garamendi... ........ X ..........
Mr. Lamborn................... X ........ .......... Mr. Norcross.... ........ X ..........
Mr. Wittman................... X ........ .......... Mr. Gallego..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Scott..................... X ........ .......... Mr. Moulton..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Graves.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Carbajal.... ........ X ..........
Ms. Stefanik.................. X ........ .......... Mr. Khanna...... ........ X ..........
Dr. DesJarlais................ X ........ .......... Mr. Keating..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Kelly..................... X ........ .......... Mr. Kim......... ........ X ..........
Mr. Gallagher................. X ........ .......... Ms. Houlahan.... ........ X ..........
Mr. Gaetz..................... X ........ .......... Ms. Slotkin..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Bacon..................... X ........ .......... Ms. Sherrill.... ........ X ..........
Mr. Banks..................... X ........ .......... Ms. Escobar..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Bergman................... X ........ .......... Mr. Golden...... ........ X ..........
Mr. Waltz..................... X ........ .......... Ms. Jacobs...... ........ X ..........
Mr. Johnson................... X ........ .......... Ms. Strickland.. ........ X ..........
Mrs. McClain.................. X ........ .......... Mr. Ryan........ ........ X ..........
Dr. Jackson (TX).............. X ........ .......... Mr. Jackson (NC) ........ X ..........
Mr. Fallon.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Vasquez..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Gimenez................... X ........ .......... Mr. Deluzio..... ........ X ..........
Ms. Mace...................... X ........ .......... Ms. Tokuda...... ........ X ..........
Mr. Finstad................... X ........ .......... Mr. Davis....... ........ X ..........
Mr. Strong.................... X ........ .......... Mrs. McClellan.. ........ X ..........
Mr. Luttrell.................. X ........ .......... Ms. Sewell...... ........ X ..........
Mrs. Kiggans.................. X ........ .......... Mr. Horsford.... ........ X ..........
Mr. LaLota.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Panetta..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Moylan.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Veasey...... ........ X ..........
Mr. Alford.................... X ........ .......... ........ ........ ..........
Mr. Mills..................... X ........ .......... ........ ........ ..........
Dr. McCormick................. X ........ .......... ........ ........ ..........
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Recorded Vote Total: 31 28 0 ........ ........ ..........
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
committee on armed services
recorded vote no. 17
h.r. 2670
On Garamendi Log 3263--Modification to the timeline
relating to Plutonium Pit production.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Member Aye No Present Member Aye No Present
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Mr. Rogers.................... ........ X .......... Mr. Smith....... X ........ ..........
Mr. Wilson.................... ........ X .......... Mr. Courtney.... X ........ ..........
Mr. Turner.................... ........ X .......... Mr. Garamendi... X ........ ..........
Mr. Lamborn................... ........ X .......... Mr. Norcross.... X ........ ..........
Mr. Wittman................... ........ X .......... Mr. Gallego..... X ........ ..........
Mr. Scott..................... ........ X .......... Mr. Moulton..... X ........ ..........
Mr. Graves.................... ........ X .......... Mr. Carbajal.... X ........ ..........
Ms. Stefanik.................. ........ X .......... Mr. Khanna...... X ........ ..........
Dr. DesJarlais................ ........ X .......... Mr. Keating..... X ........ ..........
Mr. Kelly..................... ........ X .......... Mr. Kim......... X ........ ..........
Mr. Gallagher................. ........ X .......... Ms. Houlahan.... X ........ ..........
Mr. Gaetz..................... ........ X .......... Ms. Slotkin..... X ........ ..........
Mr. Bacon..................... ........ X .......... Ms. Sherrill.... X ........ ..........
Mr. Banks..................... ........ X .......... Ms. Escobar..... X ........ ..........
Mr. Bergman................... ........ X .......... Mr. Golden...... X ........ ..........
Mr. Waltz..................... ........ X .......... Ms. Jacobs...... X ........ ..........
Mr. Johnson................... ........ X .......... Ms. Strickland.. X ........ ..........
Mrs. McClain.................. ........ X .......... Mr. Ryan........ X ........ ..........
Dr. Jackson (TX).............. ........ X .......... Mr. Jackson (NC) X ........ ..........
Mr. Fallon.................... ........ X .......... Mr. Vasquez..... X ........ ..........
Mr. Gimenez................... ........ X .......... Mr. Deluzio..... X ........ ..........
Ms. Mace...................... ........ X .......... Ms. Tokuda...... X ........ ..........
Mr. Finstad................... ........ X .......... Mr. Davis....... X ........ ..........
Mr. Strong.................... ........ X .......... Mrs. McClellan.. X ........ ..........
Mr. Luttrell.................. ........ X .......... Ms. Sewell...... X ........ ..........
Mrs. Kiggans.................. ........ X .......... Mr. Horsford.... X ........ ..........
Mr. LaLota.................... ........ X .......... Mr. Panetta..... X ........ ..........
Mr. Moylan.................... ........ X .......... Mr. Veasey...... X ........ ..........
Mr. Alford.................... ........ X .......... ........ ........ ..........
Mr. Mills..................... ........ X .......... ........ ........ ..........
Dr. McCormick................. ........ X .......... ........ ........ ..........
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Recorded Vote Total: 28 31 0 ........ ........ ..........
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committee on armed services
recorded vote no. 18
h.r. 2670
On Stefanik Log 2844--Codifies the rights of Servicemembers
with children in DoDEA schools to be involved in their
children's education, while increasing transparency and
accountability in DoDEA schools.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Member Aye No Present Member Aye No Present
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Mr. Rogers.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Smith....... ........ X ..........
Mr. Wilson.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Courtney.... ........ X ..........
Mr. Turner.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Garamendi... ........ X ..........
Mr. Lamborn................... X ........ .......... Mr. Norcross.... ........ X ..........
Mr. Wittman................... X ........ .......... Mr. Gallego..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Scott..................... X ........ .......... Mr. Moulton..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Graves.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Carbajal.... ........ X ..........
Ms. Stefanik.................. X ........ .......... Mr. Khanna...... ........ X ..........
Dr. DesJarlais................ X ........ .......... Mr. Keating..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Kelly..................... X ........ .......... Mr. Kim......... ........ X ..........
Mr. Gallagher................. X ........ .......... Ms. Houlahan.... X ........ ..........
Mr. Gaetz..................... X ........ .......... Ms. Slotkin..... X ........ ..........
Mr. Bacon..................... X ........ .......... Ms. Sherrill.... ........ X ..........
Mr. Banks..................... X ........ .......... Ms. Escobar..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Bergman................... X ........ .......... Mr. Golden...... X ........ ..........
Mr. Waltz..................... X ........ .......... Ms. Jacobs...... ........ X ..........
Mr. Johnson................... X ........ .......... Ms. Strickland.. ........ X ..........
Mrs. McClain.................. X ........ .......... Mr. Ryan........ ........ X ..........
Dr. Jackson (TX).............. X ........ .......... Mr. Jackson (NC) X ........ ..........
Mr. Fallon.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Vasquez..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Gimenez................... X ........ .......... Mr. Deluzio..... ........ X ..........
Ms. Mace...................... X ........ .......... Ms. Tokuda...... ........ X ..........
Mr. Finstad................... X ........ .......... Mr. Davis....... X ........ ..........
Mr. Strong.................... X ........ .......... Mrs. McClellan.. ........ X ..........
Mr. Luttrell.................. X ........ .......... Ms. Sewell...... ........ X ..........
Mrs. Kiggans.................. X ........ .......... Mr. Horsford.... X ........ ..........
Mr. LaLota.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Panetta..... X ........ ..........
Mr. Moylan.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Veasey...... ........ X ..........
Mr. Alford.................... X ........ .......... ........ ........ ..........
Mr. Mills..................... X ........ .......... ........ ........ ..........
Dr. McCormick................. X ........ .......... ........ ........ ..........
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Recorded Vote Total: 38 21 0 ........ ........ ..........
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committee on armed services
recorded vote no. 19
h.r. 2670
On Banks Log 2573--Requires a report on the changes made by
Executive Order 13988, the effects of these changes on service
members, the number of complaints since the EO alleging gender
discrimination, and actions regarding those complaints.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Member Aye No Present Member Aye No Present
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Mr. Rogers.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Smith....... ........ X ..........
Mr. Wilson.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Courtney.... ........ X ..........
Mr. Turner.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Garamendi... ........ X ..........
Mr. Lamborn................... X ........ .......... Mr. Norcross.... ........ X ..........
Mr. Wittman................... X ........ .......... Mr. Gallego..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Scott..................... X ........ .......... Mr. Moulton..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Graves.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Carbajal.... ........ X ..........
Ms. Stefanik.................. X ........ .......... Mr. Khanna...... ........ X ..........
Dr. DesJarlais................ X ........ .......... Mr. Keating..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Kelly..................... X ........ .......... Mr. Kim......... ........ X ..........
Mr. Gallagher................. X ........ .......... Ms. Houlahan.... ........ X ..........
Mr. Gaetz..................... X ........ .......... Ms. Slotkin..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Bacon..................... X ........ .......... Ms. Sherrill.... ........ X ..........
Mr. Banks..................... X ........ .......... Ms. Escobar..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Bergman................... X ........ .......... Mr. Golden...... ........ X ..........
Mr. Waltz..................... X ........ .......... Ms. Jacobs...... ........ X ..........
Mr. Johnson................... X ........ .......... Ms. Strickland.. ........ X ..........
Mrs. McClain.................. X ........ .......... Mr. Ryan........ ........ X ..........
Dr. Jackson (TX).............. X ........ .......... Mr. Jackson (NC) ........ X ..........
Mr. Fallon.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Vasquez..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Gimenez................... X ........ .......... Mr. Deluzio..... ........ X ..........
Ms. Mace...................... X ........ .......... Ms. Tokuda...... ........ X ..........
Mr. Finstad................... X ........ .......... Mr. Davis....... ........ X ..........
Mr. Strong.................... X ........ .......... Mrs. McClellan.. ........ X ..........
Mr. Luttrell.................. X ........ .......... Ms. Sewell...... ........ X ..........
Mrs. Kiggans.................. X ........ .......... Mr. Horsford.... ........ X ..........
Mr. LaLota.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Panetta..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Moylan.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Veasey...... ........ X ..........
Mr. Alford.................... X ........ .......... ........ ........ ..........
Mr. Mills..................... X ........ .......... ........ ........ ..........
Dr. McCormick................. X ........ .......... ........ ........ ..........
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Recorded Vote Total: 31 28 0 ........ ........ ..........
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
committee on armed services
recorded vote no. 20
h.r. 2670
On Gaetz Log 3622r2--Prohibition on drag shows and drag
queen story hour.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Member Aye No Present Member Aye No Present
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Mr. Rogers.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Smith....... ........ X ..........
Mr. Wilson.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Courtney.... ........ X ..........
Mr. Turner.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Garamendi... ........ X ..........
Mr. Lamborn................... X ........ .......... Mr. Norcross.... ........ X ..........
Mr. Wittman................... X ........ .......... Mr. Gallego..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Scott..................... X ........ .......... Mr. Moulton..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Graves.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Carbajal.... ........ X ..........
Ms. Stefanik.................. X ........ .......... Mr. Khanna...... ........ X ..........
Dr. DesJarlais................ X ........ .......... Mr. Keating..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Kelly..................... X ........ .......... Mr. Kim......... ........ X ..........
Mr. Gallagher................. X ........ .......... Ms. Houlahan.... ........ X ..........
Mr. Gaetz..................... X ........ .......... Ms. Slotkin..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Bacon..................... X ........ .......... Ms. Sherrill.... ........ X ..........
Mr. Banks..................... X ........ .......... Ms. Escobar..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Bergman................... X ........ .......... Mr. Golden...... ........ X ..........
Mr. Waltz..................... X ........ .......... Ms. Jacobs...... ........ X ..........
Mr. Johnson................... X ........ .......... Ms. Strickland.. ........ X ..........
Mrs. McClain.................. X ........ .......... Mr. Ryan........ ........ X ..........
Dr. Jackson (TX).............. X ........ .......... Mr. Jackson (NC) ........ X ..........
Mr. Fallon.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Vasquez..... X ........ ..........
Mr. Gimenez................... X ........ .......... Mr. Deluzio..... ........ X ..........
Ms. Mace...................... X ........ .......... Ms. Tokuda...... ........ X ..........
Mr. Finstad................... X ........ .......... Mr. Davis....... X ........ ..........
Mr. Strong.................... X ........ .......... Mrs. McClellan.. ........ X ..........
Mr. Luttrell.................. X ........ .......... Ms. Sewell...... ........ X ..........
Mrs. Kiggans.................. X ........ .......... Mr. Horsford.... ........ X ..........
Mr. LaLota.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Panetta..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Moylan.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Veasey...... ........ X ..........
Mr. Alford.................... X ........ .......... ........ ........ ..........
Mr. Mills..................... X ........ .......... ........ ........ ..........
Dr. McCormick................. X ........ .......... ........ ........ ..........
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Recorded Vote Total: 33 26 0 ........ ........ ..........
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committee on armed services
recorded vote no. 21
h.r. 2670
On Alford Log 2777--Prohibits federal funds for the
Department of Defense Countering Extremism Work Group.
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Member Aye No Present Member Aye No Present
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Mr. Rogers.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Smith....... ........ X ..........
Mr. Wilson.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Courtney.... ........ X ..........
Mr. Turner.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Garamendi... ........ X ..........
Mr. Lamborn................... X ........ .......... Mr. Norcross.... ........ X ..........
Mr. Wittman................... X ........ .......... Mr. Gallego..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Scott..................... X ........ .......... Mr. Moulton..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Graves.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Carbajal.... ........ X ..........
Ms. Stefanik.................. X ........ .......... Mr. Khanna...... ........ X ..........
Dr. DesJarlais................ X ........ .......... Mr. Keating..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Kelly..................... X ........ .......... Mr. Kim......... ........ X ..........
Mr. Gallagher................. X ........ .......... Ms. Houlahan.... ........ X ..........
Mr. Gaetz..................... X ........ .......... Ms. Slotkin..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Bacon..................... X ........ .......... Ms. Sherrill.... ........ X ..........
Mr. Banks..................... X ........ .......... Ms. Escobar..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Bergman................... X ........ .......... Mr. Golden...... ........ X ..........
Mr. Waltz..................... X ........ .......... Ms. Jacobs...... ........ X ..........
Mr. Johnson................... X ........ .......... Ms. Strickland.. ........ X ..........
Mrs. McClain.................. X ........ .......... Mr. Ryan........ ........ X ..........
Dr. Jackson (TX).............. X ........ .......... Mr. Jackson (NC) ........ X ..........
Mr. Fallon.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Vasquez..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Gimenez................... X ........ .......... Mr. Deluzio..... ........ X ..........
Ms. Mace...................... X ........ .......... Ms. Tokuda...... ........ X ..........
Mr. Finstad................... X ........ .......... Mr. Davis....... ........ X ..........
Mr. Strong.................... X ........ .......... Mrs. McClellan.. ........ X ..........
Mr. Luttrell.................. X ........ .......... Ms. Sewell...... ........ X ..........
Mrs. Kiggans.................. X ........ .......... Mr. Horsford.... ........ X ..........
Mr. LaLota.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Panetta..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Moylan.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Veasey...... ........ X ..........
Mr. Alford.................... X ........ .......... ........ ........ ..........
Mr. Mills..................... X ........ .......... ........ ........ ..........
Dr. McCormick................. X ........ .......... ........ ........ ..........
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Recorded Vote Total: 31 28 0 ........ ........ ..........
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
committee on armed services
recorded vote no. 22
h.r. 2670
On Jackson (TX) Log 3083--Places restrictions on advisory
committees in the Department of Defense.
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Member Aye No Present Member Aye No Present
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Mr. Rogers.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Smith....... ........ X ..........
Mr. Wilson.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Courtney.... ........ X ..........
Mr. Turner.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Garamendi... ........ X ..........
Mr. Lamborn................... X ........ .......... Mr. Norcross.... ........ X ..........
Mr. Wittman................... X ........ .......... Mr. Gallego..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Scott..................... X ........ .......... Mr. Moulton..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Graves.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Carbajal.... ........ X ..........
Ms. Stefanik.................. X ........ .......... Mr. Khanna...... ........ X ..........
Dr. DesJarlais................ X ........ .......... Mr. Keating..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Kelly..................... X ........ .......... Mr. Kim......... ........ X ..........
Mr. Gallagher................. X ........ .......... Ms. Houlahan.... ........ X ..........
Mr. Gaetz..................... X ........ .......... Ms. Slotkin..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Bacon..................... X ........ .......... Ms. Sherrill.... ........ X ..........
Mr. Banks..................... X ........ .......... Ms. Escobar..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Bergman................... X ........ .......... Mr. Golden...... ........ X ..........
Mr. Waltz..................... X ........ .......... Ms. Jacobs...... ........ X ..........
Mr. Johnson................... X ........ .......... Ms. Strickland.. ........ X ..........
Mrs. McClain.................. X ........ .......... Mr. Ryan........ ........ X ..........
Dr. Jackson (TX).............. X ........ .......... Mr. Jackson (NC) ........ X ..........
Mr. Fallon.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Vasquez..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Gimenez................... X ........ .......... Mr. Deluzio..... ........ X ..........
Ms. Mace...................... X ........ .......... Ms. Tokuda...... ........ X ..........
Mr. Finstad................... X ........ .......... Mr. Davis....... ........ X ..........
Mr. Strong.................... X ........ .......... Mrs. McClellan.. ........ X ..........
Mr. Luttrell.................. X ........ .......... Ms. Sewell...... ........ X ..........
Mrs. Kiggans.................. X ........ .......... Mr. Horsford.... ........ X ..........
Mr. LaLota.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Panetta..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Moylan.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Veasey...... ........ X ..........
Mr. Alford.................... X ........ .......... ........ ........ ..........
Mr. Mills..................... X ........ .......... ........ ........ ..........
Dr. McCormick................. X ........ .......... ........ ........ ..........
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Recorded Vote Total: 31 28 0 ........ ........ ..........
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committee on armed services
recorded vote no. 23
h.r. 2670
On Mills Log 3309--Requires a report regarding how the
Secretary appointed members to the Defense Advisory Committee
on Diversity and Inclusion.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Member Aye No Present Member Aye No Present
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Mr. Rogers.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Smith....... ........ X ..........
Mr. Wilson.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Courtney.... ........ X ..........
Mr. Turner.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Garamendi... ........ X ..........
Mr. Lamborn................... X ........ .......... Mr. Norcross.... ........ X ..........
Mr. Wittman................... X ........ .......... Mr. Gallego..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Scott..................... X ........ .......... Mr. Moulton..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Graves.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Carbajal.... ........ X ..........
Ms. Stefanik.................. X ........ .......... Mr. Khanna...... ........ X ..........
Dr. DesJarlais................ X ........ .......... Mr. Keating..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Kelly..................... X ........ .......... Mr. Kim......... ........ X ..........
Mr. Gallagher................. X ........ .......... Ms. Houlahan.... ........ X ..........
Mr. Gaetz..................... X ........ .......... Ms. Slotkin..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Bacon..................... X ........ .......... Ms. Sherrill.... ........ X ..........
Mr. Banks..................... X ........ .......... Ms. Escobar..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Bergman................... X ........ .......... Mr. Golden...... ........ X ..........
Mr. Waltz..................... X ........ .......... Ms. Jacobs...... ........ X ..........
Mr. Johnson................... X ........ .......... Ms. Strickland.. ........ X ..........
Mrs. McClain.................. X ........ .......... Mr. Ryan........ ........ X ..........
Dr. Jackson (TX).............. X ........ .......... Mr. Jackson (NC) ........ X ..........
Mr. Fallon.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Vasquez..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Gimenez................... X ........ .......... Mr. Deluzio..... ........ X ..........
Ms. Mace...................... X ........ .......... Ms. Tokuda...... ........ X ..........
Mr. Finstad................... X ........ .......... Mr. Davis....... ........ X ..........
Mr. Strong.................... X ........ .......... Mrs. McClellan.. ........ X ..........
Mr. Luttrell.................. X ........ .......... Ms. Sewell...... ........ X ..........
Mrs. Kiggans.................. X ........ .......... Mr. Horsford.... ........ X ..........
Mr. LaLota.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Panetta..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Moylan.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Veasey...... ........ X ..........
Mr. Alford.................... X ........ .......... ........ ........ ..........
Mr. Mills..................... X ........ .......... ........ ........ ..........
Dr. McCormick................. X ........ .......... ........ ........ ..........
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Recorded Vote Total: 31 28 0 ........ ........ ..........
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committee on armed services
recorded vote no. 24
h.r. 2670
On Banks Log 3519r2--Prohibits the Secretary of Defense
from appointing or employing a military or civilian employee
whose duties include diversity, equity, and inclusion with a
rank or grade in excess of GS-10.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Member Aye No Present Member Aye No Present
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Mr. Rogers.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Smith....... ........ X ..........
Mr. Wilson.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Courtney.... ........ X ..........
Mr. Turner.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Garamendi... ........ X ..........
Mr. Lamborn................... X ........ .......... Mr. Norcross.... ........ X ..........
Mr. Wittman................... X ........ .......... Mr. Gallego..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Scott..................... X ........ .......... Mr. Moulton..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Graves.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Carbajal.... ........ X ..........
Ms. Stefanik.................. X ........ .......... Mr. Khanna...... ........ X ..........
Dr. DesJarlais................ X ........ .......... Mr. Keating..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Kelly..................... X ........ .......... Mr. Kim......... ........ X ..........
Mr. Gallagher................. X ........ .......... Ms. Houlahan.... ........ X ..........
Mr. Gaetz..................... X ........ .......... Ms. Slotkin..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Bacon..................... X ........ .......... Ms. Sherrill.... ........ X ..........
Mr. Banks..................... X ........ .......... Ms. Escobar..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Bergman................... X ........ .......... Mr. Golden...... ........ X ..........
Mr. Waltz..................... X ........ .......... Ms. Jacobs...... ........ X ..........
Mr. Johnson................... X ........ .......... Ms. Strickland.. ........ X ..........
Mrs. McClain.................. X ........ .......... Mr. Ryan........ ........ X ..........
Dr. Jackson (TX).............. X ........ .......... Mr. Jackson (NC) ........ X ..........
Mr. Fallon.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Vasquez..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Gimenez................... X ........ .......... Mr. Deluzio..... ........ X ..........
Ms. Mace...................... X ........ .......... Ms. Tokuda...... ........ X ..........
Mr. Finstad................... X ........ .......... Mr. Davis....... ........ X ..........
Mr. Strong.................... X ........ .......... Mrs. McClellan.. ........ X ..........
Mr. Luttrell.................. X ........ .......... Ms. Sewell...... ........ X ..........
Mrs. Kiggans.................. X ........ .......... Mr. Horsford.... ........ X ..........
Mr. LaLota.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Panetta..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Moylan.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Veasey...... ........ X ..........
Mr. Alford.................... X ........ .......... ........ ........ ..........
Mr. Mills..................... X ........ .......... ........ ........ ..........
Dr. McCormick................. X ........ .......... ........ ........ ..........
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Recorded Vote Total: 31 28 0 ........ ........ ..........
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
committee on armed services
recorded vote no. 25
h.r. 2670
On Garamendi Log 3134r1--Authority to furnish electric
vehicle charging stations at Defense Commissaries and Exchange
Stores.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Member Aye No Present Member Aye No Present
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Mr. Rogers.................... ........ X .......... Mr. Smith....... X ........ ..........
Mr. Wilson.................... ........ X .......... Mr. Courtney.... X ........ ..........
Mr. Turner.................... ........ X .......... Mr. Garamendi... X ........ ..........
Mr. Lamborn................... ........ X .......... Mr. Norcross.... X ........ ..........
Mr. Wittman................... ........ X .......... Mr. Gallego..... X ........ ..........
Mr. Scott..................... ........ X .......... Mr. Moulton..... X ........ ..........
Mr. Graves.................... ........ X .......... Mr. Carbajal.... X ........ ..........
Ms. Stefanik.................. ........ X .......... Mr. Khanna...... X ........ ..........
Dr. DesJarlais................ ........ X .......... Mr. Keating..... X ........ ..........
Mr. Kelly..................... ........ X .......... Mr. Kim......... X ........ ..........
Mr. Gallagher................. ........ X .......... Ms. Houlahan.... X ........ ..........
Mr. Gaetz..................... ........ X .......... Ms. Slotkin..... X ........ ..........
Mr. Bacon..................... ........ X .......... Ms. Sherrill.... X ........ ..........
Mr. Banks..................... ........ X .......... Ms. Escobar..... X ........ ..........
Mr. Bergman................... ........ X .......... Mr. Golden...... X ........ ..........
Mr. Waltz..................... ........ X .......... Ms. Jacobs...... X ........ ..........
Mr. Johnson................... ........ X .......... Ms. Strickland.. X ........ ..........
Mrs. McClain.................. ........ X .......... Mr. Ryan........ X ........ ..........
Dr. Jackson (TX).............. ........ X .......... Mr. Jackson (NC) X ........ ..........
Mr. Fallon.................... ........ X .......... Mr. Vasquez..... X ........ ..........
Mr. Gimenez................... ........ X .......... Mr. Deluzio..... X ........ ..........
Ms. Mace...................... ........ ........ X Ms. Tokuda...... X ........ ..........
Mr. Finstad................... ........ X .......... Mr. Davis....... X ........ ..........
Mr. Strong.................... ........ X .......... Mrs. McClellan.. X ........ ..........
Mr. Luttrell.................. ........ X .......... Ms. Sewell...... X ........ ..........
Mrs. Kiggans.................. ........ X .......... Mr. Horsford.... X ........ ..........
Mr. LaLota.................... ........ X .......... Mr. Panetta..... X ........ ..........
Mr. Moylan.................... ........ X .......... Mr. Veasey...... X ........ ..........
Mr. Alford.................... ........ X .......... ........ ........ ..........
Mr. Mills..................... ........ X .......... ........ ........ ..........
Dr. McCormick................. ........ X .......... ........ ........ ..........
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Recorded Vote Total: 28 30 1 ........ ........ ..........
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committee on armed services
recorded vote no. 26
h.r. 2670
On Escobar Log 3611r5--This section would eliminate cost-
sharing for any eligible TRICARE beneficiary for contraceptives
acquired through retail pharmacies and the national mail order
pharmacy for one calendar year.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Member Aye No Present Member Aye No Present
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Mr. Rogers.................... ........ X .......... Mr. Smith....... X ........ ..........
Mr. Wilson.................... ........ X .......... Mr. Courtney.... X ........ ..........
Mr. Turner.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Garamendi... X ........ ..........
Mr. Lamborn................... ........ X .......... Mr. Norcross.... X ........ ..........
Mr. Wittman................... ........ X .......... Mr. Gallego..... X ........ ..........
Mr. Scott..................... ........ X .......... Mr. Moulton..... X ........ ..........
Mr. Graves.................... ........ X .......... Mr. Carbajal.... X ........ ..........
Ms. Stefanik.................. ........ X .......... Mr. Khanna...... X ........ ..........
Dr. DesJarlais................ ........ X .......... Mr. Keating..... X ........ ..........
Mr. Kelly..................... ........ X .......... Mr. Kim......... X ........ ..........
Mr. Gallagher................. ........ X .......... Ms. Houlahan.... X ........ ..........
Mr. Gaetz..................... X ........ .......... Ms. Slotkin..... X ........ ..........
Mr. Bacon..................... X ........ .......... Ms. Sherrill.... X ........ ..........
Mr. Banks..................... ........ X .......... Ms. Escobar..... X ........ ..........
Mr. Bergman................... ........ X .......... Mr. Golden...... X ........ ..........
Mr. Waltz..................... ........ X .......... Ms. Jacobs...... X ........ ..........
Mr. Johnson................... ........ X .......... Ms. Strickland.. X ........ ..........
Mrs. McClain.................. ........ X .......... Mr. Ryan........ X ........ ..........
Dr. Jackson (TX).............. ........ X .......... Mr. Jackson (NC) X ........ ..........
Mr. Fallon.................... ........ X .......... Mr. Vasquez..... X ........ ..........
Mr. Gimenez................... ........ X .......... Mr. Deluzio..... X ........ ..........
Ms. Mace...................... X ........ .......... Ms. Tokuda...... X ........ ..........
Mr. Finstad................... ........ X .......... Mr. Davis....... X ........ ..........
Mr. Strong.................... ........ X .......... Mrs. McClellan.. X ........ ..........
Mr. Luttrell.................. X ........ .......... Ms. Sewell...... X ........ ..........
Mrs. Kiggans.................. X ........ .......... Mr. Horsford.... X ........ ..........
Mr. LaLota.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Panetta..... X ........ ..........
Mr. Moylan.................... ........ X .......... Mr. Veasey...... X ........ ..........
Mr. Alford.................... ........ X .......... ........ ........ ..........
Mr. Mills..................... ........ X .......... ........ ........ ..........
Dr. McCormick................. ........ X .......... ........ ........ ..........
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Recorded Vote Total: 35 24 0 ........ ........ ..........
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committee on armed services
recorded vote no. 27
h.r. 2670
On Golden Log 3461r2--Amends Section 1250 of the CM to
increase funding authorization level for Ukraine Security
Assistance Initiative to $800M.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Member Aye No Present Member Aye No Present
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Mr. Rogers.................... ........ X .......... Mr. Smith....... X ........ ..........
Mr. Wilson.................... ........ X .......... Mr. Courtney.... X ........ ..........
Mr. Turner.................... ........ X .......... Mr. Garamendi... X ........ ..........
Mr. Lamborn................... ........ X .......... Mr. Norcross.... X ........ ..........
Mr. Wittman................... ........ X .......... Mr. Gallego..... X ........ ..........
Mr. Scott..................... ........ X .......... Mr. Moulton..... X ........ ..........
Mr. Graves.................... ........ X .......... Mr. Carbajal.... X ........ ..........
Ms. Stefanik.................. ........ X .......... Mr. Khanna...... X ........ ..........
Dr. DesJarlais................ ........ X .......... Mr. Keating..... X ........ ..........
Mr. Kelly..................... ........ X .......... Mr. Kim......... X ........ ..........
Mr. Gallagher................. ........ X .......... Ms. Houlahan.... X ........ ..........
Mr. Gaetz..................... ........ X .......... Ms. Slotkin..... X ........ ..........
Mr. Bacon..................... ........ X .......... Ms. Sherrill.... X ........ ..........
Mr. Banks..................... ........ X .......... Ms. Escobar..... X ........ ..........
Mr. Bergman................... ........ X .......... Mr. Golden...... X ........ ..........
Mr. Waltz..................... ........ X .......... Ms. Jacobs...... X ........ ..........
Mr. Johnson................... ........ X .......... Ms. Strickland.. X ........ ..........
Mrs. McClain.................. ........ X .......... Mr. Ryan........ X ........ ..........
Dr. Jackson (TX).............. ........ X .......... Mr. Jackson (NC) X ........ ..........
Mr. Fallon.................... ........ X .......... Mr. Vasquez..... X ........ ..........
Mr. Gimenez................... ........ X .......... Mr. Deluzio..... X ........ ..........
Ms. Mace...................... ........ X .......... Ms. Tokuda...... X ........ ..........
Mr. Finstad................... ........ X .......... Mr. Davis....... X ........ ..........
Mr. Strong.................... ........ X .......... Mrs. McClellan.. X ........ ..........
Mr. Luttrell.................. ........ X .......... Ms. Sewell...... X ........ ..........
Mrs. Kiggans.................. ........ X .......... Mr. Horsford.... X ........ ..........
Mr. LaLota.................... ........ X .......... Mr. Panetta..... X ........ ..........
Mr. Moylan.................... ........ X .......... Mr. Veasey...... X ........ ..........
Mr. Alford.................... ........ X .......... ........ ........ ..........
Mr. Mills..................... ........ X .......... ........ ........ ..........
Dr. McCormick................. ........ X .......... ........ ........ ..........
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Recorded Vote Total: 28 31 0 ........ ........ ..........
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committee on armed services
recorded vote no. 28
h.r. 2670
On Jackson (TX) Log 2654--Requires a study and report on
feasibility of implementing one or more naval blockades of
shipments of fossil fuels to China.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Member Aye No Present Member Aye No Present
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Mr. Rogers.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Smith....... ........ X ..........
Mr. Wilson.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Courtney.... ........ X ..........
Mr. Turner.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Garamendi... ........ X ..........
Mr. Lamborn................... X ........ .......... Mr. Norcross.... ........ X ..........
Mr. Wittman................... X ........ .......... Mr. Gallego..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Scott..................... X ........ .......... Mr. Moulton..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Graves.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Carbajal.... ........ X ..........
Ms. Stefanik.................. X ........ .......... Mr. Khanna...... ........ X ..........
Dr. DesJarlais................ X ........ .......... Mr. Keating..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Kelly..................... X ........ .......... Mr. Kim......... ........ X ..........
Mr. Gallagher................. X ........ .......... Ms. Houlahan.... ........ X ..........
Mr. Gaetz..................... X ........ .......... Ms. Slotkin..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Bacon..................... X ........ .......... Ms. Sherrill.... ........ X ..........
Mr. Banks..................... X ........ .......... Ms. Escobar..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Bergman................... X ........ .......... Mr. Golden...... ........ X ..........
Mr. Waltz..................... X ........ .......... Ms. Jacobs...... ........ X ..........
Mr. Johnson................... X ........ .......... Ms. Strickland.. ........ X ..........
Mrs. McClain.................. X ........ .......... Mr. Ryan........ ........ X ..........
Dr. Jackson (TX).............. X ........ .......... Mr. Jackson (NC) ........ X ..........
Mr. Fallon.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Vasquez..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Gimenez................... X ........ .......... Mr. Deluzio..... ........ X ..........
Ms. Mace...................... X ........ .......... Ms. Tokuda...... ........ X ..........
Mr. Finstad................... X ........ .......... Mr. Davis....... ........ X ..........
Mr. Strong.................... X ........ .......... Mrs. McClellan.. ........ X ..........
Mr. Luttrell.................. X ........ .......... Ms. Sewell...... ........ X ..........
Mrs. Kiggans.................. X ........ .......... Mr. Horsford.... ........ X ..........
Mr. LaLota.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Panetta..... ........ X ..........
Mr. Moylan.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Veasey...... ........ X ..........
Mr. Alford.................... X ........ .......... ........ ........ ..........
Mr. Mills..................... X ........ .......... ........ ........ ..........
Dr. McCormick................. X ........ .......... ........ ........ ..........
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Recorded Vote Total: 31 28 0 ........ ........ ..........
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committee on armed services
recorded vote no. 29
h.r. 2670
On Courtney Log 2905r1--Requires a feasibility study on
partnership with the Government of Ukraine to establish Centers
of Excellence for the treatment of traumatic brain injury and
traumatic extremity injury in Ukraine.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Member Aye No Present Member Aye No Present
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Mr. Rogers.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Smith....... X ........ ..........
Mr. Wilson.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Courtney.... X ........ ..........
Mr. Turner.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Garamendi... X ........ ..........
Mr. Lamborn................... X ........ .......... Mr. Norcross.... X ........ ..........
Mr. Wittman................... X ........ .......... Mr. Gallego..... X ........ ..........
Mr. Scott..................... X ........ .......... Mr. Moulton..... X ........ ..........
Mr. Graves.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Carbajal.... X ........ ..........
Ms. Stefanik.................. X ........ .......... Mr. Khanna...... X ........ ..........
Dr. DesJarlais................ X ........ .......... Mr. Keating..... X ........ ..........
Mr. Kelly..................... X ........ .......... Mr. Kim......... X ........ ..........
Mr. Gallagher................. X ........ .......... Ms. Houlahan.... X ........ ..........
Mr. Gaetz..................... ........ X .......... Ms. Slotkin..... X ........ ..........
Mr. Bacon..................... X ........ .......... Ms. Sherrill.... X ........ ..........
Mr. Banks..................... ........ X .......... Ms. Escobar..... X ........ ..........
Mr. Bergman................... X ........ .......... Mr. Golden...... X ........ ..........
Mr. Waltz..................... ........ X .......... Ms. Jacobs...... X ........ ..........
Mr. Johnson................... ........ X .......... Ms. Strickland.. X ........ ..........
Mrs. McClain.................. X ........ .......... Mr. Ryan........ X ........ ..........
Dr. Jackson (TX).............. ........ X .......... Mr. Jackson (NC) X ........ ..........
Mr. Fallon.................... ........ X .......... Mr. Vasquez..... X ........ ..........
Mr. Gimenez................... X ........ .......... Mr. Deluzio..... X ........ ..........
Ms. Mace...................... ........ X .......... Ms. Tokuda...... X ........ ..........
Mr. Finstad................... ........ X .......... Mr. Davis....... X ........ ..........
Mr. Strong.................... X ........ .......... Mrs. McClellan.. X ........ ..........
Mr. Luttrell.................. X ........ .......... Ms. Sewell...... X ........ ..........
Mrs. Kiggans.................. X ........ .......... Mr. Horsford.... X ........ ..........
Mr. LaLota.................... ........ X .......... Mr. Panetta..... X ........ ..........
Mr. Moylan.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Veasey...... X ........ ..........
Mr. Alford.................... X ........ .......... ........ ........ ..........
Mr. Mills..................... ........ X .......... ........ ........ ..........
Dr. McCormick................. X ........ .......... ........ ........ ..........
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Recorded Vote Total: 49 10 0 ........ ........ ..........
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committee on armed services
recorded vote no. 30
h.r. 2670
On the Motion to Report the Bill Favorably to the House, As
Amended.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Member Aye No Present Member Aye No Present
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Mr. Rogers.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Smith....... X ........ ..........
Mr. Wilson.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Courtney.... X ........ ..........
Mr. Turner.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Garamendi... X ........ ..........
Mr. Lamborn................... X ........ .......... Mr. Norcross.... X ........ ..........
Mr. Wittman................... X ........ .......... Mr. Gallego..... X ........ ..........
Mr. Scott..................... X ........ .......... Mr. Moulton..... X ........ ..........
Mr. Graves.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Carbajal.... X ........ ..........
Ms. Stefanik.................. X ........ .......... Mr. Khanna...... ........ X ..........
Dr. DesJarlais................ X ........ .......... Mr. Keating..... X ........ ..........
Mr. Kelly..................... X ........ .......... Mr. Kim......... X ........ ..........
Mr. Gallagher................. X ........ .......... Ms. Houlahan.... X ........ ..........
Mr. Gaetz..................... X ........ .......... Ms. Slotkin..... X ........ ..........
Mr. Bacon..................... X ........ .......... Ms. Sherrill.... X ........ ..........
Mr. Banks..................... X ........ .......... Ms. Escobar..... X ........ ..........
Mr. Bergman................... X ........ .......... Mr. Golden...... X ........ ..........
Mr. Waltz..................... X ........ .......... Ms. Jacobs...... X ........ ..........
Mr. Johnson................... X ........ .......... Ms. Strickland.. X ........ ..........
Mrs. McClain.................. X ........ .......... Mr. Ryan........ X ........ ..........
Dr. Jackson (TX).............. X ........ .......... Mr. Jackson (NC) X ........ ..........
Mr. Fallon.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Vasquez..... X ........ ..........
Mr. Gimenez................... X ........ .......... Mr. Deluzio..... X ........ ..........
Ms. Mace...................... X ........ .......... Ms. Tokuda...... X ........ ..........
Mr. Finstad................... X ........ .......... Mr. Davis....... X ........ ..........
Mr. Strong.................... X ........ .......... Mrs. McClellan.. X ........ ..........
Mr. Luttrell.................. X ........ .......... Ms. Sewell...... X ........ ..........
Mrs. Kiggans.................. X ........ .......... Mr. Horsford.... X ........ ..........
Mr. LaLota.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Panetta..... X ........ ..........
Mr. Moylan.................... X ........ .......... Mr. Veasey...... X ........ ..........
Mr. Alford.................... X ........ .......... ........ ........ ..........
Mr. Mills..................... X ........ .......... ........ ........ ..........
Dr. McCormick................. X ........ .......... ........ ........ ..........
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Recorded Vote Total: 58 1 0 ........ ........ ..........
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CHANGES IN EXISTING LAW MADE BY THE BILL, AS REPORTED
The committee has taken steps to make available the
analysis of changes in existing law made by the bill, as
required by clause 3(e) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House
of Representatives, and will make the analysis available as
soon as possible.
ADDITIONAL VIEWS
Although I voted in favor of advancing this bill out of the
committee, I did so despite strong disagreement with Sec. 902
in the Chairman's Mark that would disestablish the Office of
Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation (CAPE) in the Office of
the Secretary of Defense.
The Secretary needs a source of independent, unbiased
analytical support to help him or her make sense of the
competing requests for resources from the Services and
Combatant Commands. CAPE is the Department's honest broker,
ensuring that all Service requests are evaluated and given a
full and fair hearing at collective decision-making fora, and
it does this transparently and collaboratively.
CAPE's independent, unbiased analysis ensures that taxpayer
dollars are spent effectively and responsibly, and its cost
estimates have avoided hundreds of billions of dollars in cost
overruns since its creation in 2009. Without an organization
like CAPE, the Secretary would have no way to independently
evaluate competing resource requests from across the
Department. There would be no Joint Force--just a stack of
Service requests for funding that may or may not support the
National Defense Strategy.
I have deep respect for the Chairman and any committee
members who supported the inclusion of this provision, but I
believe disestablishing this important office is an extreme and
unwarranted step, and it deserves more study and scrutiny than
it has received to date. I strongly urge the Chairman and
Ranking Member to work with the conferees to explore additional
options that would satisfy member concerns but stop well short
of disestablishing this critical analytical support
organization that is both beneficial for the taxpayer and the
lethality of the Joint Force.
Sincerely,
Elissa Slotkin,
Member of Congress.
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