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        NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024

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        NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024

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                      COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES

                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

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                      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

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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

                                _______
                                

 June 30, 2023.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
              State of the Union and ordered to be printed

                                _______
                                

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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                 Service                   Authorized                    Committee        FY 2024      FY 2023
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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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                 Service                   Authorized                    Committee        FY 2024      FY 2023
                                                         Request      Recommendation      Request     Authorized
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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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                 Service                   Authorized                    Committee        FY 2024      FY 2023
                                                         Request      Recommendation      Request     Authorized
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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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                 Service                   Authorized                    Committee        FY 2024      FY 2023
                                                         Request      Recommendation      Request     Authorized
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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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                                            FY 2023   ----------------------------------------------------------
                 Service                   Authorized                    Committee        FY 2024      FY 2023
                                                         Request      Recommendation      Request     Authorized
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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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                                                                                                      House
                                                              FY 2024 Request    House Change      Authorized
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
              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
                                            (In Thousands of Dollars)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                      FY 2024                          House
                                                                      Request      House Change     Authorized
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
          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)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                     FY 2024 Request              House Change              House Authorized
     Line            Item      ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                   Qty          Cost          Qty           Cost          Qty          Cost
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
               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)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                    FY 2024                           House
  Line        Program Element                  Item                 Request      House  Change      Authorized
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
         ........................  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)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                        Item                           FY 2024  Request      House  Change     House  Authorized
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                        Item                           FY 2024  Request      House  Change     House  Authorized
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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)
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                                   FY 2024                      House
        Account                    State/ Country                  Installation             Project Title          Request    House Change    Agreement
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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
                         ..................................  ........................
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
                        ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     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.
                                ------                                

                          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.
                                ------                                

                          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.
                                ------                                

                          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.
                                ------                                

                          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.
                                ------                                

                          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.
                                ------                                

                          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.
                                ------                                

                          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.
                                ------                                

                          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.
                                ------                                

                          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.
                                ------                                

                          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.
                                ------                                

                          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.
                                ------                                

                          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.
                                ------                                

                          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.
                                ------                                

                          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.
                                ------                                


                  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).

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
            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         ........  ..........                    ........  ........  ..........
                               ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Recorded Vote Total:            30        28        0                             ........  ........  ..........
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

                      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
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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         ........  ..........                    ........  ........  ..........
                               ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Recorded Vote Total:            32        26        0                             ........  ........  ..........
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

                      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         ........  ..........                    ........  ........  ..........
                               ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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.

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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         ........  ..........                    ........  ........  ..........
                               ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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.

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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         ........  ..........                    ........  ........  ..........
                               ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Recorded Vote Total:            32        27        0                             ........  ........  ..........
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

                      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.

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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         ........  ..........                    ........  ........  ..........
                               ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Recorded Vote Total:            32        27        0                             ........  ........  ..........
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                      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.

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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         ..........                    ........  ........  ..........
                               ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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.

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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         ........  ..........                    ........  ........  ..........
                               ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Recorded Vote Total:            31        28        0                             ........  ........  ..........
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

                      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.

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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         ........  ..........                    ........  ........  ..........
                               ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Recorded Vote Total:            31        28        0                             ........  ........  ..........
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

                      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.

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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         ........  ..........                    ........  ........  ..........
                               ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Recorded Vote Total:            31        28        0                             ........  ........  ..........
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

                      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.

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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         ..........                    ........  ........  ..........
                               ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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.

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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         ........  ..........                    ........  ........  ..........
                               ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Recorded Vote Total:            31        28        0                             ........  ........  ..........
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                      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         ........  ..........                    ........  ........  ..........
                               ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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.

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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         ........  ..........                    ........  ........  ..........
                               ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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.

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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         ........  ..........                    ........  ........  ..........
                               ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Recorded Vote Total:            29        30        0                             ........  ........  ..........
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

                      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         ........  ..........                    ........  ........  ..........
                               ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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.

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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         ..........                    ........  ........  ..........
                               ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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.

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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         ........  ..........                    ........  ........  ..........
                               ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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.

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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         ........  ..........                    ........  ........  ..........
                               ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Recorded Vote Total:            31        28        0                             ........  ........  ..........
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                      committee on armed services


                          recorded vote no. 20


                               h.r. 2670

    On Gaetz Log 3622r2--Prohibition on drag shows and drag 
queen story hour.

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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         ........  ..........                    ........  ........  ..........
                               ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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         ........  ..........                    ........  ........  ..........
                               ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Recorded Vote Total:            31        28        0                             ........  ........  ..........
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                      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
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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         ........  ..........                    ........  ........  ..........
                               ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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.

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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         ........  ..........                    ........  ........  ..........
                               ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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.

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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         ........  ..........                    ........  ........  ..........
                               ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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.

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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         ..........                    ........  ........  ..........
                               ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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.

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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         ..........                    ........  ........  ..........
                               ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Recorded Vote Total:            35        24        0                             ........  ........  ..........
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

                      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.

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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         ..........                    ........  ........  ..........
                               ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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.

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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         ........  ..........                    ........  ........  ..........
                               ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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.

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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         ........  ..........                    ........  ........  ..........
                               ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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.

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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         ........  ..........                    ........  ........  ..........
                               ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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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