[Senate Report 118-188]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
Calendar No. 433
118th Congress } { Report
SENATE
2d Session } { 118-188
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NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025
R E P O R T
[TO ACCOMPANY S. 4638]
ON
TO AUTHORIZE APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025 FOR MILITARY
ACTIVITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND FOR MILITARY CONSTRUCTION,
TO PRESCRIBE MILITARY PERSONNEL STRENGTHS FOR SUCH FISCAL YEAR, AND FOR
OTHER PURPOSES
TOGETHER WITH
ADDITIONAL VIEWS
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COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES
UNITED STATES SENATE
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July 8, 2024.--Ordered to be printed
Calendar No. 433
118th Congress } { Report
SENATE
2d Session } { 118-188
_______________________________________________________________________
NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025
R E P O R T
[TO ACCOMPANY S. 4638]
ON
TO AUTHORIZE APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025 FOR MILITARY
ACTIVITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND FOR MILITARY CONSTRUCTION,
TO PRESCRIBE MILITARY PERSONNEL STRENGTHS FOR SUCH FISCAL YEAR, AND FOR
OTHER PURPOSES
TOGETHER WITH
ADDITIONAL VIEWS
__________
COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES
UNITED STATES SENATE
[GRAPHIC(S) NOT AVAILABLE IN TIFF FORMAT]
July 8, 2024.--Ordered to be printed
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U.S. GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE
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COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES
JACK REED, Rhode Island, Chairman
JEANNE SHAHEEN, New Hampshire ROGER F. WICKER, Mississippi
KIRSTEN E. GILLIBRAND, New York DEB FISCHER, Nebraska
RICHARD BLUMENTHAL, Connecticut TOM COTTON, Arkansas
MAZIE K. HIRONO, Hawaii MIKE ROUNDS, South Dakota
TIM KAINE, Virginia JONI ERNST, Iowa
ANGUS S. KING, Jr., Maine DAN SULLIVAN, Alaska
ELIZABETH WARREN, Massachusetts KEVIN CRAMER, North Dakota
GARY C. PETERS, Michigan RICK SCOTT, Florida
JOE MANCHIN III, West Virginia TOMMY TUBERVILLE, Alabama
TAMMY DUCKWORTH, Illinois MARKWAYNE MULLIN, Oklahoma
JACKY ROSEN, Nevada TED BUDD, North Carolina
MARK KELLY, Arizona ERIC SCHMITT, Missouri
Elizabeth L. King, Staff Director
John P. Keast, Minority Staff Director
(II)
C O N T E N T S
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REPORT TO ACCOMPANY S. 4638
Purpose of the Bill.............................................. 1
Committee Overview............................................... 2
Budgetary Effects of This Act (Sec. 4)........................... 3
Summary of Discretionary Authorizations and Budget Authority
Implication.................................................... 3
DIVISION A--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATIONS................. 5
TITLE I--PROCUREMENT............................................. 5
Subtitle A--Authorization of Appropriations.................. 5
Authorization of appropriations (sec. 101)............... 5
Subtitle B--Army Programs.................................... 5
Centralized security monitoring program for facilities of
the Army (sec. 111).................................... 5
Strategy for Army active protection systems (sec. 112)... 5
Certification of additional manufacturer for low, slow,
small unmanned aircraft integrated defeat system of the
Army (sec. 113)........................................ 5
Subtitle C--Navy Programs.................................... 5
Extension of prohibition on availability of funds for
Navy port waterborne security barriers (sec. 121)...... 5
Constellation-class frigate program (sec. 122)........... 6
Limitation on the construction of the Landing Ship Medium
(sec. 123)............................................. 7
Authority for the procurement, leasing, or chartering of
a medium-sized landing ship (sec. 124)................. 8
Annual report on surface ship suppliers (sec. 125)....... 8
Block buy contract and multiyear procurement authority
for CH-53K heavy lift helicopter program (sec. 126).... 8
Modification of requirement to incorporate advanced
degaussing systems into Arleigh Burke-class destroyers
(sec. 127)............................................. 9
Modification of authority to purchase used vessels under
the National Defense Sealift Fund (sec. 128)........... 9
Authority for incrementally funded contract for the
construction of a Virginia-class submarine (sec. 129).. 9
Sense of Congress on aircraft carrier acquisition
strategies (sec. 130).................................. 9
Modifications to procurement authorities for certain
amphibious shipbuilding programs (sec. )............... 9
Subtitle D--Air Force Programs............................... 10
Prohibition on certain reductions to inventory of E-3
airborne warning and control system aircraft (sec. 131) 10
Management of temporary relocation of B-1 bomber aircraft
and personnel (sec. 132)............................... 10
Modification of requirements for cost-benefit and
technical risk analysis for F-35 propulsion and thermal
management modernization program (sec. 133)............ 10
Plan for sustainment and recapitalization of Air National
Guard fighter fleet (sec. 134)......................... 11
Air base air defense (sec. 135).......................... 11
Annual report on Air Force tactical fighter aircraft
force structure (sec. 136)............................. 12
Extension of limitations and minimum inventory
requirement relating to RQ-4 aircraft (sec. 137)....... 12
Modification of inventory requirements for aircraft of
the combat air forces (sec. 138)....................... 12
Subtitle E--Defense-Wide, Joint, and Multiservice Matters.... 12
Modification of pilot program to accelerate the
procurement and fielding of innovative technologies
(sec. 141)............................................. 12
Plan for signals intelligence capabilities of armed
overwatch aircraft (sec. 142).......................... 12
Assessments of inventory requirements and procurement of
air-to-air missiles (sec. 143)......................... 13
Repeal of limitation on procurement of drop-in fuels;
annual report (sec. 144)............................... 13
Budget Items................................................. 13
Army..................................................... 13
Topline increase..................................... 13
UH-72A Lakota lifecycle sustainment and modernization 14
Destruction of anti-personnel landmines.............. 14
Infantry squad vehicles.............................. 14
Joint Light Tactical Vehicle program reduction....... 14
Single Channel Data Radio............................ 14
Terrestrial Layer System Brigade Combat Team
realignment........................................ 14
Prophet Enhanced Signals Processing kits............. 15
Integrated Visual Augmentation System................ 15
Family of All Terrain Cranes Type I.................. 15
Navy..................................................... 15
Topline increase..................................... 15
E-2D Advanced Hawkeye reduction...................... 15
Aircraft carrier industrial base..................... 15
Virginia-class submarines............................ 16
Submarine industrial base programs................... 16
CVN refueling complex overhaul reduction............. 16
DDG-51............................................... 16
Medium Landing Ship lead ship reduction.............. 17
Medium-sized landing vessel.......................... 17
Marine Corps realignment............................. 17
Expansion of secure 5G Open Radio Access Network..... 17
Joint Light Tactical Vehicle reduction............... 18
Air Force................................................ 18
Topline increase..................................... 18
Additional HH-60W procurement........................ 18
C-40 Fleet Expansion reductions...................... 18
Protection Level One Armored Utility Vehicles for
intercontinental ballistic missile security mission 19
Counter uncrewed systems for U.S. Africa Command..... 19
Defense Wide............................................. 19
Topline increase..................................... 19
Combatant Craft Assault.............................. 19
Counter Uncrewed Systems............................. 19
Items of Special Interest................................ 20
ALQ-172 Maintainability and Reliability System
enhancements....................................... 20
Basing requirements for unmanned aircraft systems.... 20
Briefing on M1E3 artificial intelligence enabled
features........................................... 20
Combat Network Communications Technology Nuclear
System modification................................ 21
Commercial aerial refueling.......................... 21
Commercial dual-use parts............................ 22
Common tactical truck................................ 22
Comptroller General review of Army Future Vertical
Lift modernization efforts......................... 22
Comptroller General review of Army network
modernization...................................... 23
Comptroller General review of B-52 bomber spare parts
and support equipment.............................. 23
Contested logistics training at combat training
centers............................................ 24
Counter-UAS for conventional forces.................. 24
Directed energy testing for countering unmanned
aerial systems..................................... 25
Enhance National Guard infantry lethality............ 25
Establishment of a digital engineering center of
excellence......................................... 26
Extended range cannon artillery replacement.......... 26
Future Long Range Assault Aircraft................... 26
Future Tactical Unmanned Aircraft Systems............ 27
Ground autonomy capabilities for the squad
multipurpose equipment transport................... 27
Improving aviation training ranges................... 28
Integration of Identification Friend or Foe systems
for counter-unmanned aerial systems................ 29
Joint All Domain Testing, Evaluation, and Training
Center............................................. 29
Load-carrying technology advancements................ 29
Manned intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance
and close air support training..................... 30
MH-139A Grey Wolf.................................... 30
Modeling and simulation in relation to the
Fragmentation Rapid Analysis Generator using
Computed Tomography................................ 31
Mounted Mission Command-Transport.................... 31
Multi-Domain capabilities in the Army National Guard. 32
Paladin Integrated Management........................ 32
Portable hybrid generators........................... 32
Procurement authorities for amphibious warship
programs........................................... 32
Report on the costs of a sustainment brigade in the
Indo-Pacific....................................... 33
Review of shipbuilding............................... 33
Small business contract modification due to
inflationary factors............................... 34
Small unit autonomous medium-lift unmanned aerial
system resupply.................................... 35
Solicitation of commercial off-the-shelf aviation
solutions.......................................... 35
Sonobuoy minimum inventory requirements.............. 35
Status of contract adversary air..................... 36
Submarine industrial base expansion.................. 36
Submarine industrial base workforce.................. 37
Tanker roadmap....................................... 37
Total Army Analysis accessions assumptions........... 38
UH-72 Lakota helicopter sustainment and modernization 38
Unmanned aerial systems budget line consolidation.... 39
Winter-rated vehicle mobility solutions.............. 39
TITLE II--RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION............ 41
Subtitle A--Authorization of Appropriations.................. 41
Authorization of appropriations (sec. 201)............... 41
Subtitle B--Program Requirements, Restrictions, and
Limitations................................................ 41
Ensuring compliance with Department of Defense policy
when awarding research grants (sec. 211)............... 41
Extension of Global Research Watch Program (sec. 212).... 42
Competitive demonstration of automated target recognition
algorithms (sec. 213).................................. 42
Modifications to test program for engineering plant of
DDG(X) destroyer vessels (sec. 214).................... 42
Assignment of Department of Defense responsibility for
international collaboration on directed energy weapons
(sec. 215)............................................. 42
Expansion of authority for technology protection features
activities (sec. 216).................................. 42
Laboratory Quality Enhancement Program (sec. 217)........ 43
Limitation on availability of funds for fundamental
research collaboration with certain institutions (sec.
218)................................................... 43
Detail authority for Defense Advanced Research Projects
Agency to support technology transition (sec. 219)..... 43
Prohibition on award of research or development contracts
or grants to educational institutions that have
violated certain civil rights (sec. 220)............... 44
Subtitle C--Plans, Reports, and Other Matters................ 44
Improvements relating to defining, identifying, and
planning the artificial intelligence workforce of the
Department of Defense (sec. 231)....................... 44
Development and implementation of a plan on advancing
interests of Department of Defense in matters relating
to electromagnetic spectrum in international
engagements or fora (sec. 232)......................... 44
Report on geographic presence of the Defense Innovation
Unit (sec. 233)........................................ 44
Report on obligations and expenditure rates for basic
research (sec. 234).................................... 45
Electromagnetic spectrum demonstration program (sec. 235) 46
Pilot program on development of near-term use cases and
demonstration of artificial intelligence toward
biotechnology applications for national security (sec.
236)................................................... 46
Roadmap for addressing research and development needs in
biotechnology for the Department of Defense (sec. 237). 46
Plan for optimization of Irregular Warfare Technical
Support Directorate (sec. 238)......................... 47
National Defense Economic Competition Research Council
(sec. 239)............................................. 47
Defense Science Board study on long-term operations and
availability of Kwajalein Atoll as a Major Range and
Test Facility Base (sec. 240).......................... 47
Pilot programs on use of artificial intelligence (sec.
241)................................................... 48
Duties of Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence
Officer Governing Council relating to artificial
intelligence models and advanced artificial
intelligence technologies (sec. 242)................... 49
Quantum Scaling Initiative (sec. 243).................... 49
Incorporating human readiness levels into research,
development, test, and evaluation activities (sec. 244) 49
Management and utilization of digital data to enhance
maintenance activities (sec. 245)...................... 50
Extension and modification of Directed Energy Working
Group (sec. 246)....................................... 50
Directed Energy Roadmap and Activity Funding Report (sec.
247)................................................... 50
Pilot program on establishing entities and consortia to
conduct prototyping and production of critical and
emerging technologies (sec. 248)....................... 50
Budget Items................................................. 50
Army..................................................... 50
Topline increase..................................... 50
Modeling and simulation environments for weapons
system innovation.................................. 51
Advanced materials and manufacturing for hypersonic
systems............................................ 51
Advanced textiles for extreme environments........... 51
Pathfinder Airborne program.......................... 51
Pathfinder Air Assault program....................... 52
Critical hybrid advanced materials processing........ 52
Accelerated carbonization soil stabilization......... 52
Smart concrete materials............................. 53
Roadway assessment and repair technologies........... 53
Lightweight autonomous vehicle prototype............. 53
Biosynthesizing critical chemicals................... 54
Counter-uncrewed aerial systems research............. 54
Distributed AI fusion for attritable uncrewed systems 54
Renewable electric vehicle charging stations......... 54
Design and manufacturing of advanced composites...... 55
High performance computing modernization program..... 55
Silicone anode battery testing....................... 55
Army aviation cyber and electromagnetic protection... 55
Large caliber automated ammunition resupply.......... 56
360 helmet mounted display for Armored Multi-Purpose
Vehicle............................................ 56
Short pulse laser directed energy demonstration...... 56
Electric Light Reconnaissance Vehicle reduction...... 56
Mobile-long range precision strike missile........... 56
JLTV anti-idle systems............................... 57
Agile manufacturing for advanced armament systems.... 57
Containerized weapon system.......................... 57
Advanced isostatic pressure armor.................... 57
Navy..................................................... 57
Topline increase..................................... 57
Digital radar system development..................... 57
Unmanned maritime systems digital manufacturing
factory of the future.............................. 58
Research on foreign malign influence operations...... 58
Resilient autonomous sensing in the Arctic........... 58
Low-cost autonomous sensors for maritime dominance... 58
Geophysical sensing and characterization of the mine-
hunting environment................................ 59
Precision strike loitering munitions................. 59
Long-range maneuvering projectiles................... 59
Innovative design and manufacturing for uncrewed
systems............................................ 59
Autonomous surface and underwater dual-modality
vehicles........................................... 60
Advanced submarine hull coatings..................... 60
Nuclear-armed sea-launched cruise missile............ 60
High density sonar array............................. 60
Air Force................................................ 61
Topline increase..................................... 61
Advanced materials science for manufacturing research 61
Affordable composites for hypersonic systems......... 61
Classified additive manufacturing research........... 61
Survivable Airborne Operations Center reduction...... 62
Air Force Research Lab stratospheric balloon
experimentation project............................ 62
VC-25B reduction..................................... 62
Nuclear command, control and communications network
security sensor.................................... 62
Nuclear command, control and communications Research
Architecture and Collaboration Hub (REACH)......... 62
Cyber workforce training ranges...................... 63
U.S. Cyber Command cooperation with Jordan........... 63
Air Force commercial weather data acquisition........ 63
Space Modeling, Simulation, and Analysis Hub......... 63
Low-latency high availability very high frequency
payloads........................................... 64
Cloud-based beam forming technologies................ 64
Advanced modular solid rocket motor.................. 64
Modernization of the Perimeter Acquisition Radar
Attack Characterization System..................... 64
Defense Wide............................................. 64
Topline increase..................................... 64
Defense Established Program to Stimulate Competitive
Research........................................... 64
University Consortium for Cybersecurity.............. 65
Scaling technology for microelectronics.............. 65
Enhanced payload and satellite bus development....... 66
Irregular Warfare Technical Support Directorate...... 66
United States-Israel anti-tunnel cooperation......... 66
OnRamp Hubs.......................................... 67
Research, design, testing, and evaluation to benefit
foreign partners................................... 67
Environmental Security Technical Certification
Program............................................ 67
Advanced reactive target simulation development...... 68
5G for Department of Defense base operations......... 68
Pacific Intelligence and Innovation Initiative....... 68
Artificial intelligence pilot programs............... 68
Corrosion resistant coatings for aircraft parts...... 69
MC-130J Amphibious Capability........................ 69
Cyber Operations for Base Resilient Architecture
expansion.......................................... 69
Items of Special Interest................................ 70
Active protection for vertical lift platforms........ 70
Advanced battery technology for special operations... 70
Advanced digital switching........................... 70
AH-64 Apache modernization........................... 71
Army modular open suite of standards................. 71
Army tank modernization acquisition strategy......... 72
Artificial intelligence literacy for members of the
Armed Forces....................................... 72
Assessment of blockchain technology for supply chain
security and other national security uses.......... 73
Augmented reality technologies for operational
readiness.......................................... 74
Autonomous surface and underwater dual-modality
vehicles........................................... 74
Auxiliary General Oceanographic Research vessels..... 75
Briefing on Air Force Research Lab stratospheric
balloon experimentation project.................... 75
Comptroller General review of Department of Defense
artificial intelligence activities................. 76
Comptroller General review of digital engineering
progress and challenges............................ 77
Department of Defense 6G plans and activities........ 78
Development of synthetic material alternatives for
directed energy components......................... 78
Digital infrastructure needs for additive
manufacturing...................................... 79
Digital intelligence, surveillance, and
reconnaissance capabilities........................ 79
Directed energy industrial base...................... 80
Directed energy protection capability................ 80
Extensible bill of material.......................... 80
FrankenSAM........................................... 81
High altitude balloons program office and program of
record............................................. 82
High-powered microwave export policy................. 82
Highly producible small surface combatant study...... 82
Hypersonic targets................................... 83
Hypersonics test and evaluation workforce............ 83
Implementation of the Next Generation Electromagnetic
Spectrum Strategic Roadmap......................... 84
Improved Turbine Engine Program...................... 85
Independent cost estimate for secure enclave......... 85
Innovative camouflage technology..................... 86
Lateral entry programs for highly qualified personnel
in artificial intelligence and machine learning.... 86
Leveraging commercial hypersonic testing............. 87
Low-cost counter unmanned systems capabilities
enhancement........................................ 87
Maritime seekers..................................... 88
Night Vision Device-Next............................. 89
Pathfinder initiative for the intelligence warfighter 89
Plan for alternative approaches for biomedical
modeling........................................... 89
Plan for replacement of the self-defense test ship... 90
Repeal of Entrepreneurial Sabbatical report.......... 90
Report and briefing on use of certain bands of
electromagnetic spectrum by the Department of
Defense............................................ 91
Ribonucleic acid research............................ 91
Scalar longitudinal waves............................ 92
Soldier hearing protection........................... 92
Testing for artificial intelligence system
survivability...................................... 92
Transportation of patients with highly infectious
diseases........................................... 93
Trusted and secure defense electronics............... 93
Undersea deployable small uncrewed aerial systems.... 93
University affiliated research center for tactical
autonomy........................................... 94
University affiliated research centers for combatant
commands........................................... 94
TITLE III--OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE............................. 95
Subtitle A--Authorization of Appropriations.................. 95
Authorization of appropriations (sec. 301)............... 95
Subtitle B--Energy and Environment........................... 95
Implementation of Inspector General recommendations
relating to oversight of defense fuel support points
(sec. 311)............................................. 95
Initiative to control and combat the spread of invasive
species (sec. 312)..................................... 95
Modification of definition of antenna structure project
under Military Aviation and Installation Assurance
Clearinghouse for review of mission obstructions (sec.
313)................................................... 95
Provision by Secretary of the Air Force of meteorological
data for Air Force and Army (sec. 314)................. 95
Modification of sustainable aviation fuel pilot program
(sec. 315)............................................. 96
Study and report on the greenhouse gas and toxic
pollutant emissions of the production and utilization
of non-tactical vehicles of the Department of Defense
(sec. 316)............................................. 96
Subtitle C--Treatment of Perfluoroalkyl Substances and
Polyfluoroalkyl Substances................................. 96
Interim responses to address releases or threatened
releases of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl
substances (sec. 321).................................. 96
Increase of transfer authority for funding of study and
assessment on health implications of per- and
polyfluoroalkyl substances contamination in drinking
water by Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease
Registry (sec. 322).................................... 96
Subtitle D--Logistics and Sustainment........................ 97
Warehouse utilization organization alignment (sec. 331).. 97
Authority for Government-Owned, Government-Operated
facilities to access Production Base Support funds
(sec. 332)............................................. 97
Codification and permanent extension of authority for
reimbursement of expenses for certain Navy mess
operations afloat (sec. 333)........................... 97
Plan for secondary sources in the munitions supply chain
(sec. 334)............................................. 97
Counter unmanned aerial system threat library (sec. 335). 97
Pilot program for performance of maintenance and repair
on forward-deployed naval force ships in foreign
shipyards (sec. )...................................... 98
Subtitle E--Reports.......................................... 98
Modification of readiness reports to include total number
of combat readiness upgrades or downgrades (sec. 341).. 98
Extension and expansion of incident reporting
requirements for Department of Defense (sec. 342)...... 98
Report on landing fees collected by installations of the
Air Force located outside the continental United States
(sec. 343)............................................. 98
Subtitle F--Other Matters.................................... 99
Authority for detection and monitoring of illegal drugs
regardless of destination (sec. 351)................... 99
Extension of protection of certain facilities and assets
from unmanned aircraft (sec. 352)...................... 99
Limitation on availability of funds for travel expenses
of Office of Secretary of Defense (sec. 353)........... 99
Retrofitting of anti-lock brake system and electronic
stability control kit for certain Army vehicles (sec.
354)................................................... 100
Coordination of planning with respect to stockpiles of
basic life sustaining and personnel items and equipment
(sec. 355)............................................. 100
Pre-positioned stocks of finished defense textile
articles (sec. 356).................................... 100
Pilot program for advanced manufacturing in the Indo-
Pacific region (sec. 357).............................. 100
Budget Items................................................. 100
Topline increase......................................... 100
BUCKEYE support to AFRICOM............................... 101
Joint Department of Defense Information Network
Operations Center...................................... 101
Key Partners for Middle East Regional Integration
Military Subject Matter Exchange Program............... 101
Unobligated balances..................................... 101
Foreign Currency Fluctuations............................ 102
Guam Glass Breakwater.................................... 102
Barracks base operating support.......................... 103
Increases to unfunded requirements for PFAS.............. 103
Foundational information technology...................... 103
Expeditionary Shelter Protection System.................. 103
Department of Defense-Wide Internet Operations Management
Capability............................................. 103
Re-establishment of Troops-to-Teachers program........... 104
Impact aid............................................... 104
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Nation-wide
human health assessment................................ 104
Bien Hoa dioxin cleanup.................................. 104
Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration
program................................................ 105
Defense Operational Resilience International Cooperation. 105
Irregular Warfare Center................................. 105
Brain health and trauma demonstration program............ 106
Items of Special Interest.................................... 106
Advanced reactors........................................ 106
Army organizational clothing and individual equipment for
extreme cold weather................................... 107
Aviation training and simulations in degraded visual
environments........................................... 107
Briefing on Army Prepositioned Stocks.................... 108
Commercial vessels in the Indo-Pacific................... 108
Comptroller General review of Air Logistics Complexes.... 108
Disclosure of environmental releases on overseas bases... 109
Engine wash for aircraft engines......................... 109
Establishing a trench warfare training range complex..... 109
Extended reality training................................ 110
Flightline support equipment connectivity................ 110
Flood risks at military installations.................... 111
Fluorinated gas fire suppression products................ 112
Foundational information technology...................... 112
Invasive Octocorals Working Group........................ 112
Military installation resilience assessment tools........ 113
National Environmental Policy Act report................. 113
Native American Lands Environmental Mitigation Program... 114
Naval disconnected logistics............................. 115
Outside review of Army caisson operations................ 115
Point Mugu............................................... 115
Power systems to support operational energy requirements. 116
Preservation of the Force and Family program............. 116
Rapid Sustainment Improvement Program (RSIP)
implementation......................................... 117
Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility...................... 117
Relocation assistance program regarding Hawaii and Joint
Region Marianas........................................ 117
Service plans for influx of advanced munitions........... 118
Ship repair grant program................................ 118
Small arms synthetic training improvements............... 118
U.S. Africa Command force posture........................ 119
TITLE IV--MILITARY PERSONNEL AUTHORIZATIONS...................... 121
Subtitle A--Active Forces.................................... 121
End strengths for active forces (sec. 401)............... 121
Annual end-strength authorization for the Space Force
(sec. 402)............................................. 121
Subtitle B--Reserve Forces................................... 121
End strengths for selected reserve (sec. 411)............ 121
End strengths for reserves on active duty in support of
the Reserves (sec. 412)................................ 122
End strengths for military technicians (dual status)
(sec. 413)............................................. 123
Maximum number of reserve personnel authorized to be on
active duty for operational support (sec. 414)......... 123
Exemption of National Guard Bilateral Affairs Officers
from active-duty end strength limits and modification
of annual reporting requirement regarding security
cooperation activities (sec. 415)...................... 123
Subtitle C--Authorization of Appropriations.................. 124
Military personnel (sec. 421)............................ 124
Budget Items............................................. 124
Topline increase......................................... 124
Military personnel funding changes....................... 124
TITLE V--MILITARY PERSONNEL POLICY............................... 125
Subtitle A--Officer Personnel Policy......................... 125
Repeal of active duty service requirement for warrant
officer appointments in Air Force and Space Force (sec.
501)................................................... 125
Talent management and personnel retention for members of
the Armed Forces (sec. 502)............................ 125
Authority to increase the number of nurse officers
recommended for promotion (sec. 503)................... 125
Vice Chief of Space Operations; vacancy in position of
Chief of Space Operations (sec. 504)................... 125
Eligibility for consideration for promotion: time-in-
grade and other requirements (sec. 505)................ 126
Effect of failure of selection for promotion: captains
and majors of the Army, Air Force, Marine Corps, and
Space Corps and lieutenants and lieutenant commanders
of the Navy (sec. 506)................................. 126
Removal of officers from a list of Space Force officers
recommended for promotion (sec. 507)................... 126
Consideration of merit by special selection review boards
(sec. 508)............................................. 126
Modification of authority to separate officers when in
the best interest of the service (sec. 509)............ 126
Improvements relating to Medical Officer of the Marine
Corps position (sec. 509A)............................. 127
Longer term and eligibility for appointment to rank of
Admiral of Commander of Naval Sea Systems Command (sec.
509B).................................................. 127
Subtitle B--Reserve Component Management..................... 127
Permanent modification to the Army National Guard and Air
National Guard inactive National Guard statute (sec.
511)................................................... 127
Expanded authority to continue reserve component officers
in certain military specialties on the reserve active-
status list (sec. 512)................................. 127
Authority to extend military technicians until age 62
(sec. 513)............................................. 127
Extension of time period for transfer or discharge of
certain Army and Air Force reserve component general
officers (sec. 514).................................... 128
Transfer to the Space Force of covered space functions of
the Air National Guard of the United States (sec. 515). 128
Report on effect of Air National Guard unit leveling
(sec. 516)............................................. 128
Subtitle C--General Service Authorities and Military Records. 128
Marine Corps Deputy Commandants (sec. 521)............... 128
Treatment of veterans who did not register for the
selective service (sec. 522)........................... 128
Selective Service Director appointment subject to Senate
confirmation (sec. 523)................................ 128
Continuity of coverage under certain provisions of title
18, United States Code (sec. 524)...................... 129
Technical and conforming amendments related to the Space
Force (sec. 525)....................................... 129
Modified authority to provide protection to senior
leaders of the Department of Defense and other
specified persons (sec. 526)........................... 129
Modification of persons not qualified for enlistment
definition (sec. 527).................................. 129
Improving military administrative review (sec. 528)...... 129
Combat status identifier equivalent for remotely piloted
aircraft crew (sec. 529)............................... 129
Military training and competency records (sec. 529A)..... 129
Exemption of women forced to register for draft from
requirements to serve in combat roles (sec. 529B)...... 130
Subtitle D--Military Justice and Other Legal Matters......... 130
Consolidation of military justice reporting requirements
for the military departments (sec. 531)................ 130
Term of office for judges of the Court of Military
Commission Review (sec. 532)........................... 130
Aiding the enemy definition for purposes of the Uniform
Code of Military Justice (sec. 533).................... 130
Pre-referral requirements related to sufficiency of
admissible evidence (sec. 534)......................... 130
Detailing of appellate defense counsel (sec. 535)........ 131
Expanded command notifications to victims of domestic
violence (sec. 536).................................... 131
Remote appearance before a board of inquiry (sec. 537)... 131
Extension of Defense Advisory Committee on Investigation,
Prosecution, and Defense of Sexual Assault in the Armed
Forces (sec. 538)...................................... 131
Reimbursement of expenses and property damage for victims
of designated offenses under the Uniform Code of
Military Justice (sec. 539)............................ 131
Removal of marriage as a defense to article 120b offenses
(sec. 540)............................................. 132
Removal of personally identifying and other information
of certain persons from the Department of Defense
Central Index of Investigations (sec. 541)............. 132
Authority of special trial counsel with respect to
certain offenses occurring before effective date of
military justice reforms (sec. 542).................... 132
Investigations of sexual assaults in the National Guard
(sec. 543)............................................. 132
Analysis on the advisability to revise Military Rule of
Evidence 513 (sec. 544)................................ 133
Subtitle E--Member Education, Training, and Transition....... 133
Improving effectiveness of the future servicemember
preparatory course (sec. 551).......................... 133
Determination of active duty service commitment for
recipients of fellowships, grants, and scholarships
(sec. 552)............................................. 133
Modernizing Marine Corps Platoon Leaders Class college
tuition assistance program to account for inflation
(sec. 553)............................................. 133
Modification of authority to engage in funded and
unfunded law education programs (sec. 554)............. 133
Distance education option for professional military
education (sec. 555)................................... 133
Extension of Troops-to-Teachers program extension;
prohibition on travel until reinstated (sec. 556)...... 134
Inclusion of Space Force professional military education
programs in definitions of senior and intermediate
level service schools and as covered programs for
copyright purposes (sec. 557).......................... 134
Opt-out sharing of information on members retiring or
separating from the Armed Forces with community-based
organizations and related entities (sec. 558).......... 134
Required constitutional law training (sec. 559).......... 134
Information on nominations and applications for military
service academies (sec. 560)........................... 135
Improvements to financial literacy training (sec. 561)... 135
Subtitle F--Military Family Readiness and Dependents'
Education.................................................. 135
Part I--Dependents' Education............................
Advisory committees for Department of Defense
domestic dependents schools (sec. 571)............. 135
Expansion of eligibility for virtual programs
operated by Department of Defense Education
Activity (sec. 572)................................ 135
Authorization for school meal programs at Department
of Defense dependents schools (sec. 573)........... 135
Staffing of Department of Defense Education Activity
schools to maintain maximum student-to-teacher
ratios (sec. 574).................................. 136
Enrollment in defense dependents' education system of
children of foreign military members assigned to
United Nations Command (sec. 575).................. 136
Certain assistance to local educational agencies that
benefit dependents of military and civilian
personnel (sec. 576)............................... 136
Eligibility of certain dependents for enrollment in
domestic dependent elementary and secondary schools
(sec. 577)......................................... 137
Part II--Other Matters................................... 137
Redesign and modernization of child development
program compensation and staffing models (sec. 578) 137
Support for expanding early childcare options for
members of the Armed Forces and their families
(sec. 579)......................................... 137
Inclusive Playground Pilot Program (sec. 579A)....... 137
Subtitle G--Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps.......... 137
Number of enrolled students requirement for Junior
Reserve Officers' Training Corps unit participation
(sec. 581)............................................. 137
Waiver authority for Junior Reserve Officers' Training
Corps minimum participation requirement (sec. 582)..... 138
JROTC waiting list (sec. 583)............................ 138
Number of Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps units
(sec. 584)............................................. 138
Extension of JROTC programs to the Job Corps (sec. 585).. 138
Subtitle H--Decorations and Other Awards, Miscellaneous
Reports, and Other Matters................................. 138
Authority to award or present a decoration following a
congressionally requested review (sec. 591)............ 138
Posthumous advancement of General John D. Lavelle, United
States Air Force, on the retired list (sec. 592)....... 138
Authorization for posthumous award of the Distinguished
Service Cross to William D. Owens for acts of valor at
La Fiere Bridge (sec. 593)............................. 139
Subtitle I--Enhanced Recruiting Efforts...................... 139
Improved access to high school and college students for
recruiting (sec. 595).................................. 139
National Commission on Quality of Life for the All-
Volunteer Armed Force (sec. 596)....................... 139
Military entrance processing command processing pilot
(sec. 597)............................................. 139
Military accessions standards review (sec. 597A)......... 139
Subtitle J--Automatic Selective Service System Registration.. 140
Automatic Selective Service registration (sec. 598 -
598D).................................................. 140
Subtitle K--Other Matters.................................... 140
Evaluation of recruits and officer candidates for drug
use (sec. 599)......................................... 140
Promoting military, national, and public service (sec.
599A).................................................. 140
Course to educate interested individuals about
opportunities to contribute to national security (sec.
599B).................................................. 140
Items of Special Interest.................................... 140
Access to U.S. products at commissaries in foreign
countries.............................................. 140
Active-Duty member food security......................... 141
Aeromedical squadrons in the Air National Guard.......... 141
Briefing on Air National Guard releveling efforts........ 142
Briefing on Army Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps
consolidation.......................................... 142
Briefing on military reassignment policies under
compassionate or humanitarian conditions............... 143
Childcare priority list in certain OCONUS areas.......... 143
Comptroller General review of reserve component officer
performance evaluations................................ 143
Comptroller General review of reserve component suicide
prevention, response, and coordination with state and
local authorities...................................... 144
Comptroller General review of reserve component talent
management and assignments............................. 144
Defense biotechnology workforce.......................... 145
Degree-granting programs of professional military
education.............................................. 146
Department of Defense Education Activity quantum
education.............................................. 147
Department of Defense-wide suicide prevention training
resources.............................................. 148
Implementing recommendations of the Balanced Assessment
Working Group of the Department of Defense Education
Activity............................................... 149
Inclusive playgrounds.................................... 149
Making available to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs
information about Department of Defense personnel
stationed near nuclear weapons testing locations....... 150
Monthly suicide data briefings........................... 150
Notifying servicemembers of incidents of friendly fire... 151
Peer-led modeling in Department of Defense Education
Activity schools....................................... 151
Rapid response language training......................... 152
Report on Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder as a
service-disqualifying condition for military recruits.. 152
Report on data collection and effectiveness of sexual
harassment prevention programs within the Department of
Defense................................................ 153
Report on transferability of military to civilian
certifications......................................... 154
Restore honor to servicemembers outreach................. 154
Senior military college teach, advise, and counsel
officers............................................... 155
Supporting the commissary benefit........................ 155
Transition Assistance Program............................ 155
Transition Assistance Program curriculum................. 156
U.S. Naval Sea Cadet Corps............................... 156
TITLE VI--COMPENSATION AND OTHER PERSONNEL BENEFITS.............. 157
Subtitle A--Pay and Allowances............................... 157
Reform of basic pay rates (sec. 601)..................... 157
Authority to pay higher rates of partial basic allowance
for housing for unaccompanied housing (sec. 602)....... 157
Authority to pay basic allowance for housing to junior
enlisted members on sea duty (sec. 603)................ 157
Extension of travel allowance for members of the Armed
Forces assigned to Alaska (sec. 604)................... 157
Subtitle B--Bonus and Incentive Pays......................... 157
One-year extension of certain expiring bonus and special
pay authorities (sec. 611)............................. 157
Increase in maximum skill proficiency bonus amount (sec.
612)................................................... 158
Increase in accession bonus for health professions
scholarship and financial assistance program (sec. 613) 158
Extension of authority to pay one-time uniform allowance
for officers who transfer to the Space Force (sec. 614) 158
Subtitle C--Other Matters.................................... 158
Calculation of retired pay for certain officers who
served in grade O-9 or O-10 and retired in grade O-8
(sec. 621)............................................. 158
Extension of time for minor survivors to file death
gratuity claims (sec. 622)............................. 158
Access to high-speed internet and wireless network
connections for certain members of the Armed Forces
(sec. 623)............................................. 159
Extension of exclusion of certain employees from
Government lodging program (sec. 624).................. 159
Restrictions on retired and reserve members of the Armed
Forces receiving employment and compensation indirectly
from foreign governments through private entities (sec.
625)................................................... 159
Retroactive effective date of promotions of senior
officers of Armed Forces that were delayed as a result
of suspension of Senate confirmation (sec. 626)........ 159
Fertility and adoption demonstration program (sec. 627).. 159
Selling certain consumer routers and modems on military
installations (sec. 628)............................... 160
Prohibition on sale of garlic from the People's Republic
of China at commissary stores (sec. 629)............... 160
Items of Special Interest.................................... 160
Briefing on adequacy of basic allowance for housing and
Department of Defense civilian employee locality
adjustments in certain real estate markets............. 160
Defense Commissary Agency utilizing local produce to
improve value for servicemembers....................... 161
Incentive pay feasibility study.......................... 161
TITLE VII--HEALTH CARE PROVISIONS................................ 163
Subtitle A--TRICARE and Other Health Care Benefits........... 163
Health care licensure portability for TRICARE network
providers providing mental health services to members
of the Armed Forces and certain family members (sec.
701)................................................... 163
Reduction or waiver of cost-sharing amounts under TRICARE
pharmacy benefits program for certain dependents
enrolled in TRICARE Prime Remote program (sec. 702).... 163
Implementation of authority to provide travel and
transportation allowances for specialty care under
exceptional circumstances (sec. 703)................... 163
Expansion of eligibility for hearing aids to include
children of retired members of the Uniformed Services
enrolled in family coverage under TRICARE Select (sec.
704)................................................... 163
Fertility treatment for certain members of the uniformed
services and dependents (sec. 705)..................... 164
Access to specialty behavioral health care under TRICARE
Prime (sec. 706)....................................... 164
Assessment on options for inclusion of assisted
reproductive technology as services covered under the
TRICARE program for members of the Armed Forces and
dependents (sec. 707).................................. 164
Restriction on performance of sex change surgeries (sec.
708)................................................... 164
Prohibition on coverage under TRICARE program of certain
medical procedures for children that could result in
sterilization (sec. 709)............................... 164
Subtitle B--Brain Health Matters............................. 165
Modifications to Brain Health Initiative of Department of
Defense (sec. 711)..................................... 165
Establishment of Defense Intrepid Network for Traumatic
Brain Injury and Brain Health as program of record
(sec. 712)............................................. 165
Brain health and trauma demonstration program (sec. 713). 165
Subtitle C--Health Care Administration....................... 165
Establishment of Indo-Pacific medical readiness program
(sec. 721)............................................. 165
Improved implementation of financial relief for civilians
treated in military medical treatment facilities (sec.
722)................................................... 165
Extension of time for modifications to premium sharing
plans under TRICARE dental program (sec. 723).......... 166
Medical countermeasures for overseas personnel of the
Department of Defense for acute radiation syndrome and
thermal burns (sec. 724)............................... 166
Establishment of public user satisfaction targets related
to electronic health record of Defense Health Agency
(sec. 725)............................................. 166
Plan of Department of Defense to address recruitment
processing delays relating to health record system
(sec. 726)............................................. 166
Subtitle D--Access to Contraception.......................... 167
Contraception coverage parity under the TRICARE program
(sec. 731)............................................. 167
Pregnancy prevention assistance at military medical
treatment facilities for sexual assault survivors (sec.
732)................................................... 167
Education on family planning for members of the Armed
Forces (sec. 733)...................................... 167
Inclusion of comprehensive contraceptive counseling in
health assessment forms (sec. 734)..................... 167
Subtitle E--Reports and Other Matters........................ 167
Extension of authority for joint Department of Defense-
Department of Veterans Affairs medical facility
demonstration fund (sec. 741).......................... 167
Treatment of expert medical opinions with respect to
medical malpractice claims by members of the uniformed
services (sec. 742).................................... 167
Expansion of license reciprocity for veterinarians of
Department of Defense (sec. 743)....................... 168
Plan to ensure access of members of the Armed Forces to
safe, high-quality pharmaceuticals (sec. 744).......... 168
Pilot program on delegation of authority to approve
recruits with certain medical conditions (sec. 745).... 168
Infectious disease wastewater surveillance system of
Department of Defense (sec. 746)....................... 168
Report on suicide among members of the Armed Forces and
suicide prevention programs and activities of the
Department of Defense (sec. 747)....................... 168
Report on plan for testing for helicobacter pylori for
certain members of the Armed Forces (sec. 748)......... 169
Report on non-covered expenses related to cancer
treatments for members of the Armed Forces and their
dependents (sec. 749).................................. 169
Items of Special Interest.................................... 169
Accelerating care transformation in military treatment
facilities............................................. 169
Biometric health data.................................... 170
Blood platelets.......................................... 170
Board certification for medical providers in the Military
Health System.......................................... 171
Briefing on civilian nurse shortages in the military
health system.......................................... 171
Briefing on pregnancy as a qualifying life event for
TRICARE................................................ 172
Comptroller General evaluation of T5 managed care support
contract requirements.................................. 172
Comptroller General Review of blast-related brain injury
research and other efforts of the Department of Defense 173
Data analytics for traumatic brain injuries.............. 173
Defense Health Agency service-specific applied behavioral
analysis provider availability report.................. 174
Department of Defense Nutritional Committee.............. 174
Limb Loss and Preservation Registry...................... 174
Medical defense against vector-borne and infectious
diseases............................................... 175
Military medical research partnerships................... 176
Military medical treatment facility workload to support a
ready medical force.................................... 176
Military-civilian partnerships at military treatment
facility trauma centers................................ 176
National Disaster Medical System pilot program........... 177
National Disaster Medical System pilot program expansion. 177
Report on measuring, tracking, and treating traumatic
brain injury among servicemembers...................... 177
Report on TRICARE payments for drugs on the Federal
Supply Schedule........................................ 178
Resource sharing in the military treatment facilities.... 178
Review of personality disorder discharges................ 179
Safe use of dietary supplements.......................... 179
TITLE VIII--ACQUISITION POLICY, ACQUISITION MANAGEMENT, AND
RELATED MATTERS................................................ 181
Subtitle A--Acquisition Policy and Management................ 181
Modifications to other transaction authority (sec. 801).. 181
Streamlining of Milestone A requirements (sec. 802)...... 181
Streamlining of Milestone B requirements (sec. 803)...... 181
Modification of major defense acquisition program
definition (sec. 804).................................. 182
Middle tier of acquisition for rapid prototyping and
rapid fielding (sec. 805).............................. 182
Advisory panel on the requirements process of the
Department of Defense (sec. 806)....................... 182
Modification to submission of certified cost or pricing
data (sec. 807)........................................ 183
Autonomous system acquisition pathways (sec. 808)........ 183
Designation of program executive office for acquisition
of open-source intelligence tools for Army (sec. 809).. 183
Ensuring competition in AI procurement (sec. 810)........ 183
Prohibition on the transfer of certain data on employees
of the Department of Defense to third parties (sec.
811)................................................... 183
Subtitle B--Amendments to General Contracting Authorities,
Procedures, and Limitations................................ 184
Limitation on certain options for cost contracts (sec.
821)................................................... 184
Treatment of unilateral definitization of a contract as a
final decision (sec. 822).............................. 184
Updates to earned value management system requirements
(sec. 823)............................................. 184
Pilot program on capability-based analysis of price of
goods or services offered by nontraditional defense
contractors (sec. 824)................................. 185
Extension of the pilot program for streamlining awards
for innovative technology projects (sec. 825).......... 185
Use of fixed-price type contracts for certain
shipbuilding programs (sec. 826)....................... 186
Modifications to commercial product and commercial
service determinations (sec. 827)...................... 187
Requirement for contractors to provide reasonable access
to repair materials (sec. 828)......................... 187
Subtitle C--Industrial Base Matters.......................... 187
Domestic nonavailability determinations (sec. 841)....... 187
Pilot program for the qualification of alternative
sources (sec. 842)..................................... 188
Domestic production of stainless steel flatware and
dinnerware (sec. 843).................................. 189
Inclusion of recycled and reused minerals and metals in
preference for sourcing of strategic and critical
materials (sec. 844)................................... 189
Process for consulting on national security import
reviews (sec. 845)..................................... 189
Solid rocket motor industrial base (sec. 846)............ 189
Pharmaceutical supplier compliance with data submission
requirements (sec. 847)................................ 190
Report and updated guidance on continued risk management
for pharmaceutical supply chains of Department of
Defense (sec. 848)..................................... 191
Report on impact of mergers and acquisitions on the
defense industrial base (sec. 849)..................... 191
Defense industrial revitalization (sec. 850)............. 191
Transparency in acquisition waivers issued by the
Department of Defense (sec. 851)....................... 191
Report on capacity to increase domestic industrial
production and procurement of strategic and critical
materials (sec. 852)................................... 191
Employment transparency regarding individuals who perform
work in the People's Republic of China (sec. 853)...... 192
Department of Defense manufacturing authorities (sec.
854)................................................... 192
Subtitle D--Small Business Matters........................... 192
Pilot program for tracking awards made through other
transaction authority (sec. 861)....................... 192
Small Business Bill of Rights (sec. 862)................. 192
Pilot program for the participation of military research
and educational institutions in STTR program (sec. 863) 192
Department of Defense pilot program for preliminary
calculation estimates for certain programs (sec. 864).. 192
Subtitle E--Other Matters.................................... 193
Small uncrewed aerial systems supply chain strategy (sec.
871)................................................... 193
Modification to extramural acquisition innovation and
research activities (sec. 872)......................... 193
Modifications to contractor employee protections from
reprisal for disclosure of certain information (sec.
873)................................................... 193
Modifications to Comptroller General assessment of
acquisition programs (sec. 874)........................ 193
Modifications to guidelines and collection method for
acquisition of cost data (sec. 875).................... 194
Program for distribution support and services for
contractors (sec. 876)................................. 194
Inclusion of Japan and the Republic of Korea in contested
logistics demonstration and prototyping program (sec.
877)................................................... 194
Modification to limitation on acquisition of excess
supplies (sec. 878).................................... 194
Technical edits to sourcing requirements for strategic
materials and sensitive materials (sec. 879)........... 195
Technical amendments to title 10, United States Code, and
other provisions of law (sec. 880)..................... 195
Pilot program for commercial production of munitions
(sec. 881)............................................. 195
Pilot program on use of reverse engineering for
production of parts (sec. 882)......................... 195
Prohibition on operation, procurement and contracting
related to foreign-made light detection and ranging
technology used on manned or unmanned systems (sec.
883)................................................... 196
Reports on Joint Warfighter Cloud Capability contracts
(sec. 884)............................................. 196
Phase-out of computer and printer acquisitions involving
entities owned or controlled by China (sec. 885)....... 196
Prohibition on Department of Defense contracts with
Chinese-owned online tutoring services (sec. 886)...... 196
Requirement to procure domestically produced generic
drugs (sec. 887)....................................... 196
Procurement of Department of Defense advanced chemistry
batteries (sec. 888)................................... 196
Prohibition on procurement and commissary sales of
seafood originating or processed in China (sec. 889)... 196
Extension of post-government restrictions on senior
Department of Defense officials seeking employment with
defense contractors (sec. 890)......................... 197
Items of Special Interest.................................... 197
Acquisition Innovation Research Center................... 197
Addressing biological risks with greatest pandemic
potential.............................................. 197
American-made combat boots............................... 198
Assessment of permitting for critical supply chain
projects............................................... 198
Briefing on adequacy of price competition................ 198
Broad-spectrum indirect antivirals....................... 199
Civilian oversight of United States Special Operations
Command acquisitions................................... 199
Comptroller General report on lowest price technically
acceptable contracting procedures...................... 200
Critical precursor chemicals supply chain vulnerabilities 201
Defense Civilian Training Corps.......................... 201
Defense industrial alliances............................. 202
Defense Production Act for shipbuilding.................. 203
Domestic battery sourcing production..................... 203
Domestic production of nickel and copper................. 203
Domestic source of antimony and tungsten................. 204
Employee-owned business contracting pilot program........ 204
Female uniform availability at military exchanges........ 205
Integrated biosurveillance and biointelligence platforms. 205
Medical countermeasures for chemical, biological,
radiological, and nuclear warfare...................... 206
National Technology and Industrial Base consideration
process................................................ 206
Promoting innovative acquisition......................... 206
Report on advisability and feasibility of scale-up
business contracting goal.............................. 207
Report on feasibility of replicating the Accelerated
Training in Defense Manufacturing model to address
submarine industrial base workforce shortages.......... 208
Report on impact of Reciprocal Defense Procurement
Agreement countries on defense industrial base......... 208
Review of Army software acquisition...................... 209
Study on chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear
medical countermeasures expiration dates............... 210
Superabrasives in the defense industrial base............ 210
TITLE IX--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT...... 211
Subtitle A--Office of the Secretary of Defense and Related
Matters.................................................... 211
Requirement to notify Congress when Deputy Secretary of
Defense is performing functions and duties of Secretary
of Defense (sec. 901).................................. 211
Increase in authorized number of Deputy Assistant
Secretaries of Defense (sec. 902)...................... 211
Matters relating to Assistant Secretary of Defense for
Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict (sec.
903)................................................... 211
Enhanced coordination on international cooperation
activities (sec. 904).................................. 212
Force sizing analysis for strategic competition (sec.
905)................................................... 213
Inclusion in Defense Planning Guidance of guidance on
size, structure, and posture of special operations
forces (sec. 906)...................................... 213
Review of Biodefense Posture Review (sec. 907)........... 213
Plan for adequate staffing of Office of Assistant
Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy and
Joint Production Accelerator Cell (sec. 908)........... 214
Establishment of Chief Management Officer; elevation of
Director of Administration and Management (sec. 909)... 214
Subtitle B--Other Department of Defense Organization and
Management Matters......................................... 214
Establishment of Office of Expanded Competition (sec.
911)................................................... 214
Joint Federated Assurance Center (sec. 912).............. 214
Modifications to make permanent the Office of Strategic
Capital program on capital assistance (sec. 913)....... 214
Addition of Performance Improvement Officer as co-chair
of Defense Business Council (sec. 914)................. 215
Establishment of cross-functional team to oversee
implementation of recommendations of Commission on
Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution Reform
(sec. 915)............................................. 215
Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems Task Force (sec. 916).. 216
Modification to the President of the Defense Acquisition
University (sec. 917).................................. 217
Plan for permanent establishment of Special
Reconnaissance and Enabling Command (sec. 918)......... 217
Affiliate relationships between Army special operations
forces and combat-enabling units of general purpose
forces (sec. 919)...................................... 217
Feasibility study on expanding the services provided by
the Air Force Office of Commercial and Economic
Analysis (sec. 920).................................... 217
Limitation on use of funds for altering Air Force Global
Strike Command (sec. 921).............................. 218
Senior Integration Group for Indo-Pacific Region (sec.
922)................................................... 218
Defense Advisory Committee on Diversity and Inclusion
Renewal (sec. 923)..................................... 218
Limitation on availability of funds until Department of
Defense complies with certain legal requirements (sec.
924)................................................... 218
Items of Special Interest.................................... 219
Briefings on implementation of Commission on Planning,
Programming, Budgeting, and Execution Reform interim
recommendations........................................ 219
Report on outcomes of the unmanned aircraft system cross-
functional team........................................ 219
TITLE X--GENERAL PROVISIONS...................................... 221
Subtitle A--Financial Matters................................ 221
General transfer authority (sec. 1001)................... 221
Revision of Department of Defense Financial Management
Regulation (sec. 1002)................................. 221
Repeal of audit incentive element in report requirement
of Financial Improvement and Audit Remediation Plan
(sec. 1003)............................................ 221
Pilot program for the temporary exchange of information
technology personnel (sec. 1004)....................... 222
Authority to use Defense Modernization Account funds for
time-sensitive equipment modernization (sec. 1005)..... 222
Subtitle B--Counterdrug Activities........................... 222
Capacity building and security cooperation with Mexico to
counter threats posed by transnational criminal
organizations (sec. 1011).............................. 222
Authority of Department of Defense in surveillance of
southwest border of United States (sec. 1012).......... 222
Treatment by Department of Defense of request for support
at southwest border of United States (sec. 1013)....... 223
Subtitle C--Naval Vessels.................................... 223
Improving Navy assessments required prior to start of
construction on first ship of a shipbuilding program
(sec. 1021)............................................ 223
Requirements for the unmanned maritime autonomy
architecture (sec. 1022)............................... 224
Competitive demonstration of extra large unmanned
underwater vehicles (sec. 1023)........................ 224
Extension of the National Commission on the Future of the
Navy (sec. 1024)....................................... 224
Clarification of exception to Berry Amendment
requirements for procurement of vessels in foreign
waters (sec. 1025)..................................... 224
Expansion of shipbuilding infrastructure of the Navy
(sec. )................................................ 225
Subtitle D--Counterterrorism................................. 225
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
(sec. 1031)............................................ 225
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 (sec. 1032)....................... 225
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
(sec. 1033)............................................ 226
Extension of prohibition on use of funds to close or
relinquish control of United States Naval Station,
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (sec. 1034)....................... 226
Subtitle E--Miscellaneous Authorities and Limitations........ 226
Protection against misuse of Naval Special Warfare
Command insignia (sec. 1051)........................... 226
Modified requirements for report on the plan for the
nuclear weapons stockpile, nuclear weapons complex,
nuclear weapons delivery systems, and nuclear weapons
command and control system (sec. 1052)................. 226
Prohibition on use of funds to support entertainment
projects with ties to the Government of the People's
Republic of China (sec. 1043).......................... 227
Assessments of casualties and fatalities during
hostilities (sec. 1044)................................ 227
Establishment of major mishap incident designation
classification for Department of Defense incidents
(sec. 1045)............................................ 227
Requirements relating to payments by the Department of
Defense for qualifying injuries to the brain (sec.
1046).................................................. 227
Prohibition on use of funds for resettlement in the
United States of certain individuals from the West Bank
or Gaza (sec. 1048).................................... 227
Subtitle F--Studies and Reports.............................. 228
Report on Panama Canal security (sec. 1051).............. 228
Review of irregular warfare authorities (sec. 1052)...... 228
Extension of briefing requirement regarding civil
authorities at the Southwest border (sec. 1053)........ 228
Extension of annual report on civilian casualties in
connection with United States military operations (sec.
1054).................................................. 228
Report on subterranean operations (sec. 1055)............ 228
Analysis and report on air superiority of the Joint Force
(sec. 1056)............................................ 228
Responding to unmanned aircraft systems incursions (sec.
1057).................................................. 229
Exercise for countering unmanned aerial systems (sec.
1058).................................................. 230
Review, assessment, and analysis of governance structure
of counter-narcotics and counter-transnational
organized crime activities (sec. 1059)................. 230
Annual briefing on operational readiness of the 53rd
Weather Reconnaissance Squadron prior to commencement
of the official hurricane season (sec. 1062)........... 231
Modification and extension of requirement for combatant
command risk assessment for airborne intelligence,
surveillance, and reconnaissance (sec. 1060)........... 231
Study on combat accomplishments of remotely piloted
aircraft crew (sec. 1063).............................. 231
Report on resourcing of the Arctic Strategy (sec. 1064).. 231
Assessment of impact of transnational organized crime on
military drug overdoses (sec. 1065).................... 231
Review and report on operational plans of the Department
of Defense (sec. 1066)................................. 231
Report on undersea cable posture (sec. XXX).............. 232
Subtitle G--Caisson Services at Arlington National Cemetery.. 232
Plan for procurement of military working equids for the
Caisson Platoon of the 3rd Infantry Regiment of the
Army (sec. 1071)....................................... 232
Requirement to begin conducting funerals with caisson
services at Arlington National Cemetery (sec. 1072).... 232
Monthly report on funerals at Arlington National Cemetery
on hold until caisson services resume (sec. 1073)...... 232
Land for operations and training of Caisson Platoon of
the 3rd Infantry Regiment of the Army (sec. 1074)...... 232
Subtitle H--Other Matters.................................... 233
Roles and responsibilities for the mitigation,
identification, and treatment of traumatic brain injury
and the monitoring and documentation of blast
overpressure exposure. (Sec. 1081)..................... 233
Extension of National Security Commission on Emerging
Biotechnology (sec. 1082).............................. 233
Enhancement of special operations riverine capability
(sec. 1083)............................................ 233
Plan for recapitalization of special operations surface
combatant craft (sec. 1084)............................ 233
Homeland defense planning requirements (sec. 1085)....... 234
Authority to provide contracted assistance to secure the
southern land border of the United States (sec. 1086).. 234
Liaison with the Counter Unmanned Aerial Systems Task
Force (Sec. 1087)...................................... 234
Introduction of entities in transactions critical to
national security (sec. 1088).......................... 235
Prioritization of accreditation of sensitive
compartmented information facilities supporting DX-
rated programs (sec. 1089)............................. 235
Establishment of the National Security Capital Forum
(sec. 1090)............................................ 235
Improvements relating to portability of professional
licenses of servicemembers and their spouses (sec.
1091).................................................. 235
Pilot program to provide military aircraft support to air
shows (sec. 1092)...................................... 235
Establishment of requirements relating to blast
overpressure exposure (sec. 1093)...................... 236
Preferred alternative for the Ambler Mining District in
Alaska (sec. 1094)..................................... 236
Items of Special Interest.................................... 236
Agile Combat Employment.................................. 236
Anomalous health incidents............................... 237
Arctic research and expertise............................ 237
Briefing on approval processes for operations in the
information environment................................ 238
Capability evaluation to support strategic competition... 238
Counternarcotics and counter-transnational organized
crime combatant command improvements--combatant command
coordination........................................... 239
Counternarcotics and counter-transnational organized
crime combatant command improvements--command and
control of the information environment................. 240
Cyber academy assessment and report...................... 241
Defining terminology for unmanned maritime vessels....... 242
Digital Persona Protection Program....................... 242
Forward deployment of amphibious warfare ships........... 243
Implementation of Department of Defense Instruction on
civilian harm mitigation and response.................. 243
Innovative incentives for naval shipyard employees....... 243
Joint multi-domain non-kinetic training and
experimentation environment............................ 244
Management of programs under Alternative Compensatory
Control Measures....................................... 245
Military decoy technology................................ 245
Modernizing strategic sealift............................ 245
National Guard rotary wing accident prevention and safety
improvements........................................... 246
Navy organization for unmanned systems................... 247
Overland hypersonics corridor............................ 247
Shipbuilding industrial base cost estimate............... 247
Stratospheric Balloons in Exercises...................... 248
Study on establishment of aeromedical center of
excellence............................................. 249
TITLE XI--CIVILIAN PERSONNEL MATTERS............................. 251
One-year extension of authority to waive annual
limitation on premium pay and aggregate limitation on
pay for Federal civilian employees working overseas
(sec. 1101)............................................ 251
One-year extension of temporary authority to grant
allowances, benefits, and gratuities to civilian
personnel on official duty in a combat zone (sec. 1102) 251
Extension of enhanced appointment and compensation
authority for civilian health care professionals for
care and treatment of wounded and injured members of
the Armed Forces (sec. 1103)........................... 251
Extension of direct hire authority for domestic
industrial base facilities and Major Range and Test
Facilities Base (sec. 1104)............................ 251
Removal of Direct Support Activities from personnel
limitation on the Office of the Secretary of Defense
(sec. 1105)............................................ 252
Authority to provide increased voluntary separation
incentive pay for civilian employees of the Department
of Defense (sec. 1106)................................. 252
Employment and compensation of civilian faculty members
at Inter-American Defense College (sec. 1107).......... 252
Modifications to the John S. McCain Strategic Defense
Fellows Program (sec. 1108)............................ 252
Modification of pilot program on dynamic shaping of the
workforce to improve the technical skills and expertise
at certain Department of Defense laboratories (sec.
1109).................................................. 252
Permanent authority for noncompetitive appointments of
military spouses by Federal agencies (sec. 1110)....... 253
Continuity of coverage under certain provisions of title
5, United States Code (sec. 1111)...................... 253
Modification of direct hire authority for domestic
defense industrial base facilities (sec. 1112)......... 253
Prohibition on establishment of new diversity, equity, or
inclusion positions; prohibition on filling vacancies
(sec. 1113)............................................ 253
Prohibition on considering applicant's commitment to
diversity, equity, or inclusion in hiring process for
certain positions at Department of Defense educational
institutions (sec. 1114)............................... 253
TITLE XII--MATTERS RELATING TO FOREIGN NATIONS................... 255
Subtitle A--Assistance and Training.......................... 255
Acceptance and expenditure of contributions for
multilateral security cooperation activities (sec.
1201).................................................. 255
Modification of authority to build capacity (sec. 1202).. 255
Authority to build capability and capacity of foreign
civilian medical support entities for resilience in
crisis and conflict (sec. 1203)........................ 255
Modification of authority for Naval Small Craft
Instruction and Technical Training School (sec. 1204).. 255
Extension of authority for reimbursement of certain
coalition nations for support provided to United States
military operations (sec. 1205)........................ 256
Modification of United States-Israel anti-tunnel
cooperation (sec. 1206)................................ 256
Extension and modification of authority for Department of
Defense support for stabilization activities in the
national security interest of the United States (sec.
1207).................................................. 256
Extension of security cooperation programs with foreign
partners to advance implementation of the Women, Peace,
and Security Act (sec. 1208)........................... 256
Extension and modification of Defense Operational
Resilience International Cooperation Pilot Program
(sec. 1209)............................................ 257
Temporary authority to provide training to military
forces or national security forces of Costa Rica and
Panama (sec. 1210)..................................... 257
Key partners for Middle East Regional Integration
Military Subject Matter Expert Exchange Program (sec.
1211).................................................. 257
Plan to modernize and streamline information technology
systems relating to end-use monitoring functions of
Defense Security Cooperation Agency (sec. 1212)........ 257
Extension of modification to authority to provide support
for conduct of operations (sec. )...................... 258
Defense cooperation with Georgia (sec. 1214)............. 258
Extension of authority to implement the Women, Peace, and
Security Act of 2017 (sec. 1215)....................... 258
Subtitle B--Matters Relating to Syria, Iraq, and Iran........ 259
Extension and modification of authority to provide
assistance to vetted Syrian groups and individuals
(sec. 1221)............................................ 259
Extension and modification of authority to provide
assistance to counter the Islamic State of Iraq and
Syria (sec. 1222)...................................... 259
Preservation of security and stability in northeast Syria
(sec. 1223)............................................ 259
Report on, and prohibition on use of funds to support,
terrorist organizations in Iraq (sec. 1224)............ 260
Notification relating to arms trafficking by Iran (sec.
1225).................................................. 260
Assessment and plan with respect to equipment provided to
Kurdish Peshmerga forces (sec. 1226)................... 260
Modify requirements of an annual report on the military
power of Iran (sec. 1227).............................. 260
Subtitle C--Matters Relating to Europe and the Russian
Federation................................................. 261
Extension of prohibition on availability of funds
relating to sovereignty of the Russian Federation over
internationally recognized territory of Ukraine (sec.
1231).................................................. 261
Modification of Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative
(sec. 1232)............................................ 261
Extension and modification of training for Eastern
European national security forces in the course of
multilateral exercises (sec. 1233)..................... 261
Modifications to North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Special Operations Headquarters (sec. 1234)............ 262
Report on efforts to identify, disseminate, and implement
lessons learned from war in Ukraine (sec. 1235)........ 262
Review, report, and plan regarding logistics networks in
North America and Europe (sec. 1236)................... 262
Sense of the Senate on the North Atlantic Treaty
Organization (sec. 1237)............................... 262
Report on defense industrial base cooperation with
Ukraine and other allies and partners (sec. 1238)...... 262
Subtitle D--Matters Relating to the Indo-Pacific Region...... 263
Indo-Pacific Security Assistance Initiative (sec. 1241).. 263
Indo-Pacific multilateral security assistance initiatives
(sec. 1242)............................................ 263
Extension and modification of Pacific Deterrence
Initiative (sec. 1243)................................. 263
Extension and modification of authority to transfer funds
for Bien Hoa dioxin cleanup (sec. 1244)................ 264
Modification of Indo-Pacific Maritime Security Initiative
(sec. 1245)............................................ 264
Establishment of partnership program between the United
States and Taiwan for military trauma care and research
(sec. 1246)............................................ 264
Indo-Pacific extended deterrence education pilot program
(sec. 1247)............................................ 264
Modifications to implementation plan for joint force
headquarters in area of operations of United States
Indo-Pacific Command (sec. 1248)....................... 264
Plan to strengthen United States extended deterrence
commitments to the Republic of Korea (sec. 1249)....... 265
Plan and annual report relating to trilateral security
cooperation with Japan and the Republic of Korea (sec.
1250).................................................. 265
Modification of reporting requirement for transfer of
defense articles and defense services to Taiwan (sec.
1251).................................................. 265
Implementation plan to support establishment of regional
contingency stockpile for Taiwan (sec. 1252)........... 265
Consideration of Taiwan for enhanced defense industrial
base cooperation (sec. 1253)........................... 265
Transregional strategy for countering malign activities
by the People's Liberation Army (sec. 1254)............ 266
Assessment of use of Department of Defense facilities in
Guam as multinational training locations (sec. 1255)... 266
Review, report, and plan on adequacy of logistics network
in Indo-Pacific region (sec. 1256)..................... 266
Report on costs of meeting certain requirements of
foreign partners relating to agriculture, fisheries,
and forestry (sec. 1257)............................... 267
Returning civic action teams to the Republic of the
Marshall Islands and the Federated States of Micronesia
(sec. 1258)............................................ 267
Modification of public reporting of Chinese military
companies operating in the United States (sec. 1259)... 267
Annual report on military capabilities of allies and
partners in Indo-Pacific region (sec. 1260)............ 267
Fielding of a common operating picture with Taiwan (sec.
1262).................................................. 267
Report on corruption in People's Liberation Army (sec.
1263).................................................. 268
Sense of the Senate on defense alliances and partnerships
in the Indo-Pacific region (sec. 1264)................. 268
Modification of cooperative program with Vietnam to
account for Vietnamese personnel missing in action
(sec. 1265)............................................ 268
Prohibition on use of funds for EcoHealth Alliance (sec.
1266).................................................. 268
Subtitle E--Reports.......................................... 268
Report on cooperation between the Russian Federation and
the People's Republic of China (sec. 1271)............. 268
Subtitle F--Other Matters.................................... 268
Quarterly briefings on counterterrorism operations,
irregular warfare, and sensitive activities (sec. 1281) 268
Extension and modification of security briefings on
Afghanistan (sec. 1282)................................ 269
Multilateral Artificial Intelligence Working Group (sec.
1283).................................................. 269
Report on Department of Defense role in supporting
international legal operations (sec. 1284)............. 269
Report and briefing on security implications of water
scarcity and food security for the United States
Central Command (sec. 1285)............................ 269
Notifications regarding terrorist groups in Afghanistan
(sec. 1286)............................................ 269
Report and briefing on Al-Udeid Air Base in Qatar (sec.
1287).................................................. 269
Middle East integrated space and satellite security
capability (sec. 1288)................................. 270
Improvements to security cooperation workforce and
defense acquisition workforce (sec. 1289).............. 270
Independent assessment of technology release and foreign
disclosure reform initiative (sec. 1290)............... 270
Items of Special Interest.................................... 270
African Lion exercise.................................... 270
Assessment of stability of Lebanese Armed Forces......... 270
Briefing on North Atlantic Treaty Organization activities
in the Indo-Pacific region............................. 271
Department of Defense contributions to United States
Government efforts to secure the release of hostages... 271
Designating the Taliban as a transnational criminal
organization........................................... 272
Enhanced end use monitoring.............................. 272
Feasibility of Jordan to Use and Maintain A-10 Fleet..... 273
Indo-Pacific water security.............................. 273
Inspector General oversight of joint logistics over-the-
shore capability of the Department of Defense.......... 273
Monitoring and countering terrorism activity in
Afghanistan............................................ 274
People's Liberation Army attempts to exploit knowledge of
the tactics, techniques, and procedures of the United
States military........................................ 275
Qatar hosting of Hamas................................... 276
Recognition of the importance of the long-standing
alliance between the United States and Jordan.......... 276
Report on AUKUS Pillar II activities..................... 276
Report on Russian and North Korean cooperation on space,
nuclear, and missile technologies...................... 277
Security on the Tibetan Plateau.......................... 278
Situation in Israel and Gaza............................. 278
Strategy to counter threats at Al-Tanf Garrison.......... 278
Support for Afghan Allies................................ 279
Threats from Ansar Allah................................. 279
U.S. national security interests in Africa............... 279
U.S. Southern Command and U.S. Northern Command cyber
cooperation pilot program.............................. 280
U.S.-Armenia defense cooperation......................... 280
United States-Bahrain security relationship.............. 280
Western Balkans.......................................... 281
TITLE XIII--COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION......................... 283
Cooperative Threat Reduction funds (sec. 1301)........... 283
Temporary continuation of requirement for reports on
activities and assistance under Department of Defense
Cooperative Threat Reduction Program (sec. 1302)....... 283
TITLE XIV--OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS.................................. 285
Subtitle A--Military Programs................................ 285
Working capital funds (sec. 1401)........................ 285
Chemical agents and munitions destruction, defense (sec.
1402).................................................. 285
Drug interdiction and counter-drug activities, defense-
wide (sec. 1403)....................................... 285
Defense Inspector General (sec. 1404).................... 285
Defense Health Program (sec. 1405)....................... 285
Subtitle B-- National Defense Stockpile...................... 285
Restoring the National Defense Stockpile (sec. 1411)..... 285
Storage of strategic and critical materials in the
National Defense Stockpile (sec. 1412)................. 285
Consultations with respect to environmental reviews of
projects that will increase availability of strategic
and critical materials for acquisition for National
Defense Stockpile (sec. 1413).......................... 286
Subtitle C--Other Matters.................................... 286
Eligibility of Space Force officers for membership on
Armed Forces Retirement Home Advisory Council (sec.
1421).................................................. 286
Armed Forces Retirement Home: availability of licensed
independent practitioners; resources (sec. 1422)....... 286
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 (sec. 1423)...................... 286
Authorization of appropriations for Armed Forces
retirement home (sec. 1424)............................ 286
Items of Special Interest.................................... 287
Acid mine drainage separation technology................. 287
Niobium oxide policy..................................... 287
Report on establishment of scaled domestic production of
integrated rare earth metals and magnet block.......... 287
Tungsten alloy manufacturing............................. 288
Budget Items................................................. 288
Topline increase......................................... 288
Prioritizing counter-drug activities..................... 288
Defense Health Program unobligated balances.............. 289
TITLE XV--SPACE ACTIVITIES, STRATEGIC PROGRAMS, AND INTELLIGENCE
MATTERS........................................................ 291
Subtitle A--Space Activities................................. 291
Modification of Air Force space contractor responsibility
watch list (sec. 1501)................................. 291
Extension and modification of certifications regarding
integrated tactical warning and attack assessment
mission of the Department of the Air Force (sec. 1502). 291
Modification of milestone decision authority for space-
based ground and airborne moving target indication
systems (sec. 1503).................................... 291
Space Force satellite ground systems (sec. 1504)......... 292
Modification of notification of foreign interference of
national security space (sec. 1505).................... 292
Commercial Augmentation Space Reserve Program (sec. 1506) 293
Designation of Program Executive Officer for Space
Command, Control, and Integration (sec. 1507).......... 293
Modification of quarterly reports on Global Positioning
System III space segment, Global Positioning System
operational control segment, and Military Global
Positioning System user equipment acquisition programs
(sec. 1508)............................................ 293
Resilience of position, navigation, and timing
technologies and services (sec. 1509).................. 294
Subtitle B--Nuclear Forces................................... 294
Sense of the Senate on the Congressional Strategic
Posture Commission (sec. 1511)......................... 294
Review of recommendations by the Strategic Posture
Commission (sec. 1512)................................. 294
Matters relating to the nuclear-armed sea-launched cruise
missile (sec. 1513).................................... 294
Assessment of updated force sizing requirements (sec.
1514).................................................. 295
Prohibition on reduction of intercontinental ballistic
missiles of the United States (sec. 1515).............. 295
Preparations for possible deployment of additional
intercontinental ballistic missiles (sec. 1516)........ 295
Periodic updates on the pilot program on development of
reentry vehicles and related systems (sec. 1517)....... 296
Periodic updates on the modernization of the Strategic
Automated Command and Control System (sec. 1518)....... 296
Availability of Air Force procurement funds for heat
shield material for Mk21A reentry vehicle (sec. 1519).. 296
Limitation on availability of funds pending submission of
plan for decreasing the time to upload additional
warheads to the intercontinental ballistic missile
fleet (sec. 1520)...................................... 296
Limitation on availability of funds pending submission of
information on options for enhancing National Nuclear
Security Administration access to the defense
industrial base (sec. 1521)............................ 296
Plan for operational bed down of the long range standoff
weapon (sec. 1522)..................................... 297
Expansion of pilot program on development of reentry
vehicles and related systems (sec. 1523)............... 297
Expansion of nuclear long range standoff capability (sec.
1524).................................................. 298
Office of the Secretary of Defense Management and Process
Improvements (sec. 1525)............................... 298
Subtitle C--Missile Defense.................................. 298
Establishment of a national integrated air and missile
defense architecture for the United States (sec. 1531). 298
Reporting of incidents affecting the availability of the
United States homeland missile defenses (sec. 1532).... 298
Iron Dome short-range rocket defense system and Israeli
cooperative missile defense program co-development and
co-production (sec. 1533).............................. 299
Plan for comprehensive ballistic missile defense radar
coverage of Guam (sec. 1534)........................... 299
Annual briefing on missile defense of Guam (sec. 1535)... 299
Establishing capabilities to further Jordanian air and
missile defense (sec. 1536)............................ 300
Organization and codification of provisions of law
relating to missile defense (sec. 1537)................ 300
Subtitle D--Other Matters.................................... 300
Defense Industrial Base workforce development strategy
(sec. 1541)............................................ 300
Revision of Secretary of Defense authority to engage in
commercial activities as security for intelligence
collection activities (sec. 1542)...................... 301
Extension and modification of defense intelligence and
counterintelligence expense authority (sec. 1543)...... 301
Limitation on use of funds for certain unreported
programs (sec. 1544)................................... 301
Pilot program on establishing a geospatial workforce
development program (sec. 1545)........................ 301
Intelligence advice and support for Government of Israel
in capturing or killing certain officials of Hamas
(sec. 1546)............................................ 301
Technical correction (sec. 1547)......................... 302
Establishment of pilot program for access to shared
classified commercial infrastructure (sec.)............ 302
Items of Special Interest.................................... 302
Airborne command post.................................... 302
Alternative position, navigation, and timing capability.. 303
Artificial intelligence in nuclear operations............ 303
Atmospheric sensing for electromagnetic irregularities... 303
Briefing on analysis of Single Event Effects test
requirements........................................... 304
Briefing on end-of-life sustainment for the Minuteman III
intercontinental ballistic missile..................... 304
Briefing on hazards posed to United States nuclear
deterrence capabilities by foreign owned or sourced
communications equipment............................... 305
Briefing on inland launch sites.......................... 305
Briefing on intercontinental ballistic missile site
activation task force staffing......................... 305
Briefing on requirements for limited bomber re-alerting.. 306
Briefing on utility of a National Land-Based Deterrence
Fund................................................... 306
Cislunar strategy........................................ 307
Commercial capabilities for proximity operations and non-
Earth imaging.......................................... 307
Commercial space nuclear indemnification and liability... 308
Comptroller General annual review of missile defense of
Guam................................................... 308
Comptroller General assessment of Department of Defense
and National Nuclear Security Administration efforts to
establish a nuclear-armed sea-launched cruise missile
program................................................ 309
Comptroller General assessment of Department of Defense
moving target indicator acquisition programs........... 310
Comptroller General assessment of ground systems that
support space capabilities............................. 310
Comptroller General assessment of integration of
warfighter support..................................... 311
Comptroller General assessment of Space Force personnel
needs.................................................. 312
Comptroller General assessment of the space industrial
base................................................... 312
Comptroller General review of Department of Defense space
control programs....................................... 314
Comptroller General review of implementation of the 2022
Nuclear Posture Review................................. 314
Comptroller General review of Space Force command and
control activities..................................... 315
Comptroller General review of space operations and
readiness.............................................. 316
Comptroller General review of Survivable Airborne
Operations Center...................................... 316
Comptroller General review of Under Secretary of Defense
for Intelligence and Security.......................... 317
Cost estimation and transparency for defense and national
security space......................................... 318
Cyber and space security cooperation strategy............ 318
Directed energy weapons and their role in integrated air
and missile defense.................................... 319
Enhancements to streamline space export controls......... 320
Ensuring transport layer connectivity to tactical users.. 320
Expediting fielding of the Integrated Air and Missile
Defense of Guam architecture........................... 321
Federal reentry range coordination....................... 322
Geospatial intelligence data............................. 323
Implementation of policy updates relating to sharing
controlled unclassified information with foreign
entities............................................... 323
Importance of Code 50 designator for Protection Level One
security forces........................................ 324
Intelligence assessment of foreign terrorist organization
acquisition of uncrewed aerial systems................. 324
Missile warning and missile tracking..................... 325
Overcoming barriers to using commercial overhead data and
analytic services in Department of Defense............. 325
Report on Air Force and Army Corps of Engineers
cooperation on the Sentinel intercontinental ballistic
missile weapon system program.......................... 326
Report on dirigibles for missile defense................. 326
Report on expanding capabilities at space ranges......... 327
Report on use of divested UH-1N intercontinental
ballistic missile helicopters for U.S. Army Garrison
Kwajalein range support................................ 327
Reusing equipment from Minuteman III intercontinental
ballistic program as part of the transition to the
Sentinel program....................................... 328
Rocket cargo............................................. 328
Role of systems engineering and technical assistance for
space situational awareness systems.................... 329
Satellite narrowband communications...................... 329
Space mobility and logistics............................. 329
Space situational awareness systems...................... 330
Space-based light detection and ranging capability....... 330
Tactical security vehicles for Air Force Global Strike
Command................................................ 331
Waterfront facilities for Federal space launch ranges.... 331
Waveform virtualization for satellite communications..... 332
TITLE XVI--CYBERSPACE-RELATED MATTERS............................ 333
Subtitle A--Matters Relating to Cyber Operations and Cyber
Forces..................................................... 333
Assessment of feasibility of engaging in cooperative
activities with allies to mitigate cyber threats to
certain undersea cables (sec. 1601).................... 333
Elevation of the Joint Force Headquarters-Department of
Defense Information Network as subordinate unified
command of United States Cyber Command (sec. 1602)..... 333
Cyber intelligence center (sec. 1603).................... 333
Support for cyber threat tabletop exercises (sec. 1604).. 333
Comptroller General of the United States assessment of
Cyber Command protection privacy and civil liberties
procedures and training requirements for cyber
operators (sec. 1605).................................. 334
Independent evaluation regarding potential establishment
of United States Cyber Force (sec. 1606)............... 334
Subtitle B--Matters Relating to Department of Defense
Cybersecurity and Information Technology................... 334
Cyber table top exercises with organizations in defense
industrial base (sec. 1611)............................ 334
Management and cybersecurity of the joint warfighting
cloud capability and other multi-cloud environments
(sec. 1612)............................................ 334
Update of biometric policy of Department of Defense (sec.
1613).................................................. 334
Guidance for application of zero trust strategy to
Internet of Military Things hardware (sec. 1614)....... 334
Joint partner-sharing network capabilities for Middle
East defense integration (sec. 1615)................... 335
Artificial Intelligence Human Factors Integration
Initiative (sec. 1616)................................. 335
Limitation on availability of funds for Mission Partner
Environment program (sec. 1617)........................ 335
Consolidation of briefing requirements relating to the
relationship between the National Security Agency and
United States Cyber Command (sec. 1618)................ 335
Information technology programs of the National
Background Investigation Service (sec. 1619)........... 336
Cost budgeting for artificial intelligence data (sec.
1620).................................................. 336
Presumed reciprocal software accrediting policy (sec.
1621).................................................. 336
Annual evaluation of products for mobile device
cybersecurity (sec. 1622).............................. 337
Limitation on the availability of funds for the joint
cyber warfighting architecture (sec. 1623)............. 337
Briefing on course of education and pilot program on
authentication of digital content provenance for
certain Department of Defense media content (sec. 1624) 337
Modification of prohibition on purchase of cyber data
products or services other than through the program
management office for Department of Defense-wide
procurement of cyber data products and services (sec.
1625).................................................. 337
Improvements relating to cyber protection support for
Department of Defense personnel in positions highly
vulnerable to cyber attack (sec. 1626)................. 337
Comptroller General report on efforts to protect personal
information of Department of Defense personnel from
exploitation by foreign adversaries (sec. 1627)........ 337
Items of Special Interest.................................... 338
Addressing cyber warfare in space........................ 338
Army Enterprise Service Managed Platform................. 338
Assessment of blockchain technology for supply chain
security and transparency.............................. 338
Cyber operational readiness assessment update............ 339
Cyber resilience for Department of Defense critical
facilities and assets.................................. 340
Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification 2.0........... 341
Department of Defense cyber curriculum roadmap........... 342
Department of the Air Force extended reality development
strategy............................................... 342
Department of Defense network optimization............... 343
Guam Cybersecurity Strategy.............................. 343
Guidance regarding incorporation of operational
technology into Information Assurance Vulnerability
Management Program..................................... 344
Improving data compatibility for artificial intelligence
tools.................................................. 345
Maximizing the success of the Department of Defense
Thunderdome program.................................... 346
Modern software acquisition.............................. 346
MyNavy HR modernization.................................. 347
National Security Agency cybersecurity workforce pilot
program................................................ 347
Network data logging..................................... 348
Private artificial intelligence.......................... 348
Red-teaming endpoint protection vendors.................. 349
Report on threat from illicit cryptocurrency activities
of adversarial nations to the Department of Defense.... 349
Review of programs for upskilling personnel for
artificial intelligence fields......................... 349
U.S. Cyber Command artificial intelligence roadmap update 350
United States-Jordan cyber partnership................... 350
DIVISION B--MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATIONS................. 353
Summary and explanation of funding tables.................... 353
Short title (sec. 2001)...................................... 353
Expiration of authorizations and amounts required to be
specified by law (sec. 2002)............................... 353
Effective date (sec. 2003)................................... 354
TITLE XXI--ARMY MILITARY CONSTRUCTION............................ 355
Summary...................................................... 355
Authorized Army construction and land acquisition projects
(sec. 2101)................................................ 355
Family housing (sec. 2102)................................... 355
Authorization of appropriations, Army (sec. 2103)............ 355
Extension of authority to carry out fiscal year 2018 project
at Kunsan Air Base, Korea (sec. 2104)...................... 355
Extension of authority to carry out fiscal year 2019 project
at Mihail Kogalniceanu FOS, Romania (sec. 2105)............ 356
Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2020
projects (sec. 2106)....................................... 356
Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2021
projects (sec. 2107)....................................... 356
Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2022
projects (sec. 2108)....................................... 356
Additional authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2025
project at McAlester Army Depot, Oklahoma (sec. 2109)...... 356
TITLE XXII--NAVY MILITARY CONSTRUCTION........................... 357
Summary...................................................... 357
Authorized Navy construction and land acquisition projects
(sec. 2201)................................................ 357
Family housing (sec. 2202)................................... 357
Authorization of appropriations, Navy (sec. 2203)............ 357
Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2019
projects (sec. 2204)....................................... 357
Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2020
projects (sec. 2205)....................................... 358
Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2021
projects (sec. 2206)....................................... 358
Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2022
projects (sec. 2207)....................................... 358
Additional authority to carry out fiscal year 2025 project in
Cooperative Security Location Comalapa, El Salvador (sec.
2208)...................................................... 358
TITLE XXIII--AIR FORCE MILITARY CONSTRUCTION..................... 359
Summary...................................................... 359
Authorized Air Force construction and land acquisition
projects (sec. 2301)....................................... 359
Family housing (sec. 2302)................................... 359
Authorization of appropriations, Air Force (sec. 2303)....... 359
Extension of authority to carry out fiscal year 2017 project
at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany (sec. 2304)............... 359
Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2018
projects (sec. 2305)....................................... 360
Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2019
projects (sec. 2306)....................................... 360
Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2020
projects (sec. 2307)....................................... 360
Extension of authority to carry out fiscal year 2021 project
at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia (sec. 2308)......... 360
Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2022
projects (sec. 2309)....................................... 360
TITLE XXIV--DEFENSE AGENCIES MILITARY CONSTRUCTION............... 363
Summary...................................................... 363
Authorized Defense Agencies construction and land acquisition
projects (sec. 2401)....................................... 363
Authorized Energy Resilience and Conservation Investment
Program projects (sec. 2402)............................... 363
Authorization of appropriations, Defense Agencies (sec. 2403) 363
Extension of authority to carry out fiscal year 2018 project
in Iwakuni, Japan (sec. 2404).............................. 364
Extension of authority to carry out fiscal year 2019 project
in Iwakuni, Japan (sec. 2405).............................. 364
Extension of authority to carry out fiscal year 2020 project
in Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania (sec. 2406)........... 364
Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2021
projects (sec. 2407)....................................... 364
Modification of authority to carry out fiscal year 2022
project at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, District of
Columbia (sec. 2408)....................................... 364
Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2022
projects (sec. 2409)....................................... 364
TITLE XXV--INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS................................ 367
Summary...................................................... 367
Subtitle A--North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security
Investment Program......................................... 367
Authorized NATO construction and land acquisition
projects (sec. 2501)................................... 367
Authorization of appropriations, NATO (sec. 2502)........ 367
Extension of use of authorized amounts for North Atlantic
Treaty Organization Security Investment Program (sec.
2503).................................................. 367
Modification of contributions for projects executed by
the United States under the North Atlantic Treaty
Organization Security Investment Program (sec. 2504)... 368
Contributions for projects executed by host nations other
than the United States under the North Atlantic Treaty
Organization Security Investment Program (sec. 2505)... 368
Subtitle B--Host Country In-Kind Contributions............... 368
Republic of Korea funded construction projects (sec.
2511).................................................. 368
Republic of Poland funded construction projects (sec.
2512).................................................. 368
TITLE XXVI--GUARD AND RESERVE FORCES FACILITIES.................. 369
Summary...................................................... 369
Authorized Army National Guard construction and land
acquisition projects (sec. 2601)........................... 369
Authorized Army Reserve construction and land acquisition
projects (sec. 2602)....................................... 369
Authorized Navy Reserve and Marine Corps Reserve construction
and land acquisition projects (sec. 2603).................. 369
Authorized Air National Guard construction and land
acquisition projects (sec. 2604)........................... 370
Authorized Air Force Reserve construction and land
acquisition projects (sec. 2605)........................... 370
Authorization of appropriations, National Guard and Reserve
(sec. 2606)................................................ 370
Extension of authority to carry out fiscal year 2018 project
at Hulman Regional Airport, Indiana (sec. 2607)............ 370
Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2020
projects (sec. 2608)....................................... 370
Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2021
projects (sec. 2609)....................................... 371
Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2022
projects (sec. 2610)....................................... 371
Modification of authority to carry out fiscal year 2022
project (sec. 2611)........................................ 371
TITLE XXVII--BASE REALIGNMENT AND CLOSURE ACTIVITIES............. 373
Summary and explanation of tables............................ 373
Authorization of appropriations for base realignment and
closure activities funded through Department of Defense
Base Closure Account (sec. 2701)........................... 373
TITLE XXVIII--MILITARY CONSTRUCTION GENERAL PROVISIONS........... 375
Subtitle A--Military Construction Program.................... 375
Inclusion of land acquisition under definition of
unspecified minor military construction project (sec.
2801).................................................. 375
Extension of expanded authority to convey property at
military installations (sec. 2802)..................... 375
Authority to accept host nation financial services in the
form of an irrevocable letter of credit (sec. 2803).... 375
Modification of authority for Indo-Pacific posture
unspecified minor military construction projects (sec.
2804).................................................. 375
Requirement that damaged or destroyed facilities are
built back with resilience (sec. 2805)................. 375
Industrial plant equipment and associated services as in-
kind consideration under leases of non-excess property
(sec. 2806)............................................ 376
Ordering authority for design and construction of
facilities of Department of Defense (sec. 2807)........ 376
Obligation and execution of design funds for military
construction projects (sec. 2808)...................... 376
Modification of definition of military installation for
purposes of notifications related to basing decision-
making process (sec. 2809)............................. 376
Guidance regarding maintenance of aggregate square
footage of buildings of Department of Defense (sec.
2810).................................................. 377
Pilot program to optimize and consolidate facilities of
the Army for resilient and healthy defense communities
(sec. 2811)............................................ 377
Information on military construction projects at joint
bases (sec. 2812)...................................... 377
Report on munitions and explosives of concern and
construction projects in Joint Region Marianas (sec.
2813).................................................. 377
Improvement of conduct by the Navy of the replacement of
certain dry docks and other projects (sec. 2814)....... 377
Minimum investment for facilities sustainment,
restoration, and modernization (sec. 2815)............. 378
Subtitle B--Military Housing................................. 378
Increase in percentage limitations on value of United
States investment in privatized military housing
projects (sec. 2821)................................... 378
Treatment of nondisclosure agreements with respect to
privatized military housing (sec. 2822)................ 378
Subtitle C--Land Conveyances................................. 378
Land conveyance, Fort Bliss, El Paso, Texas (sec. 2831).. 378
Cleanup and transfer of certain property at former Army
installation to East Bay Regional Park District (sec.
2832).................................................. 378
Land conveyance, Fort Huachuca, Sierra Vista, Arizona
(sec. 2833)............................................ 379
Release of interests retained in Camp Joseph T. Robinson,
Arkansas (sec. 2834)................................... 379
Report on former Army-Navy General Hospital, Hot Springs
National Park, Hot Springs, Arkansas (sec. 2835)....... 379
Subtitle D--Other Matters.................................... 379
Authority for shoreline erosion control projects to
protect military installation infrastructure (sec.
2841).................................................. 379
Coordination of repair and maintenance of Kolekole Pass
(sec. 2842)............................................ 379
Consideration of installation infrastructure and other
supporting resources by Department of Defense Test
Resource Management Center (sec. 2843)................. 379
Extension of Department of the Army pilot program for
development and use of online real estate inventory
tool (sec. 2844)....................................... 380
Review of roles and responsibilities for construction
projects of Department of Defense (sec. 2845).......... 380
Assessment of public schools on installations of
Department of Defense (sec. 2846)...................... 381
Report on use of areawide contracts to procure utility
services (sec. 2847)................................... 381
Extension of prohibition on joint use of Homestead Air
Reserve Base with civil aviation (sec. 2848)........... 381
Prohibition on use by Air Force of corporate structure in
conducting certain basing decisions (sec. 2849)........ 381
Authority to assist State and local governments in
supporting installation and industrial base
modernization through public infrastructure and
services (sec. 2850)................................... 382
Briefing on projects under Defense Community
Infrastructure Program that are still in progress (sec.
2851).................................................. 382
Treatment of historic housing and associated historic
properties of the Department of the Army (sec. 2852)... 382
Designation of officials responsible for coordination of
infrastructure projects to support additional members
of the Armed Forces and their families in the Indo-
Pacific region (sec. 2853)............................. 382
Technical correction to map reference in the Military
Land Withdrawals Act of 2013 (sec. 2854)............... 382
Expansion of Defense Community Infrastructure Pilot
Program to include installations of the Coast Guard
(sec. 2855)............................................ 382
Items of Special Interest.................................... 383
Adak Navy refueling...................................... 383
Addressing dormitory and barracks shortages.............. 383
B-21 bomber shelter strategy............................. 384
Energy resilience of Navy piers and berths............... 385
Funding construction of child development centers........ 385
Kennebec River Federal Navigation Channel................ 386
Northern Red Oak lumber.................................. 386
Pohakaloa Training Area.................................. 386
Report on the former Eaker Air Force Base................ 386
Strategic seaports....................................... 387
TITLE XXIX--MILITARY CONSTRUCTION DISASTER RECOVERY.............. 389
Authorized Navy disaster recovery construction and land
acquisition projects (sec. 2901)........................... 389
Authorized Air Force disaster recovery construction and land
acquisition projects (sec. 2902)........................... 389
Authorization of emergency supplemental appropriations for
military construction projects (sec. 2903)................. 389
DIVISION C--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY AUTHORIZATIONS
AND OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS....................................... 391
TITLE XXXI--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY PROGRAMS...... 391
Subtitle A--National Security Programs And Authorizations.... 391
National Nuclear Security Administration (sec. 3101)......... 391
Defense environmental cleanup (sec. 3102)................ 391
Other defense activities (sec. 3103)..................... 391
Nuclear energy (sec. 3104)............................... 391
Subtitle B--Program Authorizations, Restrictions, and
Limitations................................................ 391
Limitation on use of funds for naval nuclear fuel systems
based on low-enriched uranium (sec. 3111).............. 391
Authorization for modification of weapons (sec. 3112).... 391
National Nuclear Security Administration management and
process improvements (sec. 3113)....................... 392
Restoration of a domestic uranium enrichment capability
(sec. 3114)............................................ 392
Report on activities from U.S.-U.K. Mutual Defense
Agreement (sec. 3115).................................. 392
Modification of reporting requirements relating to cost-
benefit analyses for competition of management and
operating contracts (sec. 3116)........................ 393
Authority for National Nuclear Security Administration to
use passenger carriers for contractor commuting (sec.
3117).................................................. 393
Limitation on availability of funds pending submission of
information on streamlining National Nuclear Security
Administration contracting (sec. 3118)................. 393
Limitation on availability of funds pending submission of
certification relating to W80-4 Alteration-SLCM (sec.
3119).................................................. 394
Prohibition on use of funds to support access to National
Nuclear Security Administration facilities (sec. 3120). 394
Notification of certain regulations that impact the
National Nuclear Security Administration (sec. 3121)... 394
Authorization of Department of Defense and contractors to
acquire and operate utilization facility (sec. 3122)... 394
Subtitle C--Budget and Financial Management Matters.......... 394
Subtitle D--Other Matters.................................... 394
Budget Items................................................. 394
W80-X ALT-SLCM........................................... 394
B83 gravity bomb sustainment............................. 395
Assessment Science....................................... 395
Inertial Confinement Fusion.............................. 395
Advanced Simulation and Computing........................ 395
Academic Programs........................................ 395
Safety and Environmental Operations...................... 395
Maintenance and Repair of Facilities--Y-12 Maintenance
Backlog................................................ 395
Information Technology and Cybersecurity................. 395
International Nuclear Security........................... 396
Nonproliferation and Arms Control--Nonproliferation
Policy................................................. 396
Naval Reactors Operations and Infrastructure............. 396
Spent Fuel Handling Recapitalization Project--Nuclear
Reactors Facility...................................... 396
Federal Salaries and Expenses--Program Direction......... 396
Waste Treatment Immobilization Plant Commissioning....... 396
Savannah River Site Community and Regulatory Support..... 396
Program Support--Defense Environmental Cleanup........... 397
Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning
Fund................................................... 397
Items of Special Interest.................................... 397
Advanced simulation and computing........................ 397
Briefing on implementation of Government Accountability
Office Report ``Better Performance Tracking and
Documentation Needed for Minor Construction Projects''. 397
Briefing on National Nuclear Security Administration
planning regarding the Tritium Finishing Facility...... 398
Briefing on progress of remediation efforts in support of
the conveyance of land at Los Alamos National
Laboratory............................................. 398
Briefing on unexploded ordnance remediation.............. 399
Common financial reporting across the National Nuclear
Security Administration enterprise..................... 399
Comptroller General review of aging Office of
Environmental Management infrastructure................ 400
Comptroller General review of Department of Energy
implementation of the high-level radioactive waste
interpretation......................................... 400
Comptroller General review of Idaho National Laboratory
Advanced Test Reactor.................................. 401
Comptroller General review of lessons learned across the
Office of Environmental Management complex and from
other countries' cleanup programs...................... 401
Comptroller General review of National Nuclear Security
Administration early construction cost estimates....... 402
Comptroller General review of Office of Environmental
Management future land use planning.................... 402
Comptroller General review of Office of Environmental
Management Moab Site cleanup activities................ 403
Comptroller General review of the National Nuclear
Security Administration's acquisition services
reorganization......................................... 403
Comptroller General review of the National Nuclear
Security Administration's long term workforce planning. 404
Comptroller General review of the National Nuclear
Security Administration's use of contract line item
numbers to oversee specific efforts.................... 405
Comptroller General review of the National Nuclear
Security Administration's non-nuclear capability
modernization program.................................. 405
Comptroller General review of the National Nuclear
Security Administration's risk management of Restricted
Data wireless networks................................. 406
Comptroller General review of the National Nuclear
Security Administration's Strategic Partnership
Projects............................................... 407
Comptroller General review of the Office of Environmental
Management acquisition planning........................ 407
Comptroller General review of the Office of Naval
Reactors environmental liabilities..................... 408
Report on National Nuclear Security Administration
cooperation with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on major
construction projects.................................. 408
Report on National Nuclear Security Administration
tritium research, development, and demonstration
capabilities........................................... 409
Report on opportunities to expand National Nuclear
Security Administration use of satellite facilities.... 409
TITLE XXXII--DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES SAFETY BOARD............. 411
Authorization (sec. 3201).................................... 411
Items of Special Interest.................................... 411
Comptroller General review of the Defense Nuclear
Facilities Safety Board................................ 411
TITLE XXXV--MARITIME ADMINISTRATION.............................. 413
Maritime Administration (sec. 3501).......................... 413
DIVISION D--FUNDING TABLES....................................... 415
Authorization of amounts in funding tables (sec. 4001)....... 415
TITLE XLI--PROCUREMENT........................................... 423
Procurement (sec. 4101)...................................... 424
Procurement for overseas contingency operations (sec. 4102)..
TITLE XLII--RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION.......... 471
Research, development, test, and evaluation (sec. 4201)...... 472
Research, development, test, and evaluation for overseas
contingency operations (sec. 4202).........................
TITLE XLIII--OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE........................... 519
Operation and maintenance (sec. 4301)........................ 520
Operation and maintenance for overseas contingency operations
(sec. 4302)................................................
TITLE XLIV--MILITARY PERSONNEL................................... 547
Military personnel (sec. 4401)............................... 548
Military personnel for overseas contingency operations (sec.
4402)......................................................
TITLE XLV--OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS.................................. 551
Other authorizations (sec. 4501)............................. 552
Other authorizations for overseas contingency operations
(sec. 4502)................................................
TITLE XLVI--MILITARY CONSTRUCTION................................ 557
Military construction (sec. 4601)............................ 558
Military construction for overseas contingency operations
(sec. 4602)................................................ 582
TITLE XLVII--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY PROGRAMS..... 587
Department of Energy national security programs (sec. 4701).. 588
LEGISLATIVE REQUIREMENTS......................................... 600
Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate.................... 605
Regulatory Impact............................................ 605
Changes in Existing Law...................................... 605
ADDITIONAL VIEWS................................................. 606
Additional Views of Mr. Reed................................. 606
Calendar No. 433
118th Congress } { Report
SENATE
2d Session } { 118-188
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TO AUTHORIZE APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025 FOR MILITARY
ACTIVITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND FOR MILITARY CONSTRUCTION,
TO PRESCRIBE MILITARY PERSONNEL STRENGTHS FOR SUCH FISCAL YEAR, AND FOR
OTHER PURPOSES
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July 8, 2024.--Ordered to be printed
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Mr. Reed, from the Committee on Armed Services,
submitted the following
R E P O R T
together with
ADDITIONAL VIEWS
[To accompany S. 4638]
The Committee on Armed Services reports favorably an
original bill (S. 4638) to authorize appropriations for fiscal
year 2025 for military activities of the Department of Defense,
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, and recommends
that the bill do pass.
PURPOSE OF THE BILL
This bill would:
(1) Authorize appropriations for (a) procurement, (b)
research, development, test, and evaluation, (c)
operation and maintenance and the revolving and
management funds of the Department of Defense for
fiscal year 2025;
(2) Authorize the personnel end strengths for each
military Active-Duty component of the Armed Forces for
fiscal year 2025;
(3) Authorize the personnel end strengths for the
Selected Reserve of each of the reserve components of
the Armed Forces for fiscal year 2025;
(4) Impose certain reporting requirements;
(5) Impose certain limitations with regard to
specific procurement and research, development, test,
and evaluation actions and manpower strengths; provide
certain additional legislative authority; and make
certain changes to existing law;
(6) Authorize appropriations for military
construction programs of the Department of Defense for
fiscal year 2025; and (7) Authorize appropriations for
national security programs of the Department of Energy
for fiscal year 2025.
COMMITTEE OVERVIEW
Each year, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)
authorizes funding levels and provides authorities for the U.S.
military and other critical defense priorities, ensuring
America's forces have the training, equipment, and resources
they need to carry out their missions. On June 13, 2024, the
Senate Armed Services Committee voted 22-3 to advance the
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025 to the
Senate floor.
There is broad consensus among Congress, the Department of
Defense, and the U.S. interagency about the threats to
America's national security. The People's Republic of China
continues to challenge the security and economic interests of
the United States and our allies, and increasingly has the
ability to do so. Russia is committed to expanding its malign
influence on the global stage, and is willing to inflict
widespread violence to achieve this. Iran seeks to exploit
violence in the Middle East to expel the United States from the
region and further sabotage the free world's interests. Complex
threats from North Korea, transnational criminal organizations,
and climate change and continue to evolve and endanger
Americans at home and abroad.
To deter and overcome these threats, the United States
military must have the resources, training, equipment, and
capabilities it needs to keep the Nation safe. Most
importantly, Congress has a fundamental duty to take care of
America's men and women in uniform, their families, as well as
the civilian workforce. The passage of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025 is an important step
toward achieving these goals.
To that end, the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2025:
(1) Supports the objectives of the National Defense
Strategy, including defending the U.S. homeland;
deterring adversaries; prevailing in long-term
strategic competition; and building a resilient Joint
Force.
(2) Strengthens the all-volunteer force and improves
the quality of life of the men and women of the total
force (Active Duty, National Guard, and Reserves),
their families, and DOD civilian personnel.
(3) Provides the United States military services and
combatant commanders with the resources needed to carry
out the National Defense Strategy and out-compete,
deter, and, if necessary, prevail against near-peer
adversaries.
The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025
ensures that the United States has the resources it needs to
deter its adversaries, reassure its allies, and provide its
forces with the tools and capabilities to overcome threats
around the globe.
BUDGETARY EFFECTS OF THIS ACT (SEC. 4)
The committee recommends a provision that would require
that the budgetary effects of this Act be determined in
accordance with the procedures established in the Statutory
Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (Public Law 111-139).
SUMMARY OF DISCRETIONARY AUTHORIZATIONS AND BUDGET AUTHORITY
IMPLICATION
The administration's budget request for national defense
discretionary programs within the jurisdiction of the Senate
Committee on Armed Services for fiscal year 2025 was $849.5
billion for base Department of Defense (DOD) programs and $33.7
billion for national security programs in the Department of
Energy (DOE).
The committee recommends an overall discretionary
authorization of $919.9 billion in fiscal year 2025, including
$875.0 billion for base DOD programs, $33.4 billion for
national security programs in the DOE, and $11.5 billion for
defense-related activities outside the jurisdiction of the
NDAA.
The table preceding the detailed program adjustments in
Division D of this bill summarizes the direct discretionary
authorizations in the committee recommendation and the
equivalent budget authority levels for fiscal year 2025 defense
programs. The table summarizes the committee's recommended
discretionary authorizations by appropriation account for
fiscal year 2025 and compares these amounts to the request.
DIVISION A--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATIONS
TITLE I--PROCUREMENT
Subtitle A--Authorization of Appropriations
Authorization of appropriations (sec. 101)
The committee recommends a provision that would authorize
appropriations for procurement activities at the levels
identified in section 4101 of division D of this Act.
Subtitle B--Army Programs
Centralized security monitoring program for facilities of the Army
(sec. 111)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of the Army to establish a centralized security
monitoring program for installations and facilities of the
Department of the Army. The provision would also require the
Secretary of the Army to provide the Committees on Armed
Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a
report that outlines the plans of the Secretary to implement
the centralized security monitoring program.
Strategy for Army active protection systems (sec. 112)
The committee recommends a provision that would direct the
Secretary of the Army to submit a strategy to the congressional
defense committees, not later than September 30, 2025, for the
testing, procurement, integration, and fielding of active
protection systems on Army ground combat vehicles.
Certification of additional manufacturer for low, slow, small unmanned
aircraft integrated defeat system of the Army (sec. 113)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of the Army to certify at least one additional
interceptor and production manufacturer for the U.S. Army's
low, slow, small-unmanned aircraft integrated defeat system.
Subtitle C--Navy Programs
Extension of prohibition on availability of funds for Navy port
waterborne security barriers (sec. 121)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 130(a) of the John S. McCain National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115-232) by
extending the prohibition on the use of funds for waterborne
security barriers through fiscal year 2025.
The committee remains skeptical of efforts by the U.S. Navy
to issue a 10-year contract for ``repairing'' existing barriers
with similar barriers that do not meet the U.S. Navy's
requirements. The committee believes that such action would
suggest an attempt to circumvent existing legislative
prohibitions.
Constellation-class frigate program (sec. 122)
The committee recommends a provision that would prohibit
the Secretary of the Navy from obligating or expending any
funds authorized for fiscal year 2025 for the construction of a
Constellation-class frigate until the Secretary of Defense
certifies that 95 percent of functional design drawings have
been approved by the designated technical authority. The
provision would also require the Comptroller General of the
United States to assess the Secretary of Defense's compliance
with the requirements and evaluate the completeness of
functional design.
The committee notes that six ships have been appropriated
for the program, and the keel of the lead ship was laid in the
third quarter of fiscal year 2024. In April 2024, the U.S. Navy
reported the lead ship to be 3 years behind schedule, a delay
with ramifications that are not fully factored into the U.S.
Navy's budget justification documents. The second ship is
already facing a 2-year construction delay.
The committee recognizes that the shipbuilder is facing
labor and supply chain challenges that reflect issues facing
the broader industry, particularly given that the shipbuilder's
price was formulated prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. Moreover,
the shipbuilder has a significant backlog of work in another
shipbuilding program whose prime contractor is a separate
company, which complicates the prioritization of resources at
the shipbuilder for the Constellation-class frigate.
The committee also notes the U.S. Navy's role in the
challenges facing the program. In section 123 of the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114-
328), Congress limited the award of a contract for construction
of the prospective frigate class ship until the design reached
sufficient maturity and completed a preliminary design review,
or demonstrated an equivalent level of design completeness. The
U.S. Navy cited the frigate program's use of a parent ship
design as an argument for why this requirement had been met.
More generally, the U.S. Navy cited the use of a parent design
as an important measure for reducing technical, schedule, and
cost risk in the program. The winning offeror proposed a design
based on the Italian-French Fregata Europea Multi-Missione
(FREMM) frigate design, but the content of design of the
Constellation-class reportedly has declined over time from
being 85 percent common with the FREMM design to being 15
percent common, suggesting that the program has evolved toward
what the Congressional Research Service refers to as a ``parent
design in name only'' situation, which can negate much of the
potential value of using a parent design.
The scale and scope of these changes call into question the
basis of the U.S. Navy's original program justification to
Congress and the fixed-price contract awarded to the
shipbuilder. If the proposed design was insufficient to meet
U.S. Navy standards to the degree suggested by the reported 15
percent commonality figure, then the contract award suggests
that there was a severe breakdown between the assumptions of
the source selection evaluation board and the senior technical
authority. The senior technical authority must ensure clarity
of technical standards in the solicitation process, timely
feedback for contractor-submitted drawings, and currency and
relevancy of technical standards.
Moreover, the senior technical authority is expected to
maintain discipline related to design maturity in advance of
construction. The Secretary of the Navy certified to Congress
that basic and functional design were complete prior to the
start of construction in August 2022, but U.S. Navy officials
now estimate that such maturity will not be reached until more
than 2 years later. The committee believes this constitutes a
misrepresentation of the facts certified by the Secretary of
the Navy.
The committee affirms its support for the goal of a 381-
ship Navy and the role of the Constellation-class frigate in
meeting U.S. Navy requirements. The committee appreciates the
urgency that the U.S. Navy has demonstrated to surge design
support to the Constellation-class builder and looks forward to
receiving updated production plans for the program. Moreover,
the committee encourages the Secretary of the Navy to consider
whether exercising additional fixed priced options on the
contract including detail design and construction is in the
best interest of the U.S. Navy and the health of the industrial
base.
Limitation on the construction of the Landing Ship Medium (sec. 123)
The committee recommends a provision that would prohibit
the Secretary of the Navy from awarding a contract for the
Landing Ship Medium program, including construction of the lead
ship, until basic and functional design are certified to be
complete.
The committee recognizes the importance of the requirement
for the U.S. Marine Corps to have adequate operational sealift
to maneuver three Marine Littoral Regiments. However, the U.S.
Navy has not developed a comparable landing ship in several
decades, and smaller shipyards expected to participate in the
contract solicitation have limited design resources and
experience. Moreover, the U.S. Navy intends to award a contract
for detailed design and construction of the lead ship on a
fixed price basis with fixed price options for five additional
ships. The committee believes that such an acquisition strategy
places undue risk on the contractor before the design reaches a
maturity level when confidence in cost and schedule estimates
is achieved. The Congressional Budget Office estimates that the
Landing Ship Medium program could cost between two-times and
three-times more than the amount for which the U.S. Navy is
budgeting. Recent examples of shipbuilding programs with a
similar acquisition strategy have met with significant cost and
schedule challenges, putting the contractor and the program at
risk, include the Constellation-class frigate, the Navajo-class
rescue and salvage ship, the Polar Security Cutter, and the
Landing Craft Utility (LCU) 1700.
The committee believes that maturing the design prior to
construction of the Landing Ship Medium will not delay the
program compared to a more realistic schedule and may avoid
costly rework associated with design changes that have plagued
past shipbuilding efforts.
Authority for the procurement, leasing, or chartering of a medium-sized
landing ship (sec. 124)
The committee recommends a provision that would authorize
the Secretary of the Navy to enter into a contract or other
agreement for the procurement, leasing, or chartering of a
commercial or non-developmental ship that meets core U.S.
Marine Corps requirements for operational sealift and landing
troops, equipment, and supplies to a beach. The committee
recognizes that the Landing Ship Medium program will be late to
need for Marine Littoral Regiment campaigning and seeks to
ensure that U.S. Marine Corps capability gaps are addressed
while a final solution is developed.
The committee appreciates efforts undertaken by the U.S.
Navy and U.S. Marine Corps, collectively referred to as the
Littoral Maneuver Bridging Solution (LMBS), that leverage
existing assets such as the Expeditionary Fast Transport and
minimally modified commercial solutions such as the Stern
Landing Vessel. This practice is in keeping with section 3453
of title 10, United States Code, which creates a preference for
commercial and non-developmental items and defines requirements
in a way that maximizes the opportunity for their
incorporation. Moreover, it also conforms with section 875 of
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016
(Public Law 114-92) requiring the use of commercial or non-
government standards unless no practical alternative exists to
meet user needs.
The committee encourages the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine
Corps to expand the LMBS with a focus on rapidly delivering
mature systems. The committee notes that there are viable
domestically produced solutions, including one that has
recently been produced for export, and divested U.S. Army
watercraft solutions that are not currently part of the LMBS
but could be added. The committee recognizes that the
Department of the Navy may prefer alternative solutions that
could require a prior approval reprogramming action and
encourages the submission of a reprogramming request should it
be necessary.
Annual report on surface ship suppliers (sec. 125)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of the Navy to submit an annual report to the
congressional defense committees analyzing suppliers of surface
ship components. The Secretary would be required to identify
any source of surface ship components that might be at risk,
and to develop a plan for actions to stabilizing that supply
base. The reporting requirement would sunset at the end of
fiscal year 2029.
Block buy contract and multiyear procurement authority for CH-53K heavy
lift helicopter program (sec. 126)
The committee recommends a provision that would authorize
the Secretary of the Navy to enter into a block buy contract
during fiscal years 2025 and 2026 for up to 37 CH-53K
airframes. The provision would also authorize a multiyear
procurement contract for T408 engines during fiscal year 2025
through fiscal year 2029.
The committee is aware that the U.S. Navy estimates that
entering into these two contracts could save 3.75 percent and
10 percent on the total cost of each purchase, respectively,
compared to purchasing these items annually.
Modification of requirement to incorporate advanced degaussing systems
into Arleigh Burke class destroyers (sec. 127)
The committee recommends a provision that would delay the
required implementation of an advanced degaussing system in the
Arleigh Burke-class destroyer from fiscal year 2025 until
fiscal year 2028 in order to have this design change match the
beginning of the next destroyer multiyear contact.
Modification of authority to purchase used vessels under the National
Defense Sealift Fund (sec. 128)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 2218 of title 10, United States Code, to authorize the
Navy to buy up to 13 used, foreign-built vessels to modernize
the Ready Reserve Force.
Authority for incrementally funded contract for the construction of a
Virginia-class submarine (sec. 129)
The committee recommends a provision that would authorize
the Navy to sign an incrementally funded contract for a second
Virginia-class submarine in fiscal year 2025.
Sense of Congress on aircraft carrier acquisition strategies (sec. 130)
The committee recommends a provision that would express the
sense of Congress that the Secretary of Defense and the
Secretary of the Navy should:
(1) Implement acquisition strategies that maximize
benefits to operational commanders;
(2) Adopt a two-ship acquisition strategy for
building CVN-82 and CVN-83; and
(3) Request procurement of CVN-82 not later than
fiscal year 2028.
Modifications to procurement authorities for certain amphibious
shipbuilding programs (sec.)
The committee recommends a provision that would clarify the
authorization to enter into economic order quantity contracts
provided in section 129 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-263).
While the committee appreciates the U.S. Navy's efforts to
enter into a multi-ship procurement of up to five amphibious
warships, the committee affirms that the U.S. Navy already has
the authority required to enter into such a procurement.
Amphibious warships have not had the stabilizing benefits of a
multiyear procurement or block buy contract such as used on the
Arleigh Burke-class destroyers, Virginia-class submarines, and
Ford-class aircraft carrier.
The committee regrets that the negotiations in 2019 for a
multi-ship procurement of amphibious warships were
unsuccessful. The committee believes the U.S. Navy already has
all the authority required to enter into one or more contracts
for economic order quantity across programs, as the Secretary
of the Navy testified to the committee during the Navy posture
hearing on May 16, 2024. The committee is concerned that the
U.S. Navy has not been forthcoming with issues related to
economic order quantity, or that some within the Department of
Defense have been using such issues as a delaying tactic to
defer cost, which could negate a fair amount of the cost
savings that have been estimated for a multi-ship procurement
contract. Out of an abundance of caution, the committee
recommends a provision that further clarifies this
authorization, and further encourages the Department of the
Navy to use its authority to support its ability to meet the
statutory requirement for 31 amphibious warfare ships, achieve
cost savings, and stabilize the industrial base.
Subtitle D--Air Force Programs
Prohibition on certain reductions to inventory of E-3 airborne warning
and control system aircraft (sec. 131)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
U.S. Air Force to maintain 16 E-3 Airborne Warning and Control
System (AWACS) aircraft until the E-3 AWACS can be replaced by
E-7 Wedgetail aircraft, or until the retirement of the E-3
AWACS would create no lapse in U.S. Air Force capabilities.
Management of temporary relocation of B-1 bomber aircraft and personnel
(sec. 132)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 133 of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117-81), as amended by section 136
of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024
(Public Law 118-31) to require the Secretary of the Air Force
to actively manage the existing B-1 bomber force structure as
the fleet transitions to the B-21 bomber. The provision would
require the Secretary, to the extent practicable, to manage any
temporary relocation of B-1 aircraft and airmen in a manner
that: (1) Minimizes effects to combat readiness; (2) Minimizes
risks associated with concentrating B-1s at one location; (3)
Uses the construction period to maximize expeditionary actions
such as Bomber Task Force and Agile Combat Employment; and (4)
Considers travel options and distance for families and
dependents, which will influence quality of life for airmen.
Modification of requirements for cost-benefit and technical risk
analysis for F-35 propulsion and thermal management
modernization program (sec. 133)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
Section 226 of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118-31) to require more
information on the plans of the Department of Defense to
upgrade the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) propulsion and thermal
management systems.
The JSF Executive Steering Board (JESB) has validated an
objective requirement of 80 kilowatts (kW) of cooling by a
power and thermal management system (PTMS) to support all
future system requirements. The JESB believes that this should
expedite the analysis required in section 226. The Government
Accountability Office has noted the criticality of beginning
air vehicle integration of a new PTMS not later than 2029. To
that end, the committee is concerned by an apparent lack of
urgency by the Joint Program Office to achieve this timeline,
and the absence of sufficient funding programmed across the
future years defense program for a new PTMS.
A delay in fielding a new PTMS imperils future upgrades and
burdens an upgraded engine with unnecessary demand for bleed
air which ultimately reduces engine life. A new PTMS is
critical to the JSF's future, and the justification material
accompanying the budget request for fiscal year 2025 notes that
there is ``a massive leap in cooling and power needed to
support post 2029 mission system upgrades.''
The committee is concerned that the Program Executive
Officer (PEO) for the F-35 acquisition program has not
established a clear timeline for completion of the overall
reporting requirements in section 226, and does not intend to
wait for the results of this analysis to begin fielding
advanced capabilities. The committee notes that section 226
established a requirement for completion of all analysis and
reporting by July 1, 2024.
The committee reinforces the criticality of that timeline,
and directs the JSF PEO, not later than January 2, 2025, to
provide the congressional defense committees with a plan to
compete and award a contract to design and build a new PTMS,
including developing an acquisition strategy that maximizes
cooling margin for the life of the aircraft. The committee
further directs the PEO to provide a funding profile and plan
to complete PTMS development in time to begin air vehicle
integration not later than September 30, 2029.
Plan for sustainment and recapitalization of Air National Guard fighter
fleet (sec. 134)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of the Air Force to develop a plan for modernizing
all 25 fighter aircraft squadrons in the Air National Guard. In
developing such a plan, the Secretary would be required to
establish a timetable for modernizing all 25 fighter squadrons,
and identify the resources required to execute the plan. The
provision would also require the Secretary to provide a report
to the congressional defense committees that includes the
sustainment and recapitalization plan.
Air base air defense (sec. 135)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of the Air Force to develop a plan to support
fielding of air defense capability at Air Force installations
and other priority locations. The plan would be required to
include fielding at four sites before the end of fiscal year
2027, and fielding at four more sites each year thereafter
until fiscal year 2031. The Secretary would also be required to
provide a report on the plan to the congressional defense
committees no later that March 1, 2025.
Annual report on Air Force tactical fighter aircraft force structure
(sec. 136)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of the Air Force to provide an annual report
reflecting a 10-year plan for Air Force fighter aircraft force
structure, recapitalization, training, and sustainment of the
active and reserve components of the Air Force.
Extension of limitations and minimum inventory requirement relating to
RQ-4 aircraft (sec. 137)
The committee recommends a provision that would extend the
sunset date for section 9062 of title 10, United States Code,
regarding RQ-4 aircraft by 1 year until the end of fiscal year
2029.
Modification of inventory requirements for aircraft of the combat air
forces (sec. 138)
The committee recommends a provision that would authorize
the Air Force to retire a portion of the current fighter
aircraft inventory. The provision would approve the Air Force
request to retire the following aircraft: (1) 56 A-10s; (2) 65
F-15C/Ds; and (3) 11 F-16C/Ds. The provision would not allow
the Air Force to retire 26 F-15E or 32 F-22 aircraft.
The committee does not agree with the Air Force assertion
that retiring the F-15E and F-22 aircraft would result in
acceptable risk.
Subtitle E--Defense Wide, Joint, and Multiservice Matters
Modification of pilot program to accelerate the procurement and
fielding of innovative technologies (sec. 141)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 834 of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117-81) to allow the issuance of
not more than two solicitations for proposals with no
restrictions on the types of businesses that might apply.
Plan for signals intelligence capabilities of armed overwatch aircraft
(sec. 142)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low
Intensity Conflict (ASD(SOLIC)) and the Commander, U.S. Special
Operations Command (SOCOM), not later than 90 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, to submit a plan for
integrating signals intelligence capabilities on fielded armed
overwatch aircraft.
The committee notes that geographic combatant commanders,
particularly U.S. Central Command and U.S. Africa Command,
continue to express concern about a shortfall in the
availability of airborne intelligence, surveillance, and
reconnaissance (ISR) capacity. The committee notes that SOCOM
plans to divest U-28 and MC-12 aircraft that currently provide
airborne ISR in support of special operations forces,
potentially further exacerbating the ISR shortfall facing the
geographic combatant commands.
The committee also notes that the Government Accountability
Office (GAO) published a report on December 14, 2023, titled
``Special Operations Forces: DOD Should Slow Acquisition of
Armed Overwatch Aircraft Until It Conducts Needed Analysis''
(GAO-24-106283), which found that insufficient analysis had
been conducted to justify SOCOM's original plan for a fleet of
75 armed overwatch aircraft and recommended a re-evaluation of
this requirement. The committee notes that the fiscal year 2025
budget request reduces the total planned purchase of armed
overwatch aircraft to 62 due to anticipated fiscal constraints
in future fiscal years, and understands that SOCOM is currently
conducting additional analysis to more effectively quantify its
overall requirement. The committee directs the ASD(SOLIC) and
the SOCOM Commander to submit the additional analysis when it
is complete to the congressional defense committees.
Assessments of inventory requirements and procurement of air-to-air
missiles (sec. 143)
The committee recommends a provision that that would
require the Secretaries of the Air Force and Navy to: (1)
Conduct a comprehensive assessment of requirements for air-to-
air missiles; (2) Consider emerging requirements for such
missiles; and (3) Develop any recommended changes in
plannedinventories the Secretaries deem appropriate. The Secretaries
would be required to submit a report on the results of these efforts to
the congressional defense committees no later than April 1, 2025.
Repeal of limitation on procurement of drop-in fuels; annual report
(sec. 144)
The committee recommends a provision that would repeal
section 2922h of title 10, United States Code, and require the
Secretary of Defense to submit an annual report if a bulk
purchase of drop-in fuel was not cost-competitive with
traditional fuel, and if the purchase was based on a military
requirement or not.
Budget Items
Army
Topline increase
As described in the 4101 table, the committee recommends an
increase of $25.1 billion to the Department of Defense budget
request to accelerate equipment recapitalization, increase
military construction, address the highest-priority unfunded
requirements of the military services and combatant commanders,
decrease the Department's facility maintenance backlog, and
strengthen the defense industrial base.
UH-72A Lakota lifecycle sustainment and modernization
The budget request included $34.6 million for Aircraft
Procurement, Army (APA), in line number 17 Utility Helicopter
Mods.
The UH-72 Lakota program lacks a funded strategy to address
common fleet management issues including long-term sustainment,
block upgrade, modernization, and mitigation of aircraft
attrition.
The committee recommends an increase of $10.0 million in
APA line 17 for UH-72A Lakota lifecycle sustainment and
modernization.
Destruction of anti-personnel landmines
The budget request included $135.6 million for Procurement
of Ammunition, Army (PAA) in line number 37 Conventional
Munitions Demilitarization, of which $5.8 million was requested
specifically for landmine demilitarization.
The committee recommends a decrease of $2.9 million in PAA
line 37 to limit the destruction of anti-personnel landmines.
Infantry squad vehicles
The budget request included $34.4 million in line number 4
of Other Procurement, Army (OPA), for Ground Mobility Vehicles
(GMV).
The Army's infantry squad vehicle (ISV) is required across
the range of military operations conducting crisis response,
initial entry, and selected decisive action missions.
The committee recommends an increase of $44.1 million in
OPA line 4 for additional ISVs and notes that this request was
included in the unfunded priorities list of the Chief of Staff
of the Army.
Joint Light Tactical Vehicle program reduction
The budget request included $653.2 million for Other
Procurement, Army (OPA), in line number 6 Joint Light Tactical
Vehicle Family of Vehicles.
The committee recommends a decrease of $125.0 million in
OPA line 6 for the JLTV program.
Single Channel Data Radio
The budget request included $704.1 million in line number
33 of Other Procurement, Army (OPA) for Handheld Manpack Small
Form Fit (HMS), of which $11.0 million was requested for
Manufacturing--Single-Channel Data Radios (SCDR).
The committee recommends a decrease of $6.0 million in OPA
line 33 for the SCDR.
Terrestrial Layer System Brigade Combat Team realignment
The budget request included $96.9 million for Other
Procurement, Army (OPA) in line number 57 Terrestrial Layer
Systems (TLS).
The Army has informed the committee of the need to realign
funds.
Therefore, the committee recommends a decrease of $32.7
million in OPA line 57 for Terrestrial Layer System Brigade
Combat Team and a corresponding increase of $32.7 million in
Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Army for PE 34270A
Electronic Warfare Development.
Prophet Enhanced Signals Processing kits
The budget request included $6.5 million for Other
Procurement, Army (OPA), in line number 62 Mod of In-Svc Equip
(Intel Spt).
The committee observes that the use of the electromagnetic
spectrum in contemporary conflicts has become more dynamic and
is stressing legacy equipment and processes for conducting and
utilizing signals intelligence. The committee understands the
Prophet Enhanced Signals Processing (ESP) kit provides
increased flexibility and agility as an interim solution to
Army intelligence operational needs.
Accordingly, the committee recommends an increase of $10.0
million in OPA line 62 for procurement of additional Prophet
ESP kits.
Integrated Visual Augmentation System
The budget request included $377.4 million in line number
72 of Other Procurement, Army (OPA) for Night Vision Devices,
of which $255.5 million was requested for Integrated Visual
Augmentation System/Heads Up Display (IVAS/HUD).
The committee recommends a decrease of $200.5 million in
OPA line 72 for the IVAS/HUD.
Family of All Terrain Cranes Type I
The budget request included $0.1 million in line number 127
of Other Procurement, Army (OPA) for All Terrain Cranes.
The committee recommends an increase of $15.0 million in
OPA line 127 for Family of All Terrain Cranes (FOATC) Type I.
Navy
Topline increase
As described in the 4101 table, the committee recommends an
increase of $25.1 billion to the Department of Defense budget
request to accelerate equipment recapitalization, increase
military construction, address the highest-priority unfunded
requirements of the military services and combatant commanders,
decrease the Department's facility maintenance backlog, and
strengthen the defense industrial base.
E-2D Advanced Hawkeye reduction
The budget request included $197.7 million for Aircraft
Procurement, Navy (APN), in line number 11 E-2 Adv Hawkeye.
The committee recommends a decrease of $120.0 million in
APN line 11 as E-2D production line shutdown funding is early
to need.
Aircraft carrier industrial base
The budget request included $1.2 billion for Shipbuilding
and Conversion, Navy (SCN), in line number 3 Carrier
Replacement Program.
In the fiscal year 2025 request, the U.S. Navy proposed
delaying the start of production of the next aircraft carrier
from 2028 until 2030. The committee recognizes that this delay
could cause some second and third tier vendors to interrupt
their production lines.
Accordingly, the committee recommends an increase of $75.0
million in SCN line 3 for the procurement of additional parts
and sustainment of the aircraft carrier industrial base.
Virginia-class submarines
The budget request included $3.6 billion in line 5 of
Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy (SCN) to build one
Virginiaclass submarine in fiscal year 2025 and $3.7 billion in
advance procurement in line 6 to support building Virginia-
class submarines in future years.
The committee has significant concerns about the effect
that a reduction from the usual two-per-year construction rate
may have on the 2nd and 3rd tier submarine supplier base.
Therefore, the committee recommends an increase of $650.0
million in SCN line 5 and an increase of $400.0 million in line
6 to support incremental funding of a second boat in fiscal
year 2025. A provision to authorize incremental funding is
found elsewhere in this Act.
Submarine industrial base programs
The budget request included $180.0 million in the Virginia-
class procurement program in Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy
(SCN), line 5, for efforts to support the submarine supplier
base. The budget request also included $2.0 billion in the
Columbia-class procurement program request for SCN line 1, for
the same purposes.
Last year, Congress provided $1.2 billion in regular
appropriations and $3.0 billion in the fiscal year 2024
National Security Supplemental Act (Public Law 118-50) to
support the submarine industrial base. Despite this additional
funding, the shipbuilders and their supply chains are not
meeting the requirement to produce one Columbia-class and two
Virginia-class submarines per year.
Therefore, the committee recommends an additional $80.0
million in SCN line 6 for enhancing the submarine industrial
base.
CVN refueling complex overhaul reduction
The budget request included $1.1 billion for Shipbuilding
and Conversion, Navy (SCN), in line number 7 CVN Refueling
Overhauls.
The committee recommends a decrease of $250.0 million in
SCN line 7 as early to need for the start of docking and
construction in June 2026.
DDG-51
The budget request included $6.7 billion to procure 2 DDG-
51 destroyers.
The committee is concerned that the Navy fleet size
continues to decline despite a requirement in title 10, United
States Code, for the Navy to maintain a fleet of 355 ships.
Therefore, the committee recommends an increase of $1.5
billion for a third DDG-51 in fiscal year 2026. Of the
increase, $1.4 billion was offset from reductions in other
programs.
Medium Landing Ship lead ship reduction
The budget request included $268.1 million for Shipbuilding
and Conversion, Navy (SCN), in line number 21 Medium Landing
Ship.
The committee recommends a decrease of $68.0 million for
SCN line 21 as early to need for construction of the lead ship
in advance of achieving a mature design and better cost
estimates for the program.
Medium-sized landing vessel
The committee recommends an increase of $68.0 million for
Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy (SCN), in line number 21A
Medium-sized Landing Vessel, a new budget line for the
procurement, leasing, or chartering of a minimally-modified
commercial or non-developmental landing ship and associated
materials.
Marine Corps realignment
The budget request included $182.5 million for Procurement,
Marine Corps (PMC) in line number 21 Electro Magnetic Spectrum
Operations (EMSO).
The Marine Corps has informed the committee of the need to
realign funds due to technical maturity issues associated with
the execution of certain funds within fiscal year 2025. The
Commandant of the Marine Corps included in his unfunded
priorities list for fiscal year 2025 a request for additional
funds for his Barracks 2030 initiative for restoration and
maintenance.
Accordingly the committee recommends a decrease of $182.5
million in PMC line 21 for Electro Magnetic Spectrum Operations
and corresponding increases of $148.9 million in Operation and
Maintenance, Marine Corps (OMMC) for SAG BSM1 for Barracks
2030--Restoration and Modernization; $6.0 million in Research,
Development, Test, and Evaluation, Navy (RDN) for PE 26313M
Marine Corps Communications Systems for prototyping efforts for
Marine Electromagnetic Warfare Ground Family of Systems--
Mounted; $7.2 million in PMC line 6 for reducible height gunner
protection kits; $6.0 million in RDN for PE 63640M for the
Autonomous Low Profile Vessel; and $14.4 million in OMMC SAG
1A1A Operational Forces for High Cut Enhanced Combat Helmet.
Expansion of secure 5G Open Radio Access Network
The budget request included $284.0 million in line number
32 of Procurement, Marine Corps (PMC), for Marine Corps
Enterprise Network (MCEN).
The committee understands that improved networking
capabilities are necessary for future operations in an
increasingly contested and congested electromagnetic
environment. The committee believes that Open Radio Access
Network technology provides options to commanders for fast,
high-bandwidth networking. The committee notes that the
Department is piloting such Open Radio Access Network
technology at Department of Defense facilities across the
country, such as at the Marine Logistics Command. Based on the
ongoing success of such pilots, the committee encourages the
Department to continue to expand these pilots for new use
cases, as well as expanded coverage.
Accordingly, the committee recommends an increase of $20.0
million in PMC line 32 for the expansion of secure 5G Open
Radio Access Network at Marine Logistics Command.
Joint Light Tactical Vehicle reduction
The budget request included $340.5 million for Procurement,
Marine Corps (PMC), in line number 44 Joint Light Tactical
Vehicle (JLTV).
The committee recommends a decrease of $101.7 million in
PMC line 44 as excess to need due to contract delays.
Air Force
Topline increase
As described in the 4101 table, the committee recommends an
increase of $25.1 billion to the Department of Defense budget
request to accelerate equipment recapitalization, increase
military construction, address the highest-priority unfunded
requirements of the military services and combatant commanders,
decrease the Department's facility maintenance backlog, and
strengthen the defense industrial base.
Additional HH-60W procurement
The budget request included $162.7 million for Aircraft
Procurement, Air Force (APAF), in line number 12 Combat Rescue
Helicopter.
The committee recommends an increase of $210.0 million in
APAF line 12 to procure an additional 5 HH-60W Combat Rescue
Helicopters.
C-40 Fleet Expansion reductions
The budget request included $328.7 million for Aircraft
Procurement, Air Force (APAF), in line number 13 C-40 Fleet
Expansion and $936.2 million in APAF line number 68 Initial
Spares/Repair Parts, of which $10.0 million was for initial
spares for C-40s.
This requested funding is to buy an additional C-40
aircraft to augment the C-32A executive transport fleet that
supports senior officials. However, the Air Force has
determined that there is a need to expand the current fleet of
C-32A aircraft and they have chosen to purchase a new B-737
aircraft and convert it for this mission.
The committee notes that there appears to be no analysis
behind this decision for buying B-737 aircraft to expand the
fleet of executive transport aircraft. The committee recognizes
that Boeing no longer produces the B-757 aircraft, but there is
no indication that the Air Force even considered using B-757
aircraft for this mission. While buying a used aircraft
presents other questions, the committee recognizes that used B-
747 aircraft were acceptable to the Air Force for the
Presidential Aircraft Replacement program to modernize the
fleet of VC-25 aircraft.
Therefore, pending further investigation of any requirement
for expanding the executive transport fleet and the
alternatives for filling such a requirement, the committee
recommends a reduction of $318.7 million in APAF line 13 and a
reduction of $10.0 million in APAF line 68.
Protection Level One Armored Utility Vehicles for intercontinental
ballistic missile security mission
The budget request included $41.6 million in Other
Procurement, Air Force (OPAF) for line number 4 Cargo and
Utility Vehicles, of which $4.2 million was requested for
Armored Utility Vehicles.
The committee is concerned by the state of the wheeled
vehicle fleet supporting Air Force Global Strike Command's
(AFGSC) intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) security
mission.
Accordingly, the committee recommends an increase of $14.0
million in OPAF line 4 for the procurement of 50 Protection
Level One Armored Utility Vehicles to support AFGSC's ICBM
security mission requirements.
Counter uncrewed systems for U.S. Africa Command
The budget request included $254.1 million in line number
32 of Other Procurement, Air Force (OPAF), Air Force Physical
Security System.
The committee recommends an increase of $100.0 million in
OPAF line 32 for counter uncrewed systems for United States
Africa Command. The committee notes that this was submitted as
a request on the unfunded priorities list of the Commander,
U.S. Africa Command.
Defense Wide
Topline increase
As described in the 4101 table, the committee recommends an
increase of $25.1 billion to the Department of Defense budget
request to accelerate equipment recapitalization, increase
military construction, address the highest-priority unfunded
requirements of the military services and combatant commanders,
decrease the Department's facility maintenance backlog, and
strengthen the defense industrial base.
Combatant Craft Assault
The budget request included $66.5 million in Procurement,
Defense-wide (PDW) for line 65 Combatant Craft Systems.
The committee recommends an increase of $7.0 million in PDW
line 65 for the procurement of additional Combatant Craft
Assault.
Counter Uncrewed Systems
The budget request included $358.3 million in Procurement,
Defense-wide (PDW) for line 68 Warrior Systems, of which $52.1
million is for Counter Uncrewed Systems.
The committee notes that the Commander, U.S. Special
Operations Command, has identified Counter Uncrewed Systems as
a priority unfunded requirement.
Accordingly, the committee recommends an increase of $44.5
million in PDW line 68, an increase of $34.6 million in
Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Defense-wide in PE
1160431BB, and an increase of $1.0 million in Operation and
Maintenance, Defense-wide in SAG 1PL7 for Counter Uncrewed
Systems.
Items of Special Interest
ALQ-172 Maintainability and Reliability System enhancements
The B-52 electronic defensive system relies on the ALQ-172
electronic warfare suite for self-protection. Currently, the
Air Force is eliminating the electronic warfare position in the
bomber and moving to a four person crew. Consequently, the ALQ-
172 will move to the position of the navigator. As part of this
move, the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center is leading the
effort to upgrade the ALQ-172 Maintainability and Reliability
System (MARS) to an enhanced version, known as MARS-E, which
has a digital receive transmit generator to allow low frequency
receive capability typical of threats encountered in the Indo-
Pacific region.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Air
Force to brief the congressional defense committees, not later
than March 31, 2025, on courses of action, including estimated
costs, for the MARS-E system for the receive and transmit
capability in lower frequency bands in order to improve the
survivability of the B-52 in a near-peer conflict.
Basing requirements for unmanned aircraft systems
The committee believes that the U.S. Army must consider the
long-term training requirements as it resources the Future
Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System (FTUAS).
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Army
to provide a briefing to the congressional defense committees,
not later than March 1, 2025, on the U.S. Army's unmanned
aircraft strategy. The briefing shall include: (1) Physical
facility and training area requirements for FTUAS to
effectively train manned-unmanned teaming; (2) Availability of
airspace; (3) Sufficiency of current training areas to launch
and retrieve vertical takeoff and landing capable FTUAS; (4)
Estimated requirements and cost of construction of permanent
training facilities; and (5) Assessment of livable communities,
educational opportunities, and state and local measures that
provide support to U.S. military personnel, particularly as
related to this capability.
Briefing on M1E3 artificial intelligence enabled features
The committee supports the U.S. Army's modernization
efforts to acquire the next generation of combat vehicles and
capabilities by leveraging architectures and software that can
enhance AI-enabled features, to include advanced driver
assistance and aided target recognition. In addition, AI-
enabled features may increase reliability through predictive
maintenance and diagnostics. Key U.S. Army programs, such as
Robotic Combat Vehicle and XM-30, have made strides to adopt
commercial best practices and the latest technology related to
advanced driver assistance and vehicle software platforms. The
committee encourages the Program Executive Office for Ground
Combat Systems to leverage lessons learned from these programs
to inform the acquisition strategies for next generation combat
vehicles to achieve greater effectiveness, lethality, and
survivability.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Army
to brief the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the
House of Representatives, not later than February 28, 2025, on
how the U.S. Army is applying lessons learned from other Army
program offices to achieve greater autonomy through on-vehicle
software architecture in its M1E3 program.
Combat Network Communications Technology Nuclear System modification
The B-52 bomber relies on the Combat Network Communications
Technology (CONECT) display system to integrate mission
planning and target assessment across the crew members for a
common operations display. However, the system does not display
the same configuration for nuclear operations, and instead it
relies on the older display found in cathode ray screens. The
committee understands that the Air Force is modifying the
CONECT system to ensure the nuclear mission display is
integrated in the current display system.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the U.S.
Air Force to brief the congressional defense committees, not
later than March 31, 2025, on efforts to integrate the nuclear
mission display with the current CONECT display system.
Commercial aerial refueling
Aerial refueling is vital to the United States achieving
and maintaining air dominance in a conflict, and is necessary
for conducting aviation training and operational requirements.
Current U.S. organic tanker capacity falls short of the
Department of Defense's requirement, especially as the organic
tanker force transitions from the KC-10 and KC-135 to the KC-
46. This shortfall regularly disrupts both training and
operations, causing significant readiness degradation. Aerial
refueling assets are always in high demand, and that demand
will increase in a time of conflict.
The committee is aware that the Naval Air Systems Command
contracts for the use of tankers from commercial aerial
refueling providers. Such tankers mitigate the U.S. Navy's own
capacity shortfalls. In addition to regular use by the U.S.
Navy, these commercial providers have successfully supported
multiple U.S. Air Force aircraft operations, increasing
availability, flexibility, and capacity, especially in the
continental United States and in permissive environments.
Thecommittee notes the increasing use of commercial aerial refueling by
the U.S. Air Force and potential for positive effects on overall
readiness.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Air
Force to provide a briefing to the congressional defense
committees, not later than March 31, 2025, detailing plans for
using commercial aerial refueling to improve readiness and more
fully leverage exercises and training events which would
benefit from more predictable and consistent tanker support.
Commercial dual-use parts
Section 161 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-263)
directed the Secretary of the Air Force and the Secretary of
the Navy to include Federal Aviation Administration-certified
used parts in supply chain solutions. The committee needs to
ensure that the implementation of the directive is complete,
and that the Department of Defense is taking maximum advantage
of other sources of spare parts.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense
to submit a report to the congressional defense committees, not
later than January 31, 2025, on this initiative. The report
should include: (1) The extent to which the Department of the
Air Force and the Department of the Navy have acquired used,
overhauled, reconditioned, and remanufactured commercial dual-
use parts; (2) An identification of used parts acquired under
this program; (3) The costs of these used parts compared to the
costs of the same new parts if acquired new; and (4) A
description of competitive procedures used by the Air Force and
Navy to acquire commercial dual-use parts.
Common tactical truck
The committee supports continued U.S. Army efforts to
maximize commonality and employ best commercial practices in
its Tactical Wheeled Vehicle procurement activities. However,
the committee is concerned that the U.S. Army's current
acquisition strategy for the common tactical truck (CTT),
including the decision to combine vehicles with different
mission requirements, such as the Heavy Expanded Mobility
Tactical Truck and the line haul tractor trailer, into one
configuration may reduce competition and increase costs.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Army
to provide a briefing to the Committees on Armed Services of
the Senate and the House of Representatives, not later than
February 28, 2025, on the U.S. Army's analysis of alternatives
for the CTT program, to include its consideration of
recapitalizing the Family of Heavy Tactical Wheeled Vehicles.
Comptroller General review of Army Future Vertical Lift modernization
efforts
The U.S. Army announced in February that it would rebalance
its aviation modernization investments across new and enduring
platforms. This decision included cancellation of its Future
Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft effort; increased investment in
its Future Tactical Unmanned Aerial System; a commitment to
modernize its enduring Apache, Black Hawk, and Chinook fleets;
and a divestment of legacy unmanned assets. To assist the
committee in its oversight of the U.S. Army's Future Vertical
Lift (FVL) modernization efforts to include these changes, the
committee directs the Comptroller General of the United States
to review and assess the U.S. Army's FVL efforts and plans. The
Comptroller General's review should assess:
(1) What new investments or developments will result
from the restructuring and what investments or
developments will the U.S. Army curtail or continue;
(2) What analyses were performed to inform the U.S.
Army's decision to restructure its plans for aviation
modernization; and
(3) To what extent has the U.S. Army factored in
lessons learned from previous acquisition efforts,
experimentation events, Indo-Pacific centric exercises,
and observations of operations in Ukraine to inform its
revised plans for aviation.
The committee further directs the Comptroller General to
provide a briefing to the congressional defense committees, not
later than June 27, 2025, and a report at a time agreed upon at
the time of the briefing.
Comptroller General review of Army network modernization
The committee is aware that the U.S. Army has recently
shifted its network modernization approach from biennial
capability sets to a continuous insertion of new technology and
a more software-centric approach.
Therefore, the committee directs the Comptroller General of
the United States to conduct a review and provide a briefing to
the congressional defense committees, not later than June 27,
2025, on the U.S. Army's network modernization approach and
plans. The Comptroller General's review should assess:
(1) What systems or technologies the U.S. Army is
seeking to modernize its battlefield command, control,
and communications network;
(2) What acquisition approaches and contracting
strategies the U.S. Army is considering for modernizing
its battlefield network capabilities;
(3) How the U.S. Army determined the requirements for
these systems; and
(4) To what extent the U.S. Army is using leading
practices to manage risks in acquiring these systems or
software.
The committee further directs the Comptroller General to
provide a report to the congressional defense committees at a
mutually agreed upon time.
Comptroller General review of B-52 bomber spare parts and support
equipment
The last B-52 bomber was built in 1962, and it is expected
to be retired in the 2050s. The current fleet of 76 aircraft is
undergoing 10 depot level modifications and it has over 60,000
total parts in its inventory spread throughout various depots
and support centers. However, this does not include associated
aircraft ground equipment such as unique weapons loaders,
electrical generators, and other associated systems. These
modernization investments will ensure the fleet remains combat
ready over the next 30 years, but many of the parts in
inventory, will likely be 90 years old by the time the fleet is
retired.
Therefore, the committee directs the Comptroller General of
the United States to assess:
(1) The cost, schedule, and performance progress of
Air Force B-52 modernization investments;
(2) The Air Force's approach to coordinating and
tracking B-52 depot level modifications underway and
planned; and
(3) Non-depot level parts sustainment, including
aircraft ground equipment associated with the B-52
through the remaining lifetime of the airframe.
The Comptroller General shall brief the congressional
defense committees on this assessment on a mutually agreed upon
date, but not later than March 31, 2025.
Contested logistics training at combat training centers
The committee finds that the importance of sustaining
forces in expeditionary environments is underscored by recent
initiatives such as the Pacific Deterrence Initiative and the
Arctic Strategy. However, the committee notes that the Combat
Training Center Directorate has not adequately integrated key
commercial technologies into its training exercises for
rotating deployable units.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Army
to brief the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the
House of Representatives, not later than March 15, 2025, on
U.S. Army efforts to train soldiers on contested logistics-
related technical systems at combat training centers (CTC) or
during division- or corps-level exercises. The briefing shall
include: (1) A summary of training scenarios used; (2) An
assessment of the skills that the combined force needs to
develop and maintain to enable efficient and effective
deployment of life support systems; (3) An assessment of
commercially-available equipment or systems that the U.S. Army
has exercised in simulated combat and contested environments;
and (4) Any other elements the Secretary deems relevant.
Counter-UAS for conventional forces
The committee believes that the most effective counter-
unmanned aerial systems (UAS) capabilities for the joint force
are those using software-defined technologies of autonomy,
artificial intelligence (AI), and machine learning. The
committee notes that U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM),
through the Systems Integration Partner program, uses such
technologies to rapidly deploy innovative counter-UAS
capabilities in combat environments. These systems provide
passive and active multi-modal detect configurations for mobile
sites, fixed sites, and maritime vessels.
The committee is concerned by the obstacles to
transitioning these innovative capabilities from SOCOM to
conventional forces. The committee commends SOCOM and U.S.
Central Command for leveraging innovative capabilities like
open-architecture, vertical take-off and landing, and AI-driven
autonomous air vehicles for Group 3 defeat missions. However,
the committee is concerned that the Services have not budgeted
to sustain and expand these types of critical capabilities.
Therefore, the committee directs the service acquisition
executives of the Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force
to provide separate briefings to the Committees on Armed
Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives, not
later than January 31, 2025, on plans to resource, transition,
and scale advanced, AI-enabled, combat-validated UAS defeat
capabilities to conventional forces within their department.
Directed energy testing for countering unmanned aerial systems
The committee recognizes the threat posed by Group 1 to
Group 3+ unmanned aerial systems (UAS) and UAS swarms, both to
the Homeland and to U.S. military operations, installations,
and personnel worldwide. The committee understands that to
defeat this growing threat, a layered, integrated defense
strategy is required that includes directed energy (DE)
capabilities. The committee recognizes that DE capabilities
must be tested and servicemembers must be trained in their
operation before they can be deployed against UAS and UAS
swarms.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense
to submit a briefing to the congressional defense committees,
not later than March 31, 2025, on the current capability of the
Department of Defense (DOD) to test DE systems and plans to
increase that capability. The briefing shall include:
(1) A complete list of DOD test ranges currently
conducting DE systems testing;
(2) An assessment of existing Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) and National Telecommunications
and Information Administration (NTIA) policies and
regulations relevant to the testing of DE systems and
the use of spectrum analysis tools;
(3) An assessment of where among these test ranges
the implementation of spectrum analysis tools is
feasible and necessary for the testing of DE systems to
ensure adherence to FAA and NTIA regulations;
(4) An assessment of the potential impacts of DE
system tests on the National Airspace System and the
electromagnetic spectrum, particularly concerning
effects beyond these installations' fence lines;
(5) A plan to expand range support for DE testing and
operations;
(6) Recommendations for DOD equipment, policy, or
regulatory changes to facilitate the testing of DE
systems at DOD ranges in compliance with FAA and NTIA
regulations; and
(7) Recommendations, in consultation with the
Administrators of the FAA and the NTIA, for changes to
FAA and NTIA policies or regulations that would allow
for more effective and efficient testing of DE systems.
Enhance National Guard infantry lethality
The committee recognizes the need to provide Reserve and
National Guard infantry units additional opportunities to
conduct realistic live fire training on state-of-the-art moving
robotic target systems. The committee encourages the Army to
establish reserve component training sites that: (1) Utilize
autonomous robotic targets capable of conducting realistic
training scenarios consistent with combat operations; (2)
Objectively score trainee performance; (3) Operate at distances
greater than 100 meters; (4) Survive live fire exercises from
6.8 millimeter rounds of the Next Generation Squad Weapon of
the Army; and (5) Fully function in all reasonably expected
weather conditions and across diverse geographic landscapes.
Establishment of a digital engineering center of excellence
The committee supports the Army's efforts to begin a Ground
Vehicle System Center Digital Engineering Center of Excellence
to enable digital transformation in all parts of the lifecycle,
including an inventory of obsolete parts no longer manufactured
by the private sector for deployed weapon systems, and the
ability to virtually, and physically, prototype next generation
ground systems. The committee believes the Center of Excellence
should be an enduring capability with both government and
academic partners in order to ensure warfighter ability to
field current weapon systems free of replacement part shortages
and to rapidly field new weapon systems.
Extended range cannon artillery replacement
Though the Army cancelled its Extended Range Cannon
Artillery (ERCA) program, a recently conducted tactical fires
study validated the capability gap that the ERCA sought to
fill. Observations from Ukraine reinforce the critical role of
mobile cannon artillery. The extensive employment of unmanned
aerial systems and near ubiquitous sensing only increase the
risks to the Armored Brigade Combat Team (ABCT) and the Stryker
Brigade Combat Team (SBCT) on the modern battlefield. The
committee is interested in how the Army is seeking to rapidly
identify and field improved cannon artillery to these
formations. The committee supports Army efforts to achieve
requirements by identifying currently available capabilities or
rapidly improving our own systems.
Accordingly, the committee directs the Secretary of the
Army to provide a briefing to the Committees on Armed Services
of the Senate and the House of Representatives, not later than
March 31, 2025, on its long range cannon modernization effort.
The briefing should include:
(1) An assessment of how current ABCTs and SBCTs
long-range cannon fires capabilities would perform in a
scenario such as Ukraine;
(2) A description of what new vehicles or programs
are being considered to fill the stated requirement;
and
(3) A comparison of cost to modernize through
employment of, or modification to, existing platforms
versus the cost to a new start program. A new start
program estimate should consider total costs, including
developmental, acquisition, sustainment, and
operational costs.
Future Long Range Assault Aircraft
The committee is encouraged by the progress and reduction
of risk achieved in the Future Long Range Assault Aircraft
(FLRAA) program and its advancement toward production and first
unit equipped starting in 2030. The committee recognizes that
the FLRAA tilt-rotor weapon system, based on the Bell-Textron
V-280 Valor technology demonstrator, delivers transformational
vertical lift capability, providing speed and range critically
needed in the Indo-Pacific and other theaters of operation. The
committee notes that next-generation tilt-rotor technology
utilized in the FLRAA is based on lessons incorporated from
over 750,000 tilt-rotor flight hours and represents a unique
U.S. strategic capability, technology, and manufacturing
advantage.
Given the leap-ahead nature of the FLRAA aircraft, the
committee encourages the Department of Defense (DOD) to
aggressively support the U.S. Army's efforts to complete
development, testing, and fielding of the assault and medical
evacuation configurations. Additionally, the committee
encourages DOD to leverage the U.S. Army's FLRAA program to
fulfill U.S. Special Operations Command and other military
services requirements for advanced vertical-lift capabilities.
Furthermore, the committee expects the U.S. Army to
concurrently posture the program to facilitate rapid sales to
partner nations to build capacity and interoperability.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Army
to provide a briefing to the Committees on Armed Services of
the Senate and the House of Representatives, not later than
March 15, 2025, on its preliminary fielding plans for the
assault and medical evacuation variants. The briefing shall
also include plans, efforts, and initiatives to facilitate
sales to partner nations. Additionally, the committee directs
the Secretaries of the Navy and Air Force, and the Commander,
U.S. Special Operations Command, to provide briefings to the
Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of
Representatives, not later than March 15, 2025, on their
respective plans to leverage the U.S. Army's FLRAA program to
fulfill advanced vertical-lift capabilities of their
organizations.
Future Tactical Unmanned Aircraft Systems
The committee recognizes the critical importance of organic
Uncrewed Aerial Systems (UAS) capability within Army combat
maneuver formations, and the need to rapidly field runway
independent, point take-off and landing, rapidly deployable
Group III UAS in Brigade Combat Teams, the Ranger Regiment, and
Special Forces groups. The committee notes that the U.S. Army
plans to replace RQ-7 Shadows in these formations with Future
Tactical Unmanned Aircraft Systems (FTUAS) beginning in fiscal
year 2026 through fiscal year 2032, and that an accelerated
divestiture of Shadow leaves a critical gap in organic UAS
capability that smaller UAS do not provide, including extended
range and endurance, targeting sensors, secure datalink, laser
designation, and communications-relay payloads.
Accordingly, the committee directs the Secretary of the
Army to provide a briefing to the Committees on Armed Services
of the Senate and the House of Representatives, not later than
January 31, 2025, on options to accelerate production and
fielding of the FTUAS in order to shorten the capability gap
that results from accelerated divestiture of the RQ-7 Shadow.
One of the options included in the briefing must articulate the
fastest possible production and fielding that industry can
reasonably facilitate.
Ground autonomy capabilities for the squad multipurpose equipment
transport
The committee has expressed interest in software defined
advanced technologies, including autonomous technology. The
committee applauds the U.S. Army's recent directive on agile
software development and believes this practice will result in
capability delivered sooner to the warfighter.
However, the committee believes the U.S. Army's acquisition
and requirements process related to ground autonomy are out of
sync. The committee believes that vehicle autonomy should not
be limited only to the development of future combat and
tactical vehicles, but could also be adapted into currently
fielded systems that are projected to remain in the force.
For example, the Small Multipurpose Equipment Transport (S-
MET) is one such system that is autonomy ready and designed for
integration of future Modular Mission Payloads (MMPs) to
enhance capability. However, the committee is unaware whether
the U.S. Army has a defined requirement for autonomy for S-MET
Increment II, or a plan to retrofit autonomy kits into S-MET
Increment I models. The committee believes incorporating
autonomy into S-METs would increase the diverse mission sets
and capabilities to protect and serve warfighters.
The committee is aware that multiple commercial products
exist that enable advanced ground autonomy in large and small
vehicles, including several that have automated S-MET-like
vehicles. Despite this, the committee is concerned that the
U.S. Army continues to fund the Robotic Technology Kernel, now
known as Autonomous Robotic Control System, to support
government autonomy software development while Program
Executive Offices have turned to mid-tier acquisition to secure
and deliver capability. The committee believes the U.S. Army
should re-examine its funding decisions and consider further
engagement with providers in the ground autonomy industrial
base.
Accordingly, the committee directs the Secretary of the
Army to provide a report to the Committees on Armed Services of
the Senate and the House of Representatives, not later than
March 31, 2025, on its efforts to incorporate autonomy on
currently fielded S-MET vehicles. The report should include:
(1) Whether autonomy, not ``autonomy ready,'' is a
requirement for S-MET Increment II;
(2) The U.S. Army's efforts to select autonomous
software vendors;
(3) The U.S. Army's timelines to incorporate autonomy
in S-MET; and
(4) Whether the U.S. Army plans to accelerate
retrofitting for S-MET Increment I.
Improving aviation training ranges
The committee is aware that the U.S. Navy is undertaking
various efforts to modernize its tactical aviation training
ranges. The committee urges the Department of the Navy to
consider additional research and development opportunities in
order to keep pace with the evolving nature of man-portable air
defense system (MANPADS) threats around the globe.
Furthermore, the committee notes that the U.S. Navy is
conducting a MANPADS-related aircrew electronic warfare
tactical training range (AEWTTR) modernization effort in
support of the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division
(NAWCD). Despite these upgrades, the development and
proliferation of third- and fourth-generation portable air
defense systems that employ multispectral seeker technology is
creating a growing threat for U.S. aviators.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Navy
to brief the congressional defense committees, not later than
January 31, 2025, on its plans to improve the capability of
AEWTTR/NAWCD training ranges in response to the threat from
third- and fourth-generation MANPADS.
Integration of Identification Friend or Foe systems for counter-
unmanned aerial systems
The committee is increasingly concerned by the inability of
U.S. ground forces to distinguish enemy drones from friendly
and neutral drones on the battlefield. Unmanned Aerial Systems
(UAS) are inexpensive, useful for a multitude of purposes, and
continue to proliferate. The increasing numbers of UAS
challenge combat commanders' ability to identify,
differentiate, and track all aircraft, manned and unmanned,
across the air defense domain.
The committee is aware that the U.S. Marine Corps is
developing and fielding expeditionary systems to improve air
defense capabilities. These programs, the Marine Air Defense
Integrated System (MADIS) for counter-UAS and the Medium Range
Intercept Capability (MRIC) for subsonic/supersonic cruise
missiles, have advanced and capable primary radars for threat
detection. Even so, these radars cannot effectively acquire
remote Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) data to identify all
friendly assets.
The committee understands that the Marine Corps is looking
at an existing Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) based
IFF system to fully integrate with the MADIS and MRIC systems.
The committee sees promise in this emerging system, and expects
leadership in the U.S. Marine Corps to consider its integration
into the U.S. Marine Corps' MADIS and MRIC programs.
Joint All Domain Testing, Evaluation, and Training Center
The Senate report accompanying S. 4543 (S. Rept. 117-130),
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023, as
passed by the Senate, included a requirement for the Secretary
of Defense to coordinate with the appropriate military and
civilian officials to provide a report on the advisability and
feasibility of establishing a Joint All Domain Training Center
in the eastern half of the United States. The committee remains
supportive of efforts to establish this training facility and
expects the Department of Defense (DOD) to complete its ongoing
review with all due haste. Further, the committee looks forward
to receiving the results of the Institute for Defense Analysis
study currently underway.
The committee encourages DOD to fund such efforts should
ongoing studies determine it would benefit the training and
readiness of the Armed Forces or expand the availability of
research, study, or experimentation facilities necessary for
critical capabilities.
Load-carrying technology advancements
The committee recognizes the need to advance the
warfighter's capabilities through innovative load-carrying
solutions. The positive outcomes associated with the
Maneuverable Lightweight Electric Weight Reducer (MLEWR) effort
highlight the potential for significant enhancements in troop
mobility, lethality, and survivability. Further, the committee
understands that the U.S. Army has initiated the validation of
a requirement for the Dismount Unit Soldier Transport (DUST)
based on the MLEWR effort.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Army
to provide a briefing to the Committees on Armed Services of
the Senate and the House of Representatives, not later than
March 31, 2025, on its efforts to employ technology to improve
the mobility of dismounted forces. The briefing should include:
(1) A summary of unit assessments of the efficacy and
utility of the current load-carrying technologies under
evaluation, with an emphasis on the MLEWR effort, to
include operational benefits, challenges encountered,
and potential for integration at scale;
(2) A description of the accessory kits currently
being utilized by units that have received systems
under the MLEWR effort, detailing how each accessory
enhances the platform's utility and the warfighter's
mission effectiveness;
(3) An update on the DUST Capability Development
Document, including an anticipated timeline and the
steps being taken towards achieving its milestones; and
(4) A description of fielding plan of these
capabilities to include any analysis of potential
obstacles and the strategies devised to address them.
Manned intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance and close air
support training
The committee recognizes the importance of proficiency in
close air support (CAS) and intelligence, surveillance, and
reconnaissance (ISR) coordination in order to effectively
support ground force commander requirements globally. The
committee further notes that training involving human-in-the-
loop ISR capabilities plays an important role in sustaining
andenhancing CAS proficiency. While unmanned aerial systems have
assumed a greater role in CAS execution, the demand for manned ISR
operations will persist for ground force commanders across all global
areas of responsibility.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense
to provide a briefing no later than January 3, 2025, that: (1)
Outlines the strategy and associated activities of the
Department of Defense to ensure proficiency in this critical
skill set; and (2) Provides an assessment of what low-cost
virtual and live training capabilities are available to
operational units whose mission is to maintain proficiency in
this skill set.
MH-139A Grey Wolf
The committee notes with concern that the U.S. Air Force
has reduced its planned procurement of MH-139A aircraft,
potentially jeopardizing the recapitalization of the aging UH-
1N fleet. The MH-139A increases protection of our nuclear
arsenal by providing enhanced rapid response against threats to
our land-based intercontinental ballistic missile
infrastructure, and if the procurement numbers were restored,
could solve shortfalls in operations missions. The decision to
limit MH-139A procurement after fiscal year 2025 will preclude
the recapitalization of critical assets at Andrews Air Force
Base and elsewhere, leaving concerning capability shortfalls.
The committee therefore recommends that the U.S. Air Force
fully fund the previously planned procurement of up to 84 MH-
139A aircraft in support of these critical transport and
civilian search and rescue missions.
Additionally, the committee directs the Secretary of the
Air Force to brief the congressional defense committees, no
later than January 13, 2025, on how the vertical lift
requirements of the Air Force District Washington, Air Force
Material Command, and Air Education and Training Command will
be met absent continued MH-139A procurement.
Modeling and simulation in relation to the Fragmentation Rapid Analysis
Generator using Computed Tomography
The committee notes that as the Army modernizes its
munitions, it must also modernize its ability to test and
evaluate these new capabilities. One effort is the
Fragmentation Rapid Analysis Generator using Computed
Tomography (FRAG-CT) program which seeks to automate and
improve the process of quantifying the mass, size, and
distribution of munition fragmentation. By leveraging
artificial intelligence and machine learning to improve data
compilation, the committee understands FRAG-CT may also enable
modeling and simulation during capabilities development.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Army,
in coordination with the Department of Defense's Director of
Operational Test and Evaluation, to brief the Committees on
Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives,
not later than January 31, 2025, on its plans to utilize
advancements in artificial intelligence and machine learning
software to enhance its ability to accurately verify, validate,
and accredit modeling and simulation tools intended to improve
weapons assessments. This briefing should include:
(1) A description of the current development status
of the FRAG-CT program, including demonstrated
capabilities and performance metrics;
(2) The potential for emerging technologies to
enhance lethality and modeling and simulation
capabilities for fragmentation characteristics; and
(3) Any current or planned research, development,
test, and evaluation initiatives to further develop
FRAG-CT capabilities.
Mounted Mission Command-Transport
The committee supports U.S. Army efforts to modernize its
Joint Battle Command-Platform program of record, which provides
secure blue force tracking capability at the Platform and
Command Post levels and includes the Mounted Mission Command-
Transport (MMC-T). MMC-T will enable units to share near real-
time friendly and enemy situational awareness information,
operational maps and graphics, and command and control
messages. Further, the committee commends the use of open
standards that promote competition and the ability to more
rapidly inject new technology.
Multi-Domain capabilities in the Army National Guard
The committee commends and remains supportive of the U.S.
Army's efforts to develop, mature, and field Multi-Domain Task
Forces (MDTFs) optimized for contested environments and
supports the current plan to field five MDTFs as published in
the recent Total Army Analysis. As the U.S. Army seeks
opportunities to expand multi-domain capabilities across the
force, the committee recommends the U.S. Army consider
establishing similar capabilities within the Army National
Guard. While the committee recognizes the high demand, low
density nature of these unique forces, it is important for the
U.S. Army to consider creative ways to both expand critical
capabilities across the total force and take advantage of the
ability of the reserve components to access soldiers with
critical skills.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Army
to brief the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the
House of Representatives, not later than February 28, 2025, on
its efforts to expand MDTF-like capabilities into its reserve
components.
Paladin Integrated Management
The committee is concerned that the President's budget
request includes only 20 Paladin Integrated Management (PIM)
sets, as the U.S. Army's published minimum sustainment rate for
FY25 is 24 sets. This PIM procurement plan reduces the U.S.
Army's buying power, significantly increases unit costs, and
strains the supply chain. Therefore, the committee encourages
the Secretary of the Army to budget for build rates that meet
or exceed PIM's minimum sustainment rate across the future
years defense plan.
Portable hybrid generators
The committee recognizes that the U.S. Army will need to
invest in lightweight hybrid field generators and auxiliary
power units with lower decibel levels and reduced heat
signatures to support Army operational requirements. For
example, new 2 to 5 kilowatt hybrid field generators and 10 to
30 kilowatt hybrid auxiliary power units could make Joint Light
Tactical Vehicles more efficient through their advanced
electronics. The committee recognizes that the U.S. Army will
need to validate the number units needed to maximize fuel
efficiency and decrease weight and noise for Joint Light
Tactical Vehicles. The committee finds that continued
investment and fielding of lightweight field generators and
auxiliary power units will be necessary to support the
modernization efforts of the U.S. Army.
Procurement authorities for amphibious warship programs
The committee appreciates the U.S. Navy's efforts to enter
into a multi-ship procurement of up to five amphibious warships
and affirms that the U.S. Navy has the authority required to
enter into such a procurement provided by section 129 of the
James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 2023 (Public Law 117-263). The committee recognizes that
amphibious warships have not had the stabilizing benefit of a
multiyear procurement or block buy contract such as used on the
Arleigh-Burke-class destroyer, Virginia-class submarine, and
Ford-class aircraft carrier, and regrets the failed
negotiations in 2019 for a multi-ship procurement of amphibious
warships. The committee encourages the Department of the Navy
to use its authority, including authorization for economic
order quantity, to support its ability to meet the statutory
requirement for 31 amphibious warfare ships, achieve cost
savings, and stabilize the industrial base.
Report on the costs of a sustainment brigade in the Indo-Pacific
The committee is concerned that U.S. Army Pacific does not
have a dedicated Active-Duty sustainment brigade within the 8th
Theater Sustainment Command stationed at Fort Shafter, Hawaii.
The committee notes that while the 25th Infantry Division,
stationed at Schofield Barracks, has its own division
sustainment brigade, the theater as a whole lacks a separate,
dedicated logistics brigade. By contrast, the committee notes
that the 21st Theater Sustainment Command, U.S. Army Europe and
Africa's lead organization for logistics, contains the 16th
Sustainment Brigade to conduct theater opening, distribution,
and redeployment operations. The committee believes that the
Department of the Army should consider establishing a separate
Active-Duty sustainment brigade within the Indo-Pacific area of
operations.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Army
to provide a report to the Senate Armed Services Committee, not
later than March 15, 2025, that assesses the advisability and
feasibility of establishing an Active-Duty sustainment brigade
in the Indo-Pacific. The report shall include:
(1) A review of U.S. Army Pacific's sustainment
responsibilities across the theater, both for the Army
and the joint force;
(2) A review of U.S. Army Pacific's current ability
to fulfill the responsibilities identified in (1);
(3) A list and description of proposed tasks for the
Active-Duty sustainment brigade;
(4) Force structure options to establish an Active-
Duty sustainment brigade, to include a review of
reserve component billets; and
(5) Costs and other considerations associated with
establishing an Active-Duty sustainment brigade in the
Indo-Pacific.
Review of shipbuilding
The committee remains concerned about the performance of
the U.S. Navy's major shipbuilding programs, and its ability to
efficiently design and build new vessels based on requirements
driven by capabilities needed to respond to evolving and
expanding maritime threats. In the Government Accountability
Office (GAO) report, published on May 2, 2024, titled ``Navy
Shipbuilding: Increased Use of Leading Design Practices Could
Improve Timeliness of Deliveries'' (GAO-24-105503), GAO found
that the design practices being used by U.S. Navy shipbuilding
programs fall short of leading commercial practices. The report
stated that the U.S. Navy's practices contribute to longer
cycle times for new ship design and construction and less
predictable cost, schedule, and performance outcomes. GAO's
report also noted that the U.S. Navy's effectiveness in
maturing new ship designs can be hampered by its requirements
practices and in-house workforce challenges that affect
decision-making. The committee notes that responsibility for
ship requirements, and how those requirements are interpreted
into specifications, rests with the U.S. Navy. These decisions
account for a large majority of the design space and program
cost.
As a result, the committee directs the Under Secretary of
Acquisition and Sustainment to submit a report to the
congressional defense committees regarding warship planning,
design, and construction practices. The report shall address:
(1) A comparison of approaches to warship requirements,
specification, and design practices between the U.S. Navy and
the navies of South Korea and Japan; (2) An analysis the
tradeoff between ship weight and ship density in construction
and sustainment costs; (3) A review of U.S. Navy ship
engineering workforce, including the size, qualifications,
organization, funding, and how changes at the module level are
evaluated at the system level, including impacts on operational
requirements, cost, and schedule; (4) An identification of
commercially-derived components and capabilities that are
relevant to U.S. Navy operating environments; and (5) An
evaluation of whether the U.S. Navy's adoption of best
practices used by commercial shipbuilding in the United States
and among allies would support the domestic commercial maritime
shipbuilding industry.
The committee further directs the Under Secretary of
Acquisition and Sustainment to provide an interim briefing to
the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of
Representatives not later than June 1, 2025, with a final
report to be issued at a mutually agreed upon date. The
committee authorizes the Under Secretary of Defense for
Acquisition and Sustainment to enter into one or more contracts
or grants with the Acquisition Innovation Research Center and
federally funded research and development centers to help
develop this report.
Small business contract modification due to inflationary factors
The committee is aware of small businesses' concerns with
U.S. Army contracts in recent years, including small
businesses' requests for extraordinary contractual
modifications due to inflationary factors associated with
COVID-19 and other supply chain impacts. The committee believes
that these concerns have merit, and that contractual
modifications of these sorts are of significant importance for
small businesses.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Army
to expedite the processing, review, and adjudication of
contract modification requests for price adjustments due to
inflation submitted from small businesses since 2019. Further,
the committee directs the Secretary to brief the Committees on
Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives,
not later than January 31, 2025, on the status of outstanding
contract modification requests from small businesses and the
Department of the Army's plan to resolve any outstanding
requests.
Small unit autonomous medium-lift unmanned aerial system resupply
The Committee supports the initiatives within the
Department of Defense on the Joint Tactical Autonomous Aerial
Resupply System (JTAARS). This system is an autonomous aerial
cargo delivery solution, organic to the maneuver commander,
that offers rapid and agile sustainment options for highly
mobile tactical combat forces operating in widely dispersed and
close support areas.
The Committee recommends that the Department of Defense:
(1) Prioritize the development and deployment of
autonomous aerial resupply systems, which have shown
significant operational benefits, including enhanced
safety, speed, and efficiency of resupply missions;
(2) Work to expedite the integration of light, medium
and heavy variants of these systems into various
branches of the armed forces, emphasizing their
potential to improve logistical support and operational
security;
(3) Ensure ongoing testing and capability expansion
in partnership with unmanned aerial systems (UAS)
research institutions and military units, to include
adherence to relevant National Defense Authorization
Act requirements and pursuing Blue-UAS approval; and
(4) Recognize that programs like JTAARS enable
maneuver by reducing the tactical force's dependence on
ground lines of communication and sustainment,
mitigating threats to manned convoys and manned aerial
systems, lightening the soldier's load, and shrinking
the supply chain.
Solicitation of commercial off-the-shelf aviation solutions
The committee commends efforts by the Department of Defense
(DOD) to modernize its forces through the development and
fielding of advanced aviation combat capabilities. However, the
committee is concerned with the speed, process, and cost at
which DOD procures and fields systems. The committee is also
concerned about DOD releasing solicitations with directed
requirements that preclude the use of commercial off-the-shelf
(COTS) solutions that otherwise would be acceptable. The
committee believes maximizing the use of COTS for technical
components and solutions could reduce costs through increased
vendor competition, and could reduce fielding timelines.
Therefore, the committee encourages DOD to ensure solicitations
with directed requirements include opportunities for aviation
COTS solutions to compete.
Sonobuoy minimum inventory requirements
Sonobuoys are a key component of the U.S. Navy's anti-
submarine warfare arsenal. They are a critical element of the
U.S. Navy's ability to combat and track highly sophisticated
submarine threats worldwide, especially throughout the Indo-
Pacific, Northern Atlantic, Mediterranean, and Black Sea areas
of operation. Sonobuoy expenditure rates have steadily risen
over the past several years as adversary threats have expanded.
The annual naval munitions requirements process (NMRP) model
estimates inventory requirements for combat stock and all usage
requirements for readiness, current operations, and squadron
training and test. The U.S. Navy, however, has historically
underfunded annual sonobuoy procurement to that required
inventory level, resulting in sonobuoy procurement below NMRP-
recommended levels.
The committee is concerned that this gap between validated
sonobuoy requirements and lower levels of funding for
procurement leaves the U.S. Navy vulnerable to increased
threats from adversaries around the globe. Therefore, the
committee encourages the Secretary of the Navy, beginning in
the budget request for fiscal year 2026, to fund annual
sonobuoy procurement to no less than 95 percent of the total
munitions requirement for sonobuoys as determined by the NMRP.
Status of contract adversary air
The committee understands the growing importance of
simulation and synthetic platforms for the replication of
future air threat environments, and is encouraged by U.S. Air
Force efforts in this area. However, the committee does not
believe virtual or constructive training should be considered a
complete substitute for live training, and understands that
contracted adversary air providers may offer flexible and
affordable solutions for some portion of adversary air
requirements.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Air
Force, in consultation with the Secretary of the Navy, to
provide a briefing to the congressional defense committees, not
later than March 31, 2025, on the current state of contractor
adversary air arrangements. The briefing shall cover topics
such as: (1) The total number of contractor adversary air
providers currently supporting the joint force; (2) Specifics
on how contractor solutions substitute or augment organic
service fleets to delivery high-end adversary training; and (3)
Operational costs and benefits of contractor adversary air
providers versus utilizing own-fleet aircraft in adversary
roles.
Submarine industrial base expansion
The committee fully supports the U.S. Navy's efforts to
bolster the submarine supplier base. The committee supports the
partnership between the shipbuilders and the U.S. Navy to
identify and fund projects among suppliers to help them
increase capability and capacity. One alternative source of
suppliers that the committee believes would merit U.S. Navy
attention is among non-traditional suppliers that are not
already significantly involved in the Virginia- and Columbia-
class programs. The committee is concerned that, unless the
U.S. Navy identifies a pathway for new suppliers to receive
U.S. Navy investments in equipment and workforce development,
the U.S. Navy and shipbuilders may not be able to achieve their
goals for expanding capacity and capability.
Therefore, the committee directs the Program Executive
Office (PEO) Strategic Submarines, the PEO Attack Submarines,
and the Submarine Industrial Base office, to work with the
submarine shipbuilders to establish a process by which they can
evaluate and invest in bringing new suppliers into the
submarine industrial base more quickly. This process should
allow for the following: (1) Disclosing to potential providers
parts or components the U.S. Navy needs; (2) Providing timely
support for qualification of such new sources; (3) Onsite
evaluation of potential new submarine suppliers; (4) Feedback
to potential suppliers on potential work for Virginia- and
Columbia-class programs; (5) Suggested equipment investment to
support potential work; and (6) Recommendations for the U.S.
Navy for investment of the strategic development funding and a
timeline for that investment.
The Secretary of the Navy should establish this process and
brief the program to the congressional defense committees not
later than March 31, 2025. The committee also directs the
Secretary of the Navy, beginning in fiscal year 2026 and for
the next 5 years, to submit an annual report to the
congressional defense committees on new suppliers added to
submarine industrial base under this process, including the
amount and type of work added and the total investment to be
executed.
Submarine industrial base workforce
The committee has long believed that the submarine
industrial base is a critical national asset and has been
consistently supportive of efforts to expand the skilled
workforce necessary for submarine construction. Despite these
efforts, disruption due to COVID-19, the generational change in
the shipbuilding workforce, and the increase of submarine
construction work due to vital national priorities such as the
Columbia-class present surmountable, but daunting challenges.
The committee is supportive of new approaches to the
problem and believes that efforts such as strategic outsourcing
and supplier development can, and should, open up new options
for non-traditional vendors to provide required capacity to an
already strained industry.
The committee also believes that continued efforts to bring
men and women into the highly-skilled trades that submarine
construction demands is vital. Submarines underpin the nation's
conventional and strategic deterrent. Improved pace and quality
in submarine construction work is necessary to meet current
plans. The committee provided novel incentives and authorities
in previous legislation to help attract and retain talent, as
well as increase the size of the skilled labor pool in regions
of the country relevant for submarine construction. Ultimately,
however, the committee believes that a close and continuing
partnership between the U.S. Navy and industry is necessary to
make the targeted, enduring investments in people who will
support this vital industry for the years to come.
Tanker roadmap
The U.S. Air Force has testified before Congress that KC-
135 tankers will be replaced by some combination of KC-46As, a
commercial derivative aircraft tanker, and the Next Generation
Air-refueling System (NGAS). However, the U.S. Air Force has
yet to provide the committees with a detailed plan illustrating
how it intends to do so after the U.S. Air Force procures 183
KC-46As through fiscal year 2027.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Air
Force to submit a specific plan with the submission of the
budget request for fiscal year 2026 for modernizing the
remaining strategic tanker fleet.
Total Army Analysis accessions assumptions
The committee has observed that the most recent Total Army
Analysis used accessions assumptions that did not coincide with
the Army's actual recruiting goals or end strength requests. As
a result, the committee is concerned about the end strength
planning factors used in the Total Army Analysis process.
The committee therefore directs the Secretary of the Army
to provide a briefing, not later than March 15, 2025, on how
the Army's recruiting goals and end strength requests are
incorporated into Total Army Analysis, along with
recommendations for how to better integrate the two planning
processes.
UH-72 Lakota helicopter sustainment and modernization
The committee is concerned that the U.S. Army lacks an
executable plan to address the long-term sustainment and
modernization of the UH-72A/B Lakota Light Utility Helicopter.
The committee recognizes the significant contributions of the
Lakota helicopter to homeland defense, force generation, and
installation support. It has proven to be a versatile,
reliable, and cost-effective platform across a range of
missions. However, the committee is concerned with accelerated
aging of the fleet due to higher than programmed employment and
the lack of a defined and budgeted long-term sustainment
strategy. Recognizing the typical acceleration of flying hour
costs as fleets age across all U.S. Army aviation platforms,
and as the Lakota approaches 20-years of service, the committee
is interested in understanding the U.S. Army's lifecycle
sustainment plan for the Lakota.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Army,
in consultation with the Chief of the National Guard Bureau, to
submit a report to the congressional defense committees not
later than April 15, 2025, on the U.S. Army's strategy for
long-term life cycle sustainment and modernization of the
Lakota fleet. The report shall include:
(1) A lifecycle sustainment course of action analysis
for the Lakota fleet that addresses fleet aging, long-
term sustainment, attrition, and the impacts and
opportunities associated with the end of UH-72A
production in lieu of the UH-72B. This analysis shall
assess and compare at least two courses of action. The
first assumes the long-term sustainment of the existing
fleet of 460 UH-72As and 18 UH-72Bs. The second will
address the sustainment costs and timing associated
with a cascade plan to redistribute, recapitalize,
resell, or dispose of UH-72A aircraft in lieu of more
cost effective UH-72B aircraft;
(2) A remanufacture analysis that includes an
assessment of the cost and readiness benefit of
harvesting components not applicable to a
remanufactured UH-72B for reuse on the enduring UH-72A
fleet; and
(3) An assessment of the concepts of operations for
use of Army National Guard Security & Support (S&S)
Battalions in deployed environments for operations
consistent with the current S&S role including, but not
limited to, counter-narcotics, reconnaissance, and
light utility operations, identifying any aircraft
modifications required to conduct various mission
profiles.
Unmanned aerial systems budget line consolidation
The committee recognizes the U.S. Army's need for fiscal
agility within its small unmanned aerial systems portfolio and
budget lines to keep pace with both threat capabilities and
industry advancements. The committee believes the U.S. Army's
current small unmanned aerial systems funding and procurement
model could be improved by consolidating capabilities.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Army
to provide a report to the Committees on Armed Services of the
Senate and the House of Representatives, not later than March
31, 2025, on the U.S. Army's current small unmanned aerial
systems funding model. The report shall include:
(1) A summary of all existing small unmanned aerial
systems funding lines and available platforms to be
procured under each line;
(2) A comparison of the U.S. Army's funding lines to
those of other military services' small unmanned aerial
systems funding lines; and
(3) A proposal to consolidate small unmanned aerial
system platforms by capability rather than platform.
Winter-rated vehicle mobility solutions
The committee is aware that the U.S. Army has a maneuver
capability gap within the tactical vehicle portfolio due to an
absence of tactical vehicle winterization kits and tires
designed for operations on snow and ice. It is important that
the U.S. Army approve a Modified Table of Organization and
Equipment (MTOE) for Army units in Alaska, and other cold
weather stations, to address this gap. In the past, the 11th
Airborne Division used unit funds for tactical vehicle
winterization kits--battery heaters, trickle chargers, and
insulated troop compartments--to ensure basic vehicle
operations.
The committee believes it is critical that units can train
safely in all weather conditions to include Arctic locations.
Such exercises are critical to ensure the Army is ready to
operate in an increasingly contested world due to emerging
cold-regions natural resources competition, tensions on the
Korean Peninsula, recent Russian aggression in Ukraine, and
threats against North Atlantic Treaty Organization allies.
The committee believes an MTOE should provide for tactical
vehicle winterization kits, snow tires, and other accessories
critical for safety and operational success. Therefore, the
committee encourages the U.S. Army to approve the 11th Airborne
Division MTOE in time for the unit's upcoming winter training
cycle. Specifically, the committee supports the U.S. Army's
efforts to field tactical vehicles with tires designed for snow
and ice operations, encourages the procurement of any
commercial off-the-shelf options that can immediately improve
the capability and readiness of Army units in the Arctic, and
enhance the safety of its personnel operating in such regions.
TITLE II--RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION
Subtitle A--Authorization of Appropriations
Authorization of appropriations (sec. 201)
The committee recommends a provision that would authorize
appropriations for research, development, test, and evaluation
activities at the levels identified in section 4201 of division
D of this Act.
Subtitle B--Program Requirements, Restrictions, and Limitations
Ensuring compliance with Department of Defense policy when awarding
research grants (sec. 211)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 1286 of the John S. McCain National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115-232) to
require Department of Defense (DOD) components to conduct
periodic examinations of research awards made to institutions
of higher education in order to ensure compliance with current
DOD research security policy. The provision would also require
the Under Secretary of Defense for Research Engineering
(USD(R&E)) to periodically examine the components' reviews of
their awards. Finally, the provision would require USD(R&E) to
amend the current requirement for an annual report to include
information on the outcomes of these periodic examinations.
The committee understands that DOD has focused its research
grant proposal review efforts on proper risk review prior to
making an award, including through the risk-based security
review process. The committee believes that it is important for
DOD to be aware of changes that could have research security
implications during the execution of the award, including
changes in personnel and support information. The committee
also understands that awardees are responsible for updating
disclosures as part of their annual Research Progress
Performance Reports (RPPR). Reliance on awardees to notify DOD
of important changes in the annual RPPRs, however, may be
insufficient for DOD to have full and timely insight to
emerging research security issues.
To help address those concerns, the committee believes that
the USD(R&E) should consider integrating a continuous
monitoring aspect to its overall program of research security.
Therefore, the committee directs the USD(R&E) to provide a
briefing to the Senate Armed Services Committee, not later than
February 1, 2025, on the feasibility and merits of initiating a
program to perform continuous monitoring of DOD-funded research
as part of its overall research security efforts.
Extension of Global Research Watch Program (sec. 212)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 4066 of title 10, United States Code, to extend the
Global Research Watch program from 2025 to 2035. The Global
Research Watch program was established to monitor and analyze
the basic and applied research activities and capabilities of
foreign nations in areas of military interest, including both
allies and competitors, in order to help make investment
decisions and identify where significant opportunities for
cooperative research may exist.
Competitive demonstration of automated target recognition algorithms
(sec. 213)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer (CDAO) of the
Department of Defense to incorporate into a global information
dominance experiment a competitive demonstration of at least
two different automated target recognition algorithms to
determine the most suitable source of development. The
committee is concerned that insufficient competition may result
in less capable attritable autonomous systems and foreclose
promising innovative techniques developed in the private
sector.
Modifications to test program for engineering plant of DDG(X) destroyer
vessels (sec. 214)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 221 of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117-81) by requiring the full-
scale testing of a minimum of two electric propulsion motor
technologies.
Assignment of Department of Defense responsibility for international
collaboration on directed energy weapons (sec. 215)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 219 of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114-328) by designating the senior
Department of Defense (DOD) official responsible for directed
energy, supported by the Joint Directed Energy Transition
Office (JDETO), as the office with primary responsibility for
collaboration with international partners on directed energy
(DE) weapons.
The committee recognizes the decades of DOD investment made
in developing DE weapons. The committee understands that there
is significant and growing interest among international
partners to collaborate with DOD as some of these initiatives
have matured into deployable systems. The committee believes
that international partners should play a larger role in the
development and fielding of DE systems given the challenges
across supply chains, critical material supplies, and testing
infrastructure.
Expansion of authority for technology protection features activities
(sec. 216)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 4067 of title 10, United States Code, to expand the
authority of the Department of Defense (DOD) to conduct
exportability planning activities to strengthen ally and
partner military capability, and improve coalition
interoperability.
The committee notes that section 4067 currently enables DOD
to conduct exportability activities during the research and
development phase of a designated system. Recent operational
requirements in Ukraine and the Indo-Pacific, however, have
identified the need to expand the scope of the authority beyond
the research and development phase to enable the conduct of
exportability planning activities for fielded, legacy, and non-
programs of record.
The committee recognizes that the DOD's current authority
was originally constructed as a pilot program in the Ike
Skelton National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011
(Public Law 111-383) to encourage acquisition program managers
to plan for export earlier in the life cycle of new acquisition
programs. The committee believes that DOD should expand the now
permanent authority to address emergent requirements to support
ally and partner operational objectives through the provision
of defense articles from U.S. or international partner stocks;
fielded U.S. origin systems; and commercially available
articles with military applications requiring the development
and application of technology protection features.
Laboratory Quality Enhancement Program (sec. 217)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
subchapter III of chapter 303 of title 10, United States Code,
to make permanent the authority for the Laboratory Quality
Enhancement Program (LQEP) that was established in section 211
of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017
(Public Law 114-328). The provision would also require updates
to the roles and responsibilities of the LQEP.
Limitation on availability of funds for fundamental research
collaboration with certain institutions (sec. 218)
The committee recommends a provision that would prohibit
the Department of Defense (DOD) from making an award to an
institution of higher education for fundamental research in
collaboration with an academic institution included on the list
developed pursuant to section 1286(c)(9) of the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (P.L. 115-232).
The provision would also allow the Assistant Secretary of
Defense for Science and Technology to waive those restrictions
on a case-by-case basis if it were in the interests of national
security to do so. The provision would further require DOD to
report annually on the compliance of the Department and
institutions of higher education with this provision, including
by listing the justification for waivers.
Detail authority for Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to
support technology transition (sec. 219)
The committee recommends a provision that would authorize
the Director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
(DARPA) to provide qualified personnel to a military department
to support transition of DARPA-developed technology to such
military department, if requested by the Principal Technology
Transition Advisor of that military department.
Prohibition on award of research or development contracts or grants to
educational institutions that have violated certain civil
rights (sec. 220)
The committee recommends a provision that would prohibit
the Department of Defense from entering into any new contracts,
or agreements, or making any new grant awards to institutions
of higher education that have violated title VI of the Civil
Rights Act of 1964 (Public Law 88-352) on or after 1 year after
the date of the enactment of this Act. The prohibition would no
longer apply once an institution of higher education is
determined to be in compliance with title VI. The provision
includes a waiver for the Secretary of Defense to issue on a
case-by-case basis.
Subtitle C--Plans, Reports, and Other Matters
Improvements relating to defining, identifying, and planning the
artificial intelligence workforce of the Department of Defense
(sec. 231)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Under Secretary
of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, the Chief Digital and
Artificial Intelligence Officer of the Department of Defense
and the Chief Information Officer of the Department of Defense,
to fully define, identify, and plan for the artificial
intelligence (AI) workforce. The Department of Defense should
forecast future work requirements and the need for maintaining
an enduring U.S. advantage in AI technology, applications, and
systems.
Development and implementation of a plan on advancing interests of
Department of Defense in matters relating to electromagnetic
spectrum in international engagements or fora (sec. 232)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Chief
Information Officer of the Department of Defense, to develop
and implement a 5-year plan for advancing the interests of the
Department of Defense in matters relating to electromagnetic
spectrum in international engagements or fora. The provision
also requires a briefing to the congressional defense
committees, not later than March 31, 2025, on this plan.
Report on geographic presence of the Defense Innovation Unit (sec. 233)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Director of the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) to provide a
report to the congressional defense committees on the current
and planned geographic footprint of DIU.
The committee recognizes the importance of DIU's mission to
strengthen national security by accelerating the adoption of
commercial technology throughout the U.S. military and
bolstering our allied and national security innovation bases.
The committee is also aware of the National Security Innovation
Network, which exists within DIU to build networks of
innovators that generate new solutions to national security
problems.
The committee believes that DIU should find ways to expand
its geographic footprint to achieve nationwide coverage for DIU
activities, particularly to geographic areas that are not major
technology and innovation hubs. The committee believes that DIU
should leverage all opportunities to expand, including through
partnerships with Department of Defense laboratories, program
intermediaries, university affiliated research centers, and
other entities.
Report on obligations and expenditure rates for basic research (sec.
234)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller), in coordination with
the comptrollers of the military departments and the Under
Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, to provide a
report to the congressional defense committees on the
obligation and expenditure rates for Department of Defense
(DOD) basic and applied research that is conducted at
institutes of higher education.
The committee understands the necessity of benchmarking
obligations and expenditures of DOD appropriations to assess
program performance. However, the Department's obligations and
expenditures benchmark policies are based on a one-size-fits-
all model, often creating pressure on program managers to
reduce incremental funding for grants and on principal
investigators to restructure agreed upon spend plans,
frequently resulting in the reprogramming of funds from basic
research lines to other accounts, or the loss of such funds as
unobligated balances.
Basic research expenditure rates can be intermittent or
concentrated during different parts of the year for a variety
of reasons, including the mismatch between the Federal
Government fiscal year and the academic calendar year.
University faculty may focus their research efforts during the
summer at the very end of the Federal fiscal year. Many
students are funded on grants, and tuition is also paid in the
late summer or early fall. In addition, basic and applied
research grantees typically invoice on actual expenditures,
whereas defense contractors can invoice more regularly using
other benchmarks. Purchasing science equipment often requires
long lead-times and funds are not billed until the equipment is
received. For research outside the lab, fieldwork or offsite
schedules are often moved and dependent on external factors.
The committee applauds the DOD's intent to ensure taxpayer
dollars are efficiently obligated and expended. However, for
the reasons noted above, basic and applied research grants
often do not exhibit a smooth expenditure rate compared to many
other types of projects and programs. Basic and applied
research grantees are often unable to expend funds until they
are obligated on a grant. Based on the unpredictable nature of
Federal Government appropriations, the expenditure of funds
might occur many months after appropriations are finalized and
often very late in the fiscal year. Despite the award delay,
the obligation and expenditure benchmark policy might direct
that 40 to 50 percent of the grant should be spent as soon as
the grant is awarded.
Therefore, the provision would require the Under Secretary
of Defense (Comptroller) and the comptrollers of the military
departments to provide data on basic and applied research
obligations and expenditures rates and the amount of funding
that is realigned from basic and applied research budget lines
due to not meeting Comptroller benchmarks.
Electromagnetic spectrum demonstration program (sec. 235)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Chief Information Officer of the Department of Defense, in
coordination with the Under Secretary of Defense for Research
and Engineering, and the Director for Operational Test and
Evaluation, to complete a demonstration program to assess the
viability of using wideband adaptive signal processing
technology to support simultaneous transmission and reception
signals on the same electromagnetic spectrum frequency band.
The provision also requires briefings to the congressional
defense committees.
Pilot program on development of near-term use cases and demonstration
of artificial intelligence toward biotechnology applications
for national security (sec. 236)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of Defense to establish a pilot program focused on
the development of near-term use cases and demonstrations of
artificial intelligence (AI) toward biotechnology applications
for national security 1 year after the date of the enactment of
this Act. This pilot program would be executed through the
development of one or more public-private partnerships and
would last for 5 years. The provision would also require the
Secretary of Defense to submit to the congressional defense
committees, not later than 1 year after the date of the
enactment of this Act, and not less frequently than once each
year thereafter for the duration of the pilot program, a report
on the pilot program.
The committee notes that this provision is based on a
recommendation from the congressionally mandated National
Security Commission on Emerging Biotechnology. The committee is
aware that many sectors are using AI models to transform
biology, including to produce new and novel materials, energy
storage, and bio-manufactured chemicals. The committee believes
there are significant potential benefits to national security
from the convergence of AI and biotechnology. The committee
also believes that the pilot program could stimulate innovation
in this area through the fostering of public-private
partnerships to accelerate growth in these sectors.
Roadmap for addressing research and development needs in biotechnology
for the Department of Defense (sec. 237)
The committee recommends a provision that would direct the
Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Under Secretary
of Defense for Research and Engineering, the Under Secretary of
Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, and the Secretaries of
the military departments, to deliver to the congressional
defense committees a biotechnology roadmap for the Department
of Defense. The provision also requires the Comptroller General
of the United States to evaluate the roadmap and provide a
report on their findings to the congressional defense
committees.
The committee recognizes the significant implications of
biotechnology for national security. The committee believes
that the Department needs a comprehensive biotechnology roadmap
to identify and guide investment priorities, plan for
transition into fielded capabilities, and determine workforce
needs, among other issues.
Plan for optimization of Irregular Warfare Technical Support
Directorate (sec. 238)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of Defense to submit to the congressional defense
committees, not later than 90 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, a plan to optimize the contributions of
the Irregular Warfare Technical Support Directorate in order to
enable irregular warfare activities in support of the 2022
National Defense Strategy.
National Defense Economic Competition Research Council (sec. 239)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of Defense to establish and charter a council to
identify, evaluate, and coordinate research efforts relating to
economic competition activities to undermine the defense
strategy of the United States and its partners and allies. In
addition, the provision would require that the council
regularly solicit input from the Joint Staff and combatant
commands on needs, problem statements, or other topics relating
to economic competition activities for their respective areas
of responsibility.
The committee notes that while the Department of Defense
(DOD) has made some organizational changes to address gray zone
activities below the threshold of war, many of these activities
are nascent, dispersed, and not well understood by the various
elements of DOD. In particular, addressing the economic
competition elements that will influence future conflict is a
subject that DOD has not had to contend with since the Cold
War, and it is not readily understood in the context of
conventional warfighting.
The committee further notes that there are a number of
organizations focused on aspects of economic competition, but
they lack a critical mass to coalesce talent and thought
leadership to help drive major direction in DOD. The committee
believes that this Council, by focusing research and leadership
in this area, can help DOD better understand how economic
competition fits into the strategy of our adversaries, and how
to develop mitigation approaches. Finally, increasing focus in
this area may help foster a better understanding of the
doctrinal and policy implications of these tools for deterrence
activities of DOD.
Defense Science Board study on long-term operations and availability of
Kwajalein Atoll as a Major Range and Test Facility Base (sec.
240)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering to
direct the Defense Science Board to complete a study to assess
the feasibility and advisability of designating the Ronald
Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site (RTS) and United
States Army Garrison Kwajalein Atoll (USAG KA) as facilities
and resources comprising the Major Range and Test Facility Base
(MRTFB). The provision further directs the Under Secretary to
provide a report on the findings of the study to the
congressional defense committees.
The committee has a longstanding concern for the Kwajalein
Atoll facilities due to the isolation of the atoll, and the
vital test activities related to intercontinental ballistic
missiles, missile defense, hypersonic weapons, and space domain
awareness that the atoll's facilities support. Until 2014, the
atoll was exclusively managed by the U.S. Army Space and
Missile Defense Command (SMDC) when the U.S. Army made the
decision to split the atoll into two operations. The test
facilities would be overseen by SMDC, and would remain a MRTFB,
but the atoll itself would become a U.S. Army garrison. As a
result, U.S. Army Installation and Management Command assumed
responsibility for managing the atoll's infrastructure.
However, the committee believes this bifurcation of operations
on Kwajalein Atoll has failed.
Kwajalein Atoll is unique. The operation of these isolated
test assets are dependent upon the infrastructure supporting
the atoll to include the docks for receiving goods; the air and
sea capabilities to transport goods, and the fuel farms and
sewage plant to support organic maintenance. More importantly,
the school, dining and housing facilities, and the hospital
provide basic needs for an otherwise isolated workforce and
their families. However, the docks are in a state of disrepair
due to the ocean environment, and the hospital needs to be
moved inland and rebuilt. Likewise, the fuel farm cannot handle
current operations, and there is no functional control tower or
air terminal. Finally, corrosion has limited the use of
helicopters on the atoll, requiring a three-hour boat ride to
the north end of Roi-Namur Island where the radars are located.
In February, Roi-Namur was hit by a 5-foot wave, without
warning, multiple times, resulting in extensive damage.
The committee is deeply concerned by the degradation of
infrastructure at Kwajalein Atoll, as well as the acute impacts
of severe weather events on the operations of the facility. The
Department of Defense owes the 2,500 staff and families, as
well as visitors, functioning infrastructure to support them
given the isolation of the atoll.
Pilot programs on use of artificial intelligence (sec. 241)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of Defense to commence carrying out a pilot program
to assess the feasibility and advisability of using artificial
intelligence-enabled software to optimize the workflow and
operations for depots, shipyards, and manufacturing facilities
run by the Department of Defense (DOD), and contract
administration services for DOD, including the adjudication and
review of contracts managed by the Defense Contract Management
Agency. The provision would also require a report on the
activities of the pilot program not later than 1 year after the
date of the enactment of the Act.
Duties of Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer Governing
Council relating to artificial intelligence models and advanced
artificial intelligence technologies (sec. 242)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 238 of the John S. McCain National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115-232) to
expand the duties of the Chief Digital and Artificial
Intelligence Officer Governing Council, as established in
section 1521 of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118-31). The expanded duties would
include: (1) The identification and assessment of artificial
intelligence (AI) models and advanced AI technologies that
could pose a national security risk if accessed by an adversary
of the United States; (2) The development of strategies to
prevent unauthorized access and usage of potent AI models by
countries that are adversaries to the United States; and (3)
The submission of recommendations to Congress and relevant
Federal agencies that could inform legislative or
administrative action in the field of AI.
Quantum Scaling Initiative (sec. 243)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
(DARPA) to establish a Quantum Scaling Initiative to rapidly
expand and support the development of fault-tolerant utility-
scale quantum computing capability available to the Department
of Defense (DOD).
The committee recognizes the importance of DARPA's
Underexplored Systems for Utility-Scale Quantum Computing
(US2QC) program and the significant progress made in
understanding whether fault-tolerant utility-scale quantum
computers could plausibly be realized faster than conventional
predictions. The committee is encouraged by DARPA's multi-
phase, multi-year approach to evaluate new ways to scale fault-
tolerant qubit count for larger, more complex systems for
defense, scientific, and civilian applications. As the
technological achievements associated with US2QC are
demonstrated, it is critical that DOD maintains an accelerated
pace of development to ensure the United States preserves its
global lead in quantum computing.
Incorporating human readiness levels into research, development, test,
and evaluation activities (sec. 244)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of Defense to initiate a review of the American
National Standards Institute (ANSI) and Human Factors and
Ergonomics Society (HFES) Standard 400-2021 to determine
whether any materials from this standard can and should be
incorporated or referenced in Department of Defense (DOD)
procedures and guidance material in order to enhance safety in
relation to human factors. The provision would also require the
Secretary to conduct preliminary mapping of the current human
readiness levels of DOD, based on the ANSI and HFES Standard
400-2021, and how these levels align with the current
technology readiness levels of major development and
acquisition programs, as defined in section 4201 of title 10,
United States Code.
Management and utilization of digital data to enhance maintenance
activities (sec. 245)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, in
consultation with the Secretaries of the military departments
and the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer of
the Department of Defense, to develop and implement policies to
manage and utilize data derived from digital data systems for
aircraft, ships, and ground vehicles in support of maintenance
activity.
Extension and modification of Directed Energy Working Group (sec. 246)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 219(d) of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114-328) to extend the Directed
Energy Working Group for 5 years.
Directed Energy Roadmap and Activity Funding Report (sec. 247)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 219(d) of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114-328) to require a Directed
Energy Roadmap and Activity Funding Report annually until 2031.
Pilot program on establishing entities and consortia to conduct
prototyping and production of critical and emerging
technologies (sec. 248)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of Defense to carry out a pilot program to establish
one or more entities, including consortia, to conduct
prototyping and production activities for such critical and
emerging technologies as the Secretary shall specify. The
provision would require the Secretary to use other transaction
authority to carry out the program pursuant section 4022 of
title 10, United States Code. The committee notes that non-
traditional entities could participate in the pilot program.
The committee further notes that the pilot program could help
non-traditional entities engaged with pursuing opportunities
through the Department of Defense. The pilot program would
terminate on December 31, 2030.
Budget Items
Army
Topline increase
As described in the 4201 table, the committee recommends an
increase of $25.1 billion to the Department of Defense budget
request to accelerate equipment recapitalization, increase
military construction, address the highest-priority unfunded
requirements of the military services and combatant commanders,
decrease the Department's facility maintenance backlog, and
strengthen the defense industrial base.
Modeling and simulation environments for weapons system innovation
The budget request included $310.2 million in Research,
Development, Test, and Evaluation, Army (RDA), for PE 61102A
Defense Research Sciences.
The committee recognizes that modeling and simulation (M&S)
is a cost-effective approach to exploring new use cases and
concepts for current weapons systems.
Therefore, the committee recommends an increase of $1.0
million in RDA PE 61102A to support continued development of
M&S environments to facilitate innovative future uses of
defense weapons.
Advanced materials and manufacturing for hypersonic systems
The budget request included $96.1 million in Research,
Development, Test, and Evaluation, Army (RDA), for PE 62141A
Lethality Technology.
The committee notes that the Department of Defense has made
significant investments to develop hypersonic capabilities.
These efforts include developing robust materials to withstand
extreme temperatures and environmental pressures. The committee
recognizes that the U.S. Army Research Laboratory is developing
cold spray and additive manufacturing technology as part of the
overall portfolio of hypersonic systems development.
The committee also recognizes that high-fidelity and
complicated aerostructures are needed to reduce drag, provide
proper glide and maneuverability, and support hypersonic
combustion. To produce these complicated structures, new
manufacturing methods are required which can be produced at
high capacity using advanced automation and deposition
technologies to make them affordable.
Therefore, the committee recommends an increase of $6.0
million in RDA PE 62141A to support continued development of
cold spray repair and additive manufacturing technology.
Advanced textiles for extreme environments
The budget request included $102.2 million in Research,
Development, Test, and Evaluation, Army (RDA), for PE 62143A
Soldier Lethality Technology.
The committee notes the need for the Army to deploy and
operate in a wide variety of operating environments, including
harsh weather conditions. The committee believes the Department
of the Army should be continuing to invest in research for
advanced textiles and fibers to support the development for
clothing and shelters for extreme environmental conditions.
The committee recommends an increase of $5.0 million in RDA
PE 62143A for advanced textiles for extreme environments.
Pathfinder Airborne program
The budget request included $102.2 million in Research,
Development, Test, and Evaluation, Army (RDA), for PE 62143A
Soldier Lethality Technology.
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 is aware that the Army Research Laboratory (ARL)
launched the Pathfinder Program in March 2021, including the
Pathfinder Airborne program. Pathfinder Airborne is a
partnership between academia, the XVIII Airborne Corps, Army
Reserve Command, and U.S. Army Special Operations Command to
promote ``bottom-up'' innovation from the force.
Therefore, the committee recommends an increase of $5.0
million in RDA PE 62143A to support continued development of
the Pathfinder Airborne initiative.
Pathfinder Air Assault program
The budget request included $102.2 million in Research,
Development, Test and Evaluation, Army (RDA), for PE 62143A
Soldier Lethality Technology.
This committee is aware that the U.S. Army has implemented
several Pathfinder initiatives to encourage collaboration
between university researchers and soldiers for the timely
identification of U.S. Army-relevant challenges and co-design
of solutions to address mission-critical capability gaps. The
committee notes that the Pathfinder Air Assault initiative has
produced a number of technologies related to mitigating the
impact of blast exposure, accelerating foreign language
learning for U.S. Special Forces, and improving tools and
thermal signature management.
Therefore, the committee recommends an increase of $2.5
million in RDA PE 62143A to support continued development of
the Pathfinder Air Assault initiative.
Critical hybrid advanced materials processing
The budget request included $102.2 million in Research,
Development, Test, and Evaluation, Army (RDA), for PE 62143A
Soldier Lethality Technology.
The committee recognizes the need for secure and robust
domestic supply chains of advanced materials, including
processing capabilities. The committee is aware of consortia of
universities, research institutes, and private sector entities
engaged in research and development related to critical hybrid
advanced materials processing. The committee believes that the
Department of Defense should consider partnering on these
efforts.
The committee recommends an increase of $2.0 million in RDA
PE 62143A to support continued development of critical hybrid
advanced materials processing.
Accelerated carbonization soil stabilization
The budget request included $66.7 million in Research,
Development, Test, and Evaluation, Army (RDA), for PE 62144A
Ground Technology.
The committee is aware of ongoing research to develop
methods to stabilize and strengthen soil material as a means to
reduce carbon gas emissions, while at the same time
contributing to infrastructure expansion and resiliency.
Therefore, the committee recommends an increase of $5.0
million in RDA PE 62144A for accelerated carbonization soil
stabilization.
Smart concrete materials
The budget request included $66.7 million in Research,
Development, Test, and Evaluation, Army (RDA), for PE 62144A
Ground Technology.
The committee recognizes that concrete is a major material
used throughout Department of Defense infrastructure. The
committee is aware that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is
partnering with private industry and nonprofit entities to
develop more reliable and adaptive concrete materials, often
designated as smart concrete, for constructing new and
rehabilitating existing infrastructure systems.
Therefore, the committee recommends an increase of $1.0
million in RDA PE 62144A to support continued development of
smart concrete materials.
Roadway assessment and repair technologies
The budget request included $66.7 million in Research,
Development, Test, and Evaluation, Army (RDA), for PE 62144A
Ground Technology.
The committee recognizes that road, bridge, and airport
networks are essential for transporting personnel, equipment,
and supplies efficiently. New technologies could improve the
resilience and sustainability of paved and unpaved roadways.
The committee understands that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
is developing engineered repair materials for use in different
climates that can cure quickly, and resist high heat from
vertical takeoff and landing aircraft. In addition, new sensing
technology, such as non-destructive sensors, could be deployed
to assess pavements for their load carrying capacity to assess
infrastructure conditions. Rapid assessment of pavement
conditions could help better understand infrastructure
requirements.
Therefore, the committee recommends an increase of $1.0
million in RDA PE 62144A to support continued development of
engineered roadway repair materials and pavement assessment
technologies.
Lightweight autonomous vehicle prototype
The budget request included $149.1 million in Research,
Development, Test, and Evaluation, Army (RDA), for PE 62145A
Next Generation Combat Vehicle Technology.
The committee is aware of the U.S. Army's requirement for
new forms of autonomous vehicles to support future missions.
The committee notes that construction of a lightweight
autonomous vehicle platform prototype that combines advanced
all-terrain sensors and collision avoidance technologies, novel
battery chemistry and packaging design, and the use of advanced
polymer composite materials with embedded health monitoring
sensors as a working prototype can be helpful to the U.S. Army
to evaluate the advantages and performance tradeoffs of such
components in a future system. Such a prototype would
potentially enhance U.S. defense preparedness and directly
support the modernization and soldier protection priorities of
the U.S. Army.
Therefore, the committee recommends an increase of $5.0
million in RDA PE 62145A for a lightweight autonomous vehicle
prototype.
Biosynthesizing critical chemicals
The budget request included $32.1 million in Research,
Development, Test, and Evaluation, Army (RDA), for PE 62147A
Long Range Precision Fires Technology.
The committee notes that critical chemicals play a pivotal
role in creating materials that are fundamental to our daily
life, from food additives to energetic materials. The
production of these chemicals within the United States is
crucial for avoiding supply chain disruptions and sustaining a
robust industrial base. However, traditional methods of
chemical synthesis pose significant environmental threats due
to their reliance on large-scale reactors, high temperatures,
and the use of hazardous solvents and reactions, which result
in harmful waste streams. To address these challenges,
developing a biosynthesis process as a more sustainable and
efficient alternative should be explored.
Therefore, the committee recommends an increase of $50.0
million in RDA PE 62147A for biosynthesizing critical
chemicals.
Counter-uncrewed aerial systems research
The budget request included $39.2 million in Research,
Development, Test, and Evaluation, Army (RDA), for PE 62150A
Air and Missile Defense Technology.
The committee recognizes the significant and increasing
threat posed by uncrewed aerial systems (UAS) to U.S.
installations and forces, including U.S. Army bases and
personnel. The committee supports increased collaboration with
academia for research, development, and testing in this area.
Therefore, the committee recommends an increase of $2.0
million in RDA PE 62150A to support continued counter-UAS
research and testing between the U.S. Army and university-based
partners.
Distributed AI fusion for attritable uncrewed systems
The budget request included $18.3 million in Research,
Development, Test, and Evaluation, Army (RDA), for PE 63040A
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Advanced
Technologies.
The committee recognizes the increasing relevance of
attritable uncrewed systems for U.S. warfighting concepts and
the necessity of such systems to incorporate artificial
intelligence (AI).
Therefore, the committee recommends an increase of $10.0
million in RDA PE 63040A to support the continued development
of distributed AI fusion for attritable uncrewed systems
technology.
Renewable electric vehicle charging stations
The budget request included $45.9 million in Research,
Development, Test, and Evaluation, Army (RDA), for PE 63119A
Ground Advanced Technology.
The committee understands that the Department of Defense is
interested in leveraging electric vehicle (EV) technology to
mitigate logistics challenges involving fuel access. The
development of EV infrastructure is a critical component of
this effort.
Therefore, the committee recommends an increase of $5.0
million in RDA PE 63119A to support continued development of
renewable electric vehicle charging stations.
Design and manufacturing of advanced composites
The budget request included $45.9 million in Research,
Development, Test, and Evaluation, Army (RDA), for PE 63119A
Ground Advanced Technology.
The committee recommends that current and next-generation
Army ground vehicles should require advanced composite systems
to enhance survivability and maneuverability. The U.S. Army is
continuing to design and manufacture advanced composites,
including multi-material protective systems.
Therefore, the committee recommends an increase of $2.0
million in RDA PE 63119A to support continued development of
innovative design and manufacturing of advanced composites and
multi-material protective systems.
High performance computing modernization program
The budget request included $239.6 million in Research,
Development, Test, and Evaluation, Army (RDA), for PE 63461A
High Performance Computing Modernization Program.
The committee is aware that the U.S. Army manages the High
Performance Computing Modernization Program (HPCMP) for the
Department of Defense (DOD). The HPCMP continues to support
entities throughout DOD by providing supercomputing access, and
the demand for these resources continues to grow.
Therefore, the committee recommends an increase of $8.0
million in RDA PE 63461A to support continued development of
the HPCMP.
Silicone anode battery testing
The budget request included $175.2 million in Research,
Development, Test, and Evaluation, Army (RDA), for PE 63462A
Next Generation Combat Vehicle Advanced Technology.
The committee recognizes the importance of battery
technology for Army next generation combat vehicles. Securing,
developing, and testing domestic sources of critical materials,
including silicone anodes, for batteries is important to reduce
reliance on foreign nations.
Therefore, the committee recommends an increase of $2.0
million in RDA PE 63462A to support continued development of
silicone anode domestically-sourced batteries for Army testing.
Army aviation cyber and electromagnetic protection
The budget request included $140.6 million in Research,
Development, Test, and Evaluation, Army (RDA), for PE 63465A
Future Vertical Lift Advanced Technology.
The committee understands that future vertical lift
platforms face an increasingly challenging cyber and
electromagnetic threat environment, especially from peer
nations.
Therefore, the committee recommends an increase of $5.0
million in RDA PE 63465A to support continued development of
Army aviation cybersecurity and electromagnetic activity
protection.
Large caliber automated ammunition resupply
The budget request included $116.0 million in Research,
Development, Test, and Evaluation, Army (RDA), for PE 63639A
Tank and Medium Caliber Ammunition.
The committee notes that the Army still faces a challenge
in the automated resupply of ammunition for its artillery
systems. Based on the lessons learned in Ukraine, the committee
is increasingly aware of how such systems may provide utility
on a future battlefield. The committee notes that systems such
as the Large Caliber Automated Resupply system could fill that
modernization void, and have the promise to improve the
efficiency and safety of routine resupply of weapon systems.
Accordingly, the committee recommends an increase of $2.5
million in RDA PE 63639A for the development and demonstration
of automated ammunition resupply systems for large caliber
artillery.
360 helmet mounted display for Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle
The budget request included $23.2 million in Research,
Development, Test, and Evaluation, Army (RDA), for PE 63645A
Armored System Modernization--Adv Dev.
The committee recommends an increase of $17.5 million in
RDA PE 63645A for the 360 Helmet Mounted Display for the
Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle.
Short pulse laser directed energy demonstration
The budget request included $252.0 million in Research,
Development, Test, and Evaluation, Army (RDA), for PE 64115A
Technology Maturation Initiatives.
The committee recommends an increase of $10.0 million in
RDA PE 64115A for the short pulse laser directed energy
demonstration.
Electric Light Reconnaissance Vehicle reduction
The budget request included $100.3 million in Research,
Development, Test, and Evaluation, Army (RDA), for PE 64642A
Light Tactical Wheeled Vehicles.
The U.S. Army rescinded the electric Light Reconnaissance
Vehicle (eLRV) Abbreviated Capability Document due to the most
recent U.S. Army structure memorandum that reduces the
requirement for Brigade Combat Teams six-seat reconnaissance/
heavy weapons vehicles. The U.S. Army is not projecting an
equipping gap due to ongoing use of the High Mobility
Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle and Joint Light Tactical Vehicle.
Therefore, the committee recommends a decrease of $10.3
million in RDA PE 64642A from the eLRV program.
Mobile-long range precision strike missile
The budget request included $164.7 million in Research,
Development, Test, and Evaluation, Army (RDA), for PE 65054A
Emerging Technology Initiatives.
The committee recommends an increase of $8.0 million in RDA
PE 65054A for the mobile-long range precision strike missile.
JLTV anti-idle systems
The budget request included $27.0 million in Research,
Development, Test, and Evaluation, Army (RDA), for PE 65812A
Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) Engineering and
Manufacturing Development Phase (EMD).
The Army's JLTV anti-idle system reduces heat signature,
increases power sources, allows silent overwatch, and decreases
fuel demand in a contested environment. All of these
capabilities improve survivability on the battlefield.
Therefore, the committee recommends an increase of $7.5
million in RDA for PE 65812A for further development of JLTV
anti-idle systems.
Agile manufacturing for advanced armament systems
The budget request included $9.4 million in Research,
Development, Test, and Evaluation, Army (RDA), for PE 67131A
Weapons and Munitions Product Improvement Programs.
The committee recommends an increase of $6.0 million in RDA
PE 67131A for agile manufacturing for advanced armament
systems.
Containerized weapon system
The budget request included $23.7 million in Research,
Development, Test, and Evaluation, Army (RDA), for PE 23802A
Other Missile Product Improvement Programs.
The committee recommends an increase of $10.0 million in
RDA PE 23802A for the containerized weapon system.
Advanced isostatic pressure armor
The budget request included $67.2 million in Research,
Development, Test, and Evaluation, Army (RDA), for PE 78045A
End Item Industrial Preparedness Activities.
The committee recommends an increase of $6.0 million in RDA
PE 78045A for support to advanced isostatic pressure armor
technology efforts.
Navy
Topline increase
As described in the 4201 table, the committee recommends an
increase of $25.1 billion to the Department of Defense budget
request to accelerate equipment recapitalization, increase
military construction, address the highest-priority unfunded
requirements of the military services and combatant commanders,
decrease the Department's facility maintenance backlog, and
strengthen the defense industrial base.
Digital radar system development
The budget request included $94.3 million in Research,
Development, Test, and Evaluation, Navy (RDN), for PE 61103N
University Research Initiatives.
The committee notes that the Department of the Navy has
made significant investments in radar development. The
committee encourages the Department to continue this effort by
focusing on: (1) data networking and real-time processing
development; (2) research into distributed sensors operating in
congested environments; and (3) continuous experimentation.
Therefore, the committee recommends an increase of $5.0
million in RDN PE 61103N to support digital radar system
development.
Unmanned maritime systems digital manufacturing factory of the future
The budget request included $120.7 million in Research,
Development, Test, and Evaluation, Navy (RDN), for PE 62123N
Force Protection Applied Research.
The committee notes the need to reduce the design-to-
production time of naval vessels and platforms by leveraging
emerging robotic advanced manufacturing technology.
Therefore, the committee recommends an increase of $5.0
million in RDN PE 62123N for an unmanned maritime systems
digital manufacturing factory of the future.
Research on foreign malign influence operations
The budget request included $76.4 million in Research,
Development, Test, and Evaluation, Navy (RDN) for PE 62236N
Warfighter Sustainment Applied Research.
The committee remains concerned about the evolving threat
from foreign malign influence operations in cyberspace, the
effect these operations have on the national security of the
United States, and the impact on the Department of Defense's
ability to effectively counter and deter foreign adversaries.
Therefore, the committee recommends an increase of $6.0
million in RDN PE 62236N to support further research on foreign
malign influence operations.
Resilient autonomous sensing in the Arctic
The budget request included $78.9 million in Research,
Development, Test, and Evaluation, Navy (RDN), for PE 62435N
Ocean Warfighting Environment Applied Research.
The committee supports the Department of the Navy's
investments in developing and fielding domain awareness systems
and capabilities. The committee encourages the Department of
the Navy to experiment with sensor technologies that are
affordable, attritable, connected to uncrewed systems, and
survivable in harsh environmental conditions such as the
Arctic.
Therefore, the committee recommends an increase of $5.5
million in RDN PE 62435N to support continued development of
resilient autonomous sensing in the Arctic.
Low-cost autonomous sensors for maritime dominance
The budget request included $57.5 million in Research,
Development, Test, and Evaluation, Navy (RDN), for PE 62747N
Undersea Warfare Applied Research.
The committee understands the importance of sensing in the
maritime domain and the need to leverage autonomy in this area.
Therefore, the committee recommends an increase of $10.0
million in RDN PE 62747N to support the continued development
of low-cost autonomous sensors for maritime dominance
applications.
Geophysical sensing and characterization of the mine-hunting
environment
The budget request included $57.5 million in Research,
Development, Test, and Evaluation, Navy (RDN), for PE 62747N
Undersea Warfare Applied Research.
The committee is aware that the Department of Defense must
detect undersea intrusions, including by low magnetic signature
vessels and sea mines. Small uncrewed undersea vehicles with
integrated geophysical sensors, such as acoustics,
magnetometers, and gravity sensors, could assist in performing
undersea surveillance and security functions.
Therefore, the committee recommends an increase of $1.0
million RDN PE 62747N to support continued development of
improved geophysical sensing and characterization of the mine-
hunting environment.
Precision strike loitering munitions
The budget request included $31.5 million in Research,
Development, Test, and Evaluation, Navy (RDN), for PE 62782N
Mine and Expeditionary Warfare Applied Research.
The committee notes that the war in Ukraine has
demonstrated the importance of loitering munitions. The
committee is aware of several initiatives that the Department
of Defense is exploring to develop, test, and field loitering
munitions, including those with vertical-takeoff-and-landing
(VTOL) capabilities.
Therefore, the committee recommends an increase of $1.0
million in RDN PE 62782N to support continued development of
low cost VTOL loitering munitions.
Long-range maneuvering projectiles
The budget request included $243.2 million in Research,
Development, Test, and Evaluation, Navy (RDN), for PE 63640M
USMC Advanced Technology Demonstration (ATD).
The committee recognizes that long-range precision fires
remain an important requirement for Marine Corps expeditionary
forces. Increasing the effective range of artillery weapon
systems is critically important for modern warfighting,
including the ability to launch, track, provide target updates,
and maneuver in flight over long distances.
Therefore, the committee recommends an increase of $7.0
million in RDN PE 63640M to support testing and evaluation of
long-range maneuvering projectiles.
Innovative design and manufacturing for uncrewed systems
The budget request included $243.2 million in Research,
Development, Test, and Evaluation, Navy (RDN), for PE 63640M
USMC Advanced Technology Demonstration (ATD).
The committee supports efforts for the Department of the
Navy to develop and field low-cost attritable systems,
including for the Marine Corps.
The committee recommends an increase of $8.0 million in RDN
PE 63640M to support continued development of new and
innovative design, manufacturing, and production techniques for
low-cost attritable uncrewed systems.
Autonomous surface and underwater dual-modality vehicles
The budget request included $41.8 million in Research,
Development, Test, and Evaluation, Navy (RDN), PE 63207N for
Air/Ocean Tactical Applications.
The committee notes that dual-modality autonomous systems
operating in both the surface and undersea domains could
perform intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance missions
for the U.S. Navy and support objectives in the 2022 National
Defense Strategy to support autonomous system development and
undersea superiority.
Accordingly, the committee recommends an increase of $18.0
million in RDN PE 63207N for the testing of up to seven
additional autonomous surface and underwater dual-modality
vehicles.
Advanced submarine hull coatings
The budget request included $96.7 million in Research,
Development, Test, and Evaluation, Navy (RDN), for PE 63561N
Advanced Submarine Systems Development.
The Navy needs to investigate new, robust hull treatment
materials and solutions. Current submarine hull treatments do
not satisfy all of the new requirements for the Columbia-class
program, but there are no alternative materials qualified and
available.
The committee understands that a U.S. Navy-led team has
made significant progress in improving hull treatment
technology but needs to conduct additional development and
testing to achieve higher technology readiness levels (TRL) to
support production needs.
Therefore, the committee recommends an increase of $10.0
million in RDN PE 63561N for advanced submarine hull coatings.
The committee intends that the U.S. Navy use these funds to
further develop these materials and the production processes
for them to achieve a TRL of 7, and to produce full-scale
articles leading up to at-sea test validation of a Columbia-
class bow dome.
Nuclear-armed sea-launched cruise missile
The budget request included $5.7 million in Research,
Development, Test, and Evaluation, Navy (RDN) for PE 64659N
Precision Strike Weapons Development Program, but did not
include any funding for the nuclear-armed sea-launched cruise
missile, which is not in compliance with section 1640 of the
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public
Law 118-31).
The committee recommends an increase of $252.0 million in
RDN PE 64659N to support continued development of the nuclear-
armed sea-launched cruise missile.
High density sonar array
The budget request included $403.5 million in Research,
Development, Test, and Evaluation, Navy (RDN) for PE 11221N
Strategic Sub and Weapons System Support.
The committee recommends an increase of $6.0 million in RDN
PE 11221N to support continued development of the high density
sonar array.
Air Force
Topline increase
As described in the 4201 table, the committee recommends an
increase of $25.1 billion to the Department of Defense budget
request to accelerate equipment recapitalization, increase
military construction, address the highest-priority unfunded
requirements of the military services and combatant commanders,
decrease the Department's facility maintenance backlog, and
strengthen the defense industrial base.
Advanced materials science for manufacturing research
The budget request included $142.3 million in Research,
Development, Test, and Evaluation, Air Force (RDAF), for PE
62102F Materials.
The committee recognizes the important role of materials
science and the collaboration with academia partners, which
enables Department of Defense researchers and manufacturers to
employ real-time, three-dimensional x-ray characterization
tools and methods to test a broad range of mission-critical
structural and functional materials to enhance warfighter
capabilities.
Therefore, the committee recommends an increase of $10.0
million in RDAF PE 62102F for advanced materials science for
manufacturing research.
Affordable composites for hypersonic systems
The budget request included $34.7 million in Research,
Development, Test, and Evaluation, Air Force (RDAF), for PE
63680F Manufacturing Technology Program.
The committee supports the Department of Defense's research
and development into hypersonic systems. Hypersonics are
expensive, and the committee recognizes the need to develop
lower-cost materials and components to make these systems more
affordable. The committee notes that composite materials such
as carbon-carbon and silicon-carbide may offer more affordable
options for hypersonics production.
Accordingly, the committee recommends an increase of $1.0
million in RDAF PE 63680F to support research and development
for affordable composites for hypersonic systems.
Classified additive manufacturing research
The budget request included $34.7 million in Research,
Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force (RDAF), for PE
63680F Manufacturing Technology Program.
The committee recognizes the importance of additive
manufacturing research and development to support Department of
Defense requirements. Additive manufacturing has the potential
to be a strategic advantage for the United States. Although
most research and development in this area is conducted at an
unclassified level, there may be a need for classified research
that would require the ability to collaborate via classified
computing networks.
Therefore, the committee recommends an increase of $2.0
million in RDAF PE 63680F to support classified additive
manufacturing research.
Survivable Airborne Operations Center reduction
The budget request included $1.7 billion in Research,
Development, Test, and Evaluation, Air Force (RDAF), for PE
64288F Survivable Airborne Operations Center (SAOC).
The committee recommends a decrease of $240.0 million in
RDAF PE 64288F due to contract delays.
Air Force Research Lab stratospheric balloon experimentation project
The budget request included $234.3 million in Research,
Development, Test, and Evaluation, Air Force (RDAF), for PE
64858F Tech Transition Program, but it did not include funding
for stratospheric balloons.
The committee recommends an increase of $14.5 million in
RDAF PE 64858F to provide funds for the Air Force Research Lab
to continue the stratospheric balloon experimentation project.
VC-25B reduction
The budget request included $433.9 million in Research,
Development, Test, and Evaluation, Air Force (RDAF), for PE
41319F VC 25B.
The committee recommends a decrease of $403.0 million in
RDAF PE 41319F due to contract delays.
Nuclear command, control and communications network security sensor
The budget request included $19.6 million in Research,
Development, Test, and Evaluation, Air Force (RDAF) for PE
33255F Command, Control, Communication, and Computers (C4)--
STRATCOM.
The committee recommends an increase of $5.0 million in
RDAF PE 33255F to support the U.S. Strategic Command Nuclear
Command, Control, and Communications (NC3) Enterprise Center's
demonstration of an NC3 network security sensor.
Nuclear command, control and communications Research Architecture and
Collaboration Hub (REACH)
The budget request included $19.6 million in Research,
Development, Test, and Evaluation, Air Force (RDAF) for PE
33255F Command, Control, Communication, and Computers (C4)--
STRATCOM.
The committee recommends an increase of $3.0 million in
RDAF PE 33255F to support the U.S. Strategic Command Nuclear
Command, Control, and Communications (NC3) Enterprise Center's
efforts in the continued development of the NC3 Research
Architecture and Collaboration Hub (REACH).
Cyber workforce training ranges
The budget included $0.01 million in Research, Development,
Test, and Evaluation, Air Force (RDAF) for PE 84731F General
Skill Training.
The committee understands that developing and retaining a
highly skilled cyber workforce is foundational to protecting
the Nation against rapidly evolving threats in cyberspace. The
committee believes that expanding cyber workforce training
opportunities is key to staying ahead of those threats and
improving the ability of Department of Defense cyber personnel
to execute offensive and defensive cyber missions effectively.
Therefore, the committee recommends an increase of $6.0
million in RDAF PE 84731F to develop cyber training ranges at
security operations centers to increase cyber workforce
training opportunities for military personnel awaiting security
clearances or permanent duty assignment.
U.S. Cyber Command cooperation with Jordan
The budget request included $3.4 million in Research,
Development, Test, and Evaluation, Air Force (RDAF) for PE
31401F AF Multi-Domain Non-Traditional ISR Battlespace
Awareness.
The committee recognizes the importance of the strategic
partnership between the United States and the Hashemite Kingdom
of Jordan. The committee supports ongoing efforts to enhance
cooperation on cybersecurity and information and communications
technology (ICT) policy through forums such as the U.S.-Jordan
Cyber and Digital Dialogue. The committee believes that
continued collaboration with Jordan on best practices and
strategies for cybersecurity cooperation, cyber workforce and
skills development, cyber capacity building, cybersecurity of
critical infrastructure, incident response, technical
information sharing, combatting cyber threats, and ensuring
secure ICT infrastructure will help strengthen our posture in
cyberspace.
Therefore, the committee recommends an increase of $0.5
million in RDAF PE 31401F to support cybersecurity cooperation
activities with Jordan.
Air Force commercial weather data acquisition
The budget request included $31.4 million in Research,
Development, Test, and Evaluation, Air Force (RDAF) for PE
35111F Weather Service.
The committee recommends an increase of $5.0 million in
RDAF PE 35111F to assess and acquire diverse commercial weather
data for research and operational purposes, to explore emerging
missions in the stratosphere related to hypersonics, and to
build out its Numerical Weather Model to more accurately map
and forecast potential floods.
Space Modeling, Simulation, and Analysis Hub
The budget request included $245.0 million in Research,
Development, Test, and Evaluation, Space Force (RDSF) for PE
1206601SF Space Technology.
The committee recommends an increase of $5.0 million in
RDSF PE 1206601SF to support the Space Modeling, Simulation,
and Analysis Hub, including modeling requirements of the U.S.
Space Force ranging from single-user engagement exercises to
global campaign modeling.
Low-latency high availability very high frequency payloads
The budget request included $1.7 billion in Research,
Development, Test, and Evaluation, Space Force (RDSF) for PE
1206410SF Space Technology Development and Prototyping.
The committee recommends an increase of $8.0 million in
RDSF PE 1206410SF to build and launch very high frequency
payload satellites to demonstrate low-latency, high
availability connectivity to very small transceivers which can
interoperate with currently-fielded and legacy equipment.
Cloud-based beam forming technologies
The budget request included $79.7 million in Research,
Development, Test, and Evaluation, Space Force (RDSF) for PE
1206760SF Protected Tactical Enterprise Service.
The committee recommends an increase of $3.0 million in
RDSF PE 1206760SF to support cloud-based beam forming
technologies for satellite communications.
Advanced modular solid rocket motor
The budget request included $20.1 million in Research,
Development, Test, and Evaluation, Space Force (RDSF) for PE
1206860SF Rocket Systems Launch Program (SPACE).
The committee recommends an increase of $5.0 million in
RDSF PE 1206860SF to support design and manufacturing of an
advanced modular solid rocket motor.
Modernization of the Perimeter Acquisition Radar Attack
Characterization System
The budget request included $12.0 million in Research,
Development, Test, and Evaluation, Space Force (RDSF) for PE
1203873SF Ballistic Missile Defense Radars.
The committee recommends an increase of $5.0 million in
RDSF PE 1203873SF to support modernization of the Perimeter
Acquisition Radar Attack Characterization System.
Defense Wide
Topline increase
As described in the 4201 table, the committee recommends an
increase of $25.1 billion to the Department of Defense budget
request to accelerate equipment recapitalization, increase
military construction, address the highest-priority unfunded
requirements of the military services and combatant commanders,
decrease the Department's facility maintenance backlog, and
strengthen the defense industrial base.
Defense Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research
The budget request included $77.1 million in Research,
Development, Test, and Evaluation, Defense-wide (RDDW) for PE
61110D8Z Basic Research Initiatives, of which no funds were
requested for the Defense Established Program to Stimulate
Competitive Research (DEPSCoR).
The committee continues to be supportive of the DEPSCoR
program, which helps build and expand the national innovation
base for research and education by funding research activities
in science and engineering areas responsive to the needs of
national defense. Participation in this program is limited to
states that meet eligibility criteria as outlined in the
authorizing language from previous National Defense
Authorization Acts. The program is intended to increase the
number of university researchers and improve the capabilities
of institutions of higher education in eligible jurisdictions
to perform competitive research relevant to the Department of
Defense (DOD).
The committee also views DEPSCoR as a component in any
effort by DOD to identify, shape, and foster innovation
ecosystems that support DOD research and technology needs.
Along with other funding programs and authorities available to
the Department, DEPSCoR should be considered as a means to
expand and diversify the innovation ecosystem for DOD.
Therefore, the committee recommends an increase of $20.0
million in RDDW PE 61110D8Z for DEPSCoR.
University Consortium for Cybersecurity
The budget request included $17.7 million in Research,
Development, Test, and Evaluation, Defense-wide (RDDW) for PE
602668D8Z Cyber Security Research.
The committee supports the Department of Defense University
Consortium for Cybersecurity (UC2) and its efforts to connect
the academic community with the Secretary of Defense. The
committee recognizes the importance of the UC2 in providing the
Secretary of Defense with timely access to the expertise of the
institutions of the consortium on matters relating to
cybersecurity. The committee believes that the UC2 will
continue to provide increased opportunities for collaboration
and research and development on cybersecurity matters in
support of the Department of Defense.
Accordingly, the committee recommends an increase of $20.0
million in RDDW PE 602668D8Z to support the University
Consortium for Cybersecurity.
Scaling technology for microelectronics
The budget request included $573.3 million in Research,
Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-wide (RDDW), for PE
62716E Electronics Technology.
The committee supports the work of the Defense Advanced
Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Microsystems Technology Office
on electronic and optoelectronic devices, circuits, and
processing concepts to meet military requirements for near
real-time information gathering and processing, including
memory-related semiconductor technologies. The committee
understands the importance of investments in technology to
scale memory-centric computing, compute-in-memory devices, and
application-specific integrated technologies to reinforce U.S.
leadership in microelectronics. The committee encourages DARPA
to continue its collaboration with United States-based memory
companies in these areas.
Therefore, the committee recommends an increase of $5.0
million in RDDW PE 62716E to support the development of
technology to scale memory-centric microelectronics.
Enhanced payload and satellite bus development
The budget request included $15.0 million in Research,
Development, Test, and Evaluation, Defense-wide (RDDW), for PE
63021D8Z National Security Innovation Capital.
The committee supports continued investment to enhance
commercial space-based Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR)
capabilities that could be modified for national security
purposes. The committee is aware that additional research is
likely needed in satellite bus system analysis and evaluation,
optical system enhancement, advanced control algorithms, error
correction mechanisms, integration testing, and documentation.
Therefore, the committee recommends an increase of $5.0
million in RDDW PE 63021D8Z to support continued development of
enhanced LiDAR payload and satellite bus systems.
Irregular Warfare Technical Support Directorate
The budget request included $76.6 million in Research,
Development, Test, and Evaluation, Defense-wide (RDDW), for PE
63122D8Z Combating Terrorism Technology Support, which funds
the activities of the Irregular Warfare Technical Support
Directorate (IWTSD).
The committee requires, elsewhere in this Act, the
Secretary of Defense to submit a plan for optimizing the
contributions of the IWTSD in order to enable irregular warfare
activities in support of the 2022 National Defense Strategy.
Until that review is completed and IWTSD investments are more
effectively prioritized, the committee believes a portion of
the requested funds should be applied to higher priorities.
Accordingly, the committee recommends a decrease of $20.0
million in RDDW PE 63122D8Z for the IWTSD. The committee notes
that these funds have been applied to unfunded requirements
identified by the Commander, U.S. Special Operations Command,
elsewhere in this Act.
United States-Israel anti-tunnel cooperation
The budget request included $76.6 million in Research,
Development, Test, and Evaluation, Defense-wide (RDDW) for PE
63122D8Z Combatting Terrorism Technology Support, of which no
funds were requested for United States-Israel anti-tunnel
cooperation.
In the wake of the brutal terrorist attack on Israel by
Hamas on October 7, 2023, and ensuing operations by Israel to
degrade and defeat the threat from Hamas, it has become clear
that more cooperation is needed to continue critical work on
anti-tunnel activities. These activities should include
research, development, and testing activities to better detect,
destroy and maneuver through the tunnels.
Therefore, the committee recommends an increase of $30.0
million in RDDW PE 63122D8Z to enable the Irregular Warfare
Technical Support Directorate, in collaboration with Israel, to
deploy prototypes in the field and continue advancing
capabilities, and an increase of $47.5 million for United
States-Israel defense collaboration on emerging technologies.
OnRamp Hubs
The budget request included $109.6 million in Research,
Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-wide (RDDW), for PE
63342D8Z Defense Innovation Unit (DIU).
The committee understands that OnRamp Hubs offer many
benefits for national security, including a physical location
that serves as a ``front door'' for new people, ideas, and
technologies from academia and industry to connect to the
Department of Defense (DOD). The committee notes that these
Hubs provide DOD entities from multiple components with a means
to better coordinate activities and outreach into specific
geographic regions.
Therefore, the committee recommends an increase of $5.0
million in RDDW PE 63342D8Z to support continued expansion of
OnRamp Hubs.
Research, design, testing, and evaluation to benefit foreign partners
The budget request included $109.6 million in Research,
Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-wide (RDDW), for PE
63342D8Z Defense Innovation Unit (DIU).
The committee is aware of several capabilities that
Department of Defense entities, including U.S. European Command
(EUCOM) and the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), have identified
as having potential utility to benefit the armed forces of
Ukraine (UAF). These capabilities include counter-uncrewed
aerial system (UAS) detection and interceptors, high-altitude
balloons, offensive UAS, and counter-electronic warfare
systems, among others. In each case, research, development,
test and evaluation (RDT&E) funding is needed to modify the
capability for the UAF.
Accordingly, the committee recommends an increase of $5.0
million in RDDW PE 63342D8Z to support continued development of
research, design, testing, and evaluation to benefit foreign
partners.
Environmental Security Technical Certification Program
The budget request included $136.5 million in Research,
Development, Test, and Evaluation, Defense-wide (RDDW) for PE
63851D8Z Environmental Security Technical Certification
Program.
The committee continues to recognize the importance of
environmental readiness, resilience, installation energy, and
water research programs like the Environmental Security
Technical Certification Program (ESTCP). The committee
appreciates the ESTCP's dedication to the transfer of
innovative technologies leading from proof of concept to
fielding or production use. To further support military
readiness and resiliency, the committee recommends that ESTCP
leverage academic centers to foster the sustained and
interdisciplinary innovation of energy, weather resiliency, and
water technology research to reach demonstration and
validation.
Accordingly, the committee recommends an increase of $6.0
million in RDDW PE 63851D8Z to support ESTCP.
Advanced reactive target simulation development
The budget request included $604.7 million in Research,
Development, Test, and Evaluation, Defense-wide (RDDW) for PE
63915C Ballistic Missile Defense Targets, of which no funding
was requested for advanced reactive target simulation
development.
The committee recommends an increase of $5.0 million in
RDDW PE 63915C for advanced reactive target simulation
development.
5G for Department of Defense base operations
The budget request included $139.4 million in Research,
Development, Test, and Evaluation, Defense-wide (RDDW), for PE
64011D8Z Next Generation Information Communications Technology
(5G).
The committee understands that electromagnetic spectrum is
an essential resource for national security. The committee also
understands that electromagnetic spectrum is a critical
component for commercial wireless technologies. The committee
believes that leveraging innovative technologies that increase
spectrum-use efficiency and enable spectrum access by both
Federal and non-Federal users could help the United States stay
ahead of pacing threats and maintain spectrum superiority on
the battlefield.
Therefore, the committee recommends an increase of $10.0
million in RDDW PE 64011D8Z to complete a demonstration program
that assesses the viability of using wideband adaptive signal
processing technology to support simultaneous transmission and
reception signals on the same electromagnetic spectrum
frequency band.
Pacific Intelligence and Innovation Initiative
The budget request included $158.3 million in Research,
Development, Test, and Evaluation, Defense-wide (RDDW) for PE
28086JCY Cyber Training Environment.
The committee recognizes the importance of the Pacific
Intelligence and Innovation Initiative program to accelerate
innovation and modernization of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command's
joint force through advancements in artificial intelligence,
cyber, electronic warfare, data science, and intelligence
analysis.
Therefore, the committee recommends an increase of $5.0
million in RDDW PE 28086JCY for the Pacific Intelligence and
Innovation Initiative.
Artificial intelligence pilot programs
The budget request included $371.8 million in Research,
Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-wide (RDDW) for PE
64123D8Z Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer
(CDAO)--Dem/Val Activities.
Elsewhere in this Act, the committee recommends the
commencement of pilot programs by the Secretary of Defense to
assess the feasibility and advisability of using artificial
intelligence-enabled software to optimize the workflow and
operations for depots, shipyards, and manufacturing facilities
run by the Department of Defense (DOD). It also recommends a
pilot program for the contract administration services for DOD,
including the adjudication and review of contracts managed by
the Defense Contract Management Agency. The committee believes
this pilot is necessary to gain near-term experience using AI
in operationally useful, but lower risk activities, where the
benefit can be demonstrated for the warfighter.
Accordingly, the committee recommends an increase of $35.0
million for RDDW PE 64123D8Z for artificial intelligence pilot
programs.
Corrosion resistant coatings for aircraft parts
The budget request included $1.1 billion in Research,
Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-wide (RDDW) for PE
67210D8Z Industrial Base Analysis and Sustainment Support.
The committee notes that the corrosion of aircraft parts
due to exposure to the elements and normal operating wear costs
the Department of Defense millions of dollars annually in
maintenance and repair. The development of corrosion-resistant
coatings for aircraft parts has the potential to increase the
service-life of these parts and significantly reduce the costs
to repair and replace worn-out parts.
The committee recommends an increase of $3.0 million in
RDDW PE 67210D8Z to support the development of corrosion
resistant coatings for aircraft.
MC-130J Amphibious Capability
The budget request included $263.7 million in Research,
Development, Test, and Evaluation, Defense-wide (RDDW), for PE
1160403BB Aviation Systems, of which $11.5 million is for the
development of an MC-130J Amphibious Capability (MAC).
The committee notes that since the budget request was
submitted, the Commander, U.S. Special Operations Command
(SOCOM), has identified funding for MAC as excess to need.
Accordingly, the committee recommends a decrease of $11.5
million in RDDW PE 1160403BB for MAC. The committee notes that
these funds have been applied to unfunded requirements
identified by the SOCOM Commander elsewhere in this Act.
Cyber Operations for Base Resilient Architecture expansion
The budget request included $85.2 million in Research,
Development, Test, and Evaluation, Defense-wide (RDDW) for PE
36250JCY Cyber Operations Technology Support.
The committee is aware that the Cyber Operations for Base
Resilient Architecture (COBRA) was established to train highly
skilled servicemembers to help find and fix mission-impacting
cyber vulnerabilities. The committee is aware that COBRA has
been used effectively in the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command area of
responsibility.
Accordingly, the committee recommends an increase of $10.0
million in RDDW PE 36250JCY to continue expanding the COBRA
pilot program.
Items of Special Interest
Active protection for vertical lift platforms
The committee notes that adversary systems, including
munitions and uncrewed aerial systems, pose a threat to
vertical lift platforms operated by the military services,
particularly rotary-wing platforms. These threats may increase
as vertical lift platforms are expected to operate in more
contested environments. The committee believes that the
military services should explore options to integrate active
protection systems to address the proliferation of threats to
vertical lift platforms.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense,
in consultation with Secretaries of the military departments,
to provide a briefing to the Senate Armed Services Committee,
not later than September 1, 2025 on options for providing
active protection capabilities for vertical lift platforms. The
briefing shall include: (1) A description of the
threatenvironment for current and future vertical lift platforms; (2)
An assessment of the performance of any currently fielded active
protection systems operational on such platforms; (3) A description of
any ongoing research and development on active protection systems,
including with partners or allies; and (4) An assessment of future
options to enhance the survivability of vertical lift platforms using
emerging active protection systems.
Advanced battery technology for special operations
The committee notes efforts by U.S. Special Operations
Command (SOCOM) to develop low-cost, enhanced battery
technologies. The committee also believes that it is important
to reduce or eliminate U.S. dependence on battery materials
that must be sourced from China.
The committee is aware of the potential for amorphous
silicon oxycarbide to replace conventional graphite in lithium-
ion batteries that support special operations missions. The
committee understands that this technology shows promise for
increasing the performance of batteries while also reducing
risks in the U.S. defense battery supply chain.
Therefore, the committee encourages SOCOM, as appropriate,
to evaluate the potential for silicon oxycarbide-based lithium-
ion batteries to support special operations requirements, and
to keep the committee informed of its findings.
Advanced digital switching
The committee is aware that there are a number of newer
microelectronics technologies, including those using novel
materials or technology platforms, that could result in reduced
size, weight, power and cost, such as electro-optical and
micro-electromechanical switches. The committee is also aware
that the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research
and Engineering has been evaluating such systems, as well as
investing in the broader ecosystem to help foster and grow
these technology capabilities for defense needs. The committee
encourages the Department of Defense to collaborate with
domestic technology innovators on the development of prototypes
that incorporate advanced digital switching technology,
including micro-electromechanical switches, as well as creating
processes for transition of this technology into weapons and
other defense systems. Collaboration may include developing and
sustaining a secure domestic supply chain and ensuring the
protection of intellectual property, processes, manufacturing
facilities or other related technologies used in the
manufacturing of such systems.
AH-64 Apache modernization
The committee supports recent modifications to the U.S.
Army's Future Vertical Lift modernization strategy but remains
concerned about the capability gap that the Future Attack
Reconnaissance Aircraft sought to fill. In its announcement,
the U.S. Army affirmed its commitment to modernization of its
current fleet, to include the AH-64 Apache Attack Helicopter.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Army
to provide a briefing not later than February 28, 2025, to the
Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of
Representatives on the U.S. Army's plan to modernize the Apache
fleet. The briefing should include: (1) Plans to improve pilot
safety from in-flight hazards through dual pilotage systems;
(2) Plans to improve target acquisition given the fielding of
weapons that can engage at ranges greater than 30 kilometers;
(3) Manned and unmanned teaming enhancements; (4) Counter
unmanned aerial systems capabilities; and (5) Any other
improvements in consideration by the U.S. Army.
Army modular open suite of standards
The committee commends the U.S. Army on continued progress
implementing Modular Open Systems Architectures and
specifically on the procurement of the Army Command, Control,
Communication, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and
Reconnaissance Center Modular Open Suite of Standards Modular
Form Factor (CMFF). The committee looks forward to the U.S.
Army's commitment to a long-term resourced program to
potentially realize benefits CMFF may yield to the Army,
including reduced size, weight, and power of systems, increased
capability integration, speed of development and technology
refresh, and anticipated lower operational and maintenance
costs. This opportunity has the potential to provide the U.S.
Army and other cooperating services with increased industrial
base competition, especially with small and medium sized
businesses, which may in turn lower the costs to the U.S. Army
and the wider Department of Defense.
The committee is encouraged by the CMFF competitive
strategy and implementation opportunities in air and ground
platforms beyond the initially designated platforms. The
committee directs the Secretary of the Army to provide a
briefing, not later than April 1, 2025, to the Committees on
Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives
on these additional air integration opportunities and the U.S.
Army's plan for CMFF integration into ground platforms and
Command Post Integrated Infrastructure.
Army tank modernization acquisition strategy
The committee supports the U.S. Army's strategy to develop
and procure a new tank that promises a reduced weight and
increased protection when compared to the current M1A2 SEP
version 3 Abrams tank, as well as the integration of new
technologies such as a hybrid electric powertrain and a Third
Generation Forward Looking Infrared (FLIR) that ensures
relevance of the tank on the future battlefield. The committee
is particularly interested in efforts to reduce demand, extend
range and mission duration, increase exportable power, and
reduce acoustic and thermal signature.
The committee also supports the U.S. Army's acquisition
strategy to develop the M1E3 platform as an Engineering Change
Proposal to ensure a relatively rapid move to procurement at
reduced risk. However, to manage cost and ensure consideration
of all technology solutions, the committee expects the U.S.
Army to conduct full and open competitions for most M1E3
components. These components include, but are not limited to:
the engine and transmission, the Third Generation FLIR, the
Active Protection System, laser warning receiver, and
autoloader. Therefore, the committee recommends $246.5 million,
the full Army request, for continued M1E3 development.
Artificial intelligence literacy for members of the Armed Forces
The committee recognizes the growing importance of
artificial intelligence (AI) in the ability of the Department
of Defense (DOD) to do its work more efficiently and to gain
decision advantage over adversary nations. The committee also
notes that the lack of understanding of the technology,
including potential shortfalls, limitations, and procedural
immaturity, can lead to simultaneous overestimation of the
promise of capabilities and an under appreciation of the
shortcomings of the technology. Due to the explosive growth of
this technology in the commercial market, the committee
believes that many potential future users of AI are unprepared
to understand the power and peril of this technology.
To address those concerns, the committee directs the
President of the National Defense University to provide to the
Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of
Representatives a briefing, not later than April 1, 2025, on
the needs in AI literacy and education for members of the Armed
Forces. The briefing shall include: (1) The plan for developing
an education course at the National Defense University to
expand AI literacy for DOD personnel; (2) The expertise and
qualifications of DOD personnel who would be responsible for
teaching such course; and (3) The list of sources that would be
consulted and used in developing the curriculum for a course on
AI literacy, including any use or reliance on other academic or
commercially available curricula.
In addition, not later than December 1, 2025, the Secretary
of Defense, acting through the President of the National
Defense University, shall develop a curriculum and establish an
education course to provide instruction to members of the Armed
Forces to develop a foundational understanding of AI with
respect to concepts relating to:
(1) The technical aspects of artificial intelligence,
including data processing and analysis, algorithms, and
large language models;
(2) The explainability and traceability of decisions
or outputs produced solely or partially by artificial
intelligence;
(3) Considerations regarding the national security
risks and benefits of artificial intelligence;
(4) The legal and ethical considerations of
artificial intelligence;
(5) The national security applications for artificial
intelligence;
(6) Published DOD policy relating to the responsible,
safe, and ethical use of artificial intelligence;
(7) Considerations regarding human interactions with
artificial intelligence to understand the context,
design, and use of artificial intelligence technology,
applications, and systems; and
(8) Such other topics relating to the technical,
practical, or ethical understanding of artificial
intelligence as the Secretary considers appropriate.
Not later than 60 days after the date of the establishment
of the education course on AI literacy, the President of the
National Defense University shall submit to the Committees on
Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a
report on the course that includes a copy of the course
curriculum.
Assessment of blockchain technology for supply chain security and other
national security uses
The committee acknowledges the potential uses of blockchain
technology for broader national security purposes within the
defense landscape. As other countries invest in blockchain
research and development efforts, it is important that the U.S.
retains global leadership in this critical technology.
Particularly, the committee notes that data-driven security,
transparency, accountability, and auditability of supply chains
are critical to U.S. national defense and economic
competitiveness. The committee notes that blockchain technology
has the potential to enhance the cryptographic integrity of the
defense supply chain, improve data integrity, and reduce the
risk of the manipulation or corruption of certain types of data
by near-peer competitors. The committee also believes that the
Department of Defense (DOD) should explore the use of
blockchain technology to achieve national security goals and to
create secure, transparent, accountable, and auditable data
related to supply chains.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense
to provide a briefing to the Senate Armed Services Committee,
not later than April 1, 2025, on the potential applications of
blockchain technology for supply chain management and other
national security applications within DOD. The briefing shall
include: (1) An assessment of the potential benefits and risks
associated with implementing blockchain technology in supply
chain tracking and management; (2) An analysis of the current
state of blockchain adoption in supply chain tracking and other
national security applications within DOD and the defense
industrial base, including estimates for the resources required
for such activities; (3) A plan for pilot programs or research
and development efforts to explore the use of blockchain
technology in national security applications, including supply
chain management, cybersecurity for critical infrastructure
assets, and procurement auditability; (4) An analysis of
activities that foreign countries, including the People's
Republic of China and the Russian Federation, are conducting,
and are planning to conduct, with respect to research and
development of blockchain technology, including estimates of
the types and amounts of resources, including cost estimates,
directed by such countries to such activities; (5)
Organizational recommendations to foster the potential
development and use cases for blockchain within DOD, including
recommendations on the feasibility and advisability of creating
a single coordinating office or center of excellence for
research and development on blockchain technology initiatives
across the branches of the military; (6) Recommendations for
legislative or regulatory actions to incorporate blockchain
technology to support supply chain transparency and
auditability; and (7) Any other information the Secretary deems
relevant.
Augmented reality technologies for operational readiness
The committee recognizes that augmented reality
technologies and related applications can enhance training and
provide operational advantages for warfighters. In addition to
creating immersive combat scenarios for military personnel to
practice decision-making, tactical maneuvers, and response
strategies in a realistic virtual environment, augmented
reality tools can potentially be used for real-world
operations.
The committee supports the Department of Defense's use of
augmented reality technologies and applications to support
training and mission rehearsal, including through interfaces
with operational networks, battlefield platforms, and live
training instrumentation. The committee encourages the
Secretary of Defense to maximize the use of advanced see-
through augmented reality to support operational readiness of
the force in the areas of training, maintenance, manufacturing,
advanced health care, wargaming, operational planning, and
command and control.
Autonomous surface and underwater dual-modality vehicles
The committee is aware that dual-modality autonomous
vehicles, which can operate both on the surface of the sea and
underwater, may not be receiving programmatic attention because
the staff of the Chief of Naval Operations is structured by
domain-specific organizations including the Surface Warfare
Division and the Undersea Warfare Division. Dual-modality
autonomous vehicles may offer capabilities with potential
advantages including enhanced survivability and endurance.
Accordingly, the committee directs the Secretary of the
Navy to review requirements submitted by the combatant
commanders for dual-modality autonomous systems which provides
both surface and submerged operations and designate a cognizant
organization with responsibility for sponsoring the
requirements and resources. The Secretary's designation shall
be made by January 1, 2025.
Auxiliary General Oceanographic Research vessels
The committee notes that the timely replacement of the
Global Class Auxiliary General Oceanographic Research (AGOR)
academic research fleet is vital to oceanographic research in
the United States. As the current fleet of AGOR research
vessels age, they are more expensive to operate and less
capable for evolving scientific missions. The current AGOR
fleet was built during the 1990s, and its vessels are expected
to reach the end of their service lives starting in the 2030s.
Given the timeframes associated with designing and building a
new class of ships, the U.S. Navy should begin planning
immediately for how to recapitalize these national assets.
Therefore, the committee directs the Assistant Secretary of
the Navy for Research, Development, and Acquisition to deliver
a report to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and
the House of Representatives, not later than March 1, 2025, on
the U.S. Navy's plan to recapitalize the AGOR fleet. This
report shall include:
(1) A timeline of the U.S. Navy's plan for
recapitalizing the AGOR fleet, including when a program
office will be established, a notional construction
start date, and a notional delivery date;
(2) An assessment of whether the U.S. Navy and the
research community require an increase in the number of
research vessels to support national interests;
(3) An assessment of whether the U.S. Navy can
leverage existing or planned ship designs, especially
of hydrographic and oceanographic survey vessels
operated by the U.S. Navy and the National
Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, for AGOR
vessels; and
(4) Any other issues the Assistant Secretary of the
Navy for Research, Development, and Acquisition deems
relevant for the recapitalization of the AGOR fleet.
Briefing on Air Force Research Lab stratospheric balloon
experimentation project
The committee recognizes the increasing importance of
missions that stratospheric balloons could perform in command,
control, communications, computers, and intelligence,
surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR). To realize the full
potential of stratospheric balloons, the U.S. Air Force should
accelerate a rigorous experimentation program focused on
operating multi-balloon constellations capable of providing
large area ISR and communications coverage for extended
durations. The committee encourages the U.S. Air Force to take
all necessary actions to execute such an experimentation
program, including establishing a program office to coordinate
experimentation and deployment of high-altitude balloon systems
across the U.S. Air Force enterprise.
Unfortunately, the committee understands that over the past
year, numerous Department of Defense planned exercises
involving stratospheric balloons were either cancelled or were
executed in an incomplete way due to a shortage of resources.
This situation has delayed potential transition of such systems
for operational use.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Air
Force to provide a briefing to the congressional defense
committees, not later than June 30, 2025 on stratospheric
balloon programs at the Air Force Research Lab (AFRL). This
briefing shall contain the following elements:
(1) A description of the AFRL's High Altitude Balloon
Project objectives, timelines, and operational
outcomes;
(2) A description of the current development status
of stratospheric balloons, including demonstrated
capabilities, and performance metrics;
(3) The status of any ongoing analysis of the
potential operational benefits of deploying
stratospheric balloons across various theaters of
operations.
(4) How the U.S. Air Force intends to manage
development and deployment of high-altitude balloon
systems.
Comptroller General review of Department of Defense artificial
intelligence activities
The committee is aware that the Department of Defense (DOD)
believes that artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to
transform warfare, and that failure to adopt AI technologies
could hinder national security. To that end, DOD has made
organizational changes and invested billions of dollars to
develop and incorporate AI capabilities.
In February 2022, DOD established the office of the Chief
Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer (CDAO), a senior
official whose responsibilities include governing and
overseeing the acceleration of DOD's adoption of data,
analytic, and AI-enabled capabilities. Subsequently, in June
2022, DOD issued a directive titled ``DOD Responsible AI
Strategy & Implementation Pathway,'' which established the
Department's strategic approach for operationalizing its policy
titled ``DOD AI Ethical Principles and Advancing Responsible
AI.'' Finally, on November 2, 2023, the Deputy Secretary of
Defense published the ``2023 DOD Data, Analytics, and
Artificial Intelligence Adoption Strategy,'' which builds on
previous strategic guidance and states that component leaders
and technologists remain committed to the objectives of the
``DOD Responsible AI Strategy & Implementation Pathway.''
Given this rapidly evolving landscape of policy and
technology changes, the committee remains interested in the
extent to which DOD's AI oversight organizations are fulfilling
their roles and responsibilities in managing the use and
integration of quickly-evolving AI capabilities. Therefore, the
committee directs the Comptroller General of the United States
to conduct a series of reviews, and to submit a report to the
congressional defense committees, not later than December 1,
2025, that examine the following topics related to DOD's
management of AI-related issues:
(1) The role of the CDAO in establishing the
Governing Council and executing the ``2023 DOD Data,
Analytics, and Artificial Intelligence Adoption
Strategy,'' including planning and use of resources in
governance and oversight of AI integration efforts
across the Department and the progress in establishing
a cadre of technical experts to serve as a data and
digital response force to address emerging challenges;
(2) The DOD's implementation of the ``DOD Responsible
AI Strategy & Implementation Pathway,'' including
efforts to ensure responsible AI guidelines and
policies are being incorporated into AI-enabled
activities across the Department; developing oversight
mechanisms for implementing the responsible AI
guidelines; and working with allies and partners to
coordinate implementation of responsible AI; and
(3) DOD's oversight and use of generative AI,
including the extent of its use for specific
applications; how DOD will ensure generative AI systems
are used responsibly and in accordance with existing
DOD guidance; and how DOD is evaluating the performance
outcomes of its generative AI tools.
Comptroller General review of digital engineering progress and
challenges
The committee notes that the Department of Defense (DOD)
continues to deliver complex weapon systems at a pace too slow
to address increasing threats posed by potential adversaries.
These delays often arise from decades-long, linear development
approaches that reflect hardware-centric acquisitions. With an
increasing number of aging DOD systems, the reliance on hard
copy blueprints makes it difficult to track engineering changes
over time.
The committee also notes that the Government Accountability
Office (GAO) has identified how companies use digital
engineering tools, such as digital twins, to enable similar
iteration and facilitate collaboration to ensure the most
essential capabilities are delivered with speed. Additionally,
DOD's 2018 Digital Engineering Strategy outlined digital
engineering implementation steps, but programs have struggled
to consistently adopt these tools and methods. For example, the
June 2023 GAO report titled ``Weapon Systems Annual Assessment:
Programs Are Not Consistently Implementing Practices That Can
Help Accelerate Acquisitions'' (GAO-23-106059) found that
selected programs report some use of digital engineering, but
are inconsistent in implementation.
Furthermore, in December 2023, DOD established policies and
procedures for implementing and using digital engineering in
the development and sustainment of defense systems. According
to these documents, DOD will iteratively develop a digital
engineering capability that provides an infrastructure and
architecture to support automated approaches for system design,
development, and production, among other processes. However,
the committee is concerned that DOD may not be able to
implement its digital engineering capability and associated
program practices in a timely manner. Historically, similar DOD
weapon system programs have been challenged in adopting and
executing modern software tools and approaches.
Therefore, the committee directs the Comptroller General of
the United States to conduct a review and provide a briefing to
congressional defense committees, not later than January 1,
2025, regarding the Department's use of digital engineering
when developing and producing weapon systems, with a report to
follow at an agreed upon time. The Comptroller General's review
shall examine: (1) The extent to which the military services
are using digital engineering, including digital twins, in the
development and production of weapon systems; (2) Shortfalls in
processes, including the lack of sufficient data, tools,
workforce, or integration of digital engineering tools, into
broader development and manufacturing workflows; (3) Efforts by
the Office of the Secretary of Defense and the military
services to support the implementation of a digital engineering
capability; (4) The application of best practices from industry
and the DOD's research and development ecosystem; (5) The
workforce required to manage and support these digital
engineering activities; and (6) Any challenges DOD faces
related to implementing digital engineering.
Department of Defense 6G plans and activities
The committee understands that next-generation wireless
technologies can help the Department of Defense (DOD) improve
its mission readiness. As outlined in the Department's ``5G
Strategy Implementation Plan,'' next-generation wireless
technologies provide faster speeds, more expansive
connectivity, and reduced latency that can enable DOD to move
massive amounts of data in real time, develop more resilient
battlefield communications, and develop superior capabilities
that will give warfighters an enduring advantage across all
domains.
The committee strongly supports DOD's ongoing efforts to
accelerate the development and deployment of 5G-enabled
capabilities to military installations. The committee also
supports DOD's Innovate Beyond 5G (IB5G) program within the
Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and
Engineering (USD(R&E)). The committee believes that continued
collaboration with partners in industry and academia through
the IB5G program will help accelerate the Department's ability
to fully leverage secure and resilient next-generation
networks. The committee also believes that the continuation of
DOD-sponsored research and development into 6G, through the
IB5G ``Open6G'' project, is essential to U.S. competitiveness
in this critical technology area.
Therefore, the committee directs the USD(R&E) to provide a
briefing to the congressional defense committees, not later
than February 1, 2025, on the research, development, and
testing activities within Open6G, as well as any plans to
expand 6G research and development projects within or beyond
Open6G.
Development of synthetic material alternatives for directed energy
components
The committee notes that the 2024 report from the National
Defense Industrial Association's Emerging Technologies
Institute titled ``Directed Energy Weapons Supply Chains:
Securing the Path to the Future'' found that ``Synthetic
materials, often with proprietary formulas, were raised . . .
as an alternative option for [high energy laser] optics.''
Therefore, an opportunity may exist for the Department of
Defense to use synthetic materials for critical directed energy
weapons components to improve performance and efficiency. These
materials may also relieve dependence on foreign sources of
critical materials, create opportunities to support the
domestic manufacturing base, and enhance the performance of
defense systems. For example, recent academic research
manufactured a material that had previously been found only in
meteorites. The material, tetrataenite, has the potential to be
used to produce the permanent magnets necessary for advanced
machine technologies, which currently rely on the rare earths
elements neodymium and praseodymium. These rare earth elements
are also heavily used in High Energy lasers.
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
conduct a study on the potential for the development and use of
synthetic materials in directed energy weapons systems and
provide a briefing on the findings and recommendations of the
study to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the
House of Representatives not later than December 15, 2025.
Digital infrastructure needs for additive manufacturing
The committee recognizes the opportunities presented by
additive manufacturing (AM) to reduce lead times, respond to
contested logistics challenges in a contingency situation,
improve cost efficiency, and achieve novel parts geometries.
The committee is aware that many parts of the Department of
Defense (DOD) are focused on how to best leverage and expand
the capabilities of current AM processes to meet growing
military demand.
The committee finds that the digital infrastructure needed
to make AM broadly useful, particularly in a forward deployed
environment, is a limiting factor to expanding the use of AM
across the military services. The committee is aware that,
while the military services use differing methods to track and
store technical data, which prevents interoperability, there is
insufficient bandwidth to pass the large design files needed
using current methods. In addition, there remain inconsistent
data standards, duplicative data repositories, and insufficient
focus on information security for these systems.
Therefore, the committee directs the Under Secretary of
Defense for Research and Engineering, in consultation with the
Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, to
provide a briefing to the congressional defense committees, not
later than February 1, 2025, that: (1) Outlines the various
military service and defense agency efforts related to AM
digital infrastructure, including anticipated expansion to
include forward deployed AM locations in support of DOD's
regional sustainment framework; (2) Assesses the anticipated
bandwidth needs for AM over the next 5 years; (3) Assesses the
cybersecurity needs of AM data repositories, including any
shortfalls or policy challenges; (4) Outlines a common data
framework and digital infrastructure that leverages the best of
breed from existing efforts; and (5) Provides an estimate of
the funding requirements to implement a data framework and
digital infrastructure that meets the Department's needs.
Digital intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities
The committee is aware of U.S. Special Operations Command
(SOCOM) efforts to develop digital intelligence, surveillance,
and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities necessary for tasking,
collecting, processing, exploiting, and disseminating hard-to-
access digital information. The committee understands that
digital ISR prototypes have helped enable successful
operational outcomes and believes that continued efforts to
develop digital ISR capabilities will improve SOCOM's
effectiveness for missions related to strategic competition.
Therefore, the committee encourages SOCOM to continue
developing digital ISR capabilities.
Directed energy industrial base
The committee notes in the 2024 report from the National
Defense Industrial Association's Emerging Technologies
Institute titled ``Directed Energy Weapons Supply Chains:
Securing the Path to the Future'' that a small percentage of
companies in the directed energy industrial base are considered
to have very high risk financial health. The assessment
evaluated both public and private companies and measures the
short-term default risk using company-specific balance sheets,
income statements, and cash flow data. The report states that 6
percent of companies are at ``Very High Risk'' while 13.4
percent are considered ``High Risk.''
Therefore, the committee directs the Under Secretary of
Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment to provide a briefing,
not later than June 1, 2025, to the Committees on Armed
Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives, on an
industrial base assessment of companies within the directed
energy weapon industrial base with high risk financial health
that includes a plan to mitigate supply chain failures that may
result from financial stress.
Directed energy protection capability
The committee remains concerned about the threat posed by
low-cost attritable aerial drones, especially the threat that
drone swarms pose to our forces. The committee notes that
conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East clearly demonstrate
the utility and proliferation of low-cost attritable aerial
drone systems and believes that more must be done to protect
U.S. servicemembers from that threat. The committee welcomes
the resulting increase in focus of the Department of Defense
(DOD) on exploring the use of directed energy systems to defeat
these threats at a low cost per engagement.
The committee encourages DOD to prioritize rapidly
developing and acquiring directed energy systems to defeat
large drone swarms and believes that the Department should
utilize all available rapid acquisition pathways to develop and
acquire directed energy counter drone swarm systems.
Furthermore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to
provide a briefing to the Committees on Armed Services of the
Senate and the House of Representatives, not later than
February 1, 2025, on all efforts to develop and procure
directed energy systems to defeat large numbers of drones in a
single engagement.
Extensible bill of material
The committee believes that the Department of Defense (DOD)
should have a better, more automated means to track program
hardware and software bills of materials (BOM) to improve
supply chain visibility and potential security vulnerabilities.
The committee is aware that DOD is pursuing an approach to
build repositories for such hardware and software BOMs that are
user-friendly, consistently updated, and interconnected to the
extent practicable. This approach, known as the Extensible Bill
of Material (xBOM) effort, is a federated approach to the
collection and processing of BOMs for software, hardware,
services, and other components that the committee recognizes as
an improvement from the current state that will allow the
distribution, storage and management of BOMs across multiple,
interconnected databases.
Therefore, the committee directs the Chief Information
Officer of the Department of Defense provide a briefing to the
Senate Armed Services Committee, not later than December 1,
2025, on the xBOM effort.
FrankenSAM
The committee recognizes that the standard budget and
acquisition process of the Department of Defense (DOD) does not
often allow for agile development and rapid procurement of
innovative technological solutions designed to solve real-world
challenges. However, today's continually evolving threats
require DOD to adapt and allow for creative and agile responses
to emergent problems.
In fiscal year 2023, the U.S. Air Force introduced a
requirement for a mobile short-range air defense solution that
could be rapidly and affordably developed and fielded for use
in Ukraine. The U.S. Air Force designed a family of systems
called FrankenSAM to defend against manned and unmanned aerial
threats using a ground launch system that integrates an
existing supply of air-to-air missiles into an open-
architecture fire control backbone. FrankenSAM includes
communication towers; passive infrared camera systems; early
warning radar trailers; and small form factor communication
kits, enabling a networked air defense architecture. The open-
architecture system was designed, built, and successfully
completed live fire testing within 8 months from contract
award, allowing for fielding by the end of 2023. Within 2
months of arriving in theater, and with less than 2 weeks of
operator training, FrankenSAM fully demonstrated its range of
capabilities, providing an immediate impact on the battlefield.
The FrankenSAM program demonstrated the ability of the U.S.
Air Force and industry to rapidly produce effective solutions
to immediate problems when given the imperative to perform
critical missions, such as air defense. The core of FrankenSAM
leverages easy-to-use, proven technologies that limit the
dependence on component development timelines, while
emphasizing integration of existing and new equipment into an
open-architecture system. The modular approach of the system
can be quickly integrated into existing air defense systems
where gaps may occur in protecting installations, or by
providing quick reaction, stand-alone point defense where a
larger comprehensive air defense system may not exist. While
the design is currently utilizing a mobile, truck-mounted
configuration, it could be adapted to use a palletized or
fixed-base platform that can be easily integrated into various
shore, ship, or land-based environments. Additionally, the
system significantly reduces cost by being effector agnostic
and utilizing surplus munitions already in either United States
or partner inventories.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense
to provide a briefing to the congressional defense committees,
not later than March 31, 2025, addressing: (1) How DOD and
partner countries have utilized the FrankenSAM system in
contingency operations; (2) What additional resources may be
required to expand and improve the FrankenSAM system; and (3)
How DOD can leverage the capability for quick reaction or
extended use in other theaters.
High altitude balloons program office and program of record
The committee is concerned that, while the Department of
the Air Force continues to show interest in development and use
of high altitude balloons in a variety of use cases, there is
not yet a single office or individual within the Department of
the Air Force to coordinate the disparate projects.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Air
Force to appoint a designee who will review efforts relating to
high altitude balloons and related technologies across the
Department of the Air Force and make recommendations to the
Secretary of the Air Force on establishing a program office and
a program of record. The Secretary of the Air Force shall brief
the results of these efforts to the congressional defense
committees not later than April 1, 2025.
High-powered microwave export policy
The committee recognizes recent developments in high-
powered microwave (HPM) technology, and its potential impact
for missions like countering uncrewed aerial systems and
broader electronic attack requirements. Due to the potential
opportunities for export or sale of domestic HPM systems to
foreign partners, the committee notes the need for revisiting
past technology disclosure and export policies. The committee
understands that revising the National Disclosure Policy (NDP-
1) is an important step to facilitate the exportability of HPM
technology. Furthermore, the committee understands that the
Under Secretary of Defense for Policy is leading the effort to
revise the NDP-1, including by developing a framework to more
accurately capture the state-of-the-art for HPM technology.
Therefore, the committee directs the Under Secretary of Defense
for Policy to provide a briefing to the Senate Armed Services
Committee, not later than January 15, 2025, on the status of
revising the NDP-1.
Highly producible small surface combatant study
The committee is concerned with the projected decline in
the number of Navy battle force ships and fleet-wide vertical
launch system (VLS) capacity between now and 2027. The
President's budget request for fiscal year 2025 would procure 6
battle force ships while retiring 19, contributing to these
projected near-term declines. Given the ongoing naval buildup
by the People's Republic of China, the committee believes these
projected declines increase risk to U.S. forces in the U.S.
Indo-Pacific Command area of responsibility.
The committee does not believe the Department of the Navy
is adequately emphasizing near- and medium-term capacity
requirements. With the delivery of the first Constellation-
class frigate delayed 3 years and procurement of the large,
unmanned surface vessel (LUSV) not scheduled to begin until
fiscal year 2027, the committee believes the U.S. Navy needs to
focus more on supplementary options for increasing ship numbers
and missile-launching capacity in the nearer term.
Consequently, the committee affirms its interest in
procuring a highly producible, crewed small surface combatant
and in adding VLS, bolt-on, or containerized missile launchers,
to existing Navy ships (including amphibious and support ships)
or existing commercial-type hulls.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Navy
to provide a report exploring such options not later than April
1, 2025. The report shall: (1) Examine a crewed variant of the
LUSV that can serve as a pathfinder for the unmanned version
while adding near-term missile-launching capacity, including a
discussion of any need for waivers of survivability or other
requirements, given the non-crewed original design of the
LUSV;(2) Examine other foreign, commercial, or U.S. Government ship
designs that are mature and could be adapted with minimal modifications
to produce a crewed small surface combatant; (3) Examine existing Navy
ships (including amphibious and support ships) or commercial-type hulls
that could be quickly modified into missile-firing ships through the
addition of VLS, bolt-on, or containerized missile launchers; (4)
Evaluate the time to field each platform, as well as the platform's
producibility within current supply chain and industrial base
constraints; and (5) Provide cost estimates and manpower impacts for
each platform.
The committee recognizes that the Navy warfare centers have
used between 1 and 2 percent of their funding for section 219
of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005
(Public Law 108-375), but are authorized to use up to 4
percent. The committee encourages the U.S. Navy to utilize a
greater proportion of the section 219 authority to provide
resources at the warfare centers to assist with this above
report and develop concepts and preliminary designs for the
options examined in the report.
Hypersonic targets
The committee is aware that the Department of Defense will
require highly maneuverable threat-representative hypersonic
targets in order to support the missile defense community in
developing and testing future defensive capabilities. The
committee understands that such targets, like the Hypersonic
Readiness Assessment Vehicle (HyRAV), have the potential to
transition to our military arsenal and serve as a low-cost,
high maneuverability strike vehicle. Investments in novel
sourcing of hypersonic systems and technology, like HyRAV, have
the potential to spur innovation, reduce cost and schedule, and
invigorate the industrial base.
Hypersonics test and evaluation workforce
The committee remains concerned about the Department of
Defense's ability to generate and sustain the highly skilled
workforce required to meet its hypersonics systems
requirements. In particular, the committee has observed gaps
between the Department of Navy's workforce development efforts
and its Test and Evaluation (T&E) workforce requirements. To
bolster workforce development, the committee continues to
support efforts by the military services to partner with
universities equipped with the infrastructure and equipment
necessary to support hypersonics T&E, including for newer
initiatives such as the Defense Civilian Training Corps (DCTC).
Therefore, the committee encourages the Secretary of the
Navy to provide robust funding to expand and prioritize
existing T&E workforce development partnerships and consider
entering into a cooperative agreement with one or more
universities equipped with the infrastructure and equipment
necessary to support hypersonics T&E workforce development. The
committee also encourages the Secretary of the Navy to examine
the model provided by DCTC to determine if that might also be a
means to expand workforce development efforts.
Implementation of the Next Generation Electromagnetic Spectrum
Strategic Roadmap
The Senate report (S. Rept. 117-130) accompanying the James
M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
2023 (Public Law 117-263) required the Department of Defense
(DOD) to submit an Electromagnetic Spectrum Strategic Roadmap
to the congressional defense committees, which was completed in
February 2024. The committee notes that this report included
detailed information on the threat environment, challenges to
current and future military capabilities, and opportunities to
promote advanced forms of dynamic spectrum sharing. However,
the committee remains concerned about the Department's plans
for resourcing the workforce, infrastructure, tools, and
enabling technologies needed to implement this strategic
roadmap.
Therefore, the committee directs the DOD Chief Information
Officer, in consultation with the Under Secretary of Defense
for Research and Engineering, the Secretaries of the military
departments, and the Joint Staff, to provide a report to the
congressional defense committees, not later than March 1, 2025,
and an interim briefing with preliminary observations, not
later than January 31, 2025, on the DOD's plan to implement the
Next Generation Electromagnetic Spectrum Strategic Roadmap. The
report shall include:
(1) An assessment of emerging technologies, advanced
spectrum access technologies, and data management tools
to support future capabilities and dynamic spectrum
maneuvering and advanced forms of dynamic spectrum
sharing;
(2) An overview of DOD's acquisition strategy to
procure, including the cost and schedule for each
identified capability, the following capabilities:
(a) advanced Electromagnetic Battle
Management to support warfighter decision
making;
(b) spectrum management systems and
monitoring of the spectrum environment across
DOD's operations; and
(c) advanced modeling, simulation, and
assessment of spectrum-dependent systems and
technologies;
(3) An overview of the progress DOD has made to build
and develop a highly competent spectrum workforce. Such
overview should account for the steps the Department
has taken to date, as well as benchmarks for long-term
policies to meet this goal; and
(4) Other such matters the Chief Information Officer
or Under Secretary deems necessary.
The report must be submitted in an unclassified and
publicly releasable form, but may include a classified annex.
Improved Turbine Engine Program
The Improved Turbine Engine Program (ITEP) is a key enabler
of U.S. Army modernization efforts for its Black Hawk and
Apache aircraft. The Improved Turbine Engine is a next
generation turboshaft engine that supports Army aviation reach
and lethality requirements and is critical to ensure that these
platforms have the power, fuel efficiency, and reliability
required by the current threat environment and improved ability
against near-peer threats.
The committee recognizes that since the Engineering and
Manufacturing Development phase began in 2019, the program has
met all technical requirements and is over 75 percent complete.
The committee encourages the U.S. Army to continue ITEP
development at pace to ensure supply chain stability and timely
delivery of the new engine in support of Army stated Apache and
Black Hawk modernization requirements.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Army
to brief the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the
House of Representatives, not later than January 31, 2025, on
its efforts to ensure the ITEP program meets timelines
necessary to support enduring fleet modernization requirements.
The briefing shall include details on test performance,
schedule, and integration plan for Apache and Black Hawk
aircraft.
Independent cost estimate for secure enclave
The committee notes that the Department of Defense (DOD) is
making significant investments in its infrastructure for
microelectronics research and development to help strengthen
and promote resilience in our domestic capacity to produce
advanced microelectronics, including the ability to design,
secure and validate the microelectronics components coming from
commercial industry. The committee recognizes this is
significant progress in focus and attention by DOD, even
compared to 5 or 10 years ago. However, the committee remains
concerned that DOD's approach still does not fully grasp the
economic and commercial challenges facing this sector that
shape their manufacturing and commercial drivers. DOD is not
the market force in this sector it once was, yet many of the
approaches it takes to security and integrity lack that
fundamental understanding.
The committee is aware that DOD is pursuing investment to
implement a security model for a commercial industry
microelectronics foundry based on a desire to get state-of-the-
art microelectronics with a segregated facility to ensure
security. Much of this planning is based on a study conducted
several years ago when the pre-pandemic economic environment
was very different. The committee is concerned that these cost
estimates may be based on outdated assumptions, and have not
been independently validated by DOD's cost estimators.
Therefore, the committee directs the Director for Cost
Assessment and Program Evaluation to conduct an independent
cost estimate of DOD's plan for a secure enclave, and to
provide a briefing to the congressional defense committees, not
later than August 1, 2025. This cost estimate shall include the
following:
(1) A thorough evaluation of the previous studies
upon which any cost estimates were based, including a
review of economic and technical assumptions to update
based on current inflationary and other impacts;
(2) An assessment of any technical or operational
alternatives that were considered by DOD during its
deliberations of this effort, including any that might
have become available since the initial study on this
topic was conducted; and
(3) An estimate of anticipated demand from DOD based
on data provided directly by the Secretaries of the
military departments, including estimates for annual
operating and sustainment costs, as well as anticipated
production lot costs.
Innovative camouflage technology
The committee recognizes the importance of effective
concealment of U.S. servicemembers and related capabilities in
competition and conflict through the use of innovative
camouflage technology. The committee is aware of efforts
related to the development of photorealistic camouflage
technology that could provide enhanced concealment and
encourages appropriate elements of the Department of Defense to
consider such camouflage technology, as appropriate, including
as part of the Ultra-Lightweight Camouflage Net System, which
was authorized in the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118-31).
Lateral entry programs for highly qualified personnel in artificial
intelligence and machine learning
The committee recognizes the efforts by the military
departments to attract, recruit, and retain highly qualified
individuals in specialized fields like cyber and emerging
technologies. For example, the U.S. Marine Corps has
facilitated a lateral entry program following the development
of Force Design 2030, and it has authorities provided by
Congress to attract highly qualified individuals in science,
technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), cyber, and
related fields. Given the increasing proliferation and future
capabilities of advanced artificial intelligence (AI) and
machine learning (ML) systems, it is vital that the Department
of Defense and the military departments adopt new pathways to
attract, recruit, and retain highly qualified personnel with
specialized skills in AI and ML. The committee believes that it
is important for the Secretaries of the military departments to
study the results of lateral entry programs administered across
the Department of Defense and the intelligence community to
understand where these programs can be extended or adopted for
the specific personnel and mission requirements of their
respective services, especially in AI and ML.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Navy,
the Secretary of the Air Force, and the Secretary of the Army
to provide a briefing to the Senate Armed Services Committee,
not later than February 1, 2025, on the opportunities and
feasibility for the creation of lateral entry programs for the
AI and ML fields within the military departments.
Leveraging commercial hypersonic testing
The committee recognizes that the development and fielding
of resilient, space-based sensing capabilities in low, medium,
and geosynchronous earth orbits, designed for indications,
warning, detection, tracking and fire control, are a critical
element of an integrated global air and missile defense
architecture with hypersonic defeat capability. Proper
calibration, test, and training is foundational to ensuring
these sensing capabilities are effective. While the various
stakeholders currently take advantage of transitory targets of
opportunity of unknown provenance, the Department of
Defense(DOD) needs a robust, on-demand, and cooperative capability for
extensive, repeated, live calibration, testing, and training events in
realistic scenarios, against realistic live targets, globally. To meet
this goal, DOD should consider reusable emerging private sector
capabilities for commercially provided hypersonic targets and
associated launch services.
Therefore, the committee directs the Commander of Space
Systems Command, in coordination with the Director of the Space
Development Agency (SDA) and the Director of the Missile
Defense Agency (MDA), to provide a briefing on the on-going
calibration, testing and training required to enable resilient,
space-based sensing capabilities designed for indications,
warning, detection, tracking and fire control in a national and
expeditionary air and missile defense architecture with
hypersonic defeat capability. The briefing shall identify
statutory and capability gaps in current calibration, test, and
training capabilities with recommendations on how DOD should
close those gaps, to include leveraging commercially provided
reusable hypersonic targets and associated launch services.
Space Systems Command, SDA, and MDA shall provide this briefing
to the congressional defense committees not later than March
31, 2025.
Low-cost counter unmanned systems capabilities enhancement
The committee notes that the rapidly evolving threat posed
by unmanned systems (UxS) increases the urgency for advanced
counter UxS (CUxS) technologies to safeguard U.S.
servicemembers and assets. For example, the proliferation of
unmanned aircraft systems, like First Person View (FPV) drones,
presents a significant challenge due to their low-cost, ease of
scalability, and high operational efficiency. These drones have
been shown to be highly effective in conflict zones, such as in
Ukraine, where they have been successfully employed against
armored vehicles.
Recognizing this urgent threat, the committee is aware of
an evolving, autonomous, low-cost, fieldable gun turret
capability designed for accurate detection, identification,
tracking, and engagement of aerial threats. The committee
understands this technology is capable of mounting standard-
issue weapons, which minimizes disruptions to existing supply
chains, logistics, and training. The committee believes there
may be other available capabilities as well that could be
rapidly identified and employed to counter similar threats.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense
to provide a briefing to the Committees on Armed Services of
the Senate and the House of Representatives, not later than
February 1, 2025, on low cost capabilities for CUxS. This
briefing should include: (1) An assessment of the current low-
cost, autonomous, kinetic defeat CUxS systems in-use or under
development specifically for countering FPV drones and other
emerging UxS threats; (2) A plan for the potential expedited
adoption and deployment of these technologies across various
branches of the armed forces, including U.S. Special Operations
Command, because of its role in enhancing the protection of
both vehicle and static forces against fast-moving UxS threats;
and (3) An analysis of the projected budgetary requirements for
the full-scale testing, integration, and deployment of these
type of technologies.
Maritime seekers
The committee continues to support the Department of
Defense's efforts for the Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System
(GMLRS), GMLRS Extended Range (GMLRS-ER), and the Ground-
Launched Small Diameter Bomb (GLSDB). GMLRS is a core medium-
range land-based fires capability. The committee appreciates
the U.S. Army's vision to establish a GMLRS production facility
in the Indo-Pacific in 2025, the service's use of multi-year
procurement authority for GMLRS, and the decision to increase
production capacity for GMLRS missiles from 10,000 to 14,000
rounds per year by 2025. The committee commends the efforts by
the U.S. Air Force, the Office of the Secretary of Defense, and
Boeing to field GLSDB in a remarkably short period to provide
additional medium-range ground-based fires to meet worldwide
demand.
However, the committee remains concerned that the
Department of Defense is not investing in maritime seekers for
either the GMLRS or GLSDB capability to provide additional
options for future policymakers and military commanders to
ensure a sufficient supply of anti-ship weapons for the joint
force. This is particularly worrisome given the difficulties in
increasing production of current ground-based anti-ship weapon
programs, largely owing to their shared production lines with
high priority air- and sea-launched weapons, such as Tomahawk
and Standard Missile. The committee believes that development
of a maritime seeker for GMLRS and GLSDB could credibly expand
the magazine depth of survivable land-based forces across
multiple theaters in a relevant timeframe at a reasonable cost.
Accordingly, the committee directs the Secretary of
Defense, the Secretary of the Air Force, and Secretary of the
Army to provide a briefing to the Committees on Armed Services
of the Senate and the House of Representatives, not later than
March 15, 2025, on an assessment of maritime seeker
advancements for GMLRS, GMLRS ER, and GLSDB to include: (1) An
analysis of industrial base ability and capacity to produce
maritime seekers; (2) Costs associated with such a program over
the FYDP; and (3) A notional fielding plan.
Night Vision Device-Next
The committee understands that the U.S. Army plans to begin
the procurement process for its Night Vision Device-Next
program this year. Given recent concerns about U.S. defense
industrial base capacity, as well as sensitivities around the
production of night vision systems and their components, the
committee encourages the U.S. Army to prioritize U.S.-made
manufacturers for critical components of this system, including
low light imaging sensors and image-intensifier tubes, during
the solicitation and procurement process.
Pathfinder initiative for the intelligence warfighter
The committee recognizes the impact of the Army Research
Lab Pathfinder initiative to create partnerships between Army
operational units and leading national research universities by
providing university-based researchers opportunities to involve
soldiers in cutting-edge, applied research and development.
Additionally, the committee notes the potential for a
Pathfinder program initiative focused on enhancing
intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR)
capabilities as well as non-kinetic, electronic warfare, and
advanced military technologies to enhance Army combat
effectiveness.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Army
to conduct or sponsor analysis and, not later March 31, 2025,
submit a report to the congressional defense committees that
analyzes the impact a Pathfinder program on ISR capabilities
and non-kinetic, electronic warfare, and advanced military
technologies would have on Army combat effectiveness. This
analysis should consider locations where the mission,
capabilities, people, and test or training ranges exist to make
the Pathfinder effort more effective.
Plan for alternative approaches for biomedical modeling
The committee is aware that the Department of Defense
(DOD), as well as the Federal Government and academia, rely
heavily on non-human primate (NHP) models in order to validate
much of its biomedical research. Such models rely on a supply
of NHPs that are necessary for testing to ensure that simulated
models approximate real-world behaviors. However, the committee
is also aware that the United States does not produce
sufficient quantities of NHPs to match the demand, and that the
primary exporter for NHPs, China, has limited the number of
NHPs that can be exported. This has had a negative impact on
the pace of biomedical advancement, and without either some
action to increase supply or reduce demand, it will start to
restrict the amount and scale of biomedical research produced
in the U.S.
The committee is aware that there may be other means to
complement or supplement other animal models as a means to deal
with that supply shortfall, but it will require careful
planning and validation to determine if the same efficacy can
be achieved through the combination of multiple animal models
as compared to the reliance primarily on NHP models.
Therefore, the committee directs the Under Secretary of
Defense for Research and Engineering to develop a plan for
alternative approaches for biomedical modeling that complement
or reduce reliance on NHPs in that process and provide a
briefing to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and
the House of Representatives, not later than June 1, 2025. This
plan should include the following:
(1) An assessment of the current NHP supply in the
United States, including the demand needs for DOD,
critical dependences on domestic or foreign sources,
and any identified shortfalls;
(2) Assessment of other animal model approaches and
how they compare to current NHP models in time,
efficacy and cost;
(3) Analysis of how such other animal models might be
better combined or utilized to match or exceed the
efficacy of NHP models,
(4) Assessment of any programmatic or regulatory
hurdles to implementation of a combinatorial approach
for animal models as described in (3);
(5) Analysis of potential opportunities to partner
with allies to increase access to NHPs or partner on
research for other animal models; and (6) Other such
elements as the Under Secretary deems appropriate.
Plan for replacement of the self-defense test ship
The U.S. Navy's self-defense test ship provides the Navy
with an at-sea weapons test and evaluation platform to support
live-fire testing in a realistic at-sea environment without
risk to personnel. However, the current self-defense test ship,
the former Spruance-class destroyer USS Paul F. Foster, was
built in the 1970s and converted to its test ship role in 2003.
As a result, it is nearing the end of its useful life and will
require a replacement.
Therefore, the committee directs the Assistant Secretary of
the Navy for Research, Development, and Acquisition to provide
a briefing to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate
and the House of Representatives, not later than March 1, 2025,
on the U.S. Navy's plan to replace the self-defense test ship.
This briefing shall include:
(1) An assessment of options for replacing the self-
defense test ship including whether existing U.S. Navy
vessels identified for decommissioning could be
converted to this role;
(2) An assessment of any new capabilities required by
a self-defense test ship to meet requirements for new
weapons systems, capabilities, or threats;
(3) A timeline of the U.S. Navy's plan for
replacement of the self-defense test ship, including
projected shipyard time required for any conversion and
resourcing needs; and
(4) Any other issues the Assistant Secretary of the
Navy for Research, Development, and Acquisition deems
relevant for the replacement of the self-defense test
ship.
Repeal of Entrepreneurial Sabbatical report
The committee notes that it established the Entrepreneurial
Sabbatical report in the Senate report accompanying S. 1376 (S.
Rept. 114-49) of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2016 to capture information related to a new
authority. That authority allowed for individuals at a science
and technology reinvention laboratory to take a sabbatical from
their job to work on an entrepreneurial activity, similar to
how many in academia take sabbaticals from their university
positions to write a book or do field work. The committee
believes that report has served its purpose, and it is no
longer needed. The committee encourages the Department of
Defense to cease submission of the Entrepreneurial Sabbatical
report.
Report and briefing on use of certain bands of electromagnetic spectrum
by the Department of Defense
The committee recognizes that the Department of Defense
(DOD) relies on electromagnetic spectrum resources,
capabilities, and activities to carry out its national security
mission. Spectrum bands used by DOD are critical assets for
military readiness, particularly the 1525 to 1559 megahertz
band or the 1626.5 to 1660.5 megahertz band of
electromagneticspectrum. Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary
of Defense to provide a report and briefing to the Committees on Armed
Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives, not later than
February 15, 2025, on the following:
(1) All current and previous operations or usage of
systems in, and all current and previous operations or
usage of systems directly adjacent to, the 1525 to 1559
megahertz band or the 1626.5 to 1660.5 megahertz band
of electromagnetic spectrum by DOD;
(2) Alternative electromagnetic spectrum or other
means that may be utilized by DOD in lieu of the 1525
to 1559 megahertz band or the 1626.5 to 1660.5
megahertz band of electromagnetic spectrum; and
(3) The status of any claims concerning these bands
of electromagnetic spectrum and any technical
objections DOD has in response to such claims.
Ribonucleic acid research
The committee is aware that ongoing research into
ribonucleic acid (RNA) has the potential for significant
advancements in biomedical research. Many recent advances in
vaccine development have been attributed to a better
understanding of messenger RNA (mRNA) mechanisms coupled with
tools like the clustered regularly interspaced short
palindromic repeats (CRISPR) technology. The committee believes
a more comprehensive mapping of RNA, akin to the human genome
mapping project in the 1990s, could provide a critical
foundation for understanding that could then be paired with
newer tools, like CRISPR or artificial intelligence
computational tools, to revolutionize drug discovery, novel
biomedical materials, and new therapeutics. The committee
encourages the Department of Defense to invest in militarily-
relevant RNA research, and to partner, as appropriate, with
other government agencies and academia to pursue critical
research paths in this field.
Scalar longitudinal waves
The committee notes that the Navy has a critical capability
gap in undersea communications methods that operate at high
data rates at distance. The committee further observes that the
Office of Naval Research has examined the theoretical
applications of equations from the field of extended
electrodynamics that indicate mathematical possibilities for
applications such as scalar longitudinal waves, which could
address these challenges. Therefore, the committee encourages
the Office of Naval Research to continue additional research to
evaluate and validate the potential applications of scalar
longitudinal waves to Navy missions.
Soldier hearing protection
The committee strongly supports the U.S. Army's ongoing
efforts towards preventing hearing injuries in soldiers. The
U.S. Army has been testing and acquiring hearing protection
devices that not only prevent injury, but also allow
servicemembers to remain aware of their surroundings. These
advancements improve soldier situational awareness, enhance
mission effectiveness, and increase safety and survivability.
The committee encourages the U.S. Army to continue its
commitment to assessing and engaging in research and
development, and to consider adopting new technologies in this
area, such as adaptive active noise reduction, machine learning
denoising for face-to-face communication in extreme
environments, and beamforming for 360 degree spatial awareness.
Next-generation audio enhancements like these could provide
hearing protection without impeding combat effectiveness.
Testing for artificial intelligence system survivability
The committee recognizes that artificial intelligence (AI)
has the potential to help improve United States national
security processes by accelerating the pace of action, enabling
rapid closing of decision cycles, and helping to identify new
and novel threats. The committee supports the Department of
Defense's efforts to accelerate its adoption of AI, as this
technology will be critical to maintaining decision advantage
across all warfighting domains. The Department's ability to
effectively leverage AI will depend on its own ability to
mitigate the risks, vulnerabilities, and flaws of AI systems
and applications on the battlefield.
Therefore, the committee directs the Director of
Operational Test and Evaluation to provide a briefing to the
Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of
Representatives, not later than March 31, 2025, on testing
infrastructure, criteria, and methodologies currently used or
needed to validate the operation and functionality of AI in
military systems and applications. This briefing shall include
a review of the testing infrastructure, criteria, and
methodologies that are necessary to determine the ability of AI
models and technologies to prevent, mitigate, recover from, and
adapt to adverse or malicious events--including malware, data
poisoning, and cyber exploits--that could impact mission-
related functions by applying a risk-managed approach to
achieve and maintain an operationally relevant risk posture
throughout the life cycle.
Transportation of patients with highly infectious diseases
The committee commends the work done as part of the U.S.
Air Force's Center for Sustainment of Trauma and Readiness
Skills (C STARS) to strengthen the capability to treat and
transport patients with highly infectious diseases. With these
diseases, as well as in response to chemical, biological, or
radiological incidents, it is critical to accelerate the
ability to provide aeromedical infectious disease care while en
route to treatment centers without contaminating medical
personnel, flight crews, or the aircraft. The committee
understands that refining this capability will involve training
for not only the medical aspects of infectious disease care,
but also for the transportation elements, such as working
inside a biocontainment unit in an aircraft fuselage.
Therefore, the committee underscores that it is imperative that
the Department of Defense develop an advanced aeromedical
training capability to prepare personnel for transporting
patients with highly infectious diseases or those exposed to
chemical, biological, or radiological incidents.
Trusted and secure defense electronics
The committee recognizes the critical need to address gaps
in the capabilities and capacity of the U.S. defense industrial
base to produce and field trusted electronics systems. The
committee is concerned by the slow progress in the
implementation of trusted and secure microelectronics to meet
national security needs.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense,
in consultation with the Assistant Secretary of Defense for
Industrial Base Policy and the Executive Agent for Printed
Circuit Board and Interconnect Technology, to provide a
briefing, not later than September 30, 2025, to the Committees
on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of
Representatives that addresses: (1) Any identified gaps in the
capabilities and capacity of the U.S. defense industrial base
to manufacture printed circuit boards, including ultra high-
density interconnect printed circuit board assemblies,
integrated circuit substrates, and advanced packaging of
sufficient quality and quantity to meet national security
needs; (2) The national security implications of any such
identified gaps; (3) The current status of implementation of
trusted supply chain and operational security standards for the
purchase of microelectronics products and services, including
printed circuit boards, pursuant to section 224 of the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116-
92); (4) A comparison between the Department of Defense plans,
programs, projects, and activities and the printed circuit
board and interconnect roadmap and associated funding
strategies developed by the Executive Agent for Printed Circuit
Board Technology; and (5) Any additional information the
Secretary deems appropriate.
Undersea deployable small uncrewed aerial systems
The committee is aware that the Department of the Navy has
been working to develop small uncrewed aerial systems (sUAS)
that can be deployed from undersea vehicles. The committee
recognizes the importance of possessing a diverse range of
employment options for sUAS, and believes that additional
testing and evaluation of such systems could be beneficial.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Navy
to provide a briefing to the congressional defense committees,
not later than January 17, 2025, on undersea-deployable sUAS
development activities. The briefing should include a
discussion of: (1) The Department of the Navy's research and
development efforts; (2) The results of any test and evaluation
activities for such systems; (3) Any plans for future test and
evaluation events; and (4) Options for employing these
technologies.
University affiliated research center for tactical autonomy
The committee supports the U.S. Air Force's ongoing efforts
to establish and maintain core research expertise in tactical
autonomy by leveraging scientific and engineering capabilities
among Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)
through the University Affiliated Research Center (UARC) for
Tactical Autonomy. The committee believes that the UARC for
Tactical Autonomy may improve the U.S. Air Force's autonomous
capabilities.
Therefore, the committee encourages the Secretary of the
Air Force, as part of its ongoing efforts with HBCUs, to
improve and expand its tactical autonomy capabilities to: (1)
Support research partnerships with institutions that have
access to centers of excellence focused on autonomous
integration into complex systems; (2) Work with institutions in
close proximity to military facilities capable of hosting
multi-domain training scenarios integrating ground, air,
special forces, and unmanned vehicle capabilities into large
scale exercises; (3) Expand outreach to talented high school
students from groups historically underrepresented in science,
technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM); and (4) Include
activities that translate into career development for students
and individuals from underrepresented communities in STEM.
University affiliated research centers for combatant commands
The committee continues to support the use by the
Department of Defense (DOD) of University Affiliated Research
Centers (UARCs) to meet critical engineering, research,
development, or other analytic needs for DOD. The committee
notes that DOD has one UARC associated with a functional
combatant command (COCOM): the National Strategic Research
Institute affiliated with U.S. Strategic Command. However,
there are no UARCs affiliated with a geographic COCOM.
The committee notes that geographic COCOMs must execute
their missions in dynamic environments and may benefit from
UARCs for technical as well as policy-related research.
Therefore, the committee encourages the Secretary of Defense
and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to explore
potential opportunities to establish a geographic COCOM-
affiliated UARC, considering the implications for resources and
management oversight required of any university partner.
TITLE III--OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE
Subtitle A--Authorization of Appropriations
Authorization of appropriations (sec. 301)
The committee recommends a provision that 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
Implementation of Inspector General recommendations relating to
oversight of defense fuel support points (sec. 311)
The committee recommends a provision that would direct the
Secretary of Defense to implement the recommendations of the
Department of Defense Inspector General report, published April
11, 2024, titled, ``Audit of the Defense Logistics Agency
Oversight of Defense Fuel Support Points'' (DODIG-2024-075),
not later than May 1, 2026, or report to the Senate Armed
Services Committee explaining why the Secretary has not
implemented those recommendations.
Additionally, the committee directs the Secretary of
Defense to brief the Senate Armed Services Committee, not later
than April 1, 2025, on the status of implementing these
recommendations.
Initiative to control and combat the spread of invasive species (sec.
312)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of Defense to enhance efforts to manage, control, and
interdict invasive species that exacerbate the risk of wildfire
that could affect the readiness of the Armed Forces, the health
and safety of servicemembers, and their families and
surrounding communities. The provision also outlines authorized
activities for the Department of Defense.
Modification of definition of antenna structure project under Military
Aviation and Installation Assurance Clearinghouse for review of
mission obstructions (sec. 313)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 183a(h)(2)(A)(ii) of title 10, United States Code, to
address a technical correction.
Provision by Secretary of the Air Force of meteorological data for Air
Force and Army (sec. 314)
The committee recommends a provision that would clarify
that the Secretary of the Air Force is required to provide
meteorological and environmental services for the Department of
the Air Force and meteorological services for the Department of
the Army.
Modification of sustainable aviation fuel pilot program (sec. 315)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 324(b)(1)(A) of the James M. Inhofe National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-263) by
increasing the number of pilot locations from at least two to
at least six.
Study and report on the greenhouse gas and toxic pollutant emissions of
the production and utilization of non-tactical vehicles of the
Department of Defense (sec. 316)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a study on
the greenhouse gas and toxic pollutant emissions lifecycle in
the production and use of electric non-tactical vehicles over
the lifetime of the vehicle relative to a comparable model of
non-tactical vehicles possessing an internal combustion engine.
The provision would further require the Secretary of Defense to
submit a report to Congress, not later than 120 days after
receipt of the aforementioned study, on the use of electric
vehicles by the Armed Forces.
Subtitle C--Treatment of Perfluoroalkyl Substances and Polyfluoroalkyl
Substances
Interim responses to address releases or threatened releases of
perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (sec. 321)
The committee recommends a provision that would codify
existing Department of Defense (DOD) policy for the military
services to take action to address any release or threatened
release of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances. This includes
processes for DOD to expeditiously conduct a preliminary
assessment and site inspection, if one has not already been
conducted, and provide bottled water and water filtration, when
necessary. The provision would also require a report regarding
various elements related to the preliminary assessment or site
investigation of facilities, their associated timelines, and
any relevant explanations of actions taken.
Increase of transfer authority for funding of study and assessment on
health implications of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances
contamination in drinking water by Agency for Toxic Substances
and Disease Registry (sec. 322)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 316 of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115-91), as most recently amended
by section 342 of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118-31), to extend to fiscal year
2025 the authorization and funding transfer authority for the
ongoing study and assessment on human health impacts of per-
and polyfluoroalkyl substances in drinking water by the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention.
Subtitle D--Logistics and Sustainment
Warehouse utilization organization alignment (sec. 331)
The committee recommends a provision that would require
each Secretary of a military department, and the Director of
the Defense Logistics Agency, to provide a briefing to the
congressional defense committees on warehouse utilization and
organizational alignment. The provision would also require an
annual report, for the subsequent 5 years, on plans for
reconstituting warehouses on military installations, and any
information on barriers to that reconstitution effort.
Authority for Government-Owned, Government-Operated facilities to
access Production Base Support funds (sec. 332)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of Defense to prescribe regulations allowing
Government-owned, Government-operated facilities to be eligible
to receive Production Base Support funds from the U.S. Army.
Codification and permanent extension of authority for reimbursement of
expenses for certain Navy mess operations afloat (sec. 333)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
chapter 19 of title 37, United States Code, to make permanent
the authority under section 1014 of the Duncan Hunter National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 110-
417). This authority allows the U.S. Navy to purchase meals on
behalf of embarked members of non-governmental organizations,
host and partner nations, joint services, and U.S. government
agencies and foreign national patients treated on U.S. Navy
ships and their escorts during the U.S. Navy's execution of
humanitarian and civic assistance missions, such as Pacific
Partnership.
Plan for secondary sources in the munitions supply chain (sec. 334)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of the Army to develop a plan to provide options to
establish secondary domestic production sources at existing
arsenals, depots, and ammunition plants of the U.S. Army to
address munition supply chain chokepoints. This provision would
also require the Secretary of Defense to provide a briefing,
not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this
Act, to the congressional defense committees on the
implementation of the plan.
Counter unmanned aerial system threat library (sec. 335)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of the Army, through the Joint Counter-small Unmanned
Aerial Systems Office, to establish and maintain a threat
library, or expand and maintain an existing library, to
coordinate efforts across the Department of Defense to counter
unmanned aerial systems.
Pilot program for performance of maintenance and repair on forward-
deployed naval force ships in foreign shipyards (sec. )
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of the Navy to conduct a pilot program, not later
than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, to
perform maintenance and repair on forward-deployed naval force
ships in foreign shipyards during scheduled maintenance and
repair exercises. The provision would also require the pilot
program to terminate in 3 years and require an annual report,
not later than December 1 of each year in which the pilot
program is carried out, to the Committees on Armed Services of
the Senate and the House of Representatives.
Subtitle E--Reports
Modification of readiness reports to include total number of combat
readiness upgrades or downgrades (sec. 341)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
paragraph (5) of section 482(b) of title 10, United States
Code, to modify the readiness reports to Congress to include
the total number of upgrades or downgrades of the combat
readiness of a unit issued by the unit commander, rather than
each unit summary with the rationale from each reporting unit
commander.
Extension and expansion of incident reporting requirements for
Department of Defense (sec. 342)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 363 of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117-81) in order to extend the
incident reporting requirement regarding lost and stolen
weapons and include the Committees on Armed Services of the
Senate and the House of Representatives.
Report on landing fees collected by installations of the Air Force
located outside the continental United States (sec. 343)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of the Air Force to submit a report on landing fees
collected at Air Force installation locations outside the
continental United States.
The committee understands that locations such as Kunsan Air
Base have existing agreements with local airports where
commercial aircraft are allowed to utilize Air Force owned
runways and pay monthly landing fees. The committee is
concerned, however, that these landing fees are currently
placed in a U.S. Treasury account and are not given directly to
the installation where the landings occur. In the case of
Kunsan Air Base, the installation does not receive any of the
landing fees, roughly $500,000 each year, and must pay for the
sustainment of the runway out of its own accounts even though
damage and regular maintenance requirements are directly
attributed to heavy commercial aircraft.
Subtitle F--Other Matters
Authority for detection and monitoring of illegal drugs regardless of
destination (sec. 351)
The committee recommends a provision that would authorize
the Joint Interagency Task Force South (JIATF-South) to conduct
detection and monitoring of illegal drugs in the air and
maritime domains, within the established joint operating area
of such task force, regardless of the destination of the
illegal drugs.
The committee notes that the Department of Defense (DOD)
conducts detection and monitoring of illegal drugs in support
of U.S. law enforcement agencies responsible for counterdrug
operations. The committee also notes that JIATF-South, in
conjunction with partner nations, leverages all-domain
capabilities to detect and monitor illicit drug trafficking in
the air and maritime domains, within their joint operating
area. Under the restrictions of section 124 of title 10, United
States Code, JIATF-South is restricted to detection and
monitoring of aerial and maritime transit of illegal drugs into
the United States. Establishing a geographical boundary
specific of the JIATF-South joint operating area facilitates
interdiction and apprehension to reduce the flow of drugs and
degrade and dismantle Transnational Criminal Organizations.
Extension of protection of certain facilities and assets from unmanned
aircraft (sec. 352)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 130i of title 10, United States Code, to extend the
sunset date of the authority of the Department of Defense to
counter threats from unmanned aerial systems to United States
military forces and facilities.
Limitation on availability of funds for travel expenses of Office of
Secretary of Defense (sec. 353)
The committee recommends a provision that would limit the
obligation and expenditure of more than 75 percent of certain
funds authorized for travel expenses for the Office of the
Secretary of Defense until the Secretary provides to the
congressional defense committees the following outstanding
reporting requirements:
(1) The implementation plan for the Joint Concept for
Competing, which was released on February 10, 2023, as
required by section 1088 of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118-
31);
(2) The Department of Defense Operations in the
Information Environment Implementation Plan, referenced
in the Strategy for Operations in the Information
Environment, which was released in July 2023;
(3) The Special Operations Forces joint operating
concept for competition and conflict required by
section 1047(a) of the National Defense Authorization
Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117-81);
(4) Unredacted copies of documents requested by the
Committee on Armed Services of the Senate during the
period between January 1, 2024, and ending on June 1,
2024; and
(5) The implementation plan required by section 1087
of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization
Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-263; 10 U.S.C.
161 note) relating to the requirement under such
section to establish a joint force headquarters in the
area of operations of United States Indo-Pacific
Command to serve as an operational command.
The committee reiterates its expectation that the
Department of Defense (DOD) will provide, on a timely basis,
unredacted copies of DOD documents necessary to fulfill the
committee's oversight responsibilities when requested.
Retrofitting of anti-lock brake system and electronic stability control
kit for certain Army vehicles (sec. 354)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of the Army to develop a plan to ensure that all
high-mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicles identified in the
Tactical Wheeled Vehicle Strategy have been retrofitted with an
anti-lock brake system and electronic stability control kit.
Coordination of planning with respect to stockpiles of basic life
sustaining and personnel items and equipment (sec. 355)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Department of Defense to assess whether stockpiles of basic
life sustaining personnel items and equipment are sufficient in
the event of a protracted conflict scenario. The provision
would also require the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to
provide a report to the congressional defense committees, not
later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this
Act.
Pre-positioned stocks of finished defense textile articles (sec. 356)
The committee recommends a provision that would authorize
the Secretary of Defense to establish pre-positioned stocks of
finished defense textile articles needed to support a
contingency operation.
Pilot program for advanced manufacturing in the Indo-Pacific region
(sec. 357)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of Defense, acting through the Under Secretary of
Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment and in coordination
with the Commander, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, to establish a
pilot program to create a center for advanced manufacturing to
support the shipbuilding and submarine industrial base and
related emerging needs in the Indo-Pacific region.
Budget Items
Topline increase
As described in the 4301 table, the committee recommends an
increase of $25.1 billion to the Department of Defense budget
request to accelerate equipment recapitalization, increase
military construction, address the highest-priority unfunded
requirements of the military services and combatant commanders,
decrease the Department's facility maintenance backlog, and
strengthen the defense industrial base.
BUCKEYE support to AFRICOM
The budget request included $7.2 billion in Operation and
Maintenance, Army (OMA), for SAG 121 Force Readiness Operations
Support.
The committee notes that the U.S. Army Geospatial Center's
BUCKEYE High Resolution 3D Wide-Area Mapping Data Collection
provides mission critical, unclassified, high resolution color
imagery, and light detection and ranging, to U.S Africa Command
(AFRICOM) and the other combatant commands.
The committee notes that the budget request does not fully
meet the validated requirement for the BUCKEYE capability in
the AFRICOM area of responsibility, and therefore recommends an
additional $40.0 million in OMA SAG 121 for BUCKEYE High
Resolution 3D Wide-Area Mapping Data Collection to support
AFRICOM.
Joint Department of Defense Information Network Operations Center
The budget request included $255.6 million in Operation and
Maintenance, Army (OMA), for SAG 143 US Southern Command.
The committee recommends an increase of $22.7 million in
OMA SAG 143 for the Joint Department of Defense Information
Network Operations Center, which was submitted as a request on
the unfunded priorities list of the Commander, U.S. Southern
Command.
Key Partners for Middle East Regional Integration Military Subject
Matter Exchange Program
The budget request included $299.7 billion in Operation and
Maintenance.
The committee recommends an increase of $1.0 million in
each of the following in support of the Key Partners for Middle
East Regional Integration Military Subject Matter Exchange
Program, the details of which are set forth in another
provision of this Act:
Operation and Maintenance, Army (OMA) SAG 323,
Professional Development Education
Operation and Maintenance, Navy, (OMN) SAG 3B3K,
Professional Development Education
Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps (OMMC), SAG
3B3D, Professional Development Education
Operation and Maintenance, Air Force (OMAF), SAG
032C, Professional Development Education
Operation and Maintenance, Defense-wide (OMDW), SAG
3PL1, Joint Chiefs of Staff
Unobligated balances
The budget request included $338.0 billion across the
Operation and Maintenance accounts.
The committee notes that the Government Accountability
Office has repeatedly issued recommendations for the Department
of Defense to analyze its unobligated balances given historical
trends and managerial use of the account.
Accordingly, the committee recommends a decrease of $119.2
million across Operation and Maintenance, Army; a decrease of
$79.3 million across Operation and Maintenance, Navy; a
decrease of $149.7 million across Operation and Maintenance,
Air Force; a decrease of $13.1 million across Operation and
Maintenance, Marine Corps; a decrease of $32.0 million across
Operation and Maintenance, Space Force; a decrease of $1.5
million across Operation and Maintenance, Army Reserve; a
decrease of $36.2 million across Operation and Maintenance,
Army National Guard; a decrease of $2.9 million across
Operation and Maintenance, Navy Reserve; a decrease of $33.3
million across Operation and Maintenance, Air Force Reserve; a
decrease of $8.6 million across Operation and Maintenance, Air
National Guard; and a decrease of $1.8 million across Operation
and Maintenance, Marine Corps Reserve. The committee also
recommends a decrease of $1.5 million in Operation and
Maintenance, Defense-wide (OMDW) SAG 1PL1 Joint Chiefs of
Staff; a decrease of $10.8 million in OMDW SAG 4GTA Defense
Legal Services Agency; a decrease of $6.1 million in OMDW SAG
4GT6 Defense Contract Audit Agency; a decrease of $1.0 million
in OMDW SAG 4GTO Defense Contract Management Agency; a decrease
of $3.4 million in OMDW SAG 4GT9 Defense Information Systems
Agency; and a decrease of $1.6 million in OMDW SAG 4BTB Defense
Logistics Agency.
Foreign Currency Fluctuations
The budget request included $338.0 billion across the
Operation and Maintenance accounts.
The committee notes that the Government Accountability
Office has repeatedly issued recommendations for the Department
of Defense to analyze its Foreign Currency Fluctuations (FCF),
Defense account balance given historical trends and managerial
use of the account.
Accordingly, the committee recommends a decrease of $5.2
million across Operation and Maintenance, Army; a decrease of
$5.3 million across Operation and Maintenance, Navy; a decrease
of $3.7 million across Operation and Maintenance, Air Force; a
decrease of $3.9 million across Operation and Maintenance,
Marine Corps; a decrease of $0.05 million across Operation and
Maintenance, Space Force; a decrease of $0.6 million across
Operation and Maintenance, Defense-wide; and a decrease of $0.9
million across the Defense Health Program.
Guam Glass Breakwater
The budget request included $4.7 billion in Operation and
Maintenance, Navy (OMN), for SAG BSM1 Sustainment, Restoration,
and Modernization.
The committee notes that the unfunded priority list of the
Chief of Naval Operations included a request for funding for
the Glass Breakwater in Guam, given it was significantly
damaged by Typhoon Mawar and is at risk of failure, which would
restrict the use of Apra Harbor.
Accordingly, the committee recommends an increase of $300.0
million in SAG BSM1 for the repair of the Glass Breakwater in
Guam.
Barracks base operating support
The budget request included $3.0 billion in Operation and
Maintenance, Marine Corps (OMMC), for SAG BSS1 Base Operating
Support.
The committee notes that the Commandant of the Marine Corps
submitted several unfunded priority list items for barracks-
related support.
Accordingly, the committee recommends an increase of $194.0
million in OMMC SAG BSS1 for base operating support.
Increases to unfunded requirements for PFAS
The budget request included $4.4 billion in Operation and
Maintenance, Air Force (OMAF) for SAG 011R Facilities
Sustainment, Restoration, and Modernization, $268.1 million in
Operation and Maintenance, Environmental Restoration (DERA),
Army, and $320.3 million in DERA, Air Force.
The committee understands that additional funds could be
executed in these accounts to address unfunded requirements for
remedial investigations, the transition to non-fluorinated
firefighting foam, and other efforts to assist the cleanup of
per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).
Accordingly, the committee recommends the following
increases: $10.0 million in OMAF for SAG 011R, $70.0 million in
Army DERA, and $10.0 million in Air Force DERA.
Foundational information technology
The budget request included $212.3 million in Operation and
Maintenance, Air Force (OMAF), for SAG 015C U.S. Northern
Command/NORAD.
The committee recommends an increase of $34.7 million in
OMAF SAG 015C for U.S. Northern Command and North American
Aerospace Defense Command to provide for their basic
communication contracts to meet current requirements. The
committee notes that this was submitted as a request on the
unfunded priorities list of the Commander, U.S. Northern
Command.
Expeditionary Shelter Protection System
The budget request included $524.2 million for Operation
and Maintenance, Air Force (OMAF), for SAG 015D U.S. STRATCOM.
The committee recommends an increase of $500,000 to support
the integration of Expeditionary Shelter Protection Systems to
enhance the agility and mobility of U.S. Strategic Command's
command and control capabilities.
Department of Defense-Wide Internet Operations Management Capability
The budget request included $54.2 billion for Operation and
Maintenance, Defense-wide (OMDW), of which $1.4 billion was
requested for SAG 012D Cyberspace Operations.
The committee is encouraged by the progress made by the
Joint Force Headquarters-Department of Defense Information
Network (JFHQ--DODIN) to improve enterprise-wide visibility of
the Department of Defense networks through internet operations
management (IOM), which has now been successfully deployed to
all of the Department's 45 Areas of Operation. As the committee
noted in its report last year, the additional network
visibility this IOM capability provides can most meaningfully
reduce risk if it is seamlessly integrated with a state-of-the-
art security orchestration and automation capability. This
integration can, in many cases, reduce vulnerability
remediation times from days and weeks to just minutes and
hours, as early pilot programs at Marine Corps Forces
Cyberspace Command and JFHQ DODIN have shown.
Accordingly, the committee recommends an additional $10.0
million in OMDW SAG 012D to support DODIN-wide expansion of
security orchestration and automation capability within the
existing IOM program to enable automated command and control.
Re-establishment of Troops-to-Teachers program
The budget request included $54.2 billion in Operation and
Maintenance, Defense-wide (OMDW), of which $1.1 billion was for
SAG 4GT8 Defense Human Resources Activity.
The committee recommends an increase of $8.0 million in
OMDW SAG 4GT8 to support the re-establishment of the Troops-to-
Teachers program, the details of which are set forth in a
provision elsewhere in this Act.
Impact Aid
The budget request included $54.2 billion in Operation and
Maintenance, Defense-wide (OMDW), of which $3.6 billion was for
SAG 4GTJ Department of Defense Education Activity. The amount
authorized to be appropriated for OMDW includes the following
changes from the budget request. The provisions underlying
these changes in funding levels are discussed in greater detail
in title V of this committee report.
[Changes in millions of dollars]
Impact aid for schools with military dependent +50.0
students.............................................
Impact aid for children with severe disabilities...... +30.0
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Total............................................. +80.0
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Nation-wide human health
assessment
The budget request included $3.0 billion in Operation and
Maintenance, Defense-wide (OMDW) for SAG 4GTN Office of the
Secretary of Defense, of which no funds were proposed for the
ongoing Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Nation-wide human health assessment related to contaminated
sources of drinking water from per- and poly-fluoroalkyl
substances. The committee continues to support the ongoing
human health assessment.
Accordingly, the committee recommends an increase of $5.0
million in OMDW SAG 4GTN for the ongoing CDC assessment.
Bien Hoa dioxin cleanup
The budget request included $3.0 billion in Operation and
Maintenance, Defense-wide (OMDW) for SAG 4GTN Office of the
Secretary of Defense, of which no funds were requested for Bien
Hoa dioxin cleanup in Vietnam.
The committee notes that elsewhere in this Act, the
committee recommends a provision that would extend the
authority of the Secretary of Defense to transfer funds to the
Secretary of State for Bien Hoa dioxin cleanup in Vietnam
through fiscal year 2025 and increase the amount that can be
transferred to $30.0 million per year in light of increased
commitments.
Accordingly, the committee recommends an increase of $30.0
million in OMDW SAG 4GTN for Bien Hoa dioxin cleanup.
Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration program
The budget request included $3.0 billion in Operation and
Maintenance, Defense-wide (OMDW) for SAG 4GTN Office of the
Secretary of Defense, of which $177.3 million was for the
Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration (REPI)
program.
The committee notes that REPI funding, combined with
funding from state and local government and other non-
government organization partners, helps the Department of
Defense (DOD) prevent encroachment and reduces threats to
military installation resilience. However, in prior budget
requests, DOD has only requested enough funding for less than
half of the amount of executable projects, with few projects
receiving the full amount of required funds. The committee
anticipates that the military services will identify validated
requirements for fiscal year 2025 well in excess of the $234.0
million in requirements identified during fiscal year 2024.
Accordingly, the committee recommends an increase of $10.0
million in OMDW SAG 4GTN for the REPI program, and strongly
encourages further increases in the budget request for the REPI
program in fiscal year 2026 and beyond. Additionally, the
committee encourages the military services to establish and
resource additional staff to increase capacity to more
effectively implement available REPI funds and to take full
advantage of the benefits of the REPI program to improve
military readiness and military installation resilience.
Defense Operational Resilience International Cooperation
The budget request included $3.0 billion in Operation and
Maintenance, Defense-wide (OMDW), for SAG 4GTN Office of the
Secretary of Defense, of which no funding was requested for the
Defense Operational Resilience International Cooperation
(DORIC) pilot program.
The committee believes the DORIC program is an important
tool for engaging partners and building bilateral and
multilateral relationships in support of the theater campaign
plans of the geographic combatant commanders. The committee
believes there are opportunities to expand outreach activities
under this program, particularly in the Indo-Pacific region.
Therefore, the committee recommends an increase of $15.0
million in OMDW SAG 4GTN for expansion of the DORIC program.
Irregular Warfare Center
The budget request included $2.9 billion in Operation and
Maintenance, Defense-wide (OMDW), for SAG 4GTD Defense Security
Cooperation Agency (DSCA), of which $12.0 million is for the
Irregular Warfare Center (IWC).
The committee notes that DSCA has identified a shortfall of
$5.0 million in fiscal year 2025 for academic partnerships
necessary to support the work of the IWC by facilitating
research on irregular warfare and strategic competition and
developing curriculum and conducting training and education of
military and civilian participants of the United States and
other countries.
Accordingly, the committee recommends an increase of $5.0
million to OMDW SAG 4GTD for the IWC.
Brain health and trauma demonstration program
The budget request included $40.3 billion for the Defense
Health Program, of which $20.6 billion was for SAG 2, Private
Sector Care.
The committee recommends an increase of $4.0 million in
Defense Health Program SAG 2, Private Sector Care, in support
of the brain health and trauma demonstration program, the
details of which are set forth in a provision elsewhere in this
Act.
Items of Special Interest
Advanced reactors
The Secretary of Defense shall provide a briefing to the
Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of
Representatives, not later January 1, 2026, describing the
requirements for, and components of, a second pilot program to
provide resilience for critical national security
infrastructure at Department of Defense (DOD) facilities with
high energy intensity by contracting with a commercial entity
to site, construct, and operate at least one licensed reactor
at a facility identified by December 31, 2029. The briefing
shall include how to explore a public-private partnership for
the reactor to reduce ratepayer costs and avoid financial risk
to DOD's mission. As necessary to develop the briefing, the
Secretary shall consult with the Secretary of Energy, the
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and the Administrator of the
General Services Administration.
The briefing shall also include: (1) Identification of
potential locations to site, construct, and operate a reactor,
either at a commercial site that serves DOD's critical mission
interests, or at a DOD facility that contains critical national
security infrastructure that the Secretary determines may not
be energy resilient; (2) Assessments of different nuclear
technologies to provide energy resiliency for critical national
security infrastructure; (3) A survey of potential commercial
stakeholders with which to enter into a contract under the
pilot program to construct and operate a licensed micro-reactor
and, if appropriate, share offtake needs; (4) Options to enter
into long-term contracting, including various financial
mechanisms for such purpose; (5) Identification of requirements
for reactors to provide energy resilience to mission-critical
functions at facilities; (6) An estimate of the costs of the
pilot program; (7) A timeline with milestones for the pilot
program; (8) An analysis of the existing authority of DOD to
permit the siting, construction, and operation of a reactor;
and (9) Recommendations for any legislative changes necessary
for DOD to permit the siting, construction, or operation of a
reactor. The briefing shall be submitted in unclassified form,
but may include a classified appendix.
Army organizational clothing and individual equipment for extreme cold
weather
The committee commends the Army for maintaining the Rapid
Fielding Initiative (RFI) to ensure the combat readiness of
deploying soldiers. However, the committee is concerned that
current clothing, accessories, and equipment included in the
RFI do not meet the environmental demands of current deployment
regions. The committee understands that the RFI list has not
been updated in over 4 years, while the strategic focus of the
Army has shifted from arid environments and expanded to Arctic,
sub-Arctic, and tropical regions. Modernizing rapid deployment
clothing, accessories, and equipment will better prepare
deploying soldiers for environmental challenges. By updating
the RFI list, it will better align with the Army's mission to
increase the readiness and lethality of the total force.
Accordingly, the committee directs the Secretary of the
Army to update the RFI list of clothing, accessories, and
equipment for deploying units for Fiscal Year 2025. The
Secretary of the Army shall provide a briefing to the Senate
Armed Services Committee on the update, not later than January
1, 2025, to include the Army's modernization and sustainment
plans for organizational clothing and individual equipment
(OCIE) used in cold and extreme cold weather environments. The
briefing shall include, but is not limited to, Extreme Cold
Weather Clothing, footwear, handwear, shelters, sleep systems,
sleep mats, snowshoes, and skis. Furthermore, the briefing
shall include: (1) The Army's planned requirement for Arctic
OCIE; (2) The Army's current inventory of Arctic OCIE; (3) The
Army's modernization plan for Arctic OCIE; (4) Any relevant
investments currently programmed for Arctic OCIE within the
future years defense program; (5) The cost and timeline
associated with implementing such a plan, including additional
outlays by Congress to accomplish this goal; and (6) Such other
matters as the Secretary may deem appropriate.
Aviation training and simulations in degraded visual environments
The committee is concerned about recent increases in the
rate of military aircraft accidents and incidents. The
committee further recognizes that proficiency in operating
complex aircraft in degraded visual environments (DVE) has
atrophied in recent years.
The committee understands that DVE accidents are most often
caused due to improper flight control inputs by the pilot when
confusion between the vestibular and the proprioceptive systems
conflict with visual cues. While simulators are the primary DVE
training modality, they often cannot induce spatial
disorientation due to the lack of sustained vestibular inputs.
The committee is aware that emerging technology exists to
induce simulated spatial disorientation safely during live
aircraft flight training.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Army
to provide a briefing, not later than March 1, 2025, to the
Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of
Representatives on how combining simulation with live training
could mitigate aircraft incidents and accidents that stem from
pilot spatial disorientation.
Briefing on Army Prepositioned Stocks
The committee notes that Army Prepositioned Stock-3 (APS-3)
can mobilize in support of any theater of operations when
approved by the Department of the Army. The committee is aware
of the high costs to operating these afloat stocks.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Army
to brief the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the
House of Representatives, not later than March 15, 2025, on the
advisability and feasibility of land-basing the contents of
APS-3 in a partner nation.
Commercial vessels in the Indo-Pacific
The committee notes that the U.S. Army is tasked with Indo-
Pacific sustainment and logistics through theater-level
support, fuel transport, and sealift. Ongoing efforts to
address these responsibilities include acquiring Maneuver
Support Vessels (Light) and establishing the contested
logistics cross functional team. However, the committee
believes that the U.S. Army should also consider alternative
means to conduct contested logistics operations.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Army
to provide a briefing to the Senate Armed Services Committee
not later than March 15, 2025, that assesses the advisability
and feasibility of contracting commercial support vessels for
the purpose of conducting intra-theater lift operations. Such
briefing should include an analysis of available commercial
vessels that could satisfy U.S. Army sealift requirements as
well as available insurance options for potential loss or
damage for identified vessels in conflict.
Comptroller General review of Air Logistics Complexes
The U.S. Air Force sustainment centers at Warner-Robins Air
Logistics Complex (ALC), Ogden ALC, and Oklahoma City ALC play
a key role in supporting and maintaining the readiness of the
Air Force, while facing technological and staffing challenges
that can lead to delays in servicing aircraft.
Therefore, the committee directs the Comptroller General of
the United States to review and assess the U.S. Air Force's
challenges to productivity and the performance of maintenance
at the ALCs of the Department of the Air Force. The Comptroller
General's review should assess, at each ALC:
(1) Current maintenance schedules;
(2) The frequency, duration, and causes of delays in
completing maintenance;
(3) Current technologies available;
(4) Potential improvements to productivity from the
introduction of new technologies, including
technologies used by similar depots across the
Department of Defense;
(5) The current staffing levels and organization;
(6) Challenges faced in recruiting and retaining
skilled personnel;
(7) The impact of differential pay rates between
comparable private sector positions in the geographic
area within 50 miles and pay rates offered at the ALC;
and
(8) Potential incentives that could enhance
recruiting and retention efforts.
The committee further directs the Comptroller General to
provide a briefing to the congressional defense committees, not
later than April 1, 2025, and a report at a time agreed upon at
the time of the briefing. The review may include a classified
annex, if necessary.
Disclosure of environmental releases on overseas bases
The committee directs the Assistant Secretary of Defense
for Energy, Installations, and Environment to brief the
Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of
Representatives, not later than March 1, 2025, on existing
environmental release notification policies with host nations
for overseas U.S. military installations in situations where an
environmental release solely originating from a U.S. military
installation, and solely caused by U.S. activity, migrates off
a U.S. military installation.
Engine wash for aircraft engines
The committee understands that aircraft engines often
operate in harsh environments with salt and sand that require
them to be washed frequently to maintain performance and
readiness. Current engine wash procedures with the F-35, for
example, often involve time-consuming disassembly of engine
cowlings and covers and use harsh detergents that are harmful
to the environment. The committee is aware of commercial-off-
the-shelf engine wash system alternatives that could be more
effective on multiple types of aircraft engines, in addition to
the F-35's F135 engine. The committee is interested in gaining
more information regarding opportunities to reduce engine wash
cost and disassembly time without expensive and environmentally
harmful chemicals and effluent.
Accordingly, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense
to provide a briefing to the Senate Armed Services Committee,
not later than January 1, 2025, with an analysis of engine wash
technologies that could achieve: (1) Cost savings; (2) Reduced
maintenance time; (3) Extend engine service life; and (4)
Eliminate ecologically harmful chemicals.
Establishing a trench warfare training range complex
The committee notes the use of trench warfare and long
defensive lines in Ukraine and believes that U.S. Army forces
should be prepared to fight in comparable conditions.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Army
to submit a report to the Committees on Armed Services of the
Senate and the House of Representatives, not later than March
15, 2025, that describes the trench warfare capabilities of the
U.S. Army and the advisability and feasibility of establishing
a training range complex for trench warfare for the use by the
U.S. Army and other military services. The committee encourages
the Secretary to consider a training range that:
(1) Is an installation of the Army National Guard;
(2) Has enough space to maneuver in an area that
would not create conflicts with other training
activities;
(3) Has enough space to maneuver to accommodate more
than one trench line with supporting field
fortifications and obstacles in order to simulate a
defense in depth;
(4) Contains access to two sides of a river in order
to enable trench warfare training in conjunction with
wet gap crossings; and
(5) Is a Level 1 Training Site designated by the
Department of Defense.
Extended reality training
The committee notes that the ad hoc use of immersive
learning capabilities, such as extended reality (XR) which
includes augmented, virtual, and mixed reality, has
proliferated across Air Force training bases. Last year
Congress approved funding to modernize and transform Air Force
technical training pathways by incorporating XR immersive
learning training capabilities. This effort also formalized
efforts by the Air Force to include XR capabilities in its
Basing and Logistics Enterprise Strategy, and the creation of
an XR Strategy Working Group to inform further opportunities to
integrate these capabilities into officer and enlisted
technical training. The XR Strategy Working Group recently
convened a summit to learn about existing and future XR
training capabilities, including demonstrations from current
service providers to Air Force aircraft maintenance technical
training. The committee expects the end product of these
activities will be a comprehensive and executable strategy to
invest, deploy, and sustain XR immersive learning training
capabilities across the Air Force enterprise.
The committee notes that the Air Force and Navy share many
similarities in their aircraft maintenance training
requirements, and that the Air Force's activities to
strategically incorporate XR capabilities into training may
serve as an example for related Navy efforts. Accordingly, the
committee directs the Secretary of the Navy to submit a
briefing to the Senate Armed Services Committee, not later than
January 1, 2025, on how these capabilities have been, or
potentially could be, integrated into training across the Navy.
In addition, the briefing should include any limitations or
barriers to integration, to include ensuring compliance with
relevant cybersecurity requirements.
Flightline support equipment connectivity
The committee understands that some flightline ground
support equipment can lack connectivity to other systems, which
raises potential concerns about the ability of the U.S. Air
Force to implement future doctrine and capabilities, such as
Agile Combat Employment and Flightline of the Future. The
committee is aware of ongoing Department of Defense efforts to
improve system connectivity, but concerns remain that these
efforts are not adequately addressing flightline support
equipment such as generators, light carts, and other ground
support equipment and vehicles. Furthermore, many available
flightline systems are designed for commercial operations,
which may limit mission effectiveness due to potential
cybersecurity issues, spectrum interference, and reliance on
commercial infrastructure that may not be available in austere
or combat locations, or that may be under the control of a
foreign entity of concern. The committee strongly encourages
the U.S. Air Force to explore systems that can enable
flightline connectivity for asset tracking and management, as
well as predictive maintenance capabilities, that are not
vulnerable to these concerns and are suitable for military
operations.
Accordingly, the committee directs the Secretary of the Air
Force to brief the congressional defense committees, not later
than March 1, 2025, on flightline support equipment
connectivity. The briefing shall include: (1) An assessment of
current tracking and monitoring capabilities for flightline
support equipment; (2) Challenges associated with using
commercial systems for military applications, including
implications for operational security, spectrum interference,
and infrastructure dependency; and (3) Any current or planned
efforts to implement military band radio systems for wireless
monitoring and tracking of flightline assets.
Flood risks at military installations
The committee notes that compound flooding, when two or
more flood events occur simultaneously or in close succession,
can cause far greater damage than an individual event. For
example, at Offutt Air Force Base, intense riverine flooding,
fueled by melting snowpack upstream and combined with extreme
rainfall, overwhelmed the airstrip and dozens of facilities in
2019. The committee is interested in receiving more information
regarding flood and compound flood risks to military
installations and potential solutions.
Accordingly, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense
to provide a briefing to the congressional defense committees,
not later than January 1, 2025, on the risks related to
flooding and other disasters, including compound flooding, that
threaten military installations and surrounding civilian
infrastructure. The briefing shall include: (1) An analysis of
available Federal and State data relating to flood risk, as
applicable to military installations and civilian
infrastructure surrounding installations, including data
relating to riverine flooding, coastal flooding, storm surge,
extreme precipitation, flash flooding, compound flooding, and
other natural hazards; (2) An evaluation of the vulnerability
of military installations to flood and compound flood risks by
2050 and 2100 using relevant data; (3) An inventory of present
and future-projected flood and compound flood risks for
military installations, to include the fiscal exposure of
repairing or replacing facilities at risk of damage from
disasters; (4) Potential mitigation strategies for such flood
and compound flood risks and applicable costs, including
construction activities, structure fortification activities,
and structure relocation activities that enable adaptation to
these risks; (5) How frequently the Department of Defense
updates flood maps and the resources used to undertake flood
mapping projects; and (6) Whether, and if so how, such maps are
incorporated into flood maps along with other federal agencies.
Fluorinated gas fire suppression products
The committee understands that fluorinated gas (F-gas) fire
suppression products are currently used in cockpits, ships, and
other confined spaces to provide lifesaving emergency fire
suppression. Additionally, F-gas fire suppression products
neither conduct electricity nor impair visibility upon
discharge like other fire extinguishing agents, making them
useful across a wide variety of applications for the Department
of Defense (DOD). The committee is interested in learning more
about how DOD may or may not be impacted by the definition of
per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) as it relates to F-
gas fire suppression products.
Accordingly, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense
to brief the Senate Armed Services Committee, not later than
January 1, 2025, on the identification of any lifesaving
products that use F-gas and any potential mission impacts as a
result of any changing definitions regarding PFAS.
Foundational information technology
The committee notes that U.S. Northern Command (NORTHCOM)
and North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) require a
secure and resilient information environment that underpins the
Commands' strategic efforts of digital transformation, Homeland
Defense, and enhanced communication resiliency between
subordinate units providing the consolidated North American air
picture.
Providing for an up-to-date and sustained modern network
infrastructure enhances deterrence, maximizes senior leader
decision space, and ensures critical command and control in the
Homeland Defense mission, the priority mission in the 2022
National Defense Strategy. The Fiscal Year 2025 budget request
did not include any funding for the foundational information
technology (IT) requirements of NORTHCOM and NORAD, which will
lead to a shortfall in baseline funding for IT requirements.
These foundational IT requirements are necessary in order for
NORTHCOM and NORAD to carry out their critical Homeland Defense
mission, and could result in significant cyber impacts to the
Headquarters' Joint Operations Center activities as well as
North American domain awareness in support of its mission.
Therefore, the committee notes that elsewhere in this Act,
the committee recommends an increase of $34.7 million in OMAF
SAG 015C for NORTHCOM and NORAD to provide for their basic
communication contracts to meet current requirements. The
committee notes that this was submitted as a request on the
unfunded priorities list of the Commander, U.S. Northern
Command, and this funding will fully resource NORTHCOM and
NORAD IT requirements.
Invasive Octocorals Working Group
The committee strongly encourages the Secretary of the Navy
to continue participating in, for as long a period as the
invasive octocoral is present in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and
surrounding water in Hawaii, in the interagency Hawaii Invasive
Octocorals Working Group to collaborate on planning,
monitoring, and removal actions. The committee notes this
coordination will inform an effective response and is essential
to reduce the risk of further spread of invasive octocorals.
Accordingly, the committee directs the Secretary of the
Navy, to provide a briefing to the Senate Armed Services
Committee, not later than January 1, 2025, on the plan to
prevent the further spread of, develop an effective removal and
response plan for, and mitigate the damage caused by, the
invasive octocoral in water in Pearl Harbor and surrounding
water.
Military installation resilience assessment tools
The committee recognizes the impact extreme weather events
have on the readiness and resources of the Department of
Defense (DOD). The DOD Climate Assessment Tool (DCAT) is one
way to integrate data and improve modeling for decision-making
in order to increase military installation preparedness and
develop guidance for infrastructure needs. By scaling and
adapting DCAT, DOD and federal agency partners could improve
their ability to mitigate adverse impacts to readiness from
extreme weather and enhance military installation resilience.
Accordingly, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense
to provide a briefing to the Senate Armed Services Committee,
not later than January 1, 2025, on the feasibility and
advisability of enhancing military installation resilience
through the scaling and adaptation of the DCAT for interagency
use and coordination.
National Environmental Policy Act report
The committee recognizes that there are considerable
challenges with expanding and modernizing the U.S. defense
industrial base on a scale and timeframe necessary to deter
growing challenges and to support allies and partners. Given
the urgent need to deter the People's Republic of China, the
committee believes that the crucial balance between public
health and environmental protections and modernizing the
defense industrial base should be examined.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense
to provide a report to the congressional defense committees, as
well as the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the
Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House, not
later than February 1, 2025, on the impact of the requirements
of section 102 of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
on the 20 largest projects by value related to the United
States defense industrial base, initiated between 2017 and the
present, to include: (1) A description of the amount of time
and funding the Department of Defense (DOD) has spent on
ensuring such projects comply with NEPA requirements; (2) A
description of whether any material or labor cost increases on
such projects resulted from the amount of time each project
spent complying with NEPA requirements exceeding the completion
of other necessary steps in the project; (3) A description of
how delays in such projects impact how DOD solicits projects
and issues awards in programs pertaining to the defense
industrial base; (4) A description of the impacts identified in
the NEPA process including adverse environmental and health
impacts and measures associated with such projects; (5) A
description of local populations, including environmental
justice communities, affected by such projects; and (6) A
description of the extent to which DOD has used procedural
reforms from the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 (Public Law
118-5) to implement NEPA.
Native American Lands Environmental Mitigation Program
The committee notes the continued discovery of munitions
and unexploded ordnance (UXO) from the Department of Defense
(DOD) and National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
activities in and around Indian Lands, Alaska Native Village
and Regional Corporation lands, and Hawaiian Homelands,
including Pueblo. The committee is aware the Native American
Lands Environmental Mitigation Program (NALEMP), managed by the
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), oversees and provides
funding for removal and remediation of DOD munitions and UXO on
Indian Lands (as defined in section 2713 of title 10, United
States Code), when found. The committee is also aware of
efforts by NNSA, in coordination with the Department of Energy,
to survey and remove munitions and UXO on Indian Lands. The
committee strongly encourages DOD and NNSA to continue to work
with affected Indian Tribes to expedite the identification,
removal, and remediation of munitions and UXO on affected
Indian Lands, Alaska Native Village and Regional Corporation
lands, and Hawaiian Homelands. The committee believes that
removal of this potentially harmful weapons-related material
should be a priority within DOD and NNSA, and strongly
encourages the use of modern technologies where possible to
proactively locate munitions and UXO before it is inadvertently
found by the civilian population.
Therefore, to better understand ongoing coordination
between USACE and NNSA to locate and properly dispose of UXO
material on Indian Lands, Alaska Native Village and Regional
Corporation lands, and Hawaiian Homelands and ways to better
survey for UXO, the committee directs the Secretary of the
Army, in coordination with the Administrator of the NNSA, to
provide a briefing to the Senate Armed Services Committee not
later than January 1, 2025, regarding Indian Lands, Alaska
Native Village and Regional Corporation lands, and Hawaiian
Homelands surrounding DOD and NNSA testing facilities. The
briefing shall include: (1) An assessment of advanced
surveillance technologies, such as light and detection ranging,
that could locate munitions and UXO on Indian Lands, Alaska
Native Village and Regional Corporation lands, and Hawaiian
Homelands to support removal and remediation, including an
estimate of funding required per fiscal year to support use of
each technology identified, and a timeline for implementation
of these advanced technologies; (2) A schedule of upcoming
surveying activities to locate munitions and UXO on and around
Indian Lands, Alaska Native Village and Regional Corporation
lands, and Hawaiian Homelands that are adjacent to DOD and NNSA
testing facilities, including outside of previously determined
boundaries, to include timeline and scope of activities for
each survey planned; (3) A review of records and previous
agreements for remediation of weapons-related activities that
have taken place on or near Indian Lands, Alaska Native Village
and Regional Corporation lands, and Hawaiian Homelands adjacent
to DOD and/or NNSA testing facilities; and (4) An overview of
program needs for completion of surveying and removal of both
DOD and NNSA munitions and UXO on Indian Lands, Alaska Native
Village and Regional Corporation lands, and Hawaiian Homelands.
Lastly, the committee encourages USACE and NNSA to better
share information regarding munitions and UXO removal and
remediation activities, to the extent practicable, with
affected Indian Tribes, Alaska Native Corporations and Native
Hawaiian Organizations, particularly with regard to the
briefing required above.
Naval disconnected logistics
The committee acknowledges the Department of the Navy's
goal to adopt advanced digital supply chain management
capabilities to utilize secure, durable devices and
technologies that can operate in remote areas with limited
network connectivity. The committee emphasizes the importance
of these enterprise capabilities in supporting U.S. and allied
naval forces worldwide. However, the committee is concerned
about the slow progress in implementing advanced digital supply
chain management within the U.S. Navy, which could lead to
increased costs and delay much-needed efficiency improvements
in operations for the warfighter.
To address these concerns, the committee directs the
Secretary of the Navy to provide a briefing to the
congressional defense committees, not later than March 1, 2025.
This briefing should include: (1) An assessment of the
potential benefits of utilizing commercial enterprise
disconnected edge logistics technology and business systems;
(2) Options for incorporating these technologies into the
fleet; and (3) Identification of any requirements necessary to
adopt these technologies.
Outside review of Army caisson operations
The committee is aware that the U.S. Army has recently
contracted a study from an independent research organization to
assess the efforts to address systemic issues within the
Caisson Platoon assigned to the 3rd Infantry Regiment of the
Army that necessitated the safety stand down of caisson
operations in Arlington National Cemetery initially announced
in 2023. The committee commends the U.S. Army for leveraging
outside expertise to assess the actions taken to date, as well
as the feasibility, advisability, and sustainability of any
plans under consideration for the Caisson Platoon going
forward.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Army,
not later than 30 days after receiving the contracted report,
to provide to the Senate Armed Services Committee an unaltered
copy of the report, together with any initial views of the
Secretary, on the results of the assessment. Not later than 60
days after receiving the assessment, the Secretary of the Army
shall brief the Senate Armed Services Committee on the U.S.
Army's plans to implement the recommendations included in the
assessment.
Point Mugu
The committee understands that Naval Base Ventura County,
Point Mugu, California, has been experiencing an increasing
number of unplanned electrical power outages. The committee is
interested in learning more on how the Navy plans to assess the
readiness of the current electric power infrastructure and how
best to repair existing infrastructure in order to improve
readiness.
Accordingly, the committee directs the Secretary of the
Navy to brief the Senate Armed Services Committee, not later
than January 1, 2025, on the current state of the electric
power infrastructure at Naval Base Ventura County, Point Mugu,
to include recommendations on improvements to the grid. The
briefing shall include: (1) The long-term requirements for
resilient and reliable power to meet mission needs at Point
Mugu; (2) The development of alternative courses of action to
repair or replace existing electric infrastructure; and (3)
Provide the expected costs of power infrastructure improvements
to meet current and future needs.
Power systems to support operational energy requirements
The committee notes the importance of operational energy
capabilities necessary for warfighters to execute their
missions, such as compact, portable, and energy-dense power
systems. The committee is interested in additional capabilities
to increase warfighter mobility and reduce supply chain
requirements in distributed or contested environments, by
leveraging technologies that can reduce the size and weight of
portable power systems. Portable power systems that are multi-
fuel capable have the potential to reduce impacts from fuel
disruptions and enhance survivability. The committee notes that
some operational energy requirements may be met through the
development of combustion engine and portable power generations
systems that are up to 75 percent smaller and lighter than
currently fielded generators.
Accordingly, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense
to brief the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the
House of Representatives, not later than March 1, 2025, with an
assessment of potential logistical improvements regarding
portable power applications and requirements that can deliver
up to 75 percent reduced size and weight over currently fielded
generators, while still meeting warfighter operational energy
requirements. The briefing shall include an assessment of
potential options to field modular and portable power
generation systems, beginning in the 10 to 40-kilowatt range
for generators, for use in a variety of hybrid and auxiliary
power systems.
Preservation of the Force and Family program
The committee recognizes the importance of building
resilience across the special operations forces enterprise and
believes the Preservation of the Force and Family (POTFF)
program is a critical effort that seeks to address the
challenges experienced by special operations forces personnel
across physical, psychological, spiritual, social, and
cognitive domains. The committee appreciates the steps already
undertaken by U.S. Special Operations Command to establish
performance goals and metrics, including an evaluation plan for
POTFF programs.
The committee remains focused on optimizing the POTFF
program and, therefore, directs the Assistant Secretary of
Defense for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict, and
the Commander, U.S. Special Operations Command, to provide a
briefing, not later than January 1, 2025, to the congressional
defense committees on the POTFF program, including a
description of ongoing or planned efforts to improve
performance goals and metrics, incorporate new approaches
across disciplines, and capture and disseminate best practices.
Rapid Sustainment Improvement Program (RSIP) implementation
The committee commends the Department of Defense for
implementing the Rapid Sustainment Improvement Program (RSIP),
which is intended to pull readily available commercial
solutions into the sustainment enterprise to improve cost and
timeliness. However, there is concern that the military
services are not fully embracing the technologies that could be
gained by using RSIP.
Accordingly, the committee directs the Secretary of
Defense, not later than January 15, 2025, to deliver a briefing
to the congressional defense committees detailing the status of
the RSIP program, including a list of the programs accepted for
RSIP and the plans for each military service to implement those
initiatives within their respective sustainment enterprise.
Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility
The committee notes that following the permanent closure of
the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility, the Department of
Defense (DOD) will still have an ongoing, long-term
responsibility to remediate and restore the environment to
ensure water from Oahu's aquifer is not contaminated by DOD's
actions. The committee finds that following the recent transfer
of authority from Joint Task Force Red Hill to the Navy Closure
Task Force-Red Hill, continued diligence is warranted to ensure
environmental remediation operations proceed unabated in a safe
manner without delay. The committee encourages DOD to finalize
a memorandum of agreement formalizing the Department's long-
term commitment to environmental restoration and remediation.
Additionally, the committee encourages DOD to consider a
research program to determine the total volume and distribution
of sub-surface fuels and identify the locations of subsurface
fuel saturated formations. The committee strongly encourages
DOD to publish all releasable data on a public website to
repair trust with servicemembers, impacted families, and the
local community.
Lastly, the committee also recognizes the importance of
building a strong and enduring relationship between DOD
components in Hawaii and the local community in order to
further DOD's strategic investments in the islands. The
committee encourages DOD to continue developing community
engagement initiatives and programs to identify and strengthen
ties between DOD and the local community and develop a more
centralized mechanism with better coordination for various
community engagement initiatives.
Relocation assistance program regarding Hawaii and Joint Region
Marianas
The committee notes that the Secretary of Defense is
required to execute a program to provide relocation assistance
to members of the Armed Forces and their families pursuant to
section 1056 of title 10, United States Code. Therefore, the
committee directs the Secretary of Defense to brief the Senate
Armed Services Committee, not later than January 1, 2025,
regarding how the Department of Defense provides training for
cultural adaptation and community orientation for
servicemembers and their families as it relates to the State of
Hawaii and Joint Region Marianas.
Service plans for influx of advanced munitions
The committee believes the projected influx of advanced
munitions to the military services presents challenges related
to shipping, handling, storing, and processing due to the
unique characteristics of advanced munitions, such as their
size, weight, explosive compatibility, need for unique handling
equipment, and need for specialized temperature and humidity
controls.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretaries of the
military departments to provide a briefing to the Committees on
Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives,
not later than March 1, 2025, detailing the following:
(1) A detailed projection of the types and quantities
of advanced munitions expected to be received;
(2) Plans for acquiring and deploying the necessary
handling equipment tailored to the specific
requirements of advanced munitions;
(3) Strategies for developing or upgrading storage
facilities to ensure safe and efficient storage,
considering the unique size and weight of advanced
munitions;
(4) Measures to enhance shipping and transportation
capabilities, ensuring compliance with safety
regulations and compatibility issues;
(5) Implementation of temperature and humidity
control systems to maintain optimal conditions for
advanced munitions;
(6) Plans for training personnel to handle the new
munitions safely and effectively; and
(7) Approaches for the safe and efficient
demilitarization of obsolete or excess advanced
munitions, including the development of specialized
processes and facilities to manage the unique
characteristics and hazards associated with these
munitions.
Ship repair grant program
The committee is aware of significant readiness challenges
impacting the surface fleet. As such, the committee supports
capitalization efforts within the domestic ship repair
industry. Last year, Congress enacted section 1017 of the
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public
Law 118-31) to provide grants for improvement of ship repair
and alterations capability. In executing this authority, the
committee believes that the U.S. Navy should give due
consideration to ship repair facilities that have not been part
of the Navy ship repair industrial base.
Small arms synthetic training improvements
The committee is concerned that despite previous National
Defense Authorization Act directives, many Navy and Navy
Reserve commands continue to sole-source the replacement of
antiquated firearm simulation training systems, which can be
costly and require multiple years of maintenance. The committee
is also concerned that such legacy systems can result in more
downtime and cannot achieve the advanced small arms readiness
proficiency, data capture, and lethality that today's
warfighters require.
The committee is encouraged that some Navy and Marine Corps
commands have transitioned to more modern performance-based
synthetic training systems, such as those used by the Navy
Expeditionary Combat Command and the Marine Corps' new Advanced
Small Arms Lethality Trainer program. These systems optimize
performance, use biometrics, and data collection and analysis
to provide validation of live fire training and decision-making
improvements in weapon competency. The integration of data
collection and analysis in these advanced systems also enables
commands to better monitor, understand, and improve performance
metrics to identify trends, deficiencies, and successes in a
shooter's cognitive agility, decision-making, and fatigue and
stress management to improve training outcomes.
The committee believes more modern, software-based systems
also offer a mobile training solution that can be updated and
optimized to meet new threat dynamics without costly hardware
replacements. Such systems are capable of being delivered to
point-of-need to facilitate joint and coalition training
objectives in the Indo-Pacific and other geographic combatant
command regions, ship-based training during deployments, and
ashore to provide servicemembers with lower cost opportunities
to maintain firearm proficiency.
Accordingly, the committee directs the Secretary of the
Navy to provide the Senate Armed Services Committee with a
briefing, not later than January 1, 2025, detailing the Navy's
plan to prioritize the replacement of low-performing, costly,
legacy small arms simulation systems with advanced performance
small arms synthetic training systems capable of meeting the
above stated readiness objectives. The briefing shall include
the Navy's plan for small arms training and readiness
resourcing and identify: (1) Forward-basing requirements for
advanced small arms training systems to facilitate joint
coalition training objectives; (2) Opportunities to implement
ship-based systems to support Navy and Marine Corps training
currency during deployment; (3) Opportunities to position
advanced small arms synthetic training systems to ashore duty
locations as a tool to maintain weapons proficiency without
high cost and travel requirements; (4) Small arms performance
and training data integration into Navy training data analysis
systems, such as the Navy's Surface Training and Readiness
Management System; and (5) Provide a review of other service
acquisition strategies capable of validating the effectiveness
of human performance and small arms simulation and synthetic
training systems to deliver measurable live fire qualification
improvements.
U.S. Africa Command force posture
Rising instability in the Sahel and West Africa,
exacerbated by a series of coup d'etats since 2020, have
contributed to an increase in violent extremism and
hinderedU.S. counterterrorism efforts across the region. Authoritarian
actors like the Russian Federation, Iran, and the People's Republic of
China have also seized upon these conditions to increase their presence
and influence in the region. This not only threatens the stability of
African partners and the security of U.S. interests, but it could also
increase risk to the U.S. homeland.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense
to conduct an assessment of the current and anticipated force
posture requirements and access agreements in the Sahel and
West Africa to support the 2022 National Defense Strategy, U.S.
counterterrorism strategy, and crisis response requirements, as
well as our ability to strategically compete in these regions.
The Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense
committees, not later than January 1, 2025, a one-time report
on the results of the required assessment.
TITLE IV--MILITARY PERSONNEL AUTHORIZATIONS
Subtitle A--Active Forces
End strengths for active forces (sec. 401)
The committee recommends a provision that would authorize
Active-Duty end strengths for fiscal year 2025, as shown below:
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Army.......................................... 445,000 442,300 442,300 0 -2,700
Navy.......................................... 337,800 332,300 332,300 0 -5,500
Marine Corps.................................. 172,300 172,300 172,300 0 0
Air Force..................................... 320,000 320,000 320,000 0 0
Space Force................................... 9,400 9,800 9,800 0 400
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DOD Total................................. 1,284,500 1,276,700 1,276,700 0 -7,800
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Annual end-strength authorization for the Space Force (sec. 402)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 115 of title 10, United States Code, to define Active-
Duty end strength for members of the Space Force as members in
space force active status. The provision would also make
technical and conforming amendments to section 1736 of the
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public
Law 118-31).
Subtitle B--Reserve Forces
End strengths for selected reserve (sec. 411)
The committee recommends a provision that would authorize
end strengths for Selected Reserve personnel for fiscal year
2025, as shown below:
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Army National Guard........................... 325,000 325,000 325,000 0 0
Army Reserve.................................. 174,800 175,800 175,800 0 1,000
Navy Reserve.................................. 57,200 57,700 57,700 0 500
Marine Corps Reserve.......................... 32,000 32,500 32,500 0 500
Air National Guard............................ 105,000 107,700 108,300 600 3,300
Air Force Reserve............................. 69,600 67,000 67,000 0 -2,600
Coast Guard Reserve........................... 7,000 7,000 7,000 0 0
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DOD Total................................. 770,600 772,700 773,300 0 2,700
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The provision would authorize an increase in end strength
in the Selected Reserve of the Air National Guard of the United
States to offset any reductions that may occur as a result of
transferring units and personnel from the Air National Guard to
the Space Force in the states of Alaska, California, Colorado,
Florida, Hawaii, and Ohio, as well as personnel assigned to
Headquarters, Air National Guard. In addition to these offsets,
the provision would authorize additional end strength in the
Selected Reserve of the Air National Guard to give the
Department of the Air Force additional flexibility to address
the re-leveling effort.
The committee further notes that, in addition to the
specified increases in end strength authorized by this
provision, the Secretary of Defense has the standing authority
under section 115 of title 10, United States Code, to increase
the end strength of the Selected Reserve by up to three percent
of the authorized end strength for the applicable fiscal year.
End strengths for reserves on active duty in support of the Reserves
(sec. 412)
The committee recommends a provision that would authorize
full-time support end strengths for fiscal year 2025, as shown
below:
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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.................................. 10,327 10,132 10,132 0 0
Marine Corps Reserve.......................... 2,355 2,400 2,400 0 45
Air National Guard............................ 25,333 25,736 25,982 246 649
Air Force Reserve............................. 6,003 6,311 6,311 0 308
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DOD Total................................. 91,374 91,935 92,181 246 807
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The provision would authorize an increase in end strength
for the reserves on Active Duty in support of the Reserves in
the Air National Guard of the United States to offset any
reductions that may occur as a result of transferring units and
personnel from the Air National Guard to the Space Force in the
states of Alaska, California, Colorado, Florida, Hawaii, and
Ohio, as well as personnel assigned to Headquarters, Air
National Guard. In addition to these offsets, the provision
would authorize additional end strength in the Reserves on
Active Duty in support of the Reserves of the Air National
Guard to give the Department of the Air Force additional
flexibility to address the re-leveling effort.
The committee further notes that, in addition to the
specified increases in end strength authorized by this
provision, the Secretary of Defense has the standing authority
under section 115 of title 10, United States Code, to increase
the end strength of the Selected Reserve by up to three percent
of the authorized end strength for the applicable fiscal year.
End strengths for military technicians (dual status) (sec. 413)
The committee recommends a provision that would authorize
military technician (dual status) end strengths for fiscal year
2025, as shown below:
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Army National Guard........................... 22,294 22,294 22,294 0 0
Army Reserve.................................. 7,990 6,492 6,492 0 -1,498
Air National Guard............................ 10,994 10,744 10,744 0 -250
Air Force Reserve............................. 7,111 6,697 6,697 0 -414
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DOD Total................................. 48,389 46,227 46,277 0 -2162
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The provision would also establish limits on the number of
temporary technicians authorized to be employed within the end
strengths set forth by this section to not more than 25 percent
of the total authorized strength for each component.
The provision would also prohibit the coercion of a
military technician (dual status) by a State into accepting an
offer of realignment or conversion to any other military
status, including as a member of the Active, Guard, and Reserve
programof a reserve component. The provision would further
specify that if a technician declines to participate in such a
realignment or conversion, no further action may be taken against the
individual or the individual's position.
Maximum number of reserve personnel authorized to be on active duty for
operational support (sec. 414)
The committee recommends a provision that would authorize
end strengths for reserve personnel on Active Duty for
operational support for fiscal year 2025, as shown below:
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FY 2024 -----------------------------------------------------
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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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Exemption of National Guard Bilateral Affairs Officers from active-duty
end strength limits and modification of annual reporting
requirement regarding security cooperation activities (sec.
415)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 115 of title 10, United States Code, to exempt from end
strength requirements members of the National Guard who serve
as bilateral affairs officers as a part of the National Guard
State Partnership Program. The provision would also amend
section 386 of title 10, United States Code, to exclude such
officers from annual reporting requirements under security
cooperation activities.
Subtitle C--Authorization of Appropriations
Military personnel (sec. 421)
The committee recommends a provision that would authorize
appropriations for military personnel activities at the levels
identified in section 4401 of division D of this Act.
Budget Items
Topline increase
As described in the 4401 table, the committee recommends an
increase of $25.1 billion to the Department of Defense budget
request to accelerate equipment recapitalization, increase
military construction, address the highest-priority unfunded
requirements of the military services and combatant commanders,
decrease the Department's facility maintenance backlog, and
strengthen the defense industrial base.
Military personnel funding changes
The amount authorized to be appropriated for military
personnel programs includes the following changes from the
budget request:
[Changes in millions of dollars]
Air National Guard AGR end strength increase.......... +30.0
Increase to junior enlisted pay....................... +57.0
FY25 topline increase for junior enlisted pay increase +1,000.0
Prevent retirement of F-22s........................... +57.9
Prevent retirement of F-15Es.......................... +19.3
Air National Guard increase for 7 new State +1.4
Partnership Program partners--NGB UFR................
Army National Guard increase for 7 new State +1.8
Partnership Program partners--NGB UFR................
Air National Guard--diversity and inclusion programs -0.5
reduction............................................
Army National Guard--diversity and inclusion programs -0.08
reduction............................................
Air Force Reserve--diversity and inclusion programs -0.08
reduction............................................
Foreign Currency Fluctuations......................... -8.6
Unobligated balances.................................. -737.4
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Total............................................. +420.7
TITLE V--MILITARY PERSONNEL POLICY
Subtitle A--Officer Personnel Policy
Repeal of active duty service requirement for warrant officer
appointments in Air Force and Space Force (sec. 501)
The committee recommends a provision that would repeal
section 9160 of title 10, United States Code, that requires 1
year of Active-Duty service in the Air Force or the Space Force
for an original appointment as a warrant officer in the Active-
Duty Air Force or the Space Force. The committee recognizes
that this Active-Duty requirement limits Air Force and Space
Force access to the private sector talent pool of cyber and
information technology experts.
Talent management and personnel retention for members of the Armed
Forces (sec. 502)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
sections 619 and 14301 of title 10, United States Code, to
authorize the Secretaries of the military departments to
approve requests by officers to opt out of consideration for
promotion, without penalty, due to long initial training
pipelines.
The provision would also amend sections 631, 632, 8372,
14504, 14505, and 14506 of title 10, United States Code, to
change the mandatory separation date for officers who fail for
selection for promotion to the next higher grade for the second
time to the first day of the seventh calendar month beginning
after the month in which the Secretary concerned publicly
releases the promotion board selection results.
Authority to increase the number of nurse officers recommended for
promotion (sec. 503)
The committee recommends a provision that would authorize
promotion boards to recommend for promotion more than 95
percent, but less than 100 percent, of nurse officers eligible
for promotion to major or lieutenant commander if the Secretary
of the military department concerned determines that the
greater number is necessary to maintain or improve medical
readiness. This authority would expire on December 31, 2030.
Vice Chief of Space Operations; vacancy in position of Chief of Space
Operations (sec. 504)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
chapter 908 of title 10, United States Code, to establish the
position of the Vice Chief of Space Operations who will serve
in the grade of general. The provision would also provide that
the Vice Chief of Space Operations would perform the duties of
the Chief of Space Operations during a vacancy in the position
of Chief of Space Operations and during the absence of the
Chief of Space Operations.
Eligibility for consideration for promotion: time-in-grade and other
requirements (sec. 505)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
sections 577, 619, and 14301 of title 10, United States Code,
to authorize the Secretaries of the military departments
concerned to preclude from consideration by a promotion
selection board officers and warrant officers who have an
established retirement date that is within 90 days after the
date the selection board is convened. The Secretaries currently
have the authority to preclude selection board consideration of
officers with an established separation date within 90 days of
the board.
Effect of failure of selection for promotion: captains and majors of
the Army, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Space Corps and
lieutenants and lieutenant commanders of the Navy (sec. 506)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 632(c) of title 10, United States Code, to require the
retention on active duty of officers otherwise subject to
separation for failure for selection for promotion until
completion of the officer's active duty service obligation. The
provision would also authorize the Secretary of the military
department concerned to waive this requirement if the Secretary
determines that completion of the Active-Duty service
obligation of that officer is not in the best interest of the
service.
Removal of officers from a list of Space Force officers recommended for
promotion (sec. 507)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 20241 of title 10, United States Code, to extend to the
Space Force certain restrictions pertaining to removal of
officers from a list of officers recommended for promotion.
Consideration of merit by special selection review boards (sec. 508)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
sections 628a and 14502a of title 10, United States Code, to
allow special selection review boards (SSRB) to sustain a
promotion board's selection of an officer who is the subject of
credible information of an adverse nature when such officer
ranks in the top half of an order of merit development by the
SSRB. The officer's qualifications would still be required to
be comparable in qualification for promotion to those sample
officers who were recommended for promotion by that promotion
board.
Modification of authority to separate officers when in the best
interest of the service (sec. 509)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 1182 of title 10, United States Code, to authorize a
Secretary of the military department concerned to separate an
officer upon the recommendation of a Chief of the military
service concerned when a Board of Inquiry substantiates
misconduct, but elects to retain the officer, under
circumstances where the decision to retain is clearly erroneous
in light of the evidence, a miscarriage of justice, and
inconsistent with the best interests of the service.
Improvements relating to Medical Officer of the Marine Corps position
(sec. 509A)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
chapter 806 and section 525 of title 10, United States Code, to
require the Navy to appoint a Navy rear admiral as the Medical
Officer of the Marine Corps and exclude this position from flag
officer and active duty strength limitations.
Longer term and eligibility for appointment to rank of Admiral of
Commander of Naval Sea Systems Command (sec. 509B)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Commander of the Naval Sea Systems Command to serve a term of
eight years, and make the Commander eligible for appointment to
the rank of admiral during that final three years of that
service.
Subtitle B--Reserve Component Management
Permanent modification to the Army National Guard and Air National
Guard inactive National Guard statute (sec. 511)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 303 of title 32, United States Code, to authorize
officers to transfer from the Selected Reserve to the Inactive
National Guard.
Expanded authority to continue reserve component officers in certain
military specialties on the reserve active-status list (sec.
512)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
chapter 1409 of title 10, United States Code, to authorize the
Secretaries of the military departments to selectively continue
on the reserve Active-Status list, for up to 40 years of
commissioned service, Reserve component officers above the
grade of O-2 in designated military specialties.
Authority to extend military technicians until age 62 (sec. 513)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
sections 10216(f) and 14702(b) of title 10, United States Code,
to authorize the retention of military technicians to age 62,
rather than age 60 as authorized in current law. This change
aligns authority to retain military technicians with recent
changes that allow drill status national guardsmen to be
retained until age 62, and supports the retention of
experienced military technicians.
Extension of time period for transfer or discharge of certain Army and
Air Force reserve component general officers (sec. 514)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 14314 of title 10, United States Code, to provide that
Army and Air Force reserve component general officers may
continue serving in an active status or on active duty for up
to 60 days after ceasing to occupy a general officer position.
Transfer to the Space Force of covered space functions of the Air
National Guard of the United States (sec. 515)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of the Air Force to transfer to the Space Force the
covered space functions of the Air National Guard of the United
States. Under a provision authorized elsewhere in this Act,
such transfer shall not reduce the end strength authorization
for the state Air National Guard organizations affected by such
transfers.
Report on effect of Air National Guard unit leveling (sec. 516)
The committee recommends a provision that would authorize
the Chief of the National Guard Bureau to exempt any State
National Guard from the National Guard Bureau's (NGB) leveling
initiative within the Air National Guard. The provision would
also require the NGB to provide a report to the Committees on
Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives
at least 60 days prior to implementing leveling within a State
granted an exemption, detailing the effects of leveling on such
State.
Subtitle C--General Service Authorities and Military Records
Marine Corps Deputy Commandants (sec. 521)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 8045 of title 10, United States Code, to increase the
number of authorized Marine Corps Deputy Commandants from seven
to eight.
Treatment of veterans who did not register for the selective service
(sec. 522)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 3328 of title 5, United States Code, to establish
eligibility for Federal civilian employment for veterans who
failed to register for selective service, but who provide
evidence of their qualifying military service to the executive
agency in which the veteran seeks an appointment.
Selective Service Director appointment subject to Senate confirmation
(sec. 523)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 3809 of title 50, United States Code, to require Senate
confirmation of the Director, Selective Service, effective for
appointments made 60 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act.
Continuity of coverage under certain provisions of title 18, United
States Code (sec. 524)
The committee recommends a provision that would make
technical and conforming amendments to sections 202 and 209 of
title 18, United States Code, by extending the definition of
special government employee to officers of the Space Force.
Technical and conforming amendments related to the Space Force (sec.
525)
The committee recommends a provision that would make
technical and conforming amendments related to the Space Force
to various sections of titles 10 and 37, United States Code,
and to footnote 2 of the table titled ``ENLISTED MEMBERS'' in
section 601 of the John Warner National Defense Authorization
Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (Public Law 109-364).
Modified authority to provide protection to senior leaders of the
Department of Defense and other specified persons (sec. 526)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 714 of title 10, United States Code, to authorize the
provision of protective services for former senior leaders of
the Department of Defense and other specified persons outside
of the United States.
Modification of persons not qualified for enlistment definition (sec.
527)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 504 of title 10, United States Code, to broaden the
authorized duties of certain non-citizen individuals who enlist
in the Armed Force.
Improving military administrative review (sec. 528)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 1552 of title 10, United States Code, to require
publicly available final decisions of the boards for the
correction of military records to include a summary of each
decision and to be indexed by subject matter.
Combat status identifier equivalent for remotely piloted aircraft crew
(sec. 529)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretaries of the military departments to establish a status
identifier of equivalent merit as a combat status identifier
for remotely piloted aircraft crews who conduct combat
operations.
Military training and competency records (sec. 529A)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretaries of the military departments to provide, not later
than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, a training
and competency record for members of the Armed Forces. Such
record would be standardized by the Secretary of Defense and
include authenticated information about the servicemembers'
personal information; military training, certifications, and
qualifications; and the dates of completion of the relevant
training in the record. The provision would also require the
Secretary of Defense, not later than 2 years after the date of
enactment of this Act, to submit to the Committees on Armed
Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a
report on the implementation of this provision.
Exemption of women forced to register for draft from requirements to
serve in combat roles (sec. 529B)
The committee recommends a provision that would specify
that women drafted into service under the Selective Service
System may not be compelled to join combat roles that were
closed to women prior to December 3, 2015, train or become
qualified in a combat arms military occupational specialty, or
join a combat arms unit.
Subtitle D--Military Justice and Other Legal Matters
Consolidation of military justice reporting requirements for the
military departments (sec. 531)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 946a of title 10, United States Code, to consolidate
duplicative military justice reporting requirements. It would
also repeal section 486 of title 10, United States Code, and
section 547 of the John S. McCain National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115-232).
Term of office for judges of the Court of Military Commission Review
(sec. 532)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 950f of title 10, United States Code, to provide that
appellate civilian judges of the Court of Military Commission
Review (CMCR) will serve a 10-year term.
The committee notes that the CMCR is a part-time court
which hears appeals of military commission cases. Currently,
the CMCR has two civilian judges who serve without term limits.
Alternatively, all three Article I courts listed in section
202(e)(2) of title 18, United States Code, have specified term
limits for all judges. Accordingly, this provision would
establish term limits for CMCR judges, and it is modeled on
section 942(b)(2) of title 10, United States Code, which
governs the term limits for the part-time senior judges on the
United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces.
Aiding the enemy definition for purposes of the Uniform Code of
Military Justice (sec. 533)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
article 103b of the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) (10
U.S.C. 903b) to include providing military education, military
training, or giving tactical advice to the enemy as prohibited
acts under the UCMJ.
Pre-referral requirements related to sufficiency of admissible evidence
(sec. 534)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
Article 34 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) (10
U.S.C. 834) to require a determination by a staff judge
advocate or special trial counsel that the admissible evidence
will probably be sufficient to obtain and sustain a conviction
before a charge can be referred to trial by general court-
martial.
This provision will align Article 34, UCMJ, with Federal
civilian prosecution standards and with the most recent
regulatory guidance from the Department of Defense regarding
uniform prosecution standards.
Detailing of appellate defense counsel (sec. 535)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
article 65 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) (10
U.S.C. 865) to require the assignment of appellate defense
counsel to review a record of conviction subject to
automaticappeal and to be available to represent an accused before the
Court of Criminal Appeals if the accused desires such representation.
The provision would also require assignment of appellate defense
counsel upon the written request of the accused for representation for
convictions that do not qualify for automatic review. The provision
would also require a complete full review of a record of conviction by
appellate defense counsel only in those cases where the accused has not
affirmatively waived the right to appeal.
Expanded command notifications to victims of domestic violence (sec.
536)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 549 of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116-92) to require commanders to
ensure that a domestic violence victim, or their Special
Victims' Counsel or other legal representative, is notified of
a disciplinary action taken in a domestic violence case not
referred to court-martial.
Remote appearance before a board of inquiry (sec. 537)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
sections 1185 and 14904 of title 10, United States Code, to
authorize the Secretaries of the military departments to
permit, in exceptional circumstances, the appearance of an
officer before a board of inquiry other than in person, such as
by video teleconferencing.
Extension of Defense Advisory Committee on Investigation, Prosecution,
and Defense of Sexual Assault in the Armed Forces (sec. 538)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 546(f)(1) 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. 1562 note) to extend the
Defense Advisory Committee on Investigation, Prosecution, and
Defense of Sexual Assault in the Armed Forces for an additional
5 years.
Reimbursement of expenses and property damage for victims of designated
offenses under the Uniform Code of Military Justice (sec. 539)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
chapter 53 of title 10, United States Code, to authorize the
Secretaries of the military departments to provide payments to
victims of designated offenses under the Uniform Code of
Military Justice for unreimbursed expenses directly related to
the harm suffered as the result of being victimized, including
health care expenses, travel expenses, and expenses for
property damage or loss resulting from the designated offense.
The provision authorizes reimbursement of actual expenses only,
and does not authorize payment for non-economic damages such as
pain and suffering.
Removal of marriage as a defense to article 120b offenses (sec. 540)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
article 120b of the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) (10
U.S.C. 920b) to remove marriage as a defense to the offense of
rape and sexual assault of a child.
Removal of personally identifying and other information of certain
persons from the Department of Defense Central Index of
Investigations (sec. 541)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 545 of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116-283) to
require the Secretary of Defense, not later than October 1,
2025, to establish a process by which a person may request that
the person's name, personally identifying information, and
other information pertaining to the person be corrected in, or
expunged or otherwise removed from, an index item or entry in
the Department of Defense Central Index of Investigations.
Authority of special trial counsel with respect to certain offenses
occurring before effective date of military justice reforms
(sec. 542)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
Article 24a of the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) (10
U.S.C. 824a) to expand the authority of special trial counsel
to exercise jurisdiction over offenses occurring prior to
December 28, 2023, as enacted in section 531 of the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118-
31). This would include the three covered offenses added by
sections 541(a) and 541(b) of the James M. Inhofe National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-
263).
Investigations of sexual assaults in the National Guard (sec. 543)
The committee recommends a provision would require the
Defense Advisory Committee on Investigation, Prosecution, and
Defense of Sexual Assault in the Armed Forces (DACIPAD) to
review how states investigate and prosecute allegations of
sexual assault with a National Guard nexus, and to make
recommendations on improving investigations and reporting of
sexual assaults within the National Guard. The provision would
require the DACIPAD to submit a report to the Committees on
Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives
on this review. The provision would also specify that state
Adjutants General are senior officials for the purposes of
investigating allegations of reprisal.
Analysis on the advisability to revise Military Rule of Evidence 513
(sec. 544)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Joint Service Committee on Military Justice to analyze the
advisability of modifying rule 513 of the Military Rules of
Evidence to include diagnoses of a patient and treatments
prescribed to a patient as confidential communications subject
to the psychotherapist-patient privilege.
Subtitle E--Member Education, Training, and Transition
Improving effectiveness of the future servicemember preparatory course
(sec. 551)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 546(c) of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118-31) to modify course
graduation requirements.
Determination of active duty service commitment for recipients of
fellowships, grants, and scholarships (sec. 552)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 2603(b) of title 10, United States Code, to authorize
the Secretaries of the military departments to determine the
Active-Duty service obligations for certain members on Active
Duty who receive fellowships, grants, and scholarships.
Modernizing Marine Corps Platoon Leaders Class college tuition
assistance program to account for inflation (sec. 553)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 16401 of title 10, United States Code, to increase the
financial assistance available to participants in the Marine
Corps Platoon Leaders Class College Tuition Assistance Program
from $5,200 to $13,800 for any academic year.
Modification of authority to engage in funded and unfunded law
education programs (sec. 554)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 2004 of title 10, United States Code, to authorize
unfunded legal education programs in the military services that
would not count against the funded legal education programs
authorized elsewhere in such section. The provision would also
amend section 503 of title 37, United States Code, to clarify
that ordinary pay and allowances would be authorized to be paid
to servicemembers when pursuing a program of education under
uniform regulations of the military departments.
Distance education option for professional military education (sec.
555)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 2154 of title 10, United States Code, to require
distance education programs used to satisfy Phase I or Phase II
Joint Professional Military Education requirements to include
pathways for students to complete these programs in a fully
remote status and without requiring any in-person attendance.
The committee notes that with all of the modern tools and
technologies designed to facilitate distance education
modalities, service school requirements for requiring enrollees
in a distance education program to attend in-person sessions
on-site are unnecessary and particularly burdensome on members
of the Reserve Component.
Extension of Troops-to-Teachers program extension; prohibition on
travel until reinstated (sec. 556)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 1154 of title 10, United States Code, to extend the
mandate for the Secretary of Defense to maintain the troops-to-
teachers program until 2029. The provision would also limit the
obligation and expenditure of more than 50 percent of certain
funds authorized for travel expenses for fiscal year 2025 for
the Office of the Secretary of Defense until such time that the
Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of
Representatives have received notice from the Secretary of
Defense that the Department of Defense is in compliance with
subsection (b) of section 1154 of title 10, United States Code.
The committee notes that the Department is required by law
to maintain the troops-to-teachers program, which creates a
valuable pipeline for veterans of the Armed Forces to become
elementary and secondary school teachers.
Inclusion of Space Force professional military education programs in
definitions of senior and intermediate level service schools
and as covered programs for copyright purposes (sec. 557)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
sections 2151 and 2162 of title 10, United States Code, to
include Space Force professional military education programs in
the list of authorized Department of Defense professional
military education institutions. The provision would also amend
section 105 of title 17, United States Code, to extend certain
copyright protections to civilian faculty at Space Force
education programs and to clarify the authorities of the
Secretary of Homeland Security and the Secretary of
Transportation with respect to copyright protections at the
United States Coast Guard Academy and the United States
Merchant Marine Academy, respectively.
Opt-out sharing of information on members retiring or separating from
the Armed Forces with community-based organizations and related
entities (sec. 558)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 570F of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116-92) to give all servicemembers
separating or retiring from the Armed Forces the right to opt
out of sharing their contact information with state-based
veterans agencies.
Required constitutional law training (sec. 559)
The committee recommends a provision that would require all
newly commissioned officers of the Armed Forces to receive
training on the Constitution, to include instruction on
civilian control of the military.
Information on nominations and applications for military service
academies (sec. 560)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
Section 575 of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116-283; 10
U.S.C. 7442 note) to modify the date for the Department of
Defense to establish a uniform online portal for military
service academy nominations to December 31, 2026.
Improvements to financial literacy training (sec. 561)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 992 of title 10, United States Code, to make several
updates to the existing requirement for the Secretary of the
military department concerned to provide comprehensive
financial literacy training. The provision would require
training be provided to members in the pay grade of E-6 and
below, upon arrival at a new permanent duty station. The
provision would also require training provided by the Secretary
concerned to be based on best practices of the Financial
Literacy Education Commission. The provision would also require
the Secretary concerned to ensure financial literacy training
be conducted in-person, in classes of less than 100 attendees,
and open to military spouses where practicable. Lastly, the
provision would require the Secretary of Defense to submit
reports to the congressional defense committees on
effectiveness of, and improvements to, this requirement.
Subtitle F--Military Family Readiness and Dependents' Education
Part I--Dependents' Education
Advisory committees for Department of Defense domestic dependents
schools (sec. 571)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 2164 of title 10, United States Code, to establish
school advisory committees at domestic schools operated by the
Department of Defense Education Activity.
Expansion of eligibility for virtual programs operated by Department of
Defense Education Activity (sec. 572)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 2164(l) of title 10, United States Code, to expand the
eligibility for enrollment in virtual education programs
offered by the Department of Defense Education Activity.
Authorization for school meal programs at Department of Defense
dependents schools (sec. 573)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 2164 of title 10, United States Code, and section 1402
of the Defense Dependents' Education Act of 1978 (Public Law
95-561) to authorize the Secretary of Defense to administer a
meal program, consistent with Federal law and standards
prescribed by the Secretary of Agriculture, for students
enrolled in Department of Defense domestic dependent schools.
Staffing of Department of Defense Education Activity schools to
maintain maximum student-to-teacher ratios (sec. 574)
The committee recommends a provision that would codify as a
new section in chapter 108 of title 10, United States Code, the
maximum student-to-teacher ratios as specified in section 589B
of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116-283).
The provision would also authorize the Department of Defense
Education Activity to vary such ratios in certain circumstances
with notice to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate
and the House of Representatives.
Enrollment in defense dependents' education system of children of
foreign military members assigned to United Nations Command
(sec. 575)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 1404A of the Defense Dependents' Education Act of 1978
(Public Law 95-561) to authorize the enrollment of children of
foreign military members assigned to United Nations Command to
Department of Defense Education Activity schools.
Certain assistance to local educational agencies that benefit
dependents of military and civilian personnel (sec. 576)
The committee recommends a provision that would authorize
$50.0 million in Operation and Maintenance, Defense-wide, for
continuation of the Department of Defense (DOD) assistance
program to local educational agencies impacted by enrollment of
dependent children of military members and DOD civilian
employees. The provision would also authorize $10.0 million in
Operation and Maintenance, Defense-wide, for impact aid
payments for children with disabilities as enacted by the Floyd
D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
2001 (Public Law 106-398), using the formula set forth in
section 363 of that Act, for continuation of DOD assistance to
local educational agencies that benefit eligible dependents
with severe disabilities. Furthermore, the provision would
authorize the Secretary of Defense to use an additional $20.0
million for payments to local educational agencies determined
by the Secretary to have higher concentrations of military
children with severe disabilities. Finally, the provision would
require the Secretary to provide a briefing to the Committees
on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of
Representatives on the Department's evaluation of each local
educational agency with higher concentrations of military
children with severe disabilities and its subsequent
determination of the amounts of impact aid each such agency
should receive.
Eligibility of certain dependents for enrollment in domestic dependent
elementary and secondary schools (sec. 577)
The committee recommends a provision that would add a new
section to chapter 208 of title 10, United States Code, to
require the Secretary of Defense to carry out a program under
which dependents of a full-time, active duty member may enroll
in covered Department of Defense Education Activity (DODEA)
schools on a space-available basis, without regard to whether
the member resides on the installation. Such provision would
also make conforming amendments repealing a temporary pilot
program on this matter.
Part II--Other Matters
Redesign and modernization of child development program compensation
and staffing models (sec. 578)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Department of Defense to redesign the compensation and staffing
models for employees of Department of Defense Childhood
Development Centers.
Support for expanding early childcare options for members of the Armed
Forces and their families (sec. 579)
The committee recommends a provision that would authorize
the Secretary of Defense to authorize the Secretaries of the
military departments to support eligible childcare providers in
their recruitment and retention of childcare employees. The
provision would also authorize the Secretaries concerned to
seek to enter into an interagency partnership with a Federal
agency with the ability to place at military child development
centers certain eligible national service participants and
volunteers trained in education services.
Inclusive Playground Pilot Program (sec. 579A)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of Defense, not later than March 28, 2025, to submit
a strategy on developing an inclusive playground pilot program
to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House
of Representatives. Pursuant to this strategy, the provision
would also require the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel
and Readiness to establish an inclusive playground pilot
program no earlier than January 1, 2026.
Subtitle G--Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps
Number of enrolled students requirement for Junior Reserve Officers'
Training Corps unit participation (sec. 581)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 2031(b)(1)(A) of title 10, United States Code, to
reduce the minimum number of students required to establish a
unit of the Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps to 50
students.
Waiver authority for Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps minimum
participation requirement (sec. 582)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 2031(b) of title 10, United States Code, to require the
Secretary of the military department concerned to issue a five-
year waiver of the minimum student participation requirement in
order for a school to establish a Junior Reserve Officers'
Training Corps (JROTC) unit, if the school meets all other
statutory requirements for JROTC participation.
JROTC waiting list (sec. 583)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 2031(c) of title 10, United States Code, to require the
Secretary of a military department to maintain a prioritized
waiting list of secondary educational institutions that have
requested to host a unit of the Junior Reserve Officers'
Training Corps and have not yet been approved. The provision
would also require the Secretary concerned to issue regulations
describing the factors to be considered in assigning priority,
which must include the length of time an institution has been
waiting for a unit.
Number of Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps units (sec. 584)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 2031 of title 10, United States Code, to increase the
minimum and maximum number of required units of the Junior
Reserve Officers' Training Corps to 3,500 and 4,100,
respectively. The requirements of this provision would not take
effect until October 1, 2026.
Extension of JROTC programs to the Job Corps (sec. 585)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 2031 of title 10, United States Code, to authorize
Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps programs to be
established at Job Corps centers.
Subtitle H--Decorations and Other Awards, Miscellaneous Reports, and
Other Matters
Authority to award or present a decoration following a congressionally
requested review (sec. 591)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 1130 of title 10, United States Code, to authorize the
award of a decoration following a submission of a favorable
recommendation for the award, after a 60-day congressional
review period.
Posthumous advancement of General John D. Lavelle, United States Air
Force, on the retired list (sec. 592)
The committee recommends a provision that would authorize
the advancement of Major General John D. Lavelle on the retired
list to the grade of lieutenant general. This provision
isconsistent with, and implements the recommendation of, the Honorable
William Webster, who after an extensive review of the historical record
and Major General Lavelle's service, recommended that he be advanced on
the retired list to the grade of lieutenant general.
Authorization for posthumous award of the Distinguished Service Cross
to William D. Owens for acts of valor at La Fiere Bridge (sec.
593)
The committee recommends a provision that would waive the
time limitations specified in section 7274 of title 10, United
States Code, to authorize the award of the Distinguished
Service Cross to William D. Owens for acts of valor at La Fiere
Bridge.
Subtitle I--Enhanced Recruiting Efforts
Improved access to high school and college students for recruiting
(sec. 595)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 503 of title 10, United States Code, to require
substantially equal access to secondary schools for military
recruiters as is granted to postsecondary educational
institutions and other prospective employers of secondary
students. The provision would also amend section 983 of title
10, United States Code, to expand the existing requirement for
colleges and universities to provide information about students
whose attendance ended during the previous semester. This
provision would require colleges and universities to provide
students with a choice to consent to having their information
released to the Department of Defense for recruiting purposes
if such student disenrolls from school. Finally, the provision
would make conforming amendments to section 8528 of the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (Public Law 89-
10).
National Commission on Quality of Life for the All-Volunteer Armed
Force (sec. 596)
The committee recommends a provision that would establish
an independent commission in the legislative branch to be known
as the Commission on Quality of Life for the All-Volunteer
Armed Force. The provision would require the Commission to
submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and
the House of Representatives, not later than December 31, 2025,
a report that includes its initial findings and preliminary
recommendations related to improving quality of life for
military members and Department of Defense civilian employees,
with a final report and legislative proposals to be submitted
at a mutually agreed time.
Military entrance processing command processing pilot (sec. 597)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness to
develop a 2-year pilot program for joint reserve component
support to the United States Military Entrance Processing
Command to accelerate the review of recruit medical records.
Military accessions standards review (sec. 597A)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of Defense to submit a review of military accession
standards, and any ongoing plans to modify them, to the
congressional defense committees no later than 180 days after
enactment of this Act.
Subtitle J--Automatic Selective Service System Registration
Automatic Selective Service registration (sec. 598-598D)
The committee recommends a series of provisions that would
require women to register for selective service under the same
conditions as currently applied to men, and it would provide
for the automatic enrollment of all citizens and persons
subject to selective service. The provision would take effect 2
years after enactment of this Act.
Subtitle K--Other Matters
Evaluation of recruits and officer candidates for drug use (sec. 599)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of Defense to ensure that all prospective recruits
and officer candidates undergo testing for controlled
substances prior to enlistment or appointment as an officer in
the Armed Forces.
Promoting military, national, and public service (sec. 599A)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 15 of the Military Selective Service Act (50 USC 3813)
to update the types of information that the Department of
Defense may obtain from the Selective Service System.
Course to educate interested individuals about opportunities to
contribute to national security (sec. 599B)
The committee recommends a provision that would require
Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, by not
later than 1 year after enactment of this Act, to develop and
begin offering a course on service opportunities within the
defense industrial base and as a Federal civilian employee, to
individuals who volunteer to serve in the Armed Forces, but who
do not meet accession standards.
Items of Special Interest
Access to U.S. products at commissaries in foreign countries
The committee is concerned by the limits placed by other
nations on U.S. companies in their ability to provide their
products to commissaries on U.S. bases in those countries. In
particular, the committee notes that foreign countries have
placed undue restrictions prohibiting the transit of poultry to
commissaries on U.S. bases in foreign countries based on
outbreaks of avian influenza in the United States. These
restrictions are stricter than U.S. Department of Agriculture
(USDA) restrictions within the United States. The committee
believes that commissaries at foreign bases should be able to
transit products from U.S. companies exempt from local
restrictions provided those products are deemed safe for
commerce by USDA. For example, the Kuwait Ministry of Foreign
Affairs allows for the exemption of shipments consigned to the
U.S. military from local import regulations as outlined in the
USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service export library.
Products must meet U.S. regulatory standards and be identified
for military use.
Therefore, the committee encourages the Secretary of
Defense, in concurrence with the Secretary of State, to work
with the Secretary of Agriculture to negotiate with foreign
governments that host U.S. bases to allow exemptions to transit
products to the commissaries in such foreign countries. The
committee directs the Secretary of Defense to brief the
Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of
Representatives on its efforts to negotiate these exemptions
not later than January 15, 2025.
Active-Duty member food security
The committee commends the Department of Defense for the
inclusion of the standardized United States Department of
Agriculture (USDA) measure of food security on the 2018 and
2020 Status of Forces Survey of Active Duty Members and the
2021 Active Duty Spouse Survey (ADSS). While the July 2022
release of the report ``Strengthening Food Security in the
Force: Strategy and Roadmap'' and the January 2023 RAND report
``Food Insecurity Among Members of the Armed Forces and Their
Dependents'' provided helpful information, the committee
believes that annual reporting of military food insecurity
using the standard USDA measure would allow for greater
monitoring and surveillance.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the
Defense, working closely with the Economic Research Service at
USDA to provide technical assistance, to submit a report to the
congressional defense committees, not later than February 15,
2025, on military food security that includes, at a minimum:
(1) Standard measures of food security;
(2) USDA food and nutrition assistance program
participation;
(3) Food pantry receipts;
(4) Adequacy of regular military compensation and
additional pays, including the Basic Needs Allowance;
and
(5) A sample size of the data collection large enough
to allow for state level estimates by pooling three
years of data.
Aeromedical squadrons in the Air National Guard
The committee is concerned about the ability of the
Department of Defense and civil authorities to transport and
treat individuals wounded or exposed to chemical, biological,
or radiological incidents. A conflict with near-peer
adversaries would require unique aeromedical capabilities to
ensure that warfighters can reach specialized patient care
facilities. Domestic incidents such as infectious disease
outbreaks or chemical attacks also necessitate particular
capabilities to ensure patients can be transported and treated
while protecting caregivers and the general population. The
National Guard's status under titles 10 and 32, United States
Code, enable it to support both combatant commanders and civil
authorities.
Accordingly, the committee directs the Director of the Air
National Guard to provide a briefing to the congressional
defense committees, not later than March 1, 2025, on the
utilityand feasibility of augmenting the number of available
aeromedical squadrons and the total number of authorized Active Guard
Reserve personnel within the National Guard and reserve components. The
briefing should specifically address the addition of specialized Air
National Guard Critical Care Aeromedical Transportation Teams.
Briefing on Air National Guard releveling efforts
The committee is aware that the Air National Guard intends
to proceed with planned force structure changes to full-time
National Guard support--Active, Guard, and Reserve (AGR) and
dual-status military technicians--beginning in fiscal year
2025, in an effort to standardize personnel levels among units
performing similar missions. The committee recognizes the
potential utility and benefits standardization can bring to the
force, particularly in planning and managing the force across
all 54 states and territories. Nevertheless, the committee has
heard concerns from certain states that the proposed changes
may be detrimental to readiness and to airmen and their
families. The committee appreciates the Air National Guard's
recent decision to move forward with this initiative in a
limited way, ensuring that States having expressed concern will
maintain their current level of AGRs as the Air National Guard
works with the States to affect a seamless and efficient
transition to a level set force, giving full consideration to
state equities.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Air
force, in consultation with the Chief of the National Guard
Bureau, to submit a briefing to the Committees on Armed
Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives, not
later than January 1, 2025, on its full-time support re-
leveling initiative. The briefing should include detailed data
on where and which positions would shift, and how it plans to
address concerns raised by states to these plans, together with
an estimated cost of full implementations
Briefing on Army Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps consolidation
As the U.S. Army implements a necessary consolidation of
Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) units, the
committee requires additional information to better understand
the information and analysis the U.S. Army utilized to
determine the units that would be affected by the consolidation
plan.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Army
to provide a briefing to the Committees on Armed Services of
the Senate and the House of Representatives, not later than
February 1, 2025, on the planned restructuring of the Army
Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps. The briefing shall
include:
(1) A cost-benefit analysis of the consolidation
plan;
(2) The criteria utilized by the U.S. Army to
determine the ROTC units that would be subject for
reclassification, merger, and expansion;
(3) An assessment of whether any planned mergers will
negatively affect the recruitment of individuals from a
particular geographic area; and
(4) An assessment of how educational, economic, and
demographic trends, and other factors determined by the
Secretary are affecting enrollment, retention,
graduation, and commission rates throughout Army ROTC.
Briefing on military reassignment policies under compassionate or
humanitarian conditions
The committee has heard concerns from military families
about the difficulty in securing reassignment under certain
circumstances raising compassionate, humanitarian, or safety
concerns, where such reassignment is in the best interests of
the family. Therefore, the committee directs the Secretaries of
the military departments to each provide a briefing to the
Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of
Representatives, not later than February 1, 2025, on service
reassignment policies under circumstances relating to
compassionate, humanitarian, or safety concerns of a
servicemember or military family. The briefing shall include a
description of such policies and the total number of such
reassignments requested and granted over the previous 3 years,
together with a brief description of the circumstances giving
rise to such requests and reassignments. Finally, the briefing
shall include an assessment of a servicemember's ability to
raise safety concerns within the reassignment or permanent
change of station process.
Childcare priority list in certain OCONUS areas
The committee is aware of concerns in some overseas
locations regarding implementation of the priority system for
Child Development Centers (CDCs) of the Department of Defense
(DOD). Specifically, the committee has heard concerns that in
the event of contingency operations, essential employees may
not be able to receive emergency and necessary childcare due to
existing prioritization policies for the childcare waitlist. In
this event, some essential employees might not be available to
perform their critical work functions at times of urgent need
for DOD. The committee believes it is important for DOD to
prioritize Active-Duty servicemembers for CDCs in ordinary
circumstances. However, the Committee encourages DOD to review
existing policies to assess if an additional priority category
would be justified for emergency and necessary childcare for
designated essential personnel performing duties outside of the
continental United States (OCONUS) during contingency
operations.
Therefore, the committee therefore directs the Secretary of
Defense to brief the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate
and the House of Representatives, not later than April 1, 2025,
on: (1) How DOD currently handles emergency and necessary
childcare prioritization; (2) Whether or not certain locations
in U.S. Indo-Pacific Command could benefit from a simplified
waiver process for emergency and necessary childcare; (3)
Whether or not the priority list for CDCs should be updated to
reflect a small number of essential personnel in OCONUS
locations; and (4) Anything else relevant to the issue that the
Secretary determines appropriate.
Comptroller General review of reserve component officer performance
evaluations
The critical support that the reserve component provides to
the defense of our Nation necessitates the development of a
steady pipeline of well-developed leaders. Military officer
performance evaluations have the potential to shape individual
officers' careers as well as the future leadership of the
Department of Defense. Over time, each military service has
developed and implemented unique service-wide systems for
evaluating the performance of both their active and reserve
component officers. However, the committee notes there may be
substantive differences between active and reserve component
officers in terms of their work responsibilities, performance
competencies, and expectations, and that such factors may
affect officer placement, evaluation, and promotion.
Therefore, the committee directs the Comptroller General of
the United States to conduct an assessment of: (1) The ability
of the military services to provide timely, fair, and accurate
evaluations for reserve component officers, consistent with
relevant key practices for performance evaluation; (2) The role
of service evaluation systems in developing and promoting
reserve component officers; and (3) Any other matters the
Comptroller General deems relevant. The committee further
directs the Comptroller General to provide preliminary
observations to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate
and the House of Representatives, not later than February 1,
2025, with final results to follow in a mutually agreed upon
format and timeframe.
Comptroller General review of reserve component suicide prevention,
response, and coordination with state and local authorities
The committee notes that over one-third of U.S. military
service members serve in the reserve component, which provides
trained units and qualified personnel in times of war or
national emergency, or to fill the needs of the Armed Forces
whenever more units and personnel are needed. In 2023, the
Department of Defense (DOD) reported that the suicide rate
among reserve component personnel was generally similar to that
of the U.S. population. At the same time, reserve component
personnel may have limited access to military suicide
prevention resources, and the military services, including unit
commanders, may benefit from coordinating prevention efforts
with state and local authorities to minimize suicide risks.
Therefore, the committee directs the Comptroller General of
the United States (GAO) to conduct a review of reserve
component suicide prevention and response. The review shall
include the following elements: (1) The extent to which DOD and
the military services have implemented and overseen suicide
prevention and response policies and activities for reserve
component personnel; (2) The extent to which DOD and the
military services have coordinated such activities with
Federal, state, and, local civilian organizations; and (3) Any
additional matters the GAO determines appropriate. Furthermore,
the committee directs the Comptroller General to provide a
briefing of preliminary results by March 31, 2025, to the
Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of
Representatives, with a report to follow at a mutually agreed
upon date.
Comptroller General review of reserve component talent management and
assignments
As ongoing shifts in the economy and national security
environments continue to transform the civilian and military
workforces, the Department of Defense (DOD) needs to better
position itself to understand and leverage the value of the
talent that exists among its personnel. Amidst changing
workforce conditions, the military services have expressed
interest in increasing officer career flexibility to allow more
ease of permeability between the active and reserve components.
One critical aspect of improving officer career component
permeability is assessing the adequacy of current reserve
component talent management and assignments processes to meet
the needs of the services, both now and in the future.
The committee is concerned that current military service
processes for reserve component talent management and
assignments do not adequately reflect servicemembers'
potential, or effectively leverage servicemembers' skills from
their Active-Duty military experience or civilian careers. In
particular, the committee is concerned that talent management
and assignments processes across the reserve components are ad
hoc and rely on informal relationships.
Improved reserve component talent management and assignment
programs would provide active and reserve component officers
more transparency, predictability, and effective career
management. Ideal programs would also pursue a whole-person
approach to better employ the rich and varied talent across the
reserve components.
Therefore, the committee directs the Comptroller General of
the United States to conduct an assessment of the DOD's efforts
to: (1) Implement and manage an assignment process that allows
reserve component members to manage their military careers
without relying on ad hoc relationships; (2) Develop guidance
that integrates and leverages reservists' prior military
backgrounds and civilian sector experiences and expertise as
part of the assignment process; (3) Assess the merits and
challenges of allowing greater flexibility to move between the
active and reserve components; and (4) Any other matters the
Comptroller General deems relevant. The committee also directs
the Comptroller General to provide preliminary observations to
the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of
Representatives, not later than April 1, 2025, with final
results to follow in a mutually agreed upon format and
timeframe.
Defense biotechnology workforce
The committee recognizes the importance of biotechnology
for future defense capabilities and commends the Department of
Defense (DOD) for recognizing biotechnology as a critical
technology area. However, the committee is concerned that DOD
is not adequately hiring, training, and retaining the workforce
necessary to advance its biotechnology objectives.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense
to provide a report to the Committees on Armed Services of the
Senate and the House of Representatives not later than February
1, 2025. The report shall discuss DOD's biotechnology workforce
current needs and planned needs for the next 5 and 10 years.
Thereport shall encompass a broad view of the biotechnology
workforce, including both personnel working directly on biotechnology,
as well as personnel needed to support biotechnology, such as the
workforce involved in program management, acquisitions, investment, and
legal matters. The report shall also include the following information:
(1) The number of biotechnology positions required,
and the number of positions filled;
(2) For the positions required, details about the
positions, such as seniority level, education,
training, and security clearance requirements;
(3) An assessment of whether the current workforce
codes adequately cover the range of the biotechnology
workforce, such as personnel in research, engineering,
and testing;
(4) An identification of mechanisms by which DOD can
access outside expertise, especially retaining a bench
of experts with necessary security clearances;
(5) An identification of challenges related to hiring
a qualified biotechnology workforce, and proposed
solutions to those challenges; and
(6) Any other matters the Secretary considers
relevant.
Degree-granting programs of professional military education
The committee commends the military services for their
comprehensive, intellectually rigorous approach to professional
military education (PME), and for their constant attention to
updating and modernizing the curriculums of PME institutions to
make sure they remain relevant, cutting-edge programs of
instruction designed to prepare military leaders for twenty-
first century conflict.
The committee further recognizes the value of the various
statutory authorities to award degrees at the senior level
service schools, intermediate level service schools, and joint
intermediate level schools, as enumerated in section 2151 of
title 10, United States Code, and the National Defense
University and its component institutions, as enumerated in
section 2165 of title 10, United States Code. Having the
authority to issue degrees ensures that these schools operate
with the highest intellectual rigor; attract top talent to
conduct research, teach students, and administer the programs;
maintain parity and facilitate discourse with the broader
academic community; bridge the civil-military divide; and
produce world-class scholarship.
However, the committee is concerned that the authority to
grant degrees could overwhelm or supersede the core mission of
the service schools, which is to prepare military and civilian
leaders to solve complex problems and to effectively lead our
nation's military. By giving the service schools statutory
authority to grant degrees, Congress intended for that
authority to produce well-educated joint warfighters. Congress
did not intend for the granting of degrees to become the
service schools' primary mission, nor did Congress intend for
the pursuit of graduate degrees to be the only means through
which an officer can participate in PME at any level. The
committee believes that some military officers may not need to
complete the requirements for a master's degree in order to be
competently trained in PME and Joint Professional Military
Education (JPME) at any given level.
The committee notes that many highly regarded American
academic institutions administer rigorous non-degree programs
of instruction. Certificates, fellowships, residencies, short
courses, and other non-degree programs are common across even
the most elite American universities. No legal or long-term
historical mandate exists for any of the service schools to
award degrees to all enrolled students or even all graduates.
The services should take advantage of the full range of
educational and instructional models that are available and
appropriate for each stage of PME.
Finally, advanced degree programs pose a special challenge
to members of the Reserve Component. Reserve component officers
often enroll in distance education PME programs at military
schools and must complete the required coursework by making
time outside of their civilian jobs, other military duties, and
family and personal obligations. Although many reservists may
want to obtain advanced degrees from military schools, many
could also be competently trained in PME at all levels through
a shorter, less-than-degree program that offers the essentials
of PME and JPME without the added requirement of earning a
master's degree.
For these reasons, the military services should strongly
consider not requiring every military officer who attends PME
or JPME programs to obtain an advanced degree in order to
receive the required PME training.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense
to submit a report, not later than March 1, 2025, on the
feasibility and advisability of offering non-degree pathways
for some students at military schools to satisfy PME and JPME
requirements as an alternative to advanced degree programs.
Such report shall include a proposal to conduct a demonstration
program for non-degree JPME and PME-qualifying instruction for
select populations at each of the military schools enumerated
in section 2151 of title 10, United States Code.
Department of Defense Education Activity quantum education
The committee acknowledges the importance of investing in
quantum education for K-12 students. The United States faces a
critical shortage of people working in this area, which affects
our national security and competitiveness on the global stage.
K-12 quantum education focuses on addressing this issue by
supporting the infusion of quantum information science and
engineering (QISE) concepts and career information into STEM
classrooms nationwide at young ages. Similar to how early
introduction of computers in classrooms led to U.S. leadership
in computing innovation, the early incorporation of quantum
technology and its principles will position youth of today to
be innovators of the future. The committee notes that there are
current early-stage models for implementing quantum education
programs in K-12 education. Federally funded examples include:
National Q-12 Education Partnership; Preparing Secondary
Teachers and Students for Quantum Information Science;
TeachQuantum; QUEST: Quantum Education for Students and
Teachers; and Quantum Academy. In addition, the CHIPS and
Science Act of 2022 includes authorized funding for a pilot
program in quantum education to help teachers implement
curriculum in their classrooms.
The committee believes that, as the 2022 National
Assessment of Educational Progress results showed, Department
of Defense Education Activity (DODEA) students outperform
national average test scores by a range of 15 to 23 points on
math and reading assessments, and military connected youth are
generally more likely to serve in the Armed Forces than their
peers. Cultivating basic skills and interest in advanced
technology concepts like quantum in the DODEA population could
specifically benefit the Department.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense
to provide a briefing to the congressional defense committees,
not later than May 1, 2025, on the feasibility and advisability
of developing and incorporating quantum education in DODEA
schools. The briefing should include: (1) Any benefits
associated with developing and incorporating quantum education
in DODEA schools; (2) Any challenges associated with developing
and incorporating quantum education in DODEA schools; (3) An
identification of any existing K-12 quantum education programs
and partners who are affiliated with a public university or are
federally-funded who could assist with implementing quantum
education in DODEA schools; (4) An assessment of resources that
would be required to develop and implement quantum education in
DODEA schools; and (5) Recommendations for structuring,
scaling, and implementing a pilot program for developing and
incorporating quantum education in DODEA schools.
Department of Defense-wide suicide prevention training resources
The Department of Defense's Suicide Prevention and Response
Independent Review Committee (SPRIRC) final report, published
in February 2023, addresses Department-wide issues pertaining
to suicide prevention training, to include lack of
standardization and centralization of training requirements, as
well as a lack of content applicability. Given the importance
of suicide prevention, the committee believes methods and
resources must be further assessed to provide the most
effective training to members across the Department of Defense
(DOD).
The committee recognizes the importance of developing
strategies in accordance with identified deficiencies from the
SPRIRC report for implementing effective suicide prevention
training. Furthermore, the committee encourages the military
services and the Undersecretary of Defense for Personnel and
Readiness to assess the utilization and incorporation of all
available training tools, to include virtual reality simulators
and additional scenario-based training resources, to provide a
more effective training experience to the individual
servicemember. Where scenario-based training resources are
available, DOD should seek to maximize resource availability by
utilizing virtual reality simulators that are applicable to
suicide prevention and other training requirements for
servicemember wellness.
Implementing recommendations of the Balanced Assessment Working Group
of the Department of Defense Education Activity
The committee has reviewed the October 16, 2023, report of
the Comptroller General of the United States entitled ``K-12
Education: Better Planning Could Help DOD Schools Implement
Changes to Standardized Testing'' (GAO-24-106322). This report
indicated that students attending Department of Defense
Education Activity (DODEA) schools spent significantly more
time taking standardized tests compared to students in non-
DODEA schools. Specifically, DODEA students averaged about 24
school days taking standardized tests while students in a
comparison group of non-DODEA schools averaged about 16 school
days taking standardized tests across grades K-12.
The committee commends the Department for establishing the
Balanced Assessment Working Group in 2021, which collaborated
with more than 150 educators to assess DODEA's testing
practices and to make recommendations to improve testing and
eliminate redundancies. However, the Comptroller General's
October 2023 report noted that DODEA's plan to implement the
Working Group's recommendations does not follow leading project
management practices for ensuring follow-through on these
efforts.
The committee therefore directs the Secretary of Defense to
provide a briefing, not later than March 1, 2025, on DODEA's
plan to ensure follow-through on the recommendations of the
Balanced Assessment Working Group. Such briefing shall include:
(1) Information on DODEA's implementation plan for the Working
Group's recommendations; (2) Planned stakeholder engagement
practices throughout the implementation; and (3) The project
management tools that DODEA intends to use to monitor and
assess progress toward improving its testing system.
Inclusive playgrounds
The committee acknowledges the importance of creating more
inclusive and accessible environments for all members of the
military community. An often overlooked component of services
provided to families enrolled in the Exceptional Family Member
Program (EFMP) is access to inclusive recreational
environments, particularly access to inclusive outdoor play
spaces. Many EFMP military families would benefit greatly from
the presence of playgrounds on military installations that are
designed to be accessible and inclusive for children of varying
mental and physical abilities.
As such, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to
provide a briefing to the Committees on Armed Services of the
Senate and the House of Representatives, not later than March
1, 2025, on the extent of inclusive playgrounds currently on
Department of Defense installations. Such briefing shall also
include an analysis of the feasibility and advisability of
expanding the number of inclusive play spaces on military
installations across the Department.
Making available to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs information about
Department of Defense personnel stationed near nuclear weapons
testing locations
The committee is aware of concerns that certain veterans of
the Armed Forces who were stationed at or near the vicinity of
a location where nuclear weapons testing occurred have had
difficulty filing for benefits from the Veterans Administration
because their Armed Forces service records are classified and
do not contain specific information regarding the locations
oftheir assigned duties. The committee understands the importance of
national security and recognizes the enduring sensitivity of
information related to the design, development, and maintenance of the
U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile. However, all veterans who are entitled
to benefits should be able to claim those benefits without unnecessary
bureaucracy.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense,
in consultation with the Secretary of Energy, to provide a
briefing, not later than February 1, 2025, to the Committees on
Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives,
on the plan of the Department of Defense (DOD) to make
available to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs sufficient
documentation on DOD personnel who were exposed to radioactive
material by virtue of being stationed, or having assigned
duties at, or near, the vicinity of a location where nuclear
weapons testing occurred so that personnel can claim the
Veterans Administration benefits to which they are entitled.
The briefing shall protect and preserve the integrity of
classified information relating to the design, development, and
maintenance of the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile.
Monthly suicide data briefings
The committee acknowledges that the Department of Defense
(DOD) reports data on servicemember deaths by suicide in
quarterly suicide reports (QSR) and an annual suicide report.
At present, the DOD QSR provides standardized and official
counts of suicide deaths for each quarter. However, Congress
requires more expedited information regarding suicides in the
military in order to conduct effective oversight of suicide
prevention initiatives in the Department.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense
to provide monthly briefings to the Senate Armed Services
Committee, not later than the fifteenth day of each month, on
early-stage pending investigations of suspected suicides and
unconfirmed suicide reports from the previous calendar month.
These briefings shall be in addition to the QSR and annual
suicide reports, and they shall provide the most up-to-date
preliminary counts of servicemember suicide deaths by service,
grade, sex, and installation; as well as any other information
or added context that the Secretary deems relevant and
appropriate. Such briefings may be marked ``For Committee Use
Only.''
The committee acknowledges that the Department's annual
report on suicide will remain the authoritative report to
convey official suicide rates.
Notifying servicemembers of incidents of friendly fire
The committee was troubled to learn that it took more than
3 years to notify the next of kin that their loved ones were
killed in a friendly fire incident in Fallujah on April 12,
2004, and that the Department of the Navy and U.S. Central
Command could not find records confirming that some of the
servicemembers wounded in this incident had been officially
notified of the results of the friendly fire investigation. The
Committee is appreciative that the U.S. Marine Corps took steps
in late 2023 and early 2024 to rectify these lapses in
notifications.
The committee recognizes the important role official
notification can have in providing closure and acknowledgement
to servicemembers injured in friendly fire incidents.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretaries of the Army,
Navy, and Air Force to strengthen efforts to officially notify
those individuals that their wounds were the result of friendly
fire.
Additionally, the committee directs the Secretary of
Defense, in coordination with the Secretaries of the military
departments, to report to the Committees on Armed Services of
the Senate and the House of Representatives on each military
department's friendly fire notification process, not later than
March 30, 2025. At a minimum, this report must include:
(1) Each service's current friendly fire notification
policies and processes for injured and killed
servicemembers;
(2) An audit of friendly fire incidents dating back
to September 11, 2001. This audit should include:
(a) the number of servicemembers whose
service-related injuries were due to friendly
fire, to include the reported severity of the
injury; and
(b) whether and when the injured
servicemember was officially notified that
their injury was due to friendly fire.
(3) An assessment of any additional authorities and
interagency cooperation the Department could leverage
to successfully contact these servicemembers and
veterans injured by friendly fire; and
(4) An assessment on the feasibility and advisability
of establishing a policy requiring that the Secretaries
of the military departments officially notify
servicemembers of injuries determined to be due to
friendly fire incidents, to include whether Department
of Defense-wide or service-specific policies are
recommended.
Peer-led modeling in Department of Defense Education Activity schools
The committee commends the Department of Defense Education
Activity (DODEA) for its ongoing efforts in resiliency-building
for DODEA school students. Research into primary and secondary
student mental health has shown that peer-led modeling programs
administered by schools can result in significantly improved
mental health outcomes. The committee encourages DODEA to
continue its efforts in bolstering student resiliency and
improving student mental health.
The committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a
briefing to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and
the House of Representatives, not later than March 1, 2025, on
student resiliency programs in DODEA schools. The briefing
shall include an assessment of the feasibility and advisability
of establishing a peer-led modeling program as a part of
comprehensive resiliency-building for DODEA school students.
Rapid response language training
The committee remains concerned about language readiness in
the Armed Forces and its necessity in responding to emergent
threats. Multiple Government Accountability Office (GAO) and
Department of Defense (DOD) reports on language readiness since
9/11 indicate persistent gaps, including an October 2023 GAO
report titled ``Special Operations Forces: Enhanced Training,
Analysis, and Monitoring Could Improve Foreign Language
Proficiency'' (GAO-24-105849) which found that few special
operations force units achieve proficiency goals. As DOD faces
an increasingly complex and dynamic environment with multiple
new threats and missions, the committee encourages DOD to
develop tailored capabilities to plan for, and enable, language
readiness in response to emerging language requirements.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense
to provide a report to the Committees on Armed Services of the
Senate and the House of Representatives, not later than March
1, 2025, on DOD's capability and capacity to respond to sudden
requirements for skills in new languages where current
capability is insufficient including: (1) Existing or projected
capability and capacity gaps; (2) The current response time to
develop a new language program; (3) How existing programs can
augment any new languages; and (4) The average length of time
to bring a student up to proficiency.
Report on Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder as a service-
disqualifying condition for military recruits
The committee is concerned about the impact of strict
medical standards on the recruiting enterprise, particularly in
light of broad societal trends that have resulted in a
decreased propensity to serve in the U.S. military among
eligible populations. Currently, under Department of Defense
Instruction (DODI) 6130.03, ``Medical Standards for Military
Service: Appointment, Enlistment, or Induction,'' Attention
Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a service-
disqualifying condition if an individual has taken a prescribed
medication for this condition in the preceding 24 months, or if
the person has documented ``adverse academic, occupational, or
work performance.''
The percentage of Americans aged 17 to 25 who are diagnosed
with ADHD is approaching 14 percent, or 6.3 million people. In
many cases, parents and young people seek treatment because of
challenges with school or work, which are often documented. But
individuals with ADHD are frequently able to overcome these
challenges with well-documented treatments using cognitive
behavioral therapy or safe and effective medication. Yet both
the conditions that give rise to a diagnosis and the most
effective treatments for ADHD are considered disqualifying for
entry into the military. However, under the Department of
Defense's own military health care system, more than 40,000
currently serving members of the military receive medical
treatment for ADHD every year.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense
to provide a briefing to the Committees on Armed services of
the Senate and the House of Representatives, not later than
February 1, 2025, on the following matters:
(1) A description of current efforts in the
Department to review ADHD as a service-disqualifying
condition under the medical accessions standards;
(2) An analysis of the potential benefits and
challenges with removing ADHD as a service-
disqualifying condition under the medical accessions
standards; and
(3) Recommendations for amending DODI 630.03 and
other service-specific policies to reduce enlistment
barriers for persons with ADHD who wish to serve in the
military.
Report on data collection and effectiveness of sexual harassment
prevention programs within the Department of Defense
The committee notes the findings of the recent Government
Accountability Office (GAO) report titled ``Sexual Harassment:
Actions Needed to Improve Prevention Training for Federal
Civilian Employees,'' identified deficiencies in Department of
Defense (DOD) components' incorporation of GAO and U.S. Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission management practices to
enhance the effectiveness of their sexual harassment prevention
training and also identified the lack of comprehensive
evaluation plans.
Recognizing the importance of combating sexual harassment
within the military and civilian workforce, including both
online and in digital spaces, the committee directs the
Secretary of Defense to submit a report to Congress outlining
the data collection efforts related to sexual harassment within
DOD, to include the combat support agencies, and the
effectiveness of existing prevention programs. The report shall
include, but not be limited to, the following:
(1) Overview of Data Collection: A comprehensive
overview of the data being gathered throughout DOD on
incidents of sexual harassment involving both civilian
and military personnel, including reported numbers of
stalking, harassment, and assault;
(2) Methodology: Description of the methodologies
employed by DOD components in collecting and analyzing
data related to sexual harassment incidents;
(3) Reporting Mechanisms: Information on whether DOD
agencies rely solely on reported incidents or conduct
employee surveys to gauge the prevalence of sexual
harassment within the workforce and information on the
extent to which exit interviews are used in support of
these efforts;
(4) Training Programs: Detailed description of the
sexual harassment prevention training programs in place
within DOD, including content, delivery methods, and
target audiences; and
(5) Evaluation of Effectiveness: Assessment of the
effectiveness of existing sexual harassment prevention
training programs, including any measures taken to
evaluate their impact on reducing incidents of sexual
harassment within DOD, and the standards by which
effectiveness is measured.
The Secretary of Defense shall submit the report to the
Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of
Representatives not later than March 1, 2025.
Report on transferability of military to civilian certifications
The committee is aware of the Department of Defense's
Credentialing Opportunities On-Line (COOL) Program, which
provides military personnel across the military services with
certification or credentials needed for certain civilian
occupations as they transition into civilian life. This program
provides servicemembers trained in their military occupational
specialties with the certifications necessary to transition
togainful employment in the civilian workforce. The committee is
concerned, however, with reports that suggest underutilization and
question the effectiveness of the COOL Program.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense
to provide a report to the Committees on Armed Services of the
Senate and the House of Representatives, not later than March
1, 2025, that addresses:
(1) The utilization rate across the military services
of civilian credentialing opportunities available
through the COOL Program, including information related
to the number of servicemembers who complete their
respective credentialing and training requirements to
obtain a credential;
(2) The utilization rate of civilian credentialing
opportunities available through the COOL Program
associated with industries with shortages of skilled
labor, including, but not limited to: emergency medical
services, medical technicians, manufacturing, and
construction; and
(3) Servicemembers' opinions of the COOL Program,
including, but not limited to, the programs'
accessibility, ease of use, and utility.
Restore honor to servicemembers outreach
The committee commends the Department of Defense's (DOD)
efforts to correct the records of servicemembers discharged
under ``Don't Ask, Don't Tell'' and commends DOD on the
rigorous work done to identify all individuals separated under
``Don't Ask, Don't Tell.'' The committee is pleased that DOD
estimates its proactive outreach initiative and the
certification by the service secretaries of personnel
potentially eligible for upgrades should be complete in late
2024.
Upon completion of its review of the records of veterans
discharged prior to the ``Don't Ask, Don't Tell'' period
beginning February 28, 1994, the committee directs DOD to
proactively conduct outreach and seek to review and remedy the
records of those also unfairly separated due to similar
policies that may have been in place prior to February 28, 1994
and issuance of Department of Defense Instruction 1304.26.
Senior military college teach, advise, and counsel officers
The committee appreciates the important role that senior
military colleges (SMC) play in recruiting and educating future
military officers, particularly during the military's on-going
recruiting challenges. Teach, Advise, and Counsel (TAC)
officers mentor and train cadets at SMCs, and are critical to
inspiring and motivating these cadets to join the military.
Section 2111a of title 10, United States Code, provides
authority for the Secretary of Defense to authorize active duty
officers to serve as TACs at SMCs. Despite the substantial
benefits of having Active-Duty officers with recent, relevant
experience serve as TACs for cadets, the committee believes
that this authority has been underutilized in recent years.
Therefore, the committee encourages the military services to
work with SMCs to find innovative ways to increase assignment
of Active-Duty officers as TACs at SMCs.
Supporting the commissary benefit
Military commissaries are a vital lifeline for military
families. Food inflation greatly impacts military families and
it is the most persistent and heightened inflationary factor.
The commissary benefit was created and is specifically targeted
toward providing relief from high food costs. Commissaries
provide consistent savings on groceries for military families,
especially for junior enlisted members who are more susceptible
to financial distress. The committee and the Department of
Defense have recognized the critical role of commissaries, and
Congress has moved in recent years to increase their funding to
provide pricing relief. At a time of rising food prices, which
can have a particular impact on military families, the
committee recognizes the critical importance of the commissary
benefit and continues its strong support of commissary systems.
Transition Assistance Program
The committee understands that the Transition Assistance
Program (TAP), has undergone significant structural and
curricula changes in the last few years. The effectiveness of
TAP remains a priority, and the committee commends the ongoing
efforts to continue improving the program for servicemembers
and their spouses. The Government Accountability Office (GAO)
has completed 3 reports on the DOD's TAP in the last 2 years,
which, combined, included multiple recommendations on how to
enhance the TAP's application and effectiveness to support
servicemember transition.
The Committee highly encourages the Department to implement
the recommendations contained in three GAO reports, titled:
``Servicemembers Transitioning to Civilian Life: DOD Could
Enhance the Transition Assistance Program by Better Leveraging
Performance Information'' published on May 17, 2023, (GAO-23-
106793); ``Servicemembers Transitioning to Civilian Life: DOD
Can Better Leverage Performance Information to Improve
Participation in Counseling Pathways'' published on December
12, 2022, (GAO-23-104538); and ``Military and Veteran Support:
Programs to Help Servicemembers and New Veterans Transition to
Civilian Life Could Be Enhanced'' published on October 18,
2023, (GAO-24-107083). The committee therefore directs the
Secretary of Defense, not later than July 1, 2025, to submit a
briefing to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and
the House of Representatives detailing the Department's
progress on implementing all outstanding GAO recommendations on
TAP and a plan and timeline for implementing any
recommendations still open at the time of the briefing.
Transition Assistance Program curriculum
The committee appreciates the significant investment that
the Department of Defense has made in developing the
shipbuilding workforce over the past few years. The COVID-19
pandemic, the changing nature of shipyard work, and a lack of
resilience and redundancy in critical supply chains have had a
significant negative impact on the nation's shipbuilding
capacity. Workforce investments are critical for reversing some
of these trends, and must be made if the United States is to
meet its own national security obligations, as well as its
commitments to allies and partners.
In response to this demand, a variety of industry,
academic, and non-profit institutions have established training
programs to develop our shipbuilding workforce. The committee
also notes that thousands of servicemembers separate from the
service every year. This population has a demonstrated
propensity to serve and contribute to national security, and
many would be well-suited to jobs throughout the shipbuilding
industry, both at prime contractors and lower-tier suppliers.
However, there is no streamlined process for connecting
transitioning servicemembers to opportunities that support the
shipbuilding industrial base.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense
to provide a report, not later than March 1, 2025, to the
Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of
Representatives, on how transitioning servicemembers can be
made aware of opportunities that address workforce shortfalls
in areas critical to national security, especially the
shipbuilding industrial base, during the Transition Assistance
Program or at other points during servicemembers' separation
process.
U.S. Naval Sea Cadet Corps
The U.S. Naval Sea Cadet Corps is an exemplary, cost-
effective program that assists the U.S. Navy by creating a
favorable image of the Navy on the part of American youth and
ensuring a high-quality source of future sailors, soldiers,
airmen, marines, and coast guardsmen for both enlisted and
commissioned service. To ensure the viability of this valuable
youth military program, the committee strongly urges the
Secretary of the Navy to publicly reveal in future budget
submissions the funding request for the U.S. Naval Sea Cadet
Corps, as is revealed for other Navy training, recruiting, and
youth programs.
At a time when military recruiting and the merchant marines
are struggling to find qualified candidates, it is critical to
build on successful programs like the U.S. Naval Sea Cadet
Corps. Therefore, the committee urges the Department of Defense
to fully fund the U.S. Naval Sea Cadet Corps in future
Presidential budget requests.
TITLE VI--COMPENSATION AND OTHER PERSONNEL BENEFITS
Subtitle A--Pay and Allowances
Reform of basic pay rates (sec. 601)
The committee recommends a provision that would reform
basic pay rates by increasing monthly basic pay for junior
enlisted servicemembers in the grades of E-1 through E-3. The
increase in pay rates established by this provision would be in
addition to the increase in monthly basic pay authorized by
section 1009 of title 37, United States Code.
Authority to pay higher rates of partial basic allowance for housing
for unaccompanied housing (sec. 602)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 2882 of title 10, United States Code, to authorize the
Secretary of Defense to prescribe and pay to members of the
Armed Forces without dependents in military unaccompanied
housing higher rates of Partial Basic Allowance for Housing
than the rate authorized for under subsection (o) of such
section, not to exceed the full rate of Basic Allowance for
Housing for the military housing area concerned.
Authority to pay basic allowance for housing to junior enlisted members
on sea duty (sec. 603)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 403 of title 37, United States Code, to authorize the
Secretary of the military department concerned to authorize the
payment of a basic allowance for housing to a member of the
uniformed services without dependents who is serving in a pay
grade below E-6 and is assigned to sea duty.
Extension of travel allowance for members of the Armed Forces assigned
to Alaska (sec. 604)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 603 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-263) to
reauthorize a travel allowance for military personnel assigned
to Alaska during the period of December 1, 2024 to December 1,
2025.
Subtitle B--Bonus and Incentive Pays
One-year extension of certain expiring bonus and special pay
authorities (sec. 611)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
sections 331, 332, 333, 334, 335, 336, 351, 352, 353, 355, 403,
and 910 of title 37, United States Code, as well as sections
2130a and 16302 of title 10, United States Code, to authorize a
one-year extension of certain expiring bonus and special pays.
The expiring bonus and special pays are for health
professionals, nuclear officers, enlisted members, commissioned
officers, cadets and midshipmen enrolled in the Senior Reserve
Officers' Training Corps, members receiving hazardous duty pay
and assignment pay, members receiving skill incentive pay and
proficiency bonuses, members in critical military skills and
assigned to high priority units, members receiving Basic
Allowance for Housing (BAH) in areas affected by a major
disaster, and members receiving BAH in areas in which actual
housing costs differ from current BAH rates by more than 20
percent.
Increase in maximum skill proficiency bonus amount (sec. 612)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 353(c)(2) of title 37, United States Code, to increase
the maximum annual skill proficiency bonus authorized under
such section to $55,000.
Increase in accession bonus for health professions scholarship and
financial assistance program (sec. 613)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 2128 of title 10, United States Code, to increase the
maximum accession bonus for the health professions scholarship
and financial assistance program from $20,000 to $100,000.
Extension of authority to pay one-time uniform allowance for officers
who transfer to the Space Force (sec. 614)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 606 of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116-283) to
extend the authority for the Secretary of the Air Force to pay
a one-time uniform allowance to officers who transfer to the
Space Force.
Subtitle C--Other Matters
Calculation of retired pay for certain officers who served in grade O-9
or O-10 and retired in grade O-8 (sec. 621)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 1407 of title 10, United States Code, to create a
special rule for officers having served in the temporary grades
of O-9 or O-10 and who receive a conditional or permanent
retirement in the grade of O-8. The provision would require
that such officer's final retirement pay be the lower of the
amount calculated under the high-three year average formula
pursuant to section 1407, or the final pay formula for members
of the armed forces under section 1406 of title 10, United
States Code, as if such officer first became a member of the
Armed Forces prior to September 8, 1980.
Extension of time for minor survivors to file death gratuity claims
(sec. 622)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 1480 of title 10, United States Code, to extend the
time of eligibility for certain minor survivors to file death
gratuity claims for survivor compensation to the date that is
the later of 3 years after the affected individual reaches 21
years of age, or 6 years after the death with respect to which
the claim is made.
Access to high-speed internet and wireless network connections for
certain members of the Armed Forces (sec. 623)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
chapter 134 of title 10, United States Code, to authorize the
Secretaries of the military departments to provide, without
charge, high-speed internet access and wireless network
connections to members of the Armed Forces who reside in
unaccompanied housing within the United States.
Extension of exclusion of certain employees from Government lodging
program (sec. 624)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 914 of the Carl Levin and Howard P. ``Buck'' McKeon
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public
Law 113-291) to extend the termination date of the pilot
program established under that section to December 31, 2029; to
exempt certain public shipyard workers from the Department of
Defense Government Lodging Program; and to require annual
briefings on the use of the exemptions under the program
through February 1, 2030.
Restrictions on retired and reserve members of the Armed Forces
receiving employment and compensation indirectly from foreign
governments through private entities (sec. 625)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 908 of title 37, United States Code, to prohibit
retired and reserve members of all branches of the Armed
Forces, except the Coast Guard, from accepting employment, and
compensation related to that employment, or payments or awards
indirectly from a foreign government through a private entity.
Retroactive effective date of promotions of senior officers of Armed
Forces that were delayed as a result of suspension of Senate
confirmation (sec. 626)
The committee recommends a provision that would authorize
the provision of back pay to certain military officers who were
confirmed by the Senate between December 5, 2023, and December
31, 2023. The provision would authorize pay starting from that
date which is later: the date that is 30 days after the officer
was placed on the Senate Executive Calendar, or the date on
which the Secretary determines the officer would have been
appointed to the grade for which they were nominated.
Fertility and adoption demonstration program (sec. 627)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of Defense to establish a fertility and adoption
demonstration program to assess the feasibility and
advisability of providing cash reimbursement and covered
pharmacy benefits to eligible active-duty members of the Armed
Forces and their dependents.
Selling certain consumer routers and modems on military installations
(sec. 628)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of Defense to ensure that routers and modems sold in
any commissary or exchange store are appropriately labeled to
inform customers whether or not the router or modem is
designed, manufactured, or developed by persons owned,
controlled by, or under the influence of a covered nation.
Prohibition on sale of garlic from the People's Republic of China at
commissary stores (sec. 629)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 2484 of title 10, United States Code, to prohibit the
sale of certain garlic originating from, or processed in, the
People's Republic of China in commissary stores.
Items of Special Interest
Briefing on adequacy of basic allowance for housing and Department of
Defense civilian employee locality adjustments in certain real
estate markets
The committee has heard concerns about the sufficiency of
basic allowance for housing (BAH) and locality adjustments for
military members and Department of Defense (DOD) Federal
civilian employees. The committee is especially concerned that
insufficient BAH and locality pays may negatively impact
readiness, recruitment, and retention of uniformed and civilian
employees in highly specialized, technical, and scientific
fields who are employed at military installations located in
certain real estate markets with higher shares of single-family
housing and seasonal population swings that drive higher
housing costs.
These installations, such as Marine Corps Air Station Yuma
and Army Yuma Proving Ground in Yuma County, Arizona as well as
Camp Navajo and the U.S. Naval Observatory Flagstaff Station in
Coconino County, Arizona, face significant cost-of-living
challenges due to unique local housing market dynamics that
affect the cost of housing. These factors include significant
seasonal population changes and the high prevalence of second
homes.
The committee therefore directs the Secretary of Defense to
provide a briefing to the Committees on Armed Services of the
Senate and the House of Representatives, not later than April
1, 2025, on the adequacy of BAH and locality pays for uniformed
servicemembers and DOD civilians, respectively, in markets
where both significant seasonal population changes and a high
prevalence of second homes negatively affect the cost of
living. The committee further directs the Secretary of Defense
to brief such committees on any recommended changes to BAH or
locality pays to address pay gaps in these unique housing
markets.
Defense Commissary Agency utilizing local produce to improve value for
servicemembers
The committee is aware of several commissaries outside of
the continental United States (OCONUS) that want to use local
produce to provide fresh and quality items for servicemembers
at a reduced cost, and some commissaries already use this
authority. Therefore, the committee directs the Under Secretary
of Defense for Personnel and Readiness to provide a briefing to
the Senate Armed Services Committee, not later than April 1,
2025, on: (1) The existing process for a commissary to move to
a local produce contract; (2) Data on which OCONUS commissaries
utilize local produce; (3) Any improvements that can be made to
existing processes for broader consideration of goods; (4) Any
available data on the cost savings of utilizing local produce;
and (5) Any additional information the Under Secretary
determines is appropriate.
Incentive pay feasibility study
The committee is aware that there are numerous stressors
associated with life at remote or isolated installations.
Servicemembers and military families stationed at remote or
isolated installations can often expect to travel multiple
hours for medical care, have limited to no childcare options,
and find minimal housing available in the local area, leading
to extended commute times. The committee is concerned with the
challenges of these stressors and the associated financial
strain placed on servicemembers and their families, which can
lead to worsened quality of life.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense
to provide a report to the Committees on Armed Services of the
Senate and the House of Representatives, not later than March
1, 2025, that addresses:
(1) The feasibility and advisability of paying
assignment incentive pay under section 307a of title
37, United States Code, to servicemembers assigned to
remote or isolated installations;
(2) An assessment of the financial stress experienced
by such members, especially junior members with
families, associated with:
(a) the daily commute to and from the duty
station;
(b) limited access to essential services,
including child care, housing, and readily
accessible health care; and
(3) An assessment of the overall cost to the United
States, and projected financial relief which would be
provided by, such assignment incentive pay to personnel
assigned to remote or isolated installations.
TITLE VII--HEALTH CARE PROVISIONS
Subtitle A--Tricare and Other Health Care Benefits
Health care licensure portability for TRICARE network providers
providing mental health services to members of the Armed Forces
and certain family members (sec. 701)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 1094 of title 10, United States Code, to authorize the
Secretary of Defense to prescribe regulations to allow mental
health providers, who provide care under the TRICARE program,
to provide tele-mental health care services to members of the
Armed Forces and their dependents without regard to the
location of the provider or the patient.
Reduction or waiver of cost-sharing amounts under TRICARE pharmacy
benefits program for certain dependents enrolled in TRICARE
Prime Remote program (sec. 702)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 1076(g), United States Code, to authorize the Secretary
of Defense to waive or reduce cost-sharing amounts under the
TRICARE pharmacy benefits program for dependents of
servicemembers who are enrolled in the TRICARE Prime Remote
program and who accompany the member at the expense of the
Federal Government.
Implementation of authority to provide travel and transportation
allowances for specialty care under exceptional circumstances
(sec. 703)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of Defense to prescribe regulations to implement the
authority of the Secretary under section 1074i(b) of title 10,
United States Code, within 1 year of the date of the enactment
of this Act. The underlying statute authorizes the Secretary to
provide travel and transportation allowances to servicemembers
and their families to see a specialty health care provider in
exceptional circumstances where such allowances are not
otherwise authorized.
Expansion of eligibility for hearing aids to include children of
retired members of the Uniformed Services enrolled in family
coverage under TRICARE Select (sec. 704)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 1077 of title 10, United States Code, to expand
eligibility for hearing aids to include children of retirees
enrolled in family coverage under TRICARE Select.
Fertility treatment for certain members of the uniformed services and
dependents (sec. 705)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
chapter 55 of title 10, United States Code, to require that
fertility treatments be covered under TRICARE Prime or TRICARE
Select without regard to the sex, sex characteristics, gender
identity, sexual orientation, diagnosis, or marital status of a
servicemember or dependent.
Access to specialty behavioral health care under TRICARE Prime (sec.
706)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of Defense to continuously monitor access standards
for specialty behavioral health care. If the Secretary
determines that behavioral health care access in a state does
not meet or exceed prescribed access standards for more than 12
consecutive months, the Secretary would be required to expand
health care accreditation standards in that state to include
credentials issued by state-level organizations.
Assessment on options for inclusion of assisted reproductive technology
as services covered under the TRICARE program for members of
the Armed Forces and dependents (sec. 707)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of Defense to conduct an assessment of options for
establishing within the military healthcare system a benefit
program for in vitro fertilization and associated services for
active-duty members of the Armed Forces and their dependents.
The provision would also require the Secretary to deliver a
report on the results of the assessment to the Committees on
Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives
not later than one year after the enactment of this Act.
Restriction on performance of sex change surgeries (sec. 708)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
chapter 55 of title 10, United States Code, to prohibit the use
of funds available to the Department of Defense and any
Department of Defense facility to perform or facilitate sex
change surgeries.
Prohibition on coverage under TRICARE program of certain medical
procedures for children that could result in sterilization
(sec. 709)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 1079 of title 10, United States Code, to prohibit
TRICARE from providing to a child, under age 18, affirming
hormone therapy, puberty blockers, and any other medical
intervention for the treatment of gender dysphoria that could
result in sterilization.
Subtitle B--Brain Health Matters
Modifications to Brain Health Initiative of Department of Defense (sec.
711)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 735 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-263) by
adding additional requirements and responsibilities of the
Department of Defense's Brain Health Initiative. The provision
would also require annual reporting on the activities of the
Brain Health Initiative for a period of 5 years.
Establishment of Defense Intrepid Network for Traumatic Brain Injury
and Brain Health as program of record (sec. 712)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of Defense to establish the Defense Intrepid Network
for Traumatic Brain Injury and Brain Health (Network) as a
program of record subject to milestone reviews and compliance
with the requirements established by the provision. The
provision would also require the Secretary of Defense to
provide annual briefings for 5 years on the populations of
patients that are treated at such Network.
Brain health and trauma demonstration program (sec. 713)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of Defense to conduct an intensive comprehensive
brain health and trauma demonstration program to provide
coordinated, integrated, multi-specialist evaluations,
treatment initiation, and aftercare coordination in a highly
condensed model for members of the Armed Forces and their
families. This provision would require the Secretary of Defense
to submit a briefing to the Committees on Armed Services of the
Senate and the House of Representatives on the establishment
and progress of the program.
Subtitle C--Health Care Administration
Establishment of Indo-Pacific medical readiness program (sec. 721)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of Defense to establish a medical readiness program
to partner with countries in the Indo-Pacific region to gain
access to foreign medical facilities during peacetime and
wartime operations and to maintain military-wide strategies for
medical readiness in the region. The provision also requires
the Secretary to submit an annual report, until October 1,
2035, on the program to the Committees on Armed Services of the
Senate and the House of Representatives.
Improved implementation of financial relief for civilians treated in
military medical treatment facilities (sec. 722)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of Defense to issue a final rule, or interim final
rule, to implement section 1079(b) of title 10, United States
Code, relating to financial relief for civilians who receive
medical care in a military medical facility. The provision
would also require the Secretary to hold in abeyance certain
claims under this statute until the final rule, or interim
final rule, is in effect.
Extension of time for modifications to premium sharing plans under
TRICARE dental program (sec. 723)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 1076a of title 10, United States Code, to extend from
January 1, 2026, to January 1, 2027, the time to implement
required modifications to the premium sharing plans of the
TRICARE dental program.
Medical countermeasures for overseas personnel of the Department of
Defense for acute radiation syndrome and thermal burns (sec.
724)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of Defense to establish a program to develop
requirements for the procurement, pre-positioning, and
maintenance of medical countermeasures approved, cleared,
licensed, or authorized by the Food and Drug Administration to
diagnose, prevent, and treat acute radiation syndrome and
thermal burns for use by Department of Defense personnel
deployed outside the United States.
Establishment of public user satisfaction targets related to electronic
health record of Defense Health Agency (sec. 725)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Director of the Defense Health Agency to establish: (1) Public
user satisfaction targets for the electronic health records of
the Defense Health Agency (DHA); and (2) Continuous customer
feedback mechanisms to better understand issues relating to
electronic health records of DHA. The provision would also
require the Director to provide a briefing to the Committees on
Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives,
not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this
Act, and every 180 days thereafter until the date that is 4
years after the date of enactment of this Act, on the progress
toward achievement of the public user satisfaction targets.
Plan of Department of Defense to address recruitment processing delays
relating to health record system (sec. 726)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of Defense, not later than 180 days after enactment
of this Act, to establish a plan to address recruitment
processing delays associated with the electronic health record
system of the Department of Defense, and to implement the
recommendations of the Office of Inspector General of the
Department of Defense in its report entitled, ``Review of the
Military Services'' Policies and Procedures on the Medical
Waiver Process for Recruiting'' (DODIG 2023 072).
Subtitle D--Access to Contraception
Contraception coverage parity under the TRICARE program (sec. 731)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 1074g of title 10, United States Code, to prohibit the
Secretary of Defense from imposing cost share requirements for
any covered beneficiary to procure any prescription
contraceptive on the uniform formulary, effective October 1,
2034.
Pregnancy prevention assistance at military medical treatment
facilities for sexual assault survivors (sec. 732)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
chapter 55 of title 10, United States Code, to require the
Secretary of Defense to promptly furnish to sexual assault
victims at each military medical treatment facility information
about emergency contraceptives approved by the Food and Drug
Administration, as well as additional information about
contraception and the rights of sexual assault survivor
confidentiality.
Education on family planning for members of the Armed Forces (sec. 733)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of Defense, not later than October 1, 2035, to
establish a uniform standard curriculum to be used in education
programs on family planning for all members of the Armed
Forces.
Inclusion of comprehensive contraceptive counseling in health
assessment forms (sec. 734)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of
Health and Human Services, to revise the periodic health
assessment and pre-deployment health assessment forms of the
Department of Defense to include an opt-in for members of the
Armed Forces to receive comprehensive contraceptive counseling.
Subtitle E--Reports and Other Matters
Extension of authority for joint Department of Defense-Department of
Veterans Affairs medical facility demonstration fund (sec. 741)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 1704(e) of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111-84) to extend the Joint
Department of Defense-Department of Veterans Affairs Medical
Facility Demonstration Fund from September 30, 2024, to
September 30, 2025.
Treatment of expert medical opinions with respect to medical
malpractice claims by members of the uniformed services (sec.
742)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 2733(a) of title 10, United States Code, to require
that a medical expert be board-certified in the medical
specialty related to the claim for which the individual is
providing an expert medical opinion.
Expansion of license reciprocity for veterinarians of Department of
Defense (sec. 743)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 1060c of title 10, United States Code, to authorize
Department of Defense (DOD) veterinarians to provide veterinary
services in any state, the District of Columbia, or a territory
or possession of the United States, if the provision of such
services is within the scope of the veterinarian's authorized
DOD duties.
Plan to ensure access of members of the Armed Forces to safe, high-
quality pharmaceuticals (sec. 744)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of Defense to establish a plan to ensure access by
members of the Armed Forces to safe, high-quality
pharmaceutical products and eliminate or mitigate risks in the
pharmacy supply chain. The provision would require the
Secretary to brief the Committees on Armed Services of the
Senate and the House of Representatives on the plan not later
than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
Pilot program on delegation of authority to approve recruits with
certain medical conditions (sec. 745)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of Defense to implement a pilot program and issue
policy guidance that authorizes and directs the Secretaries of
the military departments to delegate authority to the United
States Military Entrance Processing Command to approve a
service medical waiver for a set list of otherwise
disqualifying conditions.
Infectious disease wastewater surveillance system of Department of
Defense (sec. 746)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
development and implementation of an infectious disease
wastewater surveillance system of the Department of Defense.
Report on suicide among members of the Armed Forces and suicide
prevention programs and activities of the Department of Defense
(sec. 747)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 741 of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116-92), as amended by section 742
of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116-283), by
extending the requirement for the Secretary of Defense to
submit annual reports on suicide to the Committees on Armed
Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives through
January 31, 2031. The provision would also add a requirement to
these annual reports to include statistics on the number of
suicides, attempted suicides, or known cases of suicidal
ideation to be reported by military job code.
Report on plan for testing for helicobacter pylori for certain members
of the Armed Forces (sec. 748)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of Defense, not later than 180 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, to submit a report to the Committees on
Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives
on a plan, cost estimate, and feasibility study for testing for
helicobacter pylori among certain members of the Armed Forces.
Report on non-covered expenses related to cancer treatments for members
of the Armed Forces and their dependents (sec. 749)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of Defense, not later than 270 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, to submit a report to the Committees on
Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives,
evaluating the feasibility of establishing a program to
facilitate access to supplementary insurance designed to help
servicemembers and their dependents with financial expenses not
currently covered by existing programs related to screening,
diagnosis, and treatment of cancer.
Items of Special Interest
Accelerating care transformation in military treatment facilities
The committee appreciates the care model change initiatives
introduced by the Defense Health Agency at five military
medical treatment facility (MTF) venture sites in 2024.
The committee supports the efforts of the Department of
Defense (DOD) to change to a human-centered care model, in part
through digital health modernization, and recognizes that these
investments will change the value equation for military
medicine by providing tools for patients to better manage their
own health. These investments also support establishing the
framework for the intelligent and actionable use of data, which
may result in the ability of the Military Health System to
sustain the readiness of the force. The committee urges DOD to
conduct timely evaluations of successes or shortcoming in
theseventure site initiatives and to expand this new care model across
all MTFs worldwide. Close communication and feedback from stakeholders
should be solicited and considered in the evaluations.
Therefore, the committee directs the Assistant Secretary of
Defense for Health Affairs to provide a briefing to the
Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of
Representatives, not later than March 1, 2025, on the impact
these initiatives have on: (1) Patient satisfaction; (2)
Utilization of health care services, to include any effect on
utilization of virtual health services, emergency rooms, and
urgent care centers; (3) Quality of care; (4) Military
readiness; and (5) Projected costs to expand the new care model
system-wide over the coming two fiscal years, and ongoing costs
to maintain the change.
Biometric health data
The committee notes the importance of biometric health
information and the development of new technologies to monitor
such data. A better understanding of servicemember biometric
health data may lead to improved individual health readiness,
lower long-term health care costs, and perhaps assist in
identifying trends associated with mental health conditions.
More specifically, remote health monitoring tools that utilize
facial detection technology may allow for rapid assessment of
servicemember health status at lower costs than wearable
technology.
Therefore, the committee directs the Assistant Secretary of
Defense for Health Affairs, in consultation with the
Secretaries of the military departments, to provide a briefing
to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House
of Representatives not later than February 1, 2025, on the
following:
(1) An explanation of how the Department of Defense
(DOD) uses wearable technology and biometric health
data to measure servicemember heart rate, blood
pressure, heart rate variability, blood oxygen,
respiratory rate, blood glucose, and body temperature;
(2) An assessment of commercially available
technologies that remotely measure biometric health
data, and associated costs;
(3) An explanation of how DOD views the utility of
servicemember biometric health data to improve
individual health readiness metrics;
(4) An analysis of whether consistent heart rate
variability monitoring, especially pre-, mid-, and
post-deployment, can inform mental health treatment;
(5) An analysis of the feasibility and advisability
of developing a data collection and tracking system to
provide commanders with insights into servicemembers'
readiness and well-being, incorporating biometric
health data for descriptive analysis and accessibility
to servicemembers, to include a discussion the role
such system would play in enabling commanders to
identify physiological and psychological changes to
assess the mental health of individual servicemembers;
and
(6) A summary of any existing contract vehicles that
may be suitable for the deployment of health monitoring
tools in Fiscal Year 2025.
Blood platelets
The vulnerability of the blood supply is a known risk to
national preparedness. Bleeding from trauma is the leading
cause of death on the battlefield. Successful operations
require adequate available blood product inventory for a surge
and a sustained response to military deployments.
Freeze-dried hemostatic platelets (FPH) could fill the
unmet medical need and increase survivability both on the
battlefield and in civilian disaster response events. FPH are
easy-to-use and shelf-stable for 3 years at room temperature;
rapidly stop bleeding; and can be relatively easily stockpiled.
The committee notes the ongoing blood shortage's potential
impact on military readiness. Based on the requirements of a
near-peer conflict, it remains important for the Department of
Defense to explore innovative solutions to increase
survivability for the warfighter throughout the continuum of
care, including solutions to control hemorrhage and support
prolonged field care. The committee encourages the Assistant
Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs and the Defense Health
Agency to consider options and programs for the planning and
execution of clinical trials and demonstration projects
including the adoption of freeze-dried platelet hemostatics.
Board certification for medical providers in the Military Health System
The committee notes the value in ensuring military and
civilian physicians in the Department of Defense (DOD) are
highly qualified to provide care to military personnel,
retirees, and their families. Board certification of physicians
is an important part of examining and certifying clinical
qualifications.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense
to provide a briefing to the Committees on Armed Services of
the Senate and the House of Representatives, not later than
March 1, 2025, containing the following elements: (1) The
purpose of board certification for medical providers operating
in the Military Health System; (2) The methodology used by the
Defense Health Agency (DHA) to determine which organizations
that provide board certification for physicians and health care
providers are acceptable to DOD; (3) A summary of the board
certification organizations that are recognized by DHA that
includes an explanation for why those organizations were
selected; and (4) The process utilized by DHA to review
organizations that would like to be considered as an approved
physician board certification organization.
Briefing on civilian nurse shortages in the military health system
The committee is concerned by the severe nursing shortage
and its impact on the military health system (MHS), threatening
the ability of servicemembers and their families to receive
timely and high quality care. The committee is concerned with
current hiring requirements for existing civilian nurses within
the MHS, which mandate certain levels of qualifying experience
in an equivalent position in order for a civilian nurse to be
hired at the General Services (GS) level commensurate with that
level of experience. The committee is concerned these current
hiring requirements for existing nurses is leading many nurses
in the MHS, specifically licensed practical nurses, to transfer
to the civilian market after receiving additional professional
development or obtaining a new degree, and not return to the
MHS.
The committee recommends that the Department of Defense
(DOD) utilize its existing authorities to waive certain
qualifications standards when nurses seek positions at a higher
GS level within DOD after completing education or
certifications, or to work with the Office of Personnel
Management to implement changes to hiring authorities so that
civilian nurses within the MHS do not have to depart government
service before receiving a promotion.
Accordingly, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense
to provide a briefing to the Committees on Armed Services of
the Senate and the House of Representatives, not later than
March 1, 2025, on nursing shortages, specifically civilian
nursing shortages, in the MHS, the advisability and feasibility
of waiving certain qualifications standards relating to work
experience for civilian nurses at military treatment
facilities, and any legislative changes necessary to promote
nurses within the MHS without having to depart government
service for at least a year.
Briefing on pregnancy as a qualifying life event for TRICARE
The committee recognizes that pregnancy is a life-changing
event for military families, and that high-quality health care
is essential for the health and well-being of expectant
mothers. The committee also recognizes that TRICARE must be
administered with an eye toward efficiency and effectiveness,
in addition to providing world-class care to military members
and their families.
The committee has heard concerns that pregnancy should be
added as a qualifying life event for purposes of TRICARE
enrollment, and therefore directs the Secretary of Defense to
provide a briefing to the Committees on Armed Services of the
Senate and the House of Representatives, not later than
February 1, 2025, on the feasibility and advisability of
establishing pregnancy as a qualifying life event for the
purposes of TRICARE enrollment.
Comptroller General evaluation of T5 managed care support contract
requirements
The committee is concerned about the ability of the TRICARE
purchased care network to meet the health care needs of TRICARE
beneficiaries. In a November 2023 Management Advisory, the
Department of Defense Inspector General reported that, in some
locations, the TRICARE network is not robust or adequate enough
to meet beneficiaries' needs.
The committee notes that Section 701 of the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114-
328) established TRICARE Select and required the Secretary of
Defense to develop an implementation plan to improve access to
care for TRICARE beneficiaries. The committee understands that
the next generation of TRICARE managed care support contracts,
known as T5, is scheduled to begin in 2025 and the new contract
includes provisions to address issues with network capacity.
Therefore, the committee directs the Comptroller General of
the United States to submit to the Committees on Armed Services
of the Senate and the House of Representatives a review of the
Department of Defense's oversight and enforcement of
contractors' network adequacy requirements in the T5 next
generation TRICARE contracts and related metrics, including an
assessment of the reliability of the contractors' data used in
the metrics. The report shall also include an assessment of any
T5 network adequacy requirements related to pediatric primary
care and obstetrics care. The committee further directs the
Comptroller General to provide a briefing to the Committees on
Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives,
not later than six months after the start of health care
delivery under T5 contracts, with a report to follow on a
mutually agreed upon date.
Comptroller General Review of blast-related brain injury research and
other efforts of the Department of Defense
The committee directs the Comptroller General of the United
States to conduct a review of the research and other efforts of
the Department of Defense (DOD) on traumatic brain injury,
including injuries related to blast overpressure or blast
exposure.
The review shall include the following items:
(1) A description of the research conducted by DOD on
traumatic brain injury, the entities involved in that
research, and efforts to coordinate that research
internally and externally;
(2) A description of any improvements identified by
that research related to the prevention, diagnosis, and
treatment of blast-related brain injuries and an
assessment of the implementation of those improvements;
(3) An evaluation of the efforts by DOD to protect
members of the Armed Forces from retaliation for
seeking care for the prevention, diagnosis, or
treatment of traumatic brain injury, blast
overpressure, or blast exposure, including any gaps in
or barriers to those efforts; and (4) Evaluation of
DOD's list of most at-risk military occupational
specialties for blast overpressure and blast exposure
and whether additional at-risk occupational specialties
should be included.
The Comptroller General shall brief the Committees on Armed
Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives, not
later than February 1, 2025, on the review with a report to
follow on a mutually agreed upon date.
Data analytics for traumatic brain injuries
The committee encourages the Department of Defense (DOD) to
continue, and expand, medical research and development efforts
related to traumatic brain injuries (TBI) to support the health
and readiness ofservicemembers experiencing TBIs. Understanding
the future operational and logistical challenges the Joint Force will
experience in multi-domain and joint all-domain environments, the
committee supports DOD's efforts through the Warfighter Brain Health
Initiative to ensure servicemember cognitive and physical capabilities
are optimized through research and development focused on brain health,
including the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of
TBI. To maximize effectiveness of the DOD's efforts to improve
understanding of TBI and optimize medical care for servicemembers
experiencing TBI, the committee recognizes that the military health
system requires modernized data analytics platforms to develop and
deploy evidence-based assessment, diagnostic, treatment, and
rehabilitation strategies for TBI.
Therefore, the committee encourages the Assistant Secretary
of Defense for Health Affairs to increase investments in
medical research and development activities focused on data
analytics platforms capable of integrating clinical datasets
and providing decision support to the military health system
for servicemembers with TBI, as a complement to other
initiatives designed to improve understanding and treatment of
TBI.
Defense Health Agency service-specific applied behavioral analysis
provider availability report
The committee appreciates the United States Marine Corps'
Exceptional Family Member Program (EFMP) August 2023 study on
the prevalence of autism and the availability of Applied
Behavioral Analysis (ABA) providers.
Therefore, the committee directs the Defense Health Agency
(DHA) to consult with the Marine Corps and commission a similar
study assessing the prevalence rate of autism within the EFMP-
enrolled population over a 5-year period and determine whether
the existing TRICARE network of ABA providers located near
installations is sufficient to accommodate the existing and
projected needs based on prevalence, enrollment data, and
trends for each of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Space Force,
respectively. The study should include a comparison of
TRICARE's online provider directory and relevant EFMP data for
those who have provided services in the last 3 months and last
6 months, respectively.
The committee also directs the Director of the Defense
Health Agency to provide a briefing to the the Committees on
Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives,
not later than May 1, 2025, on the results of the study.
Department of Defense Nutritional Committee
Several elements in the Department of Defense (DOD), the
military departments, and other DOD components have roles and
responsibilities associated with nutrition policy, programs,
and related research and education. The DOD Nutrition Committee
was established by DOD in February 2011 as a joint effort to
identify and recommend nutrition research priorities and to
support nutrition education programs. The committee commends
the ongoing work of the Nutrition Committee and encourages the
important DOD-wide initiatives of the Nutrition Committee be
overseen and managed by the Under Secretary of Defense for
Personnel and Readiness.
Limb Loss and Preservation Registry
The committee is pleased with the progress the Department
of Defense has made in collecting data and information about
amputees by establishing the Limb Loss and Preservation
Registry (LLPR) with the National Institutes of Health.
However, the committee recognizes the lack of long-term data on
active duty and former servicemembers with limb loss and limb
difference, which hinders the assessment of their functional
status and health issues. Advanced technology, such as Food and
Drug Administration and Federal Communications Commission-
approved wearable sensors, can improve patient care by
collecting real-world patient data as they go about their daily
activities.
The committee is also aware that the LLPR initially
received funding from the National Institutes of Health and the
Department of Defense. As it moves towards becoming an
independent non-profit organization, LLPR will need additional
resources.
To address these concerns, the committee directs the
Secretary of Defense to provide a briefing to the congressional
defense committees, not later than March 1, 2025, that outlines
(1) The resources needed to transition the LLPR to an
independent non-profit organization and potential gaps during
this transition; (2) The resources needed to develop and
maintain a patient portal and carry out data collection efforts
via patient wearable sensors; and (3) Any other information the
Secretary deems appropriate.
Medical defense against vector-borne and infectious diseases
The committee recognizes the value of the development by
the Department of Defense (DOD) of medical countermeasures for
naturally occurring infectious diseases encountered by
servicemembers. These diseases pose a significant threat to the
strategic access and operational effectiveness of forces
deployed outside the United States. Domestically, the risk to
servicemembers is increasing, as notably demonstrated last year
with the first domestic locally transmitted cases of malaria in
decades, along with the continued threat of tick-borne diseases
like Lyme disease, and emergence of new threats like Alpha-gal
syndrome. The committee commends DOD's research on infectious
diseases, especially malaria, and encourages continued research
to develop drugs, tests, vaccines, and other medical
countermeasures for malaria, leishmaniasis, other vector-borne
diseases, diarrheal diseases, and health security threats. The
committee encourages DOD to partner with non-profit
organizations, academic institutions, Federal agencies, foreign
governments, and international agencies that have infectious
disease research programs.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense
provide a provide a briefing to the Senate Armed Services
Committee, not later than March 1, 2025, on DOD malaria,
vector-borne disease, and infectious disease threat priorities
work. The briefing shall include:
(1) DOD's threat assessment of malaria, how that has
changed since 2018, and how the evolution of the
malaria parasite and mosquito has changed DOD's threat
assessment and related research priorities for Walter
Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR) and Naval
Medical Research Command (NMRC);
(2) The governance structure as it relates to vector-
borne and infectious diseases to include the roles and
missions of the Defense Health Agency, Biodefense
Council, WRAIR, and NMCR;
(3) The lines of effort of the DOD's infectious
disease research and development programs relative to
development of medical countermeasures for naturally
occurring infectious diseases, such as malaria, dengue,
and yellow fever, including interventions around
prevention, diagnosis, and treatment;
(4) Identification of current and planned
collaborations with other Federal entities supportive
of global health security related to research and
development for vector-borne disease programs, malaria
programs, and tick-borne disease programs;
(5) Identification of and recommendations for
addressing research, development, and procurement
capability gaps across DOD related to infectious
diseases that pose a threat to U.S. servicemembers; and
(6) Any additional matters DOD considers necessary to
include in the briefing.
Military medical research partnerships
The committee commends the Department of Defense (DOD) for
its continued medical research and development efforts to
support the health and readiness of servicemembers. The
committee appreciates the DOD's activities to engage small
businesses, academic institutions, and industry partners to
facilitate the advancement of medical concepts and prototypes
to protect, treat, and optimize servicemember health and
performance.
The committee is aware of the future operational and
logistical challenges the Joint Force will experience in multi-
domain and joint all-domain environments and supports the DOD's
efforts to mitigate the impacts on medical readiness through
partnerships and agile contracting methods such as other
transaction agreements (OTAs). The committee understands that
OTAs, such as those conducted through consortia, can offer a
forum for the expeditious development of medical prototypes to
support end-user testing and evaluation. The committee
encourages the Department to continue to review and utilize all
contracting methods to ensure servicemembers can receive timely
and high-quality medical countermeasures, including for such
activities as the procurement of certain generic drugs used by
DOD.
Military medical treatment facility workload to support a ready medical
force
The committee commends recent actions by the Department of
Defense (DOD) to increase the availability of services in
military medical treatment facilities (MTFs) that are most
relevant to the medical force and their ability to achieve and
maintain skills needed for military operational readiness. To
maintain the momentum generated by these actions, it is
essential that DOD completes a comprehensive review of all
medical manpower and staffing, and that the military services
prioritize assignment of uniformed medical personnel to MTFs to
meet the goal of attracting 7 percent of available civilian
provider network care back to those facilities. Additionally,
the committee encourages DOD to consider other means to attract
patients to MTFs, such as improving specialty care referral
procedures from civilian networks to MTFs and enhancing MTF
productivity.
Military-civilian partnerships at military treatment facility trauma
centers
The committee urges the Defense Health Agency (DHA) to
carefully analyze the value of military-civilian partnerships
to promote the readiness of operational and medical forces,
including an assessment of currently active military-civilian
partnerships at Military Treatment Facilities (MTFs) with a
trauma center designation.
The committee directs DHA to complete a study of active
military-civilian partnerships at MTFs designated as trauma
centers. The study should: (1) Identify and define active
military-civilian partnership models through which civilians
receive care in the military health care system; (2) Assess the
costs borne by the Department of Defense for providing care in
these partnerships; (3) Identify metrics and best practices for
tracking and evaluating military clinicians' skills and
readiness gained through these partnerships; and (4) Identify
policies, processes, and needed expertise in order to bill
civilian health insurance, other government programs and, when
appropriate, patients. The committee directs the Director of
the Defense Health Agency to provide a briefing to the
Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of
Representatives on the results of this study, not later than
May 1, 2025.
National Disaster Medical System pilot program
Section 740 of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116-92), as amended by Section 741
of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116-283),
directed a pilot program to establish civilian and military
partnerships to enhance interoperability and medical surge
capability and capacity of the National Disaster Medical
System. While the committee continues to support implementation
of this pilot program, the Department of Defense has been
inconsistent in providing the committee with timely updates on
the execution of the program.
Therefore, the committee directs the Director of the
Defense Health Agency (DHA), in consultation with Assistant
Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, to provide a briefing
to the congressional defense committees, not later than March
1, 2025, on the implementation of the pilot program, including
an overview of the implementation plans for the five pilot
sites and how DHA plans to test and scale effective site-
specific projects.
National Disaster Medical System pilot program expansion
The committee recognizes the importance of the ongoing work
of the National Disaster Medical System pilot program on
civilian and Federal partnerships to enhance the
interoperability and medical surge capability and capacity of
the National Disaster Medical System. This pilot program,
authorized in section 740 of the National Defense Authorization
Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116-92), is a key effort
in line with improving overall national medical innovation,
preparedness, disaster response, and integration efforts. The
committee believes that progress towards these objectives could
be bolstered by broader inclusion of new entrants into the
pilot program, and encourages such an expansion, if
practicable, particularly in currently underserved regions like
the Southeastern United States and the Pacific.
Report on measuring, tracking, and treating traumatic brain injury
among servicemembers
The committee commends the Department of Defense (DOD) for
its efforts to implement measures consistent with modern
science to limit the occurrence of traumatic brain injury (TBI)
among servicemembers and facilitate the treatment and
rehabilitation of servicemembers who are diagnosed with TBI.
However, the committee continues to be concerned that DOD
has not yet implemented adequate programs or systems to
baseline and track TBI or to effectively care for
servicemembers diagnosed with TBI. In the March 28, 2023,
report titled ``Evaluation of the DoD's Management of Traumatic
Brain Injury'' (DODIG-2023-059), the DOD Inspector General
found that the Department ``did not consistently implement
policies and procedures to determine the care needed for
Service members with TBI.''
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense
to provide a report to the Committees on Armed Services of the
Senate and the House of Representatives, not later than March
1, 2025, on the following:
(1) DOD's current practices and future plans to
integrate TBI baseline, triage, and measurement across
all servicemembers from the time of entry into service
until completion of service and transition to veteran
status;
(2) Programs and policies currently in place to treat
servicemembers who are diagnosed with TBI;
(3) Recommendations for increasing the availability
of treatment for servicemembers diagnosed with TBI; and
(4) Any additional budget requirements associated
with implementing a TBI baseline, triage, and
measurement program for all servicemembers and
increasing the availability of treatment for
servicemembers diagnosed with TBI.
Report on TRICARE payments for drugs on the Federal Supply Schedule
The committee is concerned by the lack of transparency into
how pharmacy benefit managers are profiting from selling to
TRICARE. Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of
Defense to provide a report and briefing to the Senate Armed
Services Committee, not later than February 1, 2025, on the
pricing data in the Federal Supply Schedule on a drug-by-drug
basis and the price that TRICARE paid for the drugs. This
report should include annual profitability data from the past 5
years and be on a contract by contract basis.
Resource sharing in the military treatment facilities
The committee strongly supports the determination by the
Department of Defense (DOD) that the Military Health System
(MHS) must be stabilized and improved to ensure medically ready
forces, ready medical forces, and to deliver high quality care
to DOD beneficiaries, including military family members and
retirees.
This imperative cannot be fully realized without properly
staffed military medical treatment facilities (MTFs).
Presently, chronically understaffed MTFs cannot deliver timely
care to beneficiaries nor ensure sufficient workload to
maintain and sustain clinical skills, resulting in increased
overall DOD health care costs and missed readiness
opportunities.
Recognizing that existing civilian staffing options
available to MTFs have failed to deliver the necessary results
for the government and TRICARE beneficiaries, the upcoming
TRICARE- managed care support contract, scheduled to begin
January 1, 2025, offers a resource sharing option that the
committee believes should be utilized. Historically, resource
sharing has proven to be an effective MTF staff augmentation
model, and with the challenges DHA faces in re-attracting
beneficiaries, the committee believes that resource sharing can
be a valuable tool for the MHS.
Review of personality disorder discharges
The committee recognizes that discharge papers labeling
veterans with a personality disorder have had a devastating
impact on veterans' lives, undermining their self-esteem,
excluding them from education and employment opportunities,
excluding them from health care, and in some cases being used
against them in child custody proceedings. Because a
personality disorder comes into existence at adolescence and is
a permanent condition, a doctor's later diagnosis stating that
the veteran does not have a personality disorder ensures that
the earlier characterization was a mistake.
To understand the scale of this issue and the challenges
veterans face in correcting discharge paperwork, the committee
directs the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and
Readiness, in consultation with the Services, to submit a
briefing no later than March 1, 2025, to the Committees on
Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives.
The briefing shall include: (1) The prevalence of discharges
for which a personality disorder, or a related pre-existing
disorder, is listed as the narrative reason for the discharge;
(2) How many veterans have applied for corrections to their
discharge paperwork to remove such a narrative in each of the
last five years; (3) What standard is used to evaluate and what
evidence is required for such requests; (4) The actions the
Services took on such requests; and (5) The length of time it
took to make a determination on those requests.
Safe use of dietary supplements
The committee commends the Secretary of Defense for issuing
Department of Defense Instruction 6130.06 to educate
servicemembers on safe dietary supplement use through the
Operation Supplement Safety education program.
The committee remains concerned about illegal products
marketed as dietary supplements to servicemembers that include
ingredients such as tianeptine, andarine, galantamine, and
dimethylamine, among others. To ensure the health and safety of
our servicemembers, the committee directs the Secretary of
Defense to provide a briefing to the Committees on Armed
Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives, not
later than March 9, 2025, on the implementation of the
Operation Supplement Safety education program by each military
department.
TITLE VIII--ACQUISITION POLICY, ACQUISITION MANAGEMENT, AND RELATED
MATTERS
Subtitle A--Acquisition Policy and Management
Modifications to other transaction authority (sec. 801)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 4022 of title 10, United States Code, to designate the
head of contracting activity as the approval authority for the
use of other transaction authority (OTA) between $100.0 million
and $500.0 million, and the service acquisition executive as
the approval authority for OTAs in excess of $500.0 million.
The provision would also extend the OTA pilot program for
installation or facility prototyping to 2030.
The committee believes OTAs provide the Department of
Defense additional flexibility over Federal Acquisition
Regulation-based contracting for certain types of research,
prototyping, and production efforts.
Streamlining of Milestone A requirements (sec. 802)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 4251 of title 10, United States Code, to streamline the
Milestone A approval process for a Major Defense Acquisition
Program to enter the technology maturation and risk reduction
phase. This provision would also eliminate the requirement for
a life-cycle cost estimate approved by the Office of Cost
Assessment and Program Evaluation at Milestone A, instead
requiring a life-cycle cost estimate conducted by the military
service. These changes support the tailoring of the acquisition
process by focusing decisions on key issues and risks in each
program, and reducing redundant and unnecessary documentation
burdens on the program manager responsible for demonstrating
that the program is eligible for Milestone A approval.
Streamlining of Milestone B requirements (sec. 803)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 4252 of title 10, United States Code, to streamline the
Milestone B approval process for a Major Defense Acquisition
Program to enter the engineering and manufacturing development
phase. These changes support the tailoring of the acquisition
process by focusing decisions on key issues and risks in each
program, and reducing redundant and unnecessary documentation
burdens on the program manager responsible for demonstrating
that the program is eligible for Milestone B approval.
Modification of major defense acquisition program definition (sec. 804)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 4201(a) of title 10, United States Code, to remove the
exemption of Special Access Programs from the definition of a
major defense acquisition program, and from the Nunn-McCurdy
determination and analysis process.
Special Access Programs of the Department of Defense have
been excluded from the definition of a major defense
acquisition program. As a result, they are exempt from the
Nunn-McCurdy process as defined in chapter 325 of title 10,
United States Code. The Secretary of Defense should report
information related to the analysis of a Nunn-McCurdy breach to
the congressional defense committees under section 119 of title
10, United States Code, which is a well-established process.
The Nunn-McCurdy process requires the Department of Defense
acquisition community to consider cost growth independently
from any biases of any single program manager or Service
Acquisition Executive and serves as a critical independent
congressional oversight tool.
Middle tier of acquisition for rapid prototyping and rapid fielding
(sec. 805)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
chapter 253 of title 10, United States Code, to require the
Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment to
establish guidance for a middle tier of acquisition (MTA)
authority for rapid prototyping and rapid fielding. The
provision would also create an expedited process within the
rapid prototyping pathway as long as operational capability is
fielded within a five-year period.
The committee believes the use of the MTA pathway, which
was created by section 804 of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 114-92), has
provided the Department of Defense (DOD) with a flexible
acquisition pathway to reduce bureaucratic processes and
deliver new capabilities with speed. The committee emphasizes
the need for a streamlined approach for program documentation
and stakeholder reviews under this pathway to strengthen
Program Managers' ability to make cost, schedule, and
performance tradeoffs throughout iterative cycles in order to
innovate and rapidly deliver capabilities. However, the
streamlining of bureaucratic processes requires thoughtful
tailoring to ensure successful management of programs.
Moreover, the MTA pathway is not a shortcut for large, complex
programs DOD has traditionally pursued. The committee
encourages DOD to scope requirements and utilize mature
technologies in a manner that harnesses rapid prototyping and
rapid fielding procedures across a broader range of the defense
acquisition portfolio, where applicable.
Advisory panel on the requirements process of the Department of Defense
(sec. 806)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of Defense to establish an advisory panel to provide
recommendations on the effectiveness of the Department of
Defense requirements process and develop options for reform.
This provision would require the advisory panel to provide
annual reports to the Secretary of Defense and the Committees
on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of
Representatives.
The committee encourages the advisory panel to consider all
options for reform of the requirements process, including a
clean-sheet approach.
Modification to submission of certified cost or pricing data (sec. 807)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 3705 of title 10, United States Code, to require the
Department of Defense to provide a notification if contractors
have multiple instances of denying the Department cost or
pricing data when requested in the Federal Awardee Performance
and Integrity Information System used by contracting officers.
The committee believes this will increase contracting officers'
awareness of any contractors that have a history of this
practice.
Autonomous system acquisition pathways (sec. 808)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of Defense to ensure that, to the maximum extent
possible, acquisition programs for autonomous unmanned aerial
systems utilize separate, parallel acquisition pathways for
hardware and software.
Designation of program executive office for acquisition of open-source
intelligence tools for Army (sec. 809)
The committee recommends a provision that would identify
responsibilities for a Program Executive Office (PEO) for
acquisition of open-source intelligence tools for the U.S.
Army, should the Secretary of the Army designate an existing
PEO to be responsible for open-source intelligence.
Ensuring competition in AI procurement (sec. 810)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of Defense to implement new contracting provisions
for security and interoperability requirements for multi-cloud
computing, as well as for the protection and unauthorized
disclosure of government-furnished training data for artificial
intelligence systems.
Prohibition on the transfer of certain data on employees of the
Department of Defense to third parties (sec. 811)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 4662 of title 10, United States Code, to tighten the
restrictions on a defense contractor's ability to sell or
transfer certain data on Department of Defense employees to
third parties by narrowing the Secretary of Defense's authority
to waive the general restriction. Under this amendment, the
Secretary could waive the general prohibition only on a case-
by-case basis as necessary in the interest of national defense,
while ensuring such waiver poses minimal privacy risk to the
employee.
Subtitle B--Amendments to General Contracting Authorities, Procedures,
and Limitations
Limitation on certain options for cost contracts (sec. 821)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 3322 of title 10, United States Code, to authorize only
one low-rate initial production lot using fixed-price type
options on cost-type contracts. The committee is concerned that
the use of multiple fixed-price type options for low-rate
production can put undue risk on the contractor when initial
development and production costs are not well defined.
Treatment of unilateral definitization of a contract as a final
decision (sec. 822)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 3372(b) of title 10, United States Code, to treat the
unilateral definitization of a contract by the Department of
Defense (DOD) as the final decision for the purposes of any
future appeal by a contractor at the Armed Services Board of
Contract Appeals (ASBCA) or the U.S. Court of Federal Claims.
When the Department of Defense and a contractor cannot
agree upon contract terms in time to meet Government
requirements, DOD and the contractor can use undefinitized
contract actions (UCAs) or letter contracts to start
performance on a contract without terms and prices that are
finalized or definitized. Under an UCA, contractors work at
risk, on the assumption that the Government will later work
with the contractor to establish fair and reasonable prices in
a timely manner. However, it can take years to definitize an
UCA, and sometimes DOD and the contractor are unable to agree
on terms and DOD elects to unilaterally definitize the contract
without agreeing to terms with the contractor.
The ASBCA or the U.S. Court of Federal Claims are the
forums for a contractor to appeal the terms of any contract
with the Government, including the definitization of an UCA.
For the ASBCA or the Court of Federal Claims to hear an appeal,
there must be a disagreement over a contracting officer's final
decision. However, when a contracting officer has elected to
unilaterally definitize a contract without agreeing to terms
with a contractor, this has not been treated as a final
decision by either the ASBCA or the Court of Federal Claims,
and as such, a decision cannot be appealed until the contractor
initiates and follows the disputes process. This provision
would clarify that a decision by a contracting officer to
definitize an UCA without coming to agreement on terms with the
contractor shall be treated as the final decision for the
purposes of any appeal by a contractor in the ASBCA or the U.S.
Court of Federal Claims.
Updates to earned value management system requirements (sec. 823)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 827 of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118-31) to require the Under
Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment to update
the appropriate policies for earned value management (EVM) to
increase contract value thresholds associated with requiring
EVM on cost or incentive contracts from $20.0 million to $50.0
million, and increase the contract value threshold for a
contractor to use an EVM system from $50.0 million to $100.0
million. EVM is a project management and reporting system that
develops a baseline cost and schedule estimate for defined work
scope and tracks progress and actual costs compared to the
baseline. The committee appreciates the rigor this tool brings
to contracts for major hardware systems. However, the committee
recognizes the limited value it provides to smaller projects,
and the burden it places on small businesses and nontraditional
defense contractors that must make significant internal
investments to create a compliant EVM system.
Pilot program on capability-based analysis of price of goods or
services offered by nontraditional defense contractors (sec.
824)
The committee recommends a provision that would create a
pilot program to allow Department of Defense (DOD) contracting
officers to consider a wider range of analyses in their price
reasonableness determinations for products and services offered
by small businesses and nontraditional defense contractors
(NDCs). The committee recognizes that companies that do not
have approved cost accounting systems in accordance with Cost
Accounting Standards often cannot adequately justify the cost
of military-unique products and services under traditional cost
or price analysis, particularly under sole source environments,
that accurately reflect cost absorption rates, self-funded
risk, and non-cost factors such as potential cost avoidance to
DOD.
Therefore, the committee recommends the establishment of a
pilot program for alternative capability-based pricing that
considers the opportunity cost, or potential benefit received
compared to other available alternatives, using information
sources from the contractor and DOD. The Department may still
use traditional forms of cost or pricing data in addition to
methods defined in the pilot program. The committee intends the
pilot program to aid DOD contracting officers' ability to treat
innovative products and services offered by NDCs as commercial,
where possible. Finally, the provision requires the Under
Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment to provide
a report to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and
the House of Representatives, prior to the expiration of the
pilot program, on the effectiveness of the alternative methods
for determining price reasonableness evaluated in the program.
Extension of the pilot program for streamlining awards for innovative
technology projects (sec. 825)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 873 of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 114-92) to extend the pilot
program for streamlining awards to small businesses and
nontraditional defense contractors for innovative technology
projects to 2029. The provision would also add to the pilot
program multiyear procurements, as well as block buys and
multi-ship buys authorized by Congress.
Use of fixed-price type contracts for certain shipbuilding programs
(sec. 826)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 818 of the John Warner National Defense Authorization
Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (Public Law 109-364) to limit the
number of ships that can be procured under fixed-price type
options to no more than two if the contract includes detail
design and construction for the lead ship.
The committee recognizes that existing limitations on fixed
price contracts for Major Defense Acquisition Programs to no
more than one Low-Rate Initial Production lot if the scope of
work includes post-Milestone B development do not apply to U.S.
Navy shipbuilding. Unlike other classes of weapon systems,
Milestone B for U.S. Navy ships authorizes production. The
committee notes that the U.S. Navy has awarded fixed price
detail design and construction contracts with several fixed
price option ships on programs which have led to extensive
schedule delays and financial difficulties for the contractors.
The committee intends for the recommended provision to align
limitations on U.S Navy shipbuilding with the existing statute
for fixed-price type low-rate initial production contracts for
other classes of weapon systems included in section 808 of the
James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 2023 (Public Law 117-263).
The committee further encourages the Secretary of the Navy
to review existing contracts that include the lead ship and
multiple follow-on ships under a fixed price arrangement to
evaluate whether industrial base stability should be supported
with cost-to-complete funding, particularly for smaller or
dual-use shipyards. The committee notes that shipbuilding has
traditionally been a low-margin business, making it difficult
for smaller shipyards to remain viable when they are required
to take on excessive risk to win U.S. Navy programs. Moreover,
these shipyards often do not have a large engineering workforce
to handle the volume of instructions from the U.S. Navy related
to design maturity, incentivizing the shipyard to prematurely
initiate construction in hopes that concurrent effort will save
on cost and schedule. Often, this can exacerbate cost and
schedule problems. The Government Accountability Office report
titled ``Navy Shipbuilding Past Performance Provides Valuable
Lessons for Future Investments'' (GAO-18-238SP) found that
recent Navy lead ships experienced significant cost growth,
concurrency, schedule delays, and deficiencies during sea
trials. These systematic issues suggest that the U.S. Navy
plays an important role in shipbuilding challenges. However,
smaller shipyards are more likely bear to the burden under
fixed pricearrangements. As a result, the committee encourages
cost-to-complete funding for challenged fixed price contracts that
include the lead ship and several fixed price option ships, including
the modification of contracts to accommodate reasonable change orders
given shifts in economic conditions or design choices, in order to
preserve a competitive shipbuilding industrial base.
The committee directs the Secretary of the Navy to provide
a briefing to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate
and the House of Representatives, not later than May 1, 2025,
on all open contracts that include fixed price detail design
and construction as well as follow-on ships and provide
information on target price at the time of award, cost-to-
complete provided subsequent to award, and original production
schedules compared to current estimates.
Modifications to commercial product and commercial service
determinations (sec. 827)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
sections 3456 and 3703 of title 10, United States Code, to: (1)
Require Department of Defense (DOD) contracting officers to
submit a written memorandum to a contractor summarizing the
determination of the commerciality of a product or service
within 30 days of the determination being made, rather than 30
days after contract award; (2) Extend a determination of
commerciality to items procured under subcontracts, provided
that the DOD contracting officer approves the determination;
and (3) Extend a determination of commerciality to products
that may have changed a part number, but provide substantially
the same functionality. The provision would also require
contracting officers to make determinations of non-
commerciality in addition to commerciality.
Requirement for contractors to provide reasonable access to repair
materials (sec. 828)
The committee recommends a provision that would prohibit
the Secretary of Defense from entering into a contract for the
procurement of a good or service unless the contractor agrees
to provide fair and reasonable access to all repair materials,
including parts, tools, and information.
Subtitle C--Industrial Base Matters
Domestic nonavailability determinations (sec. 841)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment to
disclose publicly all domestic nonavailability determinations
(DNADs) on an annual basis, and would establish a process for
the periodic reevaluation of DNADs.
The committee remains concerned that the Department of
Defense (DOD) domestic manufacturing capability for Berry
Amendment-compliant clothing, textiles, and equipment is
insufficient to meet current military services needs and future
surge demands. The committee is aware that the Defense
Logistics Agency recently conducted a wargame simulation that
demonstrated severe domestic production capability gaps in the
textile industry. The committee understands that DOD is
reviewing a Presidential Determination to authorize Title III
of the Defense Production Act (DPA) (Public Law 81-774) for
certain warfighter clothing, textiles, and equipment. The
committee encourages DOD to use available tools to support
increased domestic production of Berry Amendment-compliant
textiles, including the use of DPA and the Industrial Base
Analysis and Sustainment program.
Furthermore, the committee believes a periodic re-
evaluation of DNADs is necessary to review the industrial base
and determine if there is a domestic source that can provide
the product at a similar quality and quantity. For instance,
the committee is aware of changes in the textile domestic
industrial base related to fire-resistant rayon, and therefore
directs the Secretaries of the military departments to brief
the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of
Representatives, not later than April 1, 2025, on: (1) Whether
there is a domestic fire-resistant rayon product of similar
quality and similar manufacturing capability as the non-
domestic alternative; (2) The consequences of repealing the
DNAD from section 829 of the National Defense Authorization Act
for Fiscal Year 2008 (Public Law 110-181); and (3) Any
additional information the secretaries of the military
departments determine is required.
Pilot program for the qualification of alternative sources (sec. 842)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, in
coordination with the Secretaries of the military departments,
to establish a pilot program to expedite the qualification of
key technologies critical to weapons programs, such as
energetics and solid rocket motors. The provision would also
direct the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and
Sustainment to provide a briefing to the Committees on Armed
Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives on the
implementation of this pilot program and annual reports
detailing the streamlined qualification process and programs
that are utilizing this process.
The committee notes the consolidation of the defense
industrial base and prevalence of sole source suppliers. For
example, the Department of Defense (DOD) Fiscal Year 2020
Industrial Capabilities Report to Congress found that 98
percent of second- and third-tier suppliers of munitions are
single or sole source, and that more than 20,000 shipbuilding
suppliers have left the industrial base. DOD spends billions of
dollars each year mitigating problems associated with
diminishing manufacturing sources and material shortages. These
challenges result in reduced readiness rates, lengthened
procurement timelines, and higher costs.
The committee recognizes that one of the major hurdles to
expanding production capacity has been the process of
qualifying new sources of supply, which often takes multiple
years and can require a significant investment in testing
resources to include a unique set of standards, review boards,
and processes that are difficult for suppliers to navigate, can
be duplicative in nature, and often fail to incorporate modern
practices. Moreover, the qualification process for new supply
sources is currently performed on individual parts, whereas
advanced manufacturing creates the opportunity of qualifying
materials and processes. Therefore, the committee intends this
pilot program to allow engineering authorities, program
officials, and other participants to consider qualification and
testing holistically in order to streamline existing or
outdated practices to accelerate production or transition of
items critical to national security.
Domestic production of stainless steel flatware and dinnerware (sec.
843)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 4862 of title 10, United States Code, to require the
Department of Defense to purchase domestically produced
stainless steel flatware and dinnerware.
Inclusion of recycled and reused minerals and metals in preference for
sourcing of strategic and critical materials (sec. 844)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 848 of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116-283) to
prioritize strategic and critical materials derived from
recycled or reused minerals or metals as a statement of policy
for the Department of Defense (DOD) sourcing preferences. The
committee remains interested in ensuring DOD reviews and
prioritizes its critical materials recycling policy. Section
367 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
2024 (Public Law 118-31) required DOD to provide a briefing to
the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of
Representatives on the electronic waste policy of the
Department. Additionally, the Defense Logistics Agency has
conducted smaller scale efforts to recycle gallium and
germanium from end-of-life items. As DOD continues efforts to
source critical and strategic materials domestically and from
allies and partners, focusing on the provenance of magnets and
other critical items, using materials that could be recycled
domestically for these purposes can help buoy the existing
efforts.
Accordingly, the committee directs the Under Secretary of
Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment to review existing
policies and efforts to determine how the provenance of
recycled materials could be defined and how this could aid in
expanding supply chain options for critical items. The Under
Secretary should provide a briefing to the Committees on Armed
Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives, not
later than March 1, 2025, with guidance or a definition
determining if recycled rare earth elements or critical and
strategic materials qualify as having United States or North
American provenance for DOD acquisition purposes and
requirements.
Process for consulting on national security import reviews (sec. 845)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of Defense to establish a process for investigating
and reporting on the national security implications of imports
when asked to consult by another Federal agency. The provision
would also require the Secretary to submit an annual report to
congressional defense committees regarding the national
security risks posed by the reviewed imports.
Solid rocket motor industrial base (sec. 846)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment,
acting through the Director of the Joint Production Accelerator
Cell and the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base
Policy, to develop a roadmap for the desired state of the solid
rocket motor (SRM) industrial base to support existing and
planned munitions programs. The provision also requires that
roadmap be submitted to the congressional defense committees.
The committee remains concerned about insufficient capacity
and capability within the industrial base for solid rocket
motors, and the lack of clear guidance to strategically design
and evolve to a resilient, competitive, and effective SRM
industrial base. The committee notes that significant U.S.
Government funding over the past three fiscal years has begun
to stabilize the existing SRM industrial base of Aerojet
Rocketdyne and Northrop Grumman (formerly Orbital ATK). The
U.S. Government has also provided funding for at least three
new domestic entrants into the SRM industrial base, but no
programmed funding exists to provide qualification and long-
term production for these new SRM manufacturers.
The committee is concerned that while private investment
has supported innovation in, and expansion of, the SRM
industrial base, no clear U.S. Government roadmap exists to
link SRM industrial base capability and capacity to the needs
of Department of Defense (DOD) munitions or hypersonics
programs. As the 2024 National Defense Industrial Strategy
states, ``Encouraging defense suppliers to build substantial
spare production capacity will require a coordinated effort by
industry, Congress, DOD, and other federal departments and
agencies.''
The committee encourages DOD to make significant
investments, weighted and targeted to support companies that
offer the most promising paths to expand near-term production
of SRMs, through the authorities and programs within DOD's
Office of Manufacturing Capability Expansion and Investment
Prioritization. In making those investment decisions, the
committee encourages DOD to prioritize industry-backed
proposals that have received determinations of Government
interest for purposes of title III of the Defense Production
Act of 1950 (Public Law 81-774), but have not yet received
substantial funding. The committee believes that DOD should
take action now to ensure that missile programs are able,
within the next 3 years, to pursue multi-source acquisition
strategies with competition among at least three SRM
contractors.
Pharmaceutical supplier compliance with data submission requirements
(sec. 847)
The committee recommends a provision that would direct the
Director of the Defense Logistics Agency to require, to the
extent feasible, every contractor supplying pharmaceuticals to
the Department of Defense to be compliant with the submission
ofthe amount of each listed drug manufactured, prepared,
propagated, compounded, or processed for commercial distribution to the
Food and Drug Administration, as required by section 510(j)(3) of the
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (Public Law 117-9), as added by
section 3112(e) of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security
Act (Public Law 116-136). The provision would also require the Director
to provide a briefing to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate
and the House of Representatives on implementation, including any
challenges or recommendation for improving implementation.
Report and updated guidance on continued risk management for
pharmaceutical supply chains of Department of Defense (sec.
848)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment to
provide a report to the Committees on Armed Services of the
Senate and the House of Representatives on existing information
streams related to key starting materials for pharmaceuticals
the Department of Defense (DOD) relies on, including any
limitations on the ability of the Secretary of Defense to
obtain, analyze or monitor such pharmaceutical supply chains.
The provision would also require an update of DOD's risk
management guidance for pharmaceutical supply chains based on
the findings of this report.
Report on impact of mergers and acquisitions on the defense industrial
base (sec. 849)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy to
submit a report to the congressional defense committees, not
later than March 15, 2025, on the policies and procedures of
the Department of Defense relating to mergers and acquisitions
and how these impact the defense industrial base.
Defense industrial revitalization (sec. 850)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of Defense to seek to enter into voluntary agreements
with senior executives of traditional and nontraditional
defense contractors, including executives from the supplier
base, to advise the Secretary on the health of the defense
industrial base, not later than 90 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act.
Transparency in acquisition waivers issued by the Department of Defense
(sec. 851)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy to
publish all non-sensitive information regarding acquisition
waivers granted by the Department of Defense on a publicly
accessible website and provide an annual briefing to the
Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of
Representatives, not later than October 1, 2025, on all waivers
granted by the Department of Defense in the previous calendar
year.
Report on capacity to increase domestic industrial production and
procurement of strategic and critical materials (sec. 852)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of Defense to submit a report, not later than 180
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, to the
Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of
Representatives, that assesses the capacity to increase
domestic industrial production and procurement of strategic and
critical materials during peacetime and in the event of a
national emergency.
Employment transparency regarding individuals who perform work in the
People's Republic of China (sec. 853)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 855 of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117-81) to add a new disclosure
requirement for reporting any software vulnerability to the
U.S. affiliate at the same time.
Department of Defense manufacturing authorities (sec. 854)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of Defense to seek to enter into contracts for the
domestic manufacture of certain prescription drugs if
Department of Defense requirements for the drugs cannot be met
by other means.
Subtitle D--Small Business Matters
Pilot program for tracking awards made through other transaction
authority (sec. 861)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment to
establish a pilot program that would enable the Department of
Defense (DOD) to track the number and funding amounts of awards
to small businesses and non-traditional defense contractors
through the use of other transaction authorities (OTAs),
including those carried out through consortia.
The committee encourages the use of OTAs, but believes that
DOD should better understand the range of companies, especially
small businesses and non-traditional defense contractors, that
participate in the defense industrial base through OTAs, rather
than only through Federal Acquisition Regulation-based
contracting.
Small Business Bill of Rights (sec. 862)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of Defense, through the Small Business Integration
Working Group, to develop and adopt a Small Business Bill of
Rights for the Department of Defense to ensure small business
customer service issues and conflicts are resolved
expeditiously.
Pilot program for the participation of military research and
educational institutions in STTR program (sec. 863)
The committee recommends a provision that would direct the
Secretary of Defense to establish a pilot program to enable
military research and educational institutions to participate
in the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program of the
Department of Defense in order to foster technology transitions
from these institutions.
Department of Defense pilot program for preliminary calculation
estimates for certain programs (sec. 864)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of Defense to establish a pilot program for
calculating required budget expenditures for certain programs
of the Department of Defense that only receive their funding
allocations after a final appropriations bill is enacted.
Subtitle E--Other Matters
Small uncrewed aerial systems supply chain strategy (sec. 871)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Under Secretary
of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, the Undersecretary
of Defense for Research and Engineering, and the Secretaries of
the military departments, to submit to the congressional
defense committees a strategy to develop a secure domestic and
allied supply chain of critical components for small uncrewed
aerial systems (sUAS).
The committee notes the interest throughout the Department
of Defense (DOD) in acquiring and utilizing sUAS. The war in
Ukraine has demonstrated the significance of sUAS on the modern
battlefield. The committee also notes that Congress has enacted
several provisions to limit Federal procurement of sUAS and
associated components produced in the People's Republic of
China, and to incentivize domestic production of sUAS. The
ability to produce sUAS at scale to meet the demands of DOD
depends on having access to a robust supply of critical
components from domestic and allied sources. The committee
understands that affordability is critical for procurement at
scale. The committee believes that DOD should consider
leveraging programs such as the Defense Production Act of 1950
(Public Law 81-774), Industrial Base Analysis and Sustainment,
loans and loan guarantees, and other methods to support the
development of this supply chain.
Modification to extramural acquisition innovation and research
activities (sec. 872)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 4142 of title 10, United States Code, to eliminate the
government position of the director for extramural acquisition
innovation and research activities.
Modifications to contractor employee protections from reprisal for
disclosure of certain information (sec. 873)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 4701 of title 10, United States Code, to enhance
protections for whistleblowers by ensuring that they are fully
informed of the final disposition of their reprisal allegation,
and what actions, if any, have been ordered to make them whole.
Modifications to Comptroller General assessment of acquisition programs
(sec. 874)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 3072 of title 10, United States Code, to modify the
Comptroller General of the United States' annual assessment of
Department of Defense acquisition programs, which is provided
to the congressional defense committees, to expand the purview
of programs and initiatives reviewed by the Comptroller
General.
Modifications to guidelines and collection method for acquisition of
cost data (sec. 875)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 3227 of title 10, United States Code, to change the
threshold on the requirement to collect cost data from
acquisition programs greater than $100.0 million to acquisition
programs that exceed the major systems threshold defined in
section 3041 of title 10, United States Code. The committee
recognizes the importance of contractor cost data collected by
the Director of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation, and
seeks to align the threshold with program thresholds that are
tracked and managed by the acquisition enterprise.
Program for distribution support and services for contractors (sec.
876)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 833 of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114-328) to authorize a permanent
program for the Department of Defense to provide distribution
support and services for contractors. The provision would also
require the Secretary of Defense to provide annual briefings to
the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of
Representatives on the effectiveness of this program for 5
years.
Inclusion of Japan and the Republic of Korea in contested logistics
demonstration and prototyping program (sec. 877)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 842(h)(2) of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118-31) by adding Japan and the
Republic of Korea to the contested logistics demonstration and
prototyping program.
Modification to limitation on acquisition of excess supplies (sec. 878)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 3070 of title 10, United States Code, to change the
limitation on the obligation against a stock fund that
wouldlikely result in on-hand inventory of supplies from 2 years of
operating stocks to 5 years for supplies related to ship maintenance,
repair, and overhaul.
The committee recognizes that lead times for ship parts
have grown in many cases to 3 years which creates a forecasting
problem that may contribute to a deficiency of on-hand supplies
resulting in excessive cannibalization of parts. As the 2022
National Defense Strategy shifts focus towards strategic
competition, the committee believes resilience of sustainment
activities should take precedence over just-in-time supply
chain management.
Technical edits to sourcing requirements for strategic materials and
sensitive materials (sec. 879)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
sections 4863 and 4872(c)(2) of title 10, United States Code,
to clarify waiver authorities regarding the sourcing
requirements for strategic and sensitive materials and better
align these sections of code.
Technical amendments to title 10, United States Code, and other
provisions of law (sec. 880)
The committee recommends a provision that would make
technical amendments to sections 3221, 3225, 3671, 4141, 4204,
4211, 4505, and 4816 of title 10, United States Code, by
repealing outdated sections of code. This provision would also
make technical amendments to section 805 of the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004 (Public Law 108-
136), section 806 of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 109-163), sections 886 and 892 of
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008
(Public Law 110-181), section 127 of the Ike Skelton National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 (Public Law 111-
383), sections 828 and 1056 of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 114-92), and
sections 235 and 1692 of the National Defense Authorization Act
for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114-328), by repealing
outdated sections of code.
Finally, this provision would amend section 863 of the
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 (Public
Law 111-383), section 844 of the National Defense Authorization
Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 112-81), section 913 of
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018
(Public Law 115-91), and section 862 of the James M. Inhofe
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public
Law 117-263) to make technical changes to add the Chief of
Space Operations to existing statute.
Pilot program for commercial production of munitions (sec. 881)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of Defense to establish a pilot program for the
licensed production by commercial companies of munitions,
munitions test platforms, and mission systems for munitions.
Pilot program on use of reverse engineering for production of parts
(sec. 882)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, in
coordination with the Secretaries of the military departments
and the Director of the Defense Logistics Agency, to carry out
a pilot program to assess the feasibility and advisability of
producing parts through reverse engineering or re-engineering.
Prohibition on operation, procurement and contracting related to
foreign-made light detection and ranging technology used on
manned or unmanned systems (sec. 883)
The committee recommends a provision that would prohibit
the Secretary of Defense from operating or entering into
contracts for procurement of light detection and ranging
technology from covered foreign countries.
Reports on Joint Warfighter Cloud Capability contracts (sec. 884)
The committee recommends a provision that would require
biannual reports until 2030 on task order information related
to the Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability.
Phase-out of computer and printer acquisitions involving entities owned
or controlled by China (sec. 885)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of Defense to phase out the procurement of computers
and printers that are manufactured by an entity that is owned
by the government of the People's Republic of China or under
the influence of the government of the People's Republic of
China.
Prohibition on Department of Defense contracts with Chinese-owned
online tutoring services (sec. 886)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of Defense to terminate any existing contracts as
soon as legally possible, and not to contract in the future
with any company who provides online tutoring services that is
owned or controlled by nationals of the People's Republic of
China.
Requirement to procure domestically produced generic drugs (sec. 887)
The committee recommends a provision that would prohibit
the purchase of certain generic drugs needed by the Department
of Defense from non-domestic or non-Trade Agreement Act of 1979
(Public Law 96-39) compliant sources after October 1, 2025,
unless a determination is made that such drugs are not
otherwise available in satisfactory quality and sufficient
quantity to meet military needs, or when needed at market
prices.
Procurement of Department of Defense advanced chemistry batteries (sec.
888)
The committee recommends a provision that would set certain
procurement requirements and sourcing conditions for the
Department of Defense regarding advanced chemistry batteries.
The provision would also require the Secretary of Defense to
brief the congressional defense committees, not later than
December 1, 2025, and annually thereafter for 3 years, on the
status of meeting these procurement requirements and sourcing
conditions.
Prohibition on procurement and commissary sales of seafood originating
or processed in China (sec. 889)
The committee recommends a provision that would prohibit
the Secretary of Defense from entering into a contract for the
procurement of seafood that originates or is processed in the
People's Republic of China for use in military dining
facilities. The provision would also amend section 2484 of
title 10, United States Code, to prohibit the sale of seafood
originating in the People's Republic of China in commissary
stores. Such prohibition would not take effect until 90 days
following the date of enactment of this Act.
Extension of post-government restrictions on senior Department of
Defense officials seeking employment with defense contractors
(sec. 890)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 847 of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2008 (Public Law 110-181) to increase the length of
time from 2 to 4 years that certain Department of Defense (DOD)
acquisition officials and former acquisition officials must
obtain a written opinion on post-Government employment
restrictions before accepting employment with a DOD contractor.
Items of Special Interest
Acquisition Innovation Research Center
The committee commends the work conducted by the
Acquisition Innovation Research Center (AIRC) on issues
relating to Department of Defense (DOD) acquisition policies
and practices. In the short time since its establishment, AIRC
has provided insightful reports on digital engineering,
modeling and simulation, requirements development, and testing
and evaluation. This work is a valuable tool for the education
and training of the defense acquisition workforce, and provides
new ways to approach both longstanding and emerging acquisition
issues.
The committee encourages the Department to socialize this
work broadly across DOD components, as many of the topics cut
across functional and organizational lines. The committee
believes there are organizations outside of the acquisition
functional area that would benefit from the products of
acquisition innovation. The committee looks forward to future
views offered by AIRC on a range of DOD acquisition and
acquisition-adjacent issues.
Addressing biological risks with greatest pandemic potential
The committee is aware that the Department of Defense (DOD)
is working to create an effective, collaborative approach to
biodefense through the establishment of the Biodefense Council.
The committee also understands that DOD is working to improve
synchronization, coordination, and integration among its
existing component authorities and responsibilities to support
the Biodefense Council. Therefore, the committee encourages the
Biodefense Council to include the following lines of effort in
fulfilling its duties: (1) Develop medical countermeasures for
viral families with the greatest pandemic potential; (2) Ensure
defensive readiness and posture against potential global
catastrophic biological risks and viral families with the
greatest pandemic potential; and (3) Ensure compliance across
DOD with all federal guidelines related to high-consequence
research, such as research with enhanced potential pandemic
pathogens.
American-made combat boots
The committee is aware that current service regulations
allow servicemembers to purchase foreign-made combat boots to
be worn as part of a uniform. The committee also acknowledges
that commissaries and exchanges are exempt from the domestic-
sourcing requirement for Berry-compliant clothing and footwear,
and that servicemembers may choose to buy their boots at these
locations. The committee believes that servicemembers should
have access to the highest quality combat boots and footwear to
ensure comfort, health, and combat effectiveness. However, a
growing reliance on foreign products may cause further erosion
in the domestic footwear industrial base, potentially posing a
risk to future supply.
To address these concerns, the committee directs the
Secretaries of the military departments to provide a briefing
to the congressional defense committees, not later than March
1, 2025, on the feasibility and advisability of changing
regulations to ensure that boots worn by servicemembers are
entirely manufactured in America. This briefing shall include:
(1) A review of service regulations authorizing the use of non-
domestic-made footwear; (2) The benefits and risks of the use
of foreign-made optional combat boots as part of a military
uniform; (3) A review of the consequences of imposing a
prohibition on the sale of non-domestic-made footwear in
exchanges, including impacts on domestic manufacturing and
impacts on the health and wellbeing of servicemembers; (4) A
review of the policy for on-installation sales of such
products; and (5) Any other elements the Secretaries consider
appropriate.
Assessment of permitting for critical supply chain projects
The committee notes that onshoring advanced manufacturing
projects, like semiconductor manufacturing, enhances the
resilience of the defense industrial base and supports economic
and national security objectives. Ensuring that these new
manufacturing projects effectively and efficiently complete
environmental reviews must be a priority of the Department of
Defense and interagency partners.
Therefore, not later than June 30, 2025, the Under
Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment shall
provide an assessment to the Committees on Armed Services of
the Senate and the House of Representatives, the Senate
Committee on Environment and Public Works, and the House
Committee on Energy and Commerce, on the resources available to
the Under Secretary to facilitate environmental reviews by
other Federal agencies under federal environmental protection
laws and regulations for the purpose of enabling an efficient
onshoring of critical industries important to the national
defense.
Briefing on adequacy of price competition
The committee is concerned that the requirement for a
contractor to submit certified cost or pricing data under a
competitive contract solicitation, where only one responsive
and viable bid is received, may result in longer procurement
lead times and potentially higher prices paid by the Department
of Defense. The definition of adequate price competition that
results in two or more responsive and viable bids is unique to
the Department of Defense, the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration, and the U.S. Coast Guard.
Therefore, the committee directs the Undersecretary of
Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment to provide the
Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of
Representatives a briefing, not later than March 1, 2025, that
contains the following elements: (1) A representative analysis
of contract pricing proposed by a contractor under a
competitive solicitation that resulted in only one responsive
and viable bid in relation to the subsequent pricing negotiated
with the contractor under certified cost or pricing data; (2)
The estimated bid and proposal cost for covered contractors at
all tiers to submit certified cost and pricing data and the
government's cost to analyze such data; (3) The change in
procurement administrative lead time resulting from a shift
from competitive procedures to certified cost or pricing data;
and (4) Efforts the Department of Defense can take to ensure
contract solicitations are drafted and awarded in a manner that
promotes multiple competitive bids.
Broad-spectrum indirect antivirals
The committee commends the Department of Defense (DOD) for
issuing its inaugural Biodefense Posture Review in August 2023,
which provided a comprehensive analysis of all strategic,
operational, and material components necessary for fighting in
a biological threat environment as well as supporting the
national biodefense enterprise at home and around the globe.
With regard to the research, development, and acquisition of
medical countermeasures needed for any future biological threat
environment, the Biodefense Posture Review cites the strategy
of developing ``pathogen agnostic capabilities,'' including
broad-spectrum medical countermeasures, for initial response to
unknown threats, which would then be followed by narrow-
spectrum, targeted responses once the threats are fully
characterized. This two-tiered approach was formalized by DOD
in 2022 and endorsed by the committee in 2023. In support of
this strategy, the committee urges DOD to continue research and
development of broad-spectrum indirect antivirals to support
the first line of defense for forces facing emerging and
unknown threats.
Civilian oversight of United States Special Operations Command
acquisitions
The committee notes that the Assistant Secretary of Defense
for Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict (ASD(SOLIC))
is intended to serve as the ``service secretary-like'' civilian
with responsibility for the oversight and advocacy of U.S.
Special Operations Command (SOCOM) and the organization,
training, and equipping of special operations forces (SOF). The
committee further notes the SOCOM Commander is responsible for
the development and acquisition of special operations-peculiar
equipment. The committee is concerned about the current ability
of the ASD(SOLIC) to effectively exercise their service
secretary-like role in providing oversight and support of
SOCOM's acquisition programs, especially those that involve
special operations-peculiar platforms.
Therefore, the committee directs the Comptroller General of
the United States to conduct a review of civilian oversight of
SOCOM's acquisitions by assessing:
(1) What are the ASD(SOLIC) and SOCOM Commander's
respective authorities, roles, and responsibilities for
SOCOM acquisitions, to include the development of
technologies to enhance SOF support to wider Department
of Defense strategies;
(2) To what extent do SOCOM's costliest and most
complex acquisition programs proceed as planned,
including following initial cost, schedule, and
performance goals;
(3) What challenges do SOCOM and ASD(SOLIC) face in
managing SOF acquisition programs;
(4) To what extent do SOCOM's costliest and most
complex acquisition programs reflect leading practices
for product development; and
(5) To what extent has SOCOM learned lessons from SOF
acquisition authorities and processes that could be
replicated by the military services and other combatant
commands.
The committee further directs the Comptroller General to
provide a preliminary briefing to the Committees on Armed
Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives, not
later than April 1, 2025, and to provide final results of the
review to these committees on a mutually agreed-upon date.
Comptroller General report on lowest price technically acceptable
contracting procedures
The committee is concerned that the U.S. Navy is
inadequately applying the use of lowest price technically
acceptable source selection procedures for the pricing of labor
rates for professional support services. By doing so, the
committee is concerned the Navy has depressed the professional
support services marketplace, creating challenges to executing
professional support services contracts in support of Navy
missions.
Therefore, the committee directs the Comptroller General of
the United States to provide an assessment to the congressional
defense committees, not later than February 1, 2025, on the
health of the professional support services providers of Naval
Sea Systems Command and its supporting Warfare Centers. The
assessment shall include, at a minimum, the following for
contracts awarded over fiscal years 2010-2023:
(1) An assessment of the current procurement policies, how
they are implemented and how they are evaluated, including
information on the evaluation criteria for how best value is
determined; whether additional documentation or approval is
required to make an award to any offer other than the lowest
price; the degree to which technical representatives were
included throughout the process; and variations in the process
by location or activity;
(2) The number of contracts awarded to the lowest priced
offeror, and of those, the number and proportion documented in
the contract file or otherwise coded as lowest price
technically acceptable and the number and proportion of
successful offerors whose rating exceeded ``acceptable;''
(3) An analysis of average dollar labor rates on awarded
contracts and labor escalation rates in multi-year contracts,
over fiscal years 2010-2023, and how they compare to
professional services contracts awarded in another service over
this period in addition to benchmarking against data provided
by the Bureau of Labor Statistics;
(4) An analysis of actual or billed labor rates on expiring
contracts compared to awarded labor rates;
(5) An analysis of obligations and expenditures over the
contract period of performance relative to the awarded contract
ceiling and total estimated cost, including documented reasons
for raising the contract ceiling or increasing the total
estimated cost if applicable;
(6) Recommendations to the Secretary of the Navy, including
objectives and metrics that can be reported to the committee;
and
(7) Any other relevant matters the Comptroller General of
the United States deems appropriate.
Critical precursor chemicals supply chain vulnerabilities
The committee is concerned that our dependence on importing
critical active and critical inert precursor chemicals for
energetic materials and munitions from adversarial nations
presents significant risk to national security. Of note, more
than one-third of critical precursor chemicals are sourced from
China, threatening the supply chains and readiness of the
Department of Defense (DOD). The committee urges DOD to
identify vulnerable active and inert precursor chemical supply
chains for energetic materials and munitions, and to work with
industry to identify and expand domestic production.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense
to provide a report to the Committees on Armed Services of the
Senate and the House of Representatives, not later than March
1, 2025, on critical precursor chemicals supply chain
vulnerabilities. The report shall be unclassified, but may
include a classified annex if necessary, and shall include:
(1) An analysis of the vulnerabilities of DOD's
supply chains for active and inert precursor chemicals
for energetic materials and munitions including, but
not limited to CL 20, TNT (Trinitrotoluene), BTTN
(Butanetriol Trinitrate), HMX (High Melting Explosive),
and RDX (Royal Demolition Explosive);
(2) A review of the volumes of those active and inert
precursor chemicals which were consumed by DOD and the
defense industrial base in the last 5 years;
(3) An analysis of domestic manufacturing
capabilities and projected future demand for the
precursor chemicals; and
(4) A range of options to incorporate domestic
manufacturing capabilities, including new manufacturing
processes such as biomanufacturing, to cover the
identified vulnerabilities.
Defense Civilian Training Corps
The committee applauds the Department of Defense (DOD) for
quickly implementing the Defense Civilian Training Corps (DCTC)
program established by section 860 of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116-92). The
committee believes DCTC provides a unique pathway for DOD to
introduce college students to a career in national security,
especially in career fields that are adjacent to scientific and
engineering disciplines but that are still critical to the
defense acquisition workforce. The committee is looking forward
to the graduation of the initial cohort of DCTC scholars, and
encourages DOD to continue to improve and refine the program
based on feedback of these initial scholars.
The committee also believes there is great promise in
expansion of this program to a wider set of institutions, to
provide discipline as well as geographic diversity. With such
expansion, the committee encourages DOD to also expand its
outreach within the Department to help create a demand signal
for this trained workforce within the various components, and
to support acquisition-adjacent areas like testing,
requirements generation, finance and contracting.
Finally, the committee believes DOD should explore
opportunities to leverage DCTC as broadly as possible through
the types of internships offered to students through the
program, in emerging career fields such as advanced
manufacturing, artificial intelligence, testing and
intellectual property and data rights that are becoming more
important to the defense acquisition workforce.
Defense industrial alliances
The National Defense Industrial Strategy of the Department
of Defense (DOD) highlights workforce needs as one of four
critical areas, in addition to resilient supply chains,
flexible acquisition, and economic deterrence. The strategy
emphasizes the need for training to attract, retain, and
develop workers and identifies several actions to take,
including partnerships with higher education, investing in
upskilling and reskilling programs, and investing in industrial
skills.
The strategy further identified that workforce challenges
need to be addressed at a regional level. Along with hiring for
immediate positions, the need to upgrade the incumbent
workforce is particularly acute due to an aging workforce
resulting in industries losing some of their strongest talent
to retirement. Additionally, there has been a steady decline in
the number of students graduating from high school. Training
providers such as industrial arts, vocational schools, and
community colleges have a history of working independently and
directly with manufacturers.
The magnitude of workforce challenges for the defense
industry requires a coordinated approach between federal,
state, and local government and industry solutions to address
these problems. The committee encourages the approach taken by
regional defense industrial alliances to partner with DOD,
state and local governments, and industry to ensure a feeder
system for skilled workers, a continuing upgrading of incumbent
workers, and a governance structure that has effective
oversight and strategic direction with all stakeholders to
ensure the alliance's activities are aligned with the broader
roadmap and evolving national security and industry needs.
Defense Production Act for shipbuilding
The committee recognizes the importance of enhancing the
capacity of the shipbuilding industry to support investments in
Navy vessels. The committee commends the work the Department of
Defense (DOD) to invest in shipbuilding capacity and sub-tier
suppliers through efforts such as the Industrial Base Analysis
and Sustainment (IBAS) program. The committee encourages DOD to
use all available authorities and tools to support domestic
shipbuilding and the industries that support it.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense
to provide a briefing to the Committees on Armed Services of
the Senate and the House of Representatives, not later than
March 1, 2025, describing the feasibility and advisability of
DOD to use authorities available under title III of the Defense
Production Act of 1950 (Public Law 81-774) to: (1) Support U.S.
Navy shipbuilding and ship repair, including supporting
critical sub-tier industries such as castings and forgings; and
(2) Establish, improve, or enhance both the public and private
shipyard infrastructure of the United States.
Domestic battery sourcing production
The committee remains concerned about the dominance of the
battery market by foreign entities of concern (FEOC) and
strongly supports efforts to onshore and develop advanced
battery technologies whose supply chains are protected from
FEOC manipulation. The committee recognizes the importance the
Defense Production Act (DPA) plays in ensuring the Department
of Defense (DOD) has access to necessary batteries and battery
materials to meet national security requirements. The committee
also recognizes that the DPA can be used to secure critical raw
materials and components required for battery production.
Accordingly, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense
to provide a briefing to the congressional defense committees,
not later than March 1, 2025, on its current uses of the DPA
for battery production and any additional contracting and
procurement authorities that may be needed to better ensure
DOD's near- and long-term access to battery materials and
components, including advanced batteries and alternative
materials. The briefing shall include: (1) A description of the
supply chain for current DOD battery source materials and
battery production, including a risk assessment associated with
the continued use of a supply chain including FEOC; (2) Efforts
to mitigate supply chain risk for both sourcing and production
of batteries to include reducing DOD's reliance of unsecure
sources of supply and the introduction of advanced battery
chemistries as a means to further reduce that risk; (3) Current
and planned DOD and DPA research and development investments
focused on developing domestic sourcing and production of
advanced batteries and its source materials; and (4) A plan
with a timeline to achieve a stable and secure domestic supply
of batteries for DOD to meet national security requirements.
Domestic production of nickel and copper
The committee remains concerned about the defense
industrial base deficiency of casting and forging capacity for
nickel-copper and copper-nickel alloys, strategic materials
that have extensive uses in naval defense and submarine
systems. Single points of failure in these important systems
are concerning. The defense industrial base requires
significant investment to expand these critical capabilities.
The committee commends the Department of Defense's Industrial
Base Analysis and Sustainment program for prioritizing
necessary casting and forging requirements. The committee
encourages the Department's Manufacturing Capability Expansion
& Investment Prioritization organization to continue to
prioritize domestic investment in casting and forging capacity,
specifically for domestic producers of nickel and copper.
Domestic source of antimony and tungsten
The committee is aware of the importance of the critical
materials tungsten and antimony within the defense industrial
base. The Senate report accompanying S. 4543 (S. Rept. 117-130)
of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023
(Public Law 118-31) included language on concerns surrounding
the antimony supply chain. The Defense Logistics Agency
stockpiles antimony, and there are existing efforts through the
Defense Production Act to invest in a diverse domestic antimony
capability. The committee recognizes that China and Russia
dominate the global tungsten and antimony supply chains, and
remains concerned, as a result of the Russian war on Ukraine,
about the stability of the antimony and tungsten supply chain.
The committee encourages the Department of Defense to ensure
that the domestic source of antimony and tungsten supply chains
are not limited to a single source.
Therefore, the committee directs the Assistant Secretary of
Defense for Industrial Base Policy to brief the Committees on
Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives,
not later than March 31, 2025, on: (1) The ongoing efforts to
cultivate a diverse supply chain for antimony and tungsten, to
include the Manufacturing Capability Expansion and Investment
(MCEIP) office's investment efforts; (2) Any updated concerns
regarding the supply chain for antimony and tungsten, to
include efforts to develop more than one domestic or allied
sources within the supply chain; (3) Ongoing interagency
challenges with permitting or regulatory hurdles for MCEIP's
investments; and (4) Any other matters the Secretary deems
appropriate.
Employee-owned business contracting pilot program
The committee is aware that the Department of Defense
recently issued a proposed rule to the Defense Federal
Acquisition Regulations Supplement (DFARS) to fully implement
the pilot program that was established by section 874 of the
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public
Law 117-81), and extended by section 872 of the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118-
31), to incentivize contracting with employee-owned businesses.
The committee notes that the pilot program was extended to
ensure the Department has an opportunity to gather sufficient
data so that the pilot program can be thoroughly evaluated. The
committee looks forward to monitoring the pilot program and
encourages the Department to quickly complete the rulemaking
process.
Female uniform availability at military exchanges
The committee understands it can be challenging for female
servicemembers to find appropriate uniform items at military
exchanges. Currently, only exchanges at major military
installations carry the full complement of female uniforms, if
at all, and recent supply chain and manufacturing shortfalls
have forced servicemembers to sort through resale options or
endure lengthy wait times. The committee understands the
textile manufacturing base has experienced significant
challenges over the last several years. Additionally, most
military exchanges do not have the storage capacity for the
large number of uniforms that are required.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretaries of the
military departments, in coordination with the Defense
Logistics Agency and the military exchanges, to develop a plan
to allow for quick access to a full complement of required
uniform items, regardless of gender. Not later than May 1,
2025, the Secretaries of the military departments shall brief
the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of
Representatives on the plan that was developed, in addition to:
(1) The full set of options that was reviewed for the plan, to
include online ordering options; (2) How the plan will address
access to appropriate sizes of uniforms; (3) Any defense
industrial base challenges to complete the plan; and (4) Any
other items the Secretaries determine appropriate.
Integrated biosurveillance and biointelligence platforms
The ``National Biodefense Strategy and Implementation Plan
for Countering Biological Threats, Enhancing Pandemic
Preparedness, and Achieving Global Health Security,'' published
October 2022, emphasizes the importance for domestic
capabilities to support early detection and risk awareness to
inform decision-making against naturally occurring, accidental,
and deliberate biological threats. The committee commends the
Department of Defense (DOD) for recognizing the importance of a
coordinated effort within the biodefense community to support
servicemember health and readiness as outlined in the
Department's 2023 Biodefense Posture Review. However, the
committee is concerned by the lack of a Department-wide
biosurveillance strategy, investment plan, and program office--
similar to the Global Emerging Infections Surveillance
program--that would support the integration of existing
commercial, off-the-shelf solutions, datasets, and
computational platforms capable of detecting vector-borne,
engineered, and emerging biothreats, and would provide
biointelligence information to the Joint Force.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense
to submit to the congressional defense committees, not later
than July 31, 2025, a briefing on a Department-wide
biosurveillance strategy, including an investment plan and a
recommended program office to lead research, development, and
sustainment activities for biosurveillance. The committee
further directs the Secretary to partner with academic and
industry partners, to the extent practicable, with capabilities
and commercial-off-the-shelf solutions, to provide enterprise-
wide biosurveillance and biointelligence capabilities for
vector-borne, engineered, and emerging biothreats.
Medical countermeasures for chemical, biological, radiological, and
nuclear warfare
The committee is concerned by the lack of domestic
manufacturing capability for medical countermeasures that the
Department of Defense (DOD) relies upon to protect
servicemembers from chemical, biological, radiological, and
nuclear warfare exposure. The committee understands that when
therapeutics are developed to treat nerve agent exposure, they
are often sent to existing commercial drug product
manufacturing facilities, or to overseas partners. This
approach can create supply chain delays, increase costs, and
make the process vulnerable to less regulated sources. The
committee believes that a new facility reserved for the
domestic production of pre-and post-exposure medical
countermeasure therapeutics could make safe drug products
readily available for DOD, the U.S. national stockpile, and the
American public. Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary
of Defense to deliver a report to the congressional defense
committees, not later than January 1, 2025, on any plans to
develop U.S.-based manufacturing facilities compliant with the
Food and Drug Administration's Current Good Manufacturing
Practice sterile injectable drug products, with a specific
focus on organophosphates.
National Technology and Industrial Base consideration process
The committee notes that Section 844 of the John S. McCain
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public
Law 115-232) required the Secretary of Defense to administer a
process to analyze and assess potential items for consideration
to be added to the list of items procured from a manufacturer
in the National Technology and Industrial Base (NTIB). The
committee is not certain that the Department of Defense (DOD)
has implemented this guidance in a way appropriate for
addressing the concerns about protecting critical equipment
through reliance on the NTIB. For example, the committee has
heard anecdotal evidence that the application process for
consideration has been opaque and lacking any mechanism for
considering vendors who do not have a current contract.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense
to submit a report, not later than January 31, 2025, to the
congressional defense committees on implementation of the
guidance. The report shall include, at a minimum: (1) A
description of how DOD has implemented the program; (2)
Identifying DOD's designated official responsible for
administration of the process; (3) The process for a vendor to
apply for status of a specific component to be added to the
list of equipment to be given preferential treatment within the
NTIB; (4) The number of components or organizations that have
applied; (5) The number and list of components that have been
approved; and (6) Recommendations for improving access for
suppliers to make applications under this process.
Promoting innovative acquisition
The committee notes the complexity of U.S. government
acquisition and how a growing culture of compliance and process
disincentivizes the acquisition workforce to take appropriate
risks or pursue innovative acquisition strategies. The
committee believes it is possible to simultaneously safeguard
the interests of the taxpayer through adherence of regulations
while also promoting innovation and appropriate risk-taking to
increase capability. The committee believes that incentives
play a crucial role in shaping culture.
Therefore, the committee directs the Comptroller General of
the United States to provide a report to the Committees on
Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives,
not later than March 1, 2025, on the methodologies utilized by
the Department of Defense and the public sector to incentivize
and reward innovative contracting approaches and recommend
viable options for Congress and the Department of Defense to
consider that would improve the capability to increase
innovative thinking while safeguarding the taxpayer.
Report on advisability and feasibility of scale-up business contracting
goal
The committee recognizes the importance of bringing new
entrants, especially startup businesses, into the defense
industrial base to work with the Department of Defense (DOD).
Defining characteristics of startups include innovative
technologies at the core of product or service offerings, a
focus on business growth to achieve scale, and third-party
equity investment. The committee is aware that DOD has
attempted to make itself a better customer for these innovative
companies by establishing new organizations such as the Defense
Innovation Unit (DIU), Chief Digital and Artificial
Intelligence Office (CDAO), Office of Strategic Capital (OSC),
AFWERX, Army Applications Lab (AAL), among others, to lower the
barrier to entry and take advantage of private capital. These
DOD organizations help attract significant interest among the
venture capital and broader third-party capital providers to
invest in defense technology startups. The committee, however,
is concerned that if an inadequate number of startups achieve
growth working with DOD, private funding could be reduced in
search of opportunities in other sectors and DOD's access to
innovative competition will be disadvantaged.
Therefore, the committee directs the Under Secretary of
Defense for Research and Engineering, in consultation with the
Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, to
provide a report to the Committees on Armed Services of the
Senate and the House of Representatives, not later than April
1, 2025, on the feasibility and advisability of creating
minimum procurement goals to support startup companies designed
to grow beyond the respective sizing criteria for small
business concerns. This report shall include the following: (1)
The feasibility and advisability of defining startup business
concerns that are a subset of nontraditional defense
contractors, as defined by section 3014 of title 10, United
States Code, and incorporating one or more metrics such as
demonstrated revenue growth or having recently raised funding
through third-party equity; (2) The feasibility of identifying
business concerns defined in (1), such as through
representations and certifications in the System for Award
Management; and (3) The advisability of creating minimum
procurement goals to business concerns defined in (1),
including recommended percentages at the prime contractor and
subcontractor level.
Report on feasibility of replicating the Accelerated Training in
Defense Manufacturing model to address submarine industrial
base workforce shortages
The committee is concerned that the submarine industrial
base workforce is not sufficiently large enough to support
current submarine production, let alone the increased
production needed to be able to build two Virginia-class and
one Columbia-class submarine per year. The committee recognizes
the excellent work the U.S. Navy has done to increase the
training pipeline for this workforce at its Additive
Manufacturing Center of Excellence through the Accelerated
Training in Defense Manufacturing (ATDM) program. The committee
believes there are opportunities to expand this model to
increase the number of workers participating in this program.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Navy
to provide a briefing to the congressional defense committees,
not later than March 1, 2025, on the advisability and
feasibility of creating a second location for the ATDM program
to address workforce shortages across the submarine industrial
base through collaboration with relevant industry partners and
academic institutions. This briefing shall include the
following:
(1) An assessment of the skills and workforce
development programs offered through the ATDM model,
with a focus on additive manufacturing, computer
numerical control machining, non-destructive testing,
quality control inspection, and welding;
(2) An analysis of the hiring and retention rates of
graduates of the ATDM into manufacturing positions
within the defense industrial base;
(3) An identification of the requirements necessary
for replicating the ATDM program in another location,
including recommended selection criteria;
(4) A cost-benefit-analysis of replicating the ATDM
program; and
(5) An analysis of the impact that replicating the
ATDM program could have on reducing workface shortfalls
in the submarine industrial base.
Report on impact of Reciprocal Defense Procurement Agreement countries
on defense industrial base
The committee notes the important role that allies play in
providing secure sources of critical materials, such as rare
earth elements, to the defense industrial base. However, the
committee also believes that the defense industries of our
allies can provide other valuable contributions to the U.S.
defense industrial base that are often overlooked. Companies
from allied nations with Reciprocal Defense Procurement (RDP)
Agreements are playing an increased role in Department of
Defense (DOD) acquisition programs, and are increasing their
physical footprint within the United States. For example,
winners of the recent U.S. Air Force trainer aircraft and U.S.
Navy frigate competitions were foreign-headquartered companies
that partnered with U.S. firms, and three of the five teams
that competed for the U.S. Army's Optionally-Manned Fighting
Vehicle competition included foreign companies playing leading
roles. The committee commends these efforts, and believes that
allied contributions to the defense industrial base have been
historically underrepresented in assessments of competition and
health in the defense industrial base.
Therefore, the committee directs the Under Secretary of
Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment to commission a report
by an Acquisition Innovation Research Center university, to be
delivered to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and
the House of Representatives, not later than March 1, 2025, on
the contributions of allies with RDP Agreements to the health
of the U.S. defense industrial base. This report shall include:
(1) An assessment of the economic impact of RDP
countries on the U.S. defense industrial base
including:
(a) the number of employees and average sales
of U.S. subsidiaries;
(b) contracted DOD work performed in RDP
countries; and
(c) average annual purchases of U.S. military
items through foreign military or direct
commercial sales by RDP countries; and
(2) Recommendations to increase allied defense
contractor participation with the U.S. defense
industrial base.
Review of Army software acquisition
The committee applauds the efforts of the U.S. Army to
modernize software development to align more with commercial
software practices. As noted in Army Directive 2024 02,
``Enabling Modern Software Development and Acquisition
Pathways'' (Directive), software is a ``national security
imperative'' and there are important advancements in the
Directive that help support agile development and faster
delivery for critical mission needs. However, the committee
wants to ensure that the language in the Directive will not
decrease competition and create a nonpermissive environment for
small businesses and nontraditional defense contractors that
should be included in the U.S. Army's modernization efforts.
Specifically, the committee notes that language in the
Directive regarding appropriate contract terms for software
development efforts appears to deviate from the current law,
section 3453 of title 10, United States Code; commercial
software development approaches; and recent Department of
Defense acquisition policy guidance by mandating minimal use of
firm fixed price-type contract clause provisions for software
development activities. Further, the committee is also
concerned that language limiting customization of commercial
software would make it challenging for commercial companies to
work with the U.S. Army when needing to adapt their software
for government use, thus limiting both competition and the
ability to fulfill the intent of the Directive to meet the
near-term operational needs for the U.S. Army.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Army,
not later than January 15, 2025, to conduct a review and submit
to the congressional defense committees a report on how the
Secretary will implement the Directive in a manner that
supports the participation of small businesses and
nontraditional defense contractors. The review and report
required shall include the following elements: (1) An
explanation of the driving factors behind the choice to shift
policy toward cost reimbursement-type and labor hour contract
clauses and provisions for software development, when the
commercial sector develops and sells software using a firm
fixed price contracting approach. This description should
include how the U.S. Army weighed the costs and benefits of
such a shift; (2) A plan for how program managers will
encourage full industry participation in sources sought,
including small businesses and nontraditional defense
contractors that use firm fixed price contracting structures;
(3) A description of why the U.S. Army is directing that
customization of commercial software be minimized and how that
accounts for any risk assumed when building custom software
solutions; and (4) Any revisions the U.S. Army plans to issue
for the Directive after conducting this review.
Study on chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear medical
countermeasures expiration dates
The committee is concerned by the potentially hazardous
effects of extending the expiration date for medical
countermeasures used by the U.S. military in response to a
chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear attack.
Therefore, the committee directs the Director of the Defense
Health Agency to provide a briefing, not later than January 1,
2025, to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the
House of Representatives on the risks of extending the
expiration date for Antidote Treatment Nerve Agent
Autoinjector, anthrax vaccines and antitoxins,
diethylenetriamine pentaacetate, and smallpox vaccines and
therapeutics.
Superabrasives in the defense industrial base
The committee understands that superabrasives are essential
materials and play a critical role for the defense industrial
base for production of munitions, aerospace applications,
vehicles, naval vessels, and other significant manufacturing
uses. The committee supports the existing Department of Defense
(DOD) focus on enhancing domestic capacity for critical
materials, and strengthening supply chains and production
capabilities in the defense industrial base and through the
Defense Production Act and other authorities.
Accordingly, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense
to brief the congressional defense committee, not later than
March 1, 2025, on the importance of a robust domestic
production capability for superabrasives for the defense
industrial base. The briefing shall include a quantitative
analysis of the use of superabrasives in domestic defense
production, current sourcing of superabrasives in the defense
industrial and defense technology sectors, and a description of
specific steps DOD has taken to ensure domestic sourcing and
availability outside of the domestic stockpile program. Lastly,
the committee encourages DOD to consider options for domestic
operations and production to strengthen national security and
reduce reliance on foreign entities of concern for the
production of superabrasives.
TITLE IX--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT
Subtitle A--Office of the Secretary of Defense and Related Matters
Requirement to notify Congress when Deputy Secretary of Defense is
performing functions and duties of Secretary of Defense (sec.
901)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 132(b) of title 10, United States Code, to require the
Deputy Secretary of Defense to notify specified congressional
committees, not later than 24 hours before certain planned
transfers of functions and duties or 24 hours after any
unplanned transfer of such functions and duties, when the
Secretary dies, resigns, or is otherwise unable to perform the
functions and duties of the Office of the Secretary of Defense.
Increase in authorized number of Deputy Assistant Secretaries of
Defense (sec. 902)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 138(e) of title 10, United States Code, to increase the
authorized number of Deputy Assistant Secretaries of Defense
from 60 to 62.
The committee recommends that the Department of Defense
consider using these two positions to further strengthen the
capabilities of the office of the Assistant Secretary of
Defense for Industrial Base Policy (ASD(IBP)). The office of
the ASD(IBP) has gained increased responsibility, and the
demands placed on the office warrant commensurate growth in
leadership positions. For example, the committee notes the
increased reliance on the office of the ASD(IBP) to provide
economic analysis and merger and acquisition reviews to support
the interagency have not been met with increased manning
resources for government positions to maintain adequate span of
control over growing contractor positions.
Matters relating to Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special
Operations and Low Intensity Conflict (sec. 903)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of Defense to institutionalize the ``service
secretary-like'' role of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for
Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict (ASD(SOLIC)), by
updating Department of Defense (DOD) policies and processes,
and developing a long-term staffing plan for the Secretariat
for Special Operations. Furthermore, the provision would
require the Department to produce written guidance to clarify
the respective administrative roles of the Under Secretary of
Defense for Policy and ASD(SOLIC). Finally, the provision would
require the Secretary of Defense to submit to the congressional
defense committees a plan for how the Department will implement
these requirements.
The committee strongly supports efforts by the Department
of Defense to institutionalize the role of ASD(SOLIC) in
exercising authority, direction, and control of all special
operations-peculiar administrative matters relating to the
organization, training, and equipping of special operations
forces. However, the committee notes that the Government
Accountability Office (GAO) report published on March 4, 2024,
titled ``Special Operations Forces: Documented Policies and
Workforce Planning Needed to Strengthen Civilian Oversight''
(GAO-24-106372) found continued deficiencies in DOD policies,
processes, and plans that continue to undermine the ability of
ASD(SOLIC) to perform the responsibilities required by section
138(b)(2)(A)(i) of title 10, United States Code.
The committee notes the manpower study required by the
Joint Explanatory Statement to Accompany the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Committee Print No. 2)
validated a requirement for 94 full-time personnel to
adequately fulfill the responsibilities assigned to ASD(SOLIC).
However, as of November 3, 2023, the Secretariat for Special
Operations was only resourced for 69 personnel and staffed with
a total of 56 personnel. The committee believes additional
hiring efforts should be accelerated and encourages the
Washington Headquarters Service to prioritize the allocation of
additional military personnel to the Secretariat for Special
Operations to better balance office knowledge and create the
optimal staff mix as articulated in the Department's November
2023 plan for adequately staffing ASD(SOLIC).
Lastly, the committee notes that ASD(SOLIC) has the
authority to issue both special operations-specific and
Department of Defense-wide policy consistent with their
designation as the Principal Staff Assistant for matters
relating to special operations activities and responsibilities
assigned by section 138(b)(2)(A) of title 10, United States
Code.
Enhanced coordination on international cooperation activities (sec.
904)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Under Secretary of Defense for Policy to include the Deputy
Assistant Secretary of Defense for International and Industry
Engagement in the planning for, or attendance at, any meetings
with foreign partners or allies related to foreign military
sales or certain other international cooperation activities.
The provision also requires a study by a nonprofit organization
on the sufficiency of organization, resourcing, manning and
training within the Department of Defense to support expanded
demand for security cooperation activities.
The committee is concerned that the Department of Defense
is not optimally organized to promote international defense
industrial base cooperation. In many cases, stove pipes still
exist between the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy and the
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for International and
Industry Engagement, a problem that has been identified by both
industry and allies and partners.
Furthermore, the committee also directs the Under Secretary
of Defense for Policy and the Deputy Assistant Secretary of
Defense for International and Industry Engagement to provide a
briefing, not later than January 1, 2025, to the Committees on
Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives,
on the current successes in international defense industrial
base integration and any authority, organizational, or resource
constraints unduly hampering such integration.
Additionally, the committee directs the Comptroller General
of the United States to conduct a review of the coordination
mechanisms between the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy
and the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for International
and Industry Engagement to support international cooperation
activities with allies and partners. The Comptroller General
shall provide a briefing to the Committees on Armed Services of
the Senate and the House of Representatives on their progress
in this review, not later than February 1, 2025, with a report
to be delivered at an agreed upon date.
Force sizing analysis for strategic competition (sec. 905)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of Defense to develop a methodology for analyzing
U.S. military force sizing necessary to conduct activities of
the Department of Defense in support of strategic competition.
In addition, the Secretary is required to submit a report to
the congressional defense committees on the methodology
developed not later than 270 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act.
Inclusion in Defense Planning Guidance of guidance on size, structure,
and posture of special operations forces (sec. 906)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of Defense to include guidance with respect to the
size, structure, posture, and other force development planning
priorities specific to special operations forces in the annual
Defense Planning Guidance (DPG) issued by the Secretary. The
provision would also require the Secretary to submit an annual
report to the congressional defense committees, through 2030,
describing how the DPG addresses special operations-specific
matters related to the national defense strategy and special
operations activities specified in section 167(k) of title 10,
United States Code.
Review of Biodefense Posture Review (sec. 907)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of Defense to provide two briefings to the Committees
on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of
Representatives on two reviews of the 2023 Biodefense Posture
Review in calendar years 2026 and 2029, respectively. This
provision would not preclude the Secretary from conducting such
reviews more frequently. The committee believes that reviews
must be periodically conducted given the complex nature of the
threat landscape of man-made and naturally occurring pathogens.
Plan for adequate staffing of Office of Assistant Secretary of Defense
for Industrial Base Policy and Joint Production Accelerator
Cell (sec. 908)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of Defense to submit to the congressional defense
committees a plan for adequate staffing for the Office of the
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy and
the Joint Production Accelerator Cell within 90 days of
enactment of this Act.
Establishment of Chief Management Officer; elevation of Director of
Administration and Management (sec. 909)
The committee recommends a provision that would reestablish
the Chief Management Officer position in the Department of
Defense, as well as elevate the position of the Director of
Administration and Management.
Subtitle B--Other Department of Defense Organization and Management
Matters
Establishment of Office of Expanded Competition (sec. 911)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
chapter 903 of title 10, United States Code, to establish an
Office of Expanded Competition within the Office of the
Secretary of the Air Force.
The committee is concerned that expanded competition
efforts remain dispersed within the Department of Defense.
However, the Secretary of the Air Force Concepts, Development
and Management office has a workforce focused on expanded
competition, and has completed significant preliminary work to
develop options in the competition phase for senior civilian
officials and combatant commanders, which is a core objective
of the 2022 National Defense Strategy and the Joint Concept for
Competing. The committee believes that the establishment of the
Office of Expanded Competition will underscore the importance
of these activities to senior leaders within the Department.
Joint Federated Assurance Center (sec. 912)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
subchapter III of chapter 303 of title 10, United States Code,
to make permanent the authority for the Joint Federated
Assurance Center (JFAC) originally established in section 937
of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014
(Public Law 113-66). In addition, the provision updates the
duties and responsibilities of the JFAC to reflect current
needs in the hardware and software assurance community, such as
providing a knowledge management capability for hardware and
software assurance, and additional input into the acquisition
system for implementation of assurance practices into programs.
Modifications to make permanent the Office of Strategic Capital program
on capital assistance (sec. 913)
The committee recommends a provision that would make
permanent the authority for the Office of Strategic Capital to
provide capital assistance, as well as make technical changes
that eliminate the non-federal funding requirement and the list
of specific technologies to focus investment.
The committee remains concerned that the Department of
Defense is not moving fast enough to leverage our comparative
advantage of private capital in its competition with China and
Russia. Therefore, the committee believes it is necessary to
require facilitation in order to make progress in usurping
attempts by peer competitors to use adversarial capital to slow
down or impede national security goals.
The committee also notes that geographic commanders should
actively seek to understand potential adversary investment
strategies across their areas of responsibility in order to
protect national security equities and identify opportunities
for greater U.S. engagement. Accordingly, not later than
January 1, 2025, the commanders of U.S. Southern Command and
U.S. Africa Command shall provide a briefing to the
congressional defense committees on their respective strategies
to identify, understand, and address such issues, including via
leveraging the Office of Strategic Capital, and any barriers to
such efforts.
Addition of Performance Improvement Officer as co-chair of Defense
Business Council (sec. 914)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 2222(f) of title 10, United States Code, to include the
Department of Defense Performance Improvement Officer (PIO) as
a co-chair of the Defense Business Council (DBC). The DBC is
responsible for oversight of the Department's byzantine
collection of defense business systems. The committee believes
adding the PIO as a co-chair will improve integration of
functional and business process changes needed to make these
systems interoperate more effectively.
Establishment of cross-functional team to oversee implementation of
recommendations of Commission on Planning, Programming,
Budgeting, and Execution Reform (sec. 915)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of Defense to establish a cross-functional team to
plan and oversee the implementation of the recommendations of
the Commission on Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and
Execution Reform (Commission). The provision would also require
the Deputy Secretary of Defense to provide a briefing to the
congressional defense committees on the establishment of the
cross-functional team and to seek feedback from the
congressional defense committees on the recommendations of the
Commission. Finally, the provision would direct the Deputy
Secretary of Defense to provide an annual report to the
congressional defense committees on the status of the
implementation of the recommendations, not later than 180 days
after the date of the enactment of this Act, and in the budget
justification materials submitted to Congress for each of
fiscal years 2027 through 2030.
The committee notes that the Commission recommended that
the Department of Defense (DOD) establish a team to oversee the
implementation of its recommendations. The committee applauds
the work of the Commission and thanks the commissioners, staff,
and supporting researchers for their work, which included
interviews of more than 1,100 people from a diverse range of
experiences. The Commission noted that: ``One of the most
consistent concerns the Commission heard over the past two
years is that the current PPBE [Planning, Programming,
Budgeting, and Execution] process lacks agility, limiting the
Department's ability to respond quickly and effectively to
evolving threats, unanticipated events, and emerging
technological opportunities.''
The Commission recommended transformational changes that
could increase the DOD's ability to move at the speed of
relevance. These findings aligned closely with some of the
recommendations from other recent congressionally created
studies including the National Security Commission on
Artificial Intelligence and the Advisory Panel on Streamlining
and Codifying Acquisition Regulations, known as the Section 809
Panel.
The committee notes that the Commission also recommended
increasing the thresholds for below threshold reprogramming,
establishing special transfer authority for programs around
milestone decisions, and mitigating problems caused by
continuing resolutions by allowing new starts at the minimum
mark of the congressional defense committees. The Commission
also recommended transforming the budget structure and
consolidating the number of budget line items. The committee
notes that some offices in the Department have already started
this work and the committee encourages this work to continue in
collaboration with the congressional defense committees.
The committee encourages DOD to move expeditiously toward
the more transformative recommendations of the Commission with
early involvement of the congressional defense committees. The
committee agrees with the Commission's recommendation to
improve communication with the Congress and urges the
Department to make rapid progress toward establishing secure
and unclassified enclaves for data sharing with Congress. The
committee believes that modernized financial management
systems, workforce improvements, and a shared analytics
platform will build the trust between the legislative and
executive branches, which is necessary for systemic reform of
the resource allocation process.
Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems Task Force (sec. 916)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of Defense to establish a counter-unmanned aircraft
system (C-UAS) task force which shall, in conjunction with the
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, review, update, and
consolidate memoranda and directives related to C-UAS
authorities. The provision would also require each commander of
a military installation, following the review, to update and
consolidate memoranda and directives and to issue standard
operating procedures for C-UAS at each installation.
The committee also directs the Secretary of Defense and the
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to provide a briefing to
the congressional defense committees, not later than June 1,
2025, on all actions taken by the C-UAS task force to review,
update, and consolidate memoranda and directives related to C-
UAS authorities.
Modification to the President of the Defense Acquisition University
(sec. 917)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 1746(e) of title 10, United States Code, to remove the
term limit for the President of the Defense Acquisition
University.
Plan for permanent establishment of Special Reconnaissance and Enabling
Command (sec. 918)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low
Intensity Conflict and the Commander, U.S. Special Operations
Command, to submit to the congressional defense committees a
plan for permanently establishing the Special Reconnaissance
and Enabling Command.
Affiliate relationships between Army special operations forces and
combat-enabling units of general purpose forces (sec. 919)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of the Army and the Assistant Secretary of Defense
for Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict to jointly
submit to the congressional defense committees a report
assessing the feasibility and advisability of establishing
formal affiliate relationships between units of the Army
special operations forces and combat-enabling units of the Army
general purpose forces. The report should review the purpose of
enhancing military readiness and effectiveness through habitual
training, exercises, and, when required, deployments. If the
establishment of such relationships are deemed feasible and
advisable, the provision would also require an implementation
plan.
Feasibility study on expanding the services provided by the Air Force
Office of Commercial and Economic Analysis (sec. 920)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of Defense to complete a study on the feasibility and
advisability of expanding the services of the Office of
Commercial and Economic Analysis (OCEA), including an estimate
of the costs of such expansion. The provision also requires the
Secretary of Defense to provide a report to the congressional
defense committees.
The committee notes the success of the relatively small
OCEA office in providing crucial business intelligence to
various actors within the U.S. government, including original
research on the U.S. position in microelectronics. The
committee notes the potential for expanded work in this area
and encourages the Department to consider the future size of
OCEA and its role in the broader economic competition
ecosystem, given its high return on investment.
Limitation on use of funds for altering Air Force Global Strike Command
(sec. 921)
The committee recommends a provision that would prohibit
the use of funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act for
fiscal year 2025 for the purpose of altering or adjusting the
existing composition, roles, or responsibilities of Air Force
Global Strike Command relating to the development of military
requirements for strategic deterrence, or the execution of the
Joint Forces Air Component Command support responsibilities,
for U.S. Strategic Command.
The provision would also require the Secretary of the Air
Force, in coordination with the Commander, U.S. Strategic
Command, to submit a plan to the congressional defense
committees detailing how the Air Force will ensure Air Force
Global Strike Command's responsibilities for strategic
deterrence will not be adversely affected by future
organizational changes. Finally, the provision would allow the
prohibition to terminate 90 days after the Secretary of the Air
Force submits the specified plan.
The committee notes that the current structure of Air Force
Global Strike Command is a direct result of institutional
lapses in Air Force leadership and prioritization of the
nuclear deterrence mission. Such failures cannot be repeated,
and the committee is particularly sensitive to any adjustments
to Air Force Global Strike Command's roles, responsibilities,
or composition that could result in reduced prioritization or
leadership attention on this critical capability.
Senior Integration Group for Indo-Pacific Region (sec. 922)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of Defense to establish, not later than 90 days after
the date of the enactment of this Act, a Senior Integration
Group for the Indo-Pacific Region.
Defense Advisory Committee on Diversity and Inclusion Renewal (sec.
923)
The committee recommends a provision that would limit the
authority of the Secretary of Defense to renew the Defense
Advisory Committee on Diversity and Inclusion until 120 days
after submitting a report to the Committees on Armed Services
of the Senate and the House of Representatives detailing a
justification for such renewal.
Limitation on availability of funds until Department of Defense
complies with certain legal requirements (sec. 924)
The committee recommends a provision that would limit funds
authorized to be obligated or expended by the Office of the
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Legislative Affairs until
the Deputy Secretary of Defense certifies that the Department
of Defense has implemented Section 805 of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117-81) and
Section 1046 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-263).
Items of Special Interest
Briefings on implementation of Commission on Planning, Programming,
Budgeting, and Execution Reform interim recommendations
The committee notes that the Commission on Planning,
Programming, Budgeting, and Execution (PPBE) Reform,
established in the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117-81), publicly released its
interim report on August 15, 2023, which contained 13
recommendations that could be implemented immediately or in the
near-term. The committee further notes that the Deputy
Secretary of Defense issued direction to implement such
recommendations and, on March 6, 2024, the Office of the Under
Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) publicly released its
implementation plan.
The committee commends the Deputy Secretary of Defense and
the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) for taking such
actions. The committee directs the Under Secretary of Defense
(Comptroller) to provide periodic briefings to the
congressional defense committees on the status of such
implementation, the first of which should occur not later than
January 31, 2025, with subsequent briefings every 90 days
thereafter, until January 31, 2026.
Report on outcomes of the unmanned aircraft system cross-functional
team
The committee is aware that the Department of Defense (DOD)
established a counter-Unmanned Aerial Systems (cUAS) cross
functional team (CFT) in response to the Joint Base Langley-
Eustis incursions in December 2023. This incident, and others
like it, are of grave concern. Therefore, the committee directs
the Secretary of Defense and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs
of Staff to provide a report and briefing to the congressional
defense committees, not later than February 1, 2025, on all
recommendations, findings, results, and outcomes of the
Department's cUAS CFT.
Further, the briefing to the congressional defense
committees will include an overview of ongoing efforts by DOD
to make airspace data feeds related to air traffic in national
airspace, which contain controlled classified information,
available to qualified users in support of cUAS operations.
TITLE X--GENERAL PROVISIONS
Subtitle A--Financial Matters
General transfer authority (sec. 1001)
The committee recommends a provision that would authorize
the Secretary of Defense to transfer up to $6 billion of fiscal
year 2025 funds authorized in division A of this Act to
unforeseen higher priority needs in accordance with normal
reprogramming procedures. Transfers of funds between military
personnel authorizations would not be counted toward the dollar
limitation in this provision.
Revision of Department of Defense Financial Management Regulation (sec.
1002)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) to revise the
Department of Defense Financial Management Regulation 7000.14-
R. The committee is concerned that this lengthy and outdated
regulation creates undue workload and confusion for personnel.
Clear, consistent, and updated guidance that reflects current
legislation and modern financial practices will enable
efficient and effective decision-making. As recommended by the
Commission on Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution
Reform, systematic and comprehensive updates to the Financial
Management Regulation will provide more useful and timely
information to financial managers.
Repeal of audit incentive element in report requirement of Financial
Improvement and Audit Remediation Plan (sec. 1003)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 240b of title 10, United States Code, to modify the
reporting requirement in the Financial Improvement and Audit
Remediation (FIAR) Plan by eliminating the element pertaining
to audit incentives. The committee notes that the Department of
Defense has requested this modification because of the
difficulty in accurately quantifying the types of non-monetary
incentives used and measuring their effectiveness or impact on
audit practices. The committee further notes that the other
information included in the FIAR report and semiannual
briefings provide sufficient analysis of audit progress and
impediments. By modifying the reporting requirement in this
way, the committee encourages the Department of Defense to more
efficiently allocate its resources in collecting and presenting
audit-related data for the FIAR.
Pilot program for the temporary exchange of information technology
personnel (sec. 1004)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 1110 of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111-84) to authorize the Secretary
of Defense to include in the exchange program such personnel
performing financial management or budgetary tasks for private-
sector software-focused companies.
The committee encourages the Office of the Secretary of
Defense (Comptroller) to use this exchange program to enhance
workforce development opportunities and expand the expertise of
the financial management workforce.
Authority to use Defense Modernization Account funds for time-sensitive
equipment modernization (sec. 1005)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 3136(d) of title 10, United States Code, by adding to
the authorized uses of the Defense Modernization Account the
procurement and integration of commercial technologies and
services to satisfy certain requirements and provision of
infrastructure projects that accelerate the fielding and
adoption of new capabilities.
The committee notes that the Commission on Planning,
Programming, Budgeting, and Execution Reform recommended
revising the authorization for the Defense Modernization
Account to encourage the Department of Defense to use this tool
to develop, procure, and adopt innovative capabilities.
Subtitle B--Counterdrug Activities
Capacity building and security cooperation with Mexico to counter
threats posed by transnational criminal organizations (sec.
1011)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of
State, to submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a
plan for training members of the United States Armed Forces
jointly with members of the military forces of Mexico. The
training would be located at military installations and
facilities in the United States, and would focus on tactics,
techniques, and procedures for countering threats posed by
transnational criminal organizations. The provision would also
require implementation of the pilot program.
Authority of Department of Defense in surveillance of southwest border
of United States (sec. 1012)
The committee recommends a provision that would, consistent
with section 271 of title 10, United States Code, authorize the
sharing of information collected by the Department of Defense
operating at the southwest border in support of Federal
departments or agencies, with other Federal, state, or local
authorities not receiving support from the Department of
Defense, but who are also tasked to monitor movements to, or
across, the southwest border.
Treatment by Department of Defense of request for support at southwest
border of United States (sec. 1013)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of Defense to prioritize requests for support at the
southwest border that are timely and that define the required
capabilities of support. The committee notes that the
Government Accountability Office (GAO) published a report on
February 23, 2021, titled ``Southwest Border Security: Actions
Are Needed to Address the Cost and Readiness Implications of
Continued DOD Support to U.S. Customs and Border Protection''
(GAO-21-356), which recommended the Department of Defense
improve evaluations of cost estimates and impact of support to
the Department of Homeland Security on military readiness.
The committee finds that timely and capability-specific
requests from the Department of Homeland Security enable the
Department of Defense to better source, support, and reduce
negative impacts on military readiness.
Subtitle C--Naval Vessels
Improving Navy assessments required prior to start of construction on
first ship of a shipbuilding program (sec. 1021)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 8669c of title 10, United States Code, to clarify the
definition of basic and functional design to include three-
dimensional modeling and the positioning and routing of all
major distributive systems. The provision would also create a
requirement to provide a written determination that detail
design will be completed for each block of a ship's
construction before beginning construction of that block.
Finally, the provision would require the U.S. Navy to report on
the status of vendor- and government-furnished information.
The committee notes that the U.S. Navy used a flawed metric
to measure the completeness of basic and functional design on
the Constellation-class frigate, leading to the start of
construction being more than 2 years ahead of the expected
final approval of the design packages. The Government
Accountability Office (GAO) found that the Secretary of the
Navy's certification of the completeness of basic and
functional design was flawed, and that his findings relating to
the production readiness review in support of the start of
construction for the Constellation-class frigate did not
demonstrate a clear connection between design maturity data and
decision-making.
The GAO's May 2, 2024 report titled ``Navy Shipbuilding:
Increased Use of Leading Design Practices Could Improve
Timeliness of Deliveries'' (GAO-24-105503), stated that leading
commercial shipbuilders do not start construction on a block,
or a basic building unit, for the lead ship in a class until
after detail design is complete for that block. Moreover,
commercial shipbuilders finalize agreements with vendors as
early as possible to avoid design uncertainty or instability.
These practices help commercial shipbuilders control costs and
reduce schedules. The committee believes that the U.S. Navy
should use such best practices in the acquisition of new
classes of Navy ships.
Requirements for the unmanned maritime autonomy architecture (sec.
1022)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of the Navy, not later than 180 days after the date
of the enactment of this Act, to provide a forum on unmanned
maritime autonomy architecture (UMAA) that would facilitate
industry participation in the creation and management of
modular open systems architecture and associated standards for
maritime unmanned systems. The committee recognizes that
industry participants find it difficult to access and provide
constructive feedback to UMAA documentation and support a more
collaborative governance structure that aligns with practices
used by other open standards organizations.
Competitive demonstration of extra large unmanned underwater vehicles
(sec. 1023)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of the Navy, in coordination with the Commander, U.S.
Indo-Pacific Command, to conduct a competitive demonstration of
extra large unmanned underwater vehicles, including non-
developmental items from commercial or foreign partner sources.
The provision would also require that the Secretary of the Navy
submit an assessment of the competitive demonstration to the
congressional defense committees.
The committee recognizes the progress made by the Orca
extra-large unmanned underwater vehicle (XLUUV) program since
the requirements for the system were submitted in 2015 as a
Joint Emergent Operational Need. Although the U.S. Navy claims
that the program's cost and schedule challenges are being
resolved, it has come to the committee's attention that
commercially developed alternatives have become available,
affording the opportunity for a competitive demonstration of
capabilities. It is the committee's intention that the
competitive demonstration should inform updates to the U.S.
Navy's program requirements, funding, and acquisition strategy
for the planned fiscal year 2026 procurement of a mature and
effective XLUUV.
Extension of the National Commission on the Future of the Navy (sec.
1024)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 1092 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-263) to
extend the termination date for the National Commission on the
Future of the Navy from July 1, 2024, to January 15, 2026.
Delays in appointing commissioners and creating supporting
structures for the Commission necessitate an extension on the
due date of the final report.
Clarification of exception to Berry Amendment requirements for
procurement of vessels in foreign waters (sec. 1025)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 4862 of title 10, United States Code, to explicitly
allow for the acquisition of non-domestic items, not only by
vessels in foreign waters, but also by other Department of
Defense activities that are making purchases on behalf of
vessels operating in foreign waters.
Expansion of shipbuilding infrastructure of the Navy (sec. )
The committee recommends a provision that would:
(1) Amend section 231 of title 10, United States
Code, by requiring senior technical authority
determination of commercial or nongovernmental standard
approval, or contract solicitation allowance, prior to
incorporation of such assumptions into shipbuilding
cost estimates;
(2) Require the Secretary of the Navy to take actions
to adopt certain recommendations of the Government
Accountability Office;
(3) Amend section 8669a of title 10, United States
Code, by requiring source selection for new classes of
vessels to emphasize the realism of the ability of
offerors to deliver program requirements on schedule;
(4) Amend section 8669b of title 10, United States
Code, by requiring collaboration between the Naval
Systems Engineering and Logistics Directorates of Naval
Sea Systems Command and the Deputy Chief of Naval
Operations for Warfare Systems with respect to use of
funds from the beginning of the requirements process;
and
(5) Amend section 231(b) of title 10, United States
Code, by requiring an explanation of reductions to the
procurement of a class of vessels in the future years
defense program from year-to-year.
Subtitle D--Counterterrorism
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 (sec. 1031)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 1033 of the John S. McCain National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115-232), as
most recently amended by section 1031 of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118-31), to
extend through December 31, 2025, the prohibition on the use of
funds provided to the Department of Defense to transfer or
release individuals detained at United States Naval Station,
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to the United States.
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 (sec.
1032)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 1034(a) of the John S. McCain National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115-232), as
most recently amended by section 1032 of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118-31), to
extend through December 31, 2025, the prohibition on the use of
funds provided to the Department of Defense to construct or
modify facilities in the United States to house detainees
transferred from United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay,
Cuba.
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 (sec. 1033)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 1035 of the John S. McCain National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115-232), as
most recently amended by section 1033 of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118-31), to
extend through December 31, 2025, the prohibition on the use of
funds provided to the Department of Defense to transfer or
release individuals detained at United States Naval Station,
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to certain countries.
Extension of prohibition on use of funds to close or relinquish control
of United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (sec.
1034)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 1036 of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115-91), as most recently amended
by section 1034 of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118-31), to extend through the end
of fiscal year 2025 the prohibition on the use of funds
provided to the Department of Defense to: (1) Close or abandon
United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; (2)
Relinquish control of Guantanamo Bay to the Republic of Cuba;
or (3) Implement a material modification to the Treaty between
the United States of America and Cuba, signed at Washington,
D.C., on May 29, 1934, which modification would constructively
close United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Subtitle E--Miscellaneous Authorities and Limitations
Protection against misuse of Naval Special Warfare Command insignia
(sec. 1051)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
chapter 891 of title 10, United States Code, to prohibit the
unauthorized use of certain Naval Special Warfare insignia, and
authorizes a fine of not more than $20,000 for each violation.
Modified requirements for report on the plan for the nuclear weapons
stockpile, nuclear weapons complex, nuclear weapons delivery
systems, and nuclear weapons command and control system (sec.
1052)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 492a of title 10, United States Code, to modify
designated reporting requirements regarding nuclear weapons.
Prohibition on use of funds to support entertainment projects with ties
to the Government of the People's Republic of China (sec. 1043)
The committee recommends a provision that would prohibit
funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act to be made
available for providing active and direct support to any film,
television, or other entertainment project if the Secretary of
Defense has demonstrable evidence that the project has
complied, or is likely to comply, with a demand from the
Government of the People's Republic of China or the Chinese
Communist Party to censor content of the project in a material
manner to advance the national interests of the People's
Republic of China.
Assessments of casualties and fatalities during hostilities (sec. 1044)
The committee recommends a provision that would prohibit
the Department of Defense from citing casualty and fatality
data from terrorist organizations as authoritative in making
public assessments during hostilities.
Establishment of major mishap incident designation classification for
Department of Defense incidents (sec. 1045)
The committee recommends a provision that would establish a
new mishap designation classification for serious mishap
incidents resulting in $500 million or more in damage, cause at
least five fatalities, or which are otherwise so designated by
the Secretary of the military department concerned. The
provision would also establish investigatory and accountability
standards for such mishaps.
Requirements relating to payments by the Department of Defense for
qualifying injuries to the brain (sec. 1046)
The committee recommends a provision that would prohibit
the obligation or expenditure of more than 75 percent of the
funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act for travel
expenses of the Office of the Secretary of Defense until the
Secretary of Defense:
(1) Prescribes the regulations required under
paragraph (4) of section 901(i) of division J of the
Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (22
U.S.C. 2680b(i)); or
(2) Notifies the congressional defense committees of
the Secretary's intent to not provide payments
authorized under such section.
Prohibition on use of funds for resettlement in the United States of
certain individuals from the West Bank or Gaza (sec. 1048)
The committee recommends a provision that would prohibit
the Secretary of Defense from using any asset, facility, or
installation of the Department of Defense for transport or
processing of any individual from the West Bank or Gaza who is
not a United States citizen, the immediate family member of a
United States citizen, or a former United States government
employee, for the purposes of resettlement in the United
States.
Subtitle F--Studies and Reports
Report on Panama Canal security (sec. 1051)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of Defense to provide a report to the Committees on
Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives
on the vulnerabilities, safety, and security of the Panama
Canal.
The committee notes that the safety and security of the
Panama Canal is in the national security interests of the
United States given the need to flow U.S. military forces and
sustainment through the Panama Canal and Canal area in support
of a major contingency in another theater of operation.
Identifying any logistical, force protection, and throughput
challenges is essential to the security of the canal and
associated critical infrastructure.
Review of irregular warfare authorities (sec. 1052)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of Defense to conduct a review of the authorities
relevant to the conduct of irregular warfare activities by the
Department of Defense, and provide the results of the review to
the congressional defense committees not later than 180 days
after the date of the enactment of this Act.
Extension of briefing requirement regarding civil authorities at the
Southwest border (sec. 1053)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 1070 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-263) to
extend a quarterly briefing requirement on Department of
Defense support to civil authorities at the southwest border
through December 31, 2027.
Extension of annual report on civilian casualties in connection with
United States military operations (sec. 1054)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 1057(e) of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115-91) to extend the annual
report on civilian casualties in connection with U.S. military
operations until December 31, 2030.
Report on subterranean operations (sec. 1055)
The committee recommends a provision that would direct the
Secretary of Defense to submit a report to the congressional
defense committees on the plans, policies, and doctrine of the
Department of Defense regarding subterranean operations.
Analysis and report on air superiority of the Joint Force (sec. 1056)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of Defense to conduct or sponsor an analysis of how
the air superiority mission will be secured for the Joint Force
in the 2030s and 2040s. The provision would require the
Secretary to provide to the congressional defense committees,
not later than March 31, 2025, a report on the analysis,
including but not limited to detailed assessments of: (1) The
FA-XX platform; (2) The Penetrating Counter Air platform; (3)
The Collaborative Combat Aircraft; (4) Currently planned
fighter modernization efforts; (5) Space-based capabilities;
(6) Ground-based capabilities; and (7) Any other capabilities
the Secretary considers relevant to air superiority.
The committee is deeply concerned for the future of the air
superiority mission in the 2030s and 2040s, due to lack of
communication or evident planning by the services to maintain
this vital mission set. The committee is also concerned for the
future of the defense industrial base as it relates to fighter
aircraft and advanced military aviation.
Responding to unmanned aircraft systems incursions (sec. 1057)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of Defense to: (1) Develop a strategy for countering
unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) technology and the threats such
technology poses to facilities, personnel, and assets of the
Department of Defense (DOD) overseas and in the United States;
(2) Report on that strategy, not later than 90 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act; (3) Conduct an assessment of
resources and authorities that are needed to protect overseas
operations of U.S. forces; (4) Determine requirements for the
DOD to pre-coordinate planned actions with other Federal
agencies in the event of UAS incursions; (5) Establish a
process for referring for investigation and prosecution of a
UAS offense with respect to which the Secretary of Defense has
taken an action under authorities provided in section
130i(b)(1) of title 10, United States Code; (5) Conduct an
assessment, in consultation with the Attorney General and the
Director of National Intelligence, of any recommended changes,
including adjustments in the allocation of resources, law,
policy, or any other authority to improve the ability of the
Secretary of Defense to carry out the 2022 National Defense
Strategy, as required under section 113(g) of title 10, United
States Code, to respond to UAS incursions and to mitigate the
risks posed to national security from UAS incursions; and (6)
Authorize the Secretary of Defense to provide support to
Federal, State, and local government agencies for detecting,
identifying, and monitoring unmanned aircraft systems that
cross the Northern and Southern borders of the United States.
Additionally, the committee directs the Secretary of
Defense and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to
deliver to the congressional defense committees a comprehensive
assessment of counter-unmanned aircraft systems (cUAS) systems
in development or fielded to the Armed Forces, not later than
January 1, 2025. The assessment should include: (1) A
programmatic review and summary of the numbers, value, and
efficacy of cUAS equipment in development, or currently
deployed, to the Armed Forces, broken down by sensing,
characterization, and engagement capabilities; (2) A list, by
U.S. military installation, of deployed cUAS equipment and an
articulation of the process for installation commanders to
request the deployment of cUAS equipment; and (3) Systems in
development or fielded by the Joint cUAS Office, the military
departments, U.S. Special Operations Command, U.S. Central
Command, U.S. European Command, U.S. Africa Command, and U.S.
Indo-Pacific Command.
The committee also directs the Secretary of Defense and
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to deliver to the
congressional defense committees, not later than January 1,
2025, a capabilities gap assessment of current UAS technology
and tactics, techniques, and procedures, either observed by the
Armed Forces or informed by the intelligence community.
Unauthorized unmanned aircraft systems regularly violate
airspace over DOD installations, both domestically and abroad,
and violate national airspace from the international borders of
the United States. Thousands of incursions occur each year.
These violations range from innocent mistakes by civilians
operating hobbyist UAS to nation-state surveillance of U.S.
military activities and transnational criminal organizations
supporting trafficking across the international borders of the
United States. Violations of airspace over DOD installations by
UAS, whether domestically or abroad, present a threat to
operations and the security of personnel and materiel.
Violations of airspace at the international borders of the
United States by unmanned aircraft systems present a threat to
U.S. Government personnel stationed at the border and to the
safety of commercial and U.S. Government aircraft conducting
operations in those areas. This constitutes a threat to
national security. The committee finds that DOD has not
appropriately resourced installation commanders, domestically
or abroad, or units assigned at the international borders of
the United States, to counter the threat of UAS. Finally, the
committee finds no evidence that DOD has issued guidance for
creating standard operating procedures (SOPs) for installation
commanders. A requirement for DOD to publish such SOPs is
required elsewhere in this Act.
Exercise for countering unmanned aerial systems (sec. 1058)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Chairman of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Commander, U.S. Northern Command,
to plan and execute a full-scale counter unmanned aerial system
response exercise in the Department of Defense's special use
airspace. The provision would also require the Secretary of
Defense to provide a briefing to the congressional defense
committees on the outcomes and lessons learned from the
exercise.
Review, assessment, and analysis of governance structure of counter-
narcotics and counter-transnational organized crime activities
(sec. 1059)
The committee directs the Secretary of Defense to enter
into an agreement with a federally funded research and
development center to conduct an independent review,
assessment, and analysis of the governance structure of the
counter-narcotics and counter-transnational organized crime
activities of the Department of Defense, and upon receipt of
that assessment, to provide the report to the congressional
defense committees and congressional research agencies.
Annual briefing on operational readiness of the 53rd Weather
Reconnaissance Squadron prior to commencement of the official
hurricane season (sec. 1062)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
commanding officer of the 22nd Air Force to provide a briefing,
not later than March 31, 2025, and annually thereafter for 2
years, to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and
the House of Representatives, on the operational readiness of
the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron.
Modification and extension of requirement for combatant command risk
assessment for airborne intelligence, surveillance, and
reconnaissance (sec. 1060)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 1061 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-263) to
add cancellation of an intelligence, surveillance, and
reconnaissance system as an event that would trigger a
combatant commander assessment, and to extend the sunset date
of the provision to December 31, 2032.
Study on combat accomplishments of remotely piloted aircraft crew (sec.
1063)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of Defense to seek to enter into an agreement with a
federally funded research and development center to conduct an
independent study to identify opportunities to provide more
support services to, and greater recognition of, combat
accomplishments of remotely piloted aircraft crew.
Report on resourcing of the Arctic Strategy (sec. 1064)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of Defense to provide a report to the congressional
defense committees and the congressional research agencies on
cost data for the Arctic Strategy for each fiscal year 2026
through 2031. The report for fiscal year 2026 would be due not
later than May 1, 2025, and subsequent reports would be due in
conjunction with President's annual budget request.
Assessment of impact of transnational organized crime on military drug
overdoses (sec. 1065)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Directors of the military criminal investigation organizations,
in coordination with the Director of the Defense Heath Agency,
to provide an assessment to the congressional defense
committees, not later than 180 days after the enactment of this
Act, of the types of drugs responsible for drug overdoses on
military installations, the origin of those drugs, and the
impact of the drug overdoses to military readiness.
Review and report on operational plans of the Department of Defense
(sec. 1066)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of Defense to complete a review of the operational
plans of the Department of Defense and submit a report to the
congressional defense committees. The report would outline any
shortfall in personnel, equipment, munitions, infrastructure,
or material required to execute the operational plans. The
provision would also require an independent analysis of the
report by a federally funded research and development center.
Report on undersea cable posture (sec. XXX)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Chief Information Officer of the Department of Defense to
submit a report to the congressional defense committees, no
later than December 30, 2025, on the threats, defense, and
resilience of undersea cables used by the Department of
Defense.
Subtitle G--Caisson Services at Arlington National Cemetery
Plan for procurement of military working equids for the Caisson Platoon
of the 3rd Infantry Regiment of the Army (sec. 1071)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of the Army to submit a plan to Congress, not later
than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, for the
procurement of military working equids for the Caisson Platoon.
Requirement to begin conducting funerals with caisson services at
Arlington National Cemetery (sec. 1072)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of the Army, not later than 30 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, to begin conducting funerals with
caisson services at Arlington National Cemetery or enter into a
contract to provide such services.
Monthly report on funerals at Arlington National Cemetery on hold until
caisson services resume (sec. 1073)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 7721 of title 10, United States Code, that would
require the Secretary of the Army to submit a monthly report on
the status of families that are awaiting caisson support for
funeral services at Arlington National Cemetery.
Land for operations and training of Caisson Platoon of the 3rd Infantry
Regiment of the Army (sec. 1074)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 366 of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118-31) to require the Secretary
of the Army to consider land in Virginia and West Virginia when
contemplating land acquisition in support of the Caisson
Platoon.
Subtitle H--Other Matters
Roles and responsibilities for the mitigation, identification, and
treatment of traumatic brain injury and the monitoring and
documentation of blast overpressure exposure. (Sec. 1081)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of Defense to establish the roles and
responsibilities of components of the Office of the Secretary
of Defense for the mitigation, identification, and treatment of
traumatic brain injury and the monitoring and documentation of
blast overpressure exposure with respect to health care,
readiness, acquisitions, and Inspector General oversight.
The provision would also require annual implementation
briefings to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and
the House of Representatives on the roles and responsibilities
for a period of 3 years, as well as annual reports for a period
of 5 years on the topic of traumatic brain injuries within the
Department of Defense and medical providers trained in
Traumatic Brain Injury neurology.
Extension of National Security Commission on Emerging Biotechnology
(sec. 1082)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 1091 of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117-81) to extend the period of
performance for the National Security Commission on Emerging
Biotechnology (NSCEB), and include additional time to draft and
brief the final report. It would also clarify the service of
certain commissioners.
The committee appreciates the work of NSCEB, including the
issuance of interim recommendations. The committee recognizes
that the Commission will likely not complete its final report
by the statutorily required date. Therefore, the committee
believes it is necessary to modify section 1091 to extend the
final report deadline by 6 months, extend the termination date
to December 1, 2026, and clarify that commissioners who were
not appointed by the statutory deadline may continue to serve.
Enhancement of special operations riverine capability (sec. 1083)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low
Intensity Conflict and the Commander, U.S. Special Operations
Command (SOCOM), to submit a plan to the congressional defense
committees for the sustainment and enhancement of a special
operations riverine capability within SOCOM through fiscal year
2035.
Plan for recapitalization of special operations surface combatant craft
(sec. 1084)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low
Intensity Conflict and the Commander, U.S. Special Operations
Command, to provide a plan to the congressional defense
committees, not later than 90 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, for special operations surface combatant
craft at end of service life, as appropriate, for conversion
into unmanned systems to support experimentation and employment
of manned-unmanned teaming capabilities.
Homeland defense planning requirements (sec. 1085)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy, Plans, and
Capabilities (ASD(SPC)), in consultation with the Commander,
U.S. Cyber Command, and the Director of the Defense
Intelligence Agency, to submit a report to the Secretary of
Defense, the Commander, U.S. Northern Command, the Secretaries
of the military departments, and the Committees on Armed
Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives,
detailing the defense critical assets in the United States that
would likely be targeted for kinetic or non-kinetic attacks in
a major conflict with an adversary.
The provision would also require the ASD(SPC), in
consultation with the relevant civilian agencies, to provide a
report to the Secretary of Defense, the Secretaries of the
military departments, and the Committees on Armed Services of
the Senate and the House of Representatives, on the Department
of Defense personnel requirements for fulfilling requests for
support from civil authorities to respond to those attacks.
Finally, the provision would require the ASD(SPC), in
consultation with the Commander, U.S. Cyber Command, and the
Commander, U.S. Northern Command, to provide a feasibility
assessment for the provision of such support to the Secretary
of Defense, the Secretaries of the military departments, and
the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of
Representatives.
Authority to provide contracted assistance to secure the southern land
border of the United States (sec. 1086)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 1059 of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 114-92) to authorize the Secretary
of Defense to enter into services contracts to provide
Department of Defense assistance to U.S. Customs and Border
Protection for purposes of increasing ongoing efforts to secure
the southern land border of the United States.
Liaison with the Counter Unmanned Aerial Systems Task Force (Sec. 1087)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Director of the All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) to
provide a liaison to the Counter Unmanned Aerial Systems Task
Force to improve coordination in areas of shared
responsibility. The committee believes that leveraging
technical capabilities for sensing and response in shared
threat space could improve outcomes for both organizations.
The committee commends AARO for its efforts to address the
technical challenges of identifying and characterizing
unidentified aerial phenomena. The mission of the AARO office
is to minimize technical and intelligence surprise by
synchronizing scientific, intelligence, and operational
detection identification, attribution, and mitigation of
unidentified anomalous phenomena in the vicinity of national
security areas. The committee is concerned that the Department
has not resourced this office to fully address some of the
technical challenges, as well as the need to develop new
scientific tradecraft in this space. The committee encourages
the Department to fully assess the resourcing needs for this
office in future budget submissions.
Introduction of entities in transactions critical to national security
(sec. 1088)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 1047 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-263) to
provide the Secretary of Defense with permanent authority to
convene private companies to discuss market trends and
opportunities abroad. The committee notes that the original
authority was permissive, and there have been legal
interpretations that have prevented its use.
The committee remains concerned that the Department of
Defense is not moving fast enough to leverage our comparative
advantage of private capital in our competition with China and
Russia. The committee believes it is necessary to require such
facilitation in order to begin making progress in the goal of
preventing peer competitors from using adversarial capital to
slow down or impede national security goals.
Prioritization of accreditation of sensitive compartmented information
facilities supporting DX-rated programs (sec. 1089)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of Defense to develop a framework for prioritized
review, accreditation, and reaccreditation of sensitive
compartmented information facilities and classified
communications at certain facilities supporting DX-rated
programs.
Establishment of the National Security Capital Forum (sec. 1090)
The committee recommends a provision that would establish a
new National Security Capital Forum to serve as a convening
organization for international finance experts, capital
providers, investors, entrepreneurs and others to exchange
information on potential transactions that could support to the
national security interests of the United States.
Improvements relating to portability of professional licenses of
servicemembers and their spouses (sec. 1091)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 705A of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (Public Law
108-189) to establish policies and processes for interstate
reciprocity of professional licenses of servicemembers and
their spouses.
Pilot program to provide military aircraft support to air shows (sec.
1092)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretaries of
the military departments, to establish a pilot program to
provide military aircraft and aerial demonstration teams in
support of air shows located in rural or small market areas.
Establishment of requirements relating to blast overpressure exposure
(sec. 1093)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of Defense to establish the minimization of exposure
to blast overpressure as a performance parameter when drafting
requirements for new weapons systems, require contractors to
provide the Department of Defense safety data on blast
overpressure, and require test plans to include testing for
blast overpressure.
Preferred alternative for the Ambler Mining District in Alaska (sec.
1094)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of Interior to select a preferred alternative
relating to the provision of access to the Ambler Mining
District in Alaska, in coordination with the Secretary of
Defense.
Items of Special Interest
Agile Combat Employment
The committee applauds the Air Force's focus on Agile
Combat Employment (ACE), but remains concerned that there is no
guiding set of requirements for all elements of the Air Force
to follow as they pursue the various aspects of achieving ACE.
The committee observes that ACE requirements are being
developed as low as the unit level, when it may be more cost
effective and efficient to define those requirements at higher
levels, including at or above the major command level. In the
U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM) area of responsibility,
for example, individual wings and other elements are using
their own funds and organic resources to pursue ACE
initiatives, with very little direction from the higher
headquarters.
The committee believes that there has been inadequate
consideration of interagency and bilateral requirements needed
to implement ACE, especially in the INDOPACOM area of
responsibility. For example, the committee believes the Air
Force needs to better articulate ACE requirements so that
appropriate bilateral international agreements can be
negotiated in time for the Air Force to use divert airfields in
an ACE context. While some tactical-level planning has
occurred, the committee believes those efforts need to be
supported by higher-level interagency coordination or they will
be out of phase with operational plans.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Air
Force, not later than March 31, 2025, to submit to the
congressional defense committees a report on the current status
of ACE in each of the geographic combatant command areas of
responsibility. The report should detail the guiding
requirements given to each Air Force echelon that is
responsible for planning and resourcing ACE activities. The
report shall also include the results of a study of potential
divert airfields in the Indo-Pacific region, along with an
articulation of the remaining steps, including the negotiation
of bilateral international agreements, necessary to utilize
such divert airfields.
Anomalous health incidents
The committee notes that section 910 of the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117-
81) established a cross-functional team in the Department of
Defense which continues to play a critical role in ensuring
care for those affected by Anomalous Health Incidents (AHIs)
and characterizing, detecting, and mitigating the threat posed
by directed energy weapons that may cause AHIs. The committee
believes more must be done to understand how such incidents can
be identified, attributed, mitigated, and treated and directs
the Secretary of Defense to provide a briefing to the
congressional defense committees, not later than January 1,
2025, that, at a minimum:
(1) Summarizes anomalous health incidents affecting
members of the Armed Forces and civilian employees of
the Department of Defense, including information
regarding suspected AHIs, the number of personnel
affected, and the location and timeframe of such
incident;
(2) Describes efforts by the Department to protect
and provide treatment to such members and employees
from the effects of AHIs;
(3) Describes efforts by the Department to facilitate
the timely reporting of suspected AHI incidents;
(4) Articulates efforts by the Department to
attribute the cause of such AHIs;
(5) Outlines the current efforts of the Department to
contribute to the overall approach of the Federal
Government to attribute, address, prevent, and respond
to AHIs; and
(6) Any other matters deemed relevant by the
Secretary.
Arctic research and expertise
The committee notes that the February 5, 2024, ``Annual
Threat Assessment of the U.S. Intelligence Community,''
published by the Office of the Director of National
Intelligence, states that ``competition over access and
economic resources in the Arctic, as sea ice recedes, increases
the risk of miscalculation, particularly while there is
military tension between Russia and the other seven countries
with Arctic territory.'' In order to properly assess these
conditions, the Department of Defense (DOD) must have
sufficient intelligence, information, research inputs, and
analytical expertise. The committee urges DOD to ensure they
are appropriately staffed with experts on the conditions in the
Arctic region to ensure that intelligence collection, research,
and analysis are conducted effectively with reference to these
dynamics.
The committee further notes that confronting and adapting
to rapidly evolving challenges in the Arctic region, including
coastal resilience, would benefit from increased place-based,
forward operating research capacity. Establishing strategically
located, scalable field research centers known as Arctic
Watchtowers to conduct on-the-ground research in Arctic
gateways could improve the reliability and breadth of
monitoring data to inform DOD decision making, such as when
defense operations impact mammalian habitat. Locally-based,
forward operating research benefits from robust partnerships
with regional and local universities, Tribal communities, and
international collaboration. Data derived from on-the-ground,
forward-operating research can complement satellite and other
data on littoral, meteorological, or ecosystem conditions. The
National Strategy for the Arctic Region, a 10-year plan issued
on October 7, 2022, highlights the need to invest in research
and collaboration with Arctic communities for co-production of
knowledge to advance monitoring and predictive capacity, such
as maritime domain awareness; operational oceanography;
tracking shifts in sea ice flows; monitoring emerging sea
routes; and reduction of data gaps where they exist. The
committee encourages the Secretary of Defense to consider
investments in watchtower research efforts in the Arctic and
near-Arctic region as part of DOD support in execution of the
Arctic strategy.
Briefing on approval processes for operations in the information
environment
The committee notes the importance of effectively operating
in the information domain to achieve the objectives outlined in
the 2022 National Defense Strategy. Further, the committee
notes that section 1631 of the National Defense Authorization
Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116-92) affirms the
authority of the Secretary of Defense to conduct military
operations in the information environment, including
clandestine operations, to defend the United States, allies of
the United States, and interests of the United States,
including in response to malicious influence activities carried
out against the United States or a United States person by a
foreign power.
The committee is concerned that the process through which
the Department of Defense reviews, coordinates, and approves
concepts of operations for the conduct of such operations may
not be responsive enough to address time-sensitive requirements
and, therefore, may inhibit the ability of combatant commanders
to operate effectively in the information environment.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to
provide a briefing to the Committees on Armed Services of the
Senate and the House of Representatives, not later than January
1, 2025, on the Department's process for reviewing and
approving plans for military operations in the information
environment. The briefing shall include, at a minimum:
(1) An explanation of the concept of operation review
and approval process, including as it relates to
interagency coordination;
(2) An estimate of the timeline associated with the
concept of operation review and approval process;
(3) An identification of challenges, if any, in the
review and approval process;
(4) Recommendations to improve the timeliness of the
review and approval process;
(5) Any other matters deemed relevant by the
Secretary.
Capability evaluation to support strategic competition
The committee supports efforts by the Department of Defense
(DOD) to implement the 2022 National Defense Strategy through
the development of the Joint Warfighting Concept and the Joint
Concept for Competing. However, the committee is concerned by
the lack of a coherent strategy for building operational
concepts under the Joint Concept for Competing that would
improve the Department's ability to shape the operational
environment in competition and crisis. The committee believes
DOD has a paucity of capabilities necessary to operate
effectively in the information environment, improve
collaboration with allies and partners, and conduct other
activities in competition. The committee also believes DOD must
improve its ability to measure the effectiveness of
capabilities necessary to implement the Joint Concept for
Competing.
Therefore, the committee directs the Chairman of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff to provide a briefing to the Senate Armed
Services Committee, not later than January 15, 2025, on efforts
to field relevant capabilities to combatant commanders that can
shape the operational environment during the competition phase.
The briefing should also include an evaluation of the joint
force capabilities necessary to implement the 2023 Strategy for
Operations in the Information Environment.
Counternarcotics and counter-transnational organized crime combatant
command improvements--combatant command coordination
Elsewhere in this report, the committee notes the outcomes
of the Comptroller General's April 2024 report titled
``Counter-Narcotics: DOD Should Improve Coordination and
Assessment of Its Activities'' (GAO-24-106281) which examined
issues related to the Department of Defense's (DOD) counter-
narcotics (CN) and counter-transnational organized crime (CTOC)
activities. The committee notes that the Government
Accountability Office (GAO) issued several findings and expects
DOD to keep the committee informed on efforts to address the
GAO's recommendations.
The committee is concerned that there is a difference in
prioritization between combatant commands (COCOMs) that
directly impacts the ability to stop the flow of fentanyl and
illicit drugs into the United States. The committee is
concerned with the overlap and lack of clarity regarding the
roles, responsibilities, and priorities between U.S. Southern
Command (SOUTHCOM), U.S. Northern Command (NORTHCOM), and U.S.
Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM), and their respective task
forces--Joint Interagency Task Force-South (JIATF-S), Joint
Task Force-North (JTF-N), and Joint Interagency Task Force-West
(JIATF-W).
Therefore, the committee directs the Chairman of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff to provide a report to the Senate Armed
Services Committee, not later than March 1, 2025, on the
Chairman's actions to improve governance, interoperability,
information sharing, unity of command, and roles, missions, and
responsibilities between INDOPACOM, SOUTHCOM, and NORTHCOM as
it pertains to the CN/CTOC mission. The report should include,
at a minimum, the following:
(1) A governance framework for coordination among the
COCOMs, military services, and combat support agencies
in support of the CN/CTOC mission, including guidance
on the coordination and deconfliction of activities in
and across the SOUTHCOM, NORTHCOM, and INDOPACOM areas
of responsibility;
(2) A governance framework for DOD support to other
elements of the United States Government and
international partners in support of the CN/CTOC
mission; and
(3) Any additional matters that the Chairman of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff deems relevant.
Counternarcotics and counter-transnational organized crime combatant
command improvements--command and control of the information
environment
The Senate report (S. Rept. 117-130) accompanying the James
M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
2023 (Public Law 117-263) included a provision directing the
Comptroller General of the United States (GAO) to examine
issues related to the Department of Defense (DOD) counter-
narcotics (CN) and counter-transnational organized crime (CTOC)
activities. The committee notes that the April 2024 GAO report
titled ``Counter-Narcotics: DOD Should Improve Coordination and
Assessment of Its Activities'' (GAO-24-106281) included
recommendations relating to the use of the command and control
of the information environment (C2IE) capability to support CN
and CTOC activities.
The committee notes that the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs
of Staff is responsible for developing CN/CTOC doctrine and for
implementing, in consultation with combatant commands (COCOMs)
and the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for
Counternarcotics and Stabilization Policy, guidance that
establishes responsibilities and procedures to coordinate CN/
CTOC activities. The Office of the Secretary of Defense has
important policy and oversight roles. However, the committee is
concerned that the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff does
not appear to be involved in, or play an adequate role in,
addressing the coordination and dissemination of intelligence;
tactical and strategic data; and information.
The committee is concerned with the inconsistencies of
managing intelligence, common operating picture, and sharing of
information across the various DOD elements involved in the CN/
CTOC mission. The committee understands that the Department has
established a program of record, known as C2IE, to manage
information flow across multiple stakeholders from intelligence
to law enforcement and across all the geographic COCOMs. The
GAO identified several issues including unclear standard
operating procedures, lack of consistent reporting, and most
importantly, unclear guidance as to overall responsibility
within each COCOM and across the COCOMs for CN/CTOC activities.
DOD partially agreed with the GAO's findings and commented that
the COCOMs are responsible for the input of data into the C2IE
capability.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense
and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to jointly
conduct a review of the C2IE capability and its support to the
CN/CTOC mission and provide a report to the Senate Armed
Services Committee, not later than March 1, 2025. The report
should, at a minimum, address the following:
(1) An overview of the C2IE program of record and its
role in supporting the CN/CTOC mission;
(2) Fielding of C2IE terminals and other peripheries
across the Joint Force;
(3) An assessment of whether standard operating
procedures should be established for use of C2IE across
the Joint Force;
(4) An assessment of quality control measures for
reporting and information sharing within the C2IE
system including whether existing training procedures
for users of the system are adequate;
(5) An identification of responsibility for verifying
that reporting information is accurate and consistent
across combatant commands;
(6) A determination of whether C2IE meets the needs
to execute the CN/CTOC strategy;
(7) A status update on DOD efforts to fully implement
the recommendations contained in the aforementioned GAO
report;
(8) An assessment of whether updated DOD guidance is
necessary to enhance C2IE support to DOD CN/CTOC
activities; and,
(9) Any additional matters the Chairman of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff deems relevant.
Cyber academy assessment and report
The committee notes that Congress took an important step
toward increasing the talent pipeline for our national cyber
workforce when it created the cyber service academy scholarship
program in the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization
Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-263), and when the
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public
Law 118-31) expanded the program to allow graduates to serve in
the non-Department of Defense elements of the intelligence
community.
While this scholarship-for-service program matures, the
committee believes that careful study should be given to the
prospect of a brick-and-mortar academy, in the mold of the
military service academies, to provide a premier educational
institution to train military and civilian personnel for the
U.S. Government in the skills necessary to fight and win in the
cyber domain.
The committee recognizes this would be a significant
investment by the U.S. Government and it is important to ensure
that if Congress elects to pursue a new academy that it be done
in a thoughtful and strategic manner. Questions of oversight,
curriculum development, faculty hiring, and choosing a location
must all be addressed. To this end, the committee directs the
Secretary of Defense to contract with a federally funded
research and development center to study the feasibility and
advisability of a physical cyber academy. The committee directs
the study be delivered to the Committees on Armed Services of
the Senate and the House of Representatives by not later than
December 1, 2025.
The study shall include, but not be limited to, the
following:
(1) A proposed definition of the core objectives and
priorities of the cyber academy;
(2) A recommendation for the structure for such cyber
academy, including the roles of the Department of
Defense and other relevant U.S. Government agencies in
the funding, development, and oversight of the cyber
academy;
(3) A proposed plan for oversight of the
establishment and initial operation of the cyber
academy, including the feasibility and advisability of
the creation of an oversight board to oversee
development of the cyber academy;
(4) A recommendation for the long-term oversight of
the cyber academy, to include whether it should fall
under U.S. Cyber Command, the National Security Agency,
or some other U.S. Government entity;
(5) A proposed plan for execution and oversight of
the facilities and installation of facilities for such
cyber academy, including the use or purchase of Federal
land for all:
(a) buildings;
(b) facilities; and
(c) student housing.
(6) Recommendations for the leadership structure and
administration of a cyber academy;
(7) An assessment of the funding, resources, and
other support required to establish such cyber academy;
(8) The feasibility and advisability of establishing
five centers of excellence within universities in the
United States with which to collaborate in creating
academic programming for the cyber academy and
opportunities for student exchange; and
(9) Any other matter as directed by the Secretary of
Defense.
Defining terminology for unmanned maritime vessels
The committee is concerned that unmanned maritime vessels
and systems do not have uniform definitions, which can lead to
ambiguity over the assignment of liability, identification of
negligence, and other legal matters that may impact the
development and deployment of these systems to the fleet.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Navy
to provide a briefing to the congressional defense committees,
not later than February 1, 2025, that includes: (1) A
description of overarching terminology used by the U.S. Navy in
reference to unmanned vessels and systems, including the terms
unmanned, robotic, remotely operated, and autonomous; and (2) A
description of how the U.S. Navy will ensure unmanned vessels
and systems meet statutory requirements and international law
applicable in the maritime domain.
Digital Persona Protection Program
Impersonations of military leaders, especially on social
media, are becoming disturbingly more common. Criminals and
other nefarious actors, including nation states, use social
media to scam Americans out of money, commit fraud, steal
personally identifiable information, or worse, harm military
personnel.
The committee is encouraged that the U.S. Army has expanded
its Digital Persona Protection Program (DP3) to protect all
general officers from online impersonations and other digital
threats. The committee encourages the other services,
especially the U.S. Air Force and the U.S. Navy, to expand
their DP3 programs to offer this critical protection to their
general officers.
Forward deployment of amphibious warfare ships
The committee notes that the Department of the Navy
maintained between four and five amphibious warfare ships in
Forward Deployed Naval Forces-Japan (FDNF-J) to deploy three-
ship Amphibious Ready Groups (ARGs) for the 31st Marine
Expeditionary Unit. However, with declining readiness rates,
and the reduction of FDNF-J amphibious warfare ships to four
since 2023, the Navy has struggled to reliably deploy three-
ship ARGs. The committee notes that last ARG deployment from
FDNF-J in which a ship did not join late due to maintenance was
in Spring 2022, and that the Spring 2024 deployment was
conducted with only two amphibious ships.
Therefore, the committee encourages the Navy to consider
forward deploying five amphibious warfare ships to a homeport
in Japan, including at least one amphibious assault ship and at
least three amphibious transport dock or dock landing ships, to
improve the reliability of the Navy to deploy a three-ship ARG
for regularly scheduled deployments.
Implementation of Department of Defense Instruction on civilian harm
mitigation and response
The Department of Defense (DOD) established the Civilian
Protection Center of Excellence on August 25, 2022, and issued
Department of Defense Instruction 3000.17 (DODI 3000.17) on
Civilian Harm Mitigation and Response on December 21, 2023.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense, not
later than January 1, 2025, to submit to the Senate Armed
Services Committee, a report on implementation of DODI 3000.17.
The report shall include, at a minimum, the following:
(1) An identification of civilian harm assessments
deemed eligible for re-opening, if any, pursuant to
DODI 3000.17 due to the availability of previously
unassessed relevant information or the emergence of new
relevant information, the outcomes or status of such
assessments, and a description of any steps taken by
DOD in response to a revised assessment;
(2) A description of the processes established by DOD
to identify and evaluate such assessments;
(3) A description of steps taken by the combatant
commands and military services to implement relevant
directives in DODI 3000.17; and
(4) A summary and assessment of the adequacy of
authorities and related resources available to DOD to
respond to civilian harm, and an identification of any
gaps.
Innovative incentives for naval shipyard employees
The committee notes the Chief of Naval Operations stated in
testimony before the committee on May 16, 2024, ``Through the
[Shipyard Infrastructure Optimization Program] and our
recapitalization of century-old infrastructure, we are
improving [Quality of Service] for our 30,000 shipyard
employees. But, we must do more.'' The committee agrees and
notes these employees are vital to the maintenance and
modernization of our nuclear-powered fleet of battle force
ships. The committee urges the Secretary of the Navy and Chief
of Naval Operations to consider additional voluntary innovative
incentives to attract, retain, and improve the quality of
service of the tens of thousands of employees who perform this
critical work at our four naval shipyards. In particular, the
committee believes providing such employees with a tailored
opportunity to affiliate with the Navy Reserve in a new
category specifically for shipyard employees could provide
compensation, retirement, health care, and other valuable
benefits not otherwise achievable.
Accordingly, the committee directs the Secretary of the
Navy to submit a report to the Committees on Armed Services of
the Senate and the House of Representatives, not later than
March 1, 2025, that assesses the feasibility and advisability
of such innovative incentives, including: (1) A voluntary form
of the military technicians (dual status) program pursuant to
section 10216 of title 10, United States Code; (2) A voluntary
special category of United States Navy Selected Reserve status;
(3) A voluntary special category of other Reserve status; and
(4) Such other options as the Secretary deems appropriate. For
each incentive or option, the Secretary shall provide the
notional key elements, eligibility requirements, benefits to
the employee, benefits to the U.S. Government, estimated cost
to the U.S. Government per fiscal year, and statutory or other
legislative changes required.
Joint multi-domain non-kinetic training and experimentation environment
The committee is concerned that the current training
environments may be insufficient to meet Armed Forces training
requirements and impact readiness, training throughput, and
testing for technical systems. The committee notes that current
range capabilities cannot sufficiently replicate real world
threat conditions. The committee is aware that the Department
of Defense is examining interconnecting existing ranges and
training sites in the western States to help address some of
these concerns by improving joint multi-domain non-kinetic
training and further experimentation, research, and
development. However, the committee is not aware of specific
actions or progress being made towards that goal.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense
to submit a report to the congressional defense committees, not
later than June 1, 2025, that analyzes the feasibility and
advisability of establishing a regional joint multi-domain non-
kinetic training and experimentation environment. The report
should include the following: (1) An analysis of the expected
capabilities, limitations, timelines, and costs of a regional
joint multi-domain non-kinetic training and experimentation
environment; (2) An analysis of the required joint multi-domain
non-kinetic training and experimentation environment
capabilities, including a plan for the phased design and
implementation of the connection of ranges and testing sites;
(3) An explanation of how the design architecture is in
alignment with recommendations set forth in the October 2020
report titled ``Department of Defense Electromagnetic Spectrum
Superiority Strategy'', and how the design architecture will
support high-periodicity training, testing, research, and
development; and (4) Other matters the Secretary deems
appropriate.
Management of programs under Alternative Compensatory Control Measures
The committee strongly supports the ongoing review directed
by the Deputy Secretary of Defense to improve the oversight,
governance, and congressional reporting of Alternative
Compensatory Control Measures (ACCM) across the Department of
Defense. The committee reiterates its expectation that,
following the review, the Department will strictly manage ACCMs
in accordance with section 119a of title 10, United States
Code, including providing timely notification of the creation
of new ACCMs and the delivery of an annual report to the
congressional defense committees that includes all required
information on each ACCM.
Military decoy technology
The committee recognizes the importance of military decoys
for the successful conduct of military operations. The
committee is aware that the war in Ukraine has highlighted the
importance of military decoys. However, it has also highlighted
the stagnation in U.S. military investment and technological
development for this area, which the committee believes
requires renewed focus.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense,
in coordination with the Under Secretary of Defense for
Intelligence and Security and the Under Secretary of Defense
for Research and Engineering, to provide a report to the
congressional defense committees, not later than June 30, 2025,
on military decoy technology. The report shall include an
assessment of the state of U.S. military decoy technology, and
a discussion of: (1) Related programs and initiatives; (2)
Lessons learned from the war in Ukraine; (3) Identification of
capability gaps facing the Department of Defense; and (4)
Opportunities to improve our defense posture using decoys,
including promising emerging technologies.
Modernizing strategic sealift
The committee notes that the Department of Defense (DOD)
has requested the authority to procure used vessels to
recapitalize the Ready Reserve Force (RRF) and the Military
Sealift Command (MSC) surge sealift fleets. The committee
believes that DOD needs to modernize the RRF and the MSC
fleets, which could be done by purchasing used vessels or by
building new sealift vessels domestically. The committee
requires a better understanding of the existing cargo ship
market, including vessels that might be available for purchase,
and how new ships from the U.S. Navy's long-range shipbuilding
plans and purchases of used vessels will meet our strategic
sealift needs.
Therefore, the committee directs the Commander, U.S.
Transportation Command (TRANSCOM), to provide a briefing to the
congressional defense committees not later than January 31,
2025, that includes: (1) A survey of the market for used cargo
ships, identifying ships that might be candidates for purchase
to modernize U.S. cargo fleets; (2) An assessment of the extent
to which long-term U.S. Navy plans that include new
construction of cargo ships could meet TRANSCOM's needs; and
(3) A recommendation for the proper mix of the sealift fleets
to be derived from new construction and purchasing used cargo
vessels.
National Guard rotary wing accident prevention and safety improvements
On March 14, 2023, the Comptroller General of the United
States published a report entitled, ``National Guard
Helicopters: Additional Actions Needed to Prevent Accidents and
Improve Safety'' (GAO-23-105219). In its report, the
Comptroller General made the following recommendations:
(1) The Secretary of the Army should ensure that the
Director of the Army National Guard, in coordination
with the Army Combat Readiness Center, establishes a
system of record for tracking the status of accident
investigation recommendations through implementation;
(2) The Secretary of the Army should ensure the Chief
of Staff of the Army, in coordination with the Director
of the Army National Guard, updates safety or
operational guidance to establish a process to
continuously evaluate and update operational risk
management worksheets for Army National Guard
helicopter units to reflect relevant safety information
such as accident data, hazard reporting, and unit
culture surveys;
(3) The Secretary of the Air Force, in coordination
with the Chief of Staff of the Air Force and the
Director of the Air National Guard, should incorporate
an evaluation of unit processes for updating risk
management worksheets as a component of the Air Force's
unit inspection program or other means to ensure that
the worksheets reflect relevant safety information such
accident data, hazard reporting, and unit culture
surveys;
(4) The Secretary of the Army should ensure the Army
Training and Doctrine Command's Army Aviation Center of
Excellence, in coordination with the Director of the
Army National Guard, develops a coordinated plan and
identifies the resources necessary for conducting in-
flight aviation standardization program evaluations of
Army National Guard helicopter unit aircrews on a
regular and recurring basis;
(5) The Secretary of Army should ensure the Director
of the Army National Guard assesses the resource and
workload allocations of safety personnel to determine
whether helicopter units are appropriately staffed, or
if any adjustments are needed to workloads or resource
levels to implement operational flight safety programs;
and
(6) The Secretary of the Air Force should ensure the
Director of the Air National Guard assesses the
resource and workload allocations of safety personnel
to determine whether helicopter units are appropriately
staffed, or if any adjustments are needed to workloads
or resource levels to implement operational flight
safety programs.
The committee notes that the sixth recommendation is
identified as closed, but the remaining recommendations remain
open. In light of the aviation accidents that triggered this
report, and the numerous accidents that have occurred in the
intervening period, to include accidents involving loss of
life, the committee remains concerned about the emphasis and
resources the Army and Air Force are placing on this critical
issue.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Army
and the Secretary of the Air Force to submit a report to the
Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of
Representatives, not later than January 15, 2025, on the
actions by each service to implement these GAO recommendations
as well as any other measures each service is implementing to
improve training, resources, and manning requirement of
National Guard helicopter units.
Navy organization for unmanned systems
The committee appreciates the U.S. Navy's efforts to
implement a hybrid fleet architecture that will consist of
unmanned systems (UxS) from the air, sea, and underwater
domains and develop naval personnel with a new robotics warfare
specialist rating. However, the committee is concerned that
novel UxS systems and skill sets may not be receiving the
coordination required to transition emerging technologies into
supported operations.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Navy
to provide to the congressional defense committees a briefing,
not later than March 1, 2025, on the advisability of: (1) The
establishment of one or more Type Commanders for UxS systems;
(2) The establishment or reorganization of resource sponsors in
the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations with respect to UxS
requirement and funding; and (3) The establishment of a career
member of the Senior Executive Service serving on the staff of
the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development
and Acquisition to oversee and direct UxS systems acquisition.
Overland hypersonics corridor
The committee applauds the efforts of the Department of
Defense (DOD) to consider establishment of an overland
hypersonics test corridor. The committee believes that
development and testing of hypersonic weapons could be more
efficient and effective if the Department had access to
overland flight test corridors. The Test Resource Management
Center (TRMC) has identified a number of benefits of an
overland test corridor, including: (1) Simple test article
recovery; (2) Decreased cost to produce realistic target
scenes; (3) Decreased cost to position required assets; and (4)
Providing realistic ground-based threat environments. The
committee looks forward to seeing the results of further TRMC
assessment of alternatives for establishing one or more
overland hypersonic test ranges.
Shipbuilding industrial base cost estimate
The committee recognizes the limitations on the ability of
the Department of the Navy's 30-year shipbuilding plan to
achieve the policy of having not fewer than 355 battle force
ships available as soon as practicable, due to the anticipated
capacity of the shipbuilding industrial base. The fiscal year
2025 shipbuilding plan in support of the Battle Force Ship
Assessment and Requirements objective reaches 355 ships in
fiscal year 2038, of which 277 ships are conventional surface
ships. This plan accepts significant risk by assuming that
industry will increase manufacturing capacity and produce
future ships on time and within budget. However, shipbuilding
plans over the past decade have been unstable and failed to
achieve their goals. The committee appreciates the submarine
industrial base (SIB) 2023 and SIB 2025 studies that provided
insight into the cost of achieving Columbia-class and Virginia-
class construction requirements.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Navy,
in consultation with the Director of Cost Assessment and
Program Evaluation, to perform a study for conventional battle
force ship programs to evaluate potential risks and inform
future resourcing decisions. The Secretary of the Navy shall
deliver to the congressional defense committees, not later than
June 1, 2025, an unconstrained cost estimate of industrial base
investments, above regular construction, necessary to meet the
inventory plan for conventional surface ships outlined in the
Long-Range Plan for Construction of Naval Vessels for Fiscal
Year 2025 in support of the Battle Force Ship Assessment and
Requirements objective of June 2023. The cost estimate may be
of rough order of magnitude, shall be phased by fiscal year,
and shall include the following elements:
(1) Supplier development required to expand the
capability and capacity of existing suppliers, develop
alternate sources for fragile sources including
qualification and testing, manage obsolescence, and
mitigate delays of sequence critical material;
(2) Shipbuilder infrastructure improvements, such as
facilities, equipment, and other capital expenditures;
(3) Strategic outsourcing opportunities for ship
modules, such as steel fabrication, machining, and
outfitting workload from the shipyards including the
cost of shipbuilder and supplier efforts;
(4) Workforce development requirements for
shipbuilding labor, engineering and design labor, and
manufacturing labor at critical suppliers, such as the
creation of training centers, hiring and retention
incentives, and national marketing campaigns;
(5) Government oversight required for shipyard and
industrial base expansion;
(6) Technology opportunities to transition and
qualify suppliers to more effective, modern production
processes, such as additive manufacturing and robotic
automation; and
(7) Any additional elements the Secretary finds
appropriate.
Stratospheric Balloons in Exercises
The Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) is exploring potential
applications of stratospheric balloons for large area
intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR)
capability. The committee believes such programs could yield
significant benefits. However, the committee also needs to
understand how the Department of Defense would propose to
conduct appropriate tests and evaluations of such systems,
including assessing their potential contributions through their
participation in military exercises.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense
to provide a briefing to the congressional defense committees,
not later than March 31, 2025, describing plans for integrating
stratospheric balloon systems into normal military exercises to
assess their potential contribution to:
(1) Networked communications;
(2) Integrated fire control;
(3) Air defense;
(3) Long-range fires;
(4) Long-range kill chains;
(5) Intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance;
(6) Logistics support;
(7) Indications and warning; or
(8) A combination of these missions or activities
Study on establishment of aeromedical center of excellence
The committee is encouraged by the efforts of the
Department of Defense to refocus on high-intensity warfighting
scenarios in the Indo-Pacific region. The committee is
concerned, however, that existing concepts of operation for
aeromedical evacuation may not be appropriate for high-
intensity conflict or casualty care in an expansive and largely
maritime theater.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Air
Force to conduct a study on the feasibility and advisability of
establishing an aeromedical center of excellence within the
Department of the Air Force that would: (1) Serve as the
location for beginner and intermediate aeromedical training for
the Air Force; (2) Improve and build aeromedical
interoperability with allies and partners of the United States;
and (3) Serve as a repository and knowledge management center
for aeromedical lessons learned. The committee further directs
the Secretary of the Air Force to provide to the congressional
defense committees, not later than March 14, 2025, a report on
the results of the required study. The report shall be
submitted in unclassified form but may include a classified
annex. The report shall include:
(1) A governance structure for the center of
excellence, including:
(a) proposed officials or command to be
tasked with overseeing the center;
(b) proposed organization and staffing of the
center; and
(c) the functions and duties of such staff
with respect to establishing and maintaining
the center;
(2) Recommended candidate locations for the center of
excellence and an explanation of:
(a) decision criteria considered when
selecting candidate locations;
(b) infrastructure upgrades that would be
required for each candidate location if
selected;
(c) civilian and military force structure
changes that would be required for each
candidate location if selected; and (d)
projected timeline for establishment of the
center of excellence once a final location is
determined;
(3) A description of initial proposed training
courses and other activities to be offered at the
center of excellence and an explanation of:
(a) rationale for proposing these training
courses or other activities and initial
objectives;
(b) initial estimates of desired annual
throughput for proposed training courses to
meet combatant commander requirements; and
(c) initial projections of timelines and
resources required to meet desired annual
throughput goals.
(4) A description of opportunities for such a center
to collaborate with allies and partners of the United
States to improve and build aeromedical evacuation
interoperability;
(5) A description of proposed lessons learned
repository and knowledge management center and an
explanation of initial objectives for these elements
and initial projections of timeline and resources
required to establish these elements;
(6) A list of additional authorities, appropriations,
or other congressional support necessary to ensure the
success of the center; and
(7) Any other information the Secretary considers
appropriate.
TITLE XI--CIVILIAN PERSONNEL MATTERS
One-year extension of authority to waive annual limitation on premium
pay and aggregate limitation on pay for Federal civilian
employees working overseas (sec. 1101)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 1101 of the Duncan Hunter National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 110-417), as
most recently amended by section 1105 of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118-31), to
extend for 1 year the authority of heads of executive agencies
to waive the limitation on the aggregate of basic and premium
pay of employees who perform work supporting certain military
or contingency operations.
One-year extension of temporary authority to grant allowances,
benefits, and gratuities to civilian personnel on official duty
in a combat zone (sec. 1102)
The committee recommends a provision that would extend for
1 year the discretionary authority of the head of a Federal
agency to provide allowances, benefits, and gratuities
comparable to those provided to members of the Foreign Service
to the agency's civilian employees on official duty in a combat
zone.
Extension of enhanced appointment and compensation authority for
civilian health care professionals for care and treatment of
wounded and injured members of the Armed Forces (sec. 1103)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 1599c of title 10, United States Code, to extend
enhanced appointment and compensation authority for civilian
health care professionals for care and treatment of wounded and
injured members of the Armed Forces until December 31, 2030.
The underlying provision of law authorizes the Department of
Defense to utilize appointment and compensation authority
available to the Department of Veterans Affairs for the
appointment and pay of health care professionals under chapter
74 of title 38, United States Code.
Extension of direct hire authority for domestic industrial base
facilities and Major Range and Test Facilities Base (sec. 1104)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 1125 of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114-328) to extend the sunset date
of the underlying direct hire authority for domestic industrial
base facilities and major range and test facilities through the
end of fiscal year 2030. Further, the provision would amend
section 1102 of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115-91) to extend a briefing
requirement on the use of the direct hire authority through end
of fiscal year 2030.
Removal of Direct Support Activities from personnel limitation on the
Office of the Secretary of Defense (sec. 1105)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 143(b) of title 10, United States Code, to modify the
definition of personnel within the Office of the Secretary of
Defense (OSD) contained in that subsection, and to which the
personnel limitation contained in section 143 applies, to no
longer include military and civilian personnel assigned to, or
employed by, direct support activities of the OSD or the
Washington Headquarters Services.
Authority to provide increased voluntary separation incentive pay for
civilian employees of the Department of Defense (sec. 1106)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend 9902
of title 5, United States Code, to increase the maximum amount
of voluntary separation incentive pay for Department of Defense
civilian employees from $25,000 to $40,000.
Employment and compensation of civilian faculty members at Inter-
American Defense College (sec. 1107)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 1595(c) of title 10, United States Code, to add the
United States Element of the Inter-American Defense College to
the list of covered Department of Defense educational
institutions at which the Secretary of Defense is authorized to
employ and compensate civilian faculty as the Secretary
considers necessary.
Modifications to the John S. McCain Strategic Defense Fellows Program
(sec. 1108)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 932(f) of the John S. McCain National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115-232) to
authorize the Secretary of Defense to make a noncompetitive
appointment or conversion of a successful program participant
into a vacant position in the competitive or excepted service
within the Department of Defense (DOD), when the Secretary
determines that such appointment or conversion will contribute
to the development of highly qualified future senior leaders
for DOD.
Modification of pilot program on dynamic shaping of the workforce to
improve the technical skills and expertise at certain
Department of Defense laboratories (sec. 1109)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 1109 of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 114-92) to clarify that the early
retirement incentives authorized for the dynamic workforce
reshaping pilot program at Department of Defense science and
technology reinvention laboratories are available for employees
covered by the Federal Employees' Retirement System and not
just those covered by the Civil Service Retirement System.
Permanent authority for noncompetitive appointments of military spouses
by Federal agencies (sec. 1110)
The committee recommends a provision that would repeal
subsection (e) of section 573 of the John S. McCain National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115-
232) to make permanent the temporary authority of heads of
Federal agencies to make noncompetitive appointments of
military spouses into the civil service under section 3330d of
title 5, United States Code.
Continuity of coverage under certain provisions of title 5, United
States Code (sec. 1111)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 6323 of title 5, United States Code, to make technical
and conforming amendments related to military leave for Federal
employees for certain members of the Space Force.
Modification of direct hire authority for domestic defense industrial
base facilities (sec. 1112)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 1125 of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114-328) to include positions
within the Navy Supervisor of Shipbuilding, Conversion, and
Repair under the direct hire authority for the domestic defense
industrial base authorized by that section.
Prohibition on establishment of new diversity, equity, or inclusion
positions; prohibition on filling vacancies (sec. 1113)
The committee recommends a provision that would, beginning
on January 1, 2025, prohibit the Secretary of Defense from
establishing new positions within the Department of Defense
with responsibility for matters relating to diversity, equity,
and inclusion, or filling any vacancies in positions in the
Department with responsibility for such matters.
Prohibition on considering applicant's commitment to diversity, equity,
or inclusion in hiring process for certain positions at
Department of Defense educational institutions (sec. 1114)
The committee recommends a provision that would prohibit
the Department of Defense from requiring or considering a
diversity statement from an applicant for employment at a DOD
educational institution.
TITLE XII--MATTERS RELATING TO FOREIGN NATIONS
Subtitle A--Assistance and Training
Acceptance and expenditure of contributions for multilateral security
cooperation activities (sec. 1201)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
subchapter I of chapter 16 of title 10, United States Code, to
authorize the Secretary of Defense to accept, retain, and
expend contributions, including money, personal property, and
services, from one or more foreign governments, to carry out
security cooperation activities in which the foreign partner,
or partners, share a national security interest with the United
States. The provision also requires the Secretary of Defense to
submit an annual report to the appropriate congressional
committees.
Modification of authority to build capacity (sec. 1202)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 333 of title 10, United States Code, to modify the
Secretary of Defense's authority relating to building the
capabilities of foreign security forces to include disaster
risk reduction or response operations, space domain awareness
and space operations, and foreign internal defense operations.
Additionally, the provision would extend the period of
availability of funds for these assistance programs from 2 to 3
years.
Authority to build capability and capacity of foreign civilian medical
support entities for resilience in crisis and conflict (sec.
1203)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
subchapter IV of chapter 16 of title 10, United States Code, to
authorize the Secretary of Defense, with the concurrence of the
Secretary of State, to provide non-lethal assistance in the
form of medical training and equipment to allied and partner
nation civilians to build that nation's medical support
capability and capacity in preparation for crisis or conflict.
Modification of authority for Naval Small Craft Instruction and
Technical Training School (sec. 1204)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 352 of title 10, United States Code, to authorize
payment of fixed costs associated with the Naval Small Craft
Instruction and Technical Training School from amounts made
available for operation and maintenance, procurement, and
military construction, among other modifications.
Extension of authority for reimbursement of certain coalition nations
for support provided to United States military operations (sec.
1205)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 1233 of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2008 (Public Law 110-181) to increase the
limitation on authority for funding from $15.0 million to $75.0
million and extend the authority for reimbursement of certain
coalition nations for support provided to U.S. military
operations through December 31, 2025.
Modification of United States-Israel anti-tunnel cooperation (sec.
1206)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 1279 of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 114-92) to expand cooperation with
Israel to improve anti-tunneling technologies and increase the
limit on the amount authorized for such activities.
The committee notes the complex and brutal nature of
subterranean and tunnel warfare. The committee encourages the
Department of Defense to continue to assist allies and partners
in their efforts to deny and exploit subterranean environments.
The committee further notes the importance of ensuring U.S.
forces are adequately trained and equipped to conduct
operations in such an environment. To that end, the committee
highly encourages U.S. forces to conduct annual training
exercises with allies and partners to enhance their
interoperability and effectiveness including:
(1) Locating subterranean tunnel entrances and exits;
(2) Infiltrating and mapping subterranean tunnels;
(3) Maneuvering within subterranean tunnels; and
(4) Practicing neutralizing or demolishing
subterranean tunnels.
The committee directs the Secretary of Defense to brief the
congressional defense committees on planned training exercises
not later than February 1, 2025.
Extension and modification of authority for Department of Defense
support for stabilization activities in the national security
interest of the United States (sec. 1207)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 1210A of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116-92) to extend the authority of
the Department of Defense to support stabilization activities
in the national security interest of the United States through
December 31, 2026. The provision would also modify the
authority and streamline the requirements for concurrence and
update the reporting and notification requirements.
Extension of security cooperation programs with foreign partners to
advance implementation of the Women, Peace, and Security Act
(sec. 1208)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 1208 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-263) in
order to continue efforts to implement the Women, Peace, and
Security (WPS) Act of 2017. Promoting the meaningful inclusion
of women in security cooperation activities with partner forces
provides a competitive advantage for the United States and our
partners.
Extension and modification of Defense Operational Resilience
International Cooperation Pilot Program (sec. 1209)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 1212 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-263) to
extend the Defense Operational Resilience International
Cooperation pilot program to 2030 and increase the annual
amount authorized for the program from $10.0 million to $15.0
million.
Temporary authority to provide training to military forces or national
security forces of Costa Rica and Panama (sec. 1210)
The committee recommends a provision that would authorize
U.S. general purpose forces conducting training with friendly
foreign countries under section 321 of title 10, United States
Code, notwithstanding subsection (a)(2) of that section, to
train the military forces or national security forces of Costa
Rica and Panama and pay for specified expenses related to such
training and exercises from the date of the enactment of this
Act through December 31, 2030.
The committee notes that some key foreign partners do not
have traditional armed forces and instead utilize other
national forces that perform similar security functions, which
presents limitations to security cooperation activities that
may be conducted by U.S. general purpose forces. The committee
believes that excluding some foreign partners from Department
of Defense security cooperation activities inhibits effective
implementation of the 2022 National Defense Strategy,
negatively impacts partnerships, limits opportunities to
address shared security challenges in key regions, and
incentivizes friendly nations to partner with strategic
competitors.
Key partners for Middle East Regional Integration Military Subject
Matter Expert Exchange Program (sec. 1211)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of Defense, in consultation with other relevant
agencies and using existing authorities, including section 311
of title 10, United States Code, to establish a subject matter
expert exchange program between U.S. military forces and ally
and partner forces of the Middle East working to advance
regional integration. The provision would also require an
annual report from the Secretary of Defense to the Committees
on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of
Representatives detailing the activities of the exchange
program during the prior year.
Plan to modernize and streamline information technology systems
relating to end-use monitoring functions of Defense Security
Cooperation Agency (sec. 1212)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Director of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) to
submit a plan to modernize and streamline the information
technology infrastructure used to carry out end-use monitoring
(EUM) functions.
The committee believes that EUM is critically important for
ensuring accountability of defense articles and services
provided by the United States to foreign partners. The
committee notes that DSCA plays an important role in the EUM
process, including maintaining and updating defense article
inventory information within the Security Cooperation
Information Portal (SCIP) database. The committee notes that
the Department of Defense Inspector General report published on
January 10, 2024, titled ``Evaluation of the DOD's Enhanced
End-Use Monitoring of Defense Articles Provided to Ukraine''
(DODIG-2024-043) highlighted several deficiencies with DSCA's
current EUM information technology infrastructure, including
lack of interoperability between databases and significant
manual entry requirements.
Given the importance of EUM, the committee believes that
DSCA urgently needs to modernize and streamline informational
technology systems that efficiently and seamlessly populate and
update databases. In addition, the informational technology
modernization plan required by this provision would also
include a timeline with milestones and a cost estimate for
procurement and operation and maintenance of new information
technology systems.
Extension of modification to authority to provide support for conduct
of operations (sec. )
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 1205 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-263) to
extend and modify the temporary increase in the limitation on
the aggregate value of all logistic support, supplies, and
services provided to friendly foreign countries for the conduct
of operations under section 331 of title 10, United States
Code, through fiscal year 2026. The provision would also
require the submission of a plan and report on the use of the
authority.
Defense cooperation with Georgia (sec. 1214)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of Defense, not later than 120 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, to conduct a review to assess
whether continued defense cooperation with Georgia aligns with
U.S. security interests.
Extension of authority to implement the Women, Peace, and Security Act
of 2017 (sec. 1215)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 1210(E) of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116-
283) in order to continue efforts to implement the Women,
Peace, and Security Act of 2017.
Subtitle B--Matters Relating to Syria, Iraq, and Iran
Extension and modification of authority to provide assistance to vetted
Syrian groups and individuals (sec. 1221)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 1209 of the Carl Levin and Howard P. ``Buck'' McKeon
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public
Law 113-291) to extend the authority to provide assistance to
vetted Syrian groups.
The committee commends the ongoing efforts of the Syrian
Democratic Forces as they work to degrade and defeat the
Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in an environment of
increasing instability. While progress has been made, the
committee remains concerned about threats from ISIS detainees
held in partner-run detention facilities. The committee views
further training and enhanced security measures provided to
Syrian partner forces as being urgently important to
maintaining the security of these facilities and keeping ISIS
detainees from returning to the battlefield. Finally, the
committee remains troubled by the pace of assistance provided
for implementation of projects to construct detainee facilities
and improve security conditions at these facilities.
Extension and modification of authority to provide assistance to
counter the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (sec. 1222)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 1236 of the Carl Levin and Howard P. ``Buck'' McKeon
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public
Law 113-291) to extend the authority to provide assistance to
Iraq to counter the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
through December 31, 2025. The committee supports continued
assistance to the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF), including the
Counter Terrorism Service and the forces under the command of
the Ministry of Peshmerga, for operations to degrade and defeat
ISIS.
Given the current threat environment, the committee is
increasingly concerned about the threat from unmanned aerial
system attacks against the Iraqi people and territory of Iraq.
These attacks also threaten coalition forces who remain in Iraq
at the invitation of the Iraqi government to assist the ISF. To
this end, the committee recommends the utilization of this
authority to provide equipment and training to the ISF,
including Kurdish Peshmerga, in order to increase their
capabilities to counter such attacks. Finally, the committee
remains concerned about threats from ISIS detainees held in
partner-run detention facilities, and the delayed timeline for
implementing projects to construct detainee facilities and
improve security conditions at these facilities.
Preservation of security and stability in northeast Syria (sec. 1223)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of Defense to certify that vetted Syrian groups and
individuals are able to meet certain milestones in order to
reduce the total number of United States Armed Forces serving
in northeast Syria to fewer than 400 personnel. The committee
notes that maintaining existing defense capabilities in
Northeast Syria is a priority for national security interests
of the United States. The committee strongly supports continued
assistance to vetted Syrian groups and individuals in
conducting operations to degrade and defeat the threat from the
Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and the detainment of
ISIS terrorists. The committee further notes that the reduction
of a U.S. forward presence before an indigenous security force
is able to independently secure the region would have a
destabilizing effect and risk a resurgence of ISIS.
Report on, and prohibition on use of funds to support, terrorist
organizations in Iraq (sec. 1224)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency to report to the
congressional defense committees, the Secretary of State, and
the Secretary of the Treasury on the affiliates of the Badr
Organization in Iraq. The provision would also prohibit any
funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act from being used
to support the Badr Organization and its designated affiliates.
Notification relating to arms trafficking by Iran (sec. 1225)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of Defense to provide notification to the
congressional defense committees after any identified transfer
of weapons or related materials by Iran to an Iranian-linked
group or a second country outside the territory of Iran. The
provision would also require an annual report detailing the
transfer of weapons and related materials by Iran and actions
the United States is taking to counter and deter such
transfers.
Assessment and plan with respect to equipment provided to Kurdish
Peshmerga forces (sec. 1226)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of Defense, not later than 90 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act and every 120 days thereafter, to
submit a report to the Committees on Armed Services of the
Senate and the House of Representatives assessing whether
equipment provided under section 1236 of the Carl Levin and
Howard P. ``Buck'' McKeon National Defense Authorization Act
for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113-291; 128 Stat. 3558) and
designated for Kurdish Peshmerga forces is being provided in a
timely manner, and a plan for resolving any delay of such
equipment intended for Kurdish Peshmerga forces.
Modify requirements of an annual report on the military power of Iran
(sec. 1227)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 1245 of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111-84) to include an assessment
of the support provided by Iran, and proxy groups affiliated
with Iran, to non-state actors in the Maghreb region.
Subtitle C--Matters Relating to Europe and the Russian Federation
Extension of prohibition on availability of funds relating to
sovereignty of the Russian Federation over internationally
recognized territory of Ukraine (sec. 1231)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 1245(a) of the James M. Inhofe National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-236) to
extend the prohibition of funds authorized to be appropriated
by this Act for fiscal year 2025 from being obligated or
expended to implement any activity that recognizes the
sovereignty of the Russian Federation over the internationally
recognized territory of Ukraine.
Modification of Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (sec. 1232)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 1250 of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 114-92) to provide an additional 2
years for the period of performance across fiscal years under
the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI). The
provision would also waive section 2571 of title 10, United
States Code, with respect to the use of reimbursable support
from one component of the Department of Defense to perform work
on behalf of another component in support of USAI. The
provision would also state that the policy of the United States
is to (1) Assist Ukraine in maintaining credible defense and
deterrence capabilities; (2) Bolster security cooperation with
Ukraine as a means of building a Ukrainian force that can
defend Ukraine today and deter future aggression; and (3)
Advocate for continued security-sector reforms in Ukraine. The
term ``credible defense and deterrence capability'' is defined
as ``the ability to defend against and deter any credible
conventional military threat from the Russian Federation acting
unilaterally or in concert with partners, through the use of
conventional military means, possessed in sufficient quantity,
including weapons platforms and munitions, command, control,
communication, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance
capabilities.''
The committee supports Ukraine in its fight against
Russia's unprovoked and illegal war. The committee notes that
the security assistance provided by the United States to
Ukraine has proven vital. Finally, the committee encourages the
Department of Defense to capitalize on opportunities to enhance
the capability and capacity of the Armed Forces of Ukraine,
including through deepening defense industrial base
cooperation.
Extension and modification of training for Eastern European national
security forces in the course of multilateral exercises (sec.
1233)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 1251 of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 114-92) to extend the authority to
train Eastern European national security forces through
December 31, 2027. The provision would also modify the
authority to include the Republic of Cyprus among the list of
countries eligible to receive training.
Modifications to North Atlantic Treaty Organization Special Operations
Headquarters (sec. 1234)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 2350r of title 10, United States Code, to update the
name of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Special
Operations Headquarters to the NATO Allied Special Operations
Forces Command (SOFCOM), in accordance with the NATO decision
to modify the title. The provision would also increase the
funding authorized in support of SOFCOM from $50.0 million to
$55.0 million.
Report on efforts to identify, disseminate, and implement lessons
learned from war in Ukraine (sec. 1235)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of Defense to provide a report, not later than 90
days after the date of the enactment of this Act and every 180
days thereafter, to the Committees on Armed Services of the
Senate and the House of Representatives on the efforts by the
Department of Defense to identify, disseminate, and implement
lessons learned from the war in Ukraine.
Review, report, and plan regarding logistics networks in North America
and Europe (sec. 1236)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of Defense to conduct a review of the adequacy of the
logistics networks in North America and Europe to support the
operational and contingency plans of the U.S. European Command.
The provision would also require the Secretary to provide the
congressional defense committees with a report, not later than
180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, on the
results of the review and a plan, including timelines and
assigned responsibilities, to address any deficiencies in the
logistics networks identified during the review.
Sense of the Senate on the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (sec.
1237)
The committee recommends a provision that would express the
sense of the Senate that the commitment of the United States to
the North Atlantic Treaty Organization is ironclad. The
provision would also emphasize the importance of engagement,
investment, and integration across the alliance to manage the
short-term threat brought about by the Russian Federation's
unjust war in Ukraine as well as longer-term shared security
challenges.
Report on defense industrial base cooperation with Ukraine and other
allies and partners (sec. 1238)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of Defense to submit a report to the congressional
defense committees, not later than 90 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, on efforts to enhance United States
defense industrial base cooperation with Ukraine and other
allied partners in Europe.
Subtitle D--Matters Relating to the Indo-Pacific Region
Indo-Pacific Security Assistance Initiative (sec. 1241)
The committee recommends a provision that would authorize
the Indo-Pacific Security Initiative, under which the Secretary
of Defense would be authorized to provide the foreign military
and national security forces and ministries of defense, or
security agencies serving a similar defense function, of
foreign partners in the Indo-Pacific, and regional
organizations with security missions in the Indo-Pacific
region, with security assistance utilizing the authorities
provided in chapter 16 of title 10, United States Code, and
other applicable statutory authorities available to the
Secretary. The provision would also authorize the Secretary,
with the concurrence of the Secretary of State, to make defense
articles and services available to partners in the Indo-Pacific
or to replenish foreign partners who have provided such defense
articles or services to partners in the Indo-Pacific.
Indo-Pacific multilateral security assistance initiatives (sec. 1242)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of Defense, with the concurrence of the Secretary of
State, to seek to engage with appropriate officials from Japan,
Australia, and the Republic of Korea for the purpose of
establishing multilateral security assistance initiatives with
the national security forces of mutual foreign partners in the
Indo-Pacific region. The provision would also require the
Secretary to submit an annual report through March 1, 2030,
regarding multilateral security assistance activities carried
out under this provision.
Extension and modification of Pacific Deterrence Initiative (sec. 1243)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 1251 of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116-
283) to extend the Pacific Deterrence Initiative (PDI) through
fiscal year 2025. The provision would also clarify that the
annual independent assessment of the Commander, U.S. Indo-
Pacific Command (INDOPACOM), shall include the requirements of
United States Forces Korea and United States Forces Japan.
The committee notes that additive manufacturing
capabilities have significant potential for supporting
distributed military operations in the INDOPACOM area of
responsibility given the distances between main operating bases
and harsh conditions present in the theater. Therefore, the
committee supports the fielding and deployment of additive
manufacturing capabilities under the PDI.
Lastly, the committee believes the PDI could be used more
effectively to incentivize additional investments by the
military services in joint enabling capabilities needed in the
Indo-Pacific theater. As the Department of Defense prepares its
budget request for fiscal year 2026, the committee urges the
Department to utilize a total obligation authority withhold
technique for a significant portion of the PDI. Furthermore,
the committee directs the Secretary of Defense, not later than
January 1, 2025, to provide the congressional defense
committees with a plan for utilizing a total obligation
authority withhold technique, as appropriate, for future PDI
budget requests across the future years defense plan.
Extension and modification of authority to transfer funds for Bien Hoa
dioxin cleanup (sec. 1244)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 1253(b) of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116-
283) to extend the authority of the Secretary of Defense to
transfer funds to the Secretary of State for the Bien Hoa
dioxin cleanup in Vietnam through fiscal year 2025. The
provision would also increase the amount that can be
transferred to $30.0 million per year in light of increased
commitments.
Modification of Indo-Pacific Maritime Security Initiative (sec. 1245)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 1263 of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 114-92) to authorize support under
the Indo-Pacific Maritime Security Initiative to foreign non-
military governmental organizations that have maritime security
missions among their functional responsibilities when
assistance is necessary to enable the integration of the
activities of governmental organizations with the national
military or other security forces of a foreign partner.
Establishment of partnership program between the United States and
Taiwan for military trauma care and research (sec. 1246)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of
State, to seek to engage with appropriate officials of Taiwan
for the purpose of establishing a joint program on military
trauma care and research consistent with the Taiwan Relations
Act (Public Law 96-8).
Indo-Pacific extended deterrence education pilot program (sec. 1247)
The committee recommends a provision that would authorize
the Secretary of Defense, using the authorities provided in
chapter 16 of title 10, United States Code, and other
applicable statutory authorities available to the Secretary, to
establish a pilot program, including an international defense
personnel exchange program, to support the education of covered
personnel of Australia, Japan, or the Republic of Korea in
matters related to nuclear deterrence, nuclear strategy,
nuclear defense strategy, or other related matters.
Modifications to implementation plan for joint force headquarters in
area of operations of United States Indo-Pacific Command (sec.
1248)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 1087(b) of the James M. Inhofe National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-263) to
require the Secretary of Defense to provide the congressional
defense committees with a plan for the establishment of joint
force headquarters subordinate to U.S. Indo-Pacific Command in
Japan, Australia, and any other locations the Secretary
determines necessary.
Plan to strengthen United States extended deterrence commitments to the
Republic of Korea (sec. 1249)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of
State, to submit a plan to strengthen United States extended
deterrence commitments to the Republic of Korea in each of the
next 5 years.
Plan and annual report relating to trilateral security cooperation with
Japan and the Republic of Korea (sec. 1250)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of
State, to submit a plan for advancing trilateral security
cooperation among the United States, Japan, and the Republic of
Korea. The provision would also require annual updates on such
trilateral security cooperation activities through 2029.
Modification of reporting requirement for transfer of defense articles
and defense services to Taiwan (sec. 1251)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
paragraph (3) of section 1259A(b) of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115-91) to
clarify that the required report may be submitted in classified
form.
Implementation plan to support establishment of regional contingency
stockpile for Taiwan (sec. 1252)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of
State, to submit a multiyear implementation plan for Department
of Defense activities necessary to support the establishment of
a regional contingency stockpile for Taiwan pursuant to section
5503(b) of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization
Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-263).
Consideration of Taiwan for enhanced defense industrial base
cooperation (sec. 1253)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of
State, to take measures to ensure that Taiwan is appropriately
considered, consistent with the Taiwan Relations Act (Public
Law 96-8), for enhanced defense industrial base cooperation
activities aligned with the United States National Defense
Industrial Strategy to expand global defense production,
increase supply chain security and resilience, and meet the
defense needs of Taiwan. The provision would also require the
Secretary of Defense to submit to the Committees on Armed
Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives, not
later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this
Act, a report assessing the feasibility and advisability of
entering into one or more defense industrial agreements with
Taiwan and identifying defense capabilities that could benefit
from such agreements.
Transregional strategy for countering malign activities by the People's
Liberation Army (sec. 1254)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of Defense to submit to the congressional defense
committees a transregional strategy to expose and, as
appropriate, counter malign activities by the People's
Liberation Army of the People's Republic of China. The
provision would also require the Secretary to designate, within
each geographic combatant command, other than U.S. Indo-Pacific
Command, a lead component for coordinating transregional
efforts to counter malign activities by the People's Liberation
Army.
Assessment of use of Department of Defense facilities in Guam as
multinational training locations (sec. 1255)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of Defense to assess the feasibility and advisability
of using existing Department of Defense (DOD) facilities in
Guam to host training detachments of the military forces of
foreign partner countries on a permanent or rotational basis.
The committee strongly supports the U.S. Air Force's
December 2023 announcement of its intent to host up to 12
Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) F-15 fighter aircraft
and associated mission support at Andersen Air Force Base,
Guam. As noted in the U.S. Air Force's announcement, the
beddown of these Singaporean aircraft ``is needed to enhance
the U.S. Department of the Air Force (DAF) capability to
support U.S. and partner nation forces within the Indo-Pacific
region and strengthen the U.S.'s ability to respond regionally
and worldwide, through construction of infrastructure upgrades
and increased support of fighter aircraft, in alignment with
evolving DAF and DOD strategies and initiatives for the region.
Increasing and improving airfield and munitions infrastructure
would address capability gaps and allow for greater
efficiencies and agility in the way ground operations are
conducted.''
The committee believes this action will help to both
improve the readiness of Andersen Air Force Base and the U.S.
Air Force's interoperability with RSAF partners. The committee
believes DOD should consider whether there are additional
opportunities to host the military forces of other foreign
partner countries on a permanent or rotational basis at
Andersen Air Force Base or other existing DOD facilities in
Guam.
Review, report, and plan on adequacy of logistics network in Indo-
Pacific region (sec. 1256)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of Defense to conduct a review of the adequacy of the
logistics network in the Indo-Pacific region for supporting the
operational and contingency plans of the U.S. Indo-Pacific
Command. The provision would also require the Secretary to
provide a plan to the congressional defense committees that
includes timelines and assigned responsibilities for addressing
any deficiencies in the logistics network identified during the
review.
Report on costs of meeting certain requirements of foreign partners
relating to agriculture, fisheries, and forestry (sec. 1257)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of Defense to submit a report on agriculture,
fisheries, and forestry requirements imposed by the government
of a foreign partner on personnel and equipment of the United
States Armed Forces in the area of operations of the U.S. Indo-
Pacific Command.
Returning civic action teams to the Republic of the Marshall Islands
and the Federated States of Micronesia (sec. 1258)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of
State, to submit a report to the Committees on Armed Services
and Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committees on Armed
Services and Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives on
the activities of civic action teams in the Republic of Palau
under the Palau Compact of Free Association Act (Public Law 99-
658). The report should also review the feasibility and
advisability of restoring the presence of civic action teams in
the Republic of the Marshall Islands and the Federated States
of Micronesia, as authorized under the Compact of Free
Association Act of 1985 (Public Law 99-239) and the Compact of
Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 (Public Law 108-188).
Modification of public reporting of Chinese military companies
operating in the United States (sec. 1259)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 1260H of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116-
283) to clarify the public reporting requirements regarding
Chinese military companies operating in the United States. The
provision would establish an annual report on the status of
procurement restrictions on such companies and require the
Secretary of Defense to promulgate rules, procedures, and
regulations necessary to implement the provision, including for
advanced notice, appeal, or deletion of any entity from the
list of Chinese military companies.
Annual report on military capabilities of allies and partners in Indo-
Pacific region (sec. 1260)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of Defense to submit a report in each of the next 5
years regarding the military capabilities of allies and
partners of the United States in the Indo-Pacific region. The
report would include treaty allies of the United States,
countries that host a significant United States military
presence, and any other foreign partner with whom the United
States maintains a significant security cooperation
relationship.
Fielding of a common operating picture with Taiwan (sec. 1262)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of Defense, consistent with the Taiwan Relations Act
(Public Law 96-8) and not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, to seek to engage with appropriate
officials of Taiwan for the purpose of fielding capabilities to
provide to the military forces of Taiwan and the U.S. Indo-
Pacific Command a common operating picture.
Report on corruption in People's Liberation Army (sec. 1263)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of Defense, not later than June 1, 2025, to provide
the congressional defense and intelligence committees with a
report on corruption in the Chinese People's Liberation Army.
Sense of the Senate on defense alliances and partnerships in the Indo-
Pacific region (sec. 1264)
The committee recommends a provision that would express the
sense of the Senate on the importance of defense alliances and
partnerships in the Indo-Pacific region.
Modification of cooperative program with Vietnam to account for
Vietnamese personnel missing in action (sec. 1265)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 1245 of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117-81) to make various
modifications to a cooperative program with Vietnam to account
for Vietnamese personnel missing in action, and to extend the
program to 2031.
Prohibition on use of funds for EcoHealth Alliance (sec. 1266)
The committee recommends a provision that would prohibit
the use of funds for EcoHealth Alliance, Inc.
Subtitle E--Reports
Report on cooperation between the Russian Federation and the People's
Republic of China (sec. 1271)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of Defense, not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, to submit a one-time report to the
congressional defense committees regarding the military
cooperation between the Russian Federation and the People's
Republic of China, and the implications of such cooperation for
the national security interests of the United States.
Subtitle F--Other Matters
Quarterly briefings on counterterrorism operations, irregular warfare,
and sensitive activities (sec. 1281)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 485 of title 10, United States Code, to require the
Secretary of Defense to provide the congressional defense
committees with quarterly briefings on counterterrorism,
irregular warfare, and other sensitive activities.
Extension and modification of security briefings on Afghanistan (sec.
1282)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 1092 of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117-81) to extend the requirement
for security briefings on Afghanistan and modify the briefing
dates through December 31, 2026.
Multilateral Artificial Intelligence Working Group (sec. 1283)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of Defense to establish a working group to develop
and coordinate an artificial intelligence initiative among
allies and partners of the United States. The provision would
also require the development of a plan for establishing and
carrying out activities for the working group, as well as a
semiannual report to the congressional defense committees on
the activities of the working group.
Report on Department of Defense role in supporting international legal
operations (sec. 1284)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the heads of other
relevant Federal departments or agencies, to submit a report to
the appropriate committees of Congress on the role of the
Department of Defense in supporting whole-of-government efforts
to identify and expose the international legal operations of
malign actors. The committee notes the historic and recent use
of law as a weapon in international relations and great power
competition, particularly by the People's Republic of China.
Report and briefing on security implications of water scarcity and food
security for the United States Central Command (sec. 1285)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of Defense to submit a report and provide a briefing
to the congressional defense committees on the feasibility and
advisability of including water scarcity and food security in
the risk assessments and operational plans for the U.S. Central
Command area of responsibility.
Notifications regarding terrorist groups in Afghanistan (sec. 1286)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of Defense to notify the congressional defense
committees within 30 days of identifying any new training
facility in Afghanistan that is operated or staffed by al-
Qaeda, ISIS Khorasan, or other United States designated
terrorist organizations.
Report and briefing on Al-Udeid Air Base in Qatar (sec. 1287)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of Defense, not later than 120 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, to submit a report and provide a
briefing to the congressional defense committees on the
operational value of Al-Udeid Air Base in Qatar, taking into
account its relationship with Hamas and other terrorist
organizations.
Middle East integrated space and satellite security capability (sec.
1288)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of
State, not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment
of this Act, to provide a strategy for cooperation on space and
satellite capability with Middle East allies and partners.
Improvements to security cooperation workforce and defense acquisition
workforce (sec. 1289)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of Defense to issue guidance to the defense
acquisition workforce and the security cooperation workforce
governing the execution of foreign military sales (FMS) and
establish a FMS Continuous Process Improvement Board to serve
as an enduring structure within the Department of Defense to
advise the Secretary on ways to improve the FMS process of the
Department of Defense.
Independent assessment of technology release and foreign disclosure
reform initiative (sec. 1290)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Comptroller General of the United States to conduct an
independent assessment of the Department of Defense technology
release and foreign disclosure reform initiative required by
section 918 of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118-31), and submit a report to
the congressional defense committees no later than July 31,
2025.
Items of Special Interest
African Lion exercise
The committee recognizes the twentieth anniversary of the
African Lion exercise hosted by Tunisia, Morocco, Senegal, and
Ghana. African Lion is U.S. Africa Command's (AFRICOM) largest
joint all-domain, multi-component, and multinational exercise
which builds and maintains interoperability with our African
and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) partners and
improves international efforts to meet security challenges
together.
The committee notes the importance of the continuation of
the African Lion exercise in future years, including efforts to
build readiness to respond to crises and contingencies in
Africa and address security challenges around the world. The
committee also notes the importance of the U.S.- Morocco
security relationship and believes that close cooperation
between the United States and Morocco is critical to regional
security.
Assessment of stability of Lebanese Armed Forces
The committee is concerned about additional impacts to
regional stability following the horrific terrorist attacks by
Hamas on Israel on October 7, 2023. Of note, Lebanon was
already assessed to be on the precipice of being a failed state
prior to the attacks, which is negatively impacting the
stability of the Lebanese Armed Forces, and their capabilities,
to counter and deter regional threats including violent
terrorist organizations, such as Hezbollah.
Therefore, the committee directs the Director of the
Defense Intelligence Agency and Undersecretary of Defense for
Policy to provide a briefing to the Senate Armed Services
Committee, not later than February 1, 2025, assessing the
capabilities of the Lebanese Armed Forces and their willingness
to counter terrorist organizations, and to provide any policy
recommendations to ensure they are better postured to counter
regional threats.
Briefing on North Atlantic Treaty Organization activities in the Indo-
Pacific region
Not later than January 1, 2025, the Secretary of Defense,
in coordination with the Secretary of State, shall provide the
Committees on Armed Services and Foreign Relations of the
Senate a briefing on North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
activities in the Indo-Pacific region. At a minimum, the
briefing shall include:
(1) A description of efforts by the Department of
Defense (DOD) alongside NATO member countries to deter
military aggression throughout the Indo-Pacific region;
(2) A description of the capabilities of NATO member
countries relevant to efforts to deter military
aggression throughout the Indo-Pacific region,
including:
(a) an assessment of NATO capabilities that
may be available for deployment within the
Indo-Pacific region; and
(b) an assessment of the adequacy of defense
coordination and integration among NATO members
in support of deterrence activities in the
Indo-Pacific region;
(3) A description of DOD activities with NATO to
reinforce the defense of Hawaii and the United States
territories of Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern
Mariana Islands, and American Samoa.
Department of Defense contributions to United States Government efforts
to secure the release of hostages
The committee directs the Secretary of Defense to deliver a
classified briefing to the Senate Armed Services Committee, not
later than January 1, 2025, on Department of Defense (DOD)
contributions to U.S. Government efforts to secure the release
of citizens and lawful permanent residents of the United States
being held hostage by designated foreign terrorist
organizations. At a minimum, the briefing shall include:
(1) An identification of all U.S. citizens and lawful
permanent residents currently being held hostage by
designated foreign terrorist organizations;
(2) An explanation of any intelligence gathered
related to such hostages, their condition, and known or
suspected location;
(3) A description of DOD engagement with the Hostage
Recovery Fusion Cell and other relevant departments and
agencies of the United States Government related to
efforts to recover such hostages;
(4) A description of DOD actions, including
contingency planning, taken in response to such
intelligence or to gather such intelligence;
(5) An assessment of opportunities to recover such
hostages unilaterally or through partnered operations;
(6) An explanation of intelligence sharing efforts
with allies and partners that could assist in the
recovery of such hostages;
(7) A description of existing DOD authorities to
conduct hostage recovery efforts; and
(8) An explanation of any additional DOD authorities
necessary to support the recovery of such hostages.
Designating the Taliban as a transnational criminal organization
The committee is concerned about reports alleging that
members of the Taliban have potentially sold weapons and
equipment that the United States left behind during the 2021
withdrawal of U.S. military forces from Afghanistan. The
committee believes that the Taliban's involvement in illicit
arms sales, coupled with its participation in global drug
smuggling rings, could potentially merit classifying the
Taliban as a transnational criminal organization.
Not later than February 15, 2025, the committee directs the
Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency to provide a report
to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House
of Representatives, and to the United States Council on
Transnational Organized Crime, assessing the extent to which
the Taliban and other Afghan terrorist organizations have
profited from the sale of U.S. origin defense articles that the
United States left behind during the August 2021 withdrawal
from Afghanistan, and the security impact of the illicit sale
of these weapons. The report should be provided in an
unclassified format but may include a classified annex if
necessary.
Enhanced end use monitoring
The committee recognizes the critical role played by the
Department of Defense (DOD) in conducting Enhanced End Use
Monitoring to help ensure accountability of defense articles
and services sold, leased, or exported by the United States
Government to partner nations. The committee notes that the
Department of Defense Inspector General (DODIG) published a
report on January 10, 2024, titled ``Evaluation of the DoD's
Enhanced End-Use Monitoring of Defense Articles Provided to
Ukraine'' (DODIG-2024-043), which identified several
deficiencies in the conduct of the Enhanced End Use Monitoring
program for articles and services transferred to Ukraine.
Timely implementation of the DODIG's recommendations included
in the aforementioned report could improve the efficacy of
Enhanced End Use Monitoring with respect to Ukraine and other
partner nations. The committee notes that the Office of the
Secretary of Defense, Defense Security Cooperation Agency, and
military departments generally concurred with the DODIG
recommendations.
Therefore, the committee directs the Director of the
Defense Security Cooperation Agency, in coordination with the
Secretary of the Army, Secretary of the Air Force, and any
other relevant agency, to provide a briefing, not later than
January 1, 2025, to the Senate Armed Services Committee, on the
status of implementation of the DODIG's recommendations
concerning DOD's Enhanced End Use Monitoring Program.
Feasibility of Jordan to Use and Maintain A-10 Fleet
The committee directs the Secretary of Defense to report to
the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of
Representatives, not later than February 1, 2025, on the
feasibility and advisability of transferring retiring A-10
aircraft to Jordan. The report should include an analysis of
Jordan's ability to maintain the aircraft on their own.
Indo-Pacific water security
The committee recognizes the work of the Department of
Defense (DOD) to map and preserve critical water infrastructure
on DOD installations and its efforts to promote resilience amid
increasing demand for and restricted or contested access to
water, such as in the event of a potential conflict scenario in
the Indo-Pacific region.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense,
in coordination with the Commander, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command,
to provide a briefing to the Committees on Armed Services of
the Senate and the House of Representatives, not later than
March 1, 2025, on access to water in the Indo-Pacific region,
to include a focus on infrastructure owned, controlled, or
otherwise accessible to DOD. The briefing shall also include an
assessment of the extent to which relevant critical
infrastructure is under foreign ownership and the potential
implications for DOD operations. Finally, the briefing shall
include an assessment of the challenges of the People's
Republic of China in maintaining water security.
Inspector General oversight of joint logistics over-the-shore
capability of the Department of Defense
The committee directs the Department of Defense Inspector
General (DODIG) to submit a report, not later than March 1,
2025, presenting findings and recommendations regarding the
capability of the Department of Defense (DOD) to carry out
joint logistics over the shore (JLOTS) operations and
exercises. The report must be unclassified but may include a
classified annex.
The DODIG report should include:
(1) The organizational structure used by DOD to carry
out JLOTS exercises and operations, including the
responsible combatant command and participating joint
services;
(2) A list of the governing DOD publications,
including manuals, directives, and instructions, of
DOD, the Joint Staff, and the military services, as
applicable;
(3) A summary of all JLOTS exercises and operations
conducted by U.S. Transportation Command, or any other
combatant command, or carried out by the military
services, from 2014 to 2024, including lessons learned
from those exercises and operations. The summary for
each exercise or operation shall include:
(a) the command structure;
(b) the participating units;
(c) the purpose of the use of the JLOTS;
(d) the capabilities of the JLOTS, including
geographical and climate considerations in its
deployment; and,
(e) an accounting of all personnel injuries
and equipment loss or damage during the
deployment of the JLOTS capability whether in
an exercise or an operation.
(4) The following information specific to the
deployment of the JLOTS capability to provide
humanitarian assistance to Gaza in 2024:
(a) the preparatory planning and
consideration for deploying the JLOTS
capability to provide assistance to Gaza prior
to the President's announcement of his decision
to deploy this capability on March 7, 2024;
(b) whether DOD was able to assess or control
the distribution of the aid once it left DOD's
possession and if not, who controlled the aid
and what became of it;
(c) whether DOD conducted an assessment of
the threat to U.S. personnel or JLOTS equipment
at the Gaza pier, and if so, what that
assessment indicated;
(d) a list of injuries sustained and
equipment damaged; and,
(e) lessons learned from the JLOTS deployment
to Gaza.
(5) Any other matter the Inspector General considers
appropriate.
Monitoring and countering terrorism activity in Afghanistan
The committee observes with deep concern reports that
United States-designated terrorist organizations are gaining
new footholds in Afghanistan. The most recent report by the
United Nations Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team
has ``identified up to eight new al Qaeda training camps, one
stockpile weapons base, and five madrassas this quarter with
help from al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent.'' The committee
believes that such developments may represent a violation of
the Taliban's commitments under the February 29, 2020, U.S.-
Taliban agreement, under which the Taliban affirmed ``its
continued commitment not to cooperate with or permit
international terrorist groups or individuals to recruit,
train, raise funds (including through the production or
distribution of narcotics), transit Afghanistan or misuse its
internationally recognized travel documents, or conduct other
support activities in Afghanistan, and will not host them.''
The committee reaffirms the need for a robust
counterterrorism architecture to ensure that Afghanistan cannot
be a used as a base to conduct attacks against the United
States or its allies. Therefore, the committee directs the
Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Commander, U.S.
Central Command (CENTCOM), no later than February 15, 2025, to
provide a briefing to the Senate Armed Services Committee to
address the following issues:
(1) The operational requirements for monitoring and
countering United States-designated terrorist groups in
Afghanistan, and the cost estimates for satisfying
those requirements;
(2) The role of the Department of Defense in any
ongoing interagency deliberations on updated guidance
with respect to counterterrorism policy;
(3) The types and amounts of intelligence,
surveillance, and reconnaissance coverage required to
facilitate monitoring and countering terrorist activity
in Afghanistan;
(4) Efforts to secure basing or access agreements
with countries neighboring Afghanistan; and
(5) Other such matters the Secretary or CENTCOM
Commander deems necessary.
People's Liberation Army attempts to exploit knowledge of the tactics,
techniques, and procedures of the United States military
The committee is concerned that the Chinese People's
Liberation Army (PLA) is seeking to advance their knowledge of
the tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) used by the
United States military, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
(NATO) allies, and other foreign partners. As highlighted in a
September 2023 memorandum issued by then-Air Force Chief of
Staff General Charles Q. Brown, Jr. ``foreign companies are
targeting and recruiting U.S. and NATO trained military talent
across specialties and career fields to train the PLA abroad to
fill gaps in their military capabilities.'' The committee notes
that United States military TTPs are a critical element of the
combat effectiveness that underpins our national security.
Therefore, to improve awareness of the threat and to enable
effective mitigation strategies, the committee directs the
Secretary of Defense, in coordination with Director of National
Intelligence, to submit a report to the congressional defense
and intelligence committees, not later than January 1, 2025,
that includes:
(1) An analysis of the PLA's efforts to collect
information regarding United States military TTPs from
former servicemembers and Department of Defense (DOD)
civilians, the intended use of such information, and
how foreign-owned companies seek to obscure connections
to the PLA;
(2) An assessment of the counterintelligence threat
facing former servicemembers and DOD civilians,
including those who conduct commercial tactical
training services;
(3) An assessment of the effectiveness of current
efforts by DOD to educate current and former
servicemembers and DOD civilians regarding such threats
and their obligations under United States law and DOD
policy;
(4) An assessment of the feasibility and advisability
of establishing a process for former servicemembers and
DOD civilians to vet offers for employment by foreign
owned companies, including the establishment of a list
of foreign-owned companies with no known ties to the
PLA;
(5) An articulation of any other actions that can be
taken across the targeted population to mitigate these
issues, including to inform and protect U.S.
servicemembers and DOD civilians during and after their
service, including an identification of additional
authorities or resources necessary to implement such
actions; and
(6) Any other matters deemed relevant by the
Secretary or Director.
To contribute to public awareness, the required report
shall be unclassified to the maximum extent practicable, with a
classified annex if necessary.
Qatar hosting of Hamas
The committee notes that the State of Qatar, a major non-
NATO ally of the United States, continues to host Hamas, a
designated foreign terrorist organization responsible for the
deaths of more than 33 Americans and the kidnapping of 12
Americans on October 7, 2023. The committee notes that the
hosting of Hamas was originally undertaken in full coordination
by multiple, sequential U.S. administrations. The committee
further notes that 8 months into this crisis, Hamas has not
changed its negotiating position, despite reasonable offers
from Israel that would result in the release of all the
hostages, including all eight Americans, increase humanitarian
assistance to the people of Gaza, and provide a pathway for a
sustainable end to the conflict. Therefore, if Hamas refuses
reasonable negotiations, the committee directs that the
Secretary of Defense urge his Qatari counterparts to expel
senior Hamas officials.
Recognition of the importance of the long-standing alliance between the
United States and Jordan
The committee appreciates the long-standing alliance
between the United States and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.
Jordan remains a critical partner of the United States in
providing stability across the Middle East, maintaining
peaceful relations with Israel, and deterring adversaries
within the region. The committee commends Jordan for defense of
its air space on the night of April 13, 2024.
The committee also recognizes the need for additional
critical capabilities, including F-16 aircraft, to counter
growing air threats, including unmanned aerial systems, within
Jordan and across the U.S. Central Command area of
responsibility. The committee recognizes the importance of the
Jordanian Air Force's proposal to acquire Block 52 F-16 fighter
aircraft. Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of
Defense, with the concurrence of the Secretary of State, to
provide a briefing to the congressional defense and foreign
relations committees, not later than February 1, 2025, on any
current or future plans to utilize existing authorities to
increase air defense for counter unmanned aerial systems in
Jordan to protect United States ally and partner interests, and
the status of efforts to work with the Jordanian Ministry of
Defense to identify needed Block 52 F-16 fighter aircraft that
Jordan can acquire as expeditiously as possible, and any other
security assistance jointly identified by the United States and
Jordan.
Report on AUKUS Pillar II activities
The committee continues to support the efforts of the
Department of Defense to increase collaboration with our
Australian and United Kingdom partners under the partnership
among Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States,
commonly known as the AUKUS partnership. While progress is
being made under AUKUS Pillar I relating to nuclear-powered
submarines, the committee is less clear on the activities being
conducted under AUKUS Pillar II, which include research and
development collaboration on a broad range of emerging
technology areas. The committee believes such collaboration has
the potential to show nearer-term demonstrations of commitment
and also nearer-term benefits, but the lack of details shared
with the committee to date on projects conducted under Pillar
II has hindered congressional oversight of these activities.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense
to provide a report on the activities conducted under Pillar II
of the AUKUS partnership to the congressional defense
committees not later than March 1, 2025. The report shall
include the following:
(1) Requirements and milestones for completed,
current, and planned projects developed under Pillar II
of the AUKUS partnership;
(2) Identification of sources of funding for
completed, current, and planned AUKUS Pillar II
projects;
(3) An explanation of the organizational structure
and processes within the Department of Defense that
facilitates collaboration on AUKUS Pillar II projects;
(4) Recommendations for facilitating collaboration
with the United Kingdom and Australia on AUKUS Pillar
II projects;
(5) An assessment of the effectiveness of the
modifications to the International Traffic in Arms
Regulations (ITAR) made in the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 for facilitating
collaboration;
(6) Opportunities for improving collaboration between
the defense industrial base and academic institutions
of the three countries to facilitate AUKUS Pillar II
projects;
(7) An assessment of the effects and feasibility of
expanding the AUKUS Pillar II partnership beyond the
three founding countries; and
(8) Other topics deemed relevant by the Department
related to projects developed under Pillar II of the
AUKUS partnership.
Report on Russian and North Korean cooperation on space, nuclear, and
missile technologies
The committee notes with concern the increased coordination
and cooperation between the Russian Federation and the
Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) in the realms of
space, nuclear, and missile technologies. This collaboration
poses significant implications for regional and global
security. Particularly, the committee is alarmed by activities
conducted by Russia that have the potential to destabilize the
Korean Peninsula and adversely impact regional security
dynamics. Therefore, the committee believes future iterations
of the Department of Defense's annual report on Russia Military
Power should include, to the extent feasible:
(1) A comprehensive account of any cooperative
efforts between the Russian Federation and the DPRK on
technological development or associated economic
cooperation designed to enhance military capabilities
relating to missiles, nuclear weapons, or space-based
systems;
(2) An analysis of specific activities undertaken by
Russia that are considered particularly destabilizing
to the Korean Peninsula; and
(3) An assessment of how such activities could
negatively affect regional security, with particular
emphasis on the threats posed to U.S. allies and
interests in the region.
Security on the Tibetan Plateau
The committee notes increased activities by the Chinese
People's Liberation Army on the Tibetan Plateau have the
potential to affect regional security, particularly with
respect to India. Therefore, the committee believes future
iterations of the Department of Defense's annual report on
Military and Security Developments Involving the People's
Republic of China, required by section 1202 of the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000 (Public Law 106-
65), as amended, should include, to the extent feasible, an
assessment of the military and security strategy of the
People's Republic of China on the Tibetan Plateau, including
risks posed by political and regional conflicts, resource
control and water-related resource conflicts, and
infrastructure development.
Situation in Israel and Gaza
The committee condemns in the strongest terms the horrific
terrorist attack that Hamas perpetrated against Israel on
October 7, 2023, during which approximately 1,200 people were
murdered, including 33 U.S. citizens, and over 250 people were
taken hostage, including 12 Americans. The committee extends
its deepest sympathies to the victims of this outrageous attack
and their families, as well as to the many thousands of
Israelis who remain internally displaced due to Hamas' attack.
The committee urges the Biden Administration and the
international community to continue its support for the state
of Israel in its national defense, including ensuring the
return of all remaining hostages, which include U.S. citizens,
and working to degrade and defeat Hamas.
The committee is concerned about the plight of the civilian
population in Gaza with more than 2 million people at risk of
experiencing extreme hunger. The committee supports efforts by
the Department of Defense to assist the Israeli government,
regional partners, and non-governmental organizations to
increase the capacity of humanitarian assistance being provided
to the people of Gaza. The committee affirms that it is in the
national security interests of the United States, and its
allies and partners, to help ensure regional stability in the
Middle East.
Strategy to counter threats at Al-Tanf Garrison
The committee is concerned about the rise in the threats
against United States service members located at Al-Tanf
Garrison in Syria. The committee directs the Secretary of
Defense to provide a briefing to the congressional defense
committees, not later than February 1, 2025, on efforts to
protect service members at Al-Tanf from threats related to the
Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), Iranian-backed groups,
the Russian Federation and the Assad regime, and any additional
support that is required.
Support for Afghan Allies
Three years after the transition of U.S. forces from
Afghanistan, the committee remains deeply concerned about the
safety and security of Afghans who worked alongside the United
States and coalition partners for 20 years.
The committee notes its support for an extension of the
Special Immigrant Visa program for Afghans, and clarification
of processing procedures to ensure the thousands of Afghans
awaiting adjudication of their status are done so efficiently
and appropriately. The committee further urges the Department
of Defense to continue assisting in efforts to ensure the
processing of applications where possible. The committee
strongly supports a comprehensive approach to continue to
facilitate the relocation and resettlement of at-risk Afghans,
including those that remain in Afghanistan under threat from
the Taliban, and those currently residing in third countries.
Threats from Ansar Allah
The committee is deeply concerned by the ongoing threats
from air and missile attacks from Ansar Allah, commonly known
as the Houthis, and the impacts these attacks have on freedom
of navigation of United States and international naval and
commercial vessels. The committee directs the Commander, U.S.
Central Command, to brief the congressional defense committees
not later than February 1, 2025, regarding military support and
assistance that is currently being provided to Middle Eastern
allies and partners to counter these threats, and any
additional support that is required.
U.S. national security interests in Africa
The committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide
to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House
of Representatives a report, not later than January 1, 2025, on
the U.S. national security interests in, and related to, each
of the following countries: Gabon, Niger, Burkina Faso, Guinea,
Mali, and Chad. The report shall include an assessment of the
U.S. national security interests in each of the countries and
their respective regions, and whether U.S. national security
interests would benefit from the resumption of any of the
programs listed below, if such programs have been halted as a
result of section 7008 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act,
2023 (Public Law 117-328).
The covered programs are as follows:
(1) Military to military engagements, including
programs authorized under sections 311, 312, and 341 of
title 10, United States Code;
(2) Training with foreign forces, including programs
authorized under sections 321 and 322 of title 10,
United States Code;
(3) Educational and training activities, including
programs authorized under sections 342, 345, 347, and
348 of title 10, United States Code;
(4) Support to operations, including programs
authorized under section 331 of title 10, United States
Code; and
(5) Capacity building, including programs authorized
under sections 332 and 333 of title 10, United States
Code.
U.S. Southern Command and U.S. Northern Command cyber cooperation pilot
program
Adversaries such as the People's Republic of China, the
Russian Federation, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea,
and transnational criminal elements, including cyber criminals,
are able to target the seams that exist in the cybersecurity
infrastructure of our partners in Latin America and the
Caribbean. The committee appreciates the work that the
Department of Defense has done in support of our partners in
the region.
In order to build on that work, the committee directs the
Secretary of Defense to provide a report to the congressional
defense committees, not later than June 1, 2025, on a strategy
for cybersecurity cooperation in Latin America and the
Caribbean, to include the feasibility and advisability of
potential participation of regional countries in a future cyber
cooperation pilot program for the purposes of enhancing
cybersecurity resilience and readiness in Latin America and the
Caribbean, and increasing regional cooperation between the
United States and such countries. The strategy should include
consideration of plans for the training of military officers
and relevant civilian defense officials on matters such as
human rights, rule of law, and internet freedom.
U.S.-Armenia defense cooperation
The committee notes that in the past year the U.S. military
has moved expeditiously to strengthen its relationship with the
Armed Forces of the Republic of Armenia, including conducting
training exercises in Armenia for the first time in many years.
The committee encourages the Department of Defense to continue
to seek opportunities to strengthen engagement, including
through bilateral training opportunities and other security
cooperation activities, as appropriate.
United States-Bahrain security relationship
The committee notes that strengthening the United States-
Kingdom of Bahrain bilateral relationship is in the interests
of the United States. The committee greatly appreciates
Bahrain's designation as a U.S. major non-NATO ally, full
normalization with Israel, strong condemnation of the October
7, 2023, attack on Israel, hosting of the U.S. Naval Forces
Central Command and Commander 5th Fleet, and the September 2023
U.S.-Kingdom of Bahrain Comprehensive security integration and
prosperity agreement.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense,
in coordination with the Secretaries of the military
departments, to provide a report to the Committees on Armed
Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives, not
later than March 10, 2025, on efforts to deepen security
cooperation with the Kingdom of Bahrain. The report shall
include the following:
(1) Efforts to provide required capabilities to
ensure that Bahrain can provide for its own defense;
(2) Efforts to increase interoperability for regional
security and counterterrorism;
(3) Efforts to boost Bahrain's capabilities to
counter smuggling and terrorism;
(4) Efforts to strengthen Bahrain's defense
relationship with Israel in the context of the Abraham
Accords; and
(5) Efforts to improve Bahrain's ability to counter
threats from violent extremist organizations.
Western Balkans
The committee notes the importance of military-to-military
cooperation between the United States, the European Union, and
the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to support peace
and security in the Western Balkans. The committee strongly
supports bilateral engagements with the Armed Forces of Bosnia
and Herzegovina, which reaffirm the U.S. commitment to their
efforts to enhance stability and defend the territorial
integrity of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The committee notes the important role of the European
Union Force, Operation Althea (EUFOR Althea), whose remit is to
support a safe and secure environment in Bosnia and
Herzegovina. Further, the committee notes continued Russian
malign influence operations to undermine Bosnia and
Herzegovina's territorial integrity and multi-ethnic character,
and encourages the Department of Defense to continue to work
closely with EUFOR Althea and the Armed Forces of Bosnia and
Herzegovina to address these challenge and to conduct prudent
planning with allies and partners in case of a Russian veto of
the United Nations mandate under Security Council Resolution
1575.
TITLE XIII--COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION
Cooperative Threat Reduction funds (sec. 1301)
The committee recommends a provision that would authorize
$350.1 million for the Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR)
program, define the funds as authorized to be appropriated in
section 301 of this Act, and authorize CTR funds to be
available for obligation for fiscal years 2025, 2026, and 2027.
Temporary continuation of requirement for reports on activities and
assistance under Department of Defense Cooperative Threat
Reduction Program (sec. 1302)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 1080(a) of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 114-92) to reinstate the annual
reporting requirement for the Department of Defense Cooperative
Threat Reduction (CTR) program through calendar year 2030.
The CTR program facilitates joint collaboration with
foreign nations to counter the proliferation of weapons of mass
destruction. Recent CTR activities, such as helping to secure
dangerous pathogens in high-containment laboratories in Africa,
demonstrate the value of providing a report on the unique
insights on global facilities and research for the protection
of U.S. servicemembers.
TITLE XIV--OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS
Subtitle A--Military Programs
Working capital funds (sec. 1401)
The committee recommends a provision that would authorize
appropriations for the defense working capital funds at the
levels identified in section 4501 of division D of this Act.
Chemical agents and munitions destruction, defense (sec. 1402)
The committee recommends a provision that would authorize
appropriations for Chemical Agents and Munitions Destruction,
Defense, at the levels identified in section 4501 of division D
of this Act.
Drug interdiction and counter-drug activities, defense-wide (sec. 1403)
The committee recommends a provision that 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.
Defense Inspector General (sec. 1404)
The committee recommends a provision that 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.
Defense Health Program (sec. 1405)
The committee recommends a provision that would authorize
appropriations for the Defense Health Program activities at the
levels identified in section 4501 of division D of this Act.
Subtitle B--National Defense Stockpile
Restoring the National Defense Stockpile (sec. 1411)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of Defense to submit a plan to the congressional
defense committees, not later than April 15, 2025, to fully
fund existing National Defense Stockpile requirements.
Storage of strategic and critical materials in the National Defense
Stockpile (sec. 1412)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend the
Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act (50 U.S.C. 98
et seq.) to authorize the Stockpile Manager to enter into
leases for the storage of strategic and critical materials in
the National Defense Stockpile.
Consultations with respect to environmental reviews of projects that
will increase availability of strategic and critical materials
for acquisition for National Defense Stockpile (sec. 1413)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of Defense to consult with the head of any agency
responsible for the development of an environmental document
for a project that will result in an increase in the
availability of strategic and critical materials for
acquisition for the National Defense Stockpile.
Subtitle C--Other Matters
Eligibility of Space Force officers for membership on Armed Forces
Retirement Home Advisory Council (sec. 1421)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 1502 of the Armed Forces Retirement Home Act of 1991
(Public Law 101-510) to add the Deputy Chief of Space
Operations for Human Capital and the Chief Master Sergeant of
the Space Force as members of the Armed Forces Retirement Home
Advisory Council.
Armed Forces Retirement Home: availability of licensed independent
practitioners; resources (sec. 1422)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 1513 of the Armed Forces Retirement Home Act of 1991
(Public Law 101-510) to require the Armed Forces Retirement
Home (AFRH) to have appropriate licensed independent health
care practitioners available during the daily business hours of
the facility and on-call at other times. The provision would
also authorize the Secretary of Defense to enter into
agreements to facilitate payments from the Department of
Defense (DOD) to the AFRH for health care services provided to
covered DOD beneficiaries at AFRH facilities.
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
(sec. 1423)
The committee recommends a provision that would authorize
the transfer of $162.5 million to the Joint Department of
Defense-Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility
Demonstration Fund for operations of the Captain James A.
Lovell Federal Health Care Center.
Authorization of appropriations for Armed Forces retirement home (sec.
1424)
The committee recommends a provision that would authorize
an appropriation of $69.5 million from the Armed Forces
Retirement Home Trust Fund for fiscal year 2025 for the
operation of the Armed Forces Retirement Home.
Items of Special Interest
Acid mine drainage separation technology
The committee recognizes that the Department of Defense
(DOD) has invested in a technology capable of separating
critical and strategic materials, including rare earth
elements, from acid mine drainage. Not later than April 1,
2025, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees
on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of
Representatives a briefing assessing the feasibility and
advisability of providing a domestic supply of rare earth
elements from acid mine drainage using existing technology. The
briefing shall include: (1) An estimate of the infrastructure
and resources required to meet viable production levels to
receive required critical and strategic materials for DOD
requirements; (2) A description of existing investments in the
technology that uses acid mine drainage for critical and
strategic materials; (3) Whether or not acid mine drainage
separation technology could provide a domestic source for
critical materials in the future; and (4) Anything else the
Secretary determines relevant.
Niobium oxide policy
The committee understands that niobium oxide plays a
critical role in heat-resistant superalloys extensively used in
fighter aircraft, tactical and strategic missiles, space launch
platforms, and other in-development weapon systems, like
hypersonics. Niobium's low density compared to other refractory
metals provides a very high strength-to-weight ratio, which in
turn reduces the mass of aerospace components while increasing
fuel efficiency and payload capacity. Its high melting point
also makes niobium an essential component of many Air Force,
Navy, Army, and Marine Corps defense systems, such as solid
rocket motor skirts and nozzles for turbine engines and liquid-
fueled space launch systems. It is a vital component of C103
alloy, Inconel, and other mission-critical alloys.
However, the United States is 100 percent dependent on
foreign sources, including Brazil, Thailand, Estonia, India,
and others, for its niobium oxide. For example, Brazilian mines
account for approximately 76 percent of global niobium oxide
production. However, Chinese entities control a percentage of
that production through a combination of outright ownership and
equity-to-offtake agreements with Brazil's three niobium mines.
A fourth niobium mine in Canada was acquired in 2014 by an
investor group backed in large part by Hong Kong and Singapore
investment funds with close ties to Chinese interests.
Developing a domestic mine-to-oxide supply chain for high-
purity niobium oxide should be a key priority for the
Department of Defense given its essential role in so many
defense technologies.
Report on establishment of scaled domestic production of integrated
rare earth metals and magnet block
Not later than June 1, 2025, the Secretary of Defense shall
submit to the congressional defense committees a briefing on
the advisability and feasibility of establishing scaled
production of integrated rare earth metals and magnet block in
the United States and countries that are allies or partners of
the United States that are capable of supplying existing magnet
finishers operating in the United States and such countries.
The briefing shall include considerations of, and a strategy
for, the coordination with allied or partnered countries for
the production and processing of rare earth metals and magnet
block, including the supply chain for magnets from extraction
of rare earth metals and magnet block to finished magnets, as
well as leveraging the most effective technology to achieve
scale in production. In preparing of the briefing, the
Secretary of Defense shall consult with the Secretary of
Commerce. The briefing shall be submitted in unclassified form
but may include a classified annex.
Tungsten alloy manufacturing
Tungsten has unique physical properties that make it well-
suited for defense applications, including a high melting point
along with high hardness and density. The Department of Defense
relies on tungsten to support several of its platforms
including aircraft, ordnance, warheads, and missiles, with
specific applications being counterweights, kinetic energy
penetrators, fragmentation spheres and cubes, explosively
formed penetrators, and rocket nozzles. The global market for
tungsten is largely dominated by foreign companies, including
those with operations in China. Approximately 80 percent of
tungsten is mined in China with no domestic mine open at this
time. Many of the other processing steps, such as the
conversion steps needed to turn ore into metal powder,
machining, swaging, and wire drawing are provided by one U.S.
source.
Since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, the necessity of
tungsten has become more apparent as it has been included in
many of the defense items that the U.S. is providing to
Ukrainian forces. The committee understands the importance of
tungsten manufacturing to key defense products, including
rockets, penetrators, missiles, and ordnance. Modernizing the
manufacturing processes that yield this critical equipment
helps to enable the readiness for these items. The committee
encourages the Department of Defense to support manufacturing
capability improvements and capacity for tungsten products.
Budget Items
Topline increase
As described in the 4501 table, the committee recommends an
increase of $25.1 billion to the Department of Defense budget
request to accelerate equipment recapitalization, increase
military construction, address the highest-priority unfunded
requirements of the military services and combatant commanders,
decrease the Department's facility maintenance backlog, and
strengthen the defense industrial base.
Prioritizing counter-drug activities
The budget request included $339.3 million in Drug
Interdiction & Counter-Drug Activities, Defense for Counter-
Narcotics Support.
The committee recommends an increase of $52.9 million for
additional counter-drug activities and activities to counter
transnational organized crime. The committee recommends the
following decreases from diversity and inclusion programs in
the Military Personnel (MP) and Operation and Maintenance (OM)
accounts:
MPANG, -$546,000
OMANG SAG 011Z, -$186,000
MPARNG, -$83,000
OMARNG SAG 131, -$155,000
MPAFR, -$75,000
OMAFR SAG 042A, -$85,000
OMDAF SAG 031A, -$241,000
OMDAF SAG 031D, -$5.7 million
OMDAF SAG 042A, -$13.2 million
OMN SAG 1C1C, -$709,000
OMN SAG 3A1J, -$446,000
OMN SAG 3B4K, -$1.7 million
OMN SAG 4A4M, -$710,000
OMN SAG 4A3M, -$1.6 million
OMMC SAG 4A4G, -$2.0 million
OMDW SAG 4GT8, -$10.1 million
OMDW SAG 4GTN, -$15.4 million
Defense Health Program unobligated balances
The budget request included $38.9 billion in Operation and
Maintenance, Defense-wide (OMDW) for the Defense Health Program
(DHP).
The committee recommends a decrease of $185.9 million
across DHP, reflecting the amount of unobligated funds from
fiscal year 2023, according to analysis by the Government
Accountability Office.
TITLE XV--SPACE ACTIVITIES, STRATEGIC PROGRAMS, AND INTELLIGENCE
MATTERS
Subtitle A--Space Activities
Modification of Air Force space contractor responsibility watch list
(sec. 1501)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 1612 of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115-91) to authorize the Space
Service Acquisition Executive of the Department of the Air
Force to place identified contractors on a watch list for poor
performance, and would require approval for additional
contracting.
Extension and modification of certifications regarding integrated
tactical warning and attack assessment mission of the
Department of the Air Force (sec. 1502)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 1666 of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114-328) to provide waiver
authority to the annual certification of the Integrated
Tactical Warning and Attack Assessment (ITW/AA) System. The
ITW/AA System is a dual-phenomenology system used to verify an
attack on the United States using terrestrial radars and space-
based systems. This provision would authorize the Secretary of
Defense to avoid certain required actions if the Secretary
certifies that resources are, and will be, available to
remediate any deficiencies.
Modification of milestone decision authority for space-based ground and
airborne moving target indication systems (sec. 1503)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 1684 of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118-31) to modify the milestone
decision authority to oversee program cost and the execution
baseline. The provision would also require the service
acquisition executive for the Air Force for space systems and
programs to designate a Program Executive Office for space-
based air and ground moving target indication.
The committee notes that section 1684 designated the
Secretary of the Air Force as the responsible party for
presenting air and ground moving target indication capabilities
to the combatant commanders--consistent with the Unified
Command Plan. However, the committee is concerned that not
enough progress has been made in air moving target indication.
The committee understands that this effort involves the
integration of many sensor systems in a number of domains, but
the program is still developing necessary documents for
establishing the air moving target integration as a program of
record. Further, the committee believes that greater efforts
must be made to employ the expertise of Air Battle Managers,
who will ultimately make the information gained from this
program useful to the warfighter.
In addition, the committee directs the Secretary of the Air
Force to provide a briefing to the congressional defense
committees, not later than March 31, 2025, on the contribution
of Air Battle Managers to the design of the space-based air and
ground moving target indication program.
Space Force satellite ground systems (sec. 1504)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
chapter 135 of title 10, United States Code, to require
completion and operation of satellite ground systems and
modifications before associated satellite launches. The
provision would authorize the Secretary of the Air Force to
waive this requirement for national security purposes as
necessary.
The committee notes that the Assistant Secretary of the Air
Force for Space Acquisition and Integration issued a memorandum
on Space Acquisition Tenets, on October 31, 2022, which
included a requirement for ground systems to be operational
before satellite launch. The committee supports this position,
and notes the Department of Defense's longstanding practice of
launching satellites before ground systems are fully
operational.
Modification of notification of foreign interference of national
security space (sec. 1505)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 2278 of title 10, United States Code, by modifying and
simplifying the statutory requirements for the Commander, U.S.
Space Command (SPACECOM), to notify the congressional defense
committees of each intentional attempt by foreign actors to
interfere with national security space capabilities. The
provision would: (1) Limit the SPACECOM Commander's notice
requirement to critical national security space capabilities,
rather than all national security space capabilities; (2) Allow
the SPACECOM Commander to provide notice of continuous or
repetitive signal interference in a consolidated monthly
report, rather than submitting new notices for each day of
jamming attempts; and (3) Simplify the SPACECOM Commander's
reporting requirement to one consolidated report to the
congressional defense and intelligence committees.
The committee notes that section 911 of the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (Public Law 112-
239) established notification requirements for instances of
foreign interference of U.S. national defense satellites. The
committee understands that, due to orbital dynamics, foreign
interference typically results in multiple interference events,
and that no threshold has been defined for what type of
national security satellite is receiving interference.
Commercial Augmentation Space Reserve Program (sec. 1506)
The committee recommends a provision that would authorize
the Department of Defense (DOD) to establish a Commercial
Augmentation Space Reserve Fleet, and would direct DOD to enter
into an agreement with a federally funded research and
development center (FFRDC) to conduct a study on: (1) The
availability and adequacy of commercial insurance to protect
the financial interests of contractors providing space support
services to DOD; (2) The adequacy of existing legal authorities
for U.S. government protection of such interests if commercial
insurance is not available, or not available on reasonable
terms and; (3) Potential options for U.S. government-provided
insurance. The Secretary of the Air Force shall provide a
report to the congressional defense committees, not later than
March 31, 2025, on the results of the study.
The committee notes that on April 2, 2024, DOD released its
Commercial Space Integration Strategy, which proposed a civil
reserve-like fleet of commercial space operations. The strategy
notes that, ``In the air and maritime domains, the U.S.
Government established contractual mechanisms through the Civil
Reserve Air Fleet (CRAF) and the Voluntary Intermodal Sealift
Agreement (VISA), respectively, to ensure logistics support
from commercial operators during crisis.'' The U.S. Space Force
further advanced the concept of a Commercial Augmentation Space
Reserve Fleet in its April 2024 Commercial Space Strategy. The
committee believes that DOD should develop mechanisms that
enable integration of commercial space to build resilience
across the full range of space mission areas.
Designation of Program Executive Officer for Space Command, Control,
and Integration (sec. 1507)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Space Acquisition and
Integration to designate a Program Executive Officer for Space
Command, Control, and Integration to oversee U.S. Space
Command's (SPACECOM) requirements for developing a system to
support a combined operations center at the National Space
Defense Center. The provision also requires an annual report to
the congressional defense committees.
The committee notes that SPACECOM must have the
capabilities to detect a threat to U.S. or allied space
systems, direct fires to engage the threat, and conduct battle
damage assessments. The committee notes that these capabilities
are held by combined air operations centers at other combatant
commands.
Modification of quarterly reports on Global Positioning System III
space segment, Global Positioning System operational control
segment, and Military Global Positioning System user equipment
acquisition programs (sec. 1508)
The committee recommends a provision that would modify
Comptroller General reporting and briefing requirements for the
Global Positioning System III space segment, the Global
Positioning System operational control segment, and the
Military Global Positioning System user equipment acquisition
programs.
Resilience of position, navigation, and timing technologies and
services (sec. 1509)
The committee recommends a provision that would require
that any position, navigation, and timing technology and
service procured, or otherwise acquired by the Department of
Defense, to have the ability to acquire, track, and provide
accurate position, navigation, or timing information if L1
Signals or L2 Signals are jammed, spoofed, blocked, or subject
to harmful interference.
Subtitle B--Nuclear Forces
Sense of the Senate on the Congressional Strategic Posture Commission
(sec. 1511)
The committee recommends a provision that would express the
sense of the Senate that the final report of the Congressional
Strategic Posture Commission, published on October 12, 2023,
presented concerning findings including a deteriorating
international security situation that is more dangerous for the
United States and its allies and partners, and an imperative
for the United States to take prompt, decisive action in order
to maintain its position in the international order in order to
deter global conflict.
The provision would also state that it is the policy of the
United States that: (1) Deterrence of strategic attacks is the
nation's highest defense priority; and (2) The U.S. Government
will take all required actions to ensure the Department of
Defense and Department of Energy are provided with the
necessary authorities and resources to meet emerging strategic
threats.
Review of recommendations by the Strategic Posture Commission (sec.
1512)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Energy to provide a
report to the congressional defense committees, not later than
March 31, 2025, that assesses the final report of the
Congressional Commission on the Strategic Posture of the United
States, published in October 2023. This report should include a
review of the approximately 80 recommendations included in
Commission's report.
Matters relating to the nuclear-armed sea-launched cruise missile (sec.
1513)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 1640 of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118-31) to modify the statutory
direction to establish a joint program between the Department
of Energy and the Department of Defense to develop a nuclear-
armed sea-launched cruise missile (SLCM-N). The provision would
also require the Secretary of Energy and Secretary of Defense,
if an alternative to the W80-4 warhead were to be pursued, to
provide a briefing to the congressional defense committees on
an outline of the project including a cost estimate and an
explanation of the alternative warhead's benefits over the W80-
4 warhead. In addition, the provision would require the
Secretary of the Navy to establish a program element and
program office for the SLCM-N development program.
The provision would also limit the amount of funds that may
be obligated or expended by the Secretary of the Navy for
travel expenses to not more than 50 percent until the Secretary
of the Navy submits to the congressional defense committees a
certification that the Department of the Navy has: (1)
Established and staffed a program office for the development of
a nuclear-armed, sea-launched cruise missile; and (2) Is taking
the steps required to comply with the direction promulgated by
the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment
in the memorandum, ``Nuclear-Armed, Sea-Launched Cruise Missile
Program Material Development Decision Acquisition Memorandum,''
dated March 21, 2024.
Assessment of updated force sizing requirements (sec. 1514)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of Defense and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff to submit a strategy to the congressional defense
committees that enables the United States to deter and defend
against simultaneous aggression by two near-peer nuclear
competitors.
Prohibition on reduction of intercontinental ballistic missiles of the
United States (sec. 1515)
The committee recommends a provision that would prohibit
the obligation or expenditure of authorized funds from fiscal
year 2025 to reduce deployed U.S. intercontinental ballistic
missiles' responsiveness alert level or quantity to fewer than
400. The provision would provide an exception to this
prohibition for activities related to maintenance, sustainment,
and replacement, or activities to ensure safety, security, or
reliability.
Preparations for possible deployment of additional intercontinental
ballistic missiles (sec. 1516)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of the Air Force, in coordination with the Under
Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, and the
Commander, U.S. Strategic Command, to develop a plan for
deploying up to 450 Sentinel intercontinental ballistic
missiles (ICBMs), rather than the 400 Minuteman III ICBMs
currently deployed. The provision would also require the
Secretary of the Air Force to direct the Program Executive
Officer for Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles to develop an
alternative acquisition strategy for the Sentinel ICBM weapon
system that would enable the deployment of 450 Sentinel ICBMs,
and it would require the Secretary to provide a report to the
congressional defense committees on the details of the
strategy, along with associated cost and schedule estimates.
The committee recognizes the unwillingness of the Russian
Federation to engage in constructive discussions about the
future of strategic arms control measures beyond the February
2026 expiration of The Treaty between the United States of
America and the Russian Federation on Measures for the Further
Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms, commonly
referred to as the New START Treaty. In addition, the People's
Republic of China has not demonstrated an interest in providing
additional insight into, or enacting limitations upon, the
expansion of its nuclear forces.
Under such conditions, the committee believes it is prudent
to begin examining options for adapting U.S. deterrence
capabilities to account for worsening strategic threats, while
reserving final decisions on whether to pursue such options
until the post-New START Treaty international security
environment becomes clearer. This is consistent with the
recommendations of the October 2023 final report of the
Congressional Commission on the Strategic Posture of the United
States.
Periodic updates on the pilot program on development of reentry
vehicles and related systems (sec. 1517)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 1645 of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118-31) to direct the Secretary of
the Air Force to provide a recurring briefing to the
congressional defense committees on the activities of a re-
entry vehicle pilot program.
Periodic updates on the modernization of the Strategic Automated
Command and Control System (sec. 1518)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 1644 of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118-31) to direct the Secretary of
the Air Force to provide a recurring briefing to the
congressional defense committees on the progress made by the
Air Force to develop a replacement for the Strategic Automated
Command and Control System by the date in which the LGM-35A
Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile program reaches
initial operational capacity.
Availability of Air Force procurement funds for heat shield material
for Mk21A reentry vehicle (sec. 1519)
The committee recommends a provision that would authorize
the Secretary of the Air Force to enter into life-of-program
contracts for the procurement of Mk21A reentry vehicle heat
shield materials and related processing activities.
Limitation on availability of funds pending submission of plan for
decreasing the time to upload additional warheads to the
intercontinental ballistic missile fleet (sec. 1520)
The committee recommends a provision that would limit the
obligation and expenditure of more than 70 percent of certain
funds authorized for travel expenses for the Secretary of the
Air Force until the Secretary provides the plan required by
section 1650 of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118-31).
Limitation on availability of funds pending submission of information
on options for enhancing National Nuclear Security
Administration access to the defense industrial base (sec.
1521)
The committee recommends a provision that would limit the
obligation and expenditure of more than 80 percent of certain
funds authorized for travel expenses for the Office of the
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy
(ASD(IBP)) until the Assistant Secretary provides a required
briefing to the congressional defense committees on enhancing
the National Nuclear Security Administration's (NNSA) access to
the defense industrial base.
The committee notes that the Senate report accompanying S.
2226 (S. Rept. 118-58) of the National Defense Authorization
Act for Fiscal Year 2024 required the ASD(IBP) to provide a
briefing to the congressional defense committees on options for
the Secretary of Defense to leverage authorities available to
the Department of Defense for supplementing and enhancing
access of the NNSA to additional suppliers across the defense
industrial base to address critical shortfalls impeding timely
execution of programs of the NNSA. To date, this requirement
has not been fulfilled.
Furthermore, elsewhere in this Act, the committee
recommends a provision that would limit the obligation and
expenditure of funds for travel expenses for the Administrator
for Nuclear Security for fiscal year 2025 until the
Administrator provides to the congressional defense committees
the report on opportunities to streamline National Nuclear
Security Administration requirements. This report was also
required by the Senate report accompanying S.2226 (S. Rept.
118-58) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 2024. To date, this requirement has also not been
fulfilled.
Plan for operational bed down of the long range standoff weapon (sec.
1522)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of the Air Force, in coordination with the Commander,
U.S. Strategic Command, and the Commander of Air Force Global
Strike Command, to deliver a plan to the congressional defense
committees for preparing pre-designated locations for the
arrival of the AGM 181 Long Range Standoff Weapon (LRSO) once
it reaches initial operational capability (IOC). The provision
would also require a follow-on briefing to the congressional
defense committees on Air Force efforts underway to implement
the submitted plan.
The committee notes that the U.S. Air Force anticipates
that the LRSO will achieve IOC at, or near, the end of the
2020s. The U.S. Air Force currently operates the legacy AGM-86B
Air Launched Cruise Missile (ALCM) from a single domestic base,
but plans to disperse LRSO to more than one location. However,
the U.S. Air Force has not aligned funding to ensure that these
locations will be capable of receiving LRSO once it reaches
IOC. Given the significant operational and programmatic risk to
the U.S. nuclear deterrent during the conversion from legacy to
modernized forces, the committee believes that the Department
of Defense should take prudent actions to ensure a seamless
transition wherever possible.
Expansion of pilot program on development of reentry vehicles and
related systems (sec. 1523)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 1645 of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118-31) to expand the
authorization for an existing pilot program on development of
reentry vehicles to include the Secretary of the Army and the
Secretary of the Navy.
Expansion of nuclear long range standoff capability (sec. 1524)
The committee recommends a provision that would restore
nuclear capability to B-52 bombers that had been previously
modified to carry only conventional weapons.
The budget request included $194.8 million in line number
24 of Aircraft Procurement, Air Force (APAF) for B-52
modifications for nuclear capability. The budget request also
included $154.4 million in Research, Development, Test, and
Evaluation, Air Force (RDAF) for PE 64327F Hard and Deeply
Buried Target Defeat System Program.
The committee recommends an increase of $4.5 million in
APAF line 24 and a corresponding decrease in RDAF PE 64327F to
prioritize expansion of nuclear long range standoff capability.
Office of the Secretary of Defense Management and Process Improvements
(sec. 1525)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 138(b)(4) of title 10, United States Code, to
restructure the position of the Assistant Secretary of Defense
for Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Defense Programs
(ASD(NCB)) into the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear
Deterrence Policy and Programs. This provision would
consolidate the principal policymaking, programmatic, and
resourcing responsibilities for U.S. nuclear forces within the
Office of the Secretary of Defense into the restructured
office, and enact conforming amendments to reflect the
restructuring of the position of ASD(NCB).
Subtitle C--Missile Defense
Establishment of a national integrated air and missile defense
architecture for the United States (sec. 1531)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of Defense and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff, in consultation with the Commander, U.S. Northern
Command, the Commander, U.S. Space Command, and the Director of
the Missile Defense Agency, to develop a comprehensive
integrated architecture for defending the United States against
all forms of missile attacks. The provision would also require
the Secretary to designate a senior defense official within the
Department of Defense who would be responsible for this
architecture. The Secretary would also be required to provide
an annual report to the congressional defense committees,
concurrent with the President's budget request, on the
implementation of the specified architecture. Finally, the
provision would terminate 3 years after the designated senior
official declares initial operational capability for the
architecture.
Reporting of incidents affecting the availability of the United States
homeland missile defenses (sec. 1532)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of Defense to notify the congressional defense
committees not later than 24 hours after a major incident
affecting the availability of the United States homeland
missile defense system.
The committee notes that the Ground-Based Midcourse Defense
System is a critical asset in deterring and, if necessary,
defending the United States from any ballistic missile attack.
Any major incident affecting its operational availability is of
intense interest to the congressional defense committees as a
matter of oversight.
Iron Dome short-range rocket defense system and Israeli cooperative
missile defense program co-development and co-production (sec.
1533)
The committee recommends a provision that would authorize
funding for the procurement of the Iron Dome short-range rocket
defense system, David's Sling Weapon System, and Arrow 3 Upper
Tier Interceptor Program as outlined under the Memorandum of
Agreement Between the Department of Defense of the United
States of America and the Ministry of Defense of the State of
Israel Concerning Iron Dome Defense System Procurement.
Plan for comprehensive ballistic missile defense radar coverage of Guam
(sec. 1534)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of the Army, in coordination with the Commander, U.S.
Indo-Pacific Command, and the Director of the Missile Defense
Agency, to provide a plan to the congressional defense
committees to ensure radar coverage to defend against
simultaneous ballistic missile threats from the People's
Republic of China (PRC) and North Korea.
The committee supports ongoing efforts to develop a
comprehensive integrated air and missile defense architecture
for Guam and encourages the Department of Defense (DOD) to
deploy such capabilities to the island as rapidly as possible
to ensure maximum protection from missile threats of all
sources. Currently, the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense
system is the only consistently operational defensive
capability in Guam. However, the decision to deploy only a
single Army-Navy Transportable Radar Surveillance system means
that the system cannot provide consistent coverage of potential
missile threats emanating from North Korea and the PRC
simultaneously. The committee recognizes that fully
implementing a comprehensive missile defense capability will
take time, but also believes that DOD should take additional
steps to ensure the capabilities that are currently available
are employed to their fullest potential.
Annual briefing on missile defense of Guam (sec. 1535)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment
(USD(A&S)) to provide an annual briefing to the congressional
defense committees, concurrent with the transmittal of the
President's budget request, on the missile defense of Guam,
until the overall missile defense of the island reaches full
operational capability.
The committee notes that Guam is a vital U.S. territory and
logistics hub in the Indo-Pacific, and U.S. Indo-Pacific
Command (INDOPACOM) has a validated requirement to protect Guam
from missiles during any potential conflict. Per the
requirement in section 1660 of the James M. Inhofe National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-
263), the Secretary of Defense has designated the USD(A&S) as
the senior official responsible for the Integrated Air and
Missile Defense of Guam. The USD(A&S) will also serve as the
milestone decision authority for the Guam missile defense
system, while the Army has been designated as the Service
Acquisition Executive. The committee notes that the early phase
of the architecture development of the Integrated Air and
Missile Defense of Guam involves approximately 22 different
program lines, which will continue to grow as the system
architecture becomes definitized.
Establishing capabilities to further Jordanian air and missile defense
(sec. 1536)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of Defense in coordination with the Commander, U.S.
Central Command, to work cooperatively with the Hashemite
Kingdom of Jordan to establish further capabilities for
countering air and missile threats from Iran and Iranian-linked
groups. The provision would further require the Secretary of
Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of State, to work
with Jordan to develop a plan to bolster Jordan's participation
in a multilateral integrated air and missile defense
architecture.
Organization and codification of provisions of law relating to missile
defense (sec. 1537)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend part
I of subtitle A of title 10, United States Code, to establish a
new chapter regarding missile defense.
The committee notes that prior law related to missile
defense is found throughout title 10, United States Code,
complicating oversight of the missile defense activities of the
Department of Defense. Consolidating these prior provisions of
law in title 10, United States Code, would improve oversight
and facilitate accurate legislative drafting of future
provisions relating to missile defense.
Subtitle D--Other Matters
Defense Industrial Base workforce development strategy (sec. 1541)
The committee recommends a provision that would direct the
Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Administrator
for Nuclear Security of the National Nuclear Security Agency
and other individuals as the Secretary determines appropriate,
to develop a strategy for promoting the development of a
skilled manufacturing and high-demand vocational trade
workforce to support the national technology and industrial
base and nuclear security enterprise.
The provision would also direct the Secretary of Defense to
submit a report to the congressional defense committees that
outlines the strategy and includes a detailed implementation
plan, complete with schedules and progress milestones. Finally,
the provision would require the Secretary of Defense to submit
an annual report to the congressional defense committees on the
progress made in implementing the strategy.
Revision of Secretary of Defense authority to engage in commercial
activities as security for intelligence collection activities
(sec. 1542)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 431(a) of title 10, United States Code, to extend the
authority for the Secretary of Defense to engage in commercial
activities as security for intelligence collection activities
for 5 years. The provision would also modify the process for
coordinating related activities with the Director of the
Central Intelligence Agency.
Extension and modification of defense intelligence and
counterintelligence expense authority (sec. 1543)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
chapter 21 of title 10, United States Code, to make permanent
the authority under section 1057 of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116-92).
This authority allows the Secretary of Defense to expend funds
for defense intelligence and counterintelligence activities of
a confidential, extraordinary, or emergency nature and the
recommended provision would increase the maximum amount of the
expenditures under the authority for which the Secretary of
Defense may delegate approval from $100,000 to $250,000. The
provision would also make clear that the authority provided by
the provision is the exclusive authority available to the
Secretary for such purposes.
Limitation on use of funds for certain unreported programs (sec. 1544)
The committee recommends a provision that would prohibit
the obligation or expenditure of funds authorized to be
appropriated by this Act for fiscal year 2025 on any classified
program involving unidentified anomalous phenomena that has not
been briefed to the appropriate committees of Congress and
congressional leadership.
Pilot program on establishing a geospatial workforce development
program (sec. 1545)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of Defense to carry out a pilot program to assess the
feasibility and advisability of establishing a program to
develop a skilled workforce in geospatial technologies,
methodologies, and capabilities to support the defense
intelligence requirements of the Department of Defense, known
as the Geospatial Workforce Pilot Program.
Intelligence advice and support for Government of Israel in capturing
or killing certain officials of Hamas (sec. 1546)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of Defense and the Director of the Defense
Intelligence Agency to provide the Government of Israel defense
intelligence, advice, and support to the extent practicable,
and consistent with United States objectives, to support
Israel's pursuit of the lasting defeat of Hamas, and to assist
Israel in either capturing or killing senior Hamas officials.
The provision would further direct the Secretary of Defense to
brief the congressional defense committees 90 days after the
enactment of this act, and every 90 days thereafter, on the
defense intelligence, advice, and support provided to assist
the Government of Israel to capture or kill senior Hamas
officials.
Technical correction (sec. 1547)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
chapter 25 of title 10, United States Code, by making a
technical amendment to an electronic warfare authority
established in the National Defense Authorization for Fiscal
Year 2024 (Public Law 118-31).
Establishment of pilot program for access to shared classified
commercial infrastructure (sec.)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of Defense to establish a pilot program to streamline
access for small business concerns, nontraditional contractors
and institutions of higher learning to classified commercial
infrastructure.
Items of Special Interest
Airborne command post
The committee recognizes that the President's ability to
command, control, and communicate with the nation's nuclear
forces must remain effective and resilient under all
circumstances. The committee also notes that today, for the
first time, the United States faces two nuclear peer
adversaries and this new threat environment underscores the
importance of maintaining the ability to command and control
U.S. nuclear forces in all circumstances. The committee
understands that the Departments of the Navy and the Air Force
are in the process of replacing aging aerial layer command and
control nodes. However, the committee is concerned by the
Department of Defense's delay in creating an acquisition
strategy to recapitalize the Airborne Command Post (ABNCP)
capability, also known as Looking Glass, which provides
Emergency Action Message origination and intercontinental
ballistic missile secondary launch capability. This delay
stands in stark contrast to the Navy's Take Charge and Move Out
(TACAMO) Recapitalization Program, and is leading to a division
of effort previously consolidated within the E-6B platform.
Therefore, the committee directs the Under Secretary of
Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment and the Secretaries of
the Air Force and the Navy, in consultation with the Commander
of United States Strategic Command, to provide a report, not
later than February 15, 2025, to the congressional defense
committees, on the Department's acquisition strategy to
maintain the ABNCP capability, including options to expand
production of C-130J-30 Super Hercules to provide additional
airframes to preserve the ABNCP capability, and outline the
future relationship of ABNCP capability to the Secondary Launch
Platform--Airborne effort.
Alternative position, navigation, and timing capability
As threats continue to grow across the globe, particularly
in the Indo-Pacific and Europe, alternative navigation (ALTNAV)
will be critical for ensuring a backup system in potential
Global Positioning System (GPS) denied environments. The
committee is aware that the Department of Defense (DOD)
currently relies on GPS for critical operations involving
aircraft, ships, munitions, land vehicles, and ground troops.
The committee understands that DOD is in the process of
procuring ALTNAV systems, but believes that additional effort
is needed to ensure that this capability is deployed across
various platforms and for all Armed Forces.
Therefore, the committee directs DOD's Chief Information
Officer to provide a briefing to the congressional defense
committees, not later than March 31, 2025, on current DOD
efforts to develop ALTNAV covering mounted, dismounted, and
precision guided weapons, as well as for fixed wing and rotary
wing aircraft.
Artificial intelligence in nuclear operations
Section 1644 of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117-81) (Section 1644) requires
the Secretary of Defense to conduct an ``independent review of
the safety, security, and reliability'' of a range of nuclear
systems to include the nuclear weapons systems, the nuclear
command, control and communications systems and the integrated
tactical warning/attack assessment system. The review is
patterned after an earlier 1992 review. Much has changed since
1992, and the review in section 1644 is to consider
technological changes since that time. Multiple federally
funded research and development centers are taking part in this
review.
The committee notes that the field of artificial
intelligence is rapidly changing. The committee further notes
that that the review in Section 1644 should analyze what
effects, if any, that artificial intelligence will have on the
safety, security and reliability of nuclear operations and
associated systems. In particular, the committee will want to
understand what actions and mitigations can take place to
ensure artificial intelligence does not degrade the current and
future nuclear safeguards of these systems, as well as areas
where the considered use of artificial intelligence and machine
learning can be used to strengthen the security of critical
communications and early warning networks, improve the
efficiency of planning processes to reduce the risk of
collateral damage, and enhance U.S. capabilities for modeling
weapons functionality in support of stockpile stewardship.
Therefore, the committee stresses the importance that the
review in Section 1644 consider what effects, if any,
artificial intelligence will have on nuclear operations and
systems and to recommend what actions, if any, can be
reasonably implemented to ensure nuclear system safety,
security, and reliability is not negatively impacted by this
emerging technology.
Atmospheric sensing for electromagnetic irregularities
The committee commends the continued progress of the
Missile Defense Agency (MDA) on the development and deployment
of next generation sensing platforms. As the United States
faces diverse threats on the world stage, it is imperative that
MDA attains the tools necessary to detect asymmetric airborne
threats to U.S. warfighters, global military installations, and
domestic population centers. The committee supports ongoing
geospatial research focused on electromagnetic irregularities
that can augment MDA capabilities in the remote sensing of
perturbations due to objects in the lower and upper ionosphere
above 100 kilometers of altitude.
Therefore, the committee directs the Director of MDA to
provide a briefing to the congressional defense committees, not
later than March 31, 2025, on potential applications of
atmospheric sensing of electromagnetic irregularities to
advance global missile defense objectives, including potential
integration into future research and development activities.
Briefing on analysis of Single Event Effects test requirements
The committee notes that the February 2022 Department of
Defense (DOD) report ``Securing Defense-Critical Supply
Chains'' states that DOD should ``coordinate on the analysis of
Single Event Effects (SEE) test requirements to determine
whether additional investments are needed for construction of
new SEE test facilities.''
Therefore, the committee directs the Under Secretary of
Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, in coordination with
the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, to
provide a briefing to the congressional defense committees, not
later than January 1, 2025, on existing DOD capabilities for
conducting SEE tests and any capacity gaps in the research,
development, acquisition, and sustainment of DOD space and
nuclear modernization programs. The briefing should include
recommendations for addressing any such gaps in developing and
expanding existing DOD infrastructure--including subject matter
expertise in radiation-hardened electronics, advanced
microelectronic device manufacturing, and test and evaluation
capabilities. The briefing should also address cost, schedule,
location, sustainment, staffing, security, classification,
dual-use, DOD primacy, and other necessary criteria for
tailoring SEE capability to fulfill DOD's current and future
requirements in microelectronics.
Briefing on end-of-life sustainment for the Minuteman III
intercontinental ballistic missile
The committee notes that the U.S. Air Force's LGM-35A
Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) program
should replace the aging LGM-30G Minuteman III ICBM system
beginning in 2029. However, the committee is concerned that
recent cost overruns and delays in the Sentinel program could
require the U.S. Air Force to rely on, and sustain, the
Minuteman III ICBM for longer than planned.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense
to provide a briefing to the congressional defense committees,
not later than March, 31, 2025, on an assessment of the
requirements necessary to maintain the LGM-30G Minuteman III
ICBM until the LGM-35A Sentinel ICBM weapon system becomes
fully operational.
Briefing on hazards posed to United States nuclear deterrence
capabilities by foreign owned or sourced communications
equipment
The committee is concerned about efforts by potentially
hostile foreign actors to leverage civilian communications
equipment to collect intelligence on, interfere with, or damage
Department of Defense and Department of Energy installations
that support the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile and our
nation's strategic deterrence forces within the United States.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense,
in consultation with the Secretary of Energy, the Attorney
General of the United States, the Director of National
Intelligence, and the Secretary of Commerce, to brief the
congressional defense committees, not later than January 15,
2025, on the threats posed to U.S. nuclear facilities by the
use of civilian communications equipment by potentially hostile
foreign actors, including efforts to reduce or eliminate such
threats.
Briefing on inland launch sites
The committee notes that the U.S. Space Force uses a large
variety of launch sites, either operated by the U.S. Space
Force or by state-run consortiums or other arrangements.
Furthermore, a number of these launch sites are inland, rather
than coastal.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Air
Force to provide a briefing to the congressional defense
committees, not later than March 31, 2025, on any obstacles for
using inland launch sites rather than coastal launch sites. The
briefing should include a review of conditions required to
increase the frequency of small- and medium-sized launches at
inland launch sites.
Briefing on intercontinental ballistic missile site activation task
force staffing
The committee notes that section 1638 of the James M.
Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023
(Public Law 117-263) created a Sentinel Intercontinental
Ballistic Missile Site Activation Task Force (``the Task
Force'') to ensure operational requirements are embedded in the
Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) replacement
program. In addition, the Task Force will help ensure there is
coordination between the drawdown of the Minuteman III and the
stand up of the Sentinel ICBMs that meets U.S. Strategic
Command operational plans.
Therefore, the committee directs the Commander of Air Force
Global Strike Command, to brief the congressional defense
committees, not later than January 1, 2025, on the staffing of
the Task Force. The briefing should include the following:
(1) A description of the reporting structure and
roles of personnel assigned to the Task Force;
(2) The number of personnel assigned to the Task
Force;
(3) An evaluation of the adequacy of the staffing
model to accomplish the requirements established in
section 1638;
(4) Any recommendations for changes to the reporting
structure or staffing model of the Task Force; and
(5) Any other matters the Commander of Air Force
Global Strike Command deems relevant.
Briefing on requirements for limited bomber re-alerting
The committee notes that the October 2023 report by the
Congressional Commission on the Strategic Posture of the United
States included a series of recommendations to strengthen
defense against two near-peer adversaries, including a
recommendation to ``initiate planning and preparations for a
portion of the future bomber fleet to be on continuous alert
status, in time for the B-21 Full Operational Capability
date.''
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Air
Force, in coordination with the Commander, U.S. Strategic
Command, to provide a briefing to the congressional defense
committees, not later than January 1, 2025, on the requirements
for, and implications of, returning between 5 to 10 long-range
heavy bombers to alert status in the event that such an action
should become necessary to meet operational requirements. At a
minimum, the briefing should include:
(1) A description of the steps required to re-alert 5
to 10 long-range bombers to nuclear status, including
the steps required to mobilize Reserve and National
Guard forces that operate refueling aircraft;
(2) An identification of the base or bases that would
host the long-range bombers on alert status and the
refueling aircraft of such bombers;
(3) The cost required to re-alert and sustain 5 to 10
long-range bombers and associated refueling aircraft;
(4) A timeline for re-alerting 5 to 10 long-range
bombers;
(5) An assessment of any risk to fulfilling the
conventional bomber mission caused by re-alerting the
long-range bombers; and
(6) Any other programmatic or operational
considerations the Secretary or the Commander believe
pertinent.
Briefing on utility of a National Land-Based Deterrence Fund
The Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)
program is one of the largest and most complex programs the
U.S. Air Force has undertaken. Given the complexities of the
program, the committee believes it would be prudent to consider
whether it is feasible and advisable to create a National Land-
Based Deterrence Fund, similar to the National Sea-Based
Deterrence Fund.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Air
Force, in coordination with the Under Secretary of Defense
(Comptroller), to provide a briefing to the congressional
defense committees, not later than January 31, 2025, on the
advisability of creating a National Land-Based Deterrence Fund.
At a minimum, the briefing should include the following:
(1) An assessment of the potential efficiencies and
cost savings from a statutory National Land-Based
Deterrence Fund, similar to the National Sea-Based
Deterrence Fund established by section 2218a of title
10, United States Code;
(2) Recommendations on potential cost elements of the
Sentinel ICBM weapon system for inclusion in the fund,
including an analysis of potential efficiencies and
cost savings involving construction of launch
facilities and other facilities and infrastructure
required for the deployment and operation of the
Sentinel ICBM weapon system; and
(3) Any other matters the Secretary or Under
Secretary deem necessary.
Cislunar strategy
The committee recognizes that for decades, the limits of
the Space Force's mission, and that of the Air Force's space
professionals before it, have ranged to approximately a
geostationary range of 22,236 miles. With international
operations extending into cislunar space, the reach of the
sphere of interest of the Department of Defense (DOD) will now
extend to 272,000 miles.
The vastness of cislunar space and the increasing ability
of other countries to operate around the moon can present
security challenges for the United States. The committee
appreciates the work being done by the Air Force Research
Laboratory and the 19th Space Defense Squadron to explore ways
to better understand these challenges and space domain
awareness capabilities in cislunar space.
Therefore, the committee directs the Assistant Secretary of
Defense for Space Policy, in coordination with the Chief of
Space Operations and the Commander, U.S. Space Command, to
brief to the congressional defense committees, not later than
May 31, 2025, on a strategy for DOD's activities and interests
in cislunar space. The strategy should be consistent with the
``National Cislunar Science & Technology Strategy,'' dated
November 2022; the ``Space Policy Review and Strategy on
Protection of Satellites,'' dated September 2023; ``The Artemis
Accords,'' dated October 2020; and the ``Treaty on Principles
Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use
of Outer Space, including the Moon and Other Celestial
Bodies,'' dated December 1966.
The strategy should contain the following elements:
(1) Clearly defined objectives outlining DOD's goals
and priorities;
(2) An assessment of potential threats to U.S.
interests including both natural and man-made and
strategies to mitigate and respond to these threats;
(3) Strategies for fostering partnerships and
collaboration with international allies, private
industry and academia;
(4) Required investments;
(5) Measures to promote the long-term sustainability
of activities, including guidelines for responsible
space exploration and utilization and debris
mitigation;
(6) The roles and relationships within DOD;
(7) Changes to force structure that would be required
to successfully execute this strategy;
(8) Legal or policy limitations; and
(9) Additional matters DOD considers important to our
national security interests.
Commercial capabilities for proximity operations and non-Earth imaging
The committee believes that the current contested space
domain demands new, adaptive, and agile Department of Defense
space-based space domain awareness capabilities. The committee
also notes that the U.S. commercial satellite industry has
developed spacecraft with capabilities to conduct dynamic
rendezvous and proximity operations and non-Earth imaging to
accomplish many of these missions.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Air
Force to provide a briefing to the congressional defense
committees, not later than March 31, 2025, on commercial
capabilities for proximity operations and non-Earth imaging
including the following:
(1) Identification of potential missions for space-
based dynamic space domain awareness commercial
capabilities;
(2) An assessment of the U.S. Space Force's current
and planned capability to acquire, ingest, and fuse
commercial space-based space domain awareness
capabilities, including recommendations for increased
adoption of such capabilities in the future; and
(3) The planned procurement strategy, milestones, and
schedule for the U.S. Space Force to acquire U.S.
commercial space-based dynamic space domain awareness
capabilities over the next 5 years.
Commercial space nuclear indemnification and liability
Commercial space nuclear technologies, such as
radioisotopes, fission, and fusion, are being pursued by the
Department of Defense (DOD) to enable national security
capabilities in space environments. Commercial providers face a
significant barrier to delivering these systems for use because
there are very limited avenues to provide indemnification. DOD
must work with the Congress to identify options to address the
lack of commercial indemnification pathways. Further, the
committee notes that the March 2024 report by the Government
Accountability Office titled ``Defense Contracting: DOD Should
Encourage Greater Use of Existing Expertise to Review
Indemnification Requests'' (GAO-24-106403) states that DOD
should ``ensure the Principal Director of Defense Pricing and
Contracting encourages contracting officials to consider the
use of Defense Contract Management Agency insurance reviews
performed by its Contractor Insurance/Pension Review group when
evaluating indemnification requests'' as a means to consolidate
and minimize the length of time in conducting such reviews
across the Department.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense
to provide report, not later than March 1, 2025, to the
congressional defense committees on a plan for how DOD will
streamline and expedite indemnification requests from
commercial technology providers through section 1431 of title
50, United States Code, (Public Law 85-804) for ongoing and
planned space nuclear projects and missions, consistent with
the findings of the report by the GAO.
Comptroller General annual review of missile defense of Guam
The committee is concerned by the highly compressed and
challenging timeframe of the current proposal of the Department
of Defense (DOD) for defending Guam from attack. Successfully
fielding the proposed level of capability will require a
significant degree of coordination across a wide array of DOD
components. Only within the past 6 months has DOD set up a
joint program office for developing the Guam Defense System.
Furthermore, the U.S. Army signed on to a key agreement for
coordinating and managing the support of servicemembers
deployed to Guam even more recently.
The committee understands that providing an integrated,
layered, and 360-degree defense of Guam from a full spectrum of
air and missile threats is a significant challenge. An
effective integrated air and missile defense will require: (1)
The deployment of a technically sophisticated, integrated, and
networked ``system of systems''; (2) Doctrine and tactics for
employing this system; (3) A sustainment approach to ensure it
remains operational; and (4) Sufficient infrastructure and
housing for equipment, personnel, and their families.
Accordingly, the committee directs the Comptroller General
of the United States to annually review, through 2029:
(1) The costs, timeframes, risks, and progress of
DOD's various multi-service, multi-agency efforts to
develop, deploy, and sustain missile defense in Guam;
(2) Efforts to provide related infrastructure and
housing; and
(3) Such other matters as the Comptroller General
deems appropriate, in coordination with the committee.
The committee further directs the Comptroller General to
provide a briefing to the congressional defense committees, not
later than January 31 of each year through 2029, on any
preliminary findings from the ongoing review and on planned
reporting formats and schedules. The committee directs the
Comptroller General to provide the final report under this
directive not later than May 1, 2029.
Comptroller General assessment of Department of Defense and National
Nuclear Security Administration efforts to establish a nuclear-
armed sea-launched cruise missile program
The Secretary of Defense was directed in section 1640 of
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024
(Public Law 118-31) to take steps to establish a Major Defense
Acquisition Program to develop a nuclear-armed sea-launched
cruise missile, and to take necessary actions to ensure the
resulting capability would be operationally available not later
than September 30, 2034. However, neither the Department of
Defense (DOD), nor the National Nuclear Security Administration
(NNSA), included funding for the program in their budget
requests for fiscal year 2025. The committee understands the
operational imperatives driven by ongoing Russian and North
Korean nuclear modernization efforts, and China's multi-faceted
strategic breakout. The committee is mindful, however, of the
potential increased burden, particularly for the NNSA, of
directing the establishment of an additional weapons program
during a period of significantly increased workload across the
Nuclear Security Enterprise. Ensuring the efficient and cost-
effective execution of this program will require detailed
planning and innovative approaches to ensure this effort does
not lead to undue programmatic disruption in other areas.
Accordingly, the committee directs the Comptroller General
of the United States to conduct an initial assessment, not
later than March 31, 2025, and to brief the congressional
defense committees on the steps the NNSA, the Department of the
Navy, and the Nuclear Weapons Council are taking to comply with
the requirements of Section 1640 of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024, including:
(1) The development of a comprehensive resourcing
strategy;
(2) A technology and production readiness maturation
plan;
(3) A detailed operational concept and force
structure to balance required submarine missions in the
future; and
(4) Associated policy and guidance updates to reflect
the addition of the program within DOD and NNSA
portfolios.
Comptroller General assessment of Department of Defense moving target
indicator acquisition programs
The committee notes that the Department of Defense (DOD)
has begun to invest in ground and air moving target indicator
(MTI) capabilities, as well as other related space-based
capabilities to address emerging threats. The committee
supports the acquisition of cutting-edge MTI and other related
capabilities. However, the committee is concerned about the
synchronization of the development and fielding of new
capabilities as DOD divests of legacy capabilities, and
believes DOD must be able to deliver new capabilities while
meeting cost, schedule, and performance targets.
Accordingly, the committee directs the Comptroller General
of the United States to conduct a review of:
(1) Efforts to acquire new MTI capabilities and
related programs, including a review of the status of
the primary efforts underway or planned;
(2) The extent to which these efforts and plans are
coordinated across DOD and other Government,
commercial, and international entities; and
(3) How these efforts are integrated with efforts to
counter emerging threats.
The committee directs the Comptroller General to provide a
briefing to the congressional defense committees, not later
than March 31, 2025, with a report to follow on a date mutually
agreed upon at the time of the briefing.
The committee directs the Department of Defense to provide
the Comptroller General full access to any relevant information
for this review, and directs the Comptroller General to advise
the committee of any identified barrier in conducting this
work.
Comptroller General assessment of ground systems that support space
capabilities
The Government Accountability Office has examined
Department of Defense (DOD) space acquisition programs and has
found longstanding challenges in synchronizing acquisitions of
ground systems with that of space-based systems. In recent
years, both technological developments and organizational
changes have altered the space acquisition landscape.
The committee supports the acquisition of emergent ground
system capabilities, but is concerned that even with recent
changes, development of ground systems may not be synchronized
with space-based systems. Transitioning from legacy ground
systems is also a factor that DOD must consider to successfully
implement new ground technologies and system architectures.
Therefore, the committee directs the Comptroller General of
the United States to conduct a review of ground systems DOD is
procuring in support of its overall space acquisitions
portfolio, including:
(1) How DOD is incorporating more recent
technological advancements into ground system
acquisitions and ensuring they will be available to
support space-based systems;
(2) The extent to which DOD is coordinating network
management, including space-based networks, to fully
use new ground-based and space-based systems;
(3) How DOD is planning for the continued use of, or
transition from, legacy ground systems; and
(4) Other matters deemed relevant by the Comptroller
General.
The committee directs the Comptroller General to provide a
briefing to the congressional defense committees, not later
than April 1, 2025, with a report to follow by a date agreed at
the time of the briefing.
Furthermore, DOD is directed to provide the Comptroller
General timely access to program information including but not
limited to: (1) Cost and budget information; (2) Detailed
schedules; (3) Contractor data; (4) Program management reports;
(5) Decision briefings; (6) Risk and technology readiness
assessments; and (7) Technical performance measures.
Given the classified nature of some of the information, the
Comptroller General is further directed to advise the committee
of any assistance necessary to secure access to information
related to this review.
Comptroller General assessment of integration of warfighter support
Space-based sensing capabilities are increasingly important
to the Department of Defense (DOD) as adversaries' Anti-Access/
Area Denial (A2/AD) capabilities significantly challenge
airborne and other terrestrial platforms. For decades, the
military services have developed and operated a variety of
sensors to meet DOD operational and tactical needs. The
transition to greater reliance on space-based capabilities
means that the military services may have reduced the organic
capabilities they control, and increased their reliance on
space-based capabilities operated by the intelligence
community. Recently, DOD and the intelligence community have
engaged in high-profile cooperative efforts to develop and
operate space-based sensors. Silent Barker, a space domain
awareness satellite system, and the future space-based moving
target indicator effort, are two examples of cooperative
efforts. In both instances, the intelligence community has been
the lead.
The ability to leverage efforts, and more closely partner
with the intelligence community, is a great opportunity for DOD
to efficiently meet growing warfighter needs. However, the
committee is aware that a growing reliance on the intelligence
community for capabilities that traditionally have been organic
to the military services could increase the risk to DOD
operations if DOD needs are not being addressed. The committee
therefore directs the Comptroller General of the United States
to assess DOD and intelligence community integration on
warfighter support, including the extent to which:
(1) DOD faces challenges leveraging intelligence
community space capabilities to meet operational needs
for missions, including indications and warning, and
targeting; and
(2) DOD and the intelligence community have
identified and addressed challenges in leveraging
efforts related to collaborative development and
operations intended to address warfighter needs.
The committee further directs the Comptroller General to
provide an initial briefing on this review to the congressional
defense and intelligence committees, not later than March 31,
2025, and a subsequent report to the congressional defense and
intelligence committees on a mutually agreed upon timeframe.
Comptroller General assessment of Space Force personnel needs
The U.S. Space Force organizes, trains, and equips
personnel to protect U.S. and allied interests in space and
provide space capabilities to the Joint Force. The more than
14,000 military and civilian guardians that comprise the U.S.
Space Force are central to its success. Upon its establishment,
service leadership emphasized that the U.S. Space Force would
remain lean and efficient. The U.S. Space Force has been
primarily comprised of U.S. Air Force personnel from one major
command and interservice transfers. It also has a sizeable
civilian and contractor personnel core. Now the U.S. Space
Force is entering a new phase of workforce growth and
development as it establishes its unique service culture and
develops a better understanding of the personnel it requires
for its expanding and evolving mission sets.
The committee seeks to better understand how the U.S. Space
Force is ensuring that its workforce is structured to
effectively and sustainably execute its missions. Therefore,
the committee directs the Comptroller General of the United
States to assess the U.S. Space Force's workforce planning,
including the extent to which the service has:
(1) Taken action to assess the appropriate mix of
military, civilian, and contractor personnel
capabilities necessary to accomplish its missions; and
(2) Analyzed and identified the optimal mix of
officer and enlisted personnel needed to execute Space
Force missions.
The committee further directs the Comptroller General to
provide an initial briefing on this review to the congressional
defense committees, not later than March 31, 2025, and a
subsequent report to the congressional defense committees in a
mutually agreed upon timeframe.
Comptroller General assessment of the space industrial base
In light of increasingly sophisticated threats from our
adversaries, the Department of Defense (DOD) has recently
pivoted its acquisition focus to a new missile warning and
tracking architecture. The new architecture, called the
Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA), aims to be
more resilient than legacy missile warning systems through the
use of hundreds of satellites in low- and medium-Earth orbits.
In the near term, DOD is planning to acquire hundreds of new
satellites with infrared sensors to provide missile warning and
tracking. Building hundreds of satellites over a short period
of time is a stark departure from past decades of U.S. space
system development, which typically saw large, exquisite
satellites built one- and two-at a time. The PWSA will require
a scale of industrial production that has yet to be
demonstrated by space industry partners.
The committee generally supports the implementation of new
missile warning and tracking capabilities through the use of
low- and medium-Earth orbits, provided such efforts can fully
support the capabilities necessary to meet U.S. Strategic
Command, U.S. Northern Command, and Missile Defense Agency
requirements. However, the committee considers the U.S.
industrial base's ability to support the scale of production a
significant risk, particularly in the area of focal plane
arrays. As a result, DOD's plan to field hundreds of satellites
with infrared sensors as part of PWSA may signal to the
industrial base that increased production is prudent, but the
ability of U.S. companies to do so at the rate required is
unknown.
Accordingly, the committee directs the Comptroller General
of the United States to conduct a review of private companies
in the industrial base supporting acquisition of space
capabilities. This review should examine:
(1) The ability of the industry to increase
production of focal plane arrays, and other equipment,
to the level necessary to meet not only the planned
PWSA, but also planned space architectures of other
U.S. space agencies in the civil and intelligence
sectors;
(2) The extent to which these efforts are coordinated
across DOD and other space agencies, in both the civil
and intelligence sectors; and
(3) Other issues the Comptroller General deems
important.
The committee directs the Comptroller General to provide a
briefing to the congressional defense committees, not later
than April 30, 2025, with a report to follow at a date agreed
upon at the time of the briefing.
Furthermore, the committee directs DOD to provide the
Comptroller General timely access to program information
including but not limited to: (1) Cost and budget information;
(2) Detailed schedules; (3) Contractor data; (4) Program
management reports; (5) Decision briefings; (6) Risk and
technology readiness assessments; and (7) Technical performance
measures.
Given the classified nature of some of the information, the
Comptroller General is directed to advise the committee of any
barriers to accessing needed information related to this
review.
Comptroller General review of Department of Defense space control
programs
The committee understands the space domain is essential to
supporting and enabling operations across all combatant
commands. In recent years however, adversary threats to U.S.
freedom of action in space have been growing. Recognizing this,
the Department of Defense (DOD) has increased investments in
space capabilities, with a 15 percent increase in the U.S.
Space Force budget between fiscal years 2023 and 2024. Given
the pace of the threat, the committee believes it is imperative
that limited dollars be spent in the most efficient and
effective way possible.
Therefore, the committee directs the Comptroller General of
the United States to continue its review of the DOD portfolio
of offensive and defensive space capabilities through 2027, and
to provide a briefing to the congressional defense committees,
not later than March 31 of each year, until the termination of
the review. This review should include:
(1) The overall level of investment across DOD in
offensive and defensive space control, to include, as
the Comptroller General deems useful, categorizing
these by types of capabilities and relative maturity;
(2) For selected acquisitions, the challenges these
acquisitions face and how well plans are coordinated
across DOD and among other government, commercial, and
international entities, if applicable; and
(3) Any other matter the Comptroller General or the
congressional defense committees determine is critical
to the oversight of these acquisitions.
The committee directs DOD to provide to the Comptroller
General full access to any relevant information for this
review, and directs the Comptroller General to advise the
committee of any identified barriers to conducting this work.
Comptroller General review of implementation of the 2022 Nuclear
Posture Review
The 2022 Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) identifies the
growing risk of military confrontation with, or among, nuclear
powers and the urgent need to sustain and strengthen
deterrence. In May 2023, the Department of Defense (DOD)
released the 2022 NPR Implementation Plan, which identifies the
objectives and tasks for enhancing the Nation's nuclear
deterrent to confront the challenges posed by our strategic
competitors. The committee remains concerned about DOD's
implementation of the 2022 NPR, and the extent to which the
Implementation Plan will effectively adjust U.S. nuclear
policies, plans, and capabilities to confront increasing
nuclear threats--threats which the Secretary of Defense has
noted already appear to be outpacing the assumptions
underpinning the 2022 NPR.
Therefore, the committee directs the Comptroller General of
the United States to conduct a study assessing DOD's
implementation of the 2022 NPR, including:
(1) The extent to which DOD has implemented the 2022
NPR, to include completing the objectives and tasks
identified in the Implementation Plan;
(2) The extent to which DOD has developed an approach
to identify and mitigate any risks in implementing the
2022 NPR;
(3) The extent to which DOD has addressed long-term
nuclear threats through its implementation of the 2022
NPR; and
(4) Any other matters the Comptroller General deems
relevant.
The committee further directs the Comptroller General to
provide a briefing to the congressional defense committees on
the preliminary findings of the study, not later than March 31,
2025, and to provide final results to the congressional defense
committees in a mutually agreed upon format and timeframe.
As the Comptroller General's statutory right of access
encompasses the information required to conduct this study, the
committee expects the Secretary of Defense to provide the
Comptroller General full cooperation, and access to appropriate
officials and documentation. Required information includes, but
is not limited to: (1) Nuclear guidance; (2) Plans; (3)
Assessments; and (4) Deliberative documents that detail DOD's
efforts to implement the 2022 NPR.
Comptroller General review of Space Force command and control
activities
In recent years, the Department of Defense (DOD) has taken
steps to acquire and integrate command and control (C2)
activities across, and within, the military departments, such
as establishing the Combined Joint All-Domain Command and
Control concept. The Government Accountability Office has
identified long-standing challenges to building the U.S. Space
Force's space C2 architecture, in part due to the complexity of
software development and data integration. Space C2 is an
example of broader acquisition challenges DOD faces in network
definition and development, as well as data sharing and
integration.
The committee is concerned that C2-related acquisitions
could be overlaying systems across networks that do not
fundamentally address data integration, which is needed to
enable sensor-to-shooter communications. Incorporating planned
DOD acquisitions to support space-based networking
architectures adds complexity to this issue.
Therefore, the committee directs the Comptroller General of
the United States to conduct a review of DOD acquisition of new
capabilities aimed at enhancing the C2 network, particularly
those supporting the space domain. This review should address:
(1) How DOD is planning to develop and implement
space domain C2 networks, and how DOD is ensuring
coordination across the military services to support
all potential users;
(2) DOD's efforts to synchronize networking-related
C2 acquisitions with user needs, and factors associated
with emergent technologies; and
(3) The extent to which space domain C2 networking
acquisitions are addressing cyber and other security
factors, and how DOD is planning for the resiliency of
systems to support space domain C2 networking.
The committee directs the Comptroller General to provide a
briefing to the congressional defense committees, not later
than March 31, 2025, with a report to follow at a date mutually
agreed upon at the time of the briefing.
Comptroller General review of space operations and readiness
Space capabilities are foundational to Department of
Defense (DOD) force structure and operations, providing the
warning, command and control, awareness, and precision that
enable the U.S. military. Potential adversaries understand the
importance of space to U.S. military success, and have been
working for decades on ways to mitigate or deny U.S. access to
space. In turn, DOD has increasingly focused over the last 5
years on conducting space operations in a contested
environment. Currently, DOD is acquiring new space capabilities
and increasing resilience, but it must also develop ready and
trained personnel, sufficient sustainment, and operational
concepts and tactics that are continuously developed, assessed,
and enhanced.
The committee notes that DOD has invested significant
resources into transitioning from a force designed to operate
in a benign environment to one that can operate in a contested
environment. However, this transition is a work in progress and
significant operational and readiness challenges remain.
Therefore, the committee directs the Comptroller General of
the United States to annually review, through 2027, DOD's
progress in addressing key operational and readiness challenges
in the space domain. The committee further directs the
Comptroller General to provide an annual briefing to the
congressional defense committees, not later than March 1 of
each year through 2027, on the Comptroller General's
preliminary findings, and timeframes and format for presenting
final results.
Finally, the committee directs DOD to provide full access
to any relevant information for this review to the Comptroller
General, and directs the Comptroller General to advise the
committee if any barriers to conducting this work are
identified.
Comptroller General review of Survivable Airborne Operations Center
The U.S. Air Force has awarded a $13.1 billion contract for
the Survivable Airborne Operations Center (SAOC) program, which
is to replace the National Airborne Operations Center (NAOC).
The contract provides for the development and production of the
SAOC weapon system to include the delivery of engineering and
manufacturing development aircraft, associated ground systems,
production aircraft, and interim contractor support.
Given the critical nature of this command post for the
Department of Defense, and that it is an Acquisition Category 1
level Major Defense Acquisition Program, the committee directs
the Comptroller General of the United States to review annually
the SAOC program with respect to meeting milestones, and cost
and technology readiness level objectives, including on-board
mission systems through delivery of the first operational
aircraft. The Comptroller General shall brief the congressional
defense committees annually on a date mutually agreed upon, but
not later than March 31 of each year through 2030. The U.S. Air
Force shall ensure the Comptroller General has access to the
program at all levels of classification.
Comptroller General review of Under Secretary of Defense for
Intelligence and Security
The committee recognizes the crucial role of the Under
Secretary of the Defense for Intelligence and Security
(USD(I&S)) in ensuring the Armed Forces of the United States
possess the necessary intelligence to inform operations and
defense strategy. The committee believes that the USD(I&S) must
be properly organized to fulfill its statutory and policy
responsibilities, while prioritizing those roles that are most
crucial to ensuring the adequacy and timeliness of defense
intelligence in fulfilling Department of Defense (DOD) needs.
Therefore, the committee directs the Comptroller General of
the United States to review the authorities, roles, and
responsibilities of the USD(I&S) delineated in statute, as well
as those found in DOD and Office of the Director of National
Intelligence (ODNI) policy. This review should draw on the
Government Accountability Office report published on May 6,
2021, titled ``Defense Intelligence and Security: DOD Needs to
Establish Oversight Expectations and Develop Tools that Enhance
Accountability'' (GAO-21-295). This review shall include:
(1) A complete listing of the authorities, roles, and
responsibilities of the USD(I&S) as specified in law,
to include those in titles 10 and 50 of United States
Code, as well as DOD directives, instructions, other
Department policy, and ODNI policy;
(2) For each of the specified roles and
responsibilities, an identification of what individual
or office within USD(I&S) is responsible for that role
or responsibility;
(3) An identification of any unclear, overlapping, or
contradictory roles and responsibilities within the
USD(I&S)'s portfolio, including any such roles and
responsibilities related to the USD(I&S)'s role within
the ODNI as the Director of Defense Intelligence;
(4) An assessment of the Defense Intelligence
Enterprise Management Council's execution of its roles
and responsibilities; and
(5) Any other matters deemed relevant by the
Comptroller General.
In addition, this review should address the major
processes, policies, and mechanisms used by the USD(I&S) to
``[exercise] authority, direction, and control over, and
[oversee] activities of, the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA),
the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), the National
Security Agency/Central Security Service (NSA/CSS), the
National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), and the Defense
Counterintelligence and Security Agency; and exercises
planning, policy, and strategic oversight for all associated
policy, plans, and programs,'' as stated in DOD Directive
5143.01.
For the purposes of this review, an authority is defined as
the underlying statutory or Secretary of Defense-delegated
source for USD(I&S) actions. A role is an assigned function
such as the principal staff assistant or the Director of
Defense Intelligence. A responsibility is an assigned action
required by statute or policy.
The committee further directs the Comptroller General to
brief the congressional defense committees, not later than
January 1, 2025, on any preliminary findings, with results to
follow in a mutually agreed upon format and timeframe.
Cost estimation and transparency for defense and national security
space
The committee acknowledges the need for accurate and
transparent cost estimation models to effectively manage
defense and national security space programs. It is crucial
that these models are regularly updated to reflect new
technologies, economic conditions, operational data, new
methods of performing missions, and other cost factors to
maintain their effectiveness and reliability. The committee
emphasizes the importance of regularly modernizing these
practices across the cost estimating community, including the
Office of the Secretary of Defense Cost Assessment and Program
Evaluation (CAPE), the U.S. Air Force Cost Analysis Agency
(AFCAA), and new organizations, such as the U.S. Space Force's
Space Futures Command.
The committee also recommends that Space Futures Command
establish an organic cost estimation capacity to integrate
into, and coordinate with, the cost estimating organizations
and processes in CAPE and AFCAA. This is especially critical as
Space Futures Command uses these models to help forecast and
shape the Space Force's objective force. Therefore, the
committee directs the Chief of Space Operations to provide a
report to the congressional defense committees, not later than
July 1, 2025, on the actions taken to ensure that Space Futures
Command is meeting the committee's recommendation and to also
provide a briefing on such actions not later than July 1, 2025.
Cyber and space security cooperation strategy
A July 2023 RAND Corporation report titled ``Overcoming
Barriers to Working with Highly Capable Allies and Partners in
the Air, Space, and Cyber Domains'' finds numerous cross-
cutting and domain-specific barriers to security cooperation in
cyber and space, including with some of our closest allies. For
both cyber and space domains, RAND cited disunity across the
space and cyber security cooperation enterprises as an
inhibitor to the scale and pace of security cooperation
efforts.
In addition, the report identified a lack of advocacy for,
and clear prioritization of, the agreements that the United
States should be pursuing and the types of technology it should
be developing with allies and partners. Other issues identified
in the report included a lack of personnel, lack of partner
involvement, slow bureaucratic execution, regulations that
impede security cooperation, and an overall lack of incentive,
tasking, and understanding of priorities for combined security
cooperation partnering in third countries.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the
Defense to provide a briefing to the congressional defense
committees, not later than March 31, 2025, on a cyber and space
security cooperation strategy. The strategy should require the
Department of Defense to identify an individual responsible for
coordinating, advocating for, and prioritizing security
cooperation efforts in the space domain, and an individual who
is responsible for those same efforts in the cyber domain. The
strategy should further include, but not be limited to:
(1) A review of legal authorities and regulations
impacting cyber and space security cooperation efforts,
to include liaison officer roles;
(2) An assessment of barriers to such security
cooperation, including inadequate training or
resourcing in the implementation of security
cooperation efforts, such as foreign disclosure
officers;
(3) Establishment of collaborative platforms required
to successfully conduct security cooperation in these
domains;
(4) A determination as to whether the State
Partnership Program can be leveraged in this effort;
and
(5) A determination as to how this effort can be
coordinated across the military services.
Directed energy weapons and their role in integrated air and missile
defense
On May 8, 2024, the Strategic Forces Subcommittee held its
annual budget hearing ``To Receive Testimony on the Department
of Defense Activities in Review of the Defense Authorization
request for Fiscal Year 2025 and the Future Year's Defense
Program.'' The witnesses testified that the invasion of Ukraine
by Russia, and the April 14 attack by Iran and its proxies, in
which 300 unmanned aerial vehicles, cruise and ballistic
missiles were directed against Israel and U.S. target, had
changed the landscape of integrated air and missile defense.
The President's budget request for fiscal year 2025
included $28.4 billion for missile defense and related
activities, including Over-the-Horizon Radars, Space-Based
Missile Warning and Tracking, and a Next Generation Interceptor
for the Ground-based Midcourse Defense system. However, within
this budget request, the Missile Defense Agency requested just
$10.4 billion--a $500.0 million decrease compared to the fiscal
year 2024 enacted budget total. This overall decrease affects
three critical areas where the committee believes the
Department of Defense (DOD) should be making greater efforts:
the development of capabilities to intercept and defeat
hypersonic missiles; fielding operationally relevant directed
energy systems; and the use of highly capable missile defense
interceptors to destroy relatively inexpensive unmanned aerial
system threats.
In addition, the President's budget request for the only
program in the Department focused on defeating a hypersonic
missile during its glide phase, the Glide Phase Interceptor,
decreased from $209.0 million in fiscal year 2024 to $182.0
million in fiscal year 2025-a $27.0 million reduction in
funding at a time when hypersonic missile threats are growing
rapidly. In an attempt to optimize these relatively limited
resources for such a difficult, high-risk endeavor, the Missile
Defense Agency will down-select to one vendor--rather than
adhering to the Government Accountability Office best practice
of maintaining two vendors through the initial test phases of
the interceptor. Acknowledging this decrease in funding, the
Office of the Secretary of Defense witness acknowledged that
U.S. hypersonic defenses are inadequate and that DOD needed to
focus on hypersonic defenses.
The committee is also concerned that DOD is using multi-
million-dollar missile defense interceptors against $20,000
UAVs, rather than investing in directed energy systems whose
cost per shot has the potential to be essentially de-minimis.
Missile interceptor costs range from $10.0 million for an SM-3
Block IB missile to $22.0 million for an SM-3 Block IIA
missile. At the same time, the budget for directed energy--
where the cost of each shot could be a few dollars--has
decreased from $1.65 billion in fiscal year 2023 to $789.0
million for fiscal year 2025. The Department also chose the
fiscal year 2025 request to eliminate funding for production of
the less-costly SM-3 Block IB, while holding production for the
more expensive SM-3 Block IIA at the minimum sustaining rate of
12 per year.
The Department is making progress in many missile defense
areas, such as the development of proliferated space sensors
for tracking, the AEGIS weapon system, and the SM-3 Block IIA
missile for ballistic missile defense. However, the committee
recognizes that DOD must take steps to expand its missile
defense capacity, as well as its baseline capability, to
adequately address rapidly proliferating traditional and
asymmetric missile threats. The committee strongly encourages
DOD to pursue much more robust future budgets for the Glide
Phase Interceptor and directed energy programs, as well as to
reconsider ill-advised decisions to cut existing, combat-proven
missile defense capabilities like the SM-3 Block IB missile,
when the need for such assets is clearly growing.
Enhancements to streamline space export controls
The committee notes that export control reform on
commercial space capabilities among allies has lagged behind
the pace of innovation, especially with regard to launch
vehicles, making it difficult for U.S. entities to work with
partners in allied nations on programs intended to enhance
national security.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense,
in consultation with the Secretary of State and Secretary of
Commerce, to brief the congressional defense committees, not
later than March 31, 2025, on efforts to streamline space
export controls, including:
(1) Steps taken to reduce the amount of restrictions
levied on space launch vehicle Technical Assistance
Agreements between the United States and other
countries in the National Technology Industrial Base
(NTIB);
(2) The feasibility of formally transferring ``space
launch vehicles'' from the United States Munitions List
to the Commerce Control List; and
(3) Recommendations for further steps required to
enhance space cooperation in support of national
security among NTIB countries.
Ensuring transport layer connectivity to tactical users
The committee supports the Space Development Agency's (SDA)
Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA) program to
provide space-based assured, resilient, low-latency military
data and communications connectivity to a range of platforms
and joint operations. The committee is encouraged by SDA's
efforts through PWSA Tranche 1 and Tranche 2 to incorporate new
on-orbit technologies, such as active phased array antennas,
that help to maximize communication flexibility and connection
with ground terminals. However, the committee is concerned that
investments in new on-orbit capabilities are not being
equivalently matched in upgrades to tactical terminals for end-
users.
The committee supports the acquisition of tactical user
equipment that meets or exceeds upgrades to on-orbit
technologies in order to provide tactical users with fully
capable high-bandwidth, low-latency communication links.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Air Force
to provide a briefing to the congressional defense committees,
not later than March 31, 2025, on plans to acquire tactical
user equipment that connects with upgraded on-orbit
technologies, to include multibeam active phased array
antennas.
Expediting fielding of the Integrated Air and Missile Defense of Guam
architecture
The Integrated Air and Missile Defense of Guam (IAMDOG)
architecture is essential to the efforts by the Department of
Defense (DOD) to realign U.S. forces in the western Pacific. It
will also serve as a critical force enabler by providing both a
mechanism for deterring attacks against U.S. military personnel
and civilians in Guam, as well as protection for operational
forces during potential future contingencies in the region. As
such, supporting the rapid and cost-effective development and
deployment of the IAMDOG is a high priority for the committee.
The committee notes that Section 1660 of the James M.
Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023
(Public Law 117-263) established IAMDOG as a Special Interest
Acquisition Category ID Major Defense Acquisition Program to be
managed in accordance with the Department of Defense
Instruction (DODI) 5000.85, ``Major Capability Acquisition.''
This designation provides Congress with appropriate levels of
transparency into the complex programmatic activities and
substantial investment required to develop a comprehensive
integrated air and missile defense system for Guam and ensure
effective oversight mechanisms.
The committee is troubled by the apparent lack of progress
by DOD to effectively integrate the various lines of effort
that are expected to comprise IAMDOG architecture. Despite the
designation of the U.S. Army as the lead service for the Joint
Program Office, the U.S. Army appears to be treating this
project as a software integration activity, rather than a
multi-billion dollar system-of-systems. Software integration
across the various aspects of the system is a clear imperative.
However, the purported scope of IAMDOG is much greater, and the
committee is concerned that the full range of cost and
capability tradeoffs to improve deployment timelines and
overall cost effectiveness may not be adequately evaluated.
Given the complexity and disparate component development
efforts associated with fielding IAMDOG, and the varying levels
of technological and production readiness associated with these
components, the committee believes DOD should maximize the use
of all appropriate rapid prototyping authorities and available
procedures in the Middle Tier Acquisition pathway to support
the development and insertion of more efficient program
components and subprograms. The committee believes that DODI
5000.85 offers program offices with a variety of tailoring
options to streamline and expedite capability acquisitions, and
that DOD should make greater use of such authorities,
particularly with regard to IAMDOG.
Therefore, the committee directs the Under Secretary of
Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, in coordination with
the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisitions, Logistics
and Technology, to provide a briefing to the congressional
defense committees, not later than February 1, 2025, on a
strategy for maximizing the use of rapid prototyping and Middle
Tier Acquisition authorities to enable more efficient
development of components and subprograms for the IAMDOG
architecture within the existing Acquisition Category ID
framework.
In addition, the committee also directs the Under Secretary
of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, in coordination
with the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisitions,
Logistics and Technology, and the Director of the Missile
Defense Agency, to provide a briefing to the congressional
defense committees, not later than January 1, 2025, on steps
DOD can take to better integrate the IAMDOG development effort
into a cohesive system-of-systems development program.
Federal reentry range coordination
The committee continues to support inclusion of a wide
range of commercial space activities at Department of Defense
(DOD) test ranges, including launch and reentry operations. The
committee understands that the current memorandum of agreement
between the Department of the Air Force and the Federal
Aviation Administration (FAA) that covers Vandenberg Space
Force Base and Cape Canaveral Space Force Station does not
include additional ranges where licensed reentry operations may
also occur. As DOD begins to utilize the unique capabilities
provided by commercial reentry operators, this lack of
coordination between the Department of the Air Force and the
FAA often creates overlapping and duplicative requirements. The
committee supports the expansion of these operations to other
ranges that are part of the Major Range Training Facilities
Base (MRTFB) enterprise, in addition to the eastern and western
ranges, to support DOD and commercial reentry flight and test
needs.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Air
Force to provide a briefing to the congressional defense
committees, not later than March 1, 2025, on Department of the
Air Force's plans to update the current Memorandum of Agreement
with the FAA related to commercial launch and reentry
activities including:
(1) The status of discussions between the Department
of the Air Force and the FAA on plans to update the
existing Memorandum of Agreement;
(2) An assessment of the Department of the Air
Force's reentry flight needs for operational or test
and evaluation purposes within the next 5 years; and
(3) A discussion of how the Department of the Air
Force plans to develop a process, in coordination with
the FAA, to ensure new commercial reentry technologies
can access test ranges that are part of the MRTFB.
Geospatial intelligence data
The Department of Defense (DOD), and its support agencies,
possess vast repositories of unclassified geospatial data. If
shared effectively with scientific academic researchers, this
data could yield important discoveries to support U.S.
competitiveness and national security, aid in addressing the
geodesy crisis, and build a generation of scientists and
researchers who can help enhance the U.S. geospatial advantage
over strategic adversaries.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense
to assess current and planned DOD efforts to provide
unclassified geospatial data access to academic and research
institutions, and to submit the assessment to the congressional
defense committees, not later than January 1, 2025. At a
minimum, the assessment shall include:
(1) An assessment and determination of the extent of
DOD's current efforts to provide unclassified
geospatial data access to academic and research
institutions;
(2) A description of the technical mechanisms through
which data are presently shared, and an assessment as
to whether such mechanisms provide adequate opportunity
for access and collaboration;
(3) A description of any engagement with external
institutions or partners to curate and provide access
to unclassified geospatial data;
(4) A description of any challenges to the sharing of
unclassified geospatial data with academic and research
institutions;
(5) Recommendations for enhancing the sharing of
unclassified geospatial data with academic and research
institutions; and
(6) Any other matters deemed relevant by the
Secretary.
Implementation of policy updates relating to sharing controlled
unclassified information with foreign entities
The committee notes the importance of information sharing
with partners and allies to support collective security
objectives, while maintaining appropriate safeguards to protect
sensitive information. The committee notes that the Under
Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security issued a
memorandum on January 31, 2024, ``Change to Policy on Sharing
Controlled Unclassified Information with Foreign Entities'' in
order to improve and clarify guidance in this area. However,
like other areas of guidance related to controlled unclassified
information (CUI), the committee remains concerned that there
are still inconsistencies in interpretation and application of
that guidance.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense
to provide a briefing to the Senate Armed Services Committee,
not later than January 1, 2025, on the implementation of the
policy described in the aforementioned memorandum. The briefing
shall include:
(1) An assessment of the effectiveness of the policy
on reducing barriers to sharing CUI with allies,
including allied military industrial entities;
(2) A description of challenges associated with the
implementation of the policy;
(3) A description of trends in the use by the
Department of Defense of the Not Releasable to Foreign
Nationals (NOFORN) information holding caveat on CUI
since the date on which the policy was issued;
(4) An assessment of the extent to which the use of
the NOFORN information holding caveat on CUI affects
the speed at which international armaments agreements
and security cooperation activities may be carried out
among the United States Government and the governments
and military industrial entities of Australia, Canada,
New Zealand, and the United Kingdom; and
(5) Any other information the Secretary considers
relevant.
Importance of Code 50 designator for Protection Level One security
forces
The committee notes that in 2014, after a series of
incidents involving intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)
crews, the U.S. Air Force initiated a Force Improvement Program
to ensure that the nuclear operations career field was
adequately maintained and staffed. In 2016, after a similar
series of incidents occurred involving security forces
associated with Northern Tier ICBM bases Protection Level One
(PL-1) facilities, a U.S. Air Force study found that a number
of security forces personnel were effectively isolated in a
series of ICBM base assignments, rather than being rotated to
other assignments like their peers, leading to poor staffing
and low morale. As part of this study, a special designator
titled ``Code 50'' was attached to the files of these forces to
ensure that they would not remain at a Northern Tier ICBM base
more than 3 to 4 years before being rotated elsewhere. The
committee understands that this step improved morale greatly,
and supports the continued regular rotation of forces using the
``Code 50'' designator.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Air
Force, in consultation with the Commander of Air Force Global
Strike Command, to provide a report to the congressional
defense committees, not later than March 31, 2025, on efforts
to ensure that U.S. Air Force security forces personnel are
regularly rotated through a variety of U.S. Air Force
assignments and are not isolated to specific duty locations in
a manner that negatively impacts morale, career advancement,
retention, and mission effectiveness. The report shall address
U.S. Air Force security forces staffing shortfalls in PL-1
facilities and ICBM bases in particular.
Intelligence assessment of foreign terrorist organization acquisition
of uncrewed aerial systems
The committee remains concerned about the increase in
lethal drone attacks against U.S. forces and interests
overseas. Therefore, the committee directs the Director of the
Defense Intelligence Agency to provide a briefing to the
congressional defense committees, not later than February 1,
2025, that assesses the acquisition of military grade uncrewed
aerial systems by foreign terrorist organizations. The
assessment shall include: (1) The methods by which foreign
terrorist organizations acquire military grade uncrewed aerial
systems; (2) Identification of the suppliers, networks, and
related nodes that facilitate such acquisitions; and (3) An
evaluation of the degree of coordination and intelligence
sharing among U.S. allies and partners to counter such
acquisitions.
Missile warning and missile tracking
The committee notes that the U.S. Space Force Space Systems
Command (SSC) and Space Development Agency (SDA) have partnered
together to rapidly deliver a proliferated and resilient space-
based sensor network against hypersonic threats. The committee
supports these efforts, which includes the new Low Earth Orbit
(LEO) and Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) missile warning and missile
tracking (MW/MT) efforts, to enable the Nation to rapidly
deploy a new space architecture to characterize and track all
hypersonic threats and improve attribution. The committee
believes it is critical to ensure that resilient architectures
in LEO and MEO are provided rapidly and with maximum warfighter
utility. Finally, the committee also believes that MEO Epoch 2
solutions that uniquely blend MW/MT capabilities at a low cost
of ownership at the constellation level are critical elements
to a future resilient force design.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Air
Force to provide a briefing to the congressional defense
committees, not later than March 31, 2025, on any unfulfilled
requirements after fielding MEO Epoch 1 space and ground
constellations, and a plan to integrate MW/MT capabilities in
MEO Epoch 2.
Overcoming barriers to using commercial overhead data and analytic
services in Department of Defense
The committee understands that Department of Defense
acquisition cycles often do not keep pace with the commercial
space industry's ability to innovate and deliver new
operational services. The committee believes that commercial
alternatives should be evaluated at all acquisition milestones
and programmatic reviews in order to continually verify whether
the requirements cannot otherwise be satisfied by an emerging
commercial capability. If a commercial alternative can provide
substantial cost, schedule, or performance benefits,
acquisition programs should implement a timely, phased
methodology to offramp the U.S. Government built solution in
lieu of the commercial alternative.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Air
Force to brief the congressional defense committees, not later
than March 31, 2025, on recent acquisitions using a commercial-
first model in which foundational capabilities are provided by
commercial industry and then supplemented by novel U.S.
Government space and ground capabilities.
Report on Air Force and Army Corps of Engineers cooperation on the
Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile weapon system
program
The Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)
program is the largest and most complex weapon system
development effort ever attempted by the U.S. Air Force, and
the largest Federal civil works program since the completion of
the interstate highway system in 1992. Ensuring this project is
completed as close to on-time and on-budget is a critical
priority for the Nation. The committee believes that sufficient
resources should be marshaled to maximize the U.S. Air Force's
chances for successful execution. One such resource is the
resident expertise within the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers--an
organization with over 220 years of experience in managing
critically important civil works projects across the United
States.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Air
Force, in consultation with the Commanding General of the Army
Corps of Engineers, to submit a report to the congressional
defense committees, not later than April 1, 2025, outlining
ongoing cooperative efforts between the U.S. Air Force and the
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to recapitalize the existing
Minuteman III ICBM infrastructure and prepare for the
deployment of the Sentinel ICBM. The report should also
identify opportunities for expanding cooperative efforts to
further streamline or expedite planned Sentinel ICBM and
supporting projects, including any recommended regulatory or
statutory changes that could result in significant cost savings
or schedule acceleration.
Report on dirigibles for missile defense
The committee recognizes that dirigibles, including
airships and aerostats, could augment the defense of both
deployed U.S. forces and the Homeland from ballistic,
hypersonic, and cruise missiles, as well as drones.
Therefore, the committee directs the Director of the
Missile Defense Agency, not later than March 31, 2025, to brief
the congressional defense committees on the feasibility and
value of dirigibles for this mission set. At a minimum, the
report shall address:
(1) The feasibility and value of high altitude air
defense systems in detecting, characterizing, tracking
and engaging current and emerging advanced missile
threats, and evaluating the cost effectiveness of
dirigibles versus manned or unmanned surveillance
aircraft in the same mission;
(2) Potential short-term and long-term solutions that
could leverage the innovative dirigible and associated
sensor development that the U.S. military services,
U.S. partners--such as Israel, and U.S. industry have
undertaken;
(3) The unique challenges in defending forward-
deployed forces in the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, U.S.
European Command and U.S. Central Command, as well as
the more geographically challenging Homeland defense
threat that confronts the U.S. Northern Command; and
(4) The potential value of these dirigibles in
supporting resilient military and emergency
communication networks in a crisis or natural disaster.
Report on expanding capabilities at space ranges
The committee recognizes that continuous, rapid commercial
development is critical to the Nation's leadership in space
over great power competitors who instead rely on state-owned,
state-sponsored enterprises. The committee also understands
that private commercial operators largely fund the
infrastructure upgrades that Federal ranges need to support the
higher launch cadences demanded by the capabilities under
development by near-peer adversaries.
To ensure that regulatory timelines are aligned with
national security priorities and that the Department of Defense
(DOD) continues to promote, encourage, and leverage commercial
investment in space launch infrastructure critical to the
national defense, as well as DOD's requirement under section
2273 of title 10, United States Code, to maintain assured
access to space, the committee encourages the Secretary of
Defense to expeditiously process and adhere to environmental
review processes related to the commercial deployment of
national security infrastructure on Federal ranges. The
committee also directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a
briefing, not later than July 1, 2025, to the congressional
defense committees on any actions taken to do so.
Report on use of divested UH-1N intercontinental ballistic missile
helicopters for U.S. Army Garrison Kwajalein range support
Air Force Global Strike Command is overseeing the
deployment of the MH-139A Grey Wolf helicopter to replace the
existing fleet of UH-1N helicopters performing security
missions across the U.S. Air Force's three intercontinental
ballistic missile (ICBM) wings. As the U.S. Air Force prepares
to begin divestment of the UH-1N helicopters, the committee
believes an opportunity exists to repurpose these airframes to
perform another mission that supports the nation's strategic
deterrent.
U.S. Army Garrison Kwajalein currently relies on UH-72
Lakota helicopters for a wide range of missions, primarily
range support for the Reagan Test Site, as well as resupply and
medical evacuation across the atoll. However, currently none of
the garrison's helicopters are operational due to long
neglected maintenance and the absence of a coherent sustainment
plan by the U.S. Army.
Therefore, the committee directs the Commander of Air Force
Global Strike Command, in coordination with the Commanding
General of U.S. Army Material Command and the Commanding
General of U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command, to
submit a report to the congressional defense committees, not
later than January 31, 2025, outlining a plan for transferring
divested Air Force UH-1N ICBM security helicopters to the U.S.
Army for use as a bridging solution for a long-term rotary wing
replacement capability for Kwajalein Atoll. At a minimum, the
report should include:
(1) U.S. Air Force timelines for divesting UH-1N
helicopters and any associated sustainment equipment,
trainers, and spare parts;
(2) A description of the processes required to
transfer divested UH-1Ns to the U.S. Army and
associated timelines;
(3) A rapid fielding timeline for ensuring newly
acquired UH-1Ns are deployed to the garrison as quickly
as possible and the designation of such sea- or air-
lift assets as required to facilitate this timeline;
(4) A strategy for coordination between the U.S. Air
Force and the U.S. Army to facilitate appropriate
maintenance and support for the UH-1Ns deployed to
Kwajalein Atoll;
(5) As applicable, an alternative strategy for the
U.S. Army to provide sufficient functional rotary wing
aircraft to the atoll capable of supporting all
assigned garrison missions faster than UH-1Ns could be
made available; and
(6) A proposal for a long term recapitalization or
replacement program that will satisfy all garrison
rotary wing missions in a sustainable fashion.
Reusing equipment from Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic program
as part of the transition to the Sentinel program
The Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)
program is essential for the long-term strength of the ground-
based leg of the nuclear triad. As the Sentinel program moves
forward, the U.S. Air Force should consider potential
opportunities to reuse parts of the Minuteman III ICBM weapon
system for other applications, and the potential cost savings
that could result.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Air
Force to conduct a study, and brief the congressional defense
committees on its findings, not later than March 31, 2025, that
evaluates the following:
(1) The opportunities to reuse parts of the LGM-30G
Minuteman III ICBM weapon system for other applications
as part of the transition to the LGM-35A Sentinel ICBM
program; and
(2) Any potential cost savings that could result from
the reuse of such parts in other applications.
Rocket cargo
In 2021, the U.S. Air Force announced Rocket Cargo as the
fourth Vanguard program of the transformational science and
technology portfolio identified in the U.S. Air Force 2030
Science and Technology Strategy. The Air Force Research
Laboratory (AFRL) leads a science and technology effort to
determine the viability and utility of using large commercial
rockets for Department of Defense (DOD) global logistics,
potentially expanding the portfolio of capabilities that the
U.S. Space Force presents to combatant commanders. The Space
Systems Center is the Program Executive Officer for this
program. To date, the Rocket Cargo program's investments have
narrowly been focused on a single capability at the high-end of
mass delivery capabilities.
The committee notes there are other launch vehicle and
entry vehicle capabilities with applicable technologies that
may help advance the Rocket Cargo program's technology
development initiatives. For instance, the AFRL Rocket Cargo's
end-users of this capability development, U.S. Transportation
Command and the U.S. Space Force, employ a variety of vehicles,
payload transportation capabilities, and technology solutions
in the execution of their missions.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Air
Force to brief the congressional defense committees, not later
than March 31, 2025, on potential investments to support a more
diverse set of launch and entry vehicle solutions and providers
to increase the range of Rocket Cargo capabilities provided to
DOD.
Role of systems engineering and technical assistance for space
situational awareness systems
The committee is concerned that the U.S. Space Force may be
too reliant on systems engineering and technical assistance
(SETA) contractors as the complexity and interconnectedness of
modern military systems has increased, while at the same time,
the Department of the Air Force's organic acquisition and
technical workforce has not grown at the same pace. This
problem is particularly acute for space-based products and
services, which are now commercially developed to a higher
degree than other domains. While SETA contractors and federally
funded research and development centers provide a crucial
function, it must be balanced against the ability to ensure
that this function is executed in a timely fashion and does not
endanger project execution timelines.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Air
Force to brief the congressional defense committees, not later
than March 31, 2025, on the optimal way to incentivize SETA
contractors and whether it is in the best interests of the U.S.
Space Force to set SETA contractor payments to timely project
completion.
Satellite narrowband communications
The Committee commends the Space Development Agency (SDA)
on its innovative acquisition and technological approaches to
ensure satellite narrowband communications are maintained, and
where feasible, improved, through the end-of-life of existing
Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellites. SDA's use of
Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) and the Department of
Air Force's Tactical Funding Increase (TACFI) and Strategic
Funding Increase (STRATFI) programs are noteworthy uses of
existing authorities to assist small businesses to work with
the Department of the Air Force, while advancing technology for
defense, and often for commercial sectors. The committee
additionally notes: (1) The capability demonstration of low
earth orbit satellites that increases both affordability and
resilience concurrently; (2) The use of existing tactical
radios and data links that accelerates delivery timelines,
manages cost, and enables direct satellite-to-warfighter
connectivity; and (3) The focus on reduced size, weight, power
and cost--both on the satellite and for the user. The Committee
supports the Department of the Air Force and SDA in their
continued development and experimentation of this vital
capability across all the services.
Space mobility and logistics
The committee notes that the budget request for fiscal year
2025 included $20.0 million for Space Mobility and Logistics
(SAML). However, the budget request did not include a
traditional future years defense program (FYDP) submission for
such capabilities. As a result, the future of these critical
capabilities remains in question due to uncertainty in funding
and program direction across the FYDP.
The committee believes that the Department of Defense must
be able to conduct on-orbit maneuvering and servicing in order
to operate resiliently and responsively within the evolving
space domain. Emerging mission sets such as refueling, on-orbit
servicing, and manufacturing in space require sustained
investment to counter U.S. adversaries in space.
Therefore, the committee directs the Chief of Space
Operations to provide a briefing to the congressional defense
committees, not later than March 31, 2025, on plans to
establish a program office dedicated to the SAML mission set.
The briefing shall provide a 5-year timeline of capabilities in
development that will fall within this program office,
consistent with standard reporting for the FYDP.
Space situational awareness systems
The committee supports Space Situational Awareness (SSA)
systems given their important role in preserving national
security interests in space and across the globe. Due to the
proliferation of commercial and civil cislunar operations in
other Federal programs, the committee recommends hosting SSA
sensors and related payloads on these critical commercial and
civil missions. This may increase the speed at which the
Department of Defense can gather intelligence on assets in
orbit, as well as reduce costs by using existing launch and
delivery platforms rather than procuring entirely new platforms
and missions. Therefore, the committee recommends leveraging
such commercial rideshare opportunities, and also recommends
that these hosted SSA assets perform extended geostationary
orbit activities with direction from the U.S. Space Force.
Space-based light detection and ranging capability
The committee applauds the Defense Innovation Unit and
National Security Innovation Capital's efforts to support
commercial satellite constellation technology. Space-based
light detection and ranging (LiDAR) technology has the
potential to unlock significant data and information available
to Department of Defense entities on an annual basis.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense
to provide a report to the congressional defense committees,
not later than March 31, 2025, detailing current roles and
responsibilities for LiDAR data and preparations to use
commercial LiDAR satellite constellation technology and Earth
observation data. The report should include:
(1) Information on future space-based LiDAR system
capabilities and requirements;
(2) Current ground infrastructure located in the
continental United States that has the capacity to
downlink and process space-derived LiDAR data;
(3) An overview of remaining supply chain-based
challenges to a U.S. space-based LiDAR capability,
including satellite components;
(4) Commercial space LiDAR research and development
efforts underway; and
(5) Planned acquisition strategies, cost, and
schedule for space-based LiDAR systems and data.
Tactical security vehicles for Air Force Global Strike Command
Air Force Global Strike Command's (AFGSC) uses High
Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWV) to patrol
missile fields at Malmstrom Air Force Base (AFB), F.E. Warren
AFB, and Minot AFB. These vehicles were never intended for the
weather conditions at the northern tier bases, nor the large
number of miles traveled each year--often more than 30,000
annually--on rural roads and interstate highways. All three
bases have reported HMMWV rollovers on rural roads and
collisions with other cars because of their slow speed.
Tragically, in 2023, two airmen were killed driving HMMWVs on
public highways, one at F.E Warren AFB and one at Malmstrom
AFB, while another airman was seriously wounded.
The AFGSC is replacing some of these vehicles with
sophisticated, highly armored Protection Level Three (PL-3)
Joint Light Tactical Vehicles (JLTV), but these vehicles are
also ill-suited for day-to-day, high-mileage patrols on rural
and interstate highways. While JLTVs may be appropriate for
convoy operations transporting weapons in place of existing
BearCat vehicles, they lack the fuel capacity for long
distances typical of such operations, and are not equipped for
the unique communication needs of the missile fields. Further,
the front windows offer limited views to the driver of the
vehicle, making them ill-suited for public roads and highways.
The committee understands that AFGSC is considering the use
of Protection Level One (PL-1) Armored Utility Vehicles and
pickup trucks for patrolling, which are better suited to the
environmental conditions at these bases and can be more easily
repaired using locally obtained parts at a lower cost. The
committee is aware that the U.S. Air Force already uses similar
PL-1 vehicles at North Atlantic Treaty Organization bases where
PL-1 assets are stored, and believes such an approach would
better suit the requirements for domestic bases as well.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Air
Force to provide a briefing to the congressional defense
committees, not later than March 31, 2025, on AFGSC's efforts
to procure PL-1 armored utility vehicles to replace HMMWVs, the
status of procurement of PL-3 JLTVs, and outstanding issues
regarding their effective use at the three missile fields.
Finally, the committee notes that elsewhere in this Act,
the committee recommends an increase of $14.0 million in Other
Procurement, Air Force (OPA), to procure 50 PL-1 Armored
Utility Vehicles to support AFGSC's intercontinental ballistic
missile security mission requirements.
Waterfront facilities for Federal space launch ranges
The committee notes ongoing efforts to modernize the U.S.
Space Force's ranges as part of the Spaceport of the Future
initiative. Maritime transport is the only available option to
transport some space launch vehicles to the eastern and western
ranges. In some cases, rough ocean conditions delay the
unloading of space launch vehicles and risk potential damage.
The committee believes that modernization of waterfront
facilities at Federal ranges, specifically where space launch
vehicles are received, is critical to national security and
protecting significant investments made in each space launch
vehicle by the U.S. Government.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Air
Force to provide a briefing to the congressional defense
committees, not later than March 31, 2025, that includes the
following:
(1) An assessment of the current and projected use of
waterfront facilities, such as ports and docks, at
Federal space launch ranges of the U.S. Space Force;
(2) An assessment of required infrastructure
improvements to such facilities for national security
and readiness requirements, including supporting
increased rapid launch cadence and ensuring access for
launch vehicles;
(3) A detailed plan to implement any required
improvements, including estimated funds and schedules;
and
(4) Any additional proposals to support improved
waterfront facilities for the Federal space launch
ranges of the U.S. Space Force, including
recommendations for legislative action.
Waveform virtualization for satellite communications
The committee acknowledges the Department of Defense's
efforts to provide reliable and resilient communications
capabilities for tactical warfighters worldwide through various
military and commercial communications systems. The committee
encourages each military service to ensure that advanced
technologies for satellite communications (SATCOM) incorporate
Waveform Architecture for Virtualized Ecosystems (WAVE)
industry standards. Additionally, the committee supports the
development of SATCOM that allows for increased flexibility,
responsiveness, and resiliency; enables the modification of
systems in real-time as requirements are generated; and
directly addresses virtualizing waveforms in military and
commercial satellite communications architectures for new
acquisitions to ensure flexible and responsive SATCOM.
Therefore, the committee directs the Chief Information
Officer of the Department to provide a briefing not later than
May 1, 2025, to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate
and the House of Representatives on: (1) DOD's plans to
transition the Department and military services to use WAVE
industry standards for SATCOM; (2) Any identified limitations
to implementing WAVE standards; and (3) Any additional
resources required to implement WAVE standards across DOD.
TITLE XVI--CYBERSPACE RELATED MATTERS
Subtitle A--Matters Relating to Cyber Operations and Cyber Forces
Assessment of feasibility of engaging in cooperative activities with
allies to mitigate cyber threats to certain undersea cables
(sec. 1601)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of Defense to conduct an assessment, and deliver a
report to the congressional defense committees, to determine
the feasibility of engaging in cybersecurity cooperation
activities with international partners and allies of the United
States to mitigate cyber threats to undersea cables that
originate and terminate outside of the United States.
Elevation of the Joint Force Headquarters-Department of Defense
Information Network as subordinate unified command of United
States Cyber Command (sec. 1602)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 167b of title 10, United States Code, to establish the
Joint Force Headquarters-Department of Defense Information
Network as a sub-unified command under U.S. Cyber Command.
Cyber intelligence center (sec. 1603)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of Defense to establish a dedicated cyber
intelligence capability to support the requirements of U.S.
Cyber Command, the other combatant commands, the military
departments, Defense Agencies, the Joint Staff, and the Office
of the Secretary of Defense for foundational, scientific and
technical, and all-source intelligence on cyber operations,
technology development, capabilities, concepts of operations,
and plans and intentions of cyber threat actors.
The provision would further require the Commander, U.S.
Cyber Command, to provide a briefing to the congressional
defense committees and the congressional intelligence
committees on projected costs and required collection and
analysis capabilities associated with establishing the
intelligence center.
Support for cyber threat tabletop exercises (sec. 1604)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Cyber Policy to develop
tabletop exercise packages oriented towards training
stakeholders to prepare the Homeland for adversary cyber-
attacks precipitating or during a time of conflict.
Comptroller General of the United States assessment of Cyber Command
protection privacy and civil liberties procedures and training
requirements for cyber operators (sec. 1605)
The committee recommends a provision that would direct the
Comptroller General of the United States, not later than 180
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, to conduct an
assessment of planning procedures available for cyber
operations forces to ensure the protection of privacy and civil
liberties of United States persons on the conduct of cyber
operations and report the results to Congress.
Independent evaluation regarding potential establishment of United
States Cyber Force (sec. 1606)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Department of Defense to enter into an agreement with the
National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to
conduct an evaluation on the feasibility of establishing a
separate Armed Force dedicated to the cyber domain, or refining
and evolving the current organizational approach for U.S. Cyber
Command.
Subtitle B--Matters Relating to Department of Defense Cybersecurity and
Information Technology
Cyber table top exercises with organizations in defense industrial base
(sec. 1611)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Executive Director of the Department of Defense Cyber Crime
Center to develop and carry out a plan to conduct cyber table
top exercises with organizations in the defense industrial
base. After completion of an exercise, the provision would
require the Executive Director to assess any identifiable gaps
in procedures, capabilities, and resources among the defense
industrial base and to submit that assessment to the
congressional defense committees.
Management and cybersecurity of the joint warfighting cloud capability
and other multi-cloud environments (sec. 1612)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of Defense, acting through the Chief Information
Officer of the Department of Defense, to develop a strategy for
the cybersecurity of the Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability and
other multi-cloud environments.
Update of biometric policy of Department of Defense (sec. 1613)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security to
update the biometric policy of the Department of Defense.
Guidance for application of zero trust strategy to Internet of Military
Things hardware (sec. 1614)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Chief Information Officer of the Department of Defense to
develop guidance for how the Department of Defense zero trust
strategy applies to the Internet of Military Things hardware.
Joint partner-sharing network capabilities for Middle East defense
integration (sec. 1615)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of Defense to provide to the congressional defense
committees a strategy for improved cooperation between the
United States and Middle Eastern allies and partners to improve
partner sharing network capabilities.
The provision would also require the Chief Digital and
Artificial Intelligence Officer of the Department of Defense to
establish a forum on artificial intelligence to help promote
coordination and interchange on issues relating to the use of
artificial intelligence within and among the combatant
commands. The provision would further require the Secretary of
Defense to provide a report to the congressional defense
committees on progress made in establishing the required forum.
Artificial Intelligence Human Factors Integration Initiative (sec.
1616)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Department of Defense to establish an Artificial Intelligence
Human Factors Integration Initiative to improve the human
usability of artificial intelligence systems and ensure design
tools and metrics are available for programs to ensure human
factors considerations are included for artificial intelligence
systems adopted by the Department of Defense. The provision
also requires a briefing to the Committees on Armed Services of
the Senate and the House of Representatives on existing
research work in this area, including any gaps in research, as
well as a plan for activities under this initiative.
Limitation on availability of funds for Mission Partner Environment
program (sec. 1617)
The committee recommends a provision that would limit the
obligation or expenditure of funds for the Mission Partner
Environment (MPE) program to not more than 90 percent until the
Secretary of Defense provides a certification that the
Secretary of the Air Force has developed an accelerated
implementation plan. The implementation plan must meet the
operational requirements for command and control information
sharing networks, fully integrate into planned components for
the Combined Joint All-Domain Command and Control initiative,
and have defined and measurable actions to meet the steady-
state MPE requirements for each combatant command.
Consolidation of briefing requirements relating to the relationship
between the National Security Agency and United States Cyber
Command (sec. 1618)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 1642(c) of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114-328) to consolidate briefing
requirements. The provision would also repeal section 1556 of
the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-263) to eliminate a
duplicative briefing requirement.
The committee notes that section 1642(c) requires biannual
briefings until the Secretary of Defense issues a certification
related to the termination of the dual-hat arrangement between
the National Security Agency (NSA) and U.S. Cyber Command
(CYBERCOM). In addition, section 1556 requires the Secretary of
Defense to provide an annual briefing to the congressional
defense committees regarding the relationship between NSA and
CYBERCOM. Since these requirements were enacted, substantial
changes have been made to the dual-hat arrangement,
necessitating an alignment of the briefing requirements while
eliminating duplicative briefing obligations.
Information technology programs of the National Background
Investigation Service (sec. 1619)
The committee recommends a provision that would authorize
the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment,
after consulting with the Security, Suitability, and
Credentialing Performance Accountability Council Principals, to
alter the assignment of milestone decision authority for the
National Background Investigation Services or program
management of such services. The provision would increase
oversight of the information technology programs of the
National Background Investigation Service by requiring
notification to Congress of any changes to the Milestone
Decision Authority or program management, as well as
certification of compliance with relevant standards and
guidelines published in National Institute of Standards and
Technology Special Publication 800-53, Revision 5.
Cost budgeting for artificial intelligence data (sec. 1620)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer (CDAO) of the
Department of Defense, in consultation with the Under Secretary
of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment and the Director of
Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation, to develop a plan to
ensure the budgeting process for programs containing artificial
intelligence components includes estimates for the types of
data, and estimated costs for acquisition and sustainment of
such data required to train, maintain, or improve the
artificial intelligence contained within such programs. The
provision would further require the Secretary of Defense to
provide to the congressional defense committees briefings on
the implementation of the required plan.
Presumed reciprocal software accrediting policy (sec. 1621)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of Defense, acting through the Chief Information
Officer of the Department of Defense, to implement a policy
that requires security authorizing officials to inherit or
reciprocate the security analysis and artifacts, as
appropriate, of a cloud hosted platform, service, or
application that has already been authorized by another
authorizing official in the Department of Defense. The
provision would further require the Secretary of Defense to
provide a report to the congressional defense committees on the
implementation of this provision.
Annual evaluation of products for mobile device cybersecurity (sec.
1622)
The committee recommends a provision that would require
annual evaluations of products for mobile device security to
identify products and services that may improve the
cybersecurity of mobile devices used by the Department of
Defense.
Limitation on the availability of funds for the joint cyber warfighting
architecture (sec. 1623)
The committee recommends a provision that would limit the
funds available to be obligated or expended for fiscal year
2025 until the Commander, U.S. Cyber Command, delivers a plan
for minimizing development of the current Joint Cyber
Warfighting Architecture (JCWA), and provides a baseline plan
for a revised Next Generation JCWA program.
Briefing on course of education and pilot program on authentication of
digital content provenance for certain Department of Defense
media content (sec. 1624)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 1524 of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118-31) to include an interim
briefing on the status of establishing the course of education
required by such section.
Modification of prohibition on purchase of cyber data products or
services other than through the program management office for
Department of Defense-wide procurement of cyber data products
and services (sec. 1625)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 1521(c) of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117-81) to add a new exception for
the requirements of that section based on urgency of need, or
to ensure product or service competition within the market.
Improvements relating to cyber protection support for Department of
Defense personnel in positions highly vulnerable to cyber
attack (sec. 1626)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 1645 of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114-328) to clarify that the scope
of this authority includes personal accounts, as well as
personal technology, of personnel eligible for such cyber
protection support.
Comptroller General report on efforts to protect personal information
of Department of Defense personnel from exploitation by foreign
adversaries (sec. 1627)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Comptroller General of the United States to brief the
congressional defense and intelligence committees, not later
than 180 days after the enactment of this Act, on Department of
Defense efforts to protect personal information of its
personnel from exploitation by foreign adversaries.
Items of Special Interest
Addressing cyber warfare in space
The committee notes that the U.S. Space Force currently has
challenges in developing cyber warfare resiliency capabilities
for its space assets that could make them vulnerable to cyber-
attacks. The committee believes that the U.S. Space Force
should be engaging with academia, industry, and government
laboratories to develop solutions to these challenges.
Therefore, the committee directs the Chief of Staff of the
Space Force to provide a briefing to the Senate Armed Services
Committee, not later June 1, 2025, on efforts to improve cyber
resiliency of space capabilities. Such briefing shall include:
(1) An assessment of the cybersecurity risks to space assets;
(2) A survey of domestic and international capabilities and
expertise at the nexus of space domain awareness, and cyber
operations research and development that enables rapid
detection, tracking, and attribution of orbital platforms
subject to attack; (3) A review of the data and standards that
exist for tracking space assets and associated technical
limitations; and (4) A roadmap for emerging and future cyber
hardening techniques for current and future space assets.
Army Enterprise Service Managed Platform
The committee notes the success of the joint effort by U.S.
Army Cyber Command, the Program Executive Office for Enterprise
Information Systems, and the U.S. Army Network Enterprise
Technology Command in deploying the Army Enterprise Service
Managed Platform (AESMP). This program serves as a single point
of contact for providing critical global information technology
(IT) support to over 1.4 million U.S. Army users and U.S. Army
sites, and for all Department of Defense Information Network-
Army IT service requests, incidents, and inquiries.
The committee is aware that AESMP has improved the data
quality, accuracy, and modeling potential of data collected by
the U.S. Army for its IT assets, thus improving user
experience, IT cost auditability, and cybersecurity. The
committee believes this program advances powerful new pathways
to leverage artificial intelligence, serving as an
authoritative data source for accurate, validated, U.S. Army-
generated data to improve user experience and security. The
committee encourages the U.S. Army to consider including
additional information in future budget requests about
anticipated milestones, timelines, and resource needs
associated with AESMP, including needs related to the
deployment of relevant artificial intelligence capabilities
that would further improve user experience, IT efficiency, IT
auditability, and cybersecurity.
Assessment of blockchain technology for supply chain security and
transparency
The committee believes that data-driven security,
transparency, accountability, and auditability of supply chains
are critical to U.S. national defense and economic
competitiveness. The committee notes that blockchain technology
has the potential to enhance the cryptographic integrity of the
defense supply chain, improve data integrity, and reduce the
risk of the manipulation or corruption of certain types of data
by near-peer competitors. The committee also believes that the
Department of Defense (DOD) should explore the use of
blockchain technology to create secure, transparent,
accountable, and auditable data related to supply chains.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense
to provide a briefing to the Senate Armed Services Committee,
not later than April 1, 2025, on the potential applications of
blockchain technology for supply chain management within DOD.
The briefing shall include: (1) An assessment of the potential
benefits and risks associated with implementing blockchain
technology in supply chain tracking and management; (2) An
analysis of the current state of blockchain adoption in supply
chain tracking and management within DOD and the defense
industrial base; (3) A plan for pilot programs or research and
development efforts to explore the use of blockchain technology
in supply chain management; (4) Recommendations for legislative
or regulatory actions to incorporate blockchain technology to
support supply chain transparency and auditability; and (5) Any
other information the Secretary deems relevant.
Cyber operational readiness assessment update
The committee supports the shift made by the Commander of
Joint Force Headquarters Department of Defense Information
Network (JFHQ-DODIN) from Command Cyber Readiness Inspections
to the Cyber Operational Readiness Assessment (CORA) program as
the primary means to evaluate cyber readiness across DODIN
areas of operation (DAO). The committee believes that CORA can
help strengthen the cyber posture and resiliency of the DODIN.
The committee also believes that CORA can inform existing
contingency planning activities within JFHQ-DODIN and each DAO,
and can provide cyber operators with greater flexibility to
secure cyberspace lines of communication and support persistent
communications and information flow during military operations
in a contested environment.
Therefore, the committee directs the JFHQ-DODIN Commander
to provide a briefing to the Committees on Armed Services of
the Senate and the House of Representatives, not later than
March 31, 2025, on the implementation of the CORA program. Such
briefing shall include:
(1) A demonstration of the database displaying a
DAO's vulnerability to current threats;
(2) Metrics to determine risks and the frequency of
assessments for each DAO, including how metrics are
reported to leadership within the command through the
Advanced Analytics platform or other management
dashboards;
(3) Identification of areas or missions that use
automation or artificial intelligence-enabled tools to
support CORA;
(4) A demonstration of the Department of Defense
Inspection Analysis Tool used to automate assessment
workflows and conduct such assessments; and
(5) The feasibility and advisability of employing
file level data security to prevent data loss on
enterprise level file shares or other collaboration
platforms.
Cyber resilience for Department of Defense critical facilities and
assets
The committee is concerned that persistent State-sponsored
cyber actors, such as Volt Typhoon, embedding malware in
connected operational technologies (OT) in defense critical
infrastructure can also directly disrupt or deny Department of
Defense (DOD) facilities and the operations they support. The
committee notes that section 1505 of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117-81)
required the Secretary of Defense to complete mapping of OT
within mission-relevant terrain in cyberspace for Defense
Critical Assets (DCA) and Task Critical Assets (TCA). While
enabling mission threat analysis and situational awareness is a
fundamental first step to identifying vulnerable systems, the
committee believes that DOD must also quickly mitigate risk
through continuous discovery, monitoring, and OT management
capabilities to protect assets, detect attacks, and safeguard
the safety of personnel working in the facility.
In July 2022, DOD released the Department of Defense Zero
Trust Reference Architecture, which includes Comply-to-Connect
(C2C) program requirements to identify, protect, and detect
Department of Defense Information Network (DODIN) connected
devices to ensure a continuous secure configuration. The
committee notes that C2C is an enabler for defensive cyber
operations in response to detected threats by providing
information critical for the development of a common operating
picture.
Given recent joint advisories warning of the proliferation
of malware targeting infrastructure and facilities, the
committee strongly recommends that the Department take
additional actions to add to the framework of tools and
technologies operating throughout the network infrastructure
within the C2C program to ensure operational technologies and
systems connected to the DODIN, or configured with wireless
access, are included in order to protect DCAs and TCAs.
Furthermore, the committee recommends that the C2C criteria be
amended to require operational technologies and building
systems in critical facilities and assets to achieve a
continuous Authority to Operate (cATO) with active continuous
monitoring, active cyber defense, and secure software supply
chain controls.
Therefore, the committee directs the DOD Chief Information
Officer (CIO) to establish guidance requiring a cATO to be
formally achieved and maintained for a DCA or TCA for safe
occupancy and secure operations. The DOD CIO shall provide a
copy of this guidance to the Committees on Armed Services of
the Senate and the House of Representatives not later than
January 15, 2026.
Furthermore, the DOD CIO shall provide an interim briefing
on the status of this guidance implementation not later than
September 15, 2025. The briefing shall include information
regarding the extent of standardization among the military
departments for the C2C program; the requirements to achieve a
cATO for the OT and connected building systems; and a
description of the training, resources, and OT protection
capabilities available to military personnel responsible for
implementing the C2C Program and cATO.
Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification 2.0
The committee recognizes the importance of effective,
standardized cybersecurity to aid the Department of Defense
(DOD) in addressing cybersecurity threats and gaps. The
Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) framework was
implemented in November 2020 to achieve a unified cybersecurity
standard for defense acquisitions. These standards are intended
to directly aid the defense industrial base and minimize risk
within contracts. However, in March 2021, the Department began
to simplify and streamline the CMMC process, resulting in
proposed changes and an updated CMMC 2.0 model. This updated
model still seeks the same objectives, but the lack of clarity
on implementation has caused some consternation in industry,
particularly from small businesses and subcontractors that are
primarily commercial suppliers for larger defense systems. For
universities, roadblocks to implementation include the process
for setting up new systems that seamlessly interoperate with
many legacy information technology systems, the ability to
segregate data to enforce access controls, and coordination of
policy interaction between the government and university
stakeholders and decision makers. While in some cases,
compliance costs can be charged to external contracts, much of
the cost of setting up a new compliance regime is an overhead
cost, eating away at the funds available for the research
itself.
The committee understands that the revised CMMC 2.0 model
includes new elements, such as the third party certification
process, which will be implemented in the coming fiscal years.
While the original CMMC process was intended to serve as a
verification program, the committee is concerned that
requirements are not effectively mapped to meet new and
emerging threats, specifically within the operational
technology and Internet of Things domains. Furthermore, the
requirement to meet certain standards in the near-term is
challenging for many providers, thereby limiting their capacity
to supply the defense industrial base. The committee is
concerned that some organizations must invest considerable time
and expense into bringing systems up to National Institute of
Standards and Technology 800-171 standards, especially small
businesses and commercial manufacturers that supply defense
companies. Additionally, usage and categorization of controlled
unclassified information must be addressed and standardized,
specifically regarding marking across the DOD. The committee
recommends that the Department assess the CMMC 2.0 model to
best determine how to refine compliance requirements to prevent
a one-size-fits-all approach.
Therefore, the committee directs the Comptroller General of
the United States to conduct a study to assess DOD's
implementation of CMMC 2.0, including: (1) A description of how
DOD intends to maximize the ability of CMMC to adapt to
changing threat environments within artificial intelligence,
operational technology, and Internet of Things domains; (2)
Plans for standardizing and conforming DOD's marking processes
for controlled unclassified information and the anticipated
impact on certification processes; (3) Plans for how DOD
intends to aid subcontractors, including small and
nontraditional businesses, with CMMC compliance; (4) Assessment
of the level of ``red teaming'' requirements for an entity to
maintain compliance; and (5) Any additional information the
Comptroller General deems appropriate to include to meet the
intent of the study.
The committee further directs the Comptroller General of
the United States to provide an interim briefing to the
Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of
Representatives, not later than March 1, 2025, with a final
report to be issued at a mutually agreed upon date.
Department of Defense cyber curriculum roadmap
The committee recognizes the significant achievements of
the Department of Defense (DOD) and military services in
establishing new cyber curriculum for cyber operators over the
past decade. The committee also recognizes the enduring
importance of the cyber domain to modern warfare, acknowledging
that cyber impacts every service in the other warfighting
domains of land, sea, air, and space. The committee further
notes that the cyber domain is unique in that the pace at which
new capabilities and tools can be developed, employed or
rendered obsolete can happen even more quickly than for
conventional military capabilities, requiring DOD's
cybersecurity enterprise and Cyber Mission Force to adjust
quickly in order to stay ahead of threats.
Therefore, the committee directs each of the Secretaries of
the military services, in consultation with their Principal
Cyber Advisor, the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Cyber
Policy, and the Commander, U.S. Cyber Command, to review the
curriculum of their cyber institutions with respect to how
rapidly they are adapting to and incorporating new technology,
capabilities, and training, tactics, and procedures. This
review should include information on how artificial
intelligence and cloud computing have been incorporated into
said curriculum, or will be included in the curriculum moving
forward.
Additionally, the committee directs the Assistant Secretary
of Defense for Cyber Policy to compile a report of these
findings, and include a roadmap for how DOD and each of the
military services can improve the agility and responsiveness of
their cyber curriculum to align with an increasingly dynamic
threat environment. The committee further directs the Assistant
Secretary of Defense for Cyber Policy to provide a briefing on
the results of this review and roadmap to the congressional
defense committees not later than June 15, 2025.
Department of the Air Force extended reality development strategy
The committee supports the Department of the Air Force's
efforts to reduce redundant and inefficient information
technology (IT) spending by focusing on portfolio alignment,
system optimization, and better policy and governance alignment
across the enterprise. While the committee applauds a renewed
enterprise focus on standardization and consolidation, it also
recognizes the unique subset of challenges in aligning
operational and foundational training IT investments in the
rapidly evolving extended reality (XR) landscape. The committee
believes that a more targeted sub-strategy to guide XR
investments could enable a wider array of training content,
enhance security and interoperability, improve the training
experience, and better support the development of future
airmen.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Air
Force to develop an XR investment and deployment strategy and
brief the congressional defense committees, no later than March
1, 2025, on options to standardize and centralize XR efforts
across the Department of the Air Force. The strategy shall
include: (1) Options for streamlining and formalizing
investment and consolidating the XR content and delivery
ecosystem; (2) Recommendations to better align operational
training IT platforms under the purview of the Office of the
Air Force Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, Engineering &
Force Protection, and those under the authority of the Air
Education and Training Command; (3) Plans for utilizing an XR-
optimized centralized digital hub to allow greater discovery,
delivery and creation of training content; (4) Standards and
protocols to increase security and interoperability, protect
intellectual property, enable digital record keeping, and
maintain a modular, open architecture; (5) A feasibility
assessment of a single access point, logon, and user account
for accessing all XR training content; and (6) Policy
recommendations to facilitate broader inclusion of commercial
technologies and small businesses.
Department of Defense network optimization
The committee is concerned with the progress of the
approach of the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) to
the Defense Enclave Services (DES) contract, as it has failed
to meet its stated objective of migrating the networks of the
defense agencies and field activities to DoDNet. The contract
was awarded over two years ago, but progress has stalled due to
inability of working capital funds to finance the upfront
costs. This budgetary approach has proven insufficient as
neither the contracting agency, DISA, nor the entities slated
for migration have budgeted for the initial procurement costs
required for migration. This impasse is leaving the Department
of Defense more exposed from a cyber security perspective, and
continues to waste time and resources needed for critical
network modernization.
Therefore, the committee directs the Chief Information
Officer of the Department of Defense, in coordination with the
Director of DISA, to provide a detailed briefing to the
Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of
Representatives, not later than March 1, 2025, on planned
funding strategies, and timeline of migration milestones for
the DES contract for Fiscal Years 2026 through 2030.
Guam Cybersecurity Strategy
The committee appreciates the efforts of the Department of
Defense (DOD) to improve the physical defenses for Guam,
including nascent efforts to mitigate risks posed by cyber
vulnerabilities in Guam's critical infrastructure. However, the
committee is concerned that absent additional cybersecurity
investments, state-sponsored cyber criminals, or other proxy
groups, could exploit these potential vulnerabilities to
disrupt, degrade, deny, and destroy U.S. military capabilities
in Guam and the surrounding region.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense,
in coordination with the Commander, U.S. Cyber Command, the
Commander, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, the Commander, Joint
Force Headquarters Department of Defense Information Network,
and the Commander, Joint Region Marianas, to develop a
cybersecurity strategy for Guam, not later than June 30, 2025.
The Guam Cybersecurity Strategy should include, at a minimum,
the following:
(1) A plan to establish a persistent and enduring
cyber protection team presence in Guam;
(2) A cyber resilience assessment program for Guam,
including plans for a baseline assessment of the
Department of Defense Information Network in Guam and
periodic reassessments with persistent cyber opposition
forces;
(3) A plan to develop an organic civilian cyber
capability in Guam to complement DOD cyber protection
teams, including a workforce pipeline and research and
development activities;
(4) An assessment of the advisability and feasibility
of engaging in cyber cooperation activities with the
Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the
Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau;
(5) A plan to engage with the U.S. defense industrial
base and industry partners through Cooperative Research
and Development Agreements or other means to strengthen
Guam's cyber posture;
(6) A plan to coordinate with other federal agencies,
including the U.S. Coast Guard, to prepare for, respond
to, and recover from cyber incidents;
(7) Identification of any resources necessary to
carry out the Guam Cybersecurity Strategy;
(8) Identification of any authorities necessary to
carry out the Guam Cybersecurity Strategy more
effectively; and
(9) Any other matters the Secretary of Defense deems
appropriate to include.
Further, not later than 30 days after the completion of the
Guam Cybersecurity Strategy, the Secretary shall brief the
congressional defense committees.
Guidance regarding incorporation of operational technology into
Information Assurance Vulnerability Management Program
The committee notes that section 1502 of the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118-
31) required the Department of Defense (DOD) to inventory
Defense Critical Assets and provide baseline cybersecurity
requirements for cyber-physical systems and operational
technology (OT) in use across the Department of Defense
Information Network (DODIN). The committee is aware that the
Department's current vulnerability management platform provides
that all devices connected to the DODIN are within the scope of
the vulnerability management program. However, OT is not
currently a required part of enterprise vulnerability
management processes, leaving DOD at risk because it lacks
complete visibility into its attack surface. The committee
believes that incorporating OT into existing vulnerability
management processes is a necessary step to ensure the security
of the DODIN.
Therefore, the committee directs the Department of Defense
Chief Information Officer to issue guidance incorporating OT
into the information assurance vulnerability management
program, and to provide a briefing on the guidance to the
Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of
Representatives not later than March 1, 2025. The guidance
shall include clear guidelines for regular vulnerability
assessments, reporting requirements, and remediation timelines
for operational technology. The guidance shall also include
required procedural changes and progress benchmarks.
Improving data compatibility for artificial intelligence tools
The committee notes that artificial intelligence tools and
their ability to receive, ingest, process, analyze, and
visualize simultaneously data from multiple data sources will
continue to play a critical role in implementing the Combined
Joint-All Domain Command and Control (CJADC2) initiative. The
committee is concerned that the lack of interoperability
between the data structures of data sources feeding into CJADC2
limits the ability of artificial intelligence tools to receive,
ingest, process, analyze, and visualize simultaneously data
from multiple data sources. The committee believes that all
Department of Defense (DOD) components and interagency partners
that produce, manage, or possess data sources that feed data
into CJADC2 should take steps to improve the interoperability
of their data sources to widen the variety of data sources. The
committee further believes that DOD should populate relevant
systems, which would help achieve mission objectives and
support practical understanding of the challenges of ingesting
common data structures.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense,
in coordination with the Chief Digital and Artificial
Intelligence Officer, to submit to the congressional defense
committees a report, not later than January 15, 2025, on the
efforts of DOD to improve the interoperability of the data
structures of data sources that feed into CJADC2 capabilities.
Such report shall include:
(1) A description of ongoing efforts of the data
standard setting bodies to create data standards to be
followed by DOD and challenges to create those data
standards, including challenges faced by data standard
setting bodies;
(2) A description of policies and procedures
currently in effect and implemented by the Department
to improve the interoperability of the data structures
of data sources that feed into CJADC2 capabilities,
including by complying with data standards created by
the data standard setting bodies;
(3) A description of the adoption and implementation
of data standards set by the Common Metadata Standards
Team, as well as challenges relating to delay of such
adoption and implementation;
(4) A description of the challenges in implementing
the real-time sharing of information from data sources
with CJADC2 capabilities, as well as how those
challenges will be addressed, and a timeline for
milestones in resolving those challenges;
(5) A list of all DOD components and interagency
partners that the Secretary of Defense has selected as
a data standard setting body responsible for
department-wide data standards for CJADC2 purposes; and
(6) Such other matters as the Secretary of Defense
considers relevant.
Maximizing the success of the Department of Defense Thunderdome program
The committee understands that the Department of Defense
(DOD) must achieve aggressive timelines to meet its zero trust
mandates by 2027. A central part of this evolution is the
migration away from the legacy Joint Regional Security Stacks
(JRSS). The committee notes the importance of ensuring that the
JRSS successor incorporates Least Privilege Access, Continuous
Trust Verification, and Continuous Security Inspection
practices while protecting all data and securing all
applications regardless of user location or device.
The committee is encouraged by the successful prototyping
and production agreement for the Thunderdome program, which is
expected to scale rapidly across the entire DOD enterprise. To
achieve stated goals within DOD's specified timelines, the
committee believes that DOD components should leverage
technologies like Thunderdome, which rely on an open vendor
selection process and comprehensive prototyping before
production. The committee believes that such attributes are
necessary to ensure upgradability and adaptability over time.
Therefore, the committee directs the Chief Information
Officer of the Department of Defense, and the Director of the
Defense Information Systems Agency, to brief the congressional
defense committees, not later than March 1, 2025, on the
Department's JRSS transition plans, with a focus on how legacy
JRSS will incorporate zero trust-aligned continuous trust
verification and security inspection regardless of user
location or device.
Modern software acquisition
The committee notes that software is critical to the
effectiveness of military platforms and enabling decision
advantage. The committee continues to encourage the Department
of Defense to modernize its software acquisition programs, and
comprehensively embrace the software acquisition pathway, which
allows rapid development and upgrades. The committee directs
the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment
to provide a briefing to the Committees on Armed Services of
the Senate and the House of Representatives, not later than
January 15, 2025, describing the Department's efforts to create
incentives for broader and more fulsome utilization of the
software acquisition pathway, including recommendations of
industry best practices for software development and
improvement.
MyNavy HR modernization
The committee is aware of the urgency of the MyNavy HR
modernization program due to ongoing issues with Department of
the Navy personnel experiencing significant delays in pay,
retirement, and other benefits critical to their morale and
readiness. The committee is also aware that the U.S. Navy plans
to consolidate 55 legacy systems into a smaller number of
systems to address the pay challenges faced by sailors and
marines and their families and support the U.S. Navy's
recruiting and retention goals.
The committee notes several challenges facing the MyNavy HR
program that have inhibited modernization, including data
reliability across the U.S. Navy enterprise; the lack of a
single integrator of the MyNavy HR program to bring together
the different data elements and technologies focused on data
reliability, accountability, and effectiveness; and over-
customized solutions that increase complexity and prevent
efficient software and security patching.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Navy
to provide a briefing to the Committees on Armed Services of
the Senate and the House of Representatives, not later than
April 1, 2025, that addresses the following: (1) A description
of the organizational structure for the MyNavy HR modernization
effort and any changes that have been made to assignments for
management of the program in the past year; (2) The programmed
budget for the MyNavy HR modernization from FY26 through the
future years defense program with an assessment of the
potential benefits of consolidating the overall modernization
effort into a single budget line; (3) A plan for how the U.S.
Navy will ensure data integrity across the MyNavy HR
modernization effort without creating a new centralized data
repository; (4) Identification of any potential commercial-off-
the-shelf solutions that could be incorporated into the MyNavy
HR architecture; and (5) Any additional information the
Secretary deems appropriate.
National Security Agency cybersecurity workforce pilot program
The committee supports the continuation of the National
Security Agency's workforce transformation cyber initiative
pilot program, which offers certificate-based courses through a
Center for Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity and Artificial
Intelligence. The committee also supports the intentions of the
Department of Defense (DOD) to codify the pilot program as a
permanent program of record.
The committee encourages the prioritization of funding for
the successful ``train the trainers'' curriculum which provides
scholarships to military veterans, first responders, and
minority-serving institutions to access certificate-based
courses that address secure coding, artificial intelligence,
computer science, and quantum cybersecurity. As DOD looks to
evolve its cyber mission force in the future and reflect the
needs for dedicated foundational cyber intelligence
capabilities, the committee supports the inclusion of new
capabilities in the program.
The committee also believes that the establishment of an
academic center of central management to synchronize,
coordinate, and direct the activities of participating programs
may be helpful to align with DOD's priorities and workforce
requirements. The committee believes that such a central
management institution should be a designated research
university that has participated in the pilot program since its
inception, and has experience with developing cybersecurity
curricula in collaboration with a variety of academic partners,
as well as experience with comprehensive project management.
Network data logging
The committee is concerned by the ever-increasing
cybersecurity threat to national security systems and defense
networks from cyber attacks such as SolarWinds and Log4j. The
committee notes that the Department of Defense (DOD) lacks an
enterprise-wide standardized format for data logging that can
help with improved forensic analysis, automated vulnerability
detection, and refinement of cyber intelligence to support
network defense.
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) published a
memorandum on August 27, 2021, titled ``Improving the Federal
Government's Investigative and Remediation Capabilities Related
to Cybersecurity Incidents'' (OMB-21-31) that directed Federal
departments and agencies to implement a maturity model for
event log management. This memorandum was in accordance with
the investigative and remediation capability enhancements
guidance contained in the Executive Order published on May 12,
2021, titled ``Improving the Nation's Cybersecurity''(Executive
Order 14028). However, the committee understands that DOD has
not fully implemented the requirements contained in OMB-21-31.
Therefore, the committee directs the DOD Chief Information
Officer to provide a briefing to the Senate Armed Services
Committee, not later than April 1, 2025, on its implementation
plan for OMB-21-31, including plans for the use of commercial-
off-the-shelf solutions and any need for additional funding
necessary for implementation.
Private artificial intelligence
The committee commends the Department of Defense (DOD) for
its announced strategy to adopt and implement artificial
intelligence (AI) in a scalable, secure, and interoperable
manner. The committee notes that private AI, the methods of
building and deploying AI technologies that respect the privacy
and control of data of users and organizations, will be an
important part of this process. Utilizing a non-proprietary
private AI platform and architecture may allow DOD to deploy
large language models while securely maintaining control and
privacy of the Department's data, models, and algorithms, with
integrated security and management, on existing private and
hybrid cloud technology platforms.
Therefore, the committee directs the Chief Information
Officer of the Department of Defense to provide a briefing to
the Senate Armed Services Committee, not later than March 31,
2025, on its development and implementation of a private AI
architectural framework, including current and future use
cases.
Red-teaming endpoint protection vendors
The committee recognizes the vast scale and complex nature
of the Department of Defense Information Network (DODIN), as
well as the critical importance of securing the DODIN from a
wide range of cyber-threats. As the Department of Defense
assesses vendors to provide endpoint security of the DODIN, the
committee believes the Department should use best-in-breed red
team service providers to analyze the strengths and weaknesses
of each technology vendor relative to each other.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense
to provide the results of any such red team analyses conducted
by the Department since January 1, 2023, and provide a briefing
to the congressional defense committees, not later than March
1, 2025, on the findings of any such assessments.
Report on threat from illicit cryptocurrency activities of adversarial
nations to the Department of Defense
The committee is concerned by testimony from the Director
of National Intelligence, the Director of the Defense
Intelligence Agency, and other senior military leaders that
adversarial nations like North Korea, Iran, and Russia are
relying on cryptocurrency hacking and fees collected from
processing ordinary cryptocurrency transactions to fund their
weapons programs and other illicit activities. Terrorist
organizations like Hamas and Hezbollah are believed to have
received tens of millions of dollars in cryptocurrency to
finance their operations.
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 on the risk to
Department of Defense (DOD) interests and activities of state-
sponsored and terrorist cryptocurrency hacking and
cryptocurrency crime, including overall amounts in dollars and
also as compared to the amount and scope of other illicit
finance activities not later than March 20, 2025. The report
shall include: (1) Estimates of revenue earned by adversarial
nations and terrorist groups from cryptocurrency hacking, and
the suspected targets of these groups; (2) Estimates of revenue
earned by adversarial nations and terrorist groups from the
fees associated with cryptocurrency transactions; (3) The
security implications of cryptocurrency-financed bribery
facilitating the transport of dangerous and illegal substances;
and (4) A description of activities undertaken by the
Department to combat cryptocurrency-facilitated terrorism and
crime.
Review of programs for upskilling personnel for artificial intelligence
fields
The committee is aware that new automation tools, including
emerging artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning
systems, have the potential to disrupt the processes and
workforce of the Department of Defense (DOD). However, the
committee recognizes that such disruption can have positive
benefits in terms of ``creative destruction'' that radically
changes how DOD does business, or forces transformation of the
workforce to evolve from outdated means of work to a model that
is more efficient and effective. In that process, the committee
notes that it is vital that DOD find ways to retain and retrain
the workforce to maintain the benefits of an experienced
workforce that understands Departmental needs with one that has
the new skills to operate in this transformed business
environment.
Therefore, the committee directs the Under Secretary of
Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, acting through the
Acquisition Innovation Research Center, to conduct a study of
the upskilling and reskilling programs available within DOD,
including from commercial providers, and provide a briefing to
the Senate Armed Services Committee not later than August 1,
2025. Such study should include:
(1) For business support roles where AI automation
risks displacing the existing workforce, such as
finance, contracting, data entry and human resources,
identify training or certification opportunities
offered by DOD or available from commercial training
and education providers;
(2) Costs and training time required for such course;
(3) Identification of any gaps in available
reskilling or upskilling opportunities; and
(4) Recommendations of how to best incentivize and
target such opportunities for appropriate sectors of
the workforce.
U.S. Cyber Command artificial intelligence roadmap update
The committee appreciates U.S. Cyber Command's (CYBERCOM)
work to develop an Artificial Intelligence Roadmap and
Implementation Plan that explores ways to leverage artificial
intelligence (AI) in an increasingly dynamic threat environment
in cyberspace. However, the committee believes that anticipated
advances in quantum computing have the potential to impact the
speed, efficiency, and accuracy of AI. While these advances may
create advantages in the cyber domain, they also have the
potential to create new operational challenges for cyber
operators. The committee believes that developing a plan for
assessing and mitigating cybersecurity vulnerabilities from
quantum-enabled AI, as well as leveraging quantum-enabled AI
into CYBERCOM's Artificial Intelligence Roadmap and
Implementation Plan, is essential to preparing U.S. cyber
forces to effectively defend U.S. interests in cyberspace while
maintaining an enduring advantage in the cyber domain.
Therefore, the committee directs the Commander, U.S. Cyber
Command, to provide a plan to the congressional defense
committees, not later than August 1, 2025, for the
incorporation of quantum-enabled AI into CYBERCOM's Artificial
Intelligence Roadmap and Implementation Plan, as required by
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023
(Public Law 117-263). This plan shall include strategies for:
(1) Assessing and mitigating cybersecurity vulnerabilities
created by quantum-enabled AI; (2) Leveraging quantum-enabled
AI in cyber operations; and (3) Assessing the impact on
CYBERCOM's resources, force structure, and acquisition
activities across that 5 year period.
United States-Jordan cyber partnership
The committee appreciates the strong defense partnership
between the United States and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.
The committee supports ongoing efforts by the Department of
Defense (DOD), including U.S. Cyber Command, to assist Jordan's
efforts to bolster its cyber defenses and disrupt malicious
activity on military and civilian networks. Such international
cyber cooperation activities between the U.S. and Jordan can
help inform DOD about the nature and scope of global cyber
threats. These efforts can also help the Department enhance its
own cyber protection and deterrence initiatives. The committee
additionally believes that the development of more resilient
and effective cyber capabilities in Jordan can strengthen
defensive and offensive cyber operations in an increasingly
dynamic threat environment.
Therefore, as part of its cyber cooperation activities with
the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, the committee encourages DOD
to consider investing in the establishment of cyber training
ranges to help cyber personnel develop skills related to the
investigation and remediation of cyber attacks, cyber incident
response, and cyber threat intelligence collection. The
committee further encourages DOD to consider the advisability
and feasibility of supporting the creation of an International
Cyber Center of Excellence in Jordan to serve as a regional hub
for cyber training activities.
No later than February 15, 2025, the committee directs the
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Cyber Policy to provide a
briefing to the congressional defense committees on the
Department's progress and plans for bolstering the U.S.-Jordan
cyber defense partnership.
DIVISION B--MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATIONS
Summary and explanation of funding tables
Division B of this Act authorizes funding for military
construction projects of the Department of Defense (DOD). It
includes funding authorizations for the construction and
operation of military family housing as well as military
construction for the reserve components, the Defense Agencies
and Field Activities, and the North Atlantic Treaty
Organization Security Investment Program. It also provides
authorization for the base closure accounts that fund military
construction, environmental cleanup, and other activities
required to implement the decisions made in prior base
realignment and closure rounds.
The tables contained in this Act provide the project-level
authorizations for the military construction funding authorized
in division B of this Act and summarize that funding by
account.
The fiscal year 2025 budget request included $17.5 billion
for military construction and housing programs. Of this amount,
$14.7 billion was requested for military construction, $2.0
billion for the construction and operation of family housing,
$448.0 million for base closure activities, and $433.9 million
for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment
Program.
The committee recommends the authorization of
appropriations for military construction, housing programs, and
base closure activities totaling $20.7 billion. The total
amount authorized for appropriations reflects the committee's
continued commitment to investing in the recapitalization of
DOD facilities and infrastructure.
Short title (sec. 2001)
The committee recommends a provision that would designate
division B of this Act as the ``Military Construction
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025.''
Expiration of authorizations and amounts required to be specified by
law (sec. 2002)
The committee recommends a provision that would establish
the expiration date for authorizations in this Act for military
construction projects, land acquisition, family housing
projects and facilities, and contributions to the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Program as
October 1, 2027, or the date of the enactment of an Act
authorizing funds for military construction for fiscal year
2028, whichever is later.
Effective date (sec. 2003)
The committee recommends a provision that would provide an
effective date for titles XXI through XXVII of October 1, 2024,
or the date of the enactment of this Act, whichever is later.
TITLE XXI--ARMY MILITARY CONSTRUCTION
Summary
The budget request included an authorization of
appropriations of $2.3 billion for military construction and
$752.3 million for family housing for the Army for fiscal year
2025.
The committee recommends an authorization of appropriations
of $2.6 billion for military construction for the Army and
$734.4 million for family housing for the Army for fiscal year
2025.
Further details on projects authorized can be found in
section 2101 and section 4601 of this Act.
Authorized Army construction and land acquisition projects (sec. 2101)
The committee recommends a provision that would authorize
Army military construction projects for fiscal year 2025. The
committee recognizes the Department of Defense's significant
unfunded military construction requirements and has included an
additional $873.9 million for many of these projects here. The
authorized amount is listed on an installation-by-installation
basis.
Family housing (sec. 2102)
The committee recommends a provision that would authorize
new construction, planning, and design for Army family housing
units for fiscal year 2025. This provision would also authorize
funds for facilities that support family housing, including
housing management offices, housing maintenance, and storage
facilities.
Authorization of appropriations, Army (sec. 2103)
The committee recommends a provision that would authorize
appropriations for the active component military construction
and family housing projects of the Army authorized for
construction for fiscal year 2025. This provision would also
provide an overall limit on the amount authorized for military
construction and family housing projects for the active
component of the Army. The state list contained in this report
is the binding list of the specific projects authorized at each
location.
Extension of authority to carry out fiscal year 2018 project at Kunsan
Air Base, Korea (sec. 2104)
The committee recommends a provision that would extend the
authorization contained in section 2101(b) of the Military
Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018, Division
B, Title XXI, of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115-91) for one project until
October 1, 2025, or the date of the enactment of an Act
authorizing funds for military construction for fiscal year
2026, whichever is later.
Extension of authority to carry out fiscal year 2019 project at Mihail
Kogalniceanu FOS, Romania (sec. 2105)
The committee recommends a provision that would extend the
authorization contained in section 2901 of the Military
Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019, Division
B, Title XXIX, of the John S. McCain National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115-232) for
one project until October 1, 2025, or the date of the enactment
of an Act authorizing funds for military construction for
fiscal year 2026, whichever is later.
Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2020 projects
(sec. 2106)
The committee recommends a provision that would extend the
authorization contained in section 2101 of the Military
Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020, Division
B, Title XXI, of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116-92) for two projects until
October 1, 2025, or the date of the enactment of an Act
authorizing funds for military construction for fiscal year
2026, whichever is later.
Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2021 projects
(sec. 2107)
The committee recommends a provision that would extend the
authorization contained in section 2101(a) of the Military
Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021, Division
B, Title XXI, of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116-
283) for two projects until October 1, 2025, or the date of the
enactment of an Act authorizing funds for military construction
for fiscal year 2026, whichever is later.
Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2022 projects
(sec. 2108)
The committee recommends a provision that would extend the
authorization contained in sections 2101 and 2105 of the
Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022,
Division B, Title XXI, of the National Defense Authorization
Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117-81) for 12 projects
until October 1, 2025, or the date of the enactment of an Act
authorizing funds for military construction for fiscal year
2026, whichever is later.
Additional authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2025 project at
McAlester Army Depot, Oklahoma (sec. 2109)
The committee recommends a provision that would allow the
Secretary of the Army to carry out a military construction
project to construct an ammunition demolition facility at
McAlester Army Depot, Oklahoma, using available, unobligated
Army military construction funds appropriated for a fiscal year
before fiscal year 2025 for the ammunition demolition facility.
TITLE XXII--NAVY MILITARY CONSTRUCTION
Summary
The budget request included an authorization of
appropriations of $4.5 billion for military construction and
$623.0 million for family housing for the Navy for fiscal year
2025.
The committee recommends an authorization of appropriations
of $7.5 billion for military construction for the Navy and
$623.0 million for family housing for the Navy for fiscal year
2025.
Further details on projects authorized can be found in
section 2201 and section 4601 of this Act.
Authorized Navy construction and land acquisition projects (sec. 2201)
The committee recommends a provision that would authorize
Navy and Marine Corps military construction projects for fiscal
year 2025. The committee recognizes the Department of Defense's
significant unfunded military construction requirements and has
included an additional $4.3 billion for many of these projects
here. The authorized amounts are listed on an installation-by-
installation basis.
Family housing (sec. 2202)
The committee recommends a provision that would authorize
new construction, planning, and design for Navy family housing
units for fiscal year 2025. This provision would also authorize
funds for facilities that support family housing, including
housing management offices, housing maintenance, and storage
facilities.
Authorization of appropriations, Navy (sec. 2203)
The committee recommends a provision that would authorize
appropriations for the active component military construction
and family housing projects of the Department of the Navy
authorized for construction for fiscal year 2025. This
provision would also provide an overall limit on the amount
authorized for military construction and family housing
projects for the active components of the Navy and the Marine
Corps. The state list contained in this report is the binding
list of the specific projects authorized at each location.
Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2019 projects
(sec. 2204)
The committee recommends a provision that would extend the
authorization contained in sections 2201(b) and 2902 of the
Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019,
Division B, Titles XXII and XXIX, of the John S. McCain
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public
Law 115-232) for two projects until October 1, 2025, or the
date of the enactment of an Act authorizing funds for military
construction for fiscal year 2026, whichever is later.
Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2020 projects
(sec. 2205)
The committee recommends a provision that would extend the
authorization contained in sections 2201(a) and 2809 of the
Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020,
Division B, Titles XXII and XXIX, of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116-92) for
one project until October 1, 2025, or the date of the enactment
of an Act authorizing funds for military construction for
fiscal year 2026, whichever is later.
Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2021 projects
(sec. 2206)
The committee recommends a provision that would extend the
authorization contained in section 2201 of the Military
Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021, Division
B, Title XXII, of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116-
283) for three projects until October 1, 2025, or the date of
the enactment of an Act authorizing funds for military
construction for fiscal year 2026, whichever is later.
Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2022 projects
(sec. 2207)
The committee recommends a provision that would extend the
authorization contained in sections 2201 and 2202(a) of the
Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022,
Division B, Title XXII, of the National Defense Authorization
Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117-81) for ten projects
until October 1, 2025, or the date of the enactment of an Act
authorizing funds for military construction for fiscal year
2026, whichever is later.
Additional authority to carry out fiscal year 2025 project in
Cooperative Security Location Comalapa, El Salvador (sec. 2208)
The committee recommends a provision that would allow the
Secretary of the Navy to carry out a military construction
project to construct a hangar and ramp expansion for
Cooperative Security Location Comalapa, El Salvador, using
available, unobligated Navy military construction funds
appropriated for a fiscal year before fiscal year 2025.
TITLE XXIII--AIR FORCE MILITARY CONSTRUCTION
Summary
The budget request included an authorization of
appropriations of $5.4 billion for military construction and
$547.8 million for family housing for the Air Force in fiscal
year 2025.
The committee recommends an authorization of appropriations
of $6.4 billion for military construction for the Air Force and
$547.8 million for family housing for the Air Force for fiscal
year 2025.
Further details on projects authorized can be found in
section 2301 and section 4601 of this Act.
Authorized Air Force construction and land acquisition projects (sec.
2301)
The committee recommends a provision that would authorize
Air Force military construction projects for fiscal year 2025.
The committee recognizes the Department of Defense's
significant unfunded military construction requirements and has
included an additional $979.0 million for many of these
projects here. The authorized amounts are listed on an
installation-by-installation basis.
Family housing (sec. 2302)
The committee recommends a provision that would authorize
new construction, planning, and design for Air Force family
housing units for fiscal year 2025. This provision would also
authorize funds for facilities that support family housing,
including housing management offices, housing maintenance, and
storage facilities.
Authorization of appropriations, Air Force (sec. 2303)
The committee recommends a provision that would authorize
appropriations for military construction and family housing
projects of the Department of the Air Force authorized for
construction for fiscal year 2025. This provision would also
provide an overall limit on the amount authorized for military
construction and family housing projects for the active
component of the Air Force and the Space Force. The state list
contained in this report is the binding list of the specific
projects authorized at each location.
Extension of authority to carry out fiscal year 2017 project at
Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany (sec. 2304)
The committee recommends a provision that would extend the
authorization contained in section 2902 of the Military
Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017, Division
B, Title XXIX, of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114-328) for one project until
October 1, 2025, or the date of the enactment of an Act
authorizing funds for military construction for fiscal year
2026, whichever is later.
Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2018 projects
(sec. 2305)
The committee recommends a provision that would extend the
authorization contained in section 2903 of the Military
Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018, Division
B, Title XXIX, of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115-91) and section 2305(b) of the
Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024,
Division B, Title XXIII, of the National Defense Authorization
Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118-31) for four projects
until October 1, 2025, or the date of the enactment of an Act
authorizing funds for military construction for fiscal year
2026, whichever is later.
Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2019 projects
(sec. 2306)
The committee recommends a provision that would extend the
authorization contained in section 2903 of the Military
Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019, Division
B, Title XXIX, of the John S. McCain National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115-232) for
two projects until October 1, 2025, or the date of the
enactment of an Act authorizing funds for military construction
for fiscal year 2026, whichever is later.
Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2020 projects
(sec. 2307)
The committee recommends a provision that would extend the
authorization contained in sections 2301(a) and 2912(a) of the
Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020,
Division B, Titles XXIII and XXIX, of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116-92) for
four projects until October 1, 2025, or the date of the
enactment of an Act authorizing funds for military construction
for fiscal year 2026, whichever is later.
Extension of authority to carry out fiscal year 2021 project at Joint
Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia (sec. 2308)
The committee recommends a provision that would extend the
authorization contained in section 2301(a) of the Military
Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021, Division
B, Title XXIII, of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116-
283) for one project until October 1, 2025, or the date of the
enactment of an Act authorizing funds for military construction
for fiscal year 2026, whichever is later.
Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2022 projects
(sec. 2309)
The committee recommends a provision that would extend the
authorization contained in section 2301 of the Military
Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022, Division
B, Title XXIII, of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117-81) for seven projects until
October 1, 2025, or the date of the enactment of an Act
authorizing funds for military construction for fiscal year
2026, whichever is later.
TITLE XXIV--DEFENSE AGENCIES MILITARY CONSTRUCTION
Summary
The budget request included an authorization of
appropriations of $3.4 billion for military construction for
the Defense Agencies for fiscal year 2025.
The committee recommends an authorization of appropriations
of $3.4 billion for military construction for the Defense
Agencies for fiscal year 2025.
Further details on projects authorized can be found in
section 2401 and section 4601 of this Act.
Authorized Defense Agencies construction and land acquisition projects
(sec. 2401)
The committee recommends a provision that would authorize
military construction projects for the Defense Agencies for
fiscal year 2025. The committee recognizes the Department of
Defense's significant unfunded military construction
requirements and has included an additional $87.0 million for
many of these projects here. The authorized amounts are listed
on an installation-by-installation basis.
Authorized Energy Resilience and Conservation Investment Program
projects (sec. 2402)
The committee recommends a provision that would authorize
the Secretary of Defense to carry out energy resilience and
conservation investment program projects for fiscal year 2025.
The committee recognizes the Department of Defense's
significant unfunded military construction requirements and has
included an additional $159.8 million for many of these
projects here. The authorized amounts are listed on an
installation-by-installation basis.
Authorization of appropriations, Defense Agencies (sec. 2403)
The committee recommends a provision that would authorize
appropriations for the military construction and family housing
projects of the Defense Agencies authorized for construction
for fiscal year 2025. This provision would also provide an
overall limit on the amount authorized for military
construction and family housing projects for the Defense
Agencies. The state list contained in this report is the
binding list of the specific projects authorized at each
location.
Extension of authority to carry out fiscal year 2018 project in
Iwakuni, Japan (sec. 2404)
The committee recommends a provision that would extend the
authorization contained in section 2401(b) of the Military
Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018, Division
B, Title XXIV, of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115-91) for one project until
October 1, 2025, or the date of the enactment of an Act
authorizing funds for military construction for fiscal year
2026, whichever is later.
Extension of authority to carry out fiscal year 2019 project in
Iwakuni, Japan (sec. 2405)
The committee recommends a provision that would extend the
authorization contained in section 2401(b) of the Military
Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019, Division
B, Title XXIV, of the John S. McCain National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115-232) for
one project until October 1, 2025, or the date of the enactment
of an Act authorizing funds for military construction for
fiscal year 2026, whichever is later.
Extension of authority to carry out fiscal year 2020 project in Fort
Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania (sec. 2406)
The committee recommends a provision that would extend the
authorization contained in section 2402 of the Military
Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020, Division
B, Title XXIV, of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116-92) for one project until
October 1, 2025, or the date of the enactment of an Act
authorizing funds for military construction for fiscal year
2026, whichever is later.
Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2021 projects
(sec. 2407)
The committee recommends a provision that would extend the
authorization contained in sections 2401(b) and 2402 of the
Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021,
Division B, Title XXIV, of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public
Law 116-283) for five projects until October 1, 2025, or the
date of the enactment of an Act authorizing funds for military
construction for fiscal year 2026, whichever is later.
Modification of authority to carry out fiscal year 2022 project at
Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, District of Columbia (sec. 2408)
The committee recommends a provision that would modify the
authorization contained in section 2402(a) of the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117-
81) for the construction of a 1.0-megawatt battery energy
storage system at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, District of
Columbia.
Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2022 projects
(sec. 2409)
The committee recommends a provision that would extend the
authorization contained in sections 2401 and 2402 of the
Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022,
Division B, Title XXIV, of the National Defense Authorization
Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117-81) for 18 projects
until October 1, 2025, or the date of the enactment of an Act
authorizing funds for military construction for fiscal year
2026, whichever is later.
TITLE XXV--INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS
Summary
The budget request included an authorization of
appropriations of $433.9 million for military construction in
fiscal year 2025 for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Security Investment Program and authorizations to accept in-
kind contributions from the Republic of Korea of $505.2 million
and from the Republic of Poland of $188.0 million.
The committee recommends an authorization of appropriations
of $463.9 million for military construction in fiscal year 2025
for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment
Program and authorizations to accept in-kind contributions from
the Republic of Korea of $505.2 million and from the Republic
of Poland of $188.0 million.
Subtitle A--North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment
Program
Authorized NATO construction and land acquisition projects (sec. 2501)
The committee recommends a provision that would authorize
the Secretary of Defense to make contributions to the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Program in an
amount equal to the sum of the amount specifically authorized
in section 2502 of this title and the amount of recoupment due
to the United States for construction previously financed by
the United States.
Authorization of appropriations, NATO (sec. 2502)
The committee recommends a provision that would authorize
appropriations of $463.9 million for the U.S. contribution to
the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Security
Investment Program (NSIP) for fiscal year 2025.
Extension of use of authorized amounts for North Atlantic Treaty
Organization Security Investment Program (sec. 2503)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 2806(b) of title 10, United States Code, to authorize
not more than 25 percent of the amount authorized in the
previous fiscal year for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Security Investment Program should there be a lapse in
authorization.
Modification of contributions for projects executed by the United
States under the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security
Investment Program (sec. 2504)
The committee recommends a provision which would amend
section 2350q(c) of title 10, United States Code, to ensure all
financial recoupments from the North Atlantic Treaty
Organization (NATO) for NATO Security Investment Program (NSIP)
projects pre-financed by the United States are credited to
appropriations solely available for the NSIP. The provision
would also amend section 2350q(e) of title 10, United States
Code, to authorize the Secretary of Defense to use funds
appropriated for military construction and operation and
maintenance to pay the costs of funding shortfalls for U.S.
executed NSIP projects when the completion of such projects is
in the national interest of the United States.
Contributions for projects executed by host nations other than the
United States under the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Security Investment Program (sec. 2505)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 2350q of title 10, United States Code, to allow the
United States to contribute funds to a project under the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Program (NSIP)
for which it is not designated as the Host Nation, if the
Secretary of Defense determines that completion of the project
is in the national interest of the United States and provides a
notification to the congressional defense committees at least
14 days prior to execution of the project with the
justification for the project, the source of funds to be used,
and the estimated cost of the project.
Subtitle B--Host Country In-Kind Contributions
Republic of Korea funded construction projects (sec. 2511)
The committee recommends a provision that would authorize
the Secretary of Defense to accept 10 military construction
projects totaling $428.2 million from the Republic of Korea as
in-kind contributions.
Republic of Poland funded construction projects (sec. 2512)
The committee recommends a provision that would authorize
the Secretary of Defense to accept 7 military construction
projects totaling $188.0 million from the Republic of Poland as
in-kind contributions.
TITLE XXVI--GUARD AND RESERVE FORCES FACILITIES
Summary
The budget request included an authorization of
appropriations of $724.0 million for military construction in
fiscal year 2025 for facilities for the National Guard and
reserve components.
The committee recommends an authorization of appropriations
of $1.1 billion for military construction for the National
Guard and reserve components. The detailed funding
recommendations are contained in the state list table included
in this report.
Further details on projects authorized can be found in the
tables in this title and section 4601 of this Act.
Authorized Army National Guard construction and land acquisition
projects (sec. 2601)
The committee recommends a provision that would authorize
military construction projects for the Army National Guard for
fiscal year 2025. The committee recognizes the Department of
Defense's significant unfunded military construction
requirements and has included an additional $69.3 million for
many of these projects here. The authorized amounts are listed
on an installation-by-installation basis.
Authorized Army Reserve construction and land acquisition projects
(sec. 2602)
The committee recommends a provision that would authorize
military construction projects for the Army Reserve for fiscal
year 2025. The committee recognizes the Department of Defense's
significant unfunded military construction requirements and has
included an additional $177.0 million for many of these
projects here. The authorized amounts are listed on an
installation-by-installation basis.
Authorized Navy Reserve and Marine Corps Reserve construction and land
acquisition projects (sec. 2603)
The committee recommends a provision that would authorize
military construction projects for the Navy Reserve and Marine
Corps Reserve for fiscal year 2025. The committee recognizes
the Department of Defense's significant unfunded military
construction requirements and has included an additional $75
million for many of these projects here. The authorized amounts
are listed on an installation-by-installation basis.
Authorized Air National Guard construction and land acquisition
projects (sec. 2604)
The committee recommends a provision that would authorize
military construction projects for the Air National Guard for
fiscal year 2025. The committee recognizes the Department of
Defense's significant unfunded military construction
requirements and has included an additional $123.4 million for
many of these projects here. The authorized amounts are listed
on an installation-by-installation basis.
Authorized Air Force Reserve construction and land acquisition projects
(sec. 2605)
The committee recommends a provision that would authorize
military construction projects for the Air Force Reserve for
fiscal year 2025. The committee recognizes the Department of
Defense's significant unfunded military construction
requirements and has included an additional $39.6 million for
many of these projects here. The authorized amounts are listed
on an installation-by-installation basis.
Authorization of appropriations, National Guard and Reserve (sec. 2606)
The committee recommends a provision that would authorize
appropriations for the reserve component military construction
projects authorized for construction for fiscal year 2025 in
this Act. This provision would also provide an overall limit on
the amount authorized for military construction projects for
each of the reserve components of the military departments. The
state list contained in this report is the binding list of the
specific projects authorized at each location.
Extension of authority to carry out fiscal year 2018 project at Hulman
Regional Airport, Indiana (sec. 2607)
The committee recommends a provision that would extend the
authorization contained in section 2604 of the Military
Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018, Division
B, Title XXVI, of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115-91) for one project until
October 1, 2025, or the date of the enactment of an Act
authorizing funds for military construction for fiscal year
2026, whichever is later.
Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2020 projects
(sec. 2608)
The committee recommends a provision that would extend the
authorization contained in section 2601 of the Military
Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020, Division
B, Title XXVI, of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116-92) for three projects until
October 1, 2025, or the date of the enactment of an Act
authorizing funds for military construction for fiscal year
2026, whichever is later.
Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2021 projects
(sec. 2609)
The committee recommends a provision that would extend the
authorization contained in sections 2601, 2602, and 2604 of the
Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021,
Division B, Title XXVI, of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public
Law 116-283) for 10 projects until October 1, 2025, or the date
of the enactment of an Act authorizing funds for military
construction for fiscal year 2026, whichever is later.
Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2022 projects
(sec. 2610)
The committee recommends a provision that would extend the
authorization contained in sections 2601, 2602, 2604, and 2605
of the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
2022, Division B, Title XXVI, of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117-81) for
11 projects until October 1, 2026, or the date of the enactment
of an Act authorizing funds for military construction for
fiscal year 2027, whichever is later.
Modification of authority to carry out fiscal year 2022 project (sec.
2611)
The committee recommends a provision that would modify the
authorization contained in section 2601 of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117-81) for
the construction of a National Guard Readiness Center in
Lyndon, Vermont.
TITLE XXVII--BASE REALIGNMENT AND CLOSURE ACTIVITIES
Summary and explanation of tables
The budget request included $448.0 million for the ongoing
cost of environmental remediation and other activities
necessary to continue implementation of the 1988, 1991, 1993,
1995, and 2005 base realignment and closure rounds. The
committee recommends $448.0 million for these efforts. The
detailed funding recommendations are contained in the state
list table included in this report.
Authorization of appropriations for base realignment and closure
activities funded through Department of Defense Base Closure
Account (sec. 2701)
The committee recommends a provision that would authorize
appropriations for fiscal year 2025 for ongoing activities that
are required to implement the decisions of the 1988, 1991,
1993, 1995, and 2005 base realignment and closure rounds.
TITLE XXVIII--MILITARY CONSTRUCTION GENERAL PROVISIONS
Subtitle A--Military Construction Program
Inclusion of land acquisition under definition of unspecified minor
military construction project (sec. 2801)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 2805(a)(2) of title 10, United States Code, to ensure
there is clear guidance that land acquisition is allowed using
unspecified minor military construction funds.
Extension of expanded authority to convey property at military
installations (sec. 2802)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 2869(a)(3) of title 10, United States Code, to extend
the land exchange pilot authority enacted by the William M.
(Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 2021 (Public Law 116 283) for an additional 3 years.
Authority to accept host nation financial services in the form of an
irrevocable letter of credit (sec. 2803)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 2350g(a) of title 10, United States Code, to provide an
additional authority to the Department of Defense to accept
host nation contributions for military construction projects
through a financial services vehicle whereby the host nation
establishes and controls an irrevocable letter of credit with a
financial institution.
Modification of authority for Indo-Pacific posture unspecified minor
military construction projects (sec. 2804)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 2810 of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118-31) to temporarily grant
military construction authority, limited to $30.0 million per
project, to the Commander, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, through
March 31, 2029. The intent of this provision is to bolster
support to our allies throughout the Indo-Pacific region with a
more timely and agile military construction pathway.
Requirement that damaged or destroyed facilities are built back with
resilience (sec. 2805)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 2854 of title 10, United States Code, to ensure that
any military construction project to repair, restore, or
replace a damaged or destroyed facility is designed and
constructed to prevent future damage or destruction by the
proximate cause of the damage or destruction of the facility.
Industrial plant equipment and associated services as in-kind
consideration under leases of non-excess property (sec. 2806)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 2667 of title 10, United States Code, to allow
industrial plant equipment and associated services to be added
to the existing list of in-kind consideration for leased
locations of non-excess property of the Department of Defense.
The committee's intent is for this authority to be used to help
modernize Government-owned, contractor-operated facilities with
aging equipment in order to maximize organic industrial base
production and capabilities, especially as it relates to
munitions.
Ordering authority for design and construction of facilities of
Department of Defense (sec. 2807)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
chapter 169 of title 10, United States Code, to allow the head
of a department or organization within the Department of
Defense to place an order, on a reimbursable basis, with any
other such department or organization for a maintenance and
repair project of a facility of the Department of Defense, or
for a minor military construction project. The committee notes
this authority would be restricted to not more than 10 percent
of the total cost of the project.
Obligation and execution of design funds for military construction
projects (sec. 2808)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of Defense to ensure that the construction agent in
charge of a military construction project enters into a
contract within 90 days. The committee notes that the provision
would also require that for any project less than $150.0
million, the design work must be at least 35 percent completed
within 180 days of award.
The committee notes that in recent years it has taken up to
12 months for design projects to be put under contract, and
then an additional 12 months for the contracts to be completed,
leading to unnecessary project delays.
Modification of definition of military installation for purposes of
notifications related to basing decision-making process (sec.
2809)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 483(f)(4) of title 10, United States Code, to require
the Department of Defense to notify the congressional defense
committees when making all basing decisions, not just those in
the United States. The committee's intent is for these
notifications to provide better visibility on the impact of
significant adjustments to units stationed overseas as well as
in the United States.
Guidance regarding maintenance of aggregate square footage of buildings
of Department of Defense (sec. 2810)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of Defense to issue guidance ensuring that every
square footage of new growth of a Department of Defense
building is offset with an equivalent reduction in square
footage, unless facilities are identified to be entered into a
contingency operational status.
Pilot program to optimize and consolidate facilities of the Army for
resilient and healthy defense communities (sec. 2811)
The committee recommends a provision that would establish a
temporary pilot program to optimize and consolidate Army
facilities for resilient and healthy defense communities. The
pilot program would allow the Secretary of the Army to upgrade
and modernize the Army's existing asset portfolio to increase
longevity and reduce operating costs. The committee remains
interested in ensuring the Army addresses quality of life
shortfalls for soldiers. This pilot program is capped, both on
the number of projects and cost, and includes several reporting
requirements to the congressional defense committees.
Information on military construction projects at joint bases (sec.
2812)
The committee recommends a provision that would require,
for the next six fiscal years, the Secretary of each military
department to submit to the congressional defense committees a
prioritized list of military construction projects, including
facilities sustainment, restoration, and modernization
projects, for each joint base under the jurisdiction of the
Secretary concerned. The committee remains concerned that
tenant organizations on joint bases may not be receiving
adequate infrastructure resources from host organizations
necessary to accomplish their missions.
Report on munitions and explosives of concern and construction projects
in Joint Region Marianas (sec. 2813)
The committee recommends a provision that would require 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 180 days after the date of the enactment of this
Act, on the policy efforts and waiver authority regarding
munitions and explosives of concern in Joint Region Marianas.
Improvement of conduct by the Navy of the replacement of certain dry
docks and other projects (sec. 2814)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of the Navy to coordinate with the Comptroller
General of the United States regarding best practices on cost
estimating and lessons learned to avoid future cost increases
for naval shipyard military construction projects.
Minimum investment for facilities sustainment, restoration, and
modernization (sec. 2815)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretaries of the military departments to invest in the budget
for facilities sustainment, restoration, and modernization for
their respective military department at least four percent of
the plant replacement value for the total inventory of all
facilities owned and maintained by the military department by
fiscal year 2029 and in each subsequent fiscal year.
Subtitle B--Military Housing
Increase in percentage limitations on value of United States investment
in privatized military housing projects (sec. 2821)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 2875 of title 10, United States Code, to increase to 60
percent each of the two current limitations under subsection
(c) of that section on the amount of Government investment in
Military Housing Privatization Initiative (MHPI) projects. The
increase in these limitations would allow the Secretary of
Defense to ensure sufficient sustainment and reinvestment
funding for its MHPI projects that are facing funding
shortfalls as compared to what these projects would achieve
under the current limitations.
Treatment of nondisclosure agreements with respect to privatized
military housing (sec. 2822)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 2890(f) of title 10, United States Code, to prohibit a
landlord from requesting that a tenant or prospective tenant of
a privatized housing unit sign a nondisclosure agreement.
Subtitle C--Land Conveyances
Land conveyance, Fort Bliss, El Paso, Texas (sec. 2831)
The committee recommends a provision that would authorize
the Secretary of the Army to convey approximately 65.3 acres
currently located at Fort Bliss, Texas, to El Paso Water of El
Paso Public Service Board, for the purposes of stormwater flood
control for Fort Bliss and the neighboring community.
Cleanup and transfer of certain property at former Army installation to
East Bay Regional Park District (sec. 2832)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of the Army to complete a remedial investigation or
feasibility study (RI/FS), and submit a draft decision document
for review to the congressional defense committees, not later
than 1 year after the RI/FS is completed, for approximately 15
acres of property at the former Oakland, California military
installation shoreline. The provision would also require the
Army to complete the final transfer of property to the East Bay
Regional Park District as soon as all Federal and state
environmental standards have been met.
Land conveyance, Fort Huachuca, Sierra Vista, Arizona (sec. 2833)
The committee recommends a provision that would authorize
the Secretary of the Army to convey approximately 203 acres on
Fort Huachuca to the City of Sierra Vista, Arizona.
Release of interests retained in Camp Joseph T. Robinson, Arkansas
(sec. 2834)
The committee recommends a provision that would authorize
the Secretary of the Army to release interests retained in a
parcel of land at Camp T. Joseph Robinson, Arkansas.
Report on former Army-Navy General Hospital, Hot Springs National Park,
Hot Springs, Arkansas (sec. 2835)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Director of the Office of Local Defense Community and
Cooperation to submit a report to the congressional defense
committees, not later than 120 days after the date of enactment
of this Act, on replacing or repairing the fire suppression
systems at the former Army-Navy General Hospital, Hot Springs
National Park, Hot Springs, Arkansas.
Subtitle D--Other Matters
Authority for shoreline erosion control projects to protect military
installation infrastructure (sec. 2841)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 2815a of title 10, United States Code, to add shoreline
erosion control to existing stormwater management project
authorities in order to improve military installation
resilience.
Coordination of repair and maintenance of Kolekole Pass (sec. 2842)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of the Navy to
coordinate on a plan for the repair and maintenance for
Kolekole Pass to ensure that it may be used for emergency
egress by both military and civilian personnel, in the event of
a wildfire or other emergency.
Consideration of installation infrastructure and other supporting
resources by Department of Defense Test Resource Management
Center (sec. 2843)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 4713 of title 10, United States Code, to add to the
duties of the Director of the Test Resource Management Center
(TRMC) the ability to review installation infrastructure
supporting major test assets. The committee is concerned the
Department of Defense too often builds major test assets, but
then neglects to fund the infrastructure upon which these
assets rely. The committee's intent is that this provision will
enable the Director of TRMC to assess investments in critical
support infrastructure as part of annual budget certification
activities, in order to ensure that Kwajalein Atoll
infrastructure is capable of supporting test missions.
Additionally, the Under Secretary for Research and
Engineering, jointly with the Secretary of the Army, the
Director of Operational Test and Evaluation, and the Director
of the Missile Defense Agency, is directed to provide a
briefing to the congressional defense committees, not later
than January 1, 2025, on the state of infrastructure on the
Kwajalein Atoll and its ability to support testing requirements
in the future.
Extension of Department of the Army pilot program for development and
use of online real estate inventory tool (sec. 2844)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 2866(h) of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116-
283) to extend the authority of the Secretary of the Army to
conduct the pilot program for an online real estate inventory
tool through September 30, 2026.
Review of roles and responsibilities for construction projects of
Department of Defense (sec. 2845)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of Defense to seek to enter into a contract with a
federally funded research and development center (FFRDC) to
review the roles and responsibilities for executing
construction projects for the Department of Defense (DOD). The
provision would also require the FFDRC's report to be delivered
to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House
of Representatives, not later than February 1, 2026.
The committee notes that section 2851 of title 10, United
States Code, identifies two DOD construction agents (DCA), the
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and the Naval Facilities
Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC). The committee understands
that USACE and NAVFAC have different policy, procedures,
processes, terminology, and data systems for delivering
military construction (MILCON) and facilities sustainment,
restoration, and modernization (FSRM) projects. The committee
is concerned that these differences may drive inefficiencies
and additional costs. The committee believes these disparities
also result in inconsistent project delivery performance and
outcomes across the military services and components.
The committee also notes organizational redundancy among
DCAs. For instance, the committee understands that USACE and
NAVFAC often have large offices within the same geographic
areas. Those offices provide similar project delivery and
engineering services with duplicative overhead functions, such
as manpower, accounting, contracting, and counsels. The
committee further notes that DCAs use different accounting and
project management software. These duplicative systems use
different terminology and conventions to track project
obligation and expenditure of project funding and project
status. The inefficiency and additional cost to DOD is not easy
to quantify, but there are likely increased costs in
maintaining and operating different systems.
Finally, while the committee recognizes that overlap exists
between the DCAs, USACE has non-defense programs, such as civil
works and other missions, that provide unique capabilities. In
addition, NAVFAC performs public works functions for U.S. Navy
installations that are not inherent DCA responsibilities. Also,
the Department of Army and the Department of Air Force, by
default, execute FSRM projects through their installation
management organizations. These characteristics need to be
taken into account when assessing DOD's methods for delivering
MILCON and FSRM projects and the potential consolidation into a
single DCA.
Assessment of public schools on installations of Department of Defense
(sec. 2846)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 2814 of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114-328) as amended by section
2818 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
2018 (Public Law 115-91) and section 2824 of the John S. McCain
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public
Law 115-232) to increase the number of certain priority-funded
public school projects from 38 to 71. The provision would also
require the Secretary of Defense to complete an updated
assessment on the capacity and facility condition deficiencies
of elementary and secondary public schools on military
installations and submit the assessment to the congressional
defense committees. Finally, the provision would require the
Comptroller General of the United States to submit an
evaluation of the assessment by the Secretary of Defense to the
congressional defense committees on this matter.
Report on use of areawide contracts to procure utility services (sec.
2847)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of Defense to submit a report to the Committees on
Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives
on what projects, to include any savings or mission
capabilities, have been conducted pursuant to section 2811(b)
of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024
(Public Law 118-31).
Extension of prohibition on joint use of Homestead Air Reserve Base
with civil aviation (sec. 2848)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 2874 of the Military Construction Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2023 (division B of P.L. 117-263; 136 Stat. 3014)
to extend the prohibition on joint use of Homestead Air Reserve
Base with civil aviation from September 30, 2026, to September
30, 2028.
Prohibition on use by Air Force of corporate structure in conducting
certain basing decisions (sec. 2849)
The committee recommends a provision that would prohibit
the Secretary of the Air Force from making any basing decision
during the resource allocation or program objective memorandum
process of the Department of the Air Force through the use of
the Department of the Air Force Instruction 10-503, dated June
12, 2023, relating to strategic basing, or any successor
similar instruction. The provision would instead require the
Secretary of the Air Force to make all basing decisions through
the use of the traditional competitive strategic basing process
set forth in Department of the Air Force Instruction 10-503 and
update any instruction or policy of the Department of the Air
Force to include the prohibition.
Authority to assist State and local governments in supporting
installation and industrial base modernization through public
infrastructure and services (sec. 2850)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 2391(b)(5) of title 10, United States Code, to
authorize the Secretary of Defense to assist a state or local
government in enhancing its support for installation and
industrial base modernization.
Briefing on projects under Defense Community Infrastructure Program
that are still in progress (sec. 2851)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 2391(d) of title 10, United States Code, to include
annual briefings for the next 3 years, beginning not later than
1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, regarding
Defense Community Infrastructure Program projects, for which a
grant was awarded and that are still in progress as of the date
of the briefing.
Treatment of historic housing and associated historic properties of the
Department of the Army (sec. 2852)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
subchapter II of chapter 169 of title 10, United States Code,
by adding a new section to specify the treatment of historic
housing and associated historic properties of the Department of
the Army.
Designation of officials responsible for coordination of infrastructure
projects to support additional members of the Armed Forces and
their families in the Indo-Pacific region (sec. 2853)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of Defense to designate one official to be
responsible for the coordination of infrastructure projects to
support additional servicemembers and their families in Hawaii
and one official to be responsible for the same duties in Guam
and the Northern Mariana Islands.
Technical correction to map reference in the Military Land Withdrawals
Act of 2013 (sec. 2854)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 2989(a)(2) of the Military Land Withdrawals Act of 2013
(Public Law 113-66) by striking November 30, 2022, and
inserting May 22, 2024.
Expansion of Defense Community Infrastructure Pilot Program to include
installations of the Coast Guard (sec. 2855)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 2391 of title 10, United States Code, to allow the
United States Coast Guard to compete for funding available
through the Defense Community Infrastructure Program.
Items of Special Interest
Adak Navy refueling
The committee is concerned with increasing naval activity
by strategic competitors in the approaches to the Arctic and in
the Arctic. A joint naval task force from the Russian
Federation and the People's Republic of China conducted
operations off the coast of Alaska in the summer of 2022 and
2023. This type of activity is expected to continue this year
and into the foreseeable future.
The committee encourages investment of resources in
infrastructure that supports the Joint Force operating in and
around the Arctic in order to engage with partners and allies
to manage risks, deter potential threats, and respond as
required. Military installations suitable for refueling naval
vessels or ports suitable for future husbanding contracts to
refuel and provision naval vessels are critical for these
investments.
Accordingly, the committee directs the Secretary of the
Navy to provide a briefing, not later than March 1, 2025, to
the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of
Representatives on potential locations for such refueling
capability in the Arctic, as defined by section 4111 of title
15, United States Code, to include an assessment of the cost
and estimated timeline to have at least two refueling locations
to support operations.
Addressing dormitory and barracks shortages
The committee is concerned about the Department of
Defense's plan to address the ongoing shortages of dormitories
and barracks for junior enlisted servicemembers. These
shortages are attributed to insufficient military construction
(MILCON) funding and the lack of prioritization of dormitories
and barracks in the military services' MILCON budgets. The
committee recognizes the critical importance of providing
adequate unaccompanied housing for servicemembers to ensure
their well-being, readiness, and morale.
Accordingly, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense
to provide a briefing to the Committees on Armed Services of
the Senate and the House of Representatives, not later than
March 1, 2025, detailing the following:
(1) Current shortages assessment: A comprehensive
assessment of the current shortages of dormitories and
barracks across all services, including specific
locations and the number of servicemembers affected;
(2) MILCON funding allocation: An explanation of the
current allocation of MILCON funding and the criteria
used to prioritize projects, particularly dormitory and
barracks construction and renovation;
(3) Prioritization in MILCON budgets: Plans to
prioritize the construction and renovation of
dormitories and barracks in future MILCON budgets to
address the existing shortages and prevent future
deficits;
(4) Projected housing needs: An analysis of projected
housing needs based on force structure changes,
recruitment trends, and any planned increases in
personnel;
(5) Funding strategies: Proposed strategies to secure
adequate funding for dormitory and barracks projects,
including potential reallocation of existing resources
and identification of new funding sources;
(6) Timeline for improvement: A realistic timeline
for addressing the current shortages and achieving
sufficient dormitory and barracks capacity to meet the
needs of all junior enlisted servicemembers;
(7) Quality and standards: Measures to ensure that
newly constructed or renovated dormitories and barracks
meet high standards of quality, safety, and comfort for
servicemembers; and
(8) Innovative housing solutions: Exploration of new
or different concepts to solve the housing shortage,
such as public-private partnerships, modular and
prefabricated housing, adaptive reuse of existing
buildings, and other innovative approaches to rapidly
expand and improve housing capacity.
The committee emphasizes the urgency of addressing
dormitory and barracks shortages to support the health,
welfare, and operational effectiveness of servicemembers. The
committee also strongly encourages the Secretary of Defense to
prioritize the necessary funding and resources to resolve this
critical issue promptly.
B-21 bomber shelter strategy
The committee recognizes the importance of developing and
incorporating sound design elements for environmental
protection shelters for the B-21 Raider to address severe
weather resiliency. Specifically, these shelters should protect
the safety of airmen, preserve the lifespan of the B-21
aircraft and its low-observable coating, and promote high
mission capable rates. The committee believes that the Air
Force should use criteria, in consultation with base and major
command leadership, that balance near-term military
construction costs with long-term sustainment needs for
environmental protection shelters.
Accordingly, the committee directs the Secretary of the Air
Force to provide a briefing to the congressional defense
committees, not later than January 1, 2025, on the suitability
of open-sided environmental protection shelters for B-21 bomber
aircraft operating out of installations that are at-risk of
severe weather events. The briefing shall include, but not be
limited to:
(1) A summary of the findings of the engineering and
manufacturing development acquisition phase of
prototyping environmental protection shelters for B-21
bombers;
(2) A summary of how the design for such a shelter
was selected, including:
(a) a cost-benefit analysis; and
(b) input from base and major command
leadership;
(3) Whether open-sided environmental protection
shelters, versus closed structures, will affect the
safety of airmen during severe weather events or
mission readiness of the B-21 bomber during severe
weather events;
(4) Alert status of the B-21 bomber during severe
weather events;
(5) The lifespan and maintenance of the low-
observable coating of the B-21 bomber;
(6) The lifespan and maintenance of structural
components of the B-21 bomber; and
(7) Other factors contributing to the mission-capable
rate of the B-21 bomber.
The committee notes that for purposes of this briefing,
severe weather events are defined as hail, sleet, freezing
rain, high winds, tornadoes, extreme cold, heavy snow
accumulation, blowing snow, and blizzards that could cause
damage to the Department of Defense's equipment or
infrastructure.
Energy resilience of Navy piers and berths
The committee is concerned that as the Navy develops future
ship and submarine berthing plans, there is not enough emphasis
placed on energy security and resilience, particularly with
regard to Naval Base Guam and across Navy shipyards. For
example, at Naval Base Guam, the submarine piers experience
frequent electricity outages, on average, multiple times per
week. The committee is concerned that this vulnerability has an
adverse impact on mission readiness. At Joint Base Pearl
Harbor-Hickam, only four of the 13 ship berths are currently
available for use, and of the four currently available, all
require a firefighting waiver in order to be used.
Accordingly, the Secretary of the Navy is directed to brief
the Senate Armed Services Committee, not later than January 1,
2025, on a detailed plan to repair ship and submarine berths
and piers, including the timeline and funding necessary to
secure a more resilient source of energy for its ship and
submarine piers and berths.
Funding construction of child development centers
The committee is again concerned that the Department of the
Air Force continues to not prioritize sufficient funding for
the construction of child development centers (CDCs) at Air
Force installations, like Luke Air Force Base, that have
already received previous funding for planning and design of
CDC facilities. Despite the determination of the U.S. Air Force
that these installations are eligible for replacement CDCs, the
committee notes that the U.S. Air Force has not requested
dedicated funding in recent budget requests. The committee
strongly encourages the Secretary of the Air Force to take
appropriate steps for inclusion of construction funds in the
fiscal year 2026 budget request for building CDCs at Air Force
bases that have demonstrated multi-year demand that
significantly exceeds current facility capacity in order to
avoid adverse impacts on retention and quality of life for
servicemembers.
Accordingly, the committee directs the Secretary of the Air
Force to provide a briefing to the Committees on Armed Services
of the Senate and the House of Representatives, not later than
March 1, 2025, on the U.S. Air Force's plans to fully fund
these pending CDC facilities. The briefing shall include an
award and construction timeline for all Air Force CDCs that
have received planning and design funding for CDC facilities
from fiscal year 2020 through fiscal year 2024.
Kennebec River Federal Navigation Channel
The committee continues to support the Memorandum of
Agreement (MOA) signed in January 2020, denoting
responsibilities between the Department of the Army and the
Department of the Navy for the regular maintenance of the
Kennebec River Federal Navigation Channel. The committee is
concerned that the channel is not currently being maintained to
the required depth on an annual basis, which is affecting the
movement of Navy surface combatants.
Accordingly, the committee directs the Secretary of the
Army and the Secretary of the Navy to provide a briefing to the
Senate Armed Services Committee, not later than January 1,
2025, detailing the maintenance plan to ensure that the channel
is passable annually, per the MOA, and to ensure the
navigability of the Kennebec River for the test, trial, and
delivery of newly constructed Navy surface combatants to the
Atlantic Ocean. The briefing should include a summary of
funding sources for this project and identify any unfunded
items that may otherwise hinder the MOA.
Northern Red Oak lumber
The committee strongly encourages the Department of Defense
(DOD) to work with the General Services Administration to
expeditiously implement Commercial Item Description A-A-60057,
which approves the use of domestic northern red oak lumber as
the preferred decking materials for floorboards in DOD vehicle
fleets. Expediting the transition to domestic Northern Red Oak
lumber for hardwood floorboards in DOD vehicles would ensure
that the Department would no longer rely on foreign-sourced
apitong hardwood, which is critically endangered and comes from
tropical rainforests.
Pohakaloa Training Area
The committee notes that units deploying equipment to the
Pohakaloa Training Area (PTA) currently use state highways and
public routes when convoying from the port to the PTA on the
island of Hawaii. The committee is concerned that this frequent
use by convoys may cause damage on low-grade roads and increase
local traffic congestion. The committee is interested in
receiving more information regarding the potential use of the
Defense Access Roads (DAR) Program for the highways and public
roads important to national defense on Hawaii that connect to
the PTA.
Accordingly, the Secretary of Defense is directed to
provide a briefing to the Senate Armed Services Committee, not
later than January 1, 2025, on current coordination efforts and
plans between the Department of Defense and the State of Hawaii
to maintain or extend the Daniel K. Inouye Highway, and the
anticipated or planned efforts to use the DAR Program for
highways on Hawaii.
Report on the former Eaker Air Force Base
The committee believes it is useful for the Department of
Defense (DOD) to understand what assets are available for
potential use, such as formerly closed air bases. The committee
recognizes that DOD must weigh the probable costs and potential
benefits associated with any such decisions.
Therefore, the committee directs that, not later than April
30, 2025, the Secretary of the Air Force shall submit to the
Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of
Representatives a report on the feasibility and advisability of
a reactivation of Eaker Air Force Base in Blytheville, Arkansas
to serve as an Air Force Training Center. The study shall
include: (1) An overall assessment of the existing base
facilities at Eaker Air Force Base including the current
condition of runways, taxiways, control tower(s) and hangars;
(2) A strategic assessment of the geography and location of the
base and its usefulness for potential training or operational
missions; (3) An estimate of the overall cost of reactivation
to the DOD, including annual operations and maintenance costs;
(4) The conditions under which opening an Air Force Training
Center would be to the benefit of the Air Force or the Air
National Guard; and (5) The types of aircraft that could viably
train at the base if reactivated. The report shall be submitted
in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.
Strategic seaports
The committee recognizes that the strategic seaports
designated under the Strategic Seaport Program are critical
transportation nodes necessary to support U.S. military rapid
deployment requirements. The committee notes that insufficient
U.S. dredging capacity has created a backlog in federal
navigation maintenance work limiting the readiness of some
seaports.
Accordingly, the committee directs the Commander, U.S.
Transportation Command to brief the Committees on Armed
Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives, not
later than March 1, 2025, on impacts that reduced dredging
capacity may have had on designated strategic seaports. The
briefing shall identify any operational impacts of reduced
dredging of designed strategic seaports, and if applicable,
provide recommendations on the prioritization of available
dredging capacity.
TITLE XXIX--MILITARY CONSTRUCTION DISASTER RECOVERY
Authorized Navy disaster recovery construction and land acquisition
projects (sec. 2901)
The committee recommends a provision that would authorize
Navy disaster recovery construction and land acquisition
projects in Guam for $4.6 billion. The authorized amounts are
listed on an installation-by-installation basis.
Authorized Air Force disaster recovery construction and land
acquisition projects (sec. 2902)
The committee recommends a provision that would authorize
Navy disaster recovery construction and land acquisition
projects in Guam for $7.2 billion. The authorized amounts are
listed on an installation-by-installation basis.
Authorization of emergency supplemental appropriations for military
construction projects (sec. 2903)
The committee recommends a provision that would authorize
emergency supplemental appropriations pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(A)(i)).
DIVISION C--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY AUTHORIZATIONS AND
OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS
TITLE XXXI--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY PROGRAMS
Subtitle A--National Security Programs and Authorizations
National Nuclear Security Administration (sec. 3101)
The committee recommends a provision that would authorize
the appropriation of funds for the activities of the National
Nuclear Security Administration.
Defense environmental cleanup (sec. 3102)
The committee recommends a provision that would authorize
the appropriation of funds for the Department of Energy's
defense environmental cleanup activities.
Other defense activities (sec. 3103)
The committee recommends a provision that would authorize
the appropriation of funds for the Department of Energy's other
defense activities.
Nuclear energy (sec. 3104)
The committee recommends a provision that would authorize
the appropriation of funds for the Department of Energy's
nuclear energy activities.
Subtitle B--Program Authorizations, Restrictions, and Limitations
Limitation on use of funds for naval nuclear fuel systems based on low-
enriched uranium (sec. 3111)
The committee recommends a provision that would prohibit
the use of funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act for
fiscal year 2025 for the purpose of conducting research and
development of an advanced naval nuclear fuel system based on
low-enriched uranium until certain determinations are provided
to the congressional defense committees.
Authorization for modification of weapons (sec. 3112)
The committee recommends a provision that would authorize
programs for the modification or development of the B61-13
gravity bomb and a variation of the W80 weapon for the nuclear-
armed, sea-launched cruise missile (SLCM-N). The provision
would also require the Secretary of Energy to provide a final
nomenclature for the SLCM-N weapon, temporarily designated as
the ``W80-X''.
National Nuclear Security Administration management and process
improvements (sec. 3113)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend the
National Nuclear Security Administration Act (50 U.S.C. 2401)
and the Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.) to
improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the National
Nuclear Security Administration to meet strategic requirements.
Restoration of a domestic uranium enrichment capability (sec. 3114)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
Secretary of Energy to identify and assess the viability of at
least two, but not more than four, possible locations that
would, by 2035, be best suited for a modular, scalable uranium
enrichment facility, and provide a report to the congressional
defense committees on the results of this assessment including
cost estimates for beginning construction in 2027.
The committee is concerned that the inability of the United
States to domestically produce unencumbered enriched uranium
undermines the national security of the United States, and that
existing programs within the Department of Energy to explore
various enrichment technologies are not advancing at an
adequate pace.
Report on activities from U.S.-U.K. Mutual Defense Agreement (sec.
3115)
The committee recommends a provision that would require an
annual briefing, for each of the subsequent 5 years, by the
Administrator for Nuclear Security on activities conducted
under the 1958 Mutual Defense Agreement (MDA) between the
United States and the United Kingdom.
The MDA between the United States and the United Kingdom
serves as the bedrock foundation for the exchange of materials
and information relating to the development of each country's
nuclear deterrent, with joint activities dating to the
Manhattan Project. The United Kingdom is starting a refresh
cycle on their submarine warhead, and the United States is
undergoing extensive modernization efforts as well. In
addition, the security partnership between the United States,
the United Kingdom, and Australia, also referred to as AUKUS,
includes the transfer of nuclear technology and expertise
relating to naval nuclear propulsion under AUKUS Pillar I. Much
of this collaboration occurs through the Department of Energy's
National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and the NNSA's
Nuclear Propulsion Program. Given the extensive collaboration
under the MDA, and future activities planned under the AUKUS
agreement, the committee believes an annual briefing by the
Administrator for Nuclear Security is necessary for oversight
purposes.
Modification of reporting requirements relating to cost-benefit
analyses for competition of management and operating contracts
(sec. 3116)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 4807 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (Public Law 83-
703) to modify a reporting requirement to provide additional
flexibility in the conduct of currently-mandated reviews by the
Comptroller General of the United States of certain National
Nuclear Security Administration contracts.
Authority for National Nuclear Security Administration to use passenger
carriers for contractor commuting (sec. 3117)
The committee recommends a provision that would authorize
the Administrator of the National Nuclear Security
Administration (NNSA) to reimburse contractors for
transportation services in accordance with an approved
transportation plan. Congress has authorized Federal agencies
to fund Federal staff using passenger carriers for
transportation between their place of employment and a mass
transit facility (31 U.S.C. Sec. 1344(g)). However, this
authority is limited to an officer or employee of a Federal
agency and does not clearly extend to contractor staff.
In addition, the committee directs the Comptroller General
of the United States to review the implementation of this
authority through fiscal year 2027, and to provide a briefing
to the congressional defense committees on the findings of this
review, on a date that is mutually agreed upon, but not later
than March 31 of each calendar year.
Limitation on availability of funds pending submission of information
on streamlining National Nuclear Security Administration
contracting (sec. 3118)
The committee recommends a provision that would limit the
obligation and expenditure of more than 80 percent of certain
funds authorized for travel expenses for the Administrator for
Nuclear Security for fiscal year 2025 until the Administrator
provides to the congressional defense committees a required
report on opportunities to streamline National Nuclear Security
Administration (NNSA) requirements.
The committee notes that the Senate report accompanying S.
2226 (S. Rept. 118-58) of the National Defense Authorization
Act for Fiscal Year 2024 required the Administrator for Nuclear
Security to submit a report to the congressional defense
committees on opportunities to streamline requirements of the
NNSA for contracting, procurement, construction, and material
acquisition, including any necessary changes to statutory,
regulatory, or policy provisions required to implement such
streamlining efforts. To date, this requirement has not been
fulfilled.
Furthermore, elsewhere in this Act, the committee
recommends a provision that would limit the obligation and
expenditure of funds for travel expenses for the Office of the
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy for
fiscal year 2025 until the Assistant Secretary provides to the
congressional defense committees the briefing on supplementing
and enhancing access of the NNSA to additional suppliers across
the defense industrial base to address critical shortfalls.
This briefing was also required by the Senate report
accompanying S.2226 (S. Rept. 118-58) of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024. To date, this
requirement has also not been fulfilled.
Limitation on availability of funds pending submission of certification
relating to W80-4 Alteration-SLCM (sec. 3119)
The committee recommends a provision that would limit the
obligation and expenditure of certain funds authorized for
travel expenses for the Administrator of Nuclear Security for
fiscal year 2025 to not more than 50 percent until the
Administrator provides to the congressional defense committees
a certification that it has submitted a report on the
development of a nuclear-capable, sea-launched cruise missile
and a spend plan for the development of such a weapon.
Prohibition on use of funds to support access to National Nuclear
Security Administration facilities (sec. 3120)
The committee recommends a provision that would prohibit
the use of funds to permit or facilitate access by any citizen
of a covered country to National Nuclear Security
Administration facilities.
Notification of certain regulations that impact the National Nuclear
Security Administration (sec. 3121)
The committee recommends a provision that would require the
director of a national security laboratory of the National
Nuclear Security Administration to notify Congress if the
director determines that certain regulations could inhibit
nuclear weapons stockpile activities.
Authorization of Department of Defense and contractors to acquire and
operate utilization facility (sec. 3122)
The committee recommends a provision that would authorize
the Department of Defense to acquire and operate a utilization
facility, and requires the Secretary of Defense, in
consultation with the Secretary of Energy, to provide a report
and briefing on matters related to nuclear power reactors.
Subtitle C--Budget and Financial Management Matters
Subtitle D--Other Matters
Budget Items
W80-X ALT-SLCM
The budget request did not include any funds for Weapons
Activities, W80-X ALT-SLCM, which is not in compliance with
section 1518 of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118-31).
The committee recommends an increase of $70.0 million in
Weapons Activities, W80-X ALT-SLCM to address the National
Nuclear Security Administration's unfunded requirement and to
support continued development of a warhead for the nuclear-
armed sea-launched cruise missile.
B83 gravity bomb sustainment
The budget request included $1.4 billion for Weapons
Activities, Stockpile Sustainment, of which $17.2 million was
requested for the sustainment of the B83 gravity bomb.
The committee recommends a decrease of $2.2 million for
Weapons Activities, Stockpile Sustainment, as excess to need
based on current programmatic planning for the B83 gravity
bomb.
Assessment Science
The budget request included $834.3 million for Stockpile
Research, Technology, and Engineering--Assessment Science.
The committee recommends a decrease of $9.0 million as
excess to need based on current programmatic planning.
Inertial Confinement Fusion
The budget request included $682.8 million for Stockpile
Research, Technology, and Engineering--Inertial Confinement
Fusion.
The committee recommends an increase of $10.0 million.
Advanced Simulation and Computing
The budget request included $879.5 million for Stockpile
Research, Technology, and Engineering--Advanced Simulation and
Computing.
The committee recommends an increase of $5.0 million.
Academic Programs
The budget request included $128.2 million for Stockpile
Research, Technology, and Engineering--Academic Programs.
The committee recommends a decrease of $8.0 million due to
unjustified growth in the program.
Safety and Environmental Operations
The budget request included $192.0 million for
Infrastructure and Operations--Safety and Environmental
Operations.
The committee recommends a decrease of $10.0 million due to
unjustified growth in the program.
Maintenance and Repair of Facilities--Y-12 Maintenance Backlog
The budget request included $881.0 million for
Infrastructure and Operations--Maintenance and Repair of
Facilities.
The committee recommends an increase of $3.0 million for
prioritized investments that improve the condition and extend
the design life of general-purpose infrastructure, equipment,
or systems at the Y-12 plant.
Information Technology and Cybersecurity
The budget request included $646.0 million for Weapons
Activities--Information Technology and Cybersecurity.
The committee recommends a decrease of $7.6 million due to
unjustified growth in the program.
International Nuclear Security
The budget request included $87.8 million for Defense
Nuclear Nonproliferation--Global Material Security,
International Nuclear Security.
The committee recommends a decrease of $3.0 million due to
unjustified growth in the program.
Nonproliferation and Arms Control--Nonproliferation Policy
The budget request included $225.0 million for Defense
Nuclear Nonproliferation--Nonproliferation and Arms Control, of
which $29.3 million was requested for Nonproliferation Policy.
The committee recommends a decrease of $10.9 million due to
unjustified growth in the program.
Naval Reactors Operations and Infrastructure
The budget request included $763.3 million for Naval
Reactors Operations and Infrastructure.
The committee recommends a decrease of $6.2 million due to
unjustified growth in the program.
Spent Fuel Handling Recapitalization Project--Nuclear Reactors Facility
The budget request included $292.0 million for Naval
Reactors Construction, 14-D-901 Spent Fuel Handling
Recapitalization Project, NRF.
The committee recommends a decrease of $12.7 million due to
unjustified growth in the program.
Federal Salaries and Expenses--Program Direction
The budget request included $564.5 million for Federal
Salaries and Expenses--Program Direction at the National
Nuclear Security Administration.
The committee recommends an increase of $2.7 million to
support an increase of 10 full time equivalent positions.
Waste Treatment Immobilization Plant Commissioning
The budget request included $466.0 million for Defense
Environmental Cleanup--Office of River Protection, Waste
Treatment Immobilization Plant Commissioning.
The committee recommends a decrease of $16.0 million due to
unjustified growth in the program.
Savannah River Site Community and Regulatory Support
The budget request included $5.2 million for Defense
Environmental Cleanup--Savannah River Community and Regulatory
Support.
The committee recommends an increase of $5.0 million to
secure payment in lieu of taxes funding.
Program Support--Defense Environmental Cleanup
The budget request included $105.9 million for Program
Support--Defense Environmental Cleanup.
The committee recommends a decrease of $12.4 million due to
unjustified growth in the program.
Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund
The budget request included a transfer of $385.0 million
from the Department of Energy Office of Environmental
Management to the Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and
Decommissioning Fund. This fund was authorized in section 1101
of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (Public Law 102-486), but
expired in 2007.
As indicated in the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2013 (Public Law 112-239), the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Public Law 113-66), the
Carl Levin and Howard P. `Buck' McKeon National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113-291),
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016
(Public Law 114-92), the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117-81), the James M. Inhofe
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public
Law 117-263), and the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118-31), the administration should
propose to directly contribute to this fund rather than use the
Office of Environmental Management's budget as a contribution
source.
Accordingly, the committee recommends a decrease of $385.0
million from the Federal contribution to the Uranium Enrichment
Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund.
Items of Special Interest
Advanced simulation and computing
The committee commends the National Nuclear Security
Administration (NNSA) and its Exascale Computing Initiative for
enabling the United States to remain at the forefront of
supercomputing technologies and reach exascale class computing
last year. The committee encourages the NNSA to build on this
model of success and leverage public-private partnerships to
co-design and co-develop leading edge post-exascale advanced
computing and artificial intelligence technologies vital for
continued U.S. world leadership in scientific discovery,
national security and economic well-being.
Briefing on implementation of Government Accountability Office Report
``Better Performance Tracking and Documentation Needed for
Minor Construction Projects''
The committee believes that minor construction at the
National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) is an important
means to achieve rapid workload optimization without resorting
to line item construction. The James M. Inhofe National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-263) and
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024
(Public Law 118-31) addressed this issue by raising the minor
construction ceiling and indexing it to inflation. Concurrent
with raising the ceiling, the committee report accompanying S.
2792 (S. Rept. 117-39), the National Defense Authorization Act
for Fiscal Year 2022, as passed by the Senate, directed the
Comptroller General of the United States to review the process
by which the NNSA implements its minor construction program.
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) reviewed the NNSA
minor construction program and issued a report in January 2024,
titled ``Better Performance Tracking and Documentation Needed
for Minor Construction Projects'' (GAO-24-105848), making a
number of recommendations with which the NNSA concurred.
Given the importance of the minor construction program and
the recommendations by the GAO to the NNSA, the committee
directs the Administrator for Nuclear Security to brief the
congressional defense committees, not later than March 31,
2025, on how it plans to implement these recommendations and
the timeline for achieving implementation.
Briefing on National Nuclear Security Administration planning regarding
the Tritium Finishing Facility
The existing Tritium Finishing Facility (TFF) at the
Savannah River Site (SRS) is a nearly 70-year-old H Area Old
Manufacturing (HAOM) facility in the Savannah River Tritium
Enterprise. In fiscal year 2024, the National Nuclear Security
Administration (NNSA) requested no additional funding for TFF.
In its budget justification, NNSA stated its plan to pause the
project until fiscal year 2028 when it would resume activities
with a requested funding level of $103.4 million. Nonetheless,
Congress allocated an additional $35.0 million in fiscal year
2024 to support continuation of the project. Yet in the fiscal
year 2025 budget justification, the project resumption was
delayed an additional year.
Given the national security importance of the Savannah
River Tritium Enterprise's role in nuclear stockpile
maintenance, and continued uncertainty regarding the resumption
of project activities, the committee directs Administrator for
Nuclear Security to provide a briefing to the congressional
defense committees, not later than January 1, 2025, to include:
(1) A detailed schedule for completion of the TFF at
SRS;
(2) NNSA's analyses of market conditions, to include
commercial suppliers and the labor supply, that support
its decision to originally delay the project, as well
as the reason for the additional 1-year delay as
described in the fiscal year 2025 budget justification;
(3) The bridging strategy to continue uninterrupted
nuclear stockpile maintenance activities in the
existing HAOM facility until startup of TFF; and
(4) A detailed strategy to resume project activities
within the current Future Years Nuclear Security
Program.
Briefing on progress of remediation efforts in support of the
conveyance of land at Los Alamos National Laboratory
The conveyance of land held by the Department of Energy at
Los Alamos National Laboratory is provided for in section 632
of the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the
Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal
Year 1998 (Public Law 105-119), as well as 10 Code of Federal
Regulations Part 770. This authority has been used beneficially
for the surrounding communities, tribal nations, and public
interest groups.
Therefore, the committee directs the Administrator for
Nuclear Security to provide a briefing to the congressional
defense committees, not later than March 31, 2025, on
outstanding issues regarding the remediation and conveyance of
land at Los Alamos National Laboratory and including Technical
Areas 36, 70, and 71.
Briefing on unexploded ordnance remediation
The committee recognizes that historical ordnance testing,
conducted by the Department of Defense and Department of Energy
(DOE) during World War II and throughout the Cold War, has left
unexploded ordnance (UXO) at various sites in and around
properties and lands now owned and operated by DOE and the
National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA). Some of these
sites have been identified and remediated by DOE and NNSA.
However, the threat of UXO remains on other properties and
lands, including lands planned for transfer to native tribes.
The committee directs the Administrator for Nuclear
Security to provide a briefing to the congressional defense
committees, not later than January 1, 2025, on:
(1) The current status of efforts to clear UXO on
NNSA properties and lands outside NNSA properties for
which NNSA is responsible for clearing UXO;
(2) Opportunities for leveraging expertise across
other federal agencies to expedite clearing efforts;
(3) Impediments to the acceleration of remediation
activities;
(4) Desired statutory or regulatory modifications;
and
(5) Other matters that the Administrator deems
relevant to these topics.
Common financial reporting across the National Nuclear Security
Administration enterprise
The committee continues to stress the importance of common
financial reporting for all obligations for management and
operating contracts by the National Nuclear Security
Administration (NNSA), including those contractors under the
Office of Science. Until full financial integration is
achieved, Congress will not have the information it needs to
provide oversight, to make budget decisions across these sites,
and to understand total program costs. In 2016, NNSA was
required to implement a common financial reporting system, and
the committee recognizes that NNSA has made significant
progress on financial integration and collecting common
financial data, although considerable work remains. The
committee encourages NNSA to release its updated financial
integration policy as expeditiously as possible. In addition,
several of the recommendations that the Government
Accountability Office (GAO) has made since 2019 remain open.
The committee expects NNSA to work collaboratively with the GAO
and take steps to fully implement the remaining
recommendations.
Comptroller General review of aging Office of Environmental Management
infrastructure
The U.S. Government owns a substantial portfolio of
buildings and structures, and the deferred maintenance and
repair of these assets can affect agencies' abilities to
support their missions. From 2017 to 2022, deferred maintenance
and repair estimates for the Department of Energy (DOE)
increased 63 percent from $6.6 billion to $10.8 billion. Within
DOE, the Office of Environmental Management (EM) is responsible
for cleaning up 15 sites across the United States. Many of
these sites have aging support infrastructure--such as water
pumps, electricity, and other facilities--that may be critical
to EM's cleanup mission. Any deferral of maintenance and repair
of this infrastructure can decrease the quality and reliability
of services through unplanned interruptions to facility systems
and affect asset management decisions.
The committee directs the Comptroller General of the United
States to provide a briefing to the congressional defense
committees, not later than March 1, 2025, with a report to
follow at a time agreed upon with the committees on a study
that:
(1) Evaluates the status of EM's support
infrastructure across the EM complex;
(2) Assesses EM's environmental management and repair
estimates, including their reflection in EM's
environmental liability and budget planning efforts;
and
(3) Analyzes the extent to which EM's prioritization
policies align with leading practices for managing
deferred maintenance and repair.
Comptroller General review of Department of Energy implementation of
the high-level radioactive waste interpretation
In June 2019, the Department of Energy (DOE) issued an
interpretation of the statutory term ``high-level radioactive
waste'' (HLW) as defined in the Atomic Energy Act of 1954
(Public Law 83-703) and the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982
(Public Law 97-425), and incorporated that interpretation into
DOE Manual 435.1-1. Under this interpretation, some
reprocessing waste could be classified as not being HLW, and
could be disposed of in accordance with its radiological
characteristics. In December 2020, DOE released a congressional
report acknowledging that DOE could potentially save over
$225.0 billion by using this HLW interpretation across DOE's
Office of Environmental Management (EM) complex. Subsequently,
EM carried out two projects at the Savannah River Site that
relied on the HLW interpretation to demonstrate that certain
waste could be safely disposed of at a low-level radioactive
waste facility outside the state of South Carolina.
The committee directs the Comptroller General of the United
States to review lessons learned from: (1) DOE's use of the HLW
interpretation at the Savannah River Site; (2) Opportunities
for EM to use the HLW interpretation across the EM complex; and
(3) Any barriers that prevent EM from using the HLW
interpretation for appropriate waste streams. The Comptroller
General shall brief the congressional defense committees on the
status of its review by March 1, 2025, with a report to follow
at a time agreed upon with the committees.
Comptroller General review of Idaho National Laboratory Advanced Test
Reactor
The Advanced Test Reactor (ATR) is a one-of-a-kind test
reactor located at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL). The ATR
provides vital testing capability for the joint U.S. Navy and
National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Naval Nuclear
Propulsion Program, also known as Naval Reactors, and has
contributed to the exceptional operational performance of the
U.S. Navy nuclear-powered fleet. Naval Reactors is the primary
user of the ATR, and it provides the majority of the ATR's base
operations funding, even though the ATR and INL are owned and
overseen by the Department of Energy's Office of Nuclear
Energy, and the ATR supports other NNSA and Office of Nuclear
Energy programs.
The ATR has been in operation since 1967, and it is
approaching its design end-of-life in 2040. The Office of
Nuclear Energy has started a life-extension program to identify
the actions needed over the next 10 years to ensure ATR's
continued safe operation, and it has begun planning a
replacement of the ATR to ensure availability of its unique
capabilities in the long-term.
The committee directs the Comptroller General of the United
States to evaluate the current plans and estimated costs for
the life extension and replacement of the ATR and any
challenges associated with implementing these plans. The
Comptroller General shall provide a briefing to the
congressional defense committees on the status of its review by
March 1, 2025, with a report to follow at a time agreed upon
with the committees.
Comptroller General review of lessons learned across the Office of
Environmental Management complex and from other countries'
cleanup programs
The Department of Energy's Office of Environmental
Management (EM) is responsible for cleaning up sites and
facilities contaminated by decades of nuclear weapons
production and nuclear energy research. EM has cleaned up over
90 sites over the last 35 years and has made progress on the
remaining 15 sites that it is responsible for cleaning up. In
addition, other countries--including the United Kingdom and
France--have made substantial progress in addressing
environmental contamination associated with their nuclear
defense programs.
The committee directs the Comptroller General of the United
States to: (1) Identify key lessons learned across EM sites;
(2) EM's efforts to leverage those lessons learned; and (3) To
evaluate lessons learned from how other countries manage,
treat, and dispose of defense nuclear waste. The Comptroller
General shall brief the congressional defense committees on the
status of its review by June 1, 2025, with a report to follow
at a time agreed upon with the committees.
Comptroller General review of National Nuclear Security Administration
early construction cost estimates
The committee notes that large construction projects
managed by the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
often cost significantly more than initially planned. For
example, when NNSA approved the requirement for the Enhanced
Capabilities for Subcritical Experiments Advanced Sources and
Detectors (ECSE ASD) project at the Nevada National Security
Site in 2014, it estimated that the project could cost between
$57 million to $207 million. By 2019, when NNSA selected a
preferred alternative for the design for this project, it
estimated that the project could cost between $500 million to
$1.1 billion. Finally, when NNSA approved the performance
baseline for this project in 2022, the cost estimate was $1.8
billion.
The committee seeks to better understand NNSA's process for
estimating costs for its large construction projects as their
designs mature over the course of the acquisition cycle.
Therefore, the committee directs the Comptroller General of the
United States to provide a report to the congressional defense
committees, on a date to be determined in coordination with the
committee but not later than December 31, 2025, on NNSA's
process for estimating costs for its large construction
projects, focusing on the differences in processes for
estimating costs at different critical decisions (CD),
including CD-0, CD-1, and CD-2/3.
Comptroller General review of Office of Environmental Management future
land use planning
The Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Environmental
Management (EM) is responsible for cleaning up 15 sites
contaminated by decades of nuclear weapons production and
nuclear energy research. The planned future use of these sites
can be a critical element in making cleanup decisions and
ensuring those decisions are cost-effective and targeted at the
most important risks. For example, future agricultural or
residential land use may call for a more thorough cleanup than
planned industrial use or long-term federal management.
However, in some cases, EM advances cleanup plans without a
clear agreement with stakeholders and regulators regarding the
future use of a site. In addition, in June 2023, DOE announced
an initiative to identify opportunities for clean energy
projects at its cleanup sites, which could impact future land
use planning for EM's sites.
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, 2025, with a report
to follow at a time agreed upon with the committees on a study
that:
(1) Identifies EM's outstanding future land use
decisions across its 15 sites and evaluates such
decisions during cleanup;
(2) Assesses EM's engagements with regulators and
stakeholders for such decisions, including its analysis
of level and speed of remediation required; and
(3) Describes lessons learned from previous EM land
transfers at completed cleanup sites.
Comptroller General review of Office of Environmental Management Moab
Site cleanup activities
The committee acknowledges the Department of Energy's
Office of Environmental Management's (EM) progress in the Moab
Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action Project, located in
southeastern Utah. This 480-acre site includes a former
uranium-ore processing facility that operated under private
ownership from 1956 to 1984. This project has relocated an
estimated 16 million tons of uranium mill tailings, and other
contaminated material near the Colorado River, to an engineered
disposal cell constructed 30 miles north near Crescent
Junction, Utah. According to Strategic Vision planning
documents, EM estimates that it will complete relocation of the
uranium mill tailings by 2027, and it will complete site
restoration by about 2030.
The committee directs the Comptroller General of the United
States to provide a briefing to the congressional defense
committees, not later than March 1, 2025, with a report to
follow at a time agreed upon with the committees, on a study
that:
(1) Evaluates outstanding cleanup requirements at the
Moab Site;
(2) Assesses EM's planning for future land use at the
Moab Site and engagement with stakeholders and
regulators in determining such future use; and
(3) Analyzes EM's efforts to coordinate with the
Department of Energy's Office of Legacy Management
regarding site closure.
Comptroller General review of the National Nuclear Security
Administration's acquisition services reorganization
In January 2023, the Government Accountability Office (GAO)
found that a 2022 reorganization in the National Nuclear
Security Administration (NNSA) divided infrastructure and
acquisition duties into two separate offices--an Office of
Infrastructure for managing large capital asset acquisitions
and an Office of Partnership and Acquisition Services to manage
contracts and contract competition. The GAO subsequently found
that the NNSA did not follow their own policy for
organizational change. Specifically, the agency did not develop
outcome-oriented goals or performance measures that could help
NNSA monitor this reorganization. In fact, NNSA officials noted
this change was not intended to address any specific challenge.
Since the report's issuance, the GAO has found that the
NNSA has improved its overall organizational change policy.
However, it is unclear to what extent it has retroactively
established goals, performance measures, and monitoring for its
two acquisition offices. The committee notes that NNSA's
performance on major construction contracts seems to be
declining, with significant cost increases and schedule delays.
Therefore, the committee directs the Comptroller General of
the United States to provide a briefing to the congressional
defense committees, not later than April 30, 2025, with a
report to follow at a time agreed upon with the committees on a
study that:
(1) Assesses the NNSA's implementation of GAO
recommendations including the establishment of goals,
performance measures, and monitoring of its 2022
reorganization of acquisition services and progress
towards such goals;
(2) Reports on the overall status of each office
including current leadership; numbers, qualifications,
and trends of acquisition professionals; results of
Federal employee viewpoint surveys; and other items the
GAO deems appropriate; and
(3) To the extent possible, analyzes changes or
trends in the performance of large capital
acquisitions, contractors, and the oversight approach
for holding contractors accountable for project
performance.
Comptroller General review of the National Nuclear Security
Administration's long term workforce planning
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) employs
over 80,000 management and operating contractors at their
laboratories and production plants, and their workload is the
highest it has been since the end of the Cold War. In order to
meet this workload demand, NNSA must have a holistic workforce
plan that takes into account the workforce needs of all its
sites over the next 10 years.
Therefore, the committee directs the Comptroller General of
the United States to submit a report to the Secretary of
Energy, and the congressional defense committees, that assesses
the efforts by the Department of Energy to develop and resource
a long-term workforce strategic plan for the NNSA that
includes:
(1) Assessments of the NNSA plans to address the
following at each defense facility where NNSA has
operations:
(a) housing access and availability specific
to NNSA activities and its workforce both at
NNSA sites and in adjacent communities;
(b) workforce requirements and development
for the next 10 years to support the continued
advancement of NNSA program capabilities,
including recruitment and retention policies
and programs;
(c) education and childcare access for the
NNSA workforce;
(d) availability of transportation to and
from work sites, including NNSA initiatives to
support commuters; and
(e) infrastructure needs such as roads,
electric power, water, wastewater and
telecommunications needs that support each
facility and the integration of such needs with
the surrounding communities;
(2) Recommendations to improve these efforts and
examples of other defense and non-defense agency
actions to address the issues around the country for
NNSA adaptation and implementation; and
(3) Other matters as determined appropriate.
The committee directs the Comptroller General to provide a
briefing to the congressional defense committees on this
review, not later than March 1, 2025, with a date for the final
report to be determined later.
Comptroller General review of the National Nuclear Security
Administration's use of contract line item numbers to oversee
specific efforts
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
obligates 80 percent or more of its annual budget to management
and operating (M&O) contractors who execute the NNSA's
missions. These M&O contracts are broad, multi-year contract
vehicles that have special features, such as closer Federal
involvement in contractors' management controls and purchasing
processes, as well as requirements for M&O contractors to link
their accounting systems with the NNSA's.
The Comptroller General of the United States has long
recognized NNSA's challenges to overseeing its M&O contractors
and their record of completing major construction projects late
and over budget. In recent years, NNSA has awarded some
contracts, most notably major construction projects, as
individual contract line item numbers (CLINs) in its M&O
contracts to increase visibility into contractors' efforts.
Therefore, the committee directs the Comptroller General of
the United States to provide a briefing to the congressional
defense committees, not later than April 30, 2025, with a
report to follow at a time agreed upon with the committees on a
study that:
(1) Determines the extent to which NNSA has used
CLINs;
(2) Analyzes the benefits and drawbacks of using
CLINs; and
(3) Evaluates the use of CLINs for improving M&O
contract oversight.
Comptroller General review of the National Nuclear Security
Administration's non-nuclear capability modernization program
The committee notes that the National Nuclear Security
Administration's (NNSA) Non-Nuclear Capability Modernization
program is responsible for modernizing the infrastructure and
equipment needed for the design, development, qualification,
production, and surveillance of non-nuclear components for all
weapon systems. These non-nuclear components include power
sources, radiation-hardened micro-electronics, and neutron
generators as well as structural elements, cables, connectors,
and other components that support critical functionality in
nuclear weapons.
According to its fiscal year 2025 budget justification,
NNSA has budgeted more than $1.0 billion for this program from
fiscal years 2025-2029. However, the NNSA's recent Stockpile
Stewardship and Management Plan found that the increased scope
and complexity of the NNSA's production goals exceed its
existing equipment and capacity capabilities. In this context,
the program is pursuing a range of facility enhancements,
refurbishments, and large modernization projects, such as the
Power Sources Capability project, to meet its increased
production goals.
Therefore, the committee directs the Comptroller General of
the United States to provide a briefing to the congressional
defense committees, not later than March 31, 2025, on the Non-
Nuclear Capability Modernization program's efforts to ensure
NNSA's ability to produce the non-nuclear components that are
required for nuclear modernization, including its management
and risk mitigation efforts.
Comptroller General review of the National Nuclear Security
Administration's risk management of Restricted Data wireless
networks
As the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
seeks to modernize its Nuclear Security Enterprise, NNSA is
developing an architecture for a classified wireless network--
first for non-pit production facilities, but later possibly for
pit-production facilities. Such networks increase operational
efficiency in new and old nuclear weapon production facilities
and enhance limited facility space. However, while wireless
networks capable of handling Restricted Data (RD) inside NNSA's
production facilities have benefits and address justifiable
needs, implementation of such networks may carry significant
cybersecurity risks including risks to highly classified
information and operational technology embedded in equipment
used to produce nuclear weapon components.
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has
previously identified concerns about NNSA's cybersecurity risk
management policies and practices. For instance, GAO published
a report on September 22, 2022, titled ``Nuclear Weapons
Cybersecurity: NNSA Should Fully Implement Foundational
Cybersecurity Risk Management Practices'' (GAO-22-104195),
which found that NNSA and the contractors operating its sites
had not fully implemented key elements of an effective
cybersecurity risk management program. Furthermore, GAO
published a report on June 12, 2023, titled ``Nuclear Weapons
Cybersecurity: Status of NNSA's Inventory and Risk Assessment
Efforts for Certain Systems'' (GAO-23106309), which determined
that NNSA's efforts to identify, assess, and mitigate cyber
risks to specific weapons or weapons manufacturing equipment
were still in the early stages of development.
Therefore, the committee directs the Comptroller General of
the United States to provide a briefing to the congressional
defense committees, not later than April 30, 2025, with a
report to follow at a time agreed upon with the committees on a
study that:
(1) Reviews plans, actions, and strategies that NNSA
and its sites have developed to employ wireless RD
networks and capabilities inside nuclear security
enterprise facilities.
(2) Identifies and reports on the status of Nuclear
Security Enterprise sites and facilities considering,
planning, or currently implementing wireless networks
for the management of RD;
(3) Details cybersecurity risk management frameworks
or strategies that the NNSA and its sites have
developed specifically for cybersecurity of RD wireless
networks or systems;
(4) Evaluates NNSA and its sites' risk management
frameworks or strategies for RD wireless networks
according to relevant cybersecurity leading practice;
and
(5) Lists specific cybersecurity risks and any
mitigation measures for current or planned RD wireless
networks that NNSA and its sites have identified and
implemented.
Comptroller General review of the National Nuclear Security
Administration's Strategic Partnership Projects
Subject to departmental rules, the Department of Energy's
(DOE) national laboratories, facilities, plants, and sites
conduct fully-reimbursed research for clients--including
individuals, private companies, universities, other Federal
Government agencies, state and local institutions, and
international entities--through Strategic Partnership Projects
(SPPs). SPPs provide value to both DOE facilities and their
partners by exercising capabilities that result in scientific
and technical contributions. SPPs can also help DOE facilities
offset the costs of maintaining capabilities and infrastructure
that may only need to be exercised by DOE or the National
Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) intermittently.
In recent years, NNSA's workload for its core mission--
maintaining and modernizing the Nation's nuclear weapons
stockpile--has grown substantially. In light of this, the
committee believes that NNSA facilities should better assess
their capacity for SPPs and prioritize work to ensure that SPP
commitments do not adversely impact NNSA programs or create a
detrimental future burden on NNSA resources. However, the
committee notes that the extent to which SPP partners rely on
NNSA facilities to produce work that cannot be produced
elsewhere is not well understood.
Therefore, the committee directs the Comptroller General of
the United States to provide a briefing to the congressional
defense committees, not later than March 31, 2025, with a
report to follow at a time to be agreed by the committees,
describing:
(1) The extent to which NNSA facilities have engaged
in SPPs in recent years and how this work may have
changed over time;
(2) The impact of SPP activities on the execution of
lab activities supporting the sustainment and
modernization of the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile;
(3) A description of NNSA processes for prioritizing
SPP work and deconflicting such activities with core
NNSA missions; and
(4) The potential effects on NNSA facilities and SPP
partners should NNSA facilities need to rebalance SPP
partnerships.
Comptroller General review of the Office of Environmental Management
acquisition planning
The Department of Energy's Office of Environmental
Management (EM) is responsible for overseeing contractors that
support EM's cleanup mission across 15 sites. The work overseen
by EM includes large capital asset projects that each have a
total project cost of at least $100.0 million. As of January
2024, EM has 20 ongoing large capital asset projects that
combined total over $39.0 billion.
The Initiation Phase for such projects begins with the
identification of a mission-related need. However, it is
unclear what parameters are placed on the process for
developing different alternatives for meeting the mission-
related need, such as which entities are responsible for
developing ways to address the identified need and how
different risks are factored into decisions. The committee
notes that problems continue to emerge with some projects
overseen by EM.
Therefore, the committee directs the Comptroller General of
the United States to evaluate EM's planning for large
acquisitions, and the parameters and factors considered in
these planning efforts. The Comptroller General shall brief the
congressional defense committees on the status of its review by
March 1, 2025, with a report to follow at a time agreed upon
with the committees.
Comptroller General review of the Office of Naval Reactors
environmental liabilities
The Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program, also known as Naval
Reactors, is a joint program of the Department of the Navy and
the Department of Energy. Naval Reactors has an estimated $4.0
billion in environmental liability, with dozens of facilities
across the enterprise scheduled for cleanup, including
decommissioning and deactivation, over the next 20 years. These
facilities include three legacy prototype reactors located at
the Naval Reactors Facility at Idaho National Laboratory; a
legacy prototype reactor at the Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory
in New York; and the Material Evaluation Laboratory at the
Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory in Pennsylvania.
Therefore, the committee directs the Comptroller General of
the United States to evaluate Naval Reactors' plans for cleanup
of legacy or excess contaminated facilities and any challenges
Naval Reactors' faces in addressing its cleanup
responsibilities. The Comptroller General shall brief the
congressional defense committees on the status of its review by
March 1, 2025, with a report to follow at a time agreed upon
with the committees.
Report on National Nuclear Security Administration cooperation with
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on major construction projects
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) is
currently engaged in the most extensive recapitalization of
nuclear weapons supporting infrastructure in the United States
in over 40 years. This effort is stressing an undersized
workforce with comparatively little institutional experience or
expertise in managing multiple major capital construction
projects simultaneously. Ensuring these projects are completed
on-time and on-budget is a critical priority for the Nation,
and the committee believes that sufficient resources should be
marshaled for these efforts to maximize successful execution.
One such resource is the resident expertise within the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), which has over 220 years of
experience in managing critically important civil works
projects across the United States.
Accordingly, the committee directs the Administrator for
Nuclear Security, in consultation with the Commanding General
of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, to submit a briefing to
the congressional defense committees, not later than April 1,
2025, outlining ongoing cooperative efforts between NNSA and
USCAE to recapitalize or replace NNSA infrastructure. The
briefing should also identify opportunities for expanding
cooperative efforts to further streamline or expedite current
and future projects, including any recommended regulatory or
statutory changes that could result in significant cost savings
or schedule acceleration.
Report on National Nuclear Security Administration tritium research,
development, and demonstration capabilities
The U.S. nuclear deterrent relies on an efficient and
reliable system to process tritium in quantities that meet
current and future stockpile stewardship requirements. These
requirements are currently met using a process, technologies,
and facilities that are multiple decades old, aging rapidly,
and have technical shortcomings. While the National Nuclear
Security Administration has a long-term plan to upgrade or
replace tritium processing facilities in the coming years, the
committee is not aware of a plan to develop, test, and validate
new tritium gas transfer system surveillance and tritium
processing technologies and demonstrate them in an operational
environment.
Therefore, the committee directs the Administrator for
Nuclear Security to brief the congressional defense committees,
not later than January 1, 2025, on opportunities to develop,
test, and validate, in a relevant environment, new surveillance
and processing technologies associated with tritium operations
that are cost effective and provide greater efficiency,
reliability, and increased capacity through continuous
operations. The briefing should also include specifics
regarding the necessary research, development, and
demonstration facilities and infrastructure needed to execute a
plan for such capabilities.
Report on opportunities to expand National Nuclear Security
Administration use of satellite facilities
The committee recognizes the benefit provided to the
National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) of the option
to purchase or lease real property in long-term infrastructure
planning. This authority has been particularly helpful in
expediting the expansion and modernization of the Kansas City
National Security Campus to meet increasing production demands
for the Nuclear Security Enterprise (NSE). The committee
believes that expanded use of such authorities could benefit
other locations within the NSE that require significant
infrastructure updates, particularly in cases where selected
supporting facilities could be relocated outside protected
areas to reduce cost and unnecessary administrative burdens. In
order to make long-term installation capability planning more
efficient and cost effective, the committee encourages the NNSA
to maximize the use of this authority in the development of
site strategies across the NSE.
Therefore, the committee directs the Administrator for
Nuclear Security, in consultation with the Directors of Los
Alamos, Lawrence Livermore, and Sandia National Laboratories,
and the Site Managers of the Y-12 National Security Complex,
the Savannah River Site, the Pantex Plant, the Nevada National
Security Site, and the Kansas City National Security Campus, to
evaluate site strategies across the NSE and identify
opportunities for expanding the use of authorities provided by
section 3265 of the National Nuclear Security Administration
Act, Division C, Title XXXII of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000 (Public Law 106-65), and
brief the congressional defense committees, not later than
March 31, 2025, on the results of this evaluation, and any
recommendations for additional authorities that might aid NNSA
in making greater use of satellite facilities in areas
neighboring existing laboratory and site installations.
TITLE XXXII--DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES SAFETY BOARD
Authorization (sec. 3201)
The committee recommends a provision that would authorize
$47.2 million for the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board,
consistent with the budget request.
Items of Special Interest
Comptroller General review of the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety
Board
As the Department of Energy continues to increase its
operational tempo to produce materials and components for
nuclear modernization programs, the committee seeks to ensure
that safety is prioritized and that safety oversight is
effective. Recent assessments from the National Academy of
Public Administration and from the Office of the Inspector
General for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the Defense
Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB) identified shortcomings
in DNFSB operations, specifically how roles and
responsibilities are delegated consistent with the Atomic
Energy Act of 1954 (Public Law 83-703) as amended. Further,
these assessments identified the need for culture change within
the organization to ensure mission performance.
The committee directs the Comptroller General of the United
States to conduct a general management review of the DNFSB with
a focus on whether past findings from independent assessments
have been fully addressed. The Comptroller General shall brief
the congressional defense committees by May 31, 2025, and
provide a final report to follow at a time to be agreed by the
committees and the Comptroller General.
TITLE XXXV--MARITIME ADMINISTRATION
Maritime Administration (sec. 3501)
The committee recommends a provision that would amend
section 109 of title 49, United States Code, to reauthorize
certain aspects of the Maritime Administration.
DIVISION D--FUNDING TABLES
Authorization of amounts in funding tables (sec. 4001)
The committee recommends a provision that 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 in accordance with established
procedures.
Consistent with the previously expressed views of the
committee, the provision would also require that decisions by
an agency head to commit, obligate, or expend funds to a
specific entity on the basis of such funding tables be based on
authorized, transparent, statutory criteria, or merit-based
selection procedures in accordance with the requirements of
sections 2304(k) and 2374 of title 10, United States Code, and
other applicable provisions of law.
SUMMARY OF NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025
SUMMARY OF NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025
(In Thousands of Dollars)
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FY 2025 Request Senate Change Senate Authorized
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DISCRETIONARY AUTHORIZATIONS WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE
NATIONAL DEFENSE BASE BUDGET
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE-MILITARY (BUDGET SUB-FUNCTION 051)
DIVISION A: DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATIONS
TITLE I--PROCUREMENT
AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, ARMY............................ 3,164,471 33,300 3,197,771
MISSILE PROCUREMENT, ARMY............................. 6,245,770 942,800 7,188,570
PROCUREMENT OF W&TCV, ARMY............................ 3,699,392 0 3,699,392
PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, ARMY....................... 2,702,640 -2,900 2,699,740
OTHER PROCUREMENT, ARMY............................... 8,616,524 -227,405 8,389,119
AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, NAVY............................ 16,217,250 262,910 16,480,160
WEAPONS PROCUREMENT, NAVY............................. 6,600,327 887,039 7,487,366
PROCUREMENT OF AMMO, NAVY & MC........................ 1,747,883 79,400 1,827,283
SHIPBUILDING AND CONVERSION, NAVY..................... 32,378,291 4,204,500 36,582,791
OTHER PROCUREMENT, NAVY............................... 15,877,253 99,300 15,976,553
PROCUREMENT, MARINE CORPS............................. 4,243,863 -235,015 4,008,848
AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE....................... 19,835,430 2,126,398 21,961,828
MISSILE PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE........................ 4,373,609 1,098,877 5,472,486
PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, AIR FORCE.................. 709,475 107,333 816,808
PROCUREMENT, SPACE FORCE.............................. 4,262,979 9,387 4,272,366
OTHER PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE.......................... 30,298,764 272,223 30,570,987
PROCUREMENT, DEFENSE-WIDE............................. 5,406,751 326,918 5,733,669
SUBTOTAL, TITLE I--PROCUREMENT........................ 166,380,672 9,985,065 176,365,737
TITLE II--RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST & EVAL, ARMY.............. 14,073,308 553,226 14,626,534
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST & EVAL, NAVY.............. 25,697,815 933,400 26,631,215
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST & EVAL, AF................ 49,108,771 -354,512 48,754,259
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST & EVAL, SF................ 18,700,153 303,916 19,004,069
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST & EVAL, DW................ 35,227,834 1,420,815 36,648,649
OPERATIONAL TEST & EVAL, DEFENSE...................... 348,709 0 348,709
SUBTOTAL, TITLE II--RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND 143,156,590 2,856,845 146,013,435
EVALUATION...........................................
TITLE III--OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE
OPERATION & MAINTENANCE, ARMY......................... 59,152,479 1,200,233 60,352,712
OPERATION & MAINTENANCE, ARMY RES..................... 3,360,777 -1,500 3,359,277
OPERATION & MAINTENANCE, ARNG......................... 8,646,145 -35,715 8,610,430
COUNTER ISIS TRAIN AND EQUIP FUND (CTEF).............. 528,699 0 528,699
OPERATION & MAINTENANCE, NAVY......................... 75,022,582 1,398,076 76,420,658
OPERATION & MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS................. 10,562,804 937,550 11,500,354
OPERATION & MAINTENANCE, NAVY RES..................... 1,341,662 -2,900 1,338,762
OPERATION & MAINTENANCE, MC RESERVE................... 338,080 -1,800 336,280
OPERATION & MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE.................... 64,617,731 3,442,584 68,060,315
OPERATION & MAINTENANCE, SPACE FORCE.................. 5,292,272 -20,050 5,272,222
OPERATION & MAINTENANCE, AF RESERVE................... 4,173,796 -33,385 4,140,411
OPERATION & MAINTENANCE, ANG.......................... 7,403,771 -8,276 7,395,495
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, DEFENSE-WIDE............... 54,175,850 1,947,869 56,123,719
MISCELLANEOUS APPROPRIATIONS.......................... 268,069 70,000 338,069
MISCELLANEOUS APPROPRIATIONS.......................... 115,335 0 115,335
MISCELLANEOUS APPROPRIATIONS.......................... 234,475 0 234,475
MISCELLANEOUS APPROPRIATIONS.......................... 320,256 10,000 330,256
MISCELLANEOUS APPROPRIATIONS.......................... 343,591 0 343,591
MISCELLANEOUS APPROPRIATIONS.......................... 350,116 0 350,116
MISCELLANEOUS APPROPRIATIONS.......................... 56,176 0 56,176
MISCELLANEOUS APPROPRIATIONS.......................... 8,800 0 8,800
MISCELLANEOUS APPROPRIATIONS.......................... 21,035 0 21,035
SUPPORT FOR INTERNATIONAL SPORTING COMPETITIONS, 0 0 0
DEFENSE..............................................
SUBTOTAL, TITLE III--OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE........ 296,334,504 8,902,686 305,237,190
TITLE IV--MILITARY PERSONNEL
MILITARY PERSONNEL.................................... 170,834,234 420,654 171,254,888
MEDICARE-ELIGIBLE RETIREE HEALTH FUND CONTRIBUTIONS... 11,046,305 11,046,305
SUBTOTAL, TITLE IV--MILITARY PERSONNEL................ 181,880,539 420,654 182,301,193
TITLE XIV--OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS
WORKING CAPITAL FUND.................................. 1,720,550 359,800 2,080,350
CHEM AGENTS & MUNITIONS DESTRUCTION................... 775,507 0 775,507
DRUG INTERDICTION & CTR-DRUG ACTIVITIES, DEF.......... 901,479 52,985 954,464
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL....................... 547,331 0 547,331
DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM................................ 40,273,860 -182,800 40,091,060
SUBTOTAL, TITLE XIV--OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS............. 44,218,727 229,985 44,448,712
TOTAL, DIVISION A: DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 831,971,032 22,395,235 854,366,267
AUTHORIZATIONS.......................................
DIVISION B: MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATIONS
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION
ARMY.................................................. 2,311,157 50,171 2,361,328
NAVY.................................................. 4,540,899 2,006,717 6,547,616
AIR FORCE............................................. 3,187,126 381,640 3,568,766
DEFENSE-WIDE.......................................... 3,733,163 2,783 3,735,946
ARMY NATIONAL GUARD................................... 362,129 193,052 555,181
ARMY RESERVE.......................................... 255,032 97,600 352,632
NAVY RESERVE & MARINE CORPS RESERVE................... 29,829 75,000 104,829
AIR NATIONAL GUARD.................................... 190,792 123,400 314,192
AIR FORCE RESERVE..................................... 69,263 27,020 96,283
NATO SECURITY INVESTMENT PROGRAM...................... 433,864 30,000 463,864
INDOPACIFIC COMBATANT COMMAND......................... 0 150,000 150,000
SUBTOTAL, MILITARY CONSTRUCTION....................... 15,113,254 3,137,383 18,250,637
FAMILY HOUSING
CONSTRUCTION, ARMY.................................... 276,647 -18,000 258,647
O&M, ARMY............................................. 475,611 0 475,611
CONSTRUCTION, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS................... 245,742 0 245,742
O&M, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS............................ 377,217 0 377,217
CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE............................... 221,549 0 221,549
O&M, AIR FORCE........................................ 326,250 0 326,250
O&M, DEFENSE-WIDE..................................... 52,156 0 52,156
IMPROVEMENT FUND...................................... 8,195 0 8,195
UNACCMP HSG IMPRV FUND................................ 497 0 497
SUBTOTAL, FAMILY HOUSING.............................. 1,983,864 -18,000 1,965,864
BASE REALIGNMENT AND CLOSURE
ARMY BRAC............................................. 212,556 0 212,556
NAVY BRAC............................................. 111,697 0 111,697
AIR FORCE BRAC........................................ 121,952 0 121,952
DEFENSE-WIDE BRAC..................................... 1,756 0 1,756
SUBTOTAL, BASE REALIGNMENT AND CLOSURE................ 447,961 0 447,961
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION DISASTER RECOVERY
NAVY AND MARINE CORPS................................. 0 4,566,940 4,566,940
AIR FORCE............................................. 0 7,938,000 7,938,000
SUBTOTAL, MILITARY CONSTRUCTION DISASTER RECOVERY..... 0 12,504,940 12,504,940
TOTAL, DIVISION B: MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 17,545,079 3,119,383 20,664,462
AUTHORIZATIONS.......................................
TOTAL, DIVISION B: MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 0 12,504,940 12,504,940
AUTHORIZATIONS DISASTER RECOVERY.....................
TOTAL, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE-MILITARY (BUDGET SUB- 849,516,111 25,514,618 875,030,729
FUNCTION 051)........................................
ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE ACTIVITIES (BUDGET SUB-FUNCTION 053)
DIVISION C: DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY AND INDEPENDENT FEDERAL AGENCY AUTHORIZATIONS
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AUTHORIZATIONS
ENERGY PROGRAMS
NUCLEAR ENERGY........................................ 150,000 0 150,000
SUBTOTAL, ENERGY PROGRAMS............................. 150,000 0 150,000
NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
FEDERAL SALARIES AND EXPENSES......................... 564,475 2,700 567,175
WEAPONS ACTIVITIES.................................... 19,848,644 51,200 19,899,844
DEFENSE NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION...................... 2,465,108 -13,900 2,451,208
NAVAL REACTORS........................................ 2,118,773 -18,900 2,099,873
SUBTOTAL, NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION.... 24,997,000 21,100 25,018,100
ENVIRONMENTAL AND OTHER DEFENSE ACTIVITIES
DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP......................... 7,059,695 -23,400 7,036,295
OTHER DEFENSE ACTIVITIES.............................. 1,140,023 0 1,140,023
SUBTOTAL, ENVIRONMENTAL & OTHER DEFENSE ACTIVITIES.... 8,199,718 -23,400 8,176,318
DEFENSE URANIUM ENRICHMENT D&D........................ 384,957 -384,957 0
SUBTOTAL, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AUTHORIZATIONS......... 33,731,675 -387,257 33,344,418
INDEPENDENT FEDERAL AGENCY AUTHORIZATION
DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES SAFETY BOARD............... 47,210 0 47,210
SUBTOTAL, INDEPENDENT FEDERAL AGENCY AUTHORIZATION.... 47,210 0 47,210
TOTAL, DIVISION C: DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL 33,778,885 -387,257 33,391,628
SECURITY AND INDEPENDENT FEDERAL AGENCY
AUTHORIZATIONS.......................................
ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE ACTIVITIES (BUDGET SUB-FUNCTION 33,778,885 -387,257 33,391,628
053).................................................
TOTAL, NATIONAL DEFENSE (BUDGET FUNCTION 050)......... 883,294,996 25,127,631 908,422,357
MEMORANDUM: NON-DEFENSE AUTHORIZATIONS
TITLE XIV--ARMED FORCES RETIREMENT HOME (FUNCTION 600) 69,520 0 69,520
MEMORANDUM: TRANSFER AUTHORITIES (NON-ADDS)
TITLE X--GENERAL TRANSFER AUTHORITY................... [8,000,000] [-2,000,000] [6,000,000]
SUMMARY DISCRETIONARY AUTHORIZATIONS WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE
NATIONAL DEFENSE (050)
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE-MILITARY (051).................. 849,516,111 25,514,618 875,030,729
ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE ACTIVITIES (053)................ 33,778,885 -387,257 33,391,628
TOTAL, NATIONAL DEFENSE (050)......................... 883,294,996 25,127,361 908,422,357
TRANSFER OF AUTHORIZED AMOUNTS TO NON-DEFENSE FUNCTIONS
TRANSFER FROM DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE-MILITARY (051)
CAPTAIN JAMES A. LOVELL FEDERAL HEALTH CARE CENTER.... -162,500 0 -162,500
BIEN HOA DIOXIN CLEANUP............................... 0 0 -30,000
CDC NATION-WIDE HUMAN HEALTH ASSESSMENT............... 0 0 -5,000
SUBTOTAL, TRANSFER FROM DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE-MILITARY -162,500 0 -197,500
(051)................................................
OTHER DEFENSE DISCRETIONARY AUTHORIZATIONS--PROGRAMS OUTSIDE THE JURISDICTION OF THE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE OR
ALREADY AUTHORIZED
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE-MILITARY (051)
DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT PURCHASES...................... 518,906 0 518,906
INDEFINITE ACCOUNT: DISPOSAL OF DOD REAL PROPERTY..... 7,120 0 7,120
INDEFINITE ACCOUNT: LEASE OF DOD REAL PROPERTY........ 34,180 0 34,180
SUBTOTAL, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE-MILITARY (051)........ 560,206 0 560,206
DEFENSE-RELATED ACTIVITIES (054)
OTHER DISCRETIONARY PROGRAMS.......................... 11,483,000 0 11,483,000
SUBTOTAL, DEFENSE-RELATED ACTIVITIES (054)............ 11,483,000 0 11,483,000
TOTAL, OTHER DEFENSE DISCRETIONARY AUTHORIZATIONS 12,043,206 0 12,043,206
(050)................................................
DISCRETIONARY BUDGET AUTHORITY IMPLICATIONS (050)
NATIONAL DEFENSE DISCRETIONARY AUTHORIZATIONS (050)
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE-MILITARY (051).................. 849,516,111 25,514,618 875,030,729
ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE ACTIVITIES (053)................ 33,778,885 -387,257 33,391,628
DEFENSE-RELATED ACTIVITIES (054)...................... 11,483,000 0 11,483,000
TOTAL, DISCRETIONARY BUDGET AUTHORITY IMPLICATION, 894,777,996 25,127,361 919,905,357
(050)................................................
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TITLE XLI--PROCUREMENT
TITLE XLI--PROCUREMENT
SEC. 4101. PROCUREMENT.
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SEC. 4101. PROCUREMENT (In Thousands of Dollars)
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FY 2025 Request Senate Change Senate Authorized
Line Item -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Qty Cost Qty Cost Qty Cost
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AIRCRAFT
PROCUREMENT, ARMY
FIXED WING
1 MQ-1 UAV.......... 0 0 0 0
2 FUTURE UAS FAMILY. 0 149,059 0 149,059
3 SMALL UNMANNED 0 69,573 0 10,000 0 79,573
AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS.
Company Small UAS [0] [10,000]
(Co sUAS)--Army
UFR..............
ROTARY
4 AH-64 APACHE BLOCK 31 570,655 31 570,655
IIIA REMAN.......
5 AH-64 APACHE BLOCK 0 0 0 0
IIIA REMAN.......
6 UH-60 BLACKHAWK M 24 709,054 24 709,054
MODEL (MYP)......
7 UH-60 BLACKHAWK M 0 58,170 0 58,170
MODEL (MYP)......
8 UH-60 BLACK HAWK L 0 0 0 0
AND V MODELS.....
9 CH-47 HELICOPTER.. 10 699,986 10 699,986
10 CH-47 HELICOPTER.. 0 0 0 0
11 SPECTRUM ARMY SUAS 0 0 0 0
MODIFICATION OF
AIRCRAFT
12 MQ-1 PAYLOAD...... 0 14,086 0 14,086
13 GRAY EAGLE MODS2.. 0 23,865 0 23,865
14 MULTI SENSOR ABN 0 0 0 0
RECON............
15 AH-64 MODS........ 0 81,026 0 13,300 0 94,326
AH-64E Apache [0] [13,300]
Improved Tail
Rotor Blade
(ITRB)
acceleration--Arm
y UFR............
16 CH-47 CARGO 0 15,825 0 15,825
HELICOPTER MODS
(MYP)............
17 UTILITY HELICOPTER 0 34,565 0 10,000 0 44,565
MODS.............
UH-72A Lakota [0] [10,000]
lifecycle
sustainment and
modernization....
18 NETWORK AND 0 49,862 0 49,862
MISSION PLAN.....
19 COMMS, NAV 0 61,362 0 61,362
SURVEILLANCE.....
20 DEGRADED VISUAL 0 3,839 0 3,839
ENVIRONMENT......
21 AVIATION ASSURED 0 69,161 0 69,161
PNT..............
22 GATM ROLLUP....... 0 4,842 0 4,842
23 UAS MODS.......... 0 2,265 0 2,265
GROUND SUPPORT
AVIONICS
24 AIRCRAFT 0 139,331 0 139,331
SURVIVABILITY
EQUIPMENT........
25 SURVIVABILITY CM.. 0 0 0 0
26 CMWS.............. 0 51,646 0 51,646
27 COMMON INFRARED 100 257,854 100 257,854
COUNTERMEASURES
(CIRCM)..........
OTHER SUPPORT
28 COMMON GROUND 0 31,181 0 31,181
EQUIPMENT........
29 AIRCREW INTEGRATED 0 14,478 0 14,478
SYSTEMS..........
30 AIR TRAFFIC 0 27,428 0 27,428
CONTROL..........
31 LAUNCHER, 2.75 0 3,815 0 3,815
ROCKET...........
32 LAUNCHER GUIDED 0 21,543 0 21,543
MISSILE: LONGBOW
HELLFIRE XM2.....
TOTAL AIRCRAFT 165 3,164,471 0 33,300 165 3,197,771
PROCUREMENT, ARMY
MISSILE
PROCUREMENT, ARMY
SURFACE-TO-AIR
MISSILE SYSTEM
1 LOWER TIER AIR AND 0 516,838 0 516,838
MISSILE DEFENSE
(AMD) SEN........
2 LOWER TIER AIR AND 0 0 0 0
MISSILE DEFENSE
(AMD) SEN........
3 M-SHORAD-- 0 69,091 0 69,091
PROCUREMENT......
4 MSE MISSILE....... 230 963,060 230 963,060
5 INDUSTRIAL 0 0 0 150,000 0 150,000
PREPAREDNESS ARMY
MISSILE..........
JPAC supplier base [0] [50,000]
investments......
Munitions supplier [0] [100,000]
base program
(MCEIP) [SRMs,
ball bearings,
PCBs, etc].......
6 PRECISION STRIKE 230 482,536 70 264,000 300 746,536
MISSILE (PRSM)...
F25 PrSM Inc 1 [70] [114,000]
production
increase (+70)--
Army UFR.........
PrSM capacity [0] [150,000]
expansion to 550/
yr...............
7 PRECISION STRIKE 0 10,030 0 10,030
MISSILE (PRSM)...
8 INDIRECT FIRE 0 657,581 0 657,581
PROTECTION
CAPABILITY INC 2-
I................
9 MID-RANGE 0 233,037 0 233,037
CAPABILITY (MRC).
10 COUNTER SMALL 0 117,424 0 84,800 0 202,224
UNMANNED AERIAL
SYSTEM INTERCEP..
Army cUAS [0] [84,800]
interceptors--Arm
y UFR............
AIR-TO-SURFACE
MISSILE SYSTEM
11 HELLFIRE SYS 0 0 0 0
SUMMARY..........
12 JOINT AIR-TO- 23 47,582 460 115,000 483 162,582
GROUND MSLS
(JAGM)...........
JAGM production [460] [115,000]
increase (+460)..
13 LONG-RANGE 0 744,178 0 744,178
HYPERSONIC WEAPON
ANTI-TANK/ASSAULT
MISSILE SYS
14 JAVELIN (AAWS-M) 930 326,120 930 326,120
SYSTEM SUMMARY...
15 TOW 2 SYSTEM 557 121,448 557 121,448
SUMMARY..........
16 GUIDED MLRS ROCKET 0 1,168,264 0 1,168,264
(GMLRS)..........
17 GUIDED MLRS ROCKET 0 51,511 0 51,511
(GMLRS)..........
18 MLRS REDUCED RANGE 2,508 30,230 2,508 30,230
PRACTICE ROCKETS
(RRPR)...........
19 HIGH MOBILITY 10 79,387 10 79,387
ARTILLERY ROCKET
SYSTEM (HIMARS...
20 ARMY TACTICAL MSL 0 3,280 0 3,280
SYS (ATACMS)--SYS
SUM..............
21 LETHAL MINIATURE 0 0 0 0
AERIAL MISSILE
SYSTEM (LMAMS....
22 FAMILY OF LOW 0 120,599 0 71,000 0 191,599
ALTITUDE UNMANNED
SYSTEMS..........
Lethal Unmanned [0] [10,000]
System (LUS) /
Low Altitude
Stalk & Strike
Ordinance
(LASSO)--Army UFR
SB600 production [0] [61,000]
increase.........
MODIFICATIONS
23 PATRIOT MODS...... 0 171,958 0 167,000 0 338,958
Additional Patriot [0] [167,000]
launcher.........
24 STINGER MODS...... 0 75,146 0 91,000 0 166,146
Stinger--Army UFR. [0] [91,000]
25 AVENGER MODS...... 0 2,321 0 2,321
26 ITAS/TOW MODS..... 0 0 0 0
27 MLRS MODS......... 0 185,839 0 185,839
28 HIMARS 0 49,581 0 49,581
MODIFICATIONS....
SPARES AND REPAIR
PARTS
29 SPARES AND REPAIR 0 6,695 0 6,695
PARTS............
SUPPORT EQUIPMENT
& FACILITIES
30 AIR DEFENSE 0 12,034 0 12,034
TARGETS..........
TOTAL MISSILE 4,488 6,245,770 530 942,800 5,018 7,188,570
PROCUREMENT, ARMY
PROCUREMENT OF
W&TCV, ARMY
TRACKED COMBAT
VEHICLES
1 ARMORED MULTI 81 515,344 81 515,344
PURPOSE VEHICLE
(AMPV)...........
2 ASSAULT BREACHER 0 5,681 0 5,681
VEHICLE (ABV)....
3 M10 BOOKER........ 33 460,637 33 460,637
MODIFICATION OF
TRACKED COMBAT
VEHICLES
4 STRYKER (MOD)..... 0 52,471 0 52,471
5 STRYKER UPGRADE... 38 402,840 38 402,840
6 BRADLEY FIRE 0 7,255 0 7,255
SUPPORT TEAM
(BFIST) VEHICLE..
7 BRADLEY PROGRAM 0 106,937 0 106,937
(MOD)............
8 M109 FOV 0 42,574 0 42,574
MODIFICATIONS....
9 PALADIN INTEGRATED 20 417,741 20 417,741
MANAGEMENT (PIM).
10 IMPROVED RECOVERY 10 151,657 10 151,657
VEHICLE (M88
HERCULES)........
11 JOINT ASSAULT 28 174,779 28 174,779
BRIDGE...........
12 ABRAMS UPGRADE 30 773,745 30 773,745
PROGRAM..........
13 ABRAMS UPGRADE 0 0 0 0
PROGRAM..........
WEAPONS & OTHER
COMBAT VEHICLES
14 PERSONAL DEFENSE 2,311 4,869 2,311 4,869
WEAPON (ROLL)....
15 M240 MEDIUM 0 3 0 3
MACHINE GUN
(7.62MM).........
16 MULTI-ROLE ANTI- 0 0 0 0
ARMOR ANTI-
PERSONNEL WEAPON
S................
17 MACHINE GUN, CAL 0 3 0 3
.50 M2 ROLL......
18 MORTAR SYSTEMS.... 0 8,353 0 8,353
19 LOCATION & AZIMUTH 0 2,543 0 2,543
DETERMINATION
SYSTEM (LADS.....
20 XM320 GRENADE 0 17,747 0 17,747
LAUNCHER MODULE
(GLM)............
21 PRECISION SNIPER 0 5,910 0 5,910
RIFLE............
22 CARBINE........... 0 3 0 3
23 NEXT GENERATION 0 367,292 0 367,292
SQUAD WEAPON.....
24 HANDGUN........... 0 34 0 34
MOD OF WEAPONS AND
OTHER COMBAT VEH
25 MK-19 GRENADE 0 5,531 0 5,531
MACHINE GUN MODS.
26 M777 MODS......... 0 25,998 0 25,998
27 M2 50 CAL MACHINE 0 0 0 0
GUN MODS.........
28 SNIPER RIFLES 0 0 0 0
MODIFICATIONS....
29 M119 MODIFICATIONS 0 12,823 0 12,823
30 MORTAR 0 0 0 0
MODIFICATION.....
SUPPORT EQUIPMENT
& FACILITIES
31 ITEMS LESS THAN 0 1,031 0 1,031
$5.0M (WOCV-WTCV)
32 PRODUCTION BASE 0 135,591 0 135,591
SUPPORT (WOCV-
WTCV)............
TOTAL PROCUREMENT 2,551 3,699,392 0 0 2,551 3,699,392
OF W&TCV, ARMY...
PROCUREMENT OF
AMMUNITION, ARMY
SMALL/MEDIUM CAL
AMMUNITION
1 CTG, 5.56MM, ALL 0 84,090 0 84,090
TYPES............
2 CTG, 7.62MM, ALL 0 41,519 0 41,519
TYPES............
3 NEXT GENERATION 0 205,889 0 205,889
SQUAD WEAPON
AMMUNITION.......
4 CTG, HANDGUN, ALL 0 6,461 0 6,461
TYPES............
5 CTG, .50 CAL, ALL 0 50,002 0 50,002
TYPES............
6 CTG, 20MM, ALL 0 7,012 0 7,012
TYPES............
7 CTG, 25MM, ALL 0 24,246 0 24,246
TYPES............
8 CTG, 30MM, ALL 0 82,965 0 82,965
TYPES............
9 CTG, 40MM, ALL 0 150,540 0 150,540
TYPES............
10 CTG, 50MM, ALL 0 20,006 0 20,006
TYPES............
MORTAR AMMUNITION
11 60MM MORTAR, ALL 0 40,853 0 40,853
TYPES............
12 81MM MORTAR, ALL 0 51,282 0 51,282
TYPES............
13 120MM MORTAR, ALL 0 109,370 0 109,370
TYPES............
TANK AMMUNITION
14 CARTRIDGES, TANK, 0 378,191 0 378,191
105MM AND 120MM,
ALL TYPES........
ARTILLERY
AMMUNITION
15 ARTILLERY 0 22,957 0 22,957
CARTRIDGES, 75MM
& 105MM, ALL
TYPES............
16 ARTILLERY 0 171,657 0 171,657
PROJECTILE,
155MM, ALL TYPES.
17 PRECISION 0 71,426 0 71,426
ARTILLERY
MUNITIONS........
18 ARTILLERY 0 160,479 0 160,479
PROPELLANTS,
FUZES AND
PRIMERS, ALL.....
MINES
19 MINES & CLEARING 0 56,032 0 56,032
CHARGES, ALL
TYPES............
20 CLOSE TERRAIN 0 15,303 0 15,303
SHAPING OBSTACLE.
21 MINE, AT, VOLCANO, 0 501 0 501
ALL TYPES........
ROCKETS
22 SHOULDER LAUNCHED 0 833 0 833
MUNITIONS, ALL
TYPES............
23 ROCKET, HYDRA 70, 0 34,302 0 34,302
ALL TYPES........
OTHER AMMUNITION
24 CAD/PAD, ALL TYPES 0 6,571 0 6,571
25 DEMOLITION 0 21,682 0 21,682
MUNITIONS, ALL
TYPES............
26 GRENADES, ALL 0 32,623 0 32,623
TYPES............
27 SIGNALS, ALL TYPES 0 21,510 0 21,510
28 SIMULATORS, ALL 0 12,168 0 12,168
TYPES............
29 REACTIVE ARMOR 0 0 0 0
TILES............
MISCELLANEOUS
30 AMMO COMPONENTS, 0 4,085 0 4,085
ALL TYPES........
31 NON-LETHAL 0 0 0 0
AMMUNITION, ALL
TYPES............
32 ITEMS LESS THAN $5 0 16,074 0 16,074
MILLION (AMMO)...
33 AMMUNITION 0 3,283 0 3,283
PECULIAR
EQUIPMENT........
34 FIRST DESTINATION 0 18,677 0 18,677
TRANSPORTATION
(AMMO)...........
35 CLOSEOUT 0 102 0 102
LIABILITIES......
PRODUCTION BASE
SUPPORT
36 INDUSTRIAL 0 640,160 0 640,160
FACILITIES.......
37 CONVENTIONAL 0 135,649 0 -2,900 0 132,749
MUNITIONS
DEMILITARIZATION.
Destruction of [0] [-2,900]
anti-personnel
landmines........
38 ARMS INITIATIVE... 0 4,140 0 4,140
TOTAL PROCUREMENT 0 2,702,640 0 -2,900 0 2,699,740
OF AMMUNITION,
ARMY.............
OTHER PROCUREMENT,
ARMY
TACTICAL VEHICLES
1 SEMITRAILERS, 0 26,132 0 26,132
FLATBED:.........
2 SEMITRAILERS, 0 59,602 0 59,602
TANKERS..........
3 HI MOB MULTI-PURP 0 5,265 0 5,265
WHLD VEH (HMMWV).
4 GROUND MOBILITY 0 34,407 0 44,100 0 78,507
VEHICLES (GMV)...
Infantry squad [0] [44,100]
vehicles.........
5 ARNG HMMWV 0 0 0 0
MODERNIZATION
PROGRAM..........
6 JOINT LIGHT 0 653,223 0 -125,000 0 528,223
TACTICAL VEHICLE
FAMILY OF
VEHICLES.........
Joint Light [0] [-125,000]
Tactical Vehicle
program reduction
7 TRUCK, DUMP, 20T 0 19,086 0 19,086
(CCE)............
8 FAMILY OF MEDIUM 0 133,924 0 133,924
TACTICAL VEH
(FMTV)...........
9 FAMILY OF COLD 0 72,760 0 72,760
WEATHER ALL-
TERRAIN VEHICLE
(C...............
10 FIRETRUCKS & 0 36,726 0 36,726
ASSOCIATED
FIREFIGHTING
EQUIP............
11 FAMILY OF HEAVY 0 98,906 0 98,906
TACTICAL VEHICLES
(FHTV)...........
12 PLS ESP........... 0 80,256 0 80,256
13 HVY EXPANDED 0 949 0 949
MOBILE TACTICAL
TRUCK EXT SERV...
14 TACTICAL WHEELED 0 2,747 0 2,747
VEHICLE
PROTECTION KITS..
15 MODIFICATION OF IN 0 169,726 0 169,726
SVC EQUIP........
NON-TACTICAL
VEHICLES
16 PASSENGER CARRYING 0 3,875 0 3,875
VEHICLES.........
17 NONTACTICAL 0 10,792 0 10,792
VEHICLES, OTHER..
COMM--JOINT
COMMUNICATIONS
18 SIGNAL 0 127,479 0 127,479
MODERNIZATION
PROGRAM..........
19 TACTICAL NETWORK 0 280,798 0 280,798
TECHNOLOGY MOD IN
SVC..............
20 DISASTER INCIDENT 0 0 0 0
RESPONSE COMMS
TERMINAL (DI.....
21 JCSE EQUIPMENT 0 5,504 0 5,504
(USRDECOM).......
COMM--SATELLITE
COMMUNICATIONS
22 SPECTRUM METSAT... 0 0 0 0
23 SPECTRUM CBRS..... 0 0 0 0
24 DEFENSE ENTERPRISE 0 87,058 0 87,058
WIDEBAND SATCOM
SYSTEMS..........
25 TRANSPORTABLE 0 34,939 0 34,939
TACTICAL COMMAND
COMMUNICATIONS...
26 SHF TERM.......... 0 43,897 0 43,897
27 ASSURED 0 235,272 0 235,272
POSITIONING,
NAVIGATION AND
TIMING...........
28 EHF SATELLITE 0 16,028 0 16,028
COMMUNICATION....
29 SMART-T (SPACE)... 0 0 0 0
30 GLOBAL BRDCST SVC-- 0 534 0 534
GBS..............
31 SPECTRUM MICROWAVE 0 0 0 0
COMM--C3 SYSTEM
32 COE TACTICAL 0 61,772 0 61,772
SERVER
INFRASTRUCTURE
(TSI)............
COMM--COMBAT
COMMUNICATIONS
33 HANDHELD MANPACK 0 704,118 0 -6,000 0 698,118
SMALL FORM FIT
(HMS)............
Single Channel [0] [-6,000]
Data Radio.......
34 ARMY LINK 16 0 104,320 0 104,320
SYSTEMS..........
35 TACTICAL 0 0 0 0
COMMUNICATIONS
AND PROTECTIVE
SYSTEM...........
36 UNIFIED COMMAND 0 20,445 0 20,445
SUITE............
37 COTS 0 489,754 0 489,754
COMMUNICATIONS
EQUIPMENT........
38 FAMILY OF MED COMM 0 0 0 0
FOR COMBAT
CASUALTY CARE....
39 ARMY 0 60,611 0 60,611
COMMUNICATIONS &
ELECTRONICS......
COMM--INTELLIGENCE
COMM
40 CI AUTOMATION 0 15,512 0 15,512
ARCHITECTURE-
INTEL............
41 DEFENSE MILITARY 0 0 0 0
DECEPTION
INITIATIVE.......
42 MULTI-DOMAIN 0 163,077 0 163,077
INTELLIGENCE.....
INFORMATION
SECURITY
43 INFORMATION SYSTEM 0 337 0 337
SECURITY PROGRAM-
ISSP.............
44 COMMUNICATIONS 0 157,400 0 157,400
SECURITY (COMSEC)
45 DEFENSIVE CYBER 0 0 0 0
OPERATIONS.......
46 INSIDER THREAT 0 0 0 0
PROGRAM--UNIT
ACTIVITY MONITO..
47 BIOMETRIC ENABLING 0 45 0 45
CAPABILITY (BEC).
48 ARCYBER DEFENSIVE 0 0 0 0
CYBER OPERATIONS.
COMM--LONG HAUL
COMMUNICATIONS
49 BASE SUPPORT 0 26,446 0 26,446
COMMUNICATIONS...
COMM--BASE
COMMUNICATIONS
50 INFORMATION 0 75,505 0 75,505
SYSTEMS..........
51 EMERGENCY 0 15,956 0 15,956
MANAGEMENT
MODERNIZATION
PROGRAM..........
52 INSTALLATION INFO 0 150,779 0 150,779
INFRASTRUCTURE
MOD PROGRAM......
ELECT EQUIP--TACT
INT REL ACT
(TIARA)
56 JTT/CIBS-M........ 0 9,221 0 9,221
57 TERRESTRIAL LAYER 0 96,925 0 -32,700 0 64,225
SYSTEMS (TLS)....
Terrestrial Layer [0] [-32,700]
System Brigade
Combat Team
realignment......
58 DRUG INTERDICTION 0 0 0 0
PROGRAM (DIP)
(TIARA)..........
59 DCGS-A-INTEL...... 0 4,122 0 4,122
60 JOINT TACTICAL 0 0 0 0
GROUND STATION
(JTAGS)-INTEL....
61 TROJAN............ 0 39,344 0 39,344
62 MOD OF IN-SVC 0 6,541 0 10,000 0 16,541
EQUIP (INTEL SPT)
Prophet Enhanced [0] [10,000]
Signals
Processing kits..
63 CI AND HUMINT 0 3,899 0 3,899
INTELLIGENCE
(HUMINT)
CAPABILIT........
64 BIOMETRIC TACTICAL 0 2,089 0 2,089
COLLECTION
DEVICES..........
ELECT EQUIP--
ELECTRONIC
WARFARE (EW)
65 EW PLANNING & 0 26,327 0 26,327
MANAGEMENT TOOLS
(EWPMT)..........
66 AIR VIGILANCE (AV) 0 9,956 0 9,956
67 MULTI-FUNCTION 0 17,004 0 17,004
ELECTRONIC
WARFARE (MFEW)
SYST.............
68 FAMILY OF 0 13,225 0 13,225
PERSISTENT
SURVEILLANCE CAP.
69 COUNTERINTELLIGENC 0 20,951 0 20,951
E/SECURITY
COUNTERMEASURES..
70 CI MODERNIZATION.. 0 260 0 260
ELECT EQUIP--
TACTICAL SURV.
(TAC SURV)
71 SENTINEL MODS..... 0 180,253 0 180,253
72 NIGHT VISION 0 377,443 0 -200,500 0 176,943
DEVICES..........
Integrated Visual [0] [-200,500]
Augmentation
System...........
73 SMALL TACTICAL 0 10,864 0 2,195 0 13,059
OPTICAL RIFLE
MOUNTED MLRF.....
MPE Tech Refresh.. [0] [2,195]
74 INDIRECT FIRE 0 63,122 0 63,122
PROTECTION FAMILY
OF SYSTEMS.......
75 FAMILY OF WEAPON 0 207,352 0 207,352
SIGHTS (FWS).....
76 ENHANCED PORTABLE 0 2,971 0 2,971
INDUCTIVE
ARTILLERY FUZE SE
77 FORWARD LOOKING 0 68,504 0 68,504
INFRARED (IFLIR).
78 COUNTER SMALL 0 280,086 0 65,500 0 345,586
UNMANNED AERIAL
SYSTEM (C-SUAS)..
Army cUAS radars-- [0] [65,500]
Army UFR.........
79 JOINT BATTLE 0 184,610 0 184,610
COMMAND--PLATFORM
(JBC-P)..........
80 JOINT EFFECTS 0 9,345 0 9,345
TARGETING SYSTEM
(JETS)...........
81 COMPUTER 0 2,966 0 2,966
BALLISTICS: LHMBC
XM32.............
82 MORTAR FIRE 0 4,660 0 4,660
CONTROL SYSTEM...
83 MORTAR FIRE 0 6,098 0 6,098
CONTROL SYSTEMS
MODIFICATIONS....
84 COUNTERFIRE RADARS 0 21,250 0 21,250
ELECT EQUIP--
TACTICAL C2
SYSTEMS
85 ARMY COMMAND POST 0 20,039 0 20,039
INTEGRATED
INFRASTRUCTURE (.
86 FIRE SUPPORT C2 0 16,240 0 16,240
FAMILY...........
87 AIR & MSL DEFENSE 0 80,011 0 80,011
PLANNING &
CONTROL SYS......
88 IAMD BATTLE 0 403,028 0 403,028
COMMAND SYSTEM...
89 AIAMD FAMILY OF 0 2,756 0 2,756
SYSTEMS (FOS)
COMPONENTS.......
90 LIFE CYCLE 0 5,360 0 5,360
SOFTWARE SUPPORT
(LCSS)...........
91 NETWORK MANAGEMENT 0 48,994 0 48,994
INITIALIZATION
AND SERVICE......
92 GLOBAL COMBAT 0 4,103 0 4,103
SUPPORT SYSTEM-
ARMY (GCSS-A)....
93 INTEGRATED 0 6,512 0 6,512
PERSONNEL AND PAY
SYSTEM-ARMY (IPP.
94 MOD OF IN-SVC 0 5,017 0 5,017
EQUIPMENT
(ENFIRE).........
ELECT EQUIP--
AUTOMATION
95 ARMY TRAINING 0 10,065 0 10,065
MODERNIZATION....
96 AUTOMATED DATA 0 78,613 0 78,613
PROCESSING EQUIP.
97 ACCESSIONS 0 1,303 0 1,303
INFORMATION
ENVIRONMENT (AIE)
98 GENERAL FUND 0 0 0 0
ENTERPRISE
BUSINESS SYSTEMS
FAM..............
99 HIGH PERF 0 76,327 0 76,327
COMPUTING MOD PGM
(HPCMP)..........
100 CONTRACT WRITING 0 1,667 0 1,667
SYSTEM...........
101 CSS COMMUNICATIONS 0 60,850 0 60,850
ELECT EQUIP--
SUPPORT
102 BCT EMERGING 0 0 0 0
TECHNOLOGIES.....
CLASSIFIED
PROGRAMS
9999 CLASSIFIED 0 1,817 0 1,817
PROGRAMS.........
CHEMICAL DEFENSIVE
EQUIPMENT
103 FAMILY OF NON- 0 0 0 0
LETHAL EQUIPMENT
(FNLE)...........
104 BASE DEFENSE 0 32,879 0 32,879
SYSTEMS (BDS)....
105 CBRN DEFENSE...... 0 57,408 0 57,408
BRIDGING EQUIPMENT
106 TACTICAL BRIDGING. 0 0 0 0
107 TACTICAL BRIDGE, 0 97,231 0 97,231
FLOAT-RIBBON.....
108 BRIDGE 0 0 0 0
SUPPLEMENTAL SET.
109 COMMON BRIDGE 0 0 0 0
TRANSPORTER (CBT)
RECAP............
ENGINEER (NON-
CONSTRUCTION)
EQUIPMENT
110 HANDHELD STANDOFF 0 0 0 0
MINEFIELD
DETECTION SYS-HST
111 ROBOTICS AND 0 62,469 0 62,469
APPLIQUE SYSTEMS.
112 RENDER SAFE SETS 0 16,440 0 16,440
KITS OUTFITS.....
113 FAMILY OF BOATS 0 1,922 0 1,922
AND MOTORS.......
COMBAT SERVICE
SUPPORT EQUIPMENT
114 HEATERS AND ECU'S. 0 14,355 0 14,355
115 PERSONNEL RECOVERY 0 6,503 0 6,503
SUPPORT SYSTEM
(PRSS)...........
116 GROUND SOLDIER 0 141,613 0 141,613
SYSTEM...........
117 MOBILE SOLDIER 0 23,129 0 23,129
POWER............
118 FORCE PROVIDER.... 0 9,569 0 9,569
119 CARGO AERIAL DEL & 0 46,312 0 46,312
PERSONNEL
PARACHUTE SYSTEM.
120 FAMILY OF ENGR 0 9,217 0 9,217
COMBAT AND
CONSTRUCTION SETS
121 ITEMS LESS THAN 0 0 0 0
$5M (ENG SPT)....
PETROLEUM
EQUIPMENT
122 QUALITY 0 2,879 0 2,879
SURVEILLANCE
EQUIPMENT........
123 DISTRIBUTION 0 57,050 0 57,050
SYSTEMS,
PETROLEUM & WATER
MEDICAL EQUIPMENT
124 COMBAT SUPPORT 0 72,157 0 72,157
MEDICAL..........
MAINTENANCE
EQUIPMENT
125 MOBILE MAINTENANCE 0 26,271 0 26,271
EQUIPMENT SYSTEMS
CONSTRUCTION
EQUIPMENT
126 TRACTOR, FULL 0 0 0 0
TRACKED..........
127 ALL TERRAIN CRANES 0 114 0 15,000 0 15,114
Family of All [0] [15,000]
Terrain Cranes
Type I...........
128 HIGH MOBILITY 0 31,663 0 31,663
ENGINEER
EXCAVATOR (HMEE).
129 FAMILY OF DIVER 0 0 0 0
SUPPORT EQUIPMENT
130 CONST EQUIP ESP... 0 8,925 0 8,925
RAIL FLOAT
CONTAINERIZATION
EQUIPMENT
131 ARMY WATERCRAFT 0 55,459 0 55,459
ESP..............
132 MANEUVER SUPPORT 0 66,634 0 66,634
VESSEL (MSV).....
133 ITEMS LESS THAN 0 20,036 0 20,036
$5.0M (FLOAT/
RAIL)............
GENERATORS
134 GENERATORS AND 0 81,540 0 81,540
ASSOCIATED EQUIP.
135 TACTICAL ELECTRIC 0 12,051 0 12,051
POWER
RECAPITALIZATION.
MATERIAL HANDLING
EQUIPMENT
136 FAMILY OF 0 7,849 0 7,849
FORKLIFTS........
TRAINING EQUIPMENT
137 COMBAT TRAINING 0 40,686 0 40,686
CENTERS SUPPORT..
138 TRAINING DEVICES, 0 174,890 0 174,890
NONSYSTEM........
139 SYNTHETIC TRAINING 0 218,183 0 218,183
ENVIRONMENT (STE)
140 GAMING TECHNOLOGY 0 10,172 0 10,172
IN SUPPORT OF
ARMY TRAINING....
TEST MEASURE AND
DIG EQUIPMENT
(TMD)
141 INTEGRATED FAMILY 0 48,329 0 48,329
OF TEST EQUIPMENT
(IFTE)...........
142 TEST EQUIPMENT 0 46,128 0 46,128
MODERNIZATION
(TEMOD)..........
OTHER SUPPORT
EQUIPMENT
143 PHYSICAL SECURITY 0 138,459 0 138,459
SYSTEMS (OPA3)...
144 BASE LEVEL COMMON 0 29,968 0 29,968
EQUIPMENT........
145 MODIFICATION OF IN- 0 42,487 0 42,487
SVC EQUIPMENT
(OPA-3)..........
146 BUILDING, PRE-FAB, 0 26,980 0 26,980
RELOCATABLE......
147 SPECIAL EQUIPMENT 0 90,705 0 90,705
FOR TEST AND
EVALUATION.......
OPA2
149 INITIAL SPARES-- 0 9,810 0 9,810
C&E..............
TOTAL OTHER 0 8,616,524 0 -227,405 0 8,389,119
PROCUREMENT, ARMY
AIRCRAFT
PROCUREMENT, NAVY
COMBAT AIRCRAFT
1 F/A-18E/F 0 28,554 0 28,554
(FIGHTER) HORNET.
2 JOINT STRIKE 13 1,895,033 13 1,895,033
FIGHTER CV.......
3 JOINT STRIKE 0 196,634 0 196,634
FIGHTER CV.......
4 JSF STOVL......... 13 2,078,225 13 2,078,225
5 JSF STOVL......... 0 169,389 0 169,389
6 CH-53K (HEAVY 19 2,068,657 2 250,000 21 2,318,657
LIFT)............
Two additional CH- [2] [250,000]
53K aircraft--
USMC UFR.........
7 CH-53K (HEAVY 0 422,972 0 422,972
LIFT)............
8 V-22 (MEDIUM LIFT) 0 60,175 0 60,175
9 H-1 UPGRADES (UH- 0 8,701 0 8,701
1Y/AH-1Z)........
10 P-8A POSEIDON..... 0 12,424 0 12,424
11 E-2D ADV HAWKEYE.. 0 197,669 0 -119,990 0 77,679
E-2D Advanced [0] [-119,990]
Hawkeye reduction
TRAINER AIRCRAFT
12 MULTI-ENGINE 27 301,303 27 301,303
TRAINING SYSTEM
(METS)...........
13 ADVANCED 0 0 0 0
HELICOPTER
TRAINING SYSTEM..
OTHER AIRCRAFT
14 KC-130J........... 0 33,406 0 33,406
15 KC-130J........... 0 0 0 0
16 MQ-4 TRITON....... 0 159,226 0 159,226
17 MQ-4 TRITON....... 0 0 0 0
18 MQ-8 UAV.......... 0 0 0 0
19 STUASL0 UAV....... 0 0 0 0
20 MQ-25............. 3 504,683 3 504,683
21 MQ-25............. 0 51,344 0 51,344
22 MARINE GROUP 5 UAS 0 19,081 0 19,081
MODIFICATION OF
AIRCRAFT
23 F-18 A-D UNIQUE... 0 92,765 0 92,765
24 F-18E/F AND EA-18G 0 566,727 0 566,727
MODERNIZATION AND
SUSTAINM.........
25 MARINE GROUP 5 UAS 0 112,672 0 112,672
SERIES...........
26 AEA SYSTEMS....... 0 17,460 0 17,460
27 AV-8 SERIES....... 0 3,584 0 3,584
28 INFRARED SEARCH 0 146,876 0 146,876
AND TRACK (IRST).
29 ADVERSARY......... 0 49,724 0 49,724
30 F-18 SERIES....... 0 680,613 0 680,613
31 H-53 SERIES....... 0 107,247 0 107,247
32 MH-60 SERIES...... 0 108,072 0 108,072
33 H-1 SERIES........ 0 153,006 0 153,006
34 EP-3 SERIES....... 0 0 0 0
35 E-2 SERIES........ 0 148,060 0 148,060
36 TRAINER A/C SERIES 0 12,415 0 12,415
37 C-130 SERIES...... 0 188,119 0 188,119
38 FEWSG............. 0 663 0 663
39 CARGO/TRANSPORT A/ 0 13,162 0 13,162
C SERIES.........
40 E-6 SERIES........ 0 142,368 0 42,900 0 185,268
Accelerate Fund [0] [42,900]
NC3
Recapitalization
and New
Transmission
Pathways--Navy
UFR..............
41 EXECUTIVE 0 69,495 0 69,495
HELICOPTERS
SERIES...........
42 T-45 SERIES....... 0 158,800 0 158,800
43 POWER PLANT 0 16,806 0 16,806
CHANGES..........
44 JPATS SERIES...... 0 24,157 0 24,157
45 AVIATION LIFE 0 3,964 0 3,964
SUPPORT MODS.....
46 COMMON ECM 0 52,791 0 52,791
EQUIPMENT........
47 COMMON AVIONICS 0 139,113 0 139,113
CHANGES..........
48 COMMON DEFENSIVE 0 10,687 0 10,687
WEAPON SYSTEM....
49 ID SYSTEMS........ 0 7,020 0 7,020
50 P-8 SERIES........ 0 307,202 0 307,202
51 MAGTF EW FOR 0 25,597 0 25,597
AVIATION.........
52 MQ-8 SERIES....... 0 0 0 0
53 V-22 (TILT/ROTOR 0 235,062 0 90,000 0 325,062
ACFT) OSPREY.....
Osprey Drive [0] [90,000]
System Safety and
Health
Information
(ODSSHI).........
54 NEXT GENERATION 0 453,226 0 453,226
JAMMER (NGJ).....
55 F-35 STOVL SERIES. 0 282,987 0 282,987
56 F-35 CV SERIES.... 0 183,924 0 183,924
57 QRC............... 0 26,957 0 26,957
58 MQ-4 SERIES....... 0 122,044 0 122,044
59 RQ-21 SERIES...... 0 0 0 0
60 DON OTHER 3 (TTNT) 0 0 0 0
61 DON OTHER 4 (TTNT) 0 0 0 0
62 DON OTHER 6 (TTNT) 0 0 0 0
AIRCRAFT SPARES
AND REPAIR PARTS
63 SPARES AND REPAIR 0 2,094,242 0 2,094,242
PARTS............
AIRCRAFT SUPPORT
EQUIP &
FACILITIES
64 COMMON GROUND 0 572,806 0 572,806
EQUIPMENT........
65 AIRCRAFT 0 105,634 0 105,634
INDUSTRIAL
FACILITIES.......
66 WAR CONSUMABLES... 0 43,604 0 43,604
67 OTHER PRODUCTION 0 73,307 0 73,307
CHARGES..........
68 SPECIAL SUPPORT 0 456,816 0 456,816
EQUIPMENT........
TOTAL AIRCRAFT 75 16,217,250 2 262,910 77 16,480,160
PROCUREMENT, NAVY
WEAPONS
PROCUREMENT, NAVY
BALLISTIC MISSILES
MODIFICATION OF
MISSILES
1 CONVENTIONAL 0 0 0 0
PROMPT STRIKE....
2 TRIDENT II MODS... 0 1,793,867 0 1,793,867
SUPPORT EQUIPMENT
& FACILITIES
3 MISSILE INDUSTRIAL 0 8,133 0 8,133
FACILITIES.......
STRATEGIC MISSILES
4 TOMAHAWK.......... 0 32,677 0 35,000 0 67,677
FY25 Tomahawk [0] [35,000]
obsolescence
fixes............
TACTICAL MISSILES
5 AMRAAM............ 261 279,626 261 279,626
6 SIDEWINDER........ 157 86,023 157 86,023
7 STANDARD MISSILE.. 125 627,386 0 372,639 125 1,000,025
Restore SM-3 IB [0] [372,639]
production.......
8 STANDARD MISSILE.. 0 127,830 0 127,830
9 SMALL DIAMETER 280 76,108 280 76,108
BOMB II..........
10 RAM............... 148 141,021 148 141,021
11 JOINT AIR GROUND 182 76,838 182 76,838
MISSILE (JAGM)...
12 HELLFIRE.......... 0 0 0 0
13 AERIAL TARGETS.... 0 182,463 0 182,463
14 OTHER MISSILE 0 3,411 0 3,411
SUPPORT..........
15 LRASM............. 90 326,435 90 326,435
16 NAVAL STRIKE 12 24,882 0 66,100 12 90,982
MISSILE (NSM)....
NSM production [0] [66,100]
increase (+21)...
17 NAVAL STRIKE 0 4,412 0 4,412
MISSILE (NSM)....
MODIFICATION OF
MISSILES
18 TOMAHAWK MODS..... 0 317,839 0 317,839
19 ESSM.............. 369 652,391 369 652,391
20 AARGM-ER.......... 157 213,988 157 213,988
21 AARGM-ER.......... 0 34,604 0 34,604
22 STANDARD MISSILES 0 75,667 0 75,667
MODS.............
SUPPORT EQUIPMENT
& FACILITIES
23 WEAPONS INDUSTRIAL 0 1,490 0 200,000 0 201,490
FACILITIES.......
JPAC supplier base [0] [100,000]
investments......
Munitions supplier [0] [100,000]
base program
(MCEIP) [SRMs,
ball bearings,
PCBs, etc].......
24 INDUSTRIAL 0 0 0 0
PREPAREDNESS.....
25 DON PGM TRANSITION 0 0 0 0
SUPPORT..........
ORDNANCE SUPPORT
EQUIPMENT
26 ORDNANCE SUPPORT 0 351,488 0 351,488
EQUIPMENT........
TORPEDOES AND
RELATED EQUIP
27 SSTD.............. 0 4,317 0 4,317
28 MK-48 TORPEDO..... 79 333,147 41 118,000 120 451,147
Accelerate Mk-48 [41] [118,000]
Heavy Weight
Torpedo (HWT)
Procurement
(+41)--Navy UFR..
29 ASW TARGETS....... 0 30,476 0 30,476
MOD OF TORPEDOES
AND RELATED EQUIP
30 MK-54 TORPEDO MODS 0 106,249 0 92,300 0 198,549
Mk54 production [0] [92,300]
increase.........
31 MK-48 TORPEDO 0 17,363 0 17,363
ADCAP MODS.......
32 MARITIME MINES.... 0 100,065 0 100,065
SUPPORT EQUIPMENT
33 TORPEDO SUPPORT 0 151,809 0 151,809
EQUIPMENT........
34 ASW RANGE SUPPORT. 0 4,039 0 4,039
DESTINATION
TRANSPORTATION
35 FIRST DESTINATION 0 5,669 0 5,669
TRANSPORTATION...
GUNS AND GUN
MOUNTS
36 SMALL ARMS AND 0 12,513 0 12,513
WEAPONS..........
MODIFICATION OF
GUNS AND GUN
MOUNTS
37 CIWS MODS......... 0 4,266 0 4,266
38 COAST GUARD 0 54,794 0 54,794
WEAPONS..........
39 GUN MOUNT MODS.... 0 82,246 0 82,246
40 LCS MODULE WEAPONS 12 2,463 12 2,463
41 AIRBORNE MINE 0 11,635 0 11,635
NEUTRALIZATION
SYSTEMS..........
SPARES AND REPAIR
PARTS
43 SPARES AND REPAIR 0 240,697 0 3,000 0 243,697
PARTS............
Accelerate Mk-48 [0] [3,000]
Heavy Weight
Torpedo (HWT)
Procurement (+41)
TOTAL WEAPONS 1,872 6,600,327 41 887,039 1,913 7,487,366
PROCUREMENT, NAVY
PROCUREMENT OF
AMMO, NAVY & MC
NAVY AMMUNITION
1 GENERAL PURPOSE 0 33,161 0 33,161
BOMBS............
2 JDAM.............. 1,460 75,134 1,460 75,134
3 AIRBORNE ROCKETS, 0 58,197 0 65,000 0 123,197
ALL TYPES........
FY25 Hydra 70 [0] [65,000]
minimum sustained
rate production..
4 MACHINE GUN 0 12,501 0 12,501
AMMUNITION.......
5 PRACTICE BOMBS.... 0 56,745 0 14,400 0 71,145
Additional EM-T [0] [14,400]
USMC ground-based
fires training
rounds...........
6 CARTRIDGES & CART 0 73,782 0 73,782
ACTUATED DEVICES.
7 AIR EXPENDABLE 0 75,416 0 75,416
COUNTERMEASURES..
8 JATOS............. 0 7,407 0 7,407
9 5 INCH/54 GUN 0 29,990 0 29,990
AMMUNITION.......
10 INTERMEDIATE 0 40,089 0 40,089
CALIBER GUN
AMMUNITION.......
11 OTHER SHIP GUN 0 41,223 0 41,223
AMMUNITION.......
12 SMALL ARMS & 0 47,269 0 47,269
LANDING PARTY
AMMO.............
13 PYROTECHNIC AND 0 9,703 0 9,703
DEMOLITION.......
15 AMMUNITION LESS 0 1,703 0 1,703
THAN $5 MILLION..
16 EXPEDITIONARY 0 588,005 0 588,005
LOITERING
MUNITIONS........
MARINE CORPS
AMMUNITION
17 MORTARS........... 0 127,726 0 127,726
18 DIRECT SUPPORT 0 43,769 0 43,769
MUNITIONS........
19 INFANTRY WEAPONS 0 266,277 0 266,277
AMMUNITION.......
20 COMBAT SUPPORT 0 21,726 0 21,726
MUNITIONS........
21 AMMO MODERNIZATION 0 18,211 0 18,211
22 ARTILLERY 0 114,684 0 114,684
MUNITIONS........
23 ITEMS LESS THAN $5 0 5,165 0 5,165
MILLION..........
TOTAL PROCUREMENT 1,460 1,747,883 0 79,400 1,460 1,827,283
OF AMMO, NAVY &
MC...............
SHIPBUILDING AND
CONVERSION, NAVY
FLEET BALLISTIC
MISSILE SHIPS
1 COLUMBIA CLASS 0 0 0 0
SUBMARINE........
1 COLUMBIA CLASS 0 3,341,235 0 3,341,235
SUBMARINE........
2 COLUMBIA CLASS 0 6,215,939 0 6,215,939
SUBMARINE........
OTHER WARSHIPS
3 CARRIER 0 1,186,873 0 75,000 0 1,261,873
REPLACEMENT
PROGRAM..........
Aircraft carrier [0] [75,000]
industrial base..
4 CVN-81............ 0 721,045 0 175,000 0 896,045
CVN-82 AP......... [0] [175,000]
5 VIRGINIA-CLASS 1 3,615,904 0 650,000 1 4,265,904
SUBMARINE........
Build 2x Virginia- [0] [650,000]
class SSNs per
year.............
6 VIRGINIA-CLASS 0 3,720,303 0 480,000 0 4,200,303
SUBMARINE........
Incremental [0] [400,000]
funding for
second ship......
Submarine [0] [80,000]
industrial base
programs.........
7 CVN REFUELING 1 1,061,143 0 -250,000 1 811,143
OVERHAULS........
CVN refueling [0] [-250,000]
complex overhaul
reduction........
8 CVN REFUELING 0 0 0 0
OVERHAULS........
9 DDG 1000.......... 0 61,100 0 61,100
10 DDG-51............ 0 759,563 0 759,563
10 DDG-51............ 0 923,808 0 923,808
10 DDG-51............ 2 4,725,819 0 1,430,000 2 6,155,819
3rd DDG in FY25... [0] [1,430,000]
11 DDG-51............ 0 41,724 0 41,500 0 83,224
3rd DDG Advance [0] [41,500]
Procurement for
FY26.............
13 FFG-FRIGATE....... 1 1,170,442 0 50,000 1 1,220,442
Small surface [0] [50,000]
combatant
shipyard
infrastructure
and workforce
development......
AMPHIBIOUS SHIPS
14 LPD FLIGHT II..... 1 1,561,963 0 1,000,000 1 2,561,963
FY25 Navy request [0] [1,000,000]
to complete
amphibious ship
multi-ship buy...
15 LPD FLIGHT II..... 0 0 0 0
18 LHA REPLACEMENT... 0 0 0 0
19 LHA REPLACEMENT... 0 61,118 0 61,118
20 EXPEDITIONARY FAST 0 0 0 0
TRANSPORT (EPF)..
21 MEDIUM LANDING 1 268,068 0 -238,000 1 30,068
SHIP.............
Medium Landing [0] [-238,000]
Ship lead ship
reduction........
21A MEDIUM-SIZED 0 0 0 238,000 0 238,000
LANDING VESSEL...
Medium-sized [0] [238,000]
landing vessel...
AUXILIARIES, CRAFT
AND PRIOR YR
PROGRAM COST
22 AS SUBMARINE 0 0 0 0
TENDER...........
23 TAO FLEET OILER... 0 0 0 398,000 0 398,000
AP for T-AO Fleet [0] [398,000]
Oiler............
24 TOWING, SALVAGE, 0 0 0 60,000 0 60,000
AND RESCUE SHIP
(ATS)............
Acceleration of T- [0] [60,000]
ATS (+1 ship)....
26 LCU 1700.......... 0 0 0 95,000 0 95,000
LCU second [0] [95,000]
shipyard.........
27 OUTFITTING........ 0 674,600 0 674,600
28 SHIP TO SHORE 0 0 0 0
CONNECTOR........
29 SERVICE CRAFT..... 0 11,426 0 11,426
30 AUXILIARY 0 76,168 0 76,168
PERSONNEL LIGHTER
31 LCAC SLEP......... 3 45,087 3 45,087
32 AUXILIARY VESSELS 2 204,939 2 204,939
(USED SEALIFT)...
33 COMPLETION OF PY 0 1,930,024 0 1,930,024
SHIPBUILDING
PROGRAMS.........
DDG-51 cost to [0] [-225,000]
complete
reduction........
SCN cost to [0] [225,000]
complete increase
TOTAL SHIPBUILDING 12 32,378,291 0 4,204,500 12 36,582,791
AND CONVERSION,
NAVY.............
OTHER PROCUREMENT,
NAVY
SHIP PROPULSION
EQUIPMENT
1 SURFACE POWER 0 20,840 0 20,840
EQUIPMENT........
GENERATORS
2 SURFACE COMBATANT 0 82,937 0 82,937
HM&E.............
NAVIGATION
EQUIPMENT
3 OTHER NAVIGATION 0 102,288 0 102,288
EQUIPMENT........
OTHER SHIPBOARD
EQUIPMENT
4 SUB PERISCOPE, 0 294,625 0 294,625
IMAGING AND SUPT
EQUIP PROG.......
5 DDG MOD........... 0 861,066 0 861,066
6 FIREFIGHTING 0 38,521 0 38,521
EQUIPMENT........
7 COMMAND AND 0 2,402 0 2,402
CONTROL
SWITCHBOARD......
8 LHA/LHD MIDLIFE... 0 81,602 0 81,602
9 LCC 19/20 EXTENDED 0 7,352 0 7,352
SERVICE LIFE
PROGRAM..........
10 POLLUTION CONTROL 0 23,440 0 23,440
EQUIPMENT........
11 SUBMARINE SUPPORT 0 293,766 0 293,766
EQUIPMENT........
12 VIRGINIA CLASS 0 43,565 0 43,565
SUPPORT EQUIPMENT
13 LCS CLASS SUPPORT 0 7,318 0 7,318
EQUIPMENT........
14 SUBMARINE 0 30,470 0 30,470
BATTERIES........
15 LPD CLASS SUPPORT 0 38,115 0 38,115
EQUIPMENT........
16 DDG 1000 CLASS 0 407,468 0 407,468
SUPPORT EQUIPMENT
17 STRATEGIC PLATFORM 0 53,931 0 53,931
SUPPORT EQUIP....
18 DSSP EQUIPMENT.... 0 4,586 0 4,586
19 CG MODERNIZATION.. 0 0 0 0
20 LCAC.............. 0 11,013 0 11,013
21 UNDERWATER EOD 0 16,650 0 16,650
EQUIPMENT........
22 ITEMS LESS THAN $5 0 66,351 0 66,351
MILLION..........
23 CHEMICAL WARFARE 0 3,254 0 3,254
DETECTORS........
REACTOR PLANT
EQUIPMENT
24 SHIP MAINTENANCE, 0 2,392,190 0 2,392,190
REPAIR AND
MODERNIZATION....
25 REACTOR POWER 0 0 0 0
UNITS............
26 REACTOR COMPONENTS 0 445,974 0 445,974
OCEAN ENGINEERING
27 DIVING AND SALVAGE 0 17,499 0 17,499
EQUIPMENT........
SMALL BOATS
28 STANDARD BOATS.... 0 400,892 0 400,892
PRODUCTION
FACILITIES
EQUIPMENT
29 OPERATING FORCES 0 237,036 0 237,036
IPE..............
OTHER SHIP SUPPORT
30 LCS COMMON MISSION 0 56,105 0 56,105
MODULES EQUIPMENT
31 LCS MCM MISSION 0 118,247 0 118,247
MODULES..........
32 LCS ASW MISSION 0 0 0 0
MODULES..........
33 LCS SUW MISSION 0 11,101 0 11,101
MODULES..........
34 LCS IN-SERVICE 0 205,571 0 205,571
MODERNIZATION....
35 SMALL & MEDIUM UUV 0 48,780 0 11,900 0 60,680
Accelerate Subsea [0] [11,900]
and Seabed
Warfare (SSW)
ROV--Navy UFR....
LOGISTIC SUPPORT
36 LSD MIDLIFE & 0 56,667 0 56,667
MODERNIZATION....
SHIP SONARS
37 SPQ-9B RADAR...... 0 7,402 0 7,402
38 AN/SQQ-89 SURF ASW 0 134,637 0 134,637
COMBAT SYSTEM....
39 SSN ACOUSTIC 0 502,115 0 502,115
EQUIPMENT........
40 UNDERSEA WARFARE 0 16,731 0 16,731
SUPPORT EQUIPMENT
ASW ELECTRONIC
EQUIPMENT
41 SUBMARINE ACOUSTIC 0 55,484 0 55,484
WARFARE SYSTEM...
42 SSTD.............. 0 9,647 0 9,647
43 FIXED SURVEILLANCE 0 405,854 0 23,000 0 428,854
SYSTEM...........
Persistent [0] [23,000]
Targeting for
Undersea.........
44 SURTASS........... 0 45,975 0 45,975
ELECTRONIC WARFARE
EQUIPMENT
45 AN/SLQ-32......... 0 184,349 0 184,349
RECONNAISSANCE
EQUIPMENT
46 SHIPBOARD IW 0 362,099 0 362,099
EXPLOIT..........
47 AUTOMATED 0 4,680 0 4,680
IDENTIFICATION
SYSTEM (AIS).....
OTHER SHIP
ELECTRONIC
EQUIPMENT
48 COOPERATIVE 0 26,644 0 26,644
ENGAGEMENT
CAPABILITY.......
49 NAVAL TACTICAL 0 13,614 0 13,614
COMMAND SUPPORT
SYSTEM (NTCSS)...
50 ATDLS............. 0 68,458 0 68,458
51 NAVY COMMAND AND 0 3,645 0 3,645
CONTROL SYSTEM
(NCCS)...........
52 MINESWEEPING 0 16,812 0 16,812
SYSTEM
REPLACEMENT......
53 NAVSTAR GPS 0 41,458 0 41,458
RECEIVERS (SPACE)
54 AMERICAN FORCES 0 3,803 0 3,803
RADIO AND TV
SERVICE..........
55 STRATEGIC PLATFORM 0 0 0 0
SUPPORT EQUIP....
AVIATION
ELECTRONIC
EQUIPMENT
56 ASHORE ATC 0 90,586 0 90,586
EQUIPMENT........
57 AFLOAT ATC 0 75,508 0 75,508
EQUIPMENT........
58 ID SYSTEMS........ 0 59,602 0 59,602
59 JOINT PRECISION 0 7,287 0 7,287
APPROACH AND
LANDING SYSTEM (.
60 NAVAL MISSION 0 46,106 0 46,106
PLANNING SYSTEMS.
OTHER SHORE
ELECTRONIC
EQUIPMENT
61 MARITIME 0 7,809 0 7,809
INTEGRATED
BROADCAST SYSTEM.
62 TACTICAL/MOBILE 0 65,113 0 65,113
C4I SYSTEMS......
63 DCGS-N............ 0 16,946 0 16,946
64 CANES............. 0 440,207 0 440,207
65 RADIAC............ 0 38,688 0 38,688
66 CANES-INTELL...... 0 50,654 0 50,654
67 GPETE............. 0 32,005 0 32,005
68 MASF.............. 0 24,361 0 24,361
69 INTEG COMBAT 0 6,709 0 6,709
SYSTEM TEST
FACILITY.........
70 EMI CONTROL 0 4,081 0 4,081
INSTRUMENTATION..
71 ITEMS LESS THAN $5 0 0 0 0
MILLION..........
72 IN-SERVICE RADARS 0 228,910 0 228,910
AND SENSORS......
SHIPBOARD
COMMUNICATIONS
73 BATTLE FORCE 0 104,119 0 104,119
TACTICAL NETWORK.
74 SHIPBOARD TACTICAL 0 24,602 0 24,602
COMMUNICATIONS...
75 SHIP 0 103,546 0 1,500 0 105,046
COMMUNICATIONS
AUTOMATION.......
Accelerate Fund [0] [1,500]
NC3
Recapitalization
and New
Transmission
Pathways--Navy
UFR..............
76 COMMUNICATIONS 0 9,209 0 9,209
ITEMS UNDER $5M..
SUBMARINE
COMMUNICATIONS
77 SUBMARINE 0 136,846 0 10,700 0 147,546
BROADCAST SUPPORT
Accelerate Fund [0] [10,700]
NC3
Recapitalization
and New
Transmission
Pathways--Navy
UFR..............
78 SUBMARINE 0 68,334 0 5,500 0 73,834
COMMUNICATION
EQUIPMENT........
Accelerate Fund [0] [5,500]
NC3
Recapitalization
and New
Transmission
Pathways--Navy
UFR..............
SATELLITE
COMMUNICATIONS
79 SATELLITE 0 59,745 0 59,745
COMMUNICATIONS
SYSTEMS..........
80 NAVY MULTIBAND 0 163,071 0 163,071
TERMINAL (NMT)...
SHORE
COMMUNICATIONS
81 JOINT 0 4,551 0 4,551
COMMUNICATIONS
SUPPORT ELEMENT
(JCSE)...........
CRYPTOGRAPHIC
EQUIPMENT
82 INFO SYSTEMS 0 162,008 0 162,008
SECURITY PROGRAM
(ISSP)...........
83 MIO INTEL 0 1,100 0 1,100
EXPLOITATION TEAM
CRYPTOLOGIC
EQUIPMENT
84 CRYPTOLOGIC 0 15,506 0 15,506
COMMUNICATIONS
EQUIP............
OTHER ELECTRONIC
SUPPORT
85 1695-1710 MHZ 0 0 0 0
PORTAL (NAVY)....
86 NAVY METOC-4...... 0 0 0 0
87 DON TRR-1 (AFLOAT) 0 0 0 0
88 DON ROBOTICS...... 0 0 0 0
89 DON UAS VIDEO 5 0 0 0 0
(AFLOAT).........
90 USN ASHORE/ 0 0 0 0
SHIPBOARD CONOPS
VERIFICATION AND.
91 USN (SESEF) TEST 0 0 0 0
RANGES...........
92 USN TRAINING 0 0 0 0
RANGES--CODIFY
CONOPS/TTPS......
93 USN TRAINING 0 0 0 0
RANGES--SPECTRUM
SENSING..........
94 USN EME SENSING 0 0 0 0
AND MONITORING...
95 COAST GUARD 0 58,213 0 58,213
EQUIPMENT........
SONOBUOYS
97 SONOBUOYS--ALL 0 323,441 0 323,441
TYPES............
AIRCRAFT SUPPORT
EQUIPMENT
98 MINOTAUR.......... 0 5,431 0 5,431
99 WEAPONS RANGE 0 138,062 0 138,062
SUPPORT EQUIPMENT
100 AIRCRAFT SUPPORT 0 121,108 0 121,108
EQUIPMENT........
101 ADVANCED ARRESTING 0 2,244 0 2,244
GEAR (AAG).......
102 ELECTROMAGNETIC 0 14,702 0 14,702
AIRCRAFT LAUNCH
SYSTEM (EMALS....
103 METEOROLOGICAL 0 17,982 0 17,982
EQUIPMENT........
104 AIRBORNE MCM...... 0 10,643 0 10,643
105 LAMPS EQUIPMENT... 0 0 0 0
106 AVIATION SUPPORT 0 110,993 0 110,993
EQUIPMENT........
107 UMCS-UNMAN CARRIER 0 130,050 0 130,050
AVIATION(UCA)MISS
ION CNTRL........
108 ARCHITECT & CAP 0 0 0 0
FOR AUTONOMY IN
NAV ENTER (AR....
SHIP GUN SYSTEM
EQUIPMENT
109 SHIP GUN SYSTEMS 0 6,416 0 6,416
EQUIPMENT........
SHIP MISSILE
SYSTEMS EQUIPMENT
110 HARPOON SUPPORT 0 226 0 226
EQUIPMENT........
111 SHIP MISSILE 0 381,473 0 381,473
SUPPORT EQUIPMENT
112 TOMAHAWK SUPPORT 0 98,921 0 98,921
EQUIPMENT........
FBM SUPPORT
EQUIPMENT
113 STRATEGIC MISSILE 0 325,236 0 325,236
SYSTEMS EQUIP....
ASW SUPPORT
EQUIPMENT
114 SSN COMBAT CONTROL 0 157,609 0 157,609
SYSTEMS..........
115 ASW SUPPORT 0 25,362 0 25,362
EQUIPMENT........
OTHER ORDNANCE
SUPPORT EQUIPMENT
116 EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE 0 26,725 0 26,725
DISPOSAL EQUIP...
117 DIRECTED ENERGY 0 3,817 0 45,000 0 48,817
SYSTEMS..........
HELIOS Long Lead [0] [45,000]
Procurement......
118 ITEMS LESS THAN $5 0 3,193 0 3,193
MILLION..........
OTHER EXPENDABLE
ORDNANCE
119 ANTI-SHIP MISSILE 0 95,557 0 1,700 0 97,257
DECOY SYSTEM.....
Accelerate Long [0] [1,700]
Endurance
Electronic Decoy
(LEED)--Navy UFR.
120 SUBMARINE TRAINING 0 80,248 0 80,248
DEVICE MODS......
121 SURFACE TRAINING 0 179,974 0 179,974
EQUIPMENT........
CIVIL ENGINEERING
SUPPORT EQUIPMENT
122 PASSENGER CARRYING 0 3,751 0 3,751
VEHICLES.........
123 GENERAL PURPOSE 0 5,795 0 5,795
TRUCKS...........
124 CONSTRUCTION & 0 80,260 0 80,260
MAINTENANCE EQUIP
125 FIRE FIGHTING 0 26,199 0 26,199
EQUIPMENT........
126 TACTICAL VEHICLES. 0 50,878 0 50,878
127 AMPHIBIOUS 0 6,454 0 6,454
EQUIPMENT........
128 POLLUTION CONTROL 0 3,924 0 3,924
EQUIPMENT........
129 ITEMS LESS THAN $5 0 103,014 0 103,014
MILLION..........
130 PHYSICAL SECURITY 0 1,301 0 1,301
VEHICLES.........
SUPPLY SUPPORT
EQUIPMENT
131 SUPPLY EQUIPMENT.. 0 56,585 0 56,585
132 FIRST DESTINATION 0 5,863 0 5,863
TRANSPORTATION...
133 SPECIAL PURPOSE 0 954,467 0 954,467
SUPPLY SYSTEMS...
TRAINING DEVICES
134 TRAINING SUPPORT 0 5,341 0 5,341
EQUIPMENT........
135 TRAINING AND 0 75,626 0 75,626
EDUCATION
EQUIPMENT........
COMMAND SUPPORT
EQUIPMENT
136 COMMAND SUPPORT 0 29,698 0 29,698
EQUIPMENT........
137 MEDICAL SUPPORT 0 10,122 0 10,122
EQUIPMENT........
139 NAVAL MIP SUPPORT 0 6,590 0 6,590
EQUIPMENT........
140 OPERATING FORCES 0 17,056 0 17,056
SUPPORT EQUIPMENT
141 C4ISR EQUIPMENT... 0 33,606 0 33,606
142 ENVIRONMENTAL 0 47,499 0 47,499
SUPPORT EQUIPMENT
143 PHYSICAL SECURITY 0 129,484 0 129,484
EQUIPMENT........
144 ENTERPRISE 0 42,026 0 42,026
INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY.......
OTHER
149 NEXT GENERATION 0 130,100 0 130,100
ENTERPRISE
SERVICE..........
150 CYBERSPACE 0 2,195 0 2,195
ACTIVITIES.......
151 CYBER MISSION 0 0 0 0
FORCES...........
CLASSIFIED
PROGRAMS
9999 CLASSIFIED 0 16,134 0 16,134
PROGRAMS.........
SPARES AND REPAIR
PARTS
152 SPARES AND REPAIR 0 705,144 0 705,144
PARTS............
153 VIRGINIA CLASS 0 578,277 0 578,277
(VACL) SPARES AND
REPAIR PARTS.....
TOTAL OTHER 0 15,877,253 0 99,300 0 15,976,553
PROCUREMENT, NAVY
PROCUREMENT,
MARINE CORPS
TRACKED COMBAT
VEHICLES
1 AAV7A1 PIP........ 0 2,773 0 2,773
2 AMPHIBIOUS COMBAT 104 810,276 104 810,276
VEHICLE FAMILY OF
VEHICLES.........
3 LAV PIP........... 0 761 0 761
ARTILLERY AND
OTHER WEAPONS
4 155MM LIGHTWEIGHT 0 1,823 0 1,823
TOWED HOWITZER...
5 ARTILLERY WEAPONS 0 139,477 0 139,477
SYSTEM...........
6 WEAPONS AND COMBAT 0 18,481 0 7,150 0 25,631
VEHICLES UNDER $5
MILLION..........
Marine Corps [0] [7,150]
realignment--redu
cible height
gunner protection
kits.............
GUIDED MISSILES
7 TOMAHAWK.......... 22 115,232 22 115,232
8 NAVAL STRIKE 90 144,682 90 144,682
MISSILE (NSM)....
9 NAVAL STRIKE 0 30,087 0 30,087
MISSILE (NSM)....
10 GROUND BASED AIR 0 369,296 0 369,296
DEFENSE..........
11 ANTI-ARMOR MISSILE- 123 61,563 123 61,563
JAVELIN..........
12 FAMILY ANTI-ARMOR 0 9,521 0 9,521
WEAPON SYSTEMS
(FOAAWS).........
13 ANTI-ARMOR MISSILE- 0 1,868 0 1,868
TOW..............
14 GUIDED MLRS ROCKET 6 1,584 6 1,584
(GMLRS)..........
COMMAND AND
CONTROL SYSTEMS
15 COMMON AVIATION 0 84,764 0 84,764
COMMAND AND
CONTROL SYSTEM (C
REPAIR AND TEST
EQUIPMENT
16 REPAIR AND TEST 0 71,023 0 10,000 0 81,023
EQUIPMENT........
Goalkeeper Long [0] [10,000]
Lead.............
OTHER SUPPORT
(TEL)
17 MODIFICATION KITS. 0 1,559 0 1,559
COMMAND AND
CONTROL SYSTEM
(NON-TEL)
18 ITEMS UNDER $5 0 221,212 0 221,212
MILLION (COMM &
ELEC)............
19 AIR OPERATIONS C2 0 20,385 0 20,385
SYSTEMS..........
RADAR + EQUIPMENT
(NON-TEL)
20 GROUND/AIR TASK 0 71,941 0 71,941
ORIENTED RADAR (G/
ATOR)............
INTELL/COMM
EQUIPMENT (NON-
TEL)
21 ELECTRO MAGNETIC 0 182,465 0 -182,465 0 0
SPECTRUM
OPERATIONS (EMSO)
Marine Corps [0] [-182,465]
realignment......
22 GCSS-MC........... 0 3,282 0 3,282
23 FIRE SUPPORT 0 56,710 0 56,710
SYSTEM...........
24 INTELLIGENCE 0 128,804 0 128,804
SUPPORT EQUIPMENT
26 UNMANNED AIR 0 59,077 0 59,077
SYSTEMS (INTEL)..
27 DCGS-MC........... 0 81,507 0 81,507
28 UAS PAYLOADS...... 0 17,232 0 17,232
OTHER SUPPORT (NON-
TEL)
31 EXPEDITIONARY 0 15,042 0 15,042
SUPPORT EQUIPMENT
32 MARINE CORPS 0 283,983 0 20,000 0 303,983
ENTERPRISE
NETWORK (MCEN)...
Expansion of [0] [20,000]
secure 5G Open
RAN..............
33 COMMON COMPUTER 0 25,793 0 25,793
RESOURCES........
34 COMMAND POST 0 59,113 0 59,113
SYSTEMS..........
35 RADIO SYSTEMS..... 0 258,818 0 258,818
36 COMM SWITCHING & 0 39,390 0 39,390
CONTROL SYSTEMS..
37 COMM & ELEC 0 21,015 0 21,015
INFRASTRUCTURE
SUPPORT..........
38 CYBERSPACE 0 19,245 0 19,245
ACTIVITIES.......
39 CYBER MISSION 0 0 0 0
FORCES...........
40 UNMANNED 0 16,305 0 16,305
EXPEDITIONARY
SYSTEMS..........
41 DON UAS VIDEO 5... 0 0 0 0
CLASSIFIED
PROGRAMS
9999 CLASSIFIED 0 3,266 0 3,266
PROGRAMS.........
ADMINISTRATIVE
VEHICLES
42 COMMERCIAL CARGO 0 26,800 0 26,800
VEHICLES.........
TACTICAL VEHICLES
43 MOTOR TRANSPORT 0 17,304 0 17,304
MODIFICATIONS....
44 JOINT LIGHT 672 340,542 0 -101,700 672 238,842
TACTICAL VEHICLE.
Joint Light [0] [-101,700]
Tactical Vehicle
reduction........
45 TRAILERS.......... 0 27,440 0 27,440
ENGINEER AND OTHER
EQUIPMENT
46 TACTICAL FUEL 0 29,252 0 29,252
SYSTEMS..........
47 POWER EQUIPMENT 0 23,411 0 23,411
ASSORTED.........
48 AMPHIBIOUS SUPPORT 0 11,366 0 11,366
EQUIPMENT........
49 EOD SYSTEMS....... 0 30,166 0 30,166
MATERIALS HANDLING
EQUIPMENT
50 PHYSICAL SECURITY 0 56,749 0 56,749
EQUIPMENT........
GENERAL PROPERTY
51 FIELD MEDICAL 0 23,651 0 12,000 0 35,651
EQUIPMENT........
Medical Equipment [0] [12,000]
Modernization--US
MC UFR...........
52 TRAINING DEVICES.. 0 105,448 0 105,448
53 FAMILY OF 0 29,168 0 29,168
CONSTRUCTION
EQUIPMENT........
54 ULTRA-LIGHT 0 17,954 0 17,954
TACTICAL VEHICLE
(ULTV)...........
OTHER SUPPORT
55 ITEMS LESS THAN $5 0 26,508 0 26,508
MILLION..........
SPARES AND REPAIR
PARTS
56 SPARES AND REPAIR 0 28,749 0 28,749
PARTS............
TOTAL PROCUREMENT, 1,017 4,243,863 0 -235,015 1,017 4,008,848
MARINE CORPS.....
AIRCRAFT
PROCUREMENT, AIR
FORCE
STRATEGIC
OFFENSIVE
1 B-21 RAIDER....... 0 1,956,668 0 201,500 0 2,158,168
Program increase.. [0] [201,500]
2 B-21 RAIDER....... 0 721,600 0 721,600
TACTICAL FORCES
3 F-35.............. 42 4,474,156 42 4,474,156
4 F-35.............. 0 482,584 0 482,584
5 F-15EX............ 18 1,808,472 6 690,000 24 2,498,472
Procure 6 x F-15 [6] [690,000]
EX Aircraft--NGB
UFR..............
6 F-15EX............ 0 0 0 0
TACTICAL AIRLIFT
7 KC-46A MDAP....... 15 2,854,748 15 2,854,748
OTHER AIRLIFT
8 C-130J............ 0 2,405 2 290,000 2 292,405
Additional LC-130J [2] [290,000]
9 MC-130J........... 0 0 0 0
UPT TRAINERS
10 ADVANCED PILOT 7 235,207 7 235,207
TRAINING T-7A....
HELICOPTERS
11 MH-139A........... 8 294,095 8 294,095
12 COMBAT RESCUE 0 162,685 5 210,000 5 372,685
HELICOPTER.......
Additional HH-60W [5] [210,000]
procurement......
MISSION SUPPORT
AIRCRAFT
13 C-40 FLEET 1 328,689 -1 -318,700 0 9,989
EXPANSION........
C-40 Fleet [-1] [-318,700]
Expansion
reductions.......
14 CIVIL AIR PATROL A/ 0 3,086 0 3,086
C................
OTHER AIRCRAFT
15 PALE ALE.......... 0 0 0 0
16 TARGET DRONES..... 20 37,581 20 37,581
17 ULTRA............. 4 35,274 4 35,274
18 COMPASS CALL...... 0 0 0 0
19 E-11 BACN/HAG..... 0 0 0 0
20 MQ-9.............. 0 0 0 0
21 RQ-20B PUMA....... 6 11,283 6 11,283
21A E-7............... 0 0 0 400,000 0 400,000
E-7 acceleration.. [0] [400,000]
STRATEGIC AIRCRAFT
22 B-2A.............. 0 63,932 0 63,932
23 B-1B.............. 0 13,406 0 13,406
24 B-52.............. 0 194,832 0 -105,500 0 89,332
B-52 modification [0] [4,500]
to nuclear-
capable..........
B-52 radar [0] [-110,000]
modernization
reduction........
25 LARGE AIRCRAFT 0 52,117 0 52,117
INFRARED
COUNTERMEASURES..
TACTICAL AIRCRAFT
26 A-10.............. 0 0 0 0
27 E-11 BACN/HAG..... 0 82,939 0 82,939
28 F-15.............. 0 45,829 0 126,298 0 172,127
Prevent retirement [0] [126,298]
of F-15Es........
29 F-16.............. 0 217,235 0 217,235
30 F-22A............. 0 861,125 0 861,125
31 F-35 MODIFICATIONS 0 549,657 0 549,657
32 F-15 EPAW......... 0 271,970 0 271,970
33 KC-46A MDAP....... 0 24,954 0 24,954
AIRLIFT AIRCRAFT
34 C-5............... 0 45,445 0 45,445
35 C-17A............. 0 103,306 0 103,306
36 C-32A............. 0 6,422 0 6,422
37 C-37A............. 0 9,146 0 9,146
TRAINER AIRCRAFT
38 GLIDER MODS....... 0 2,679 0 2,679
39 T-6............... 0 130,281 0 130,281
40 T-1............... 0 2,205 0 2,205
41 T-38.............. 0 115,486 0 115,486
OTHER AIRCRAFT
42 SPECTRUM 0 0 0 0
RELOCATION FUND..
43 U-2 MODS.......... 0 69,806 0 69,806
44 KC-10A (ATCA)..... 0 0 0 0
45 C-12.............. 0 0 0 0
46 C-21.............. 0 0 0 0
47 VC-25A MOD........ 0 11,388 0 11,388
48 C-40.............. 0 7,114 0 7,114
49 C-130............. 0 102,519 0 102,519
50 C-130J MODS....... 0 206,904 0 206,904
51 C-135............. 0 146,564 0 146,564
52 COMPASS CALL...... 0 94,654 0 94,654
53 COMBAT FLIGHT 0 0 0 0
INSPECTION--CFIN.
54 RC-135............ 0 222,966 0 222,966
55 E-3............... 0 68,192 0 68,192
56 E-4............... 0 28,728 0 28,728
57 H-1............... 0 2,097 0 2,097
58 MH-139A MOD....... 0 5,010 0 5,010
59 H-60.............. 0 2,035 0 2,035
60 HH60W 0 28,911 0 28,911
MODIFICATIONS....
61 RQ-4 MODS......... 0 0 0 0
62 HC/MC-130 0 213,284 0 213,284
MODIFICATIONS....
63 OTHER AIRCRAFT.... 0 55,122 0 55,122
64 OTHER AIRCRAFT.... 0 5,216 0 5,216
65 MQ-9 MODS......... 0 12,351 0 12,351
66 SENIOR LEADER C3 0 25,001 0 25,001
SYSTEM--AIRCRAFT.
67 CV-22 MODS........ 0 42,795 0 42,795
AIRCRAFT SPARES
AND REPAIR PARTS
68 INITIAL SPARES/ 0 936,212 0 98,319 0 1,034,531
REPAIR PARTS.....
C-40 Fleet [0] [-10,000]
Expansion
reductions.......
Fighter Force Re- [0] [108,319]
Optimization
(+208 PMAI a/c)--
AF UFR...........
COMMON SUPPORT
EQUIPMENT
69 AIRCRAFT 0 162,813 0 35,881 0 198,694
REPLACEMENT
SUPPORT EQUIP....
Fighter Force Re- [0] [35,881]
Optimization
(+208 PMAI a/c)--
AF UFR...........
POST PRODUCTION
SUPPORT
70 OTHER PRODUCTION 0 15,031 0 15,031
CHARGES..........
71 OPERATIONAL 0 0 0 0
SUPPORT AIRCRAFT
POST-PRODUCTION..
72 B-2A.............. 0 1,885 0 1,885
73 B-2B.............. 0 15,709 0 15,709
74 B-52.............. 0 0 0 0
75 C-5............... 0 0 0 0
76 CV-22 POST 0 12,025 0 12,025
PRODUCTION
SUPPORT..........
77 MC-130J........... 0 0 0 0
78 F-15.............. 0 0 0 0
79 F-16.............. 0 11,501 0 11,501
80 F-16.............. 0 867 0 867
81 F-22A............. 0 0 0 0
82 HC/MC-130 0 18,604 0 18,604
MODIFICATIONS....
83 MQ-9 POST PROD.... 0 0 0 0
84 RQ-4 POST 0 0 0 0
PRODUCTION
CHARGES..........
INDUSTRIAL
PREPAREDNESS
85 INDUSTRIAL 0 20,004 0 20,004
RESPONSIVENESS...
WAR CONSUMABLES
86 WAR CONSUMABLES... 0 25,908 0 25,908
OTHER PRODUCTION
CHARGES
87 OTHER PRODUCTION 0 1,006,272 0 498,600 0 1,504,872
CHARGES..........
Classified [0] [498,600]
adjustment.......
92 F-15EX............ 0 40,084 0 40,084
CLASSIFIED
PROGRAMS
9999 CLASSIFIED 0 16,359 0 16,359
PROGRAMS.........
TOTAL AIRCRAFT 121 19,835,430 12 2,126,398 133 21,961,828
PROCUREMENT, AIR
FORCE............
MISSILE
PROCUREMENT, AIR
FORCE
MISSILE
REPLACEMENT
EQUIPMENT--BALLIS
TIC
1 MISSILE 0 37,333 0 37,333
REPLACEMENT EQ-
BALLISTIC........
BALLISTIC MISSILES
2 GROUND BASED 0 0 0 0
STRATEGIC
DETERRENT........
3 MK21A REENTRY 0 26,156 0 26,156
VEHICLE..........
STRATEGIC
TACTICAL
4 LONG RANGE STAND- 0 70,335 0 70,335
OFF WEAPON.......
5 LONG RANGE STAND- 0 140,000 0 140,000
OFF WEAPON.......
6 REPLAC EQUIP & WAR 0 6,533 0 6,533
CONSUMABLES......
7 JOINT AIR-SURFACE 550 825,051 260 336,400 810 1,161,451
STANDOFF MISSILE.
JASSM max [260] [336,400]
production (+260)
8 JOINT AIR-SURFACE 0 0 0 0
STANDOFF MISSILE.
9 JOINT STRIKE 50 165,909 34 94,000 84 259,909
MISSILE..........
FY25 JSM max [34] [94,000]
executable
production (+34)--
INDOPACOM UFR....
10 LRASM0............ 115 354,100 35 255,000 150 609,100
FY25 LRASM/JASSM [0] [150,000]
sub-tier supplier
expansion........
LRASM max [35] [105,000]
production (+35)--
INDOPACOM UFR....
11 LRASM0............ 0 0 0 0
12 SIDEWINDER (AIM- 147 107,101 147 107,101
9X)..............
13 AMRAAM............ 462 447,373 0 50,000 462 497,373
AIM-120D AMRAAM [0] [50,000]
for D3 DMS.......
14 AMRAAM............ 0 0 0 0
15 PREDATOR HELLFIRE 0 0 0 0
MISSILE..........
16 SMALL DIAMETER 604 42,257 0 60,000 604 102,257
BOMB.............
SDB I............. [0] [60,000]
17 SMALL DIAMETER 868 328,382 0 103,477 868 431,859
BOMB II..........
SDB II--Marine [0] [103,477]
Corps UFR........
18 STAND-IN ATTACK 128 173,421 128 173,421
WEAPON (SIAW)....
INDUSTRIAL
FACILITIES
19 INDUSTRIAL 0 913 0 200,000 0 200,913
PREPAREDNESS/POL
PREVENTION.......
JPAC supplier base [0] [100,000]
investments......
Munitions supplier [0] [100,000]
base program
(MCEIP) [SRMs,
ball bearings,
PCBs, etc].......
CLASS IV
20 ICBM FUZE MOD..... 0 104,039 0 104,039
21 ICBM FUZE MOD..... 0 40,336 0 40,336
22 MM III 0 24,212 0 24,212
MODIFICATIONS....
23 AIR LAUNCH CRUISE 0 34,019 0 34,019
MISSILE (ALCM)...
MISSILE SPARES AND
REPAIR PARTS
24 MSL SPRS/REPAIR 0 6,956 0 6,956
PARTS (INITIAL)..
25 MSL SPRS/REPAIR 0 103,543 0 103,543
PARTS (REPLEN)...
SPECIAL PROGRAMS
28 SPECIAL UPDATE 0 628,436 0 628,436
PROGRAMS.........
CLASSIFIED
PROGRAMS
9999 CLASSIFIED 0 707,204 0 707,204
PROGRAMS.........
TOTAL MISSILE 2,924 4,373,609 329 1,098,877 3,253 5,472,486
PROCUREMENT, AIR
FORCE............
PROCUREMENT OF
AMMUNITION, AIR
FORCE
ROCKETS
1 ROCKETS........... 0 0 0 0
CARTRIDGES
2 CARTRIDGES........ 0 123,034 0 123,034
BOMBS
3 GENERAL PURPOSE 0 144,725 0 144,725
BOMBS............
4 MASSIVE ORDNANCE 0 8,566 0 8,566
PENETRATOR (MOP).
5 JOINT DIRECT 1,500 125,268 0 107,333 1,500 232,601
ATTACK MUNITION..
JDAM increase..... [0] [107,333]
6 B-61.............. 0 0 0 0
7 B61-12 TRAINER.... 0 11,665 0 11,665
OTHER ITEMS
8 CAD/PAD........... 0 40,487 0 40,487
9 EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE 0 7,076 0 7,076
DISPOSAL (EOD)...
10 SPARES AND REPAIR 0 617 0 617
PARTS............
11 FIRST DESTINATION 0 2,894 0 2,894
TRANSPORTATION...
12 ITEMS LESS THAN 0 5,399 0 5,399
$5,000,000.......
FLARES
13 EXPENDABLE 0 99,769 0 99,769
COUNTERMEASURES..
FUZES
14 FUZES............. 0 114,664 0 114,664
SMALL ARMS
15 SMALL ARMS........ 0 25,311 0 25,311
TOTAL PROCUREMENT 1,500 709,475 0 107,333 1,500 816,808
OF AMMUNITION,
AIR FORCE........
PROCUREMENT, SPACE
FORCE
SPACE PROCUREMENT,
SF
1 AF SATELLITE COMM 0 65,656 0 65,656
SYSTEM...........
3 COUNTERSPACE 0 4,277 0 4,277
SYSTEMS..........
4 FAMILY OF BEYOND 0 17,264 0 17,264
LINE-OF-SIGHT
TERMINALS........
5 FABT FORCE ELEMENT 0 234,655 0 234,655
TERMINAL.........
6 WIDEBAND GAPFILLER 0 10,020 0 10,020
SATELLITES(SPACE)
7 GENERAL 0 2,189 0 2,189
INFORMATION TECH--
SPACE............
8 GPSIII FOLLOW ON.. 2 647,165 2 647,165
9 GPS III SPACE 0 68,205 0 68,205
SEGMENT..........
10 GLOBAL POSTIONING 0 835 0 835
(SPACE)..........
11 HERITAGE 0 0 0 0
TRANSITION.......
13 JOINT TACTICAL 0 0 0 0
GROUND STATIONS..
14 SPACEBORNE EQUIP 0 83,829 0 83,829
(COMSEC).........
15 MILSATCOM......... 0 37,684 0 37,684
16 SBIR HIGH (SPACE). 0 0 0 0
17 SPECIAL SPACE 0 658,007 0 658,007
ACTIVITIES.......
18 MOBILE USER 0 51,601 0 51,601
OBJECTIVE SYSTEM.
19 NATIONAL SECURITY 7 1,847,486 7 1,847,486
SPACE LAUNCH.....
20 NUDET DETECTION 0 0 0 0
SYSTEM...........
21 PTES HUB.......... 12 56,148 12 56,148
22 ROCKET SYSTEMS 0 0 0 0
LAUNCH PROGRAM...
23 SPACE DEVELOPMENT 4 357,178 4 357,178
AGENCY LAUNCH....
24 SPACE MODS........ 0 48,152 0 48,152
25 SPACELIFT RANGE 0 63,798 0 63,798
SYSTEM SPACE.....
SPARES
26 SPARES AND REPAIR 0 722 0 722
PARTS............
PASSENGER CARRYING
VEHICLES
27 USSF REPLACEMENT 0 4,919 0 4,919
VEHICLES.........
SUPPORT EQUIPMENT
28 POWER CONDITIONING 0 3,189 0 9,387 0 12,576
EQUIPMENT........
UPS Resiliency-- [0] [9,387]
Space Force UFR..
TOTAL PROCUREMENT, 25 4,262,979 0 9,387 25 4,272,366
SPACE FORCE......
OTHER PROCUREMENT,
AIR FORCE
PASSENGER CARRYING
VEHICLES
1 PASSENGER CARRYING 0 6,802 0 6,802
VEHICLES.........
CARGO AND UTILITY
VEHICLES
2 MEDIUM TACTICAL 0 4,526 0 4,526
VEHICLE..........
3 CAP VEHICLES...... 0 1,151 0 1,151
4 CARGO AND UTILITY 0 41,605 50 14,000 50 55,605
VEHICLES.........
Protection Level [50] [14,000]
One Armored
Utility Vehicles
for
intercontinental
ballistic missile
security mission.
SPECIAL PURPOSE
VEHICLES
5 JOINT LIGHT 0 69,546 0 69,546
TACTICAL VEHICLE.
6 SECURITY AND 0 438 0 438
TACTICAL VEHICLES
7 SPECIAL PURPOSE 0 99,057 0 99,057
VEHICLES.........
FIRE FIGHTING
EQUIPMENT
8 FIRE FIGHTING/ 0 57,234 0 57,234
CRASH RESCUE
VEHICLES.........
MATERIALS HANDLING
EQUIPMENT
9 MATERIALS HANDLING 0 22,949 0 22,949
VEHICLES.........
BASE MAINTENANCE
SUPPORT
10 RUNWAY SNOW REMOV 0 7,476 0 7,476
AND CLEANING EQU.
11 BASE MAINTENANCE 0 91,001 0 91,001
SUPPORT VEHICLES.
COMM SECURITY
EQUIPMENT(COMSEC)
12 COMSEC EQUIPMENT.. 0 63,233 0 63,233
13 STRATEGIC 0 328,667 0 328,667
MICROELECTRONIC
SUPPLY SYSTEM....
INTELLIGENCE
PROGRAMS
14 INTERNATIONAL 0 5,616 0 5,616
INTEL TECH &
ARCHITECTURES....
15 INTELLIGENCE 0 5,146 0 5,146
TRAINING
EQUIPMENT........
16 INTELLIGENCE COMM 0 36,449 0 36,449
EQUIPMENT........
ELECTRONICS
PROGRAMS
17 AIR TRAFFIC 0 45,820 0 45,820
CONTROL & LANDING
SYS..............
18 NATIONAL AIRSPACE 0 13,443 0 13,443
SYSTEM...........
19 BATTLE CONTROL 0 22,764 0 22,764
SYSTEM--FIXED....
20 THEATER AIR 0 73,412 0 73,412
CONTROL SYS
IMPROVEMEN.......
21 3D EXPEDITIONARY 0 96,022 0 96,022
LONG-RANGE RADAR.
22 WEATHER 0 31,056 0 31,056
OBSERVATION
FORECAST.........
23 STRATEGIC COMMAND 0 49,991 0 49,991
AND CONTROL......
24 CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN 0 8,897 0 8,897
COMPLEX..........
25 MISSION PLANNING 0 18,474 0 18,474
SYSTEMS..........
26 INTEGRATED STRAT 0 0 0 0
PLAN & ANALY
NETWORK (ISPAN)..
27 STRATEGIC MISSION 0 7,376 0 7,376
PLANNING &
EXECUTION SYSTEM.
SPCL COMM-
ELECTRONICS
PROJECTS
28 GENERAL 0 161,928 0 161,928
INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY.......
29 AF GLOBAL COMMAND 0 1,946 0 1,946
& CONTROL SYS....
30 BATTLEFIELD 0 5 0 5
AIRBORNE CONTROL
NODE (BACN)......
31 MOBILITY COMMAND 0 11,435 0 11,435
AND CONTROL......
32 AIR FORCE PHYSICAL 0 254,106 0 100,000 0 354,106
SECURITY SYSTEM..
Counter uncrewed [0] [100,000]
systems for
Africa Command...
33 COMBAT TRAINING 0 290,877 0 290,877
RANGES...........
34 MINIMUM ESSENTIAL 0 60,639 0 60,639
EMERGENCY COMM N.
35 WIDE AREA 0 13,945 0 13,945
SURVEILLANCE
(WAS)............
36 C3 COUNTERMEASURES 0 100,594 0 100,594
37 DEFENSE ENTERPRISE 0 1,236 0 1,236
ACCOUNTING & MGT
SYS..............
38 MAINTENANCE REPAIR 0 0 0 0
& OVERHAUL
INITIATIVE.......
39 THEATER BATTLE MGT 0 433 0 433
C2 SYSTEM........
40 AIR & SPACE 0 21,175 0 21,175
OPERATIONS CENTER
(AOC)............
AIR FORCE
COMMUNICATIONS
41 BASE INFORMATION 0 201,670 0 201,670
TRANSPT INFRAST
(BITI) WIRED.....
42 AFNET............. 0 69,807 0 69,807
43 JOINT 0 5,821 0 5,821
COMMUNICATIONS
SUPPORT ELEMENT
(JCSE)...........
44 USCENTCOM......... 0 19,498 0 19,498
45 USSTRATCOM........ 0 4,797 0 4,797
46 USSPACECOM........ 0 79,783 0 27,073 0 106,856
Consolidated Space [0] [27,073]
Operations
Facility (CSOF)
Procurement--SPAC
ECOM UFR.........
ORGANIZATION AND
BASE
47 TACTICAL C-E 0 139,153 0 139,153
EQUIPMENT........
48 COMBAT SURVIVOR 0 2,222 0 2,222
EVADER LOCATER...
49 RADIO EQUIPMENT... 0 53,568 0 53,568
50 BASE COMM 0 60,744 0 60,744
INFRASTRUCTURE...
MODIFICATIONS
51 COMM ELECT MODS... 0 73,147 0 73,147
PERSONAL SAFETY &
RESCUE EQUIP
52 PERSONAL SAFETY 0 109,562 0 109,562
AND RESCUE
EQUIPMENT........
DEPOT PLANT+MTRLS
HANDLING EQ
53 POWER CONDITIONING 0 13,443 0 13,443
EQUIPMENT........
54 MECHANIZED 0 20,459 0 20,459
MATERIAL HANDLING
EQUIP............
BASE SUPPORT
EQUIPMENT
55 BASE PROCURED 0 79,854 0 79,854
EQUIPMENT........
56 ENGINEERING AND 0 203,531 0 203,531
EOD EQUIPMENT....
57 MOBILITY EQUIPMENT 0 112,280 0 112,280
58 FUELS SUPPORT 0 24,563 0 24,563
EQUIPMENT (FSE)..
59 BASE MAINTENANCE 0 54,455 0 3,750 0 58,205
AND SUPPORT
EQUIPMENT........
Fighter Force Re- [0] [3,750]
Optimization
(+208 PMAI a/c)--
AF UFR...........
SPECIAL SUPPORT
PROJECTS
61 DARP RC135........ 0 29,524 0 29,524
62 DCGS-AF........... 0 59,504 0 59,504
64 SPECIAL UPDATE 0 1,269,904 0 127,400 0 1,397,304
PROGRAM..........
Classified [0] [127,400]
adjustment.......
CLASSIFIED
PROGRAMS
9999 CLASSIFIED 0 25,476,312 0 25,476,312
PROGRAMS.........
SPARES AND REPAIR
PARTS
65 SPARES AND REPAIR 0 1,056 0 1,056
PARTS (CYBER)....
66 SPARES AND REPAIR 0 7,637 0 7,637
PARTS............
TOTAL OTHER 0 30,298,764 50 272,223 50 30,570,987
PROCUREMENT, AIR
FORCE............
PROCUREMENT,
DEFENSE-WIDE
MAJOR EQUIPMENT,
DCSA
25 MAJOR EQUIPMENT... 0 2,191 0 2,191
MAJOR EQUIPMENT,
DHRA
38 PERSONNEL 0 3,717 0 3,717
ADMINISTRATION...
MAJOR EQUIPMENT,
DISA
8 INFORMATION 0 25,392 0 25,392
SYSTEMS SECURITY.
9 TELEPORT PROGRAM.. 0 27,451 0 27,451
10 JOINT FORCES 0 0 0 0
HEADQUARTERS--DOD
IN...............
11 ITEMS LESS THAN $5 0 25,499 0 25,499
MILLION..........
12 DEFENSE 0 68,786 0 68,786
INFORMATION
SYSTEM NETWORK...
13 WHITE HOUSE 0 116,320 0 116,320
COMMUNICATION
AGENCY...........
14 SENIOR LEADERSHIP 0 54,278 0 54,278
ENTERPRISE.......
15 JOINT REGIONAL 0 17,213 0 17,213
SECURITY STACKS
(JRSS)...........
16 JOINT SERVICE 0 50,462 0 50,462
PROVIDER.........
17 FOURTH ESTATE 0 24,482 0 24,482
NETWORK
OPTIMIZATION
(4ENO)...........
MAJOR EQUIPMENT,
DLA
24 MAJOR EQUIPMENT... 0 53,777 0 53,777
MAJOR EQUIPMENT,
DMACT
45 MAJOR EQUIPMENT... 0 7,332 0 7,332
MAJOR EQUIPMENT,
DODEA
44 AUTOMATION/ 0 1,360 0 1,360
EDUCATIONAL
SUPPORT &
LOGISTICS........
MAJOR EQUIPMENT,
DPAA
1 MAJOR EQUIPMENT, 10 518 10 518
DPAA.............
MAJOR EQUIPMENT,
DEFENSE THREAT
REDUCTION AGENCY
41 VEHICLES.......... 0 2,754 0 2,754
42 OTHER MAJOR 0 8,783 0 8,783
EQUIPMENT........
43 DTRA CYBER 0 3,429 0 3,429
ACTIVITIES.......
MAJOR EQUIPMENT,
MISSILE DEFENSE
AGENCY
27 THAAD............. 12 246,995 12 246,995
28 GROUND BASED 0 20,796 0 20,796
MIDCOURSE........
29 AEGIS BMD......... 0 85,000 0 85,000
30 BMDS AN/TPY-2 0 57,130 0 176,100 0 233,230
RADARS...........
AN/TPY-2 Antenna [0] [176,100]
Equipment Unit
(AEU)--MDA UFR...
31 SM-3 IIAS......... 12 406,370 0 65,000 12 471,370
Expand SM-3 IIA [0] [65,000]
production
capacity to 36/yr
32 ARROW 3 UPPER TIER 1 50,000 1 50,000
SYSTEMS..........
33 SHORT RANGE 1 40,000 1 40,000
BALLISTIC MISSILE
DEFENSE (SRBMD)..
34 DEFENSE OF GUAM 0 22,602 0 800 0 23,402
PROCUREMENT......
Guam Defense [0] [800]
System (GDS).....
35 AEGIS ASHORE PHASE 0 0 0 0
III..............
36 IRON DOME......... 1 110,000 1 110,000
37 AEGIS BMD HARDWARE 1 32,040 1 32,040
AND SOFTWARE.....
MAJOR EQUIPMENT,
OSD
2 MAJOR EQUIPMENT, 0 184,095 0 184,095
OSD..............
MAJOR EQUIPMENT,
TJS
26 MAJOR EQUIPMENT, 0 16,345 0 16,345
TJS..............
MAJOR EQUIPMENT,
WHS
7 MAJOR EQUIPMENT, 0 374 0 374
WHS..............
MAJOR EQUIPMENT,
USCYBERCOM
46 CYBERSPACE 0 69,066 0 69,066
OPERATIONS.......
CLASSIFIED
PROGRAMS
9999 CLASSIFIED 0 599,781 0 599,781
PROGRAMS.........
AVIATION PROGRAMS
47 ARMED OVERWATCH/ 12 335,487 12 335,487
TARGETING........
48 MANNED ISR........ 0 2,500 0 2,500
49 MC-12............. 0 400 0 400
50 ROTARY WING 0 220,301 0 22,773 0 243,074
UPGRADES AND
SUSTAINMENT......
MH-60M OCONUS [0] [22,773]
aircraft loss
mods and MEP--
SOCOM UFR........
51 UNMANNED ISR...... 0 41,717 0 41,717
52 NON-STANDARD 0 7,942 0 7,942
AVIATION.........
53 U-28.............. 0 5,259 0 5,259
54 MH-47 CHINOOK..... 0 157,413 0 157,413
55 CV-22 MODIFICATION 0 49,403 0 49,403
56 MQ-9 UNMANNED 0 19,123 0 19,123
AERIAL VEHICLE...
57 PRECISION STRIKE 0 69,917 0 69,917
PACKAGE..........
58 AC/MC-130J........ 0 300,892 0 300,892
59 C-130 0 0 0 0
MODIFICATIONS....
SHIPBUILDING
60 UNDERWATER SYSTEMS 0 63,850 0 63,850
AMMUNITION
PROGRAMS
61 ORDNANCE ITEMS 0 139,078 0 139,078
<$5M.............
OTHER PROCUREMENT
PROGRAMS
62 INTELLIGENCE 0 205,814 0 205,814
SYSTEMS..........
63 DISTRIBUTED COMMON 0 3,918 0 3,918
GROUND/SURFACE
SYSTEMS..........
64 OTHER ITEMS <$5M.. 0 79,015 0 79,015
65 COMBATANT CRAFT 0 66,455 0 7,000 0 73,455
SYSTEMS..........
Combatant Craft [0] [7,000]
Assault..........
66 SPECIAL PROGRAMS.. 0 20,822 0 20,822
67 TACTICAL VEHICLES. 0 53,016 0 53,016
68 WARRIOR SYSTEMS 0 358,257 0 44,500 0 402,757
<$5M.............
Counter Uncrewed [0] [44,500]
Systems--SOCOM
UFR..............
69 COMBAT MISSION 0 4,988 0 4,988
REQUIREMENTS.....
70 OPERATIONAL 0 23,715 0 23,715
ENHANCEMENTS
INTELLIGENCE.....
71 OPERATIONAL 0 317,092 0 10,745 0 327,837
ENHANCEMENTS.....
Loitering Munition [0] [10,745]
Accelerated
Fielding and
Reliability
Testing
Acceleration--SOC
OM UFR...........
CBDP
72 CHEMICAL 0 215,038 0 215,038
BIOLOGICAL
SITUATIONAL
AWARENESS........
73 CB PROTECTION & 0 211,001 0 211,001
HAZARD MITIGATION
TOTAL PROCUREMENT, 50 5,406,751 0 326,918 50 5,733,669
DEFENSE-WIDE.....
TOTAL PROCUREMENT. 16,260 166,380,672 964 9,985,065 17,224 176,365,737
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TITLE XLII--RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION
TITLE XLII--RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND
EVALUATION
SEC. 4201. RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION.
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SEC. 4201. RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION (In Thousands of Dollars)
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Senate
Line Program Element Item FY 2025 Request Senate Change Authorized
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..................... RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT,
TEST & EVAL, ARMY
..................... BASIC RESEARCH
1 0601102A DEFENSE RESEARCH SCIENCES 310,191 1,000 311,191
..................... Modeling and simulation [1,000]
environments for weapons
system innovation.
2 0601103A UNIVERSITY RESEARCH 78,166 78,166
INITIATIVES.
3 0601104A UNIVERSITY AND INDUSTRY 109,726 109,726
RESEARCH CENTERS.
4 0601121A CYBER COLLABORATIVE 5,525 5,525
RESEARCH ALLIANCE.
5 0601601A ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE 10,309 10,309
AND MACHINE LEARNING
BASIC RESEARCH.
..................... SUBTOTAL BASIC RESEARCH.. 513,917 1,000 514,917
.....................
..................... APPLIED RESEARCH
6 0602002A ARMY AGILE INNOVATION AND 8,032 8,032
DEVELOPMENT-APPLIED
RESEARCH.
7 0602134A COUNTER IMPROVISED-THREAT 6,163 6,163
ADVANCED STUDIES.
8 0602141A LETHALITY TECHNOLOGY..... 96,094 6,000 102,094
..................... Advanced materials and [6,000]
manufacturing for
hypersonic systems.
9 0602142A ARMY APPLIED RESEARCH.... 0 0
10 0602143A SOLDIER LETHALITY 102,236 14,500 116,736
TECHNOLOGY.
..................... Advanced textiles for [5,000]
extreme environments.
..................... Critical hybrid advanced [2,000]
materials processing.
..................... Pathfinder Air Assault [2,500]
program.
..................... Pathfinder Airborne [5,000]
program.
11 0602144A GROUND TECHNOLOGY........ 66,707 7,000 73,707
..................... Accelerated carbonization [5,000]
soil stabilization.
..................... Roadway assessment and [1,000]
repair technologies.
..................... Smart concrete materials. [1,000]
12 0602145A NEXT GENERATION COMBAT 149,108 5,000 154,108
VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY.
..................... Lightweight autonomous [5,000]
vehicle prototype.
13 0602146A NETWORK C3I TECHNOLOGY... 84,576 84,576
14 0602147A LONG RANGE PRECISION 32,089 50,000 82,089
FIRES TECHNOLOGY.
..................... Biosynthesizing critical [50,000]
chemicals.
15 0602148A FUTURE VERTICLE LIFT 52,685 52,685
TECHNOLOGY.
16 0602150A AIR AND MISSILE DEFENSE 39,188 2,000 41,188
TECHNOLOGY.
..................... Counter-uncrewed aerial [2,000]
systems research.
17 0602180A ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE 20,319 20,319
AND MACHINE LEARNING
TECHNOLOGIES.
18 0602181A ALL DOMAIN CONVERGENCE 12,269 12,269
APPLIED RESEARCH.
19 0602182A C3I APPLIED RESEARCH..... 25,839 25,839
20 0602183A AIR PLATFORM APPLIED 53,206 53,206
RESEARCH.
21 0602184A SOLDIER APPLIED RESEARCH. 21,069 21,069
22 0602213A C3I APPLIED CYBER........ 28,656 28,656
23 0602386A BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR 11,780 11,780
MATERIALS--APPLIED
RESEARCH.
25 0602785A MANPOWER/PERSONNEL/ 19,795 19,795
TRAINING TECHNOLOGY.
26 0602787A MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY....... 68,481 68,481
9999 9999999999 CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS...... 35,766 35,766
..................... SUBTOTAL APPLIED RESEARCH 934,058 84,500 1,018,558
.....................
..................... ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY
DEVELOPMENT
27 0603002A MEDICAL ADVANCED 3,112 3,112
TECHNOLOGY.
28 0603007A MANPOWER, PERSONNEL AND 16,716 16,716
TRAINING ADVANCED
TECHNOLOGY.
29 0603025A ARMY AGILE INNOVATION AND 14,608 14,608
DEMONSTRATION.
30 0603040A ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE 18,263 10,000 28,263
AND MACHINE LEARNING
ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES.
..................... Distributed AI fusion for [10,000]
attritable uncrewed
systems.
31 0603041A ALL DOMAIN CONVERGENCE 23,722 23,722
ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY.
32 0603042A C3I ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY.. 22,814 22,814
33 0603043A AIR PLATFORM ADVANCED 17,076 17,076
TECHNOLOGY.
34 0603044A SOLDIER ADVANCED 10,133 10,133
TECHNOLOGY.
35 0603116A LETHALITY ADVANCED 33,969 33,969
TECHNOLOGY.
36 0603117A ARMY ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY 0 0
DEVELOPMENT.
37 0603118A SOLDIER LETHALITY 94,899 94,899
ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY.
38 0603119A GROUND ADVANCED 45,880 7,000 52,880
TECHNOLOGY.
..................... Design and manufacturing [2,000]
of advanced composites.
..................... Renewable electric [5,000]
vehicle charging
stations.
39 0603134A COUNTER IMPROVISED-THREAT 21,398 21,398
SIMULATION.
40 0603386A BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR 36,360 36,360
MATERIALS--ADVANCED
RESEARCH.
41 0603457A C3I CYBER ADVANCED 19,616 19,616
DEVELOPMENT.
42 0603461A HIGH PERFORMANCE 239,597 8,000 247,597
COMPUTING MODERNIZATION
PROGRAM.
..................... High performance [8,000]
computing modernization
program.
43 0603462A NEXT GENERATION COMBAT 175,198 2,000 177,198
VEHICLE ADVANCED
TECHNOLOGY.
..................... Silicone anode battery [2,000]
testing.
44 0603463A NETWORK C3I ADVANCED 94,424 94,424
TECHNOLOGY.
45 0603464A LONG RANGE PRECISION 164,943 85,000 249,943
FIRES ADVANCED
TECHNOLOGY.
..................... PrSM Inc 4 1yr [85,000]
acceleration long-lead
items.
46 0603465A FUTURE VERTICAL LIFT 140,578 5,000 145,578
ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY.
..................... Army aviation cyber and [5,000]
electromagnetic
protection.
47 0603466A AIR AND MISSILE DEFENSE 28,333 28,333
ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY.
49 0603920A HUMANITARIAN DEMINING.... 9,272 9,272
9999 9999999999 CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS...... 155,526 155,526
..................... SUBTOTAL ADVANCED 1,386,437 117,000 1,503,437
TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT.
.....................
..................... ADVANCED COMPONENT
DEVELOPMENT AND
PROTOTYPES
51 0603305A ARMY MISSLE DEFENSE 13,031 13,031
SYSTEMS INTEGRATION.
52 0603308A ARMY SPACE SYSTEMS 19,659 19,659
INTEGRATION.
53 0603327A AIR AND MISSILE DEFENSE 0 0
SYSTEMS ENGINEERING.
54 0603619A LANDMINE WARFARE AND 58,617 58,617
BARRIER--ADV DEV.
55 0603639A TANK AND MEDIUM CALIBER 116,027 2,500 118,527
AMMUNITION.
..................... Large caliber automated [2,500]
ammunition resupply.
56 0603645A ARMORED SYSTEM 23,235 17,500 40,735
MODERNIZATION--ADV DEV.
..................... 360 Helmet Mounted [17,500]
Display for the Armored
Multi-Purpose Vehicle.
57 0603747A SOLDIER SUPPORT AND 4,059 4,059
SURVIVABILITY.
58 0603766A TACTICAL ELECTRONIC 90,265 90,265
SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM--ADV
DEV.
59 0603774A NIGHT VISION SYSTEMS 64,113 64,113
ADVANCED DEVELOPMENT.
60 0603779A ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY 34,091 34,091
TECHNOLOGY--DEM/VAL.
61 0603790A NATO RESEARCH AND 4,184 4,184
DEVELOPMENT.
62 0603801A AVIATION--ADV DEV........ 6,591 6,591
63 0603804A LOGISTICS AND ENGINEER 12,445 12,445
EQUIPMENT--ADV DEV.
64 0603807A MEDICAL SYSTEMS--ADV DEV. 582 582
65 0603827A SOLDIER SYSTEMS--ADVANCED 24,284 24,284
DEVELOPMENT.
66 0604017A ROBOTICS DEVELOPMENT..... 3,039 3,039
67 0604019A EXPANDED MISSION AREA 102,589 102,589
MISSILE (EMAM).
68 0604020A CROSS FUNCTIONAL TEAM 63,831 63,831
(CFT) ADVANCED
DEVELOPMENT &
PROTOTYPING.
69 0604035A LOW EARTH ORBIT (LEO) 21,935 21,935
SATELLITE CAPABILITY.
70 0604036A MULTI-DOMAIN SENSING 239,135 239,135
SYSTEM (MDSS) ADV DEV.
71 0604037A TACTICAL INTEL TARGETING 4,317 4,317
ACCESS NODE (TITAN) ADV
DEV.
72 0604100A ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATIVES. 11,234 11,234
73 0604101A SMALL UNMANNED AERIAL 1,800 1,800
VEHICLE (SUAV) (6.4).
74 0604103A ELECTRONIC WARFARE 2,004 2,004
PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT
TOOL (EWPMT).
75 0604113A FUTURE TACTICAL UNMANNED 127,870 127,870
AIRCRAFT SYSTEM (FTUAS).
76 0604114A LOWER TIER AIR MISSILE 149,463 149,463
DEFENSE (LTAMD) SENSOR.
77 0604115A TECHNOLOGY MATURATION 252,000 10,000 262,000
INITIATIVES.
..................... Short pulse laser [10,000]
directed energy
demonstration.
78 0604117A MANEUVER--SHORT RANGE AIR 315,772 315,772
DEFENSE (M-SHORAD).
79 0604119A ARMY ADVANCED COMPONENT 0 0
DEVELOPMENT &
PROTOTYPING.
80 0604120A ASSURED POSITIONING, 24,168 24,168
NAVIGATION AND TIMING
(PNT).
81 0604121A SYNTHETIC TRAINING 136,029 136,029
ENVIRONMENT REFINEMENT &
PROTOTYPING.
82 0604134A COUNTER IMPROVISED-THREAT 17,341 17,341
DEMONSTRATION, PROTOTYPE
DEVELOPMENT, AND TESTING.
83 0604135A STRATEGIC MID-RANGE FIRES 0 0
84 0604182A HYPERSONICS.............. 0 0
85 0604386A BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR 20,862 20,862
MATERIALS--DEM/VAL.
86 0604403A FUTURE INTERCEPTOR....... 8,058 8,058
88 0604531A COUNTER--SMALL UNMANNED 59,983 20,000 79,983
AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS
ADVANCED DEVELOPMENT.
..................... NGCM R&D acceleration [20,000]
(+1yr).
90 0604541A UNIFIED NETWORK TRANSPORT 31,837 31,837
91 0305251A CYBERSPACE OPERATIONS 2,270 2,270
FORCES AND FORCE SUPPORT.
9999 9999999999 CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS...... 277,181 277,181
..................... SUBTOTAL ADVANCED 2,343,901 50,000 2,393,901
COMPONENT DEVELOPMENT
AND PROTOTYPES.
.....................
..................... SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT AND
DEMONSTRATION
92 0604201A AIRCRAFT AVIONICS........ 7,171 7,171
93 0604270A ELECTRONIC WARFARE 35,942 35,942
DEVELOPMENT.
94 0604601A INFANTRY SUPPORT WEAPONS. 52,586 52,586
95 0604604A MEDIUM TACTICAL VEHICLES. 15,088 15,088
96 0604611A JAVELIN.................. 10,405 29,100 39,505
..................... Javelin R&D for fast [29,100]
launch.
97 0604622A FAMILY OF HEAVY TACTICAL 50,011 50,011
VEHICLES.
98 0604633A AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL...... 982 982
99 0604641A TACTICAL UNMANNED GROUND 92,540 92,540
VEHICLE (TUGV).
100 0604642A LIGHT TACTICAL WHEELED 100,257 -10,274 89,983
VEHICLES.
..................... Electric Light [-10,274]
Reconnaissance Vehicle
reduction.
101 0604645A ARMORED SYSTEMS 48,097 48,097
MODERNIZATION (ASM)--ENG
DEV.
102 0604710A NIGHT VISION SYSTEMS--ENG 89,259 89,259
DEV.
103 0604713A COMBAT FEEDING, CLOTHING, 3,286 3,286
AND EQUIPMENT.
104 0604715A NON-SYSTEM TRAINING 28,427 28,427
DEVICES--ENG DEV.
105 0604741A AIR DEFENSE COMMAND, 69,653 10,000 79,653
CONTROL AND
INTELLIGENCE--ENG DEV.
..................... Family of Counter-sUAS [10,000]
System (FoCUS)--Army UFR.
106 0604742A CONSTRUCTIVE SIMULATION 30,097 30,097
SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT.
107 0604746A AUTOMATIC TEST EQUIPMENT 12,927 12,927
DEVELOPMENT.
108 0604760A DISTRIBUTIVE INTERACTIVE 8,914 8,914
SIMULATIONS (DIS)--ENG
DEV.
109 0604798A BRIGADE ANALYSIS, 26,352 26,352
INTEGRATION AND
EVALUATION.
110 0604802A WEAPONS AND MUNITIONS-- 242,949 25,000 267,949
ENG DEV.
..................... FY25 PGK development [25,000]
acceleration.
111 0604804A LOGISTICS AND ENGINEER 41,829 41,829
EQUIPMENT--ENG DEV.
112 0604805A COMMAND, CONTROL, 92,300 92,300
COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS--
ENG DEV.
113 0604807A MEDICAL MATERIEL/MEDICAL 7,143 7,143
BIOLOGICAL DEFENSE
EQUIPMENT--ENG DEV.
114 0604808A LANDMINE WARFARE/BARRIER-- 19,134 60,000 79,134
ENG DEV.
..................... Joint All Domain Testing, [60,000]
Evaluation, and Training
Center.
115 0604818A ARMY TACTICAL COMMAND & 165,229 165,229
CONTROL HARDWARE &
SOFTWARE.
116 0604820A RADAR DEVELOPMENT........ 76,090 76,090
117 0604822A GENERAL FUND ENTERPRISE 1,995 1,995
BUSINESS SYSTEM (GFEBS).
118 0604827A SOLDIER SYSTEMS--WARRIOR 29,132 29,132
DEM/VAL.
119 0604852A SUITE OF SURVIVABILITY 77,864 77,864
ENHANCEMENT SYSTEMS--EMD.
120 0604854A ARTILLERY SYSTEMS--EMD... 50,495 50,495
121 0605013A INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 120,076 120,076
DEVELOPMENT.
122 0605018A INTEGRATED PERSONNEL AND 126,354 126,354
PAY SYSTEM-ARMY (IPPS-A).
123 0605030A JOINT TACTICAL NETWORK 20,191 20,191
CENTER (JTNC).
124 0605031A JOINT TACTICAL NETWORK 31,214 31,214
(JTN).
125 0605035A COMMON INFRARED 11,691 11,691
COUNTERMEASURES (CIRCM).
126 0605036A COMBATING WEAPONS OF MASS 7,846 7,846
DESTRUCTION (CWMD).
127 0605038A NUCLEAR BIOLOGICAL 7,886 7,886
CHEMICAL RECONNAISSANCE
VEHICLE (NBCRV) SENSOR
SUITE.
128 0605041A DEFENSIVE CYBER TOOL 4,176 4,176
DEVELOPMENT.
129 0605042A TACTICAL NETWORK RADIO 4,288 4,288
SYSTEMS (LOW-TIER).
130 0605047A CONTRACT WRITING SYSTEM.. 9,276 9,276
131 0605049A MISSILE WARNING SYSTEM 0 0
MODERNIZATION (MWSM).
132 0605051A AIRCRAFT SURVIVABILITY 38,225 38,225
DEVELOPMENT.
133 0605052A INDIRECT FIRE PROTECTION 167,912 167,912
CAPABILITY INC 2--BLOCK
1.
134 0605053A GROUND ROBOTICS.......... 28,378 28,378
135 0605054A EMERGING TECHNOLOGY 164,734 8,000 172,734
INITIATIVES.
..................... Mobile-long range [8,000]
precision strike missile.
136 0605143A BIOMETRICS ENABLING 0 0
CAPABILITY (BEC).
137 0605144A NEXT GENERATION LOAD 2,931 2,931
DEVICE--MEDIUM.
138 0605148A TACTICAL INTEL TARGETING 157,036 157,036
ACCESS NODE (TITAN) EMD.
139 0605203A ARMY SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT & 0 0
DEMONSTRATION.
140 0605205A SMALL UNMANNED AERIAL 37,876 37,876
VEHICLE (SUAV) (6.5).
141 0605206A CI AND HUMINT EQUIPMENT 1,296 1,296
PROGRAM-ARMY (CIHEP-A).
142 0605216A JOINT TARGETING 28,553 28,553
INTEGRATED COMMAND AND
COORDINATION SUITE
(JTIC2S).
143 0605224A MULTI-DOMAIN INTELLIGENCE 18,913 18,913
144 0605231A PRECISION STRIKE MISSILE 184,046 184,046
(PRSM).
145 0605232A HYPERSONICS EMD.......... 538,017 538,017
146 0605233A ACCESSIONS INFORMATION 32,265 32,265
ENVIRONMENT (AIE).
147 0605235A STRATEGIC MID-RANGE 182,823 182,823
CAPABILITY.
148 0605236A INTEGRATED TACTICAL 23,363 23,363
COMMUNICATIONS.
149 0605241A FUTURE LONG RANGE ASSAULT 1,253,637 1,253,637
AIRCRAFT DEVELOPMENT.
150 0605242A THEATER SIGINT SYSTEM 6,660 6,660
(TSIGS).
151 0605244A JOINT REDUCED RANGE 13,565 13,565
ROCKET (JR3).
152 0605247A SPECTRUM SITUATIONAL 9,330 9,330
AWARENESS SYSTEM (S2AS).
153 0605450A JOINT AIR-TO-GROUND 3,030 3,030
MISSILE (JAGM).
154 0605457A ARMY INTEGRATED AIR AND 602,045 602,045
MISSILE DEFENSE (AIAMD).
155 0605531A COUNTER--SMALL UNMANNED 59,563 4,500 64,063
AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS SYS DEV
& DEMONSTRATION.
..................... Roadrunner-M--Army UFR... [4,500]
157 0605625A MANNED GROUND VEHICLE.... 504,841 504,841
158 0605766A NATIONAL CAPABILITIES 16,565 16,565
INTEGRATION (MIP).
159 0605812A JOINT LIGHT TACTICAL 27,013 7,500 34,513
VEHICLE (JLTV)
ENGINEERING AND
MANUFACTURING
DEVELOPMENT PHASE (EMD).
..................... JLTV anti-idle systems... [7,500]
160 0605830A AVIATION GROUND SUPPORT 979 979
EQUIPMENT.
161 0303032A TROJAN--RH12............. 3,930 3,930
163 0304270A ELECTRONIC WARFARE 131,096 32,700 163,796
DEVELOPMENT.
..................... Terrestrial Layer System [32,700]
Brigade Combat Team
realignment.
9999 9999999999 CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS...... 83,136 83,136
..................... SUBTOTAL SYSTEM 6,150,910 166,526 6,317,436
DEVELOPMENT AND
DEMONSTRATION.
.....................
..................... MANAGEMENT SUPPORT
164 0604256A THREAT SIMULATOR 71,298 71,298
DEVELOPMENT.
165 0604258A TARGET SYSTEMS 15,788 15,788
DEVELOPMENT.
166 0604759A MAJOR T&E INVESTMENT..... 78,613 78,613
167 0605103A RAND ARROYO CENTER....... 38,122 38,122
168 0605301A ARMY KWAJALEIN ATOLL..... 321,755 50,000 371,755
..................... USAG-Kwajalein Atoll [50,000]
Recap.
169 0605326A CONCEPTS EXPERIMENTATION 86,645 86,645
PROGRAM.
170 0605502A SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATIVE 0 0
RESEARCH.
171 0605601A ARMY TEST RANGES AND 461,085 461,085
FACILITIES.
172 0605602A ARMY TECHNICAL TEST 75,591 75,591
INSTRUMENTATION AND
TARGETS.
173 0605604A SURVIVABILITY/LETHALITY 37,604 37,604
ANALYSIS.
174 0605606A AIRCRAFT CERTIFICATION... 2,201 2,201
175 0605702A METEOROLOGICAL SUPPORT TO 0 0
RDT&E ACTIVITIES.
176 0605706A MATERIEL SYSTEMS ANALYSIS 27,420 27,420
177 0605709A EXPLOITATION OF FOREIGN 6,245 6,245
ITEMS.
178 0605712A SUPPORT OF OPERATIONAL 76,088 76,088
TESTING.
179 0605716A ARMY EVALUATION CENTER... 73,220 73,220
180 0605718A ARMY MODELING & SIM X-CMD 11,257 11,257
COLLABORATION & INTEG.
181 0605801A PROGRAMWIDE ACTIVITIES... 91,895 91,895
182 0605803A TECHNICAL INFORMATION 32,385 32,385
ACTIVITIES.
183 0605805A MUNITIONS 50,766 50,766
STANDARDIZATION,
EFFECTIVENESS AND SAFETY.
184 0605857A ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY 1,659 1,659
TECHNOLOGY MGMT SUPPORT.
185 0605898A ARMY DIRECT REPORT 59,727 59,727
HEADQUARTERS--R&D - MHA.
186 0606002A RONALD REAGAN BALLISTIC 73,400 73,400
MISSILE DEFENSE TEST
SITE.
187 0606003A COUNTERINTEL AND HUMAN 4,574 4,574
INTEL MODERNIZATION.
188 0606942A ASSESSMENTS AND 10,105 10,105
EVALUATIONS CYBER
VULNERABILITIES.
..................... SUBTOTAL MANAGEMENT 1,707,443 50,000 1,757,443
SUPPORT.
.....................
..................... OPERATIONAL SYSTEM
DEVELOPMENT
190 0603778A MLRS PRODUCT IMPROVEMENT 14,188 14,188
PROGRAM.
191 0605024A ANTI-TAMPER TECHNOLOGY 7,489 7,489
SUPPORT.
192 0607101A COMBATING WEAPONS OF MASS 271 271
DESTRUCTION (CWMD)
PRODUCT IMPROVEMENT.
193 0607131A WEAPONS AND MUNITIONS 9,363 6,000 15,363
PRODUCT IMPROVEMENT
PROGRAMS.
..................... Agile manufacturing for [6,000]
advanced armament
systems.
194 0607136A BLACKHAWK PRODUCT 25,000 25,000
IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
195 0607137A CHINOOK PRODUCT 4,816 4,816
IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
196 0607139A IMPROVED TURBINE ENGINE 67,029 67,029
PROGRAM.
197 0607142A AVIATION ROCKET SYSTEM 0 0
PRODUCT IMPROVEMENT AND
DEVELOPMENT.
198 0607143A UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEM 24,539 24,539
UNIVERSAL PRODUCTS.
199 0607145A APACHE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT 8,243 8,243
200 0607148A AN/TPQ-53 COUNTERFIRE 53,652 53,652
TARGET ACQUISITION RADAR
SYSTEM.
201 0607150A INTEL CYBER DEVELOPMENT.. 9,753 9,753
202 0607312A ARMY OPERATIONAL SYSTEMS 0 0
DEVELOPMENT.
203 0607313A ELECTRONIC WARFARE 5,559 5,559
DEVELOPMENT.
204 0607315A ENDURING TURBINE ENGINES 2,620 2,620
AND POWER SYSTEMS.
206 0607665A FAMILY OF BIOMETRICS..... 590 590
207 0607865A PATRIOT PRODUCT 168,458 168,458
IMPROVEMENT.
208 0203728A JOINT AUTOMATED DEEP 27,582 27,582
OPERATION COORDINATION
SYSTEM (JADOCS).
209 0203735A COMBAT VEHICLE 272,926 272,926
IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS.
210 0203743A 155MM SELF-PROPELLED 55,205 55,205
HOWITZER IMPROVEMENTS.
211 0203752A AIRCRAFT ENGINE COMPONENT 142 142
IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
212 0203758A DIGITIZATION............. 1,562 1,562
213 0203801A MISSILE/AIR DEFENSE 1,511 1,511
PRODUCT IMPROVEMENT
PROGRAM.
214 0203802A OTHER MISSILE PRODUCT 23,708 10,000 33,708
IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS.
..................... Containerized weapon [10,000]
system.
215 0205412A ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY 269 269
TECHNOLOGY--OPERATIONAL
SYSTEM DEV.
216 0205778A GUIDED MULTIPLE-LAUNCH 20,590 20,590
ROCKET SYSTEM (GMLRS).
217 0208053A JOINT TACTICAL GROUND 0 0
SYSTEM.
220 0303028A SECURITY AND INTELLIGENCE 0 0
ACTIVITIES.
221 0303140A INFORMATION SYSTEMS 15,733 15,733
SECURITY PROGRAM.
222 0303141A GLOBAL COMBAT SUPPORT 2,566 2,566
SYSTEM.
223 0303142A SATCOM GROUND ENVIRONMENT 26,643 26,643
(SPACE).
226 0305179A INTEGRATED BROADCAST 5,701 5,701
SERVICE (IBS).
227 0305204A TACTICAL UNMANNED AERIAL 0 0
VEHICLES.
228 0305206A AIRBORNE RECONNAISSANCE 0 0
SYSTEMS.
229 0305219A MQ-1 GRAY EAGLE UAV...... 6,681 6,681
230 0708045A END ITEM INDUSTRIAL 67,187 6,000 73,187
PREPAREDNESS ACTIVITIES.
..................... Advanced isostatic [6,000]
pressure armor.
9999 9999999999 CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS...... 32,518 62,200 94,718
..................... Iron Quest--Army UFR..... [12,200]
..................... Spectre--Army UFR........ [50,000]
..................... SUBTOTAL OPERATIONAL 962,094 84,200 1,046,294
SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT.
.....................
..................... SOFTWARE AND DIGITAL
TECHNOLOGY PILOT
PROGRAMS
231 0608041A DEFENSIVE CYBER--SOFTWARE 74,548 74,548
PROTOTYPE DEVELOPMENT.
..................... SUBTOTAL SOFTWARE AND 74,548 0 74,548
DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY PILOT
PROGRAMS.
.....................
..................... TOTAL RESEARCH, 14,073,308 553,226 14,626,534
DEVELOPMENT, TEST &
EVAL, ARMY.
.....................
..................... RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT,
TEST & EVAL, NAVY
..................... BASIC RESEARCH
1 0601103N UNIVERSITY RESEARCH 94,259 5,000 99,259
INITIATIVES.
..................... Digital radar system [5,000]
development.
2 0601153N DEFENSE RESEARCH SCIENCES 483,914 483,914
..................... SUBTOTAL BASIC RESEARCH.. 578,173 5,000 583,173
.....................
..................... APPLIED RESEARCH
3 0602114N POWER PROJECTION APPLIED 23,842 23,842
RESEARCH.
4 0602123N FORCE PROTECTION APPLIED 120,716 5,000 125,716
RESEARCH.
..................... Unmanned maritime systems [5,000]
digital manufacturing
factory of the future.
5 0602131M MARINE CORPS LANDING 53,758 53,758
FORCE TECHNOLOGY.
6 0602235N COMMON PICTURE APPLIED 51,202 51,202
RESEARCH.
7 0602236N WARFIGHTER SUSTAINMENT 76,379 6,000 82,379
APPLIED RESEARCH.
..................... Research on foreign [6,000]
malign influence
operations.
8 0602271N ELECTROMAGNETIC SYSTEMS 91,441 91,441
APPLIED RESEARCH.
9 0602435N OCEAN WARFIGHTING 78,930 5,500 84,430
ENVIRONMENT APPLIED
RESEARCH.
..................... Resilient autonomous [5,500]
sensing in the Arctic.
10 0602651M JOINT NON-LETHAL WEAPONS 7,719 7,719
APPLIED RESEARCH.
11 0602747N UNDERSEA WARFARE APPLIED 57,525 11,000 68,525
RESEARCH.
..................... Geophysical sensing and [1,000]
characterization of the
mine-hunting environment.
..................... Low-cost autonomous [10,000]
sensors for maritime
dominance.
12 0602750N FUTURE NAVAL CAPABILITIES 163,673 163,673
APPLIED RESEARCH.
13 0602782N MINE AND EXPEDITIONARY 31,460 1,000 32,460
WARFARE APPLIED RESEARCH.
..................... Precision strike [1,000]
loitering munitions.
14 0602792N INNOVATIVE NAVAL 127,363 127,363
PROTOTYPES (INP) APPLIED
RESEARCH.
15 0602861N SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 90,939 90,939
MANAGEMENT--ONR FIELD
ACITIVITIES.
..................... SUBTOTAL APPLIED RESEARCH 974,947 28,500 1,003,447
.....................
..................... ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY
DEVELOPMENT
16 0603123N FORCE PROTECTION ADVANCED 31,556 31,556
TECHNOLOGY.
17 0603271N ELECTROMAGNETIC SYSTEMS 8,537 8,537
ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY.
18 0603273N SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY FOR 118,624 118,624
NUCLEAR RE-ENTRY SYSTEMS.
19 0603640M USMC ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY 243,247 21,000 264,247
DEMONSTRATION (ATD).
..................... Innovative design and [8,000]
manufacturing for
uncrewed systems.
..................... Long-range maneuvering [7,000]
projectiles.
..................... Marine Corps realignment-- [6,000]
Autonomous Low Profile
Vessel.
20 0603651M JOINT NON-LETHAL WEAPONS 16,188 16,188
TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT.
21 0603673N FUTURE NAVAL CAPABILITIES 262,869 262,869
ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY
DEVELOPMENT.
22 0603680N MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY 63,084 63,084
PROGRAM.
23 0603729N WARFIGHTER PROTECTION 5,105 5,105
ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY.
24 0603758N NAVY WARFIGHTING 97,615 97,615
EXPERIMENTS AND
DEMONSTRATIONS.
25 0603782N MINE AND EXPEDITIONARY 2,050 2,050
WARFARE ADVANCED
TECHNOLOGY.
26 0603801N INNOVATIVE NAVAL 131,288 131,288
PROTOTYPES (INP)
ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY
DEVELOPMENT.
..................... SUBTOTAL ADVANCED 980,163 21,000 1,001,163
TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT.
.....................
..................... ADVANCED COMPONENT
DEVELOPMENT AND
PROTOTYPES
27 0603128N UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEM... 99,940 99,940
28 0603178N LARGE UNMANNED SURFACE 53,964 53,964
VEHICLES (LUSV).
29 0603207N AIR/OCEAN TACTICAL 41,765 18,000 59,765
APPLICATIONS.
..................... Autonomous surface and [18,000]
underwater dual-modality
vehicles.
30 0603216N AVIATION SURVIVABILITY... 23,115 23,115
31 0603239N NAVAL CONSTRUCTION FORCES 7,866 7,866
32 0603254N ASW SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT.. 20,033 20,033
33 0603261N TACTICAL AIRBORNE 3,358 3,358
RECONNAISSANCE.
34 0603382N ADVANCED COMBAT SYSTEMS 2,051 2,051
TECHNOLOGY.
35 0603502N SURFACE AND SHALLOW WATER 29,421 29,421
MINE COUNTERMEASURES.
36 0603506N SURFACE SHIP TORPEDO 4,790 4,790
DEFENSE.
37 0603512N CARRIER SYSTEMS 5,659 5,659
DEVELOPMENT.
38 0603525N PILOT FISH............... 1,007,324 1,007,324
39 0603527N RETRACT LARCH............ 0 0
40 0603536N RETRACT JUNIPER.......... 199,172 199,172
41 0603542N RADIOLOGICAL CONTROL..... 801 801
42 0603553N SURFACE ASW.............. 1,194 1,194
43 0603561N ADVANCED SUBMARINE SYSTEM 96,694 10,000 106,694
DEVELOPMENT.
..................... Advanced submarine hull [10,000]
coatings.
44 0603562N SUBMARINE TACTICAL 14,924 14,924
WARFARE SYSTEMS.
45 0603563N SHIP CONCEPT ADVANCED 110,800 110,800
DESIGN.
46 0603564N SHIP PRELIMINARY DESIGN & 52,586 52,586
FEASIBILITY STUDIES.
47 0603570N ADVANCED NUCLEAR POWER 368,002 368,002
SYSTEMS.
48 0603573N ADVANCED SURFACE 93,942 93,942
MACHINERY SYSTEMS.
49 0603576N CHALK EAGLE.............. 137,372 137,372
50 0603581N LITTORAL COMBAT SHIP 9,132 9,132
(LCS).
51 0603582N COMBAT SYSTEM INTEGRATION 20,135 30,000 50,135
..................... PAC-3-AEGIS integration.. [30,000]
52 0603595N OHIO REPLACEMENT......... 189,631 189,631
53 0603596N LCS MISSION MODULES...... 28,801 28,801
54 0603597N AUTOMATED TEST AND RE- 10,805 10,805
TEST (ATRT).
55 0603599N FRIGATE DEVELOPMENT...... 107,658 107,658
56 0603609N CONVENTIONAL MUNITIONS... 8,950 8,950
57 0603635M MARINE CORPS GROUND 103,860 103,860
COMBAT/SUPPORT SYSTEM.
58 0603654N JOINT SERVICE EXPLOSIVE 47,339 47,339
ORDNANCE DEVELOPMENT.
59 0603713N OCEAN ENGINEERING 15,587 15,587
TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT.
60 0603721N ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. 23,258 23,258
61 0603724N NAVY ENERGY PROGRAM...... 60,610 60,610
62 0603725N FACILITIES IMPROVEMENT... 9,067 9,067
63 0603734N CHALK CORAL.............. 459,791 459,791
64 0603739N NAVY LOGISTIC 6,059 6,059
PRODUCTIVITY.
65 0603746N RETRACT MAPLE............ 628,958 628,958
66 0603748N LINK PLUMERIA............ 346,553 346,553
67 0603751N RETRACT ELM.............. 99,939 99,939
68 0603764M LINK EVERGREEN........... 460,721 460,721
69 0603790N NATO RESEARCH AND 5,151 5,151
DEVELOPMENT.
70 0603795N LAND ATTACK TECHNOLOGY... 1,686 1,686
71 0603851M JOINT NON-LETHAL WEAPONS 30,263 30,263
TESTING.
72 0603860N JOINT PRECISION APPROACH 4,047 4,047
AND LANDING SYSTEMS--DEM/
VAL.
73 0603925N DIRECTED ENERGY AND 9,877 9,877
ELECTRIC WEAPON SYSTEMS.
74 0604014N F/A -18 INFRARED SEARCH 8,630 8,630
AND TRACK (IRST).
75 0604027N DIGITAL WARFARE OFFICE... 128,997 128,997
76 0604028N SMALL AND MEDIUM UNMANNED 52,994 61,300 114,294
UNDERSEA VEHICLES.
..................... Accelerate Subsea and [61,300]
Seabed Warfare (SSW)
ROV--Navy UFR.
77 0604029N UNMANNED UNDERSEA VEHICLE 68,152 68,152
CORE TECHNOLOGIES.
78 0604030N RAPID PROTOTYPING, 168,855 168,855
EXPERIMENTATION AND
DEMONSTRATION..
79 0604031N LARGE UNMANNED UNDERSEA 6,874 6,874
VEHICLES.
80 0604112N GERALD R. FORD CLASS 96,670 96,670
NUCLEAR AIRCRAFT CARRIER
(CVN 78--80).
81 0604126N LITTORAL AIRBORNE MCM.... 0 0
82 0604127N SURFACE MINE 15,271 15,271
COUNTERMEASURES.
83 0604272N TACTICAL AIR DIRECTIONAL 35,030 35,030
INFRARED COUNTERMEASURES
(TADIRCM).
84 0604289M NEXT GENERATION LOGISTICS 8,114 55,000 63,114
..................... At-sea VLS reloading [55,000]
development.
85 0604292N FUTURE VERTICAL LIFT 4,796 4,796
(MARITIME STRIKE).
86 0604295M MARINE AVIATION 62,317 62,317
DEMONSTRATION/VALIDATION.
87 0604320M RAPID TECHNOLOGY 120,392 120,392
CAPABILITY PROTOTYPE.
88 0604454N LX (R)................... 12,785 12,785
89 0604536N ADVANCED UNDERSEA 21,466 21,466
PROTOTYPING.
90 0604636N COUNTER UNMANNED AIRCRAFT 14,185 14,185
SYSTEMS (C-UAS).
91 0604659N PRECISION STRIKE WEAPONS 5,667 252,000 257,667
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.
..................... Nuclear-armed sea- [252,000]
launched cruise missile.
92 0604707N SPACE AND ELECTRONIC 8,896 8,896
WARFARE (SEW)
ARCHITECTURE/ENGINEERING
SUPPORT.
93 0604786N OFFENSIVE ANTI-SURFACE 341,907 341,907
WARFARE WEAPON
DEVELOPMENT.
94 0605512N MEDIUM UNMANNED SURFACE 101,838 101,838
VEHICLES (MUSVS)).
95 0605513N UNMANNED SURFACE VEHICLE 92,868 92,868
ENABLING CAPABILITIES.
96 0605514M GROUND BASED ANTI-SHIP 50,916 50,916
MISSILE.
97 0605516M LONG RANGE FIRES......... 30,092 30,092
98 0605518N CONVENTIONAL PROMPT 903,927 903,927
STRIKE (CPS).
99 0303354N ASW SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT-- 7,253 7,253
MIP.
100 0304240M ADVANCED TACTICAL 3,504 3,504
UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEM.
101 0304270N ELECTRONIC WARFARE 1,395 1,395
DEVELOPMENT--MIP.
102 0304797N UNDERSEA ARTIFICIAL 28,563 28,563
INTELLIGENCE / MACHINE
LEARNING (AI/ML).
..................... SUBTOTAL ADVANCED 7,465,005 426,300 7,891,305
COMPONENT DEVELOPMENT
AND PROTOTYPES.
.....................
..................... SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT AND
DEMONSTRATION
103 0603208N TRAINING SYSTEM AIRCRAFT. 26,120 26,120
104 0604038N MARITIME TARGETING CELL.. 43,301 43,301
105 0604212M OTHER HELO DEVELOPMENT... 0 0
106 0604212N OTHER HELO DEVELOPMENT... 0 0
107 0604214M AV-8B AIRCRAFT--ENG DEV.. 5,320 5,320
108 0604215N STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT.... 5,120 5,120
109 0604216N MULTI-MISSION HELICOPTER 60,438 60,438
UPGRADE DEVELOPMENT.
110 0604221N P-3 MODERNIZATION PROGRAM 0 0
111 0604230N WARFARE SUPPORT SYSTEM... 108,432 108,432
112 0604231N COMMAND AND CONTROL 164,391 164,391
SYSTEMS.
113 0604234N ADVANCED HAWKEYE......... 301,384 301,384
114 0604245M H-1 UPGRADES............. 39,023 39,023
115 0604261N ACOUSTIC SEARCH SENSORS.. 53,591 53,591
116 0604262N V-22A.................... 109,431 109,431
117 0604264N AIR CREW SYSTEMS 29,330 29,330
DEVELOPMENT.
118 0604269N EA-18.................... 223,266 223,266
119 0604270N ELECTRONIC WARFARE 189,750 189,750
DEVELOPMENT.
120 0604273M EXECUTIVE HELO 51,366 51,366
DEVELOPMENT.
121 0604274N NEXT GENERATION JAMMER 86,721 86,721
(NGJ).
122 0604280N JOINT TACTICAL RADIO 330,559 28,600 359,159
SYSTEM--NAVY (JTRS-NAVY).
..................... Accelerate Fund NC3 [28,600]
Recapitalization and New
Transmission Pathways--
Navy UFR.
123 0604282N NEXT GENERATION JAMMER 209,623 209,623
(NGJ) INCREMENT II.
124 0604307N SURFACE COMBATANT COMBAT 528,234 528,234
SYSTEM ENGINEERING.
125 0604329N SMALL DIAMETER BOMB (SDB) 19,744 19,744
126 0604366N STANDARD MISSILE 468,297 468,297
IMPROVEMENTS.
127 0604373N AIRBORNE MCM............. 11,066 11,066
128 0604378N NAVAL INTEGRATED FIRE 41,419 41,419
CONTROL--COUNTER AIR
SYSTEMS ENGINEERING.
129 0604419N ADVANCED SENSORS 0 0
APPLICATION PROGRAM
(ASAP).
130 0604501N ADVANCED ABOVE WATER 112,231 112,231
SENSORS.
131 0604503N SSN-688 AND TRIDENT 97,953 97,953
MODERNIZATION.
132 0604504N AIR CONTROL.............. 84,458 84,458
133 0604512N SHIPBOARD AVIATION 10,742 10,742
SYSTEMS.
134 0604518N COMBAT INFORMATION CENTER 10,621 10,621
CONVERSION.
135 0604522N AIR AND MISSILE DEFENSE 107,924 107,924
RADAR (AMDR) SYSTEM.
136 0604530N ADVANCED ARRESTING GEAR 9,142 9,142
(AAG).
137 0604558N NEW DESIGN SSN........... 273,848 273,848
138 0604562N SUBMARINE TACTICAL 71,982 71,982
WARFARE SYSTEM.
139 0604567N SHIP CONTRACT DESIGN/ 13,675 13,675
LIVE FIRE T&E.
140 0604574N NAVY TACTICAL COMPUTER 3,921 3,921
RESOURCES.
141 0604601N MINE DEVELOPMENT......... 79,411 22,400 101,811
..................... Maritime mine development [22,400]
and fielding
acceleration (HHEE Inc
1).
142 0604610N LIGHTWEIGHT TORPEDO 137,265 137,265
DEVELOPMENT.
143 0604654N JOINT SERVICE EXPLOSIVE 8,810 8,810
ORDNANCE DEVELOPMENT.
144 0604657M USMC GROUND COMBAT/ 33,880 33,880
SUPPORTING ARMS SYSTEMS--
ENG DEV.
145 0604703N PERSONNEL, TRAINING, 10,011 10,011
SIMULATION, AND HUMAN
FACTORS.
146 0604727N JOINT STANDOFF WEAPON 1,516 1,516
SYSTEMS.
147 0604755N SHIP SELF DEFENSE (DETECT 170,080 170,080
& CONTROL).
148 0604756N SHIP SELF DEFENSE 74,214 25,000 99,214
(ENGAGE: HARD KILL).
..................... HVP 5-inch cUAS round.... [25,000]
149 0604757N SHIP SELF DEFENSE 165,599 106,000 271,599
(ENGAGE: SOFT KILL/EW).
..................... Accelerate Long Endurance [106,000]
Electronic Decoy (LEED)--
Navy UFR.
150 0604761N INTELLIGENCE ENGINEERING. 23,810 23,810
151 0604771N MEDICAL DEVELOPMENT...... 8,371 8,371
152 0604777N NAVIGATION/ID SYSTEM..... 44,326 44,326
153 0604800M JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER 0 0
(JSF)--EMD.
154 0604800N JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER 0 0
(JSF)--EMD.
155 0604850N SSN(X)................... 348,788 348,788
156 0605013M INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 15,218 15,218
DEVELOPMENT.
157 0605013N INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 325,004 325,004
DEVELOPMENT.
158 0605024N ANTI-TAMPER TECHNOLOGY 3,317 3,317
SUPPORT.
159 0605180N TACAMO MODERNIZATION..... 775,316 775,316
160 0605212M CH-53K RDTE.............. 86,093 86,093
161 0605215N MISSION PLANNING......... 115,390 115,390
162 0605217N COMMON AVIONICS.......... 87,053 87,053
163 0605220N SHIP TO SHORE CONNECTOR 5,697 5,697
(SSC).
164 0605285N NEXT GENERATION FIGHTER.. 453,828 -400,000 53,828
..................... Program decrease......... [-400,000]
165 0605327N T-AO 205 CLASS........... 0 0
166 0605414N UNMANNED CARRIER AVIATION 214,919 214,919
(UCA).
167 0605450M JOINT AIR-TO-GROUND 20,654 20,654
MISSILE (JAGM).
168 0605500N MULTI-MISSION MARITIME 39,096 39,096
AIRCRAFT (MMA).
169 0605504N MULTI-MISSION MARITIME 134,366 134,366
(MMA) INCREMENT III.
170 0605516N LONG RANGE FIRES......... 120,728 120,728
171 0605611M MARINE CORPS ASSAULT 60,181 60,181
VEHICLES SYSTEM
DEVELOPMENT &
DEMONSTRATION.
172 0605813M JOINT LIGHT TACTICAL 10,748 10,748
VEHICLE (JLTV) SYSTEM
DEVELOPMENT &
DEMONSTRATION.
173 0204202N DDG-1000................. 243,042 243,042
174 0301377N COUNTERING ADVANCED 19,517 19,517
CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS
(CACW).
175 0302315N NON-KINETIC 8,324 8,324
COUNTERMEASURE SUPPORT.
179 0304785N ISR & INFO OPERATIONS.... 188,392 188,392
180 0306250M CYBER OPERATIONS 7,581 7,581
TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT.
..................... SUBTOTAL SYSTEM 7,942,968 -218,000 7,724,968
DEVELOPMENT AND
DEMONSTRATION.
.....................
..................... MANAGEMENT SUPPORT
181 0604256N THREAT SIMULATOR 25,823 25,823
DEVELOPMENT.
182 0604258N TARGET SYSTEMS 17,224 17,224
DEVELOPMENT.
183 0604759N MAJOR T&E INVESTMENT..... 65,672 65,672
184 0605152N STUDIES AND ANALYSIS 6,216 6,216
SUPPORT--NAVY.
185 0605154N CENTER FOR NAVAL ANALYSES 43,648 43,648
186 0605502N SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATIVE 0 0
RESEARCH.
187 0605804N TECHNICAL INFORMATION 1,009 1,009
SERVICES.
188 0605853N MANAGEMENT, TECHNICAL & 137,521 137,521
INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT.
189 0605856N STRATEGIC TECHNICAL 3,536 3,536
SUPPORT.
190 0605863N RDT&E SHIP AND AIRCRAFT 152,176 152,176
SUPPORT.
191 0605864N TEST AND EVALUATION 477,823 477,823
SUPPORT.
192 0605865N OPERATIONAL TEST AND 30,603 30,603
EVALUATION CAPABILITY.
193 0605866N NAVY SPACE AND ELECTRONIC 23,668 23,668
WARFARE (SEW) SUPPORT.
194 0605867N SEW SURVEILLANCE/ 6,390 6,390
RECONNAISSANCE SUPPORT.
195 0605873M MARINE CORPS PROGRAM WIDE 32,700 32,700
SUPPORT.
196 0605898N MANAGEMENT HQ--R&D....... 42,381 42,381
197 0606295M MARINE AVIATION 5,000 5,000
DEVELOPMENTAL MANAGEMENT
AND SUPPORT.
198 0606355N WARFARE INNOVATION 50,652 50,652
MANAGEMENT.
199 0305327N INSIDER THREAT........... 2,920 2,920
200 0902498N MANAGEMENT HEADQUARTERS 2,234 2,234
(DEPARTMENTAL SUPPORT
ACTIVITIES).
..................... SUBTOTAL MANAGEMENT 1,127,196 0 1,127,196
SUPPORT.
.....................
..................... OPERATIONAL SYSTEM
DEVELOPMENT
203 0604840M F-35 C2D2................ 480,759 480,759
204 0604840N F-35 C2D2................ 466,186 466,186
205 0605520M MARINE CORPS AIR DEFENSE 74,119 74,119
WEAPONS SYSTEMS.
206 0607658N COOPERATIVE ENGAGEMENT 142,552 142,552
CAPABILITY (CEC).
207 0101221N STRATEGIC SUB & WEAPONS 403,494 6,000 409,494
SYSTEM SUPPORT.
..................... High density sonar array. [6,000]
208 0101224N SSBN SECURITY TECHNOLOGY 61,012 61,012
PROGRAM.
209 0101226N SUBMARINE ACOUSTIC 96,667 96,667
WARFARE DEVELOPMENT.
210 0101402N NAVY STRATEGIC 29,743 29,743
COMMUNICATIONS.
211 0204136N F/A-18 SQUADRONS......... 374,194 374,194
212 0204228N SURFACE SUPPORT.......... 8,420 8,420
213 0204229N TOMAHAWK AND TOMAHAWK 200,739 200,739
MISSION PLANNING CENTER
(TMPC).
214 0204311N INTEGRATED SURVEILLANCE 72,473 72,473
SYSTEM.
215 0204313N SHIP-TOWED ARRAY 1,428 1,428
SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS.
216 0204413N AMPHIBIOUS TACTICAL 2,238 2,238
SUPPORT UNITS
(DISPLACEMENT CRAFT).
217 0204460M GROUND/AIR TASK ORIENTED 51,346 51,346
RADAR (G/ATOR).
218 0204571N CONSOLIDATED TRAINING 159,648 159,648
SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT.
219 0204575N ELECTRONIC WARFARE (EW) 139,164 179,000 318,164
READINESS SUPPORT.
..................... Accelerate COPPERFIELD-- [60,000]
Navy UFR.
..................... Accelerate GRANDSTAND-- [29,000]
Navy UFR.
..................... Navy counterspace [60,000]
cability--SPACECOM UFR.
..................... Navy mobile counterspace [10,000]
capability--SPACECOM UFR.
..................... Navy space-enabled [20,000]
indications and warnings
capability--SPACECOM UFR.
220 0205601N ANTI-RADIATION MISSILE 28,682 28,682
IMPROVEMENT.
221 0205620N SURFACE ASW COMBAT SYSTEM 29,887 29,887
INTEGRATION.
222 0205632N MK-48 ADCAP.............. 164,935 20,000 184,935
..................... NSWC INDIAN HEAD [20,000]
explosive fill.
223 0205633N AVIATION IMPROVEMENTS.... 136,276 136,276
224 0205675N OPERATIONAL NUCLEAR POWER 167,098 167,098
SYSTEMS.
225 0206313M MARINE CORPS 145,343 16,300 161,643
COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS.
..................... Marine Corps [10,300]
Electromagnetic Warfare
Programs--SPACECOM UFR.
..................... Marine Corps realignment-- [6,000]
MEGFOS-M.
226 0206335M COMMON AVIATION COMMAND 18,332 18,332
AND CONTROL SYSTEM
(CAC2S).
227 0206623M MARINE CORPS GROUND 77,377 77,377
COMBAT/SUPPORTING ARMS
SYSTEMS.
228 0206624M MARINE CORPS COMBAT 33,641 33,641
SERVICES SUPPORT.
229 0206625M USMC INTELLIGENCE/ 37,372 20,000 57,372
ELECTRONIC WARFARE
SYSTEMS (MIP).
..................... Tactical Exploitation of [20,000]
National Capabilities
(TENCAP)--USMC UFR.
230 0206629M AMPHIBIOUS ASSAULT 0 0
VEHICLE.
231 0207161N TACTICAL AIM MISSILES.... 31,359 31,359
232 0207163N ADVANCED MEDIUM RANGE AIR- 29,638 29,638
TO-AIR MISSILE (AMRAAM).
233 0208043N PLANNING AND DECISION AID 3,559 3,559
SYSTEM (PDAS).
237 0303138N AFLOAT NETWORKS.......... 56,915 12,300 69,215
..................... Accelerate Fund NC3 [12,300]
Recapitalization and New
Transmission Pathways--
Navy UFR.
238 0303140N INFORMATION SYSTEMS 35,339 35,339
SECURITY PROGRAM.
239 0305192N MILITARY INTELLIGENCE 7,239 7,239
PROGRAM (MIP) ACTIVITIES.
240 0305204N TACTICAL UNMANNED AERIAL 0 0
VEHICLES.
241 0305205N UAS INTEGRATION AND 0 0
INTEROPERABILITY.
242 0305208M DISTRIBUTED COMMON GROUND/ 45,550 45,550
SURFACE SYSTEMS.
243 0305220N MQ-4C TRITON............. 14,402 14,402
244 0305231N MQ-8 UAV................. 0 0
245 0305232M RQ-11 UAV................ 2,016 2,016
246 0305234N SMALL (LEVEL 0) TACTICAL 0 0
UAS (STUASL0).
247 0305241N MULTI-INTELLIGENCE SENSOR 40,267 40,267
DEVELOPMENT.
248 0305242M UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEMS 10,917 10,917
(UAS) PAYLOADS (MIP).
249 0305251N CYBERSPACE OPERATIONS 0 0
FORCES AND FORCE SUPPORT.
250 0305421N MQ-4C TRITON 444,042 444,042
MODERNIZATION.
251 0307577N INTELLIGENCE MISSION DATA 793 793
(IMD).
252 0308601N MODELING AND SIMULATION 10,927 10,927
SUPPORT.
253 0702207N DEPOT MAINTENANCE (NON- 28,799 28,799
IF).
254 0708730N MARITIME TECHNOLOGY 4,326 4,326
(MARITECH).
9999 9999999999 CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS...... 2,235,339 417,000 2,652,339
..................... Classified adjustment.... [417,000]
..................... SUBTOTAL OPERATIONAL 6,604,552 670,600 7,275,152
SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT.
.....................
..................... SOFTWARE AND DIGITAL
TECHNOLOGY PILOT
PROGRAMS
255 0608013N RISK MANAGEMENT 14,522 14,522
INFORMATION--SOFTWARE
PILOT PROGRAM.
256 0608231N MARITIME TACTICAL COMMAND 10,289 10,289
AND CONTROL (MTC2)--
SOFTWARE PILOT PROGRAM.
..................... SUBTOTAL SOFTWARE AND 24,811 0 24,811
DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY PILOT
PROGRAMS.
.....................
..................... TOTAL RESEARCH, 25,697,815 933,400 26,631,215
DEVELOPMENT, TEST &
EVAL, NAVY.
.....................
..................... RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT,
TEST & EVAL, AF
..................... BASIC RESEARCH
1 0601102F DEFENSE RESEARCH SCIENCES 361,930 361,930
2 0601103F UNIVERSITY RESEARCH 143,372 143,372
INITIATIVES.
..................... SUBTOTAL BASIC RESEARCH.. 505,302 0 505,302
.....................
..................... APPLIED RESEARCH
3 0602020F FUTURE AF CAPABILITIES 85,477 85,477
APPLIED RESEARCH.
4 0602022F UNIVERSITY AFFILIATED 8,225 8,225
RESEARCH CENTER (UARC)--
TACTICAL AUTONOMY.
5 0602102F MATERIALS................ 142,336 10,000 152,336
..................... Advanced materials [10,000]
science for
manufacturing research.
6 0602201F AEROSPACE VEHICLE 5,235 5,235
TECHNOLOGIES.
7 0602202F HUMAN EFFECTIVENESS 138,204 138,204
APPLIED RESEARCH.
8 0602203F AEROSPACE PROPULSION..... 339,477 339,477
9 0602204F AEROSPACE SENSORS........ 193,029 193,029
10 0602212F DEFENSE LABORATORIES R&D 0 0
PROJECTS (10 U.S.C. SEC
2358).
11 0602298F SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 9,662 9,662
MANAGEMENT-- MAJOR
HEADQUARTERS ACTIVITIES.
12 0602602F CONVENTIONAL MUNITIONS... 138,497 138,497
13 0602605F DIRECTED ENERGY 114,962 114,962
TECHNOLOGY.
14 0602788F DOMINANT INFORMATION 176,333 176,333
SCIENCES AND METHODS.
..................... SUBTOTAL APPLIED RESEARCH 1,351,437 10,000 1,361,437
.....................
..................... ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY
DEVELOPMENT
15 0603032F FUTURE AF INTEGRATED 248,506 248,506
TECHNOLOGY DEMOS.
16 0603112F ADVANCED MATERIALS FOR 29,661 29,661
WEAPON SYSTEMS.
17 0603199F SUSTAINMENT SCIENCE AND 12,558 12,558
TECHNOLOGY (S&T).
18 0603203F ADVANCED AEROSPACE 37,935 37,935
SENSORS.
19 0603211F AEROSPACE TECHNOLOGY DEV/ 102,529 102,529
DEMO.
20 0603216F AEROSPACE PROPULSION AND 0 0
POWER TECHNOLOGY.
21 0603270F ELECTRONIC COMBAT 36,445 36,445
TECHNOLOGY.
22 0603273F SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY FOR 91,885 91,885
NUCLEAR RE-ENTRY SYSTEMS.
23 0603444F MAUI SPACE SURVEILLANCE 0 0
SYSTEM (MSSS).
24 0603456F HUMAN EFFECTIVENESS 19,568 19,568
ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY
DEVELOPMENT.
25 0603601F CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS 125,460 125,460
TECHNOLOGY.
26 0603605F ADVANCED WEAPONS 25,050 25,050
TECHNOLOGY.
27 0603680F MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY 34,730 3,000 37,730
PROGRAM.
..................... Affordable composites for [1,000]
hypersonic systems.
..................... Classified additive [2,000]
manufacturing research.
28 0603788F BATTLESPACE KNOWLEDGE 26,172 26,172
DEVELOPMENT AND
DEMONSTRATION.
29 0604776F DEPLOYMENT & DISTRIBUTION 27,762 27,762
ENTERPRISE R&D.
30 0207412F CONTROL AND REPORTING 2,012 2,012
CENTER (CRC).
..................... SUBTOTAL ADVANCED 820,273 3,000 823,273
TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT.
.....................
..................... ADVANCED COMPONENT
DEVELOPMENT AND
PROTOTYPES
31 0603036F MODULAR ADVANCED MISSILE. 0 0
32 0603260F INTELLIGENCE ADVANCED 3,820 3,820
DEVELOPMENT.
33 0603742F COMBAT IDENTIFICATION 24,799 24,799
TECHNOLOGY.
34 0603790F NATO RESEARCH AND 4,498 4,498
DEVELOPMENT.
35 0603851F INTERCONTINENTAL 119,197 119,197
BALLISTIC MISSILE--DEM/
VAL.
36 0604001F NC3 ADVANCED CONCEPTS.... 10,148 10,148
37 0604003F ADVANCED BATTLE 743,842 743,842
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (ABMS).
38 0604004F ADVANCED ENGINE 562,337 562,337
DEVELOPMENT.
39 0604005F NC3 COMMERCIAL 68,124 68,124
DEVELOPMENT &
PROTOTYPING.
40 0604006F DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE 0 0
TECH ARCHITECTURE.
41 0604007F E-7...................... 418,513 418,513
42 0604009F AFWERX PRIME............. 20,580 20,580
43 0604015F LONG RANGE STRIKE--BOMBER 2,654,073 2,654,073
44 0604025F RAPID DEFENSE 75,051 75,051
EXPERIMENTATION RESERVE
(RDER).
45 0604032F DIRECTED ENERGY 3,712 3,712
PROTOTYPING.
46 0604033F HYPERSONICS PROTOTYPING.. 0 0
47 0604183F HYPERSONICS PROTOTYPING-- 516,971 516,971
HYPERSONIC ATTACK CRUISE
MISSILE (HACM).
48 0604201F PNT RESILIENCY, MODS, AND 0 0
IMPROVEMENTS.
49 0604257F ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY AND 24,204 24,204
SENSORS.
50 0604288F SURVIVABLE AIRBORNE 1,687,500 -240,000 1,447,500
OPERATIONS CENTER (SAOC).
..................... Survivable Airborne [-240,000]
Operations Center
reduction.
51 0604317F TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER...... 3,485 3,485
52 0604327F HARD AND DEEPLY BURIED 154,417 -4,500 149,917
TARGET DEFEAT SYSTEM
(HDBTDS) PROGRAM.
..................... Program decrease......... [-4,500]
53 0604414F CYBER RESILIENCY OF 59,539 59,539
WEAPON SYSTEMS-ACS.
54 0604534F ADAPTIVE ENGINE 0 0
TRANSITION PROGRAM
(AETP).
55 0604609F REQUIREMENTS ANALYSIS & 22,667 22,667
CONCEPT MATURATION.
56 0604668F JOINT TRANSPORTATION 174,723 174,723
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (JTMS).
57 0604776F DEPLOYMENT & DISTRIBUTION 4,840 4,840
ENTERPRISE R&D.
58 0604858F TECH TRANSITION PROGRAM.. 234,342 64,500 298,842
..................... Accelerate [50,000]
experimentation and
prototyping including
for advanced low-cost
weapons.
..................... Air Force Research Lab [14,500]
stratospheric balloon
experimentation project.
59 0604860F OPERATIONAL ENERGY AND 63,194 63,194
INSTALLATION RESILIENCE.
60 0605057F NEXT GENERATION AIR- 7,014 7,014
REFUELING SYSTEM.
61 0605164F AIR REFUELING CAPABILITY 13,661 13,661
MODERNIZATION.
62 0606005F DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION 9,800 9,800
OFFICE.
63 0201184F COUNTER NARCO-TERRORISM 0 0
PROGRAM OFFICE.
64 0207110F NEXT GENERATION AIR 3,306,355 3,306,355
DOMINANCE.
65 0207179F AUTONOMOUS COLLABORATIVE 51,666 51,666
PLATFORMS.
66 0207420F COMBAT IDENTIFICATION.... 1,914 1,914
67 0207431F COMBAT AIR INTELLIGENCE 18,733 18,733
SYSTEM ACTIVITIES.
68 0207448F C2ISR TACTICAL DATA LINK. 42,371 42,371
69 0207455F THREE DIMENSIONAL LONG- 8,100 8,100
RANGE RADAR (3DELRR).
70 0207522F AIRBASE AIR DEFENSE 17,273 17,273
SYSTEMS (ABADS).
71 0207606F JOINT SIMULATION 191,337 191,337
ENVIRONMENT (JSE).
72 0208030F WAR RESERVE MATERIEL-- 5,226 5,226
AMMUNITION.
73 0305236F COMMON DATA LINK 33,349 33,349
EXECUTIVE AGENT (CDL EA).
74 0305601F MISSION PARTNER 22,028 22,028
ENVIRONMENTS.
75 0306250F CYBER OPERATIONS 0 0
TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT.
76 0306415F ENABLED CYBER ACTIVITIES. 0 0
77 0708051F RAPID SUSTAINMENT 37,044 37,044
MODERNIZATION (RSM).
78 0808736F SPECIAL VICTIM 3,006 3,006
ACCOUNTABILITY AND
INVESTIGATION.
79 0808737F INTEGRATED PRIMARY 5,364 5,364
PREVENTION.
80 0901410F CONTRACTING INFORMATION 28,995 28,995
TECHNOLOGY SYSTEM.
81 1206415F U.S. SPACE COMMAND 28,392 28,392
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
SUPPORT.
..................... SUBTOTAL ADVANCED 11,486,204 -180,000 11,306,204
COMPONENT DEVELOPMENT
AND PROTOTYPES.
.....................
..................... SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT AND
DEMONSTRATION
82 0604200F FUTURE ADVANCED WEAPON 7,205 7,205
ANALYSIS & PROGRAMS.
83 0604201F PNT RESILIENCY, MODS, AND 217,662 217,662
IMPROVEMENTS.
84 0604222F NUCLEAR WEAPONS SUPPORT.. 70,823 70,823
85 0604270F ELECTRONIC WARFARE 19,264 19,264
DEVELOPMENT.
86 0604281F TACTICAL DATA NETWORKS 78,480 78,480
ENTERPRISE.
87 0604287F PHYSICAL SECURITY 10,569 10,569
EQUIPMENT.
88 0604336F HARD AND DEEPLY BURIED 39,079 39,079
TARGET DEFEAT SYSTEM
(HDBTDS) PROTOTYPING.
89 0604602F ARMAMENT/ORDNANCE 7,157 7,157
DEVELOPMENT.
90 0604604F SUBMUNITIONS............. 3,427 3,427
91 0604617F AGILE COMBAT SUPPORT..... 24,178 24,178
92 0604706F LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS..... 25,502 25,502
93 0604735F COMBAT TRAINING RANGES... 224,783 224,783
94 0604932F LONG RANGE STANDOFF 623,491 623,491
WEAPON.
95 0604933F ICBM FUZE MODERNIZATION.. 10,408 10,408
96 0605030F JOINT TACTICAL NETWORK 0 0
CENTER (JTNC).
97 0605031F JOINT TACTICAL NETWORK 0 0
(JTN).
98 0605056F OPEN ARCHITECTURE 41,223 41,223
MANAGEMENT.
99 0605057F NEXT GENERATION AIR- 0 0
REFUELING SYSTEM.
100 0605223F ADVANCED PILOT TRAINING.. 83,985 83,985
101 0605229F HH-60W................... 0 0
102 0605238F GROUND BASED STRATEGIC 3,721,024 3,721,024
DETERRENT EMD.
103 0207171F F-15 EPAWSS.............. 0 0
104 0207279F ISOLATED PERSONNEL 10,020 10,020
SURVIVABILITY AND
RECOVERY.
105 0207328F STAND IN ATTACK WEAPON... 375,528 375,528
106 0207701F FULL COMBAT MISSION 7,754 7,754
TRAINING.
107 0208036F MEDICAL C-CBRNE PROGRAMS. 0 0
111 0305155F THEATER NUCLEAR WEAPON 9,018 9,018
STORAGE & SECURITY
SYSTEM.
112 0305205F ENDURANCE UNMANNED AERIAL 0 0
VEHICLES.
113 0401221F KC-46A TANKER SQUADRONS.. 93,620 93,620
114 0401319F VC-25B................... 433,943 -403,000 30,943
..................... VC-25B reduction......... [-403,000]
115 0701212F AUTOMATED TEST SYSTEMS... 26,640 26,640
116 0804772F TRAINING DEVELOPMENTS.... 4,960 4,960
117 1203176F COMBAT SURVIVOR EVADER 2,269 2,269
LOCATOR.
..................... SUBTOTAL SYSTEM 6,172,012 -403,000 5,769,012
DEVELOPMENT AND
DEMONSTRATION.
.....................
..................... MANAGEMENT SUPPORT
118 0604256F THREAT SIMULATOR 19,927 19,927
DEVELOPMENT.
119 0604759F MAJOR T&E INVESTMENT..... 74,228 74,228
120 0605101F RAND PROJECT AIR FORCE... 39,720 39,720
121 0605502F SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION 0 0
RESEARCH.
122 0605712F INITIAL OPERATIONAL TEST 14,247 14,247
& EVALUATION.
123 0605807F TEST AND EVALUATION 936,913 936,913
SUPPORT.
124 0605827F ACQ WORKFORCE- GLOBAL VIG 316,924 316,924
& COMBAT SYS.
125 0605828F ACQ WORKFORCE- GLOBAL 496,740 496,740
REACH.
126 0605829F ACQ WORKFORCE- CYBER, 521,987 521,987
NETWORK, & BUS SYS.
127 0605830F ACQ WORKFORCE- GLOBAL 0 0
BATTLE MGMT.
128 0605831F ACQ WORKFORCE- CAPABILITY 262,349 262,349
INTEGRATION.
129 0605832F ACQ WORKFORCE- ADVANCED 69,319 69,319
PRGM TECHNOLOGY.
130 0605833F ACQ WORKFORCE- NUCLEAR 343,180 343,180
SYSTEMS.
131 0605898F MANAGEMENT HQ--R&D....... 6,291 6,291
132 0605976F FACILITIES RESTORATION 94,828 94,828
AND MODERNIZATION--TEST
AND EVALUATION SUPPORT.
133 0605978F FACILITIES SUSTAINMENT-- 63,579 63,579
TEST AND EVALUATION
SUPPORT.
134 0606017F REQUIREMENTS ANALYSIS AND 41,550 41,550
MATURATION.
135 0606398F MANAGEMENT HQ--T&E....... 7,647 7,647
136 0303166F JOINT INFORMATION 0 0
OPERATIONS RANGE.
137 0303255F COMMAND, CONTROL, 19,607 8,000 27,607
COMMUNICATION, AND
COMPUTERS (C4)--STRATCOM.
..................... NC3 network security [5,000]
sensor.
..................... NC3 Research Architecture [3,000]
and Collaboration Hub
(REACH).
138 0308602F ENTEPRISE INFORMATION 104,133 104,133
SERVICES (EIS).
139 0702806F ACQUISITION AND 25,216 25,216
MANAGEMENT SUPPORT.
140 0804731F GENERAL SKILL TRAINING... 10 6,000 6,010
..................... Cyber workforce training [6,000]
ranges.
141 0804776F ADVANCED DISTRIBUTED 1,652 1,652
LEARNING.
143 1001004F INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES. 4,590 4,590
..................... SUBTOTAL MANAGEMENT 3,464,637 14,000 3,478,637
SUPPORT.
.....................
..................... OPERATIONAL SYSTEM
DEVELOPMENT
144 0604233F SPECIALIZED UNDERGRADUATE 39,667 39,667
FLIGHT TRAINING.
145 0604281F TACTICAL DATA NETWORKS 22 22
ENTERPRISE.
146 0604283F BATTLE MGMT COM & CTRL 100,183 100,183
SENSOR DEVELOPMENT.
147 0604445F WIDE AREA SURVEILLANCE... 21,443 21,443
148 0604617F AGILE COMBAT SUPPORT..... 0 0
149 0604776F DEPLOYMENT & DISTRIBUTION 0 0
ENTERPRISE R&D.
150 0604840F F-35 C2D2................ 1,124,207 1,124,207
151 0605018F AF INTEGRATED PERSONNEL 49,739 49,739
AND PAY SYSTEM (AF-IPPS).
152 0605024F ANTI-TAMPER TECHNOLOGY 65,792 65,792
EXECUTIVE AGENCY.
153 0605117F FOREIGN MATERIEL 94,188 94,188
ACQUISITION AND
EXPLOITATION.
154 0605229F HH-60W................... 52,314 52,314
155 0605278F HC/MC-130 RECAP RDT&E.... 24,934 24,934
156 0606018F NC3 INTEGRATION.......... 21,864 21,864
157 0101113F B-52 SQUADRONS........... 1,045,570 1,045,570
158 0101122F AIR-LAUNCHED CRUISE 542 542
MISSILE (ALCM).
159 0101126F B-1B SQUADRONS........... 17,939 17,939
160 0101127F B-2 SQUADRONS............ 41,212 41,212
161 0101213F MINUTEMAN SQUADRONS...... 62,550 62,550
162 0101316F WORLDWIDE JOINT STRATEGIC 13,690 13,690
COMMUNICATIONS.
163 0101318F SERVICE SUPPORT TO 7,330 7,330
STRATCOM--GLOBAL STRIKE.
164 0101324F INTEGRATED STRATEGIC 0 0
PLANNING & ANALYSIS
NETWORK.
165 0101328F ICBM REENTRY VEHICLES.... 629,928 629,928
167 0102110F MH-139A.................. 0 0
168 0102326F REGION/SECTOR OPERATION 852 852
CONTROL CENTER
MODERNIZATION PROGRAM.
169 0102412F NORTH WARNING SYSTEM 103 103
(NWS).
170 0102417F OVER-THE-HORIZON 383,575 383,575
BACKSCATTER RADAR.
171 0202834F VEHICLES AND SUPPORT 6,097 6,097
EQUIPMENT--GENERAL.
172 0205219F MQ-9 UAV................. 7,074 7,074
173 0205671F JOINT COUNTER RCIED 3,372 3,372
ELECTRONIC WARFARE.
174 0207040F MULTI-PLATFORM ELECTRONIC 0 0
WARFARE EQUIPMENT.
175 0207131F A-10 SQUADRONS........... 0 0
176 0207133F F-16 SQUADRONS........... 106,952 106,952
177 0207134F F-15E SQUADRONS.......... 178,603 56,300 234,903
..................... Prevent retirement of F- [56,300]
15Es.
178 0207136F MANNED DESTRUCTIVE 16,182 16,182
SUPPRESSION.
179 0207138F F-22A SQUADRONS.......... 768,561 768,561
180 0207142F F-35 SQUADRONS........... 47,132 47,132
181 0207146F F-15EX................... 56,228 56,228
182 0207161F TACTICAL AIM MISSILES.... 34,932 34,932
183 0207163F ADVANCED MEDIUM RANGE AIR- 53,593 53,593
TO-AIR MISSILE (AMRAAM).
184 0207227F COMBAT RESCUE--PARARESCUE 743 743
185 0207238F E-11A.................... 64,127 64,127
186 0207247F AF TENCAP................ 50,263 50,263
187 0207249F PRECISION ATTACK SYSTEMS 12,723 12,723
PROCUREMENT.
188 0207253F COMPASS CALL............. 132,475 132,475
189 0207268F AIRCRAFT ENGINE COMPONENT 68,743 68,743
IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
190 0207325F JOINT AIR-TO-SURFACE 183,532 183,532
STANDOFF MISSILE (JASSM).
191 0207327F SMALL DIAMETER BOMB (SDB) 29,910 29,910
192 0207410F AIR & SPACE OPERATIONS 71,442 71,442
CENTER (AOC).
193 0207412F CONTROL AND REPORTING 18,473 18,473
CENTER (CRC).
194 0207417F AIRBORNE WARNING AND 0 0
CONTROL SYSTEM (AWACS).
195 0207418F AFSPECWAR--TACP.......... 2,206 2,206
197 0207431F COMBAT AIR INTELLIGENCE 46,702 46,702
SYSTEM ACTIVITIES.
198 0207438F THEATER BATTLE MANAGEMENT 4,873 4,873
(TBM) C4I.
199 0207439F ELECTRONIC WARFARE 17,149 17,149
INTEGRATED REPROGRAMMING
(EWIR).
200 0207444F TACTICAL AIR CONTROL 12,171 12,171
PARTY-MOD.
201 0207452F DCAPES................... 8,431 8,431
202 0207521F AIR FORCE CALIBRATION 2,223 2,223
PROGRAMS.
203 0207573F NATIONAL TECHNICAL 2,060 2,060
NUCLEAR FORENSICS.
204 0207590F SEEK EAGLE............... 34,985 34,985
205 0207601F USAF MODELING AND 0 0
SIMULATION.
206 0207605F WARGAMING AND SIMULATION 0 0
CENTERS.
207 0207697F DISTRIBUTED TRAINING AND 4,847 4,847
EXERCISES.
208 0207701F FULL COMBAT MISSION 7,048 7,048
TRAINING.
209 0208006F MISSION PLANNING SYSTEMS. 92,566 92,566
210 0208007F TACTICAL DECEPTION....... 539 539
211 0208064F OPERATIONAL HQ--CYBER.... 0 0
212 0208087F DISTRIBUTED CYBER WARFARE 29,996 29,996
OPERATIONS.
213 0208088F AF DEFENSIVE CYBERSPACE 113,218 113,218
OPERATIONS.
214 0208097F JOINT CYBER COMMAND AND 0 0
CONTROL (JCC2).
215 0208099F UNIFIED PLATFORM (UP).... 0 0
219 0208288F INTEL DATA APPLICATIONS.. 988 988
220 0301025F GEOBASE.................. 1,002 1,002
221 0301112F NUCLEAR PLANNING AND 0 0
EXECUTION SYSTEM (NPES).
222 0301113F CYBER SECURITY 18,141 18,141
INTELLIGENCE SUPPORT.
228 0301377F COUNTERING ADVANCED 1,668 1,668
CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS
(CACW).
230 0301401F AF MULTI-DOMAIN NON- 3,436 500 3,936
TRADITIONAL ISR
BATTLESPACE AWARENESS.
..................... United States Cyber [500]
Command cooperation with
Jordan.
231 0302015F E-4B NATIONAL AIRBORNE 40,441 40,441
OPERATIONS CENTER (NAOC).
232 0302315F NON-KINETIC 15,180 15,180
COUNTERMEASURE SUPPORT.
233 0303004F EIT CONNECT.............. 32,960 32,960
234 0303089F CYBERSPACE AND DODIN 9,776 9,776
OPERATIONS.
235 0303131F MINIMUM ESSENTIAL 25,500 25,500
EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS
NETWORK (MEECN).
236 0303133F HIGH FREQUENCY RADIO 8,667 8,667
SYSTEMS.
237 0303140F INFORMATION SYSTEMS 94,424 94,424
SECURITY PROGRAM.
238 0303248F ALL DOMAIN COMMON 82,927 82,927
PLATFORM.
239 0303260F JOINT MILITARY DECEPTION 7,324 7,324
INITIATIVE.
240 0304100F STRATEGIC MISSION 69,441 69,441
PLANNING & EXECUTION
SYSTEM (SMPES).
243 0304260F AIRBORNE SIGINT 85,284 85,284
ENTERPRISE.
244 0304310F COMMERCIAL ECONOMIC 4,719 4,719
ANALYSIS.
247 0305015F C2 AIR OPERATIONS SUITE-- 13,524 13,524
C2 INFO SERVICES.
248 0305020F CCMD INTELLIGENCE 1,836 1,836
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY.
249 0305022F ISR MODERNIZATION & 22,909 22,909
AUTOMATION DVMT (IMAD).
250 0305099F GLOBAL AIR TRAFFIC 5,151 5,151
MANAGEMENT (GATM).
251 0305103F CYBER SECURITY INITIATIVE 304 304
252 0305111F WEATHER SERVICE.......... 31,372 5,000 36,372
..................... Air Force commercial [5,000]
weather data acquisition.
253 0305114F AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL, 15,143 15,143
APPROACH, AND LANDING
SYSTEM (ATCALS).
254 0305116F AERIAL TARGETS........... 7,685 7,685
257 0305128F SECURITY AND 481 481
INVESTIGATIVE ACTIVITIES.
258 0305146F DEFENSE JOINT 6,387 6,387
COUNTERINTELLIGENCE
ACTIVITIES.
259 0305158F TACTICAL TERMINAL........ 1,002 1,002
260 0305179F INTEGRATED BROADCAST 16,006 16,006
SERVICE (IBS).
261 0305202F DRAGON U-2............... 0 0
262 0305206F AIRBORNE RECONNAISSANCE 84,363 24,688 109,051
SYSTEMS.
..................... Long Endurance Airborne [24,688]
ISR--AFRICOM.
263 0305207F MANNED RECONNAISSANCE 16,323 16,323
SYSTEMS.
264 0305208F DISTRIBUTED COMMON GROUND/ 86,476 86,476
SURFACE SYSTEMS.
265 0305220F RQ-4 UAV................. 9,516 9,516
266 0305221F NETWORK-CENTRIC 8,952 8,952
COLLABORATIVE TARGETING.
267 0305238F NATO AGS................. 865 865
268 0305240F SUPPORT TO DCGS 30,932 30,932
ENTERPRISE.
269 0305600F INTERNATIONAL 18,670 18,670
INTELLIGENCE TECHNOLOGY
AND ARCHITECTURES.
270 0305881F RAPID CYBER ACQUISITION.. 0 0
271 0305984F PERSONNEL RECOVERY 2,831 2,831
COMMAND & CTRL (PRC2).
272 0307577F INTELLIGENCE MISSION DATA 3,658 3,658
(IMD).
273 0401115F C-130 AIRLIFT SQUADRON... 0 0
274 0401119F C-5 AIRLIFT SQUADRONS 33,003 33,003
(IF).
275 0401130F C-17 AIRCRAFT (IF)....... 17,395 17,395
276 0401132F C-130J PROGRAM........... 34,423 34,423
277 0401134F LARGE AIRCRAFT IR 7,768 7,768
COUNTERMEASURES (LAIRCM).
278 0401218F KC-135S.................. 31,977 31,977
279 0401318F CV-22.................... 26,249 26,249
280 0408011F SPECIAL TACTICS / COMBAT 9,421 9,421
CONTROL.
281 0708055F MAINTENANCE, REPAIR & 0 0
OVERHAUL SYSTEM.
282 0708610F LOGISTICS INFORMATION 11,895 11,895
TECHNOLOGY (LOGIT).
283 0801380F AF LVC OPERATIONAL 29,815 29,815
TRAINING (LVC-OT).
284 0804743F OTHER FLIGHT TRAINING.... 2,319 2,319
285 0901202F JOINT PERSONNEL RECOVERY 2,320 2,320
AGENCY.
286 0901218F CIVILIAN COMPENSATION 4,267 4,267
PROGRAM.
287 0901220F PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION. 3,163 3,163
288 0901226F AIR FORCE STUDIES AND 18,937 18,937
ANALYSIS AGENCY.
289 0901538F FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT 5,634 5,634
INFORMATION SYSTEMS
DEVELOPMENT.
290 0901554F DEFENSE ENTERPRISE ACNTNG 57,689 57,689
AND MGT SYS (DEAMS).
291 1202140F SERVICE SUPPORT TO 0 0
SPACECOM ACTIVITIES.
9999 9999999999 CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS...... 18,038,552 115,000 18,153,552
..................... Classified adjustment A.. [15,000]
..................... Classified adjustment B.. [100,000]
..................... SUBTOTAL OPERATIONAL 25,308,906 201,488 25,510,394
SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT.
.....................
..................... TOTAL RESEARCH, 49,108,771 -354,512 48,754,259
DEVELOPMENT, TEST &
EVAL, AF.
.....................
..................... RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT,
TEST & EVAL, SF
..................... BASIC RESEARCH
1 0601102SF DEFENSE RESEARCH SCIENCES 21,349 21,349
2 0601103SF UNIVERSITY RESEARCH 14,731 14,731
INITIATIVES.
..................... SUBTOTAL BASIC RESEARCH.. 36,080 0 36,080
.....................
..................... APPLIED RESEARCH
3 1202212SF DEFENSE LABORATORIES R&D 0 0
PROJECTS.
4 1206601SF SPACE TECHNOLOGY......... 244,964 86,000 330,964
..................... SCO classified program [68,000]
advance procurement.
..................... SCO classified program [13,000]
FY25 shortfall.
..................... Space Modeling, [5,000]
Simulation, and Analysis
Hub.
..................... SUBTOTAL APPLIED RESEARCH 244,964 86,000 330,964
.....................
..................... ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY
DEVELOPMENT
5 1206310SF SPACE SCIENCE AND 425,166 42,516 467,682
TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT.
..................... TxDES--Space Force UFR... [42,516]
6 1206616SF SPACE ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY 138,270 138,270
DEVELOPMENT/DEMO.
..................... SUBTOTAL ADVANCED 563,436 42,516 605,952
TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT.
.....................
..................... ADVANCED COMPONENT
DEVELOPMENT AND
PROTOTYPES
7 0604002SF SPACE FORCE WEATHER 867 867
SERVICES RESEARCH.
8 1203010SF SPACE FORCE IT, DATA 88,610 88,610
ANALYTICS, DIGITAL
SOLUTIONS.
9 1203164SF NAVSTAR GLOBAL 300,025 300,025
POSITIONING SYSTEM (USER
EQUIPMENT) (SPACE).
10 1203622SF SPACE WARFIGHTING 121,409 121,409
ANALYSIS.
11 1203710SF EO/IR WEATHER SYSTEMS.... 76,391 76,391
12 1203955SF SPACE ACCESS, MOBILITY & 20,000 20,000
LOGISTICS (SAML).
13 1206410SF SPACE TECHNOLOGY 1,701,685 8,000 1,709,685
DEVELOPMENT AND
PROTOTYPING.
..................... Low-latency high [8,000]
availability VHF
payloads.
14 1206425SF SPACE SITUATION AWARENESS 0 0
SYSTEMS.
15 1206427SF SPACE SYSTEMS PROTOTYPE 133,739 133,739
TRANSITIONS (SSPT).
16 1206438SF SPACE CONTROL TECHNOLOGY. 62,195 62,195
17 1206458SF TECH TRANSITION (SPACE).. 228,547 228,547
18 1206730SF SPACE SECURITY AND 53,199 53,199
DEFENSE PROGRAM.
19 1206760SF PROTECTED TACTICAL 79,709 3,000 82,709
ENTERPRISE SERVICE
(PTES).
..................... Cloud-based beam forming [3,000]
technologies.
20 1206761SF PROTECTED TACTICAL 596,996 596,996
SERVICE (PTS).
21 1206855SF EVOLVED STRATEGIC SATCOM 1,046,161 1,046,161
(ESS).
22 1206857SF SPACE RAPID CAPABILITIES 11,361 11,361
OFFICE.
23 1206862SF TACTICALLY RESPONSIVE 30,052 30,052
SPACE.
..................... SUBTOTAL ADVANCED 4,550,946 11,000 4,561,946
COMPONENT DEVELOPMENT
AND PROTOTYPES.
.....................
..................... SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT AND
DEMONSTRATION
24 1203269SF GPS III FOLLOW-ON (GPS 244,752 244,752
IIIF).
25 1203940SF SPACE SITUATION AWARENESS 0 0
OPERATIONS.
26 1206421SF COUNTERSPACE SYSTEMS..... 37,078 37,078
27 1206422SF WEATHER SYSTEM FOLLOW-ON. 49,207 49,207
28 1206425SF SPACE SITUATION AWARENESS 483,605 483,605
SYSTEMS.
29 1206431SF ADVANCED EHF MILSATCOM 1,020 1,020
(SPACE).
30 1206432SF POLAR MILSATCOM (SPACE).. 0 0
31 1206433SF WIDEBAND GLOBAL SATCOM 0 0
(SPACE).
32 1206440SF NEXT-GEN OPIR--GROUND.... 558,013 558,013
33 1206442SF NEXT GENERATION OPIR..... 202,951 202,951
34 1206443SF NEXT-GEN OPIR--GEO....... 510,806 510,806
35 1206444SF NEXT-GEN OPIR--POLAR..... 828,878 828,878
36 1206445SF COMMERCIAL SATCOM 134,487 134,487
(COMSATCOM) INTEGRATION.
37 1206446SF RESILIENT MISSILE WARNING 1,730,821 1,730,821
MISSILE TRACKING--LOW
EARTH ORBIT (LEO).
38 1206447SF RESILIENT MISSILE WARNING 846,349 846,349
MISSILE TRACKING--MEDIUM
EARTH ORBIT (MEO).
39 1206448SF RESILIENT MISSILE WARNING 0 0
MISSILE TRACKING--
INTEGRATED GROUND
SEGMENT.
40 1206853SF NATIONAL SECURITY SPACE 23,392 23,392
LAUNCH PROGRAM (SPACE)--
EMD.
..................... SUBTOTAL SYSTEM 5,651,359 0 5,651,359
DEVELOPMENT AND
DEMONSTRATION.
.....................
..................... MANAGEMENT SUPPORT
43 1203622SF SPACE WARFIGHTING 0 0
ANALYSIS.
44 1205502SF SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION 0 0
RESEARCH.
45 1206116SF SPACE TEST AND TRAINING 0 0
RANGE DEVELOPMENT.
46 1206392SF ACQ WORKFORCE--SPACE & 274,424 274,424
MISSILE SYSTEMS.
47 1206398SF SPACE & MISSILE SYSTEMS 12,867 12,867
CENTER--MHA.
48 1206601SF SPACE TECHNOLOGY......... 0 0
49 1206759SF MAJOR T&E INVESTMENT-- 229,665 19,100 248,765
SPACE.
..................... NSTTC--Space Force UFR... [19,100]
50 1206860SF ROCKET SYSTEMS LAUNCH 20,134 5,000 25,134
PROGRAM (SPACE).
..................... Advanced modular solid [5,000]
rocket motor.
51 1206862SF TACTICALLY RESPONSIVE 0 0
SPACE.
52 1206864SF SPACE TEST PROGRAM (STP). 30,279 30,279
..................... SUBTOTAL MANAGEMENT 567,369 24,100 591,469
SUPPORT.
.....................
..................... OPERATIONAL SYSTEM
DEVELOPMENT
54 1201017SF GLOBAL SENSOR INTEGRATED 0 0
ON NETWORK (GSIN).
55 1203001SF FAMILY OF ADVANCED BLOS 2,607 2,607
TERMINALS (FAB-T).
56 1203040SF DCO-SPACE................ 104,088 104,088
57 1203109SF NARROWBAND SATELLITE 228,435 228,435
COMMUNICATIONS.
58 1203110SF SATELLITE CONTROL NETWORK 98,572 98,572
(SPACE).
59 1203154SF LONG RANGE KILL CHAINS... 244,121 244,121
60 1203165SF NAVSTAR GLOBAL 0 0
POSITIONING SYSTEM
(SPACE AND CONTROL
SEGMENTS).
61 1203173SF SPACE AND MISSILE TEST 20,844 20,844
AND EVALUATION CENTER.
62 1203174SF SPACE INNOVATION, 48,900 48,900
INTEGRATION AND RAPID
TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT.
63 1203182SF SPACELIFT RANGE SYSTEM 55,906 55,906
(SPACE).
64 1203265SF GPS III SPACE SEGMENT.... 0 0
65 1203330SF SPACE SUPERIORITY ISR.... 28,227 28,227
66 1203620SF NATIONAL SPACE DEFENSE 0 0
CENTER.
67 1203873SF BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE 12,024 5,000 17,024
RADARS.
..................... Modernization of the [5,000]
Perimeter Acquisition
Radar Attack
Characterization System.
68 1203906SF NCMC--TW/AA SYSTEM....... 25,656 25,656
69 1203913SF NUDET DETECTION SYSTEM 83,426 83,426
(SPACE).
70 1203940SF SPACE SITUATION AWARENESS 120,160 26,000 146,160
OPERATIONS.
..................... Joint Commercial [26,000]
Operations (JCO) Cell--
SPACECOM UFR.
71 1206423SF GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM 217,224 217,224
III--OPERATIONAL CONTROL
SEGMENT.
75 1206770SF ENTERPRISE GROUND 111,284 111,284
SERVICES.
76 1208053SF JOINT TACTICAL GROUND 6,937 6,937
SYSTEM.
9999 9999999999 CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS...... 5,520,323 109,300 5,629,623
..................... Classified program A-- [59,500]
Space Force UFR.
..................... Classified program B-- [66,000]
Space Force UFR.
..................... Classified program B-- [166,400]
SPACECOM UFR.
..................... Classified program C-- [150,000]
Space Force UFR.
..................... Classified program C-- [60,000]
SPACECOM UFR.
..................... Partial restoral of [507,400]
program decrease.
..................... Program decrease......... [-900,000]
..................... SUBTOTAL OPERATIONAL 6,928,734 140,300 7,069,034
SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT.
.....................
..................... SOFTWARE AND DIGITAL
TECHNOLOGY PILOT
PROGRAMS
77 1208248SF SPACE DOMAIN AWARENESS/ 157,265 157,265
PLANNING/TASKING SW.
..................... SUBTOTAL SOFTWARE AND 157,265 0 157,265
DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY PILOT
PROGRAMS.
.....................
..................... TOTAL RESEARCH, 18,700,153 303,916 19,004,069
DEVELOPMENT, TEST &
EVAL, SF.
.....................
..................... RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT,
TEST & EVAL, DW
..................... BASIC RESEARCH
1 0601000BR DTRA BASIC RESEARCH...... 15,311 15,311
2 0601101E DEFENSE RESEARCH SCIENCES 303,830 303,830
3 0601108D8Z HIGH ENERGY LASER 16,518 16,518
RESEARCH INITIATIVES.
4 0601110D8Z BASIC RESEARCH 77,132 20,000 97,132
INITIATIVES.
..................... Defense Established [20,000]
Program to Stimulate
Competitive Research.
5 0601117E BASIC OPERATIONAL MEDICAL 99,048 99,048
RESEARCH SCIENCE.
6 0601120D8Z NATIONAL DEFENSE 169,986 169,986
EDUCATION PROGRAM.
7 0601228D8Z HISTORICALLY BLACK 99,792 99,792
COLLEGES AND
UNIVERSITIES/MINORITY
INSTITUTIONS.
8 0601384BP CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL 37,812 37,812
DEFENSE PROGRAM.
..................... SUBTOTAL BASIC RESEARCH.. 819,429 20,000 839,429
.....................
..................... APPLIED RESEARCH
9 0602000D8Z JOINT MUNITIONS 19,373 19,373
TECHNOLOGY.
10 0602115E BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY.... 169,198 169,198
11 0602128D8Z PROMOTION AND PROTECTION 3,191 3,191
STRATEGIES.
12 0602230D8Z DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY 38,515 38,515
INNOVATION.
13 0602234D8Z LINCOLN LABORATORY 47,528 47,528
RESEARCH PROGRAM.
14 0602251D8Z APPLIED RESEARCH FOR THE 51,555 51,555
ADVANCEMENT OF S&T
PRIORITIES.
15 0602303E INFORMATION & 397,266 100,000 497,266
COMMUNICATIONS
TECHNOLOGY.
..................... Expansion of [100,000]
Underexplored Systems
for Utility-Scale
Quantum Computing.
16 0602383E BIOLOGICAL WARFARE 0 0
DEFENSE.
17 0602384BP CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL 224,777 224,777
DEFENSE PROGRAM.
18 0602668D8Z CYBER SECURITY RESEARCH.. 17,652 35,000 52,652
..................... Program increase......... [15,000]
..................... University Consortium for [20,000]
Cybersecurity.
19 0602669D8Z MICROELECTRONICS COMMONS-- 0 0
APPLIED RESEARCH.
20 0602675D8Z SOCIAL SCIENCES FOR 5,456 5,456
ENVIRONMENTAL SECURITY.
21 0602702E TACTICAL TECHNOLOGY...... 117,935 117,935
22 0602715E MATERIALS AND BIOLOGICAL 337,772 337,772
TECHNOLOGY.
23 0602716E ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY... 573,265 5,000 578,265
..................... Scaling technology for [5,000]
microelectronics.
24 0602718BR COUNTER WEAPONS OF MASS 174,955 174,955
DESTRUCTION APPLIED
RESEARCH.
25 0602751D8Z SOFTWARE ENGINEERING 11,310 11,310
INSTITUTE (SEI) APPLIED
RESEARCH.
26 0602890D8Z HIGH ENERGY LASER 48,640 48,640
RESEARCH.
27 0602891D8Z FSRM MODELLING........... 1,897 1,897
28 1160401BB SOF TECHNOLOGY 50,183 50,183
DEVELOPMENT.
..................... SUBTOTAL APPLIED RESEARCH 2,290,468 140,000 2,430,468
.....................
..................... ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY
DEVELOPMENT
29 0603000D8Z JOINT MUNITIONS ADVANCED 41,072 41,072
TECHNOLOGY.
30 0603021D8Z NATIONAL SECURITY 14,983 5,000 19,983
INNOVATION CAPITAL.
..................... Enhanced payload and [5,000]
satellite bus
development.
31 0603121D8Z SO/LIC ADVANCED 5,176 5,176
DEVELOPMENT.
32 0603122D8Z COMBATING TERRORISM 76,639 57,500 134,139
TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT.
..................... Irregular Warfare [-20,000]
Technical Support
Directorate.
..................... United States-Israel anti- [30,000]
tunnel cooperation.
..................... United States-Israel [47,500]
defense collaboration on
emerging technologies.
33 0603133D8Z FOREIGN COMPARATIVE 30,007 15,000 45,007
TESTING.
..................... FCT increase (AUKUS)..... [15,000]
34 0603142D8Z MISSION ENGINEERING & 110,628 110,628
INTEGRATION (ME&I).
35 0603160BR COUNTER WEAPONS OF MASS 418,044 418,044
DESTRUCTION ADVANCED
TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT.
36 0603176BR ADVANCED CONCEPTS AND 0 0
PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT.
37 0603176C ADVANCED CONCEPTS AND 17,920 17,920
PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT.
38 0603180C ADVANCED RESEARCH........ 19,354 33,500 52,854
..................... Disruptive Technologies [33,500]
versus Advanced Threats--
MDA UFR.
39 0603183D8Z JOINT HYPERSONIC 51,941 51,941
TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT
&TRANSITION.
40 0603225D8Z JOINT DOD-DOE MUNITIONS 19,826 19,826
TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT.
41 0603260BR INTELLIGENCE ADVANCED 0 0
DEVELOPMENT.
42 0603286E ADVANCED AEROSPACE 269,700 269,700
SYSTEMS.
43 0603287E SPACE PROGRAMS AND 225,457 225,457
TECHNOLOGY.
44 0603288D8Z ANALYTIC ASSESSMENTS..... 30,594 30,594
45 0603289D8Z ADVANCED INNOVATIVE 56,390 56,390
ANALYSIS AND CONCEPTS.
46 0603330D8Z QUANTUM APPLICATION...... 69,290 69,290
47 0603342D8Z DEFENSE INNOVATION UNIT 109,614 10,000 119,614
(DIU).
..................... OnRamp Hubs.............. [5,000]
..................... Research, design, [5,000]
testing, and evaluation
to benefit foreign
partners.
48 0603375D8Z TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION.... 74,549 74,549
49 0603379D8Z ADVANCED TECHNICAL 26,053 26,053
INTEGRATION.
50 0603384BP CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL 230,051 230,051
DEFENSE PROGRAM--
ADVANCED DEVELOPMENT.
51 0603527D8Z RETRACT LARCH............ 0 0
52 0603618D8Z JOINT ELECTRONIC ADVANCED 20,188 20,188
TECHNOLOGY.
53 0603662D8Z NETWORKED COMMUNICATIONS 5,234 5,234
CAPABILITIES.
54 0603669D8Z MICROELECTRONICS COMMONS-- 0 0
ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY
DEVELOPMENT (ATD).
55 0603680D8Z DEFENSE-WIDE 190,557 190,557
MANUFACTURING SCIENCE
AND TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM.
56 0603680S MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY 55,366 55,366
PROGRAM.
57 0603712S GENERIC LOGISTICS R&D 18,543 18,543
TECHNOLOGY
DEMONSTRATIONS.
58 0603716D8Z STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL 58,838 58,838
RESEARCH PROGRAM.
59 0603720S MICROELECTRONICS 137,246 137,246
TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT
AND SUPPORT.
60 0603727D8Z JOINT WARFIGHTING PROGRAM 2,684 2,684
61 0603739E ADVANCED ELECTRONICS 257,844 257,844
TECHNOLOGIES.
62 0603760E COMMAND, CONTROL AND 336,542 336,542
COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS.
63 0603766E NETWORK-CENTRIC WARFARE 886,511 886,511
TECHNOLOGY.
64 0603767E SENSOR TECHNOLOGY........ 267,961 267,961
65 0603769D8Z DISTRIBUTED LEARNING 0 0
ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY
DEVELOPMENT.
66 0603781D8Z SOFTWARE ENGINEERING 16,982 16,982
INSTITUTE.
67 0603838D8Z DEFENSE INNOVATION 165,798 165,798
ACCELERATION (DIA).
68 0603924D8Z HIGH ENERGY LASER 110,367 110,367
ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY
PROGRAM.
69 0603941D8Z TEST & EVALUATION SCIENCE 268,722 268,722
& TECHNOLOGY.
70 0603945D8Z INTERNATIONAL INNOVATION 125,680 125,680
INITIATIVES.
71 0603950D8Z NATIONAL SECURITY 21,322 21,322
INNOVATION NETWORK.
72 0604055D8Z OPERATIONAL ENERGY 167,279 167,279
CAPABILITY IMPROVEMENT.
73 0303367D8Z SPECTRUM ACCESS RESEARCH 0 0
AND DEVELOPMENT.
74 1160402BB SOF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY 197,767 197,767
DEVELOPMENT.
..................... SUBTOTAL ADVANCED 5,208,719 121,000 5,329,719
TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT.
.....................
..................... ADVANCED COMPONENT
DEVELOPMENT AND
PROTOTYPES
75 0603161D8Z NUCLEAR AND CONVENTIONAL 63,162 63,162
PHYSICAL SECURITY
EQUIPMENT RDT&E ADC&P.
76 0603600D8Z WALKOFF.................. 149,704 149,704
77 0603851D8Z ENVIRONMENTAL SECURITY 136,513 6,000 142,513
TECHNICAL CERTIFICATION
PROGRAM.
..................... Environmental Security [6,000]
Technical Certification
Program.
78 0603881C BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE 367,279 367,279
TERMINAL DEFENSE SEGMENT.
79 0603882C BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE 768,227 768,227
MIDCOURSE DEFENSE
SEGMENT.
80 0603884BP CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL 304,374 304,374
DEFENSE PROGRAM--DEM/VAL.
81 0603884C BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE 209,002 15,500 224,502
SENSORS.
..................... Sensors Modeling & [15,500]
Simulation--MDA UFR.
82 0603890C BMD ENABLING PROGRAMS.... 609,406 609,406
83 0603891C SPECIAL PROGRAMS--MDA.... 495,570 120,000 615,570
..................... Classified A Left to [28,000]
Right Integration--MDA
UFR.
..................... Classified B Fire Control [46,000]
Sensor Netting--MDA UFR.
..................... Classified C Nonkinetic [46,000]
Prototype Demo--MDA UFR.
84 0603892C AEGIS BMD................ 649,255 89,200 738,455
..................... Guam Defense System (GDS) [89,200]
85 0603896C BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE 569,662 13,500 583,162
COMMAND AND CONTROL,
BATTLE MANAGEMENT AND
COMMUNICATIONS (C2BMC).
..................... Infrastructure [13,500]
Modernization
Initiative--MDA UFR.
86 0603898C BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE 47,723 47,723
JOINT WARFIGHTER SUPPORT.
87 0603904C MISSILE DEFENSE 54,525 54,525
INTEGRATION & OPERATIONS
CENTER (MDIOC).
88 0603906C REGARDING TRENCH......... 27,900 27,900
89 0603907C SEA BASED X-BAND RADAR 197,339 197,339
(SBX).
90 0603913C ISRAELI COOPERATIVE 300,000 300,000
PROGRAMS.
91 0603914C BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE 367,491 367,491
TEST.
92 0603915C BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE 604,708 19,400 624,108
TARGETS.
..................... Advanced reactive target [5,000]
simulation development.
..................... Guam Defense System (GDS) [14,400]
93 0603923D8Z COALITION WARFARE........ 9,890 9,890
94 0604011D8Z NEXT GENERATION 139,427 10,000 149,427
INFORMATION
COMMUNICATIONS
TECHNOLOGY (5G).
..................... 5G for Department of [10,000]
Defense base operations.
95 0604016D8Z DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 2,637 2,637
CORROSION PROGRAM.
96 0604102C GUAM DEFENSE DEVELOPMENT. 415,794 76,500 492,294
..................... Guam Defense System (GDS) [76,500]
97 0604115C TECHNOLOGY MATURATION 0 0
INITIATIVES.
98 0604124D8Z CHIEF DIGITAL AND 0 0
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
OFFICER (CDAO)--MIP.
99 0604125D8Z ADVANCED MANUFACTURING 16,776 16,776
COMPONENTS AND
PROTOTYPES.
100 0604181C HYPERSONIC DEFENSE....... 182,283 393,000 575,283
..................... GPI development [393,000]
acceleration.
101 0604250D8Z ADVANCED INNOVATIVE 994,226 994,226
TECHNOLOGIES.
102 0604294D8Z TRUSTED & ASSURED 593,609 593,609
MICROELECTRONICS.
103 0604331D8Z RAPID PROTOTYPING PROGRAM 152,126 16,490 168,616
..................... Longshot--R&E UFR........ [10,000]
..................... Multi-Domain Unmanned [6,490]
Secure Integrated
Communications (MUSIC)--
R&E UFR.
104 0604331J RAPID PROTOTYPING PROGRAM 7,710 7,710
105 0604341D8Z DEFENSE INNOVATION UNIT 0 0
(DIU) PROTOTYPING.
106 0604400D8Z DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 2,527 2,527
(DOD) UNMANNED SYSTEM
COMMON DEVELOPMENT.
107 0604551BR CATAPULT INFORMATION 7,475 7,475
SYSTEM.
108 0604555D8Z OPERATIONAL ENERGY 53,705 53,705
CAPABILITY IMPROVEMENT--
NON S&T.
109 0604669D8Z MICROELECTRONICS COMMONS-- 0 0
ADVANCED COMPONENT
DEVELOPMENT (ACD).
110 0604682D8Z WARGAMING AND SUPPORT FOR 3,559 3,559
STRATEGIC ANALYSIS (SSA).
111 0604775D8Z DEFENSE RAPID INNOVATION 10,020 10,020
PROGRAM.
112 0604790D8Z RAPID DEFENSE 53,149 53,149
EXPERIMENTATION RESERVE
(RDER).
113 0604791D8Z MULTI-DOMAIN JOINT 11,383 11,383
OPERATIONS (MDJO).
114 0604826J JOINT C5 CAPABILITY 29,706 29,706
DEVELOPMENT, INTEGRATION
AND INTEROPERABILITY
ASSESSMENTS.
115 0604873C LONG RANGE DISCRIMINATION 100,882 100,882
RADAR (LRDR).
116 0604874C IMPROVED HOMELAND DEFENSE 1,697,121 1,697,121
INTERCEPTORS.
117 0604876C BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE 25,673 25,673
TERMINAL DEFENSE SEGMENT
TEST.
118 0604878C AEGIS BMD TEST........... 135,019 1,200 136,219
..................... Guam Defense System (GDS) [1,200]
119 0604879C BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE 96,864 96,864
SENSOR TEST.
120 0604880C LAND-BASED SM-3 (LBSM3).. 22,220 22,220
121 0604887C BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE 40,006 40,006
MIDCOURSE SEGMENT TEST.
122 0604924D8Z HIGH ENERGY LASER 2,931 65,000 67,931
ADVANCED COMPONENT
DEVELOPMENT & PROTOTYPE.
..................... DE Testing and [65,000]
Experimentation--R&E UFR.
123 0202057C SAFETY PROGRAM MANAGEMENT 1,771 1,771
124 0208059JCY CYBERCOM ACTIVITIES...... 35,700 30,000 65,700
..................... Program increase......... [30,000]
125 0208085JCY ROBUST INFRASTRUCTURE AND 0 0
ACCESS.
126 0208086JCY CYBER TRAINING 158,345 5,000 163,345
ENVIRONMENT (CTE).
..................... Pacific Intelligence and [5,000]
Innovation Initiative.
127 0300206R ENTERPRISE INFORMATION 2,162 2,162
TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS.
128 0305103C CYBER SECURITY INITIATIVE 1,831 1,831
129 0305245D8Z INTELLIGENCE CAPABILITIES 51,784 25,000 76,784
AND INNOVATION
INVESTMENTS.
..................... Classified adjustment.... [25,000]
130 0305251JCY CYBERSPACE OPERATIONS 0 50,000 50,000
FORCES AND FORCE SUPPORT.
..................... Program increase......... [50,000]
131 0306250JCY CYBER OPERATIONS 52,715 52,715
TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT.
132 0901579D8Z OFFICE OF STRATEGIC 132,640 132,640
CAPITAL (OSC).
133 1206895C BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE 119,561 119,561
SYSTEM SPACE PROGRAMS.
..................... SUBTOTAL ADVANCED 11,285,067 935,790 12,220,857
COMPONENT DEVELOPMENT
AND PROTOTYPES.
.....................
..................... SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT AND
DEMONSTRATION
134 0604123D8Z CHIEF DIGITAL AND 371,833 35,000 406,833
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
OFFICER (CDAO)--DEM/VAL
ACTIVITIES.
..................... Artificial intelligence [35,000]
pilot programs.
135 0604133D8Z ALPHA-1 DEVELOPMENT 53,307 53,307
ACTIVITIES.
136 0604161D8Z NUCLEAR AND CONVENTIONAL 13,549 13,549
PHYSICAL SECURITY
EQUIPMENT RDT&E SDD.
137 0604384BP CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL 270,265 270,265
DEFENSE PROGRAM--EMD.
138 0604771D8Z JOINT TACTICAL 12,893 12,893
INFORMATION DISTRIBUTION
SYSTEM (JTIDS).
139 0605000BR COUNTER WEAPONS OF MASS 14,841 14,841
DESTRUCTION SYSTEMS
DEVELOPMENT.
140 0605013BL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 4,709 4,709
DEVELOPMENT.
141 0605021SE HOMELAND PERSONNEL 9,526 9,526
SECURITY INITIATIVE.
142 0605022D8Z DEFENSE EXPORTABILITY 15,779 15,779
PROGRAM.
143 0605027D8Z OUSD(C) IT DEVELOPMENT 7,564 7,564
INITIATIVES.
144 0605080S DEFENSE AGENCY 31,916 31,916
INITIATIVES (DAI)--
FINANCIAL SYSTEM.
145 0605141BR MISSION ASSURANCE RISK 9,440 9,440
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
(MARMS).
146 0605210D8Z DEFENSE-WIDE ELECTRONIC 9,485 9,485
PROCUREMENT CAPABILITIES.
147 0605294D8Z TRUSTED & ASSURED 150,436 150,436
MICROELECTRONICS.
148 0605649D8Z ACQUISITION INTEGRATION 12,804 12,804
AND INTEROPERABILITY
(AI2).
149 0605755D8Z RADIOLOGICAL AND NUCLEAR 3,575 3,575
DEFENSE MODERNIZATION
SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT AND
DEMONSTRATION.
150 0605772D8Z NUCLEAR COMMAND, CONTROL, 3,849 3,849
& COMMUNICATIONS.
151 0305304D8Z DOD ENTERPRISE ENERGY 7,152 7,152
INFORMATION MANAGEMENT
(EEIM).
152 0305310D8Z COUNTERPROLIFERATION 13,151 13,151
ADVANCED DEVELOPMENT.
153 0505167D8Z RADIOLOGICAL AND NUCLEAR 0 0
DEFENSE MODERNIZATION.
..................... SUBTOTAL SYSTEM 1,016,074 35,000 1,051,074
DEVELOPMENT AND
DEMONSTRATION.
.....................
..................... MANAGEMENT SUPPORT
154 0603829J JOINT CAPABILITY 12,385 12,385
EXPERIMENTATION.
155 0604122D8Z JADC2 DEVELOPMENT AND 222,945 122,700 345,645
EXPERIMENTATION
ACTIVITIES.
..................... Joint Fires Network...... [122,700]
156 0604774D8Z DEFENSE READINESS 11,415 11,415
REPORTING SYSTEM (DRRS).
157 0604875D8Z JOINT SYSTEMS 9,690 9,690
ARCHITECTURE DEVELOPMENT.
158 0604940D8Z CENTRAL TEST AND 782,643 782,643
EVALUATION INVESTMENT
DEVELOPMENT (CTEIP).
159 0604942D8Z ASSESSMENTS AND 1,503 1,503
EVALUATIONS.
160 0604944D8Z ASSESSMENTS AND 4,253 4,253
EVALUATIONS, DOD.
161 0605001E MISSION SUPPORT.......... 113,007 113,007
162 0605100D8Z JOINT MISSION ENVIRONMENT 209,008 209,008
TEST CAPABILITY (JMETC).
163 0605126J JOINT INTEGRATED AIR AND 72,005 72,005
MISSILE DEFENSE
ORGANIZATION (JIAMDO).
164 0605128D8Z CLASSIFIED PROGRAM USD(P) 0 0
165 0605142D8Z SYSTEMS ENGINEERING...... 24,669 24,669
166 0605151D8Z STUDIES AND ANALYSIS 6,289 6,289
SUPPORT--OSD.
167 0605161D8Z NUCLEAR MATTERS-PHYSICAL 19,871 19,871
SECURITY.
168 0605170D8Z SUPPORT TO NETWORKS AND 8,580 8,580
INFORMATION INTEGRATION.
169 0605200D8Z GENERAL SUPPORT TO 3,155 3,155
OUSD(INTELLIGENCE AND
SECURITY).
170 0605384BP CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL 79,263 79,263
DEFENSE PROGRAM.
171 0605502BP SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATIVE 0 0
RESEARCH--CHEMICAL
BIOLOGICAL DEF.
172 0605502BR SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION 0 0
RESEARCH.
173 0605502C SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION 0 0
RESEARCH--MDA.
174 0605502D8Z SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATIVE 0 0
RESEARCH.
175 0605502E SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATIVE 0 0
RESEARCH.
176 0605502S SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATIVE 0 0
RESEARCH.
177 0605711D8Z CRITICAL TECHNOLOGY 11,422 11,422
ANALYSIS.
178 0605790D8Z SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION 5,346 5,346
RESEARCH (SBIR)/ SMALL
BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY
TRANSFER (STTR)
ADMINISTRATION.
179 0605797D8Z MAINTAINING TECHNOLOGY 31,629 31,629
ADVANTAGE.
180 0605798D8Z DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY 45,370 45,370
ANALYSIS.
181 0605801KA DEFENSE TECHNICAL 66,247 66,247
INFORMATION CENTER
(DTIC).
182 0605803SE R&D IN SUPPORT OF DOD 26,935 26,935
ENLISTMENT, TESTING AND
EVALUATION.
183 0605804D8Z DEVELOPMENT TEST AND 37,233 37,233
EVALUATION.
184 0605898E MANAGEMENT HQ--R&D....... 14,577 14,577
185 0605998KA MANAGEMENT HQ--DEFENSE 3,505 3,505
TECHNICAL INFORMATION
CENTER (DTIC).
186 0606005D8Z SPECIAL ACTIVITIES....... 18,263 18,263
187 0606100D8Z BUDGET AND PROGRAM 14,272 14,272
ASSESSMENTS.
188 0606114D8Z ANALYSIS WORKING GROUP 2,814 2,814
(AWG) SUPPORT.
189 0606135D8Z CHIEF DIGITAL AND 9,262 9,262
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
OFFICER (CDAO)
ACTIVITIES.
190 0606225D8Z ODNA TECHNOLOGY AND 3,403 3,403
RESOURCE ANALYSIS.
191 0606300D8Z DEFENSE SCIENCE BOARD.... 6,536 6,536
192 0606301D8Z AVIATION SAFETY 1,885 1,885
TECHNOLOGIES.
193 0606771D8Z CYBER RESILIENCY AND 40,401 40,401
CYBERSECURITY POLICY.
194 0606774D8Z DEFENSE CIVILIAN TRAINING 27,054 27,054
CORPS.
195 0606775D8Z JOINT PRODUCTION 5,010 5,010
ACCELERATOR CELL (JPAC).
196 0606853BR MANAGEMENT, TECHNICAL & 12,115 12,115
INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT.
197 0203345D8Z DEFENSE OPERATIONS 3,151 3,151
SECURITY INITIATIVE
(DOSI).
198 0204571J JOINT STAFF ANALYTICAL 7,433 7,433
SUPPORT.
199 0208045K C4I INTEROPERABILITY..... 65,144 65,144
202 0305172K COMBINED ADVANCED 23,311 23,311
APPLICATIONS.
204 0305208K DISTRIBUTED COMMON GROUND/ 2,988 2,988
SURFACE SYSTEMS.
205 0305248J JOINT STAFF OFFICE OF THE 12,700 12,700
CHIEF DATA OFFICER
(OCDO) ACTIVITIES.
206 0804768J COCOM EXERCISE ENGAGEMENT 166,021 166,021
AND TRAINING
TRANSFORMATION (CE2T2)--
NON-MHA.
207 0808709SE DEFENSE EQUAL OPPORTUNITY 315 315
MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE
(DEOMI).
208 0808737SE INTEGRATED PRIMARY 5,096 5,096
PREVENTION.
209 0901598C MANAGEMENT HQ--MDA....... 29,033 29,033
210 0903235K JOINT SERVICE PROVIDER 2,244 2,244
(JSP).
9999 9999999999 CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS...... 37,738 37,738
..................... SUBTOTAL MANAGEMENT 2,319,134 122,700 2,441,834
SUPPORT.
.....................
..................... OPERATIONAL SYSTEM
DEVELOPMENT
211 0604011D8Z NEXT GENERATION 12,424 12,424
INFORMATION
COMMUNICATIONS
TECHNOLOGY (5G).
212 0604130V ENTERPRISE SECURITY 0 0
SYSTEM (ESS).
213 0607162D8Z CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL 4,254 4,254
WEAPONS ELIMINATION
TECHNOLOGY IMPROVEMENT.
214 0607210D8Z INDUSTRIAL BASE ANALYSIS 1,099,243 3,000 1,102,243
AND SUSTAINMENT SUPPORT.
..................... Corrosion resistant [3,000]
coatings for aircraft
parts.
215 0607310D8Z COUNTERPROLIFERATION 11,309 11,309
MODERNIZATION.
216 0607327T GLOBAL THEATER SECURITY 8,654 8,654
COOPERATION MANAGEMENT
INFORMATION SYSTEMS (G-
TSCMIS).
217 0607384BP CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL 84,098 84,098
DEFENSE (OPERATIONAL
SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT).
218 0607757D8Z RADIOLOGICAL AND NUCLEAR 1,668 1,668
DEFENSE MODERNIZATION
OPERATIONAL SYSTEM
DEVELOPMENT.
219 0208085JCY ROBUST INFRASTRUCTURE AND 154,375 154,375
ACCESS.
220 0208097JCY CYBER COMMAND AND CONTROL 96,932 96,932
(CYBER C2).
221 0208099JCY DATA AND UNIFIED PLATFORM 106,053 106,053
(D&UP).
225 0302019K DEFENSE INFO 12,843 12,843
INFRASTRUCTURE
ENGINEERING AND
INTEGRATION.
226 0302609V COUNTERING THREATS 6,057 6,057
AUTOMATED PLATFORM.
227 0303126K LONG-HAUL COMMUNICATIONS-- 51,214 51,214
DCS.
228 0303131K MINIMUM ESSENTIAL 4,985 4,985
EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS
NETWORK (MEECN).
230 0303140D8Z INFORMATION SYSTEMS 31,127 31,127
SECURITY PROGRAM.
232 0303140K INFORMATION SYSTEMS 31,414 31,414
SECURITY PROGRAM.
233 0303150K GLOBAL COMMAND AND 0 0
CONTROL SYSTEM.
234 0303153K DEFENSE SPECTRUM 24,991 24,991
ORGANIZATION.
235 0303171K JOINT PLANNING AND 3,304 3,304
EXECUTION SERVICES.
236 0303228K JOINT REGIONAL SECURITY 2,371 2,371
STACKS (JRSS).
238 0303430V FEDERAL INVESTIGATIVE 0 0
SERVICES INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY.
242 0305104D8Z DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL BASE 15,524 15,524
(DIB) CYBER SECURITY
INITIATIVE.
245 0305133V INDUSTRIAL SECURITY 0 0
ACTIVITIES.
248 0305146V DEFENSE JOINT 1,800 1,800
COUNTERINTELLIGENCE
ACTIVITIES.
249 0305172D8Z COMBINED ADVANCED 42,355 42,355
APPLICATIONS.
252 0305186D8Z POLICY R&D PROGRAMS...... 6,220 6,220
253 0305199D8Z NET CENTRICITY........... 20,620 20,620
255 0305208BB DISTRIBUTED COMMON GROUND/ 5,854 5,854
SURFACE SYSTEMS.
260 0305245D8Z INTELLIGENCE CAPABILITIES 0 0
AND INNOVATION
INVESTMENTS.
261 0305251K CYBERSPACE OPERATIONS 0 0
FORCES AND FORCE SUPPORT.
262 0305327V INSIDER THREAT........... 0 0
263 0305387D8Z HOMELAND DEFENSE 1,867 1,867
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
PROGRAM.
270 0306250JCY CYBER OPERATIONS 479,672 479,672
TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT.
271 0307609V NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL 38,761 38,761
SECURITY SYSTEMS (NISS).
274 0505167D8Z RADIOLOGICAL AND NUCLEAR 0 0
DEFENSE MODERNIZATION.
275 0708012K LOGISTICS SUPPORT 1,406 1,406
ACTIVITIES.
276 0708012S PACIFIC DISASTER CENTERS. 1,861 1,861
277 0708047S DEFENSE PROPERTY 3,004 3,004
ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM.
279 1105219BB MQ-9 UAV................. 34,851 34,851
280 1160279BB SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATIVE 0 0
RESEARCH/SMALL BUS TECH
TRANSFER PILOT PROG.
281 1160403BB AVIATION SYSTEMS......... 263,712 -11,500 252,212
..................... MC-130J Amphibious [-11,500]
Capability.
282 1160405BB INTELLIGENCE SYSTEMS 81,648 81,648
DEVELOPMENT.
283 1160408BB OPERATIONAL ENHANCEMENTS. 206,307 206,307
284 1160431BB WARRIOR SYSTEMS.......... 245,882 34,625 280,507
..................... Counter Uncrewed Systems-- [34,625]
SOCOM UFR.
285 1160432BB SPECIAL PROGRAMS......... 539 539
286 1160434BB UNMANNED ISR............. 31,578 31,578
287 1160480BB SOF TACTICAL VEHICLES.... 9,025 9,025
288 1160483BB MARITIME SYSTEMS......... 210,787 210,787
289 1160490BB OPERATIONAL ENHANCEMENTS 17,233 10,200 27,433
INTELLIGENCE.
..................... Loitering Munition [10,200]
Accelerated Fielding and
Reliability Testing
Acceleration--SOCOM UFR.
290 1203610K TELEPORT PROGRAM......... 0 0
9999 9999999999 CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS...... 8,686,427 8,686,427
..................... SUBTOTAL OPERATIONAL 12,154,249 36,325 12,190,574
SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT.
.....................
..................... SOFTWARE AND DIGITAL
TECHNOLOGY PILOT
PROGRAMS
291 0608197V NATIONAL BACKGROUND 0 0
INVESTIGATION SERVICES--
SOFTWARE PILOT PROGRAM.
292 0608648D8Z ACQUISITION VISIBILITY-- 17,907 17,907
SOFTWARE PILOT PROGRAM.
293 0303150K GLOBAL COMMAND AND 31,619 31,619
CONTROL SYSTEM.
294 0306250JCY CYBER OPERATIONS 85,168 10,000 95,168
TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT.
..................... Cyber Operations for Base [10,000]
Resilient Architecture
expansion.
9999 9999999999 CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS...... 0 0
..................... SUBTOTAL SOFTWARE AND 134,694 10,000 144,694
DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY PILOT
PROGRAMS.
.....................
..................... TOTAL RESEARCH, 35,227,834 1,420,815 36,648,649
DEVELOPMENT, TEST &
EVAL, DW.
.....................
..................... OPERATIONAL TEST & EVAL,
DEFENSE
..................... MANAGEMENT SUPPORT
1 0605118OTE OPERATIONAL TEST AND 136,226 136,226
EVALUATION.
2 0605131OTE LIVE FIRE TEST AND 109,561 109,561
EVALUATION.
3 0605814OTE OPERATIONAL TEST 102,922 102,922
ACTIVITIES AND ANALYSES.
..................... SUBTOTAL MANAGEMENT 348,709 0 348,709
SUPPORT.
.....................
..................... TOTAL OPERATIONAL TEST & 348,709 348,709
EVAL, DEFENSE.
.....................
..................... TOTAL RDT&E.............. 143,156,590 2,856,845 146,013,435
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TITLE XLIII--OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE
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 2025 Senate
Line Item Request Senate Change Authorized
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OPERATING FORCES
010 MANEUVER UNITS...................................... 3,536,069 416,200 3,952,269
Campaigning--U.S. Army Pacific (USARPAC) - INDOPACOM [391,200]
UFR................................................
Commercial off the Shelf (COTS) Uncrewed Aerial [25,000]
System (sUAS)--Army UFR............................
020 MODULAR SUPPORT BRIGADES............................ 216,575 216,575
030 ECHELONS ABOVE BRIGADE.............................. 829,985 829,985
040 THEATER LEVEL ASSETS................................ 2,570,467 2,570,467
050 LAND FORCES OPERATIONS SUPPORT...................... 1,185,211 1,185,211
060 AVIATION ASSETS..................................... 1,955,482 1,955,482
070 FORCE READINESS OPERATIONS SUPPORT.................. 7,150,264 44,000 7,194,264
2nd Security Force Assistance Brigade (SFAB)-- [4,000]
AFRICOM............................................
BUCKEYE support to AFRICOM.......................... [40,000]
080 LAND FORCES SYSTEMS READINESS....................... 533,892 533,892
090 LAND FORCES DEPOT MAINTENANCE....................... 1,220,407 30,300 1,250,707
Army missile repair--Army UFR....................... [30,300]
100 MEDICAL READINESS................................... 931,137 931,137
110 BASE OPERATIONS SUPPORT............................. 10,482,544 10,482,544
120 FACILITIES SUSTAINMENT, RESTORATION & MODERNIZATION. 5,231,918 745,000 5,976,918
Army 95% executable FSRM............................ [670,000]
Force Protection Equipment Sustainment--CENTCOM UFR. [75,000]
130 MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONAL HEADQUARTERS............. 309,674 309,674
140 ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES............................... 303,660 303,660
150 RESET............................................... 319,873 319,873
160 US AFRICA COMMAND................................... 430,724 15,482 446,206
Commander's Data Integration Team (CDIT)--AFRICOM... [13,268]
Navigation Warfare (NAVWAR) Twinity (TNT) and [2,214]
Hardened GPS Antennas--AFRICOM.....................
170 US EUROPEAN COMMAND................................. 326,399 13,800 340,199
USEUCOM Multilateral Network........................ [13,800]
180 US SOUTHERN COMMAND................................. 255,639 27,590 283,229
Joint Department of Defense Information Network [22,700]
Operations Center..................................
Mission Partner Environment (MPE)--SOUTHCOM......... [4,890]
190 US FORCES KOREA..................................... 71,826 71,826
200 CYBERSPACE ACTIVITIES--CYBERSPACE OPERATIONS........ 422,561 422,561
210 CYBERSPACE ACTIVITIES--CYBERSECURITY................ 597,021 597,021
220 JOINT CYBER MISSION FORCES.......................... 0 0
SUBTOTAL OPERATING FORCES........................... 38,881,328 1,292,372 40,173,700
MOBILIZATION
230 STRATEGIC MOBILITY.................................. 567,351 567,351
240 ARMY PREPOSITIONED STOCKS........................... 405,747 405,747
250 INDUSTRIAL PREPAREDNESS............................. 4,298 4,298
SUBTOTAL MOBILIZATION............................... 977,396 0 977,396
TRAINING AND RECRUITING
260 OFFICER ACQUISITION................................. 200,754 200,754
270 RECRUIT TRAINING.................................... 72,829 72,829
280 ONE STATION UNIT TRAINING........................... 92,762 92,762
290 SENIOR RESERVE OFFICERS TRAINING CORPS.............. 557,478 557,478
300 SPECIALIZED SKILL TRAINING.......................... 1,064,113 1,064,113
310 FLIGHT TRAINING..................................... 1,418,987 1,418,987
320 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION.................. 214,497 1,000 215,497
Key Partners for Middle East Regional Integration [1,000]
Military Subject Matter Exchange Program...........
330 TRAINING SUPPORT.................................... 633,316 633,316
340 RECRUITING AND ADVERTISING.......................... 785,440 785,440
350 EXAMINING........................................... 205,072 205,072
360 OFF-DUTY AND VOLUNTARY EDUCATION.................... 245,880 245,880
370 CIVILIAN EDUCATION AND TRAINING..................... 246,460 246,460
380 JUNIOR RESERVE OFFICER TRAINING CORPS............... 206,700 206,700
SUBTOTAL TRAINING AND RECRUITING.................... 5,944,288 1,000 5,945,288
ADMIN & SRVWD ACTIVITIES
400 SERVICEWIDE TRANSPORTATION.......................... 785,233 785,233
410 CENTRAL SUPPLY ACTIVITIES........................... 926,136 926,136
420 LOGISTIC SUPPORT ACTIVITIES......................... 738,637 738,637
430 AMMUNITION MANAGEMENT............................... 411,213 411,213
440 ADMINISTRATION...................................... 515,501 515,501
450 SERVICEWIDE COMMUNICATIONS.......................... 2,167,183 2,167,183
460 MANPOWER MANAGEMENT................................. 375,963 375,963
470 OTHER PERSONNEL SUPPORT............................. 943,764 943,764
480 OTHER SERVICE SUPPORT............................... 2,402,405 2,402,405
490 ARMY CLAIMS ACTIVITIES.............................. 204,652 204,652
500 REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT.............................. 305,340 305,340
510 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND AUDIT READINESS............ 487,742 487,742
520 DEF ACQUISITION WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNT....... 41,068 41,068
530 INTERNATIONAL MILITARY HEADQUARTERS................. 633,982 633,982
540 MISC. SUPPORT OF OTHER NATIONS...................... 34,429 34,429
999 CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS................................. 2,376,219 31,291 2,407,510
DOD High-Risk ISR--AFRICOM UFR...................... [29,791]
Navigation Warfare (NAVWAR) Twinity (TNT) and [1,500]
Hardened GPS Antennas--AFRICOM.....................
SUBTOTAL ADMIN & SRVWD ACTIVITIES................... 13,349,467 31,291 13,380,758
UNDISTRIBUTED
998 UNDISTRIBUTED....................................... 0 -124,430 -124,430
Foreign Currency Fluctuations....................... [-5,230]
Unobligated balances................................ [-119,200]
SUBTOTAL UNDISTRIBUTED.............................. 0 -124,430 -124,430
TOTAL OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY............... 59,152,479 1,200,233 60,352,712
OPERATION & MAINTENANCE, ARMY RES
OPERATING FORCES
010 MODULAR SUPPORT BRIGADES............................ 14,098 14,098
020 ECHELONS ABOVE BRIGADE.............................. 655,868 655,868
030 THEATER LEVEL ASSETS................................ 136,625 136,625
040 LAND FORCES OPERATIONS SUPPORT...................... 696,146 696,146
050 AVIATION ASSETS..................................... 129,581 129,581
060 FORCE READINESS OPERATIONS SUPPORT.................. 404,585 404,585
070 LAND FORCES SYSTEMS READINESS....................... 42,942 42,942
080 LAND FORCES DEPOT MAINTENANCE....................... 49,973 49,973
090 BASE OPERATIONS SUPPORT............................. 578,327 578,327
100 FACILITIES SUSTAINMENT, RESTORATION & MODERNIZATION. 474,365 474,365
110 MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONAL HEADQUARTERS............. 26,680 26,680
120 CYBERSPACE ACTIVITIES--CYBERSPACE OPERATIONS........ 2,241 2,241
130 CYBERSPACE ACTIVITIES--CYBERSECURITY................ 18,598 18,598
SUBTOTAL OPERATING FORCES........................... 3,230,029 0 3,230,029
ADMIN & SRVWD ACTIVITIES
140 SERVICEWIDE TRANSPORTATION.......................... 17,092 17,092
150 ADMINISTRATION...................................... 19,106 19,106
160 SERVICEWIDE COMMUNICATIONS.......................... 6,727 6,727
170 MANPOWER MANAGEMENT................................. 7,477 7,477
180 OTHER PERSONNEL SUPPORT............................. 80,346 80,346
SUBTOTAL ADMIN & SRVWD ACTIVITIES................... 130,748 0 130,748
UNDISTRIBUTED
998 UNDISTRIBUTED....................................... 0 -1,500 -1,500
Unobligated balances................................ [-1,500]
SUBTOTAL UNDISTRIBUTED.............................. 0 -1,500 -1,500
TOTAL OPERATION & MAINTENANCE, ARMY RES............. 3,360,777 -1,500 3,359,277
OPERATION & MAINTENANCE, ARNG
OPERATING FORCES
010 MANEUVER UNITS...................................... 886,229 886,229
020 MODULAR SUPPORT BRIGADES............................ 200,417 200,417
030 ECHELONS ABOVE BRIGADE.............................. 861,685 861,685
040 THEATER LEVEL ASSETS................................ 86,356 86,356
050 LAND FORCES OPERATIONS SUPPORT...................... 345,720 345,720
060 AVIATION ASSETS..................................... 1,150,777 1,150,777
070 FORCE READINESS OPERATIONS SUPPORT.................. 737,884 737,884
080 LAND FORCES SYSTEMS READINESS....................... 34,262 34,262
090 LAND FORCES DEPOT MAINTENANCE....................... 221,401 221,401
100 BASE OPERATIONS SUPPORT............................. 1,247,797 -155 1,247,642
Diversity and inclusion programs reduction.......... [-155]
110 FACILITIES SUSTAINMENT, RESTORATION & MODERNIZATION. 1,147,554 1,147,554
120 MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONAL HEADQUARTERS............. 1,322,621 1,322,621
130 CYBERSPACE ACTIVITIES--CYBERSPACE OPERATIONS........ 5,287 5,287
140 CYBERSPACE ACTIVITIES--CYBERSECURITY................ 20,869 20,869
SUBTOTAL OPERATING FORCES........................... 8,268,859 -155 8,268,704
ADMIN & SRVWD ACTIVITIES
150 SERVICEWIDE TRANSPORTATION.......................... 7,849 7,849
160 ADMINISTRATION...................................... 49,304 640 49,944
Increase for 7 new State Partnership Program [640]
partners--NGB UFR..................................
170 SERVICEWIDE COMMUNICATIONS.......................... 18,585 18,585
180 MANPOWER MANAGEMENT................................. 0
190 OTHER PERSONNEL SUPPORT............................. 297,594 297,594
200 REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT.............................. 3,954 3,954
SUBTOTAL ADMIN & SRVWD ACTIVITIES................... 377,286 640 377,926
UNDISTRIBUTED
998 UNDISTRIBUTED....................................... 0 -36,200 -36,200
Unobligated balances................................ [-36,200]
SUBTOTAL UNDISTRIBUTED.............................. 0 -36,200 -36,200
TOTAL OPERATION & MAINTENANCE, ARNG................. 8,646,145 -35,715 8,610,430
COUNTER-ISLAMIC STATE OF IRAQ AND SYRIA TRAIN AND
EQUIP
COUNTER ISIS TRAIN AND EQUIP FUND (CTEF)
010 IRAQ................................................ 380,758 380,758
020 SYRIA............................................... 147,941 147,941
SUBTOTAL COUNTER ISIS TRAIN AND EQUIP FUND (CTEF)... 528,699 0 528,699
TOTAL COUNTER-ISLAMIC STATE OF IRAQ AND SYRIA TRAIN 528,699 0 528,699
AND EQUIP..........................................
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY
OPERATING FORCES
010 MISSION AND OTHER FLIGHT OPERATIONS................. 6,876,414 30,000 6,906,414
Maritime/Littoral Domain ISR--CENTCOM UFR........... [30,000]
020 FLEET AIR TRAINING.................................. 2,980,271 2,980,271
030 AVIATION TECHNICAL DATA & ENGINEERING SERVICES...... 0 0
040 AIR OPERATIONS AND SAFETY SUPPORT................... 0 0
050 AIR SYSTEMS SUPPORT................................. 1,444,564 1,444,564
060 AIRCRAFT DEPOT MAINTENANCE.......................... 1,747,475 1,747,475
070 AIRCRAFT DEPOT OPERATIONS SUPPORT................... 0 0
080 AVIATION LOGISTICS.................................. 2,020,926 2,020,926
090 MISSION AND OTHER SHIP OPERATIONS................... 7,561,665 7,561,665
100 SHIP OPERATIONS SUPPORT & TRAINING.................. 1,576,167 1,576,167
110 SHIP DEPOT MAINTENANCE.............................. 12,121,320 65,000 12,186,320
Prevent retirement of ESD........................... [65,000]
120 SHIP DEPOT OPERATIONS SUPPORT....................... 2,722,849 2,722,849
130 COMBAT COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONIC WARFARE........ 1,845,351 1,966 1,847,317
Accelerate Fund NC3 Recapitalization and New 0
Transmission Pathways--Navy UFR....................
Accelerate Long Endurance Electronic Decoy (LEED)-- [2,300]
Navy UFR...........................................
Counter Uncrewed Systems (C-UxS) / Integrated Air [375]
and Missile Defense (IAMD)--AFRICOM................
Diversity and inclusion programs reduction.......... [-709]
140 SPACE SYSTEMS AND SURVEILLANCE...................... 429,851 429,851
150 WARFARE TACTICS..................................... 1,030,531 1,030,531
160 OPERATIONAL METEOROLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY............ 462,111 462,111
170 COMBAT SUPPORT FORCES............................... 2,430,990 7,200 2,438,190
USEUCOM+NATO Maritime Command and Control (C2)...... [7,200]
180 EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE AND DEPOT OPERATIONS SUPPORT.. 49,520 49,520
190 CYBER MISSION FORCES................................ 0 0
200 COMBATANT COMMANDERS CORE OPERATIONS................ 93,949 93,949
210 COMBATANT COMMANDERS DIRECT MISSION SUPPORT......... 395,278 215,340 610,618
AI-Enabled Planning & Wargaming (STORMBREAKER)...... [18,000]
Campaigning--Special Operations Command Pacific [53,000]
(SOCPAC)...........................................
Joint lnteragency Task Force--West (JIATF-W)........ [4,260]
Joint Task Force Micronesia (JTF-M)................. [40,080]
Joint Training Team (JTT)........................... [100,000]
220 CYBERSPACE ACTIVITIES............................... 577,882 1,000 578,882
Accelerate GRANDSTAND--Navy UFR..................... [1,000]
230 FLEET BALLISTIC MISSILE............................. 1,866,966 1,866,966
240 WEAPONS MAINTENANCE................................. 1,596,682 125,600 1,722,282
Accelerate Mk-48 Heavy Weight Torpedo (HWT) [9,200]
Procurement (+41)--Navy UFR........................
Accelerate Subsea and Seabed Warfare (SSW) ROV--Navy [2,100]
UFR................................................
Accelerate Weapons Combat Expenditure Replacement [93,000]
for SM-2--Navy UFR.................................
Longbow Hellfire integration........................ [21,300]
250 OTHER WEAPON SYSTEMS SUPPORT........................ 785,511 785,511
260 ENTERPRISE INFORMATION.............................. 1,824,127 1,824,127
270 SUSTAINMENT, RESTORATION AND MODERNIZATION.......... 4,654,449 1,040,000 5,694,449
Guam disaster recovery and resilient rebuild FSRM... [70,000]
Guam Glass Breakwater............................... [300,000]
Navy 95% executable FSRM............................ [670,000]
280 BASE OPERATING SUPPORT.............................. 6,324,454 6,324,454
SUBTOTAL OPERATING FORCES........................... 63,419,303 1,486,106 64,905,409
MOBILIZATION
290 SHIP PREPOSITIONING AND SURGE....................... 463,722 463,722
300 READY RESERVE FORCE................................. 780,558 780,558
310 SHIP ACTIVATIONS/INACTIVATIONS...................... 1,030,030 1,030,030
320 EXPEDITIONARY HEALTH SERVICES SYSTEMS............... 173,200 173,200
330 COAST GUARD SUPPORT................................. 21,800 21,800
SUBTOTAL MOBILIZATION............................... 2,469,310 0 2,469,310
TRAINING AND RECRUITING
340 OFFICER ACQUISITION................................. 206,282 -446 205,836
Diversity and inclusion programs reduction.......... [-446]
350 RECRUIT TRAINING.................................... 18,748 18,748
360 RESERVE OFFICERS TRAINING CORPS..................... 169,044 169,044
370 SPECIALIZED SKILL TRAINING.......................... 1,236,735 1,236,735
380 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION.................. 357,317 1,000 358,317
Key Partners for Middle East Regional Integration [1,000]
Military Subject Matter Exchange Program...........
390 TRAINING SUPPORT.................................... 434,173 -1,667 432,506
Diversity and inclusion programs reduction.......... [-1,667]
400 RECRUITING AND ADVERTISING.......................... 281,107 281,107
410 OFF-DUTY AND VOLUNTARY EDUCATION.................... 77,223 77,223
420 CIVILIAN EDUCATION AND TRAINING..................... 73,510 73,510
430 JUNIOR ROTC......................................... 59,649 59,649
SUBTOTAL TRAINING AND RECRUITING.................... 2,913,788 -1,113 2,912,675
ADMIN & SRVWD ACTIVITIES
440 ADMINISTRATION...................................... 1,453,465 1,453,465
450 CIVILIAN MANPOWER AND PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT.......... 252,723 -1,637 251,086
Diversity and inclusion programs reduction.......... [-1,637]
460 MILITARY MANPOWER AND PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT.......... 729,351 -710 728,641
Diversity and inclusion programs reduction.......... [-710]
470 MEDICAL ACTIVITIES.................................. 324,055 324,055
480 DEF ACQUISITION WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNT....... 69,348 69,348
490 SERVICEWIDE TRANSPORTATION.......................... 275,379 275,379
510 PLANNING, ENGINEERING, AND PROGRAM SUPPORT.......... 609,648 609,648
520 ACQUISITION, LOGISTICS, AND OVERSIGHT............... 869,350 869,350
530 INVESTIGATIVE AND SECURITY SERVICES................. 980,857 980,857
999 CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS................................. 656,005 656,005
SUBTOTAL ADMIN & SRVWD ACTIVITIES................... 6,220,181 -2,347 6,217,834
UNDISTRIBUTED
998 UNDISTRIBUTED....................................... 0 -84,570 -84,570
Foreign Currency Fluctuations....................... [-5,270]
Unobligated balances................................ [-79,300]
SUBTOTAL UNDISTRIBUTED.............................. 0 -84,570 -84,570
TOTAL OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY............... 75,022,582 1,398,076 76,420,658
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS
OPERATING FORCES
010 OPERATIONAL FORCES.................................. 1,848,218 61,400 1,909,618
Campaigning--U.S. Marine Corps Forces Pacific [47,000]
(MARFORPAC)........................................
Marine Corps realignment--high cut enhanced combat [14,400]
helmet.............................................
020 FIELD LOGISTICS..................................... 1,990,769 1,990,769
030 DEPOT MAINTENANCE................................... 241,350 241,350
040 MARITIME PREPOSITIONING............................. 176,356 176,356
050 CYBER MISSION FORCES................................ 0 0
060 CYBERSPACE ACTIVITIES............................... 271,819 271,819
070 SUSTAINMENT, RESTORATION & MODERNIZATION............ 1,304,957 627,330 1,932,287
Marine Corps 95% executable FSRM.................... [100,000]
Marine Corps realignment--Barracks 2030............. [379,330]
USMC Enterprise-Wide Facilities Modernization--USMC [148,000]
UFR................................................
080 BASE OPERATING SUPPORT.............................. 3,035,867 194,000 3,229,867
Barracks base operating support..................... [194,000]
SUBTOTAL OPERATING FORCES........................... 8,869,336 882,730 9,752,066
TRAINING AND RECRUITING
090 RECRUIT TRAINING.................................... 26,610 26,610
100 OFFICER ACQUISITION................................. 1,418 1,418
110 SPECIALIZED SKILL TRAINING.......................... 128,502 128,502
120 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION.................. 63,208 1,000 64,208
Key Partners for Middle East Regional Integration [1,000]
Military Subject Matter Exchange Program...........
130 TRAINING SUPPORT.................................... 553,166 553,166
140 RECRUITING AND ADVERTISING.......................... 237,077 72,850 309,927
Advertising--USMC UFR............................... [72,850]
150 OFF-DUTY AND VOLUNTARY EDUCATION.................... 50,000 50,000
160 JUNIOR ROTC......................................... 30,276 30,276
SUBTOTAL TRAINING AND RECRUITING.................... 1,090,257 73,850 1,164,107
ADMIN & SRVWD ACTIVITIES
180 SERVICEWIDE TRANSPORTATION.......................... 96,528 96,528
190 ADMINISTRATION...................................... 442,037 -2,000 440,037
Diversity and inclusion programs reduction.......... [-2,000]
999 CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS................................. 64,646 64,646
SUBTOTAL ADMIN & SRVWD ACTIVITIES................... 603,211 -2,000 601,211
UNDISTRIBUTED
998 UNDISTRIBUTED....................................... 0 -17,030 -17,030
Foreign Currency Fluctuations....................... [-3,930]
Unobligated balances................................ [-13,100]
SUBTOTAL UNDISTRIBUTED.............................. 0 -17,030 -17,030
TOTAL OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS....... 10,562,804 937,550 11,500,354
OPERATION & MAINTENANCE, NAVY RES
OPERATING FORCES
010 MISSION AND OTHER FLIGHT OPERATIONS................. 708,701 708,701
020 INTERMEDIATE MAINTENANCE............................ 0 0
030 AIR SYSTEMS SUPPORT................................. 10,250 10,250
040 AIRCRAFT DEPOT MAINTENANCE.......................... 148,292 148,292
050 AIRCRAFT DEPOT OPERATIONS SUPPORT................... 0 0
060 AVIATION LOGISTICS.................................. 33,200 33,200
070 COMBAT COMMUNICATIONS............................... 21,211 21,211
080 COMBAT SUPPORT FORCES............................... 199,551 199,551
090 CYBERSPACE ACTIVITIES............................... 291 291
100 ENTERPRISE INFORMATION.............................. 33,027 33,027
110 SUSTAINMENT, RESTORATION AND MODERNIZATION.......... 50,200 50,200
120 BASE OPERATING SUPPORT.............................. 119,124 119,124
SUBTOTAL OPERATING FORCES........................... 1,323,847 0 1,323,847
ADMIN & SRVWD ACTIVITIES
130 ADMINISTRATION...................................... 2,067 2,067
140 MILITARY MANPOWER AND PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT.......... 13,575 13,575
150 ACQUISITION AND PROGRAM MANAGEMENT.................. 2,173 2,173
SUBTOTAL ADMIN & SRVWD ACTIVITIES................... 17,815 0 17,815
UNDISTRIBUTED
998 UNDISTRIBUTED....................................... 0 -2,900 -2,900
Unobligated balances................................ [-2,900]
SUBTOTAL UNDISTRIBUTED.............................. 0 -2,900 -2,900
TOTAL OPERATION & MAINTENANCE, NAVY RES............. 1,341,662 -2,900 1,338,762
OPERATION & MAINTENANCE, MC RESERVE
OPERATING FORCES
010 OPERATING FORCES.................................... 132,907 132,907
020 DEPOT MAINTENANCE................................... 22,073 22,073
030 SUSTAINMENT, RESTORATION AND MODERNIZATION.......... 47,677 47,677
040 BASE OPERATING SUPPORT.............................. 122,734 122,734
SUBTOTAL OPERATING FORCES........................... 325,391 0 325,391
ADMIN & SRVWD ACTIVITIES
050 ADMINISTRATION...................................... 12,689 12,689
SUBTOTAL ADMIN & SRVWD ACTIVITIES................... 12,689 0 12,689
UNDISTRIBUTED
998 UNDISTRIBUTED....................................... 0 -1,800 -1,800
Unobligated balances................................ [-1,800]
SUBTOTAL UNDISTRIBUTED.............................. 0 -1,800 -1,800
TOTAL OPERATION & MAINTENANCE, MC RESERVE........... 338,080 -1,800 336,280
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE
OPERATING FORCES
010 PRIMARY COMBAT FORCES............................... 910,849 149,539 1,060,388
Campaigning--Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) - INDOPACOM [48,000]
UFR................................................
Fighter Force Re-Optimization (+208 PMAI a/c)--AF [1,981]
UFR................................................
Prevent retirement of F-15Es........................ [98,144]
Prevent retirement of F-22s......................... [1,414]
020 COMBAT ENHANCEMENT FORCES........................... 2,631,887 56,000 2,687,887
Campaigning--Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) - INDOPACOM [20,000]
UFR................................................
C-UAS Electronic Support--CENTCOM UFR............... [36,000]
030 AIR OPERATIONS TRAINING (OJT, MAINTAIN SKILLS)...... 1,526,855 266,300 1,793,155
PACAF biennial ACE exercises--AF UFR................ [266,300]
040 DEPOT PURCHASE EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE................ 4,862,731 13,243 4,875,974
Prevent retirement of F-22s......................... [13,243]
050 FACILITIES SUSTAINMENT, RESTORATION & MODERNIZATION. 4,413,268 1,840,000 6,253,268
Air Force 95% executable FSRM....................... [1,150,000]
Guam disaster recovery and resilient rebuild FSRM... [680,000]
Increases to unfunded requirements for PFAS......... [10,000]
060 CYBERSPACE SUSTAINMENT.............................. 245,330 245,330
070 CONTRACTOR LOGISTICS SUPPORT AND SYSTEM SUPPORT..... 10,100,030 306,202 10,406,232
Campaigning--Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) - INDOPACOM [21,500]
UFR................................................
Fighter Force Re-Optimization (+208 PMAI a/c)--AF [3,156]
UFR................................................
Prevent retirement of F-22s......................... [281,546]
080 FLYING HOUR PROGRAM................................. 7,010,770 818,016 7,828,786
Prevent retirement of F-22s......................... [65,017]
USAF one-time spares increase--AF UFR............... [752,999]
090 BASE SUPPORT........................................ 11,449,394 11,449,394
100 GLOBAL C3I AND EARLY WARNING........................ 1,294,815 1,294,815
110 OTHER COMBAT OPS SPT PROGRAMS....................... 1,840,433 16,599 1,857,032
Counter Uncrewed Systems (C-UxS) / Integrated Air [16,599]
and Missile Defense (IAMD)--AFRICOM................
120 CYBERSPACE ACTIVITIES............................... 874,283 874,283
140 MEDICAL READINESS................................... 567,561 567,561
150 LAUNCH FACILITIES................................... 0 0
160 US NORTHCOM/NORAD................................... 212,311 59,700 272,011
Expand JTF North.................................... [25,000]
Foundational information technology................. [34,700]
170 US STRATCOM......................................... 524,159 500 524,659
Expeditionary Shelter Protection System............. [500]
180 US CYBERCOM......................................... 0 0
190 US CENTCOM.......................................... 333,250 88,000 421,250
Cloud Computing Environment / Cloud Transition-- [20,000]
CENTCOM UFR........................................
Data Analysis and Artificial Intelligence (AI) [8,000]
Initiative--CENTCOM UFR............................
Mission Data Platform Enterprise Licenses--CENTCOM [16,000]
UFR................................................
MSS Licenses and AI Enhancements--CENTCOM UFR....... [44,000]
200 US SOCOM............................................ 28,431 28,431
210 US TRANSCOM......................................... 681 681
220 CENTCOM CYBERSPACE SUSTAINMENT...................... 1,466 1,466
230 USSPACECOM.......................................... 418,153 418,153
240 JOINT CYBER MISSION FORCE PROGRAMS.................. 0 0
999 CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS................................. 1,848,981 1,848,981
SUBTOTAL OPERATING FORCES........................... 51,095,638 3,614,099 56,558,718
MOBILIZATION
250 AIRLIFT OPERATIONS.................................. 3,502,648 3,502,648
260 MOBILIZATION PREPAREDNESS........................... 260,168 260,168
SUBTOTAL MOBILIZATION............................... 3,762,816 0 3,762,816
TRAINING AND RECRUITING
270 OFFICER ACQUISITION................................. 219,822 -241 219,581
Diversity and inclusion programs reduction.......... [-241]
280 RECRUIT TRAINING.................................... 28,133 28,133
290 RESERVE OFFICERS TRAINING CORPS (ROTC).............. 129,859 -5,727 124,132
Diversity and inclusion programs reduction.......... [-5,727]
300 SPECIALIZED SKILL TRAINING.......................... 624,525 624,525
310 FLIGHT TRAINING..................................... 882,998 882,998
320 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION.................. 322,278 1,000 323,278
Key Partners for Middle East Regional Integration [1,000]
Military Subject Matter Exchange Program...........
330 TRAINING SUPPORT.................................... 192,028 192,028
340 RECRUITING AND ADVERTISING.......................... 216,939 216,939
350 EXAMINING........................................... 7,913 7,913
360 OFF-DUTY AND VOLUNTARY EDUCATION.................... 255,673 255,673
370 CIVILIAN EDUCATION AND TRAINING..................... 361,897 361,897
380 JUNIOR ROTC......................................... 74,682 74,682
SUBTOTAL TRAINING AND RECRUITING.................... 3,316,747 -4,968 3,311,779
ADMIN & SRVWD ACTIVITIES
390 LOGISTICS OPERATIONS................................ 1,212,268 1,212,268
400 TECHNICAL SUPPORT ACTIVITIES........................ 175,511 175,511
410 ADMINISTRATION...................................... 1,381,555 -13,197 1,368,358
Diversity and inclusion programs reduction.......... [-13,197]
420 SERVICEWIDE COMMUNICATIONS.......................... 34,913 34,913
430 OTHER SERVICEWIDE ACTIVITIES........................ 1,933,264 1,933,264
440 CIVIL AIR PATROL.................................... 31,520 31,520
460 DEF ACQUISITION WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNT....... 51,756 51,756
480 INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT............................... 93,490 93,490
999 CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS................................. 1,528,256 1,528,256
SUBTOTAL ADMIN & SRVWD ACTIVITIES................... 6,442,533 -13,197 7,957,592
UNDISTRIBUTED
998 UNDISTRIBUTED....................................... 0 -153,350 -153,350
Foreign Currency Fluctuations....................... [-3,650]
Unobligated balances................................ [-149,700]
SUBTOTAL UNDISTRIBUTED.............................. 0 -153,350 -153,350
TOTAL OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE.......... 64,617,734 3,442,584 68,060,318
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, SPACE FORCE
OPERATING FORCES
010 GLOBAL C3I & EARLY WARNING.......................... 694,469 694,469
020 SPACE LAUNCH OPERATIONS............................. 373,584 373,584
030 SPACE OPERATIONS.................................... 936,956 936,956
040 EDUCATION & TRAINING................................ 235,459 235,459
060 DEPOT MAINTENANCE................................... 80,571 80,571
070 FACILITIES SUSTAINMENT, RESTORATION & MODERNIZATION. 488,709 12,000 500,709
STARCOM Facility--Space Force UFR................... [12,000]
080 CONTRACTOR LOGISTICS AND SYSTEM SUPPORT............. 1,346,611 1,346,611
090 SPACE OPERATIONS -BOS............................... 238,717 238,717
100 CYBERSPACE ACTIVITIES............................... 139,983 139,983
999 CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS................................. 537,908 537,908
SUBTOTAL OPERATING FORCES........................... 5,072,967 12,000 5,084,967
ADMIN & SRVWD ACTIVITIES
110 LOGISTICS OPERATIONS................................ 35,313 35,313
120 ADMINISTRATION...................................... 183,992 183,992
SUBTOTAL ADMIN & SRVWD ACTIVITIES................... 219,305 0 219,305
UNDISTRIBUTED
998 UNDISTRIBUTED....................................... 0 -32,050 -32,050
Foreign Currency Fluctuations....................... [-50]
Unobligated balances................................ [-32,000]
SUBTOTAL UNDISTRIBUTED.............................. 0 -32,050 -32,050
TOTAL OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, SPACE FORCE........ 5,292,272 -20,050 5,272,222
OPERATION & MAINTENANCE, AF RESERVE
OPERATING FORCES
010 PRIMARY COMBAT FORCES............................... 1,958,968 1,958,968
020 MISSION SUPPORT OPERATIONS.......................... 177,080 177,080
030 DEPOT PURCHASE EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE................ 597,172 597,172
040 FACILITIES SUSTAINMENT, RESTORATION & MODERNIZATION. 123,394 123,394
050 CONTRACTOR LOGISTICS SUPPORT AND SYSTEM SUPPORT..... 601,302 601,302
060 BASE SUPPORT........................................ 585,943 585,943
070 CYBERSPACE ACTIVITIES............................... 2,331 2,331
SUBTOTAL OPERATING FORCES........................... 4,046,190 0 4,046,190
ADMIN & SRVWD ACTIVITIES
080 ADMINISTRATION...................................... 92,732 -85 92,647
Diversity and inclusion programs reduction.......... [-85]
090 RECRUITING AND ADVERTISING.......................... 10,855 10,855
100 MILITARY MANPOWER AND PERS MGMT (ARPC).............. 17,188 17,188
110 OTHER PERS SUPPORT (DISABILITY COMP)................ 6,304 6,304
120 AUDIOVISUAL......................................... 527 527
SUBTOTAL ADMIN & SRVWD ACTIVITIES................... 127,606 -85 127,521
UNDISTRIBUTED
998 UNDISTRIBUTED....................................... 0 -33,300 -33,300
Unobligated balances................................ [-33,300]
SUBTOTAL UNDISTRIBUTED.............................. 0 -33,300 -33,300
TOTAL OPERATION & MAINTENANCE, AF RESERVE........... 4,173,796 -33,385 4,140,411
OPERATION & MAINTENANCE, ANG
OPERATING FORCES
010 AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS................................. 2,626,498 2,626,498
020 MISSION SUPPORT OPERATIONS.......................... 649,621 649,621
030 DEPOT PURCHASE EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE................ 1,004,771 1,004,771
040 FACILITIES SUSTAINMENT, RESTORATION & MODERNIZATION. 458,917 458,917
050 CONTRACTOR LOGISTICS SUPPORT AND SYSTEM SUPPORT..... 1,353,383 1,353,383
060 BASE SUPPORT........................................ 1,119,429 -186 1,119,243
Diversity and inclusion programs reduction.......... [-186]
070 CYBERSPACE SUSTAINMENT.............................. 14,291 14,291
080 CYBERSPACE ACTIVITIES............................... 57,162 57,162
SUBTOTAL OPERATING FORCES........................... 7,284,072 -186 7,283,886
ADMIN & SRVWD ACTIVITIES
090 ADMINISTRATION...................................... 71,454 510 71,964
Increase for 7 new State Partnership Program [510]
partners--NGB UFR..................................
100 RECRUITING AND ADVERTISING.......................... 48,245 48,245
SUBTOTAL ADMIN & SRVWD ACTIVITIES................... 119,699 510 120,209
UNDISTRIBUTED
998 UNDISTRIBUTED....................................... 0 -8,600 -8,600
Unobligated balances................................ [-8,600]
SUBTOTAL UNDISTRIBUTED.............................. 0 -8,600 -8,600
TOTAL OPERATION & MAINTENANCE, ANG.................. 7,403,771 -8,276 7,395,495
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, DEFENSE-WIDE
OPERATING FORCES
010 JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF............................... 461,772 -1,500 460,272
Unobligated balances................................ [-1,500]
020 JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF--JTEEP........................ 696,446 696,446
030 JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF--CYBER........................ 9,100 9,100
040 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE--MISO............ 253,176 14,000 267,176
Military Information Support Operations (MISO)-- [14,000]
AFRICOM............................................
050 SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND COMBAT DEVELOPMENT 2,082,777 2,082,777
ACTIVITIES.........................................
060 SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND MAINTENANCE.............. 1,197,289 1,000 1,198,289
Counter Uncrewed Systems--SOCOM UFR................. [1,000]
070 SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND MANAGEMENT/OPERATIONAL 203,622 203,622
HEADQUARTERS.......................................
080 SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND THEATER FORCES........... 3,410,271 3,410,271
090 SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND CYBERSPACE ACTIVITIES.... 51,263 51,263
100 SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND INTELLIGENCE............. 1,266,217 1,266,217
110 SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND OPERATIONAL SUPPORT...... 1,453,809 1,453,809
120 CYBERSPACE OPERATIONS............................... 1,361,360 35,000 1,396,360
Department of Defense-Wide Internet Operations [10,000]
Management Capability..............................
Program increase.................................... [25,000]
130 USCYBERCOM HEADQUARTERS............................. 344,376 344,376
SUBTOTAL OPERATING FORCES........................... 12,791,478 48,500 12,839,978
TRAINING AND RECRUITING
140 DEFENSE ACQUISITION UNIVERSITY...................... 184,963 184,963
150 JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF............................... 132,101 1,000 133,101
Key Partners for Middle East Regional Integration [1,000]
Military Subject Matter Exchange Program...........
160 SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND/PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT 31,806 31,806
EDUCATION..........................................
SUBTOTAL TRAINING AND RECRUITING.................... 348,870 1,000 349,870
ADMIN & SRVWD ACTIVITIES
170 CIVIL MILITARY PROGRAMS............................. 140,375 140,375
180 DEFENSE CONTRACT AUDIT AGENCY--CYBER................ 4,961 4,961
190 DEFENSE CONTRACT AUDIT AGENCY....................... 673,621 -6,100 667,521
Unobligated balances................................ [-6,100]
200 DEFENSE CONTRACT MANAGEMENT AGENCY.................. 1,543,134 -1,000 1,542,134
Unobligated balances................................ [-1,000]
210 DEFENSE CONTRACT MANAGEMENT AGENCY--CYBER........... 42,541 42,541
220 DEFENSE COUNTERINTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY AGENCY..... 952,464 952,464
240 DEFENSE COUNTERINTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY AGENCY-- 9,794 9,794
CYBER..............................................
250 DEFENSE HUMAN RESOURCES ACTIVITY--CYBER............. 39,781 39,781
260 DEFENSE HUMAN RESOURCES ACTIVITY.................... 1,104,152 8,000 1,112,152
Re-establishment of Troops-to-Teachers program...... [8,000]
290 DEFENSE INFORMATION SYSTEMS AGENCY.................. 2,614,041 -3,400 2,610,641
Unobligated balances................................ [-3,400]
300 DEFENSE INFORMATION SYSTEMS AGENCY--CYBER........... 504,896 504,896
310 DEFENSE LEGAL SERVICES AGENCY....................... 207,918 -10,800 197,118
Unobligated balances................................ [-10,800]
320 DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY............................ 412,257 -11,685 400,572
Diversity and inclusion programs reduction.......... [-10,085]
Unobligated balances................................ [-1,600]
330 DEFENSE MEDIA ACTIVITY.............................. 244,689 244,689
340 DEFENSE POW/MIA OFFICE.............................. 188,022 188,022
350 DEFENSE SECURITY COOPERATION AGENCY................. 2,889,957 443,700 3,333,657
Full replenishment funding for Taiwan drawdowns..... [400,000]
Irregular Warfare Center............................ [5,000]
JPAC, IBP analytical expansion...................... [5,000]
Near Coastal Patrol Vessel--SOUTHCOM................ [12,500]
Theater Maintenance Partnership Initiative (TMPI)-- [21,200]
SOUTHCOM...........................................
360 DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY SECURITY ADMINISTRATION.......... 42,380 42,380
370 DEFENSE THREAT REDUCTION AGENCY..................... 858,476 858,476
390 DEFENSE THREAT REDUCTION AGENCY--CYBER.............. 72,952 72,952
400 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE EDUCATION ACTIVITY............ 3,559,288 80,000 3,639,288
Impact aid for children with severe disabilities.... [30,000]
Impact aid for schools with military dependent [50,000]
students...........................................
410 MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY.............................. 605,766 605,766
420 OFFICE OF THE LOCAL DEFENSE COMMUNITY COOPERATION... 117,081 117,081
460 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE--CYBER........... 99,583 99,583
470 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE.................. 2,980,715 44,564 3,025,279
Bien Hoa dioxin cleanup............................. [30,000]
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Nation- [5,000]
wide human health assessment.......................
Defense Operational Resilience International [15,000]
Cooperation........................................
Diversity and inclusion programs reduction.......... [-15,436]
Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration [10,000]
program............................................
480 WASHINGTON HEADQUARTERS SERVICES.................... 496,512 496,512
999 CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS................................. 20,630,146 25,000 20,655,146
SD-WAN classified network expansion................. [25,000]
SUBTOTAL ADMIN & SRVWD ACTIVITIES................... 41,035,502 568,279 41,603,781
UNDISTRIBUTED
998 UNDISTRIBUTED....................................... 0 1,330,090 1,330,090
Foreign Currency Fluctuations....................... [-580]
FY25 bulk fuel bill................................. [1,330,670]
SUBTOTAL UNDISTRIBUTED.............................. 0 1,330,090 1,330,090
TOTAL OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, DEFENSE-WIDE....... 54,175,850 1,947,869 56,123,719
MISCELLANEOUS APPROPRIATIONS
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ARMED FORCES
010 US COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ARMED FORCES, DEFENSE... 21,035 21,035
SUBTOTAL UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE 21,035 0 21,035
ARMED FORCES.......................................
TOTAL MISCELLANEOUS APPROPRIATIONS.................. 21,035 0 21,035
MISCELLANEOUS APPROPRIATIONS
OVERSEAS HUMANITARIAN, DISASTER, AND CIVIC AID
010 OVERSEAS HUMANITARIAN, DISASTER AND CIVIC AID....... 115,335 115,335
SUBTOTAL OVERSEAS HUMANITARIAN, DISASTER, AND CIVIC 115,335 0 115,335
AID................................................
TOTAL MISCELLANEOUS APPROPRIATIONS.................. 115,335 0 115,335
MISCELLANEOUS APPROPRIATIONS
COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION ACCOUNT
010 COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION........................ 350,116 350,116
SUBTOTAL COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION ACCOUNT....... 350,116 0 350,116
TOTAL MISCELLANEOUS APPROPRIATIONS.................. 350,116 0 350,116
MISCELLANEOUS APPROPRIATIONS
ACQUISITION WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
010 ACQ WORKFORCE DEV FD................................ 56,176 56,176
SUBTOTAL ACQUISITION WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.......... 56,176 0 56,176
TOTAL MISCELLANEOUS APPROPRIATIONS.................. 56,176 0 56,176
MISCELLANEOUS APPROPRIATIONS
ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, ARMY
060 ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, ARMY..................... 268,069 70,000 338,069
Increases to unfunded requirements for PFAS......... [70,000]
SUBTOTAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, ARMY............ 268,069 70,000 338,069
TOTAL MISCELLANEOUS APPROPRIATIONS.................. 268,069 70,000 338,069
MISCELLANEOUS APPROPRIATIONS
ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, ARMY
120 ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, DEFENSE.................. 8,800 8,800
SUBTOTAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, ARMY............ 8,800 0 8,800
TOTAL MISCELLANEOUS APPROPRIATIONS.................. 8,800 0 8,800
MISCELLANEOUS APPROPRIATIONS
ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, DEFENSE
100 ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, AIR FORCE................ 320,256 10,000 330,256
Increases to unfunded requirements for PFAS......... [10,000]
SUBTOTAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, DEFENSE......... 320,256 10,000 330,256
TOTAL MISCELLANEOUS APPROPRIATIONS.................. 320,256 10,000 330,256
MISCELLANEOUS APPROPRIATIONS
ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, DEFENSE
080 ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, NAVY..................... 343,591 343,591
SUBTOTAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, DEFENSE......... 343,591 0 343,591
TOTAL MISCELLANEOUS APPROPRIATIONS.................. 343,591 0 343,591
MISCELLANEOUS APPROPRIATIONS
ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, FORMERLY USED DEFENSE
SITES
140 ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION FORMERLY USED SITES....... 234,475 234,475
SUBTOTAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, FORMERLY USED 234,475 0 234,475
DEFENSE SITES......................................
TOTAL MISCELLANEOUS APPROPRIATIONS.................. 234,475 0 234,475
SUPPORT FOR INTERNATIONAL SPORTING COMPETITIONS,
DEFENSE
OPERATIONS SUPPORT
160 SUPPORT OF INTERNATIONAL SPORTING COMPETITIONS, 0 0
DEFENSE............................................
SUBTOTAL OPERATIONS SUPPORT......................... 0 0 0
TOTAL SUPPORT FOR INTERNATIONAL SPORTING 0 0 0
COMPETITIONS, DEFENSE..............................
TOTAL OPERATION & MAINTENANCE....................... 296,334,504 8,902,686 305,237,190
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TITLE XLIV--MILITARY PERSONNEL
TITLE XLIV--MILITARY PERSONNEL
SEC. 4401. MILITARY PERSONNEL.
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SEC. 4401. MILITARY PERSONNEL (In Thousands of Dollars)
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Item FY 2025 Request Senate Change Senate Authorized
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MILITARY PERSONNEL
MILITARY PERSONNEL APPROPRIATIONS
MILITARY PERSONNEL APPROPRIATIONS................... 170,834,234 420,654 171,254,888
Air Force Reserve--diversity and inclusion programs [-75]
reduction..........................................
Air National Guard--diversity and inclusion programs [-546]
reduction..........................................
Air National Guard AGR end strength increase........ 30,000
Air National Guard increase for 7 new State 1,350
Partnership Program partners--NGB UFR..............
Army National Guard--diversity and inclusion [-83]
programs reduction.................................
Army National Guard increase for 7 new State 1,800
Partnership Program partners--NGB UFR..............
Foreign currency fluctuation........................ [-8,600]
FY25 topline increase for junior enlisted pay 1,000,000
increase...........................................
Increase to junior enlisted pay..................... 57,000
Prevent retirement of F-15Es........................ 19,258
Prevent retirement of F-22s......................... 57,910
Unobligated balances................................ [-737,360]
SUBTOTAL MILITARY PERSONNEL APPROPRIATIONS.......... 170,834,234 420,654 171,254,888
MEDICARE-ELIGIBLE RETIREE HEALTH CARE FUND
CONTRIBUTIONS
MEDICARE-ELIGIBLE RETIREE HEALTH CARE FUND 11,046,305 11,046,305
CONTRIBUTIONS......................................
SUBTOTAL MEDICARE-ELIGIBLE RETIREE HEALTH CARE FUND 11,046,305 0 11,046,305
CONTRIBUTIONS......................................
TOTAL MILITARY PERSONNEL............................ 181,880,539 420,654 182,301,193
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TITLE XLV--OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS
TITLE XLV--OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS
SEC. 4501. OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS.
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SEC. 4501. OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS (In Thousands of Dollars)
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FY 2025 Senate
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WORKING CAPITAL FUND
WORKING CAPITAL FUND, ARMY
010 INDUSTRIAL OPERATIONS........................... 21,776 21,776
030 SUPPLY MANAGEMENT--ARMY......................... 1,828 1,828
SUBTOTAL WORKING CAPITAL FUND, ARMY............. 23,604 0 23,604
WORKING CAPITAL FUND, NAVY
020 NAVAL SURFACE WARFARE CENTERS................... 30,000 30,000
SUBTOTAL WORKING CAPITAL FUND, NAVY............. 30,000 0 30,000
WORKING CAPITAL FUND, AIR FORCE
020 SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS.......................... 86,874 159,800 246,674
Enterprise Space Activity Group Working Capital [159,800]
Fund Cash Corpus--Space Force UFR..............
SUBTOTAL WORKING CAPITAL FUND, AIR FORCE........ 86,874 159,800 246,674
NATIONAL DEFENSE STOCKPILE TRANSACTION FUND
010 DEFENSE STOCKPILE............................... 7,629 200,000 207,629
Program increase for National Defense Stockpile. [200,000]
SUBTOTAL NATIONAL DEFENSE STOCKPILE TRANSACTION 7,629 200,000 207,629
FUND...........................................
WORKING CAPITAL FUND, DEFENSE-WIDE
010 DEFENSE AUTOMATION & PRODUCTION SERVICES........ 03 03
020 ENERGY MANAGEMENT--DEF.......................... 2,253 2,253
SUBTOTAL WORKING CAPITAL FUND, DEFENSE-WIDE..... 2,256 0 2,256
WORKING CAPITAL FUND, DECA
010 WORKING CAPITAL FUND, DECA...................... 1,570,187 1,570,187
SUBTOTAL WORKING CAPITAL FUND, DECA............. 1,570,187 0 1,570,187
TOTAL WORKING CAPITAL FUND...................... 1,720,550 359,800 2,080,350
CHEM AGENTS & MUNITIONS DESTRUCTION
OPERATION & MAINTENANCE
1 CHEM DEMILITARIZATION--O&M...................... 20,745 20,745
SUBTOTAL OPERATION & MAINTENANCE................ 20,745 0 20,745
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION
2 CHEM DEMILITARIZATION--RDT&E.................... 754,762 754,762
SUBTOTAL RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND 754,762 0 754,762
EVALUATION.....................................
TOTAL CHEM AGENTS & MUNITIONS DESTRUCTION....... 775,507 0 775,507
DRUG INTERDICTION & CTR-DRUG ACTIVITIES, DEF
DRUG INTRDCTN
010 COUNTER-NARCOTICS SUPPORT....................... 339,292 52,985 392,277
Prioritizing counter-drug....................... [52,985]
9999 CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS............................. 314,410 314,410
SUBTOTAL DRUG INTRDCTN.......................... 653,702 52,985 706,687
DRUG DEMAND REDUCTION PROGRAM
020 DRUG DEMAND REDUCTION PROGRAM................... 135,567 135,567
SUBTOTAL DRUG DEMAND REDUCTION PROGRAM.......... 135,567 0 135,567
NATIONAL GUARD COUNTER-DRUG PROGRAM
030 NATIONAL GUARD COUNTER-DRUG PROGRAM............. 106,043 106,043
SUBTOTAL NATIONAL GUARD COUNTER-DRUG PROGRAM.... 106,043 0 106,043
NATIONAL GUARD COUNTER-DRUG SCHOOLS
040 NATIONAL GUARD COUNTER-DRUG SCHOOLS............. 6,167 6,167
SUBTOTAL NATIONAL GUARD COUNTER-DRUG SCHOOLS.... 6,167 0 6,167
TOTAL DRUG INTERDICTION & CTR-DRUG ACTIVITIES, 901,479 52,985 954,464
DEF............................................
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL
010 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE....................... 542,107 542,107
020 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE....................... 1,988 1,988
030 RDT&E........................................... 1,900 1,900
040 PROCUREMENT..................................... 1,336 1,336
SUBTOTAL OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL........ 544,095 0 544,095
SUBTOTAL OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL........ 1,900 0 1,900
SUBTOTAL OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL........ 1,336 0 1,336
TOTAL OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL........... 547,331 0 547,331
DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM
OPERATION & MAINTENANCE
010 IN-HOUSE CARE................................... 10,766,432 10,766,432
020 PRIVATE SECTOR CARE............................. 20,599,128 4,000 20,603,128
Brain health and trauma demonstration program... [4,000]
040 INFORMATION MANAGEMENT.......................... 2,469,204 2,469,204
050 MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES........................... 341,254 341,254
060 EDUCATION AND TRAINING.......................... 371,817 371,817
070 BASE OPERATIONS/COMMUNICATIONS.................. 2,306,692 2,306,692
30 CONSOLIDATED HEALTH SUPPORT..................... 2,048,030 2,048,030
SUBTOTAL OPERATION & MAINTENANCE................ 38,902,557 4,000 38,906,557
RDT&E
080 R&D RESEARCH.................................... 41,476 41,476
090 R&D EXPLORATRY DEVELOPMENT...................... 188,564 188,564
100 R&D ADVANCED DEVELOPMENT........................ 328,825 328,825
110 R&D DEMONSTRATION/VALIDATION.................... 175,518 175,518
120 R&D ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT..................... 130,931 130,931
130 R&D MANAGEMENT AND SUPPORT...................... 88,425 88,425
140 R&D CAPABILITIES ENHANCEMENT.................... 18,697 18,697
SUBTOTAL RDT&E.................................. 972,436 0 972,436
PROCUREMENT
150 PROC INITIAL OUTFITTING......................... 23,449 23,449
160 PROC REPLACEMENT & MODERNIZATION................ 243,184 243,184
170 PROC JOINT OPERATIONAL MEDICINE INFORMATION 30,129 30,129
SYSTEM.........................................
180 PROC MILITARY HEALTH SYSTEM--DESKTOP TO 75,536 75,536
DATACENTER.....................................
190 PROC DOD HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM 26,569 26,569
MODERNIZATION..................................
SUBTOTAL PROCUREMENT............................ 398,867 0 398,867
UNDISTRIBUTED
190 UNDISTRIBUTED................................... 0 -186,800 -186,800
Foreign Currency Fluctuations................... [-900]
Unobligated balances............................ [-185,900]
SUBTOTAL UNDISTRIBUTED.......................... 0 -186,800 -186,800
TOTAL DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM.................... 40,273,860 -182,800 40,091,060
TOTAL OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS...................... 44,218,727 229,985 44,448,712
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TITLE XLVI--MILITARY CONSTRUCTION
TITLE XLVI--MILITARY CONSTRUCTION
SEC. 4601. MILITARY CONSTRUCTION.
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SEC. 4601. MILITARY CONSTRUCTION (In Thousands of Dollars)
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FY 2025 Senate
Account State/ Country Installation Project Title Request Senate Change Authorized
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MILITARY CONSTRUCTION
ARMY
Army Alaska Fort Wainwright AUTOMATED MULTIPURPOSE MACHINE GUN 23,000 0 23,000
RANGE
Army Alaska Fort Wainwright UNACCOMPANIED ENLISTED PERSONNEL 0 15,000 15,000
HOUSING
Army Arizona Libby Army Airfield AIRFIELD CONTROL TOWER (DESIGN) 0 1,500 1,500
Army Arizona Libby Army Airfield FIRE & RESCUE STATION (DESIGN) 0 4,000 4,000
Army Arizona Yuma Proving Ground POLE LINE ROAD (DESIGN) 0 1,000 1,000
Army Belgium SHAPE Headquarters YOUTH CENTER 45,000 0 45,000
Army California Fort Irwin TRAINING SUPPORT CENTER 44,000 0 44,000
Army California Military Ocean AMMUNITION HOLDING FACILITY 68,000 0 68,000
Terminal Concord
Army Florida Naval Air Station JOINT INTER-AGENCY TASK FORCE-SOUTH 0 90,000 90,000
Key West COMMAND AND CONTROL FACILITY
Army Georgia Fort Eisenhower CYBER FACULTY OPERATIONS AND 0 6,100 6,100
AUDITORIUM FACILITY (DESIGN)
Army Georgia Fort Moore DEXTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (DESIGN) 0 14,000 14,000
Army Georgia Fort Stewart UNACCOMPANIED PERSONNEL BARRACKS 0 5,600 5,600
(DESIGN)
Army Germany Smith Barracks BARRACKS 61,000 0 61,000
Army Germany U.S. Army Garrison BARRACKS 100,000 0 100,000
Ansbach
Army Germany U.S. Army Garrison BARRACKS 91,000 0 91,000
Ansbach
Army Germany U.S. Army Garrison COST TO COMPLETE--SIMULATIONS CENTER 35,000 0 35,000
Bavaria
Army Germany U.S. Army Garrison OPERATIONAL READINESS TRAINING 0 12,856 12,856
Bavaria COMPLEX (ORTC) UNDERGROUND ELECTRIC
LINE
Army Germany U.S. Army Garrison CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER 44,000 0 44,000
Wiesbaden
Army Guam Joint Region GDS BATTALION HEADQUARTERS 0 47,000 47,000
Marianas
Army Guam Joint Region GDS ENVIRONMENTAL MITIGATION 0 23,000 23,000
Marianas
Army Guam Joint Region GDS FORWARD OPERATING SITES 0 75,000 75,000
Marianas
Army Hawaii Bradshaw Army AIRFIELD OPERATIONS BUILDING 0 20,000 20,000
Airfield
Army Hawaii Wheeler Army AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE HANGAR 231,000 -195,000 36,000
Airfield
Army Illinois Rock Island Arsenal CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER (DESIGN) 0 1,320 1,320
Army Kentucky Campbell Army AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER (DESIGN) 0 3,000 3,000
Airfield
Army Kentucky Fort Campbell AUTOMATED RECORD FIRE PLUS RANGE 11,800 0 11,800
Army Kentucky Fort Campbell CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER (DESIGN) 0 3,000 3,000
Army Kentucky Fort Campbell HANGAR (DESIGN) 0 6,000 6,000
Army Kentucky Fort Campbell MODERNIZED HANGAR (DESIGN) 0 11,000 11,000
Army Kentucky Fort Knox SOLDIER SERVICES CENTER (DESIGN) 0 4,200 4,200
Army Louisiana Fort Johnson BARRACKS 117,000 -117,000 0
Army Louisiana Fort Johnson ROTATIONAL UNIT BILLETING AREA 0 6,300 6,300
(DESIGN)
Army Maryland Fort Meade CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER 46,000 0 46,000
Army Michigan Detroit Arsenal MANNED/UNMANNED TACTICAL VEHICLE LAB 37,000 0 37,000
Army Missouri Fort Leonard Wood ADVANCED INDIVIDUAL TRAINING 144,000 -24,000 120,000
BARRACKS COMPLEX, PHASE 2
Army New York Fort Drum AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE HANGAR 0 9,800 9,800
ADDITION, WASH RACK AND PAINT BOOTH
(DESIGN)
Army New York Fort Drum ARMY COMBAT FITNESS TESTING FACILITY 0 8,300 8,300
FIELD HOUSE (DESIGN)
Army New York Fort Drum FIELD ARTILLERY VEHICLE STORAGE 0 830 830
SHEDS (DESIGN)
Army New York Fort Drum ORTC PHASE II, ENLISTED TRANSIENT 0 6,100 6,100
TRAINING BARRACKS (DESIGN)
Army New York Fort Drum RANGE 41C, AUTOMATED RECORD FIRE 0 2,300 2,300
MODIFICATION FOR NEXT GENERATION
SQUAD WEAPON (DESIGN)
Army New York Watervliet Arsenal FIRE STATION 53,000 0 53,000
Army New York Wheeler-Sack Army FIRE STATION 3 (DESIGN) 0 2,900 2,900
Airfield
Army North Carolina Fort Liberty CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER 39,000 -39,000 0
Army Pennsylvania Letterkenny Army COMPONENT REBUILD SHOP (INC 1) 90,000 -45,000 45,000
Depot
Army Pennsylvania Letterkenny Army MISSILE/MUNITIONS DISTRIBUTION 62,000 0 62,000
Depot FACILITY
Army Puerto Rico Fort Buchanan POTABLE WATER PURIFICATION SYSTEM 0 20,100 20,100
Army South Carolina Fort Jackson CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER (DESIGN) 0 4,915 4,915
Army Texas Fort Bliss COST TO COMPLETE--RAIL YARD 44,000 0 44,000
Army Texas Fort Cavazos MOTOR POOL #70 0 69,000 69,000
Army Texas Fort Cavazos MOTOR POOL #71 0 78,000 78,000
Army Texas Red River Army VEHICLE PAINT SHOP 34,000 0 34,000
Depot
Army Virginia Joint Base Myer- BARRACKS 180,000 0 180,000
Henderson Hall
Army Virginia Joint Base Myer- HORSE FARM LAND ACQUISITION 8,500 -8,500 0
Henderson Hall
Army Washington Joint Base Lewis- BARRACKS 161,000 -124,000 37,000
McChord
Army Washington Joint Base Lewis- FIRE AND RESCUE STATION (DESIGN) 0 2,900 2,900
McChord
Army Washington Joint Base Lewis- SUPPLY SUPPORT ACTIVITY 31,000 0 31,000
McChord
Army Worldwide Unspecified DESIGN 273,727 0 273,727
Unspecified Worldwide
Locations
Army Worldwide Unspecified DESIGN (BARRACKS) 0 47,650 47,650
Unspecified Worldwide
Locations
Army Worldwide Unspecified EDI: MINOR CONSTRUCTION 14,519 0 14,519
Unspecified Worldwide
Locations
Army Worldwide Unspecified HOST NATION SUPPORT 25,000 0 25,000
Unspecified Worldwide
Locations
Army Worldwide Unspecified MINOR CONSTRUCTION 97,000 0 97,000
Unspecified Worldwide
Locations
Army Worldwide Unspecified PDI: DESIGN 26,011 0 26,011
Unspecified Worldwide
Locations
Army Worldwide Unspecified PDI: INDOPACOM MINOR CONSTRUCTION 66,600 0 66,600
Unspecified Worldwide PILOT
Locations
Army Worldwide Unspecified PDI: MINOR CONSTRUCTION 8,000 0 8,000
Unspecified Worldwide
Locations
Subtotal Military Construction, Army 2,311,157 50,171 2,361,328
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NAVY & MARINE CORPS
Navy & Marine Corps Arizona Marine Corps Air IAP RUNWAY EXTENSION (DESIGN) 0 10,237 10,237
Station Yuma
Navy & Marine Corps Arizona Marine Corps Air WATER TREATMENT PLANT 0 50,000 50,000
Station Yuma
Navy & Marine Corps Australia Royal Australian PDI: AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE HANGAR 117,380 -85,000 32,380
Air Force Base
Darwin
Navy & Marine Corps Australia Royal Australian PDI: MAINTENANCE SUPPORT FACILITY 62,320 0 62,320
Air Force Base
Darwin
Navy & Marine Corps Federated States of Yap International AIRFIELD PAVEMENT UPGRADES 0 50,000 50,000
Micronesia Airport
Navy & Marine Corps Federated States of Yap International PORT & HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS 0 709,086 709,086
Micronesia Airport
Navy & Marine Corps Florida Cape Canaveral ENGINEERING TEST FACILITY 221,060 -149,000 72,060
Space Force
Station
Navy & Marine Corps Florida Naval Air Station CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER (DESIGN) 0 3,043 3,043
Whiting Field
Navy & Marine Corps Georgia Naval Submarine TRIDENT REFIT FACILITY EXPANSION 115,000 0 115,000
Base Kings Bay (INC)
Navy & Marine Corps Guam Andersen Air Force HSC-25 HANGAR REPLACEMENT FACILITY 0 125,000 125,000
Base 2641
Navy & Marine Corps Guam Andersen Air Force PDI: YOUTH CENTER 78,730 0 78,730
Base
Navy & Marine Corps Guam Joint Region JOINT COMMUNICATION UPGRADE 0 166,170 166,170
Marianas
Navy & Marine Corps Guam Joint Region JOINT CONSOLIDATED COMM CENTER 0 196,400 196,400
Marianas
Navy & Marine Corps Guam Joint Region SATELLITE COMM CENTER 0 307,000 307,000
Marianas
Navy & Marine Corps Guam Joint Region PDI: EARTH COVERED MAGAZINES 107,439 -65,000 42,439
Marianas
Navy & Marine Corps Hawaii Joint Base Pearl DRY DOCK 3 REPLACEMENT (INC) 1,199,000 72,000 1,271,000
Harbor-Hickam
Navy & Marine Corps Hawaii Joint Base Pearl WATER TREATMENT PLANT 0 75,000 75,000
Harbor-Hickam
Navy & Marine Corps Hawaii Joint Base Pearl WATERFRONT PRODUCTION FACILITY 0 105,000 105,000
Harbor-Hickam
Navy & Marine Corps Hawaii Marine Corps Base AIRCRAFT HANGAR & PARKING APRON 203,520 -170,000 33,520
Kaneohe Bay
Navy & Marine Corps Hawaii Marine Corps Base AIRCRAFT REFUEL PIT 0 17,000 17,000
Kaneohe Bay
Navy & Marine Corps Hawaii Marine Corps Base ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTION 0 94,250 94,250
Kaneohe Bay MODERNIZATION
Navy & Marine Corps Hawaii Marine Corps Base MAIN GATE ENTRY CONTROL FACILITY 0 64,100 64,100
Kaneohe Bay
Navy & Marine Corps Hawaii Naval Ammunition HIGH EXPLOSIVE MAGAZINES 0 104,870 104,870
Depot West Loch
Navy & Marine Corps Japan Marine Corops Base MICROGRID AND BACKUP POWER 0 86,180 86,180
Camp Butler
Navy & Marine Corps Maine Portsmouth Naval MULTI-MISSION DRY DOCK #1 EXTENSION 400,578 -65,000 335,578
Shipyard (INC)
Navy & Marine Corps Maryland Naval Surface CONTAINED BURN FACILITY 0 50,000 50,000
Warfare Center
Indian Head
Navy & Marine Corps Nevada Naval Air Station RANGE TRAINING COMPLEX IMPROVEMENTS 0 45,000 45,000
Fallon
Navy & Marine Corps Nevada Naval Air Station TRAINING RANGE LAND ACQUISITION, 48,300 0 48,300
Fallon PHASE 2
Navy & Marine Corps North Carolina Marine Corps Air AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE HANGAR 213,520 -148,000 65,520
Station Cherry
Point
Navy & Marine Corps North Carolina Marine Corps Air COMPOSITE REPAIR FACILITY 114,020 -94,000 20,020
Station Cherry
Point
Navy & Marine Corps North Carolina Marine Corps Air F-35 AIRCRAFT SUSTAINMENT CENTER 50,000 0 50,000
Station Cherry (INC)
Point
Navy & Marine Corps Palau Koror, Port of HARBOR WHARF IMPROVEMENTS 0 583,137 583,137
Malakal
Navy & Marine Corps Virginia Marine Corps Base CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER (DESIGN) 0 5,681 5,681
Quantico
Navy & Marine Corps Virginia Naval Air Station UNACCOMPANIED HOUSING (DESIGN) 0 7,323 7,323
Oceana
Navy & Marine Corps Virginia Naval Station CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER (DESIGN) 0 1,200 1,200
Norfolk
Navy & Marine Corps Virginia Naval Weapons CONTAINERIZED LONG WEAPONS STORAGE 52,610 0 52,610
Station Yorktown MAGAZINE
Navy & Marine Corps Virginia Naval Weapons CONVENTIONAL PROMPT STRIKE TEST 47,130 0 47,130
Station Yorktown FACILITY
Navy & Marine Corps Virginia Naval Weapons CONVENTIONAL PROMPT STRIKE WEAPONS 52,110 0 52,110
Station Yorktown MAINTENANCE, OPERATIONS & STORAGE
FACILITY
Navy & Marine Corps Virginia Norfolk Naval DRY DOCK 3 MODERNIZATION (INC) 54,366 0 54,366
Shipyard
Navy & Marine Corps Washington Naval Base Kitsap LAUNCHER EQUIPMENT PROCESSING 200,550 -165,000 35,550
BUILDING
Navy & Marine Corps Washington Naval Base Kitsap MICROGRID 0 77,270 77,270
Navy & Marine Corps Washington Naval Magazine MICROGRID AND BACKUP POWER 0 37,770 37,770
Indian Island
Navy & Marine Corps Washington Puget Sound Naval CVN 78 AIRCRAFT CARRIER ELECTRIC 182,200 -156,000 26,200
Shipyard UPGRADES
Navy & Marine Corps Worldwide Unspecified DESIGN 797,446 0 797,446
Unspecified Worldwide
Locations
Navy & Marine Corps Worldwide Unspecified DESIGN (BARRACKS) 0 61,000 61,000
Unspecified Worldwide
Locations
Navy & Marine Corps Worldwide Unspecified DPRI UNSPECIFIED MINOR CONSTRUCTION 21,302 0 21,302
Unspecified Worldwide
Locations
Navy & Marine Corps Worldwide Unspecified UNSPECIFIED MINOR CONSTRUCTION 202,318 0 202,318
Unspecified Worldwide
Locations
Subtotal Military Construction, Navy & Marine Corps 4,540,899 2,006,717 6,547,616
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AIR FORCE
Air Force Alaska Joint Base CONVENTIONAL MUNITIONS COMPLEX 0 16,000 16,000
Elmendorf- (DESIGN)
Richardson
Air Force Alaska Joint Base JOINT INTEGRATED TEST AND TRAINING 126,000 0 126,000
Elmendorf- CTR (INC)
Richardson
Air Force Arkansas Ebbing Air National ACADEMIC TRAINING CENTER, FOREIGN 0 74,000 74,000
Guard Base MILITARY TRAINING
Air Force California Beale Air Force MULTI-DOMAIN OPERATIONS COMPLEX 0 148,000 148,000
Base
Air Force California Vandenberg Space GBSD RE-ENTRY VEHICLE FACILITY 110,000 -65,000 45,000
Force Base
Air Force California Vandenberg Space SENTINEL AETC FORMAL TRAINING UNIT 167,000 -77,000 90,000
Force Base
Air Force Colorado Buckley Space Force POWER INDEPENDENCE 0 60,000 60,000
Base
Air Force Colorado United States Air AERONAUTICS LABORATORY (DESIGN) 0 1,850 1,850
Force Academy
Air Force Delaware Dover Air Force 512TH OPERATIONS GROUP FACILITY 0 4,200 4,200
Base (DESIGN)
Air Force Denmark Royal Danish Air EDI: DABS-FEV STORAGE 110,000 -85,000 25,000
Force Base Karup
Air Force District of Joint Base LARGE VEHICLE INSPECTION STATION 0 50,000 50,000
Columbia Anacostia-Bolling
Air Force Federated States of Yap International IAP RUNWAY EXTENSION 0 50,000 50,000
Micronesia Airport
Air Force Federated States of Yap International PDI: RUNWAY EXTENSION (INC) 96,000 0 96,000
Micronesia Airport
Air Force Florida Eglin Air Force ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM OPERATIONS 0 10,000 10,000
Base SUPERIORITY COMPLEX (DESIGN)
Air Force Florida Eglin Air Force LRSO HARDWARE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT 8,400 0 8,400
Base TEST FACILITY
Air Force Florida Tyndall Air Force FIRE/CRASH RESCUE STATION 0 48,000 48,000
Base
Air Force Georgia Robins Air Force BATTLE MANAGEMENT COMBINED OPS 64,000 0 64,000
Base COMPLEX (INC)
Air Force Germany Ramstein Air Base AEROMEDICAL EVACUATION COMPOUND 0 22,000 22,000
Air Force Idaho Mountain Home Air CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER 40,000 0 40,000
Force Base
Air Force Japan Kadena Air Base PDI: THEATER A/C CORROSION CONTROL 132,700 -75,000 57,700
CTR (INC 3)
Air Force Louisiana Barksdale Air Force ADAL CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER 0 22,000 22,000
Base
Air Force Massachusetts Hanscom Air Force MIT-LL/ENGINEERING AND PROTOTYPE 76,000 0 76,000
Base FACILITY (INC)
Air Force Mississippi Keesler Air Force AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER 0 25,000 25,000
Base
Air Force Montana Malmstrom Air Force GBSD COMMERCIAL ENTRANCE CONTROL 20,000 0 20,000
Base FACILITY
Air Force Montana Malmstrom Air Force WEAPONS STORAGE & MAINTENANCE 238,000 0 238,000
Base FACILITY (INC)
Air Force Nebraska Offutt Air Force CONSOLIDATED TRAINING COMPLEX/ 0 6,000 6,000
Base PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CENTER
(DESIGN)
Air Force North Carolina Seymour Johnson Air COMBAT ARMS TRAINING AND MAINTENANCE 0 41,000 41,000
Force Base COMPLEX
Air Force North Dakota Grand Forks Air RUNWAY (DESIGN) 0 1,900 1,900
Force Base
Air Force Ohio Wright-Patterson RUNWAY (DESIGN) 0 15,000 15,000
Air Force Base
Air Force Ohio Wright-Patterson SPACE FORCE INTELLIGENCE CENTER 0 1,900 1,900
Air Force Base (DESIGN)
Air Force Oregon Mountain Home Air HOMELAND DEFENSE OVER-THE-HORIZON 198,000 0 198,000
Force Base RADAR (INC)
Air Force South Dakota Ellsworth Air Force B-21 ADAL SQUADRON OPERATIONS 44,000 0 44,000
Base
Air Force South Dakota Ellsworth Air Force B-21 EAST ALERT APRON ENVIRONMENTAL 79,000 0 79,000
Base PROTECTION SHELTERS
Air Force South Dakota Ellsworth Air Force B-21 NORTH ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 54,000 0 54,000
Base SHELTERS (60 ROW)
Air Force South Dakota Ellsworth Air Force B-21 WEAPONS GENERATION FACILITY 105,000 0 105,000
Base (INC)
Air Force Spain Naval Station Rota NATO STRATEGIC AIRLIFT HANGAR 15,200 0 15,200
Air Force Texas Dyess Air Force B-21 LRS FUELS ADMINISTRATIVE 12,800 0 12,800
Base LABORATORY
Air Force Texas Dyess Air Force B-21 REFUELER TRUCK YARD 18,500 0 18,500
Base
Air Force Texas Joint Base San BMT - CLASSROOM/DINING FACILITY 4 0 215,000 215,000
Antonio-Lackland
Air Force Texas Joint Base San METC--BARRACKS/SHIPS/DORMS #1 (INC) 77,000 0 77,000
Antonio-Sam
Houston
Air Force Texas Laughlin Air Force T-7A GROUND BASED TRAINING SYSTEM 38,000 0 38,000
Base FACILITY
Air Force Texas Laughlin Air Force T-7A UNITY MAINTENANCE TRAINING 18,000 0 18,000
Base FACILITY
Air Force United Kingdom Royal Air Force SURETY: BARRIER SYSTEMS 185,000 -180,000 5,000
Lakenheath
Air Force United Kingdom Royal Air Force SOW CAMPUS INFRASTRUCTURE 51,000 0 51,000
Mildenhall
Air Force Unspecified Unspecified SAOC (DESIGN) 0 158,200 158,200
Air Force Utah Hill Air Force Base T-7A DEPOT MAINTENANCE COMPLEX (INC) 50,000 0 50,000
Air Force Virginia Joint Base Langley- DORMITORY 81,000 0 81,000
Eustis
Air Force Worldwide Unspecified DESIGN 439,926 0 439,926
Unspecified Worldwide
Locations
Air Force Worldwide Unspecified INDOPACOM DESIGN 0 117,590 117,590
Unspecified Worldwide
Locations
Air Force Worldwide Unspecified UNSPECIFIED MINOR MILITARY 129,600 0 129,600
Unspecified Worldwide CONSTRUCTION
Locations
Air Force Wyoming F.E. Warren Air GBSD CONSOLIDATED MAINTENANCE 194,000 -144,000 50,000
Force Base FACILITY
Air Force Wyoming F.E. Warren Air GBSD LAND ACQUISITION, PHASE 2 139,000 -80,000 59,000
Force Base
Air Force Wyoming F.E. Warren Air GBSD UTILITY CORRIDOR (INC) 70,000 0 70,000
Force Base
Subtotal Military Construction, Air Force 3,187,126 381,640 3,568,766
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DEFENSE-WIDE
Defense-Wide Alabama Anniston Army Depot POWER GENERATION AND MICROGRID 0 56,450 56,450
Defense-Wide Alabama Redstone Arsenal GROUND TEST FACILITY INFRASTRUCTURE 80,000 0 80,000
(INC)
Defense-Wide Alaska Eielson Air Force FUELS OPERATIONS & LAB FACILITY 14,000 0 14,000
Base
Defense-Wide Alaska Joint Base FUEL FACILITIES 55,000 0 55,000
Elmendorf-
Richardson
Defense-Wide Arizona Marine Corps Air SOF MILITARY FREE FALL ADVANCED 62,000 0 62,000
Station Yuma TRAIN COMPLEX
Defense-Wide Bahrain Naval Support GROUND MOUNTED SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC 0 15,330 15,330
Bahrain SYSTEM
Defense-Wide California Marine Corps Base AMBULATORY CARE CENTER ADD/ALT (AREA 26,440 0 26,440
Camp Pendleton 53)
Defense-Wide California Marine Corps Base AMBULATORY CARE CENTER ADD/ALT (AREA 24,930 0 24,930
Camp Pendleton 62)
Defense-Wide California Marine Corps Base AMBULATORY CARE CENTER REPLACEMENT 45,040 0 45,040
Camp Pendleton (AREA 22)
Defense-Wide California Marine Corps FUEL FACILITIES 19,300 0 19,300
Mountain Warfare
Training Center
Defense-Wide California Naval Base Coronado SOF OPERATIONS SUPPORT FACILITY, 51,000 -51,000 0
PHASE 2
Defense-Wide Colorado Fort Carson AMBULATORY CARE CENTER REPLACEMENT 41,000 0 41,000
Defense-Wide Cuba Naval Station AMBULATORY CARE CENTER REPLACEMENT 96,829 0 96,829
Guantanamo Bay (INC 2)
Defense-Wide Delaware Major Joseph R. MICROGRID AND BACKUP POWER 0 22,050 22,050
``Beau'' Biden III
National Guard/
Reserve Center
Defense-Wide Florida Hurlburt Field SOF AFSOC OPERATIONS FACILITY 14,000 0 14,000
Defense-Wide Georgia Hunter Army SOF CONSOLIDATED RIGGING FACILITY 47,000 0 47,000
Airfield
Defense-Wide Georgia Hunter Army SOF MILITARY WORKING DOG KENNEL 16,800 0 16,800
Airfield FACILITY
Defense-Wide Germany Spangdahlem Air COST TO COMPLETE--SPANGDAHLEM 6,500 0 6,500
Base ELEMENTARY SCHOOL REPLACEMENT
Defense-Wide Greece Naval Support ADVANCED MICROGRID 0 42,500 42,500
Activity Souda Bay
Defense-Wide Guam Joint Region GUAM HIGH SCHOOL TEMPORARY 26,000 0 26,000
Marianas FACILITIES
Defense-Wide Guam Joint Region PDI: GDS, COMMAND CENTER (INC) 187,212 0 187,212
Marianas
Defense-Wide Guam Joint Region PDI: GDS, EIAMD, PHASE 1 (INC) 278,267 0 278,267
Marianas
Defense-Wide Hawaii Joint Base Pearl FY20 500 KW PV COVERED PARKING EV 0 12,813 12,813
Harbor-Hickam CHARGING STATION
Defense-Wide Illinois Rock Island Arsenal POWER GENERATION AND MICROGRID 0 70,480 70,480
Defense-Wide Indiana Camp Atterbury- POWER GENERATION AND MICROGRID 0 39,180 39,180
Muscatatuck
Defense-Wide Italy Naval Air Station MICROGRID CONTROL SYSTEMS 0 13,470 13,470
Sigonella
Defense-Wide Japan Camp Fuji MICROGRID AND BACKUP POWER 0 45,870 45,870
Defense-Wide Japan Fleet Activities KINNICK HIGH SCHOOL (INC) 40,386 0 40,386
Yokosuka
Defense-Wide Japan Marine Corps Air MICROGRID AND BACKUP POWER, NATURAL 0 48,570 48,570
Station Iwakuni GAS PLANT
Defense-Wide Japan Marine Corps Air MICROGRID AND BACKUP POWER, SOLAR PV 0 40,830 40,830
Station Iwakuni AND BESS
Defense-Wide Japan Marine Corps Base KUBASAKI HIGH SCHOOL 160,000 -13,000 147,000
Camp Smedley D.
Butler
Defense-Wide Japan Marine Corps Base MICROGRID AND BACKUP POWER, CAMP 0 57,570 57,570
Camp Smedley D. COURTNEY
Butler
Defense-Wide Korea Kunsan Air Base AMBULATORY CARE CENTER REPLACEMENT 64,942 0 64,942
Defense-Wide Maine Portsmouth Naval POWER PLANT RESILIENCY IMPROVEMENTS 0 28,700 28,700
Shipyard
Defense-Wide Maryland Aberdeen Proving POWER GENERATION AND MICROGRID 0 30,730 30,730
Ground
Defense-Wide Maryland Fort Meade NSAW EAST CAMPUS BUILDING #5 (INC 2) 265,000 0 265,000
Defense-Wide Maryland Joint Base Andrews AMBULATORY CARE CENTER (INC) 15,040 0 15,040
Defense-Wide Maryland Joint Base Andrews MICROGRID WITH ELECTRIC VEHICLE 0 17,920 17,920
CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE
Defense-Wide Maryland Walter Reed MEDCEN ADDITION/ALTERATION (INC 8) 77,651 0 77,651
National Military
Medical Center
Defense-Wide Missouri Whiteman Air Force FLIGHTLINE FUELING FACILITIES 19,500 0 19,500
Base
Defense-Wide New Jersey Joint Base McGuire- MICROGRID WITH ELECTRIC VEHICLE 0 17,730 17,730
Dix-Lakehurst CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE
Defense-Wide North Carolina Fort Liberty SOF ARMS ROOM ADDITION 11,800 0 11,800
Defense-Wide North Carolina Fort Liberty SPECIAL WARFARE CENTER AND SCHOOL 0 30,000 30,000
COMPANY OPERATIONS FACILITY
Defense-Wide North Carolina Marine Corps Base SOF ARMORY 25,400 0 25,400
Camp Lejeune
Defense-Wide North Carolina Marine Corps Base SOF INFORMATION MANEUVER FACILITY 0 57,000 57,000
Camp Lejeune
Defense-Wide Ohio Wright-Patterson DISTRICT COOLING PLANT 0 53,000 53,000
Air Force Base
Defense-Wide South Carolina Marine Corps Air FUEL PIER 31,500 0 31,500
Station Beaufort
Defense-Wide South Carolina Marine Corps AMBULATORY CARE CLINIC REPLACEMENT 72,050 0 72,050
Recruit Depot (DENTAL)
Parris Island
Defense-Wide Texas Naval Air Station GENERAL PURPOSE WAREHOUSE 79,300 0 79,300
Corpus Christi
Defense-Wide Texas NSA Texas CRYPTOLOGIC CENTER (INC) 152,000 0 152,000
Defense-Wide United Kingdom Royal Air Force LAKENHEATH HIGH SCHOOL 153,000 -145,000 8,000
Lakenheath
Defense-Wide Virginia Fort Belvoir DEFENSE HEALTH HEADQUARTERS 225,000 0 225,000
Defense-Wide Virginia Joint Expeditionary SOF HUMAN PERFORMANCE TRAINING 32,000 0 32,000
Base Little Creek- CENTER
Fort Story
Defense-Wide Virginia Pentagon METRO ENTRANCE PEDESTRIAN ACCESS 36,800 0 36,800
CONTROL POINT
Defense-Wide Washington Joint Base Lewis- POWER GENERATION AND MICROGRID 0 40,000 40,000
McChord--Gray Army
Airfield
Defense-Wide Washington Naval Air Station HYDRANT FUELING SYSTEM 54,000 0 54,000
Whidbey Island
Defense-Wide Washington Naval Magazine BACKUP POWER AND MICROGRID 0 39,490 39,490
Indian Island
Defense-Wide Washington Naval Undersea SOF COLDWATER TRAINING/AUSTERE 35,000 -35,000 0
Warfare Center ENVIRONMENT FACILITY
Keyport
Defense-Wide Worldwide Unspecified COST TO COMPLETE--ERCIP 0 103,100 103,100
Unspecified Worldwide
Locations
Defense-Wide Worldwide Unspecified DESIGN (DEFENSE-WIDE) 26,081 0 26,081
Unspecified Worldwide
Locations
Defense-Wide Worldwide Unspecified DESIGN (DHA) 46,751 0 46,751
Unspecified Worldwide
Locations
Defense-Wide Worldwide Unspecified DESIGN (DLA) 105,000 0 105,000
Unspecified Worldwide
Locations
Defense-Wide Worldwide Unspecified DESIGN (DODEA) 7,501 0 7,501
Unspecified Worldwide
Locations
Defense-Wide Worldwide Unspecified DESIGN (MDA) 4,745 0 4,745
Unspecified Worldwide
Locations
Defense-Wide Worldwide Unspecified DESIGN (NSA) 41,928 0 41,928
Unspecified Worldwide
Locations
Defense-Wide Worldwide Unspecified DESIGN (SOCOM) 35,495 0 35,495
Unspecified Worldwide
Locations
Defense-Wide Worldwide Unspecified DESIGN (TJS) 1,964 0 1,964
Unspecified Worldwide
Locations
Defense-Wide Worldwide Unspecified DESIGN (WHS) 1,508 0 1,508
Unspecified Worldwide
Locations
Defense-Wide Worldwide Unspecified ENERGY RESILIENCE AND CONSERVATION 636,000 -636,000 0
Unspecified Worldwide INVESTMENT PROGRAM
Locations
Defense-Wide Worldwide Unspecified ERCIP DESIGN 96,238 0 96,238
Unspecified Worldwide
Locations
Defense-Wide Worldwide Unspecified EXERCISE RELATED MINOR CONSTRUCTION 11,146 0 11,146
Unspecified Worldwide
Locations
Defense-Wide Worldwide Unspecified UNSPECIFIED MINOR CONSTRUCTION 3,000 0 3,000
Unspecified Worldwide (DEFENSE-WIDE)
Locations
Defense-Wide Worldwide Unspecified UNSPECIFIED MINOR CONSTRUCTION (DHA) 18,000 0 18,000
Unspecified Worldwide
Locations
Defense-Wide Worldwide Unspecified UNSPECIFIED MINOR CONSTRUCTION (DLA) 13,333 0 13,333
Unspecified Worldwide
Locations
Defense-Wide Worldwide Unspecified UNSPECIFIED MINOR CONSTRUCTION 7,400 0 7,400
Unspecified Worldwide (DODEA)
Locations
Defense-Wide Worldwide Unspecified UNSPECIFIED MINOR CONSTRUCTION (NSA) 6,000 0 6,000
Unspecified Worldwide
Locations
Defense-Wide Worldwide Unspecified UNSPECIFIED MINOR CONSTRUCTION 24,109 0 24,109
Unspecified Worldwide (SOCOM)
Locations
Defense-Wide Worldwide Unspecified WORLDWIDE UNSPECIFIED MINOR 5,277 0 5,277
Unspecified Worldwide CONSTRUCTION
Locations
Subtotal Military Construction, Defense-Wide 3,733,163 2,783 3,735,946
................... ................... ....................................
ARMY NATIONAL GUARD
Army National Guard Alaska Joint Base NATIONAL GUARD READINESS CENTER 67,000 0 67,000
Elmendorf-
Richardson
Army National Guard Georgia Fort Eisenhower NATIONAL GUARD READINESS CENTER 0 3,264 3,264
(DESIGN)
Army National Guard Iowa Sioux City Armory NATIONAL GUARD VEHICLE MAINTENANCE 13,800 0 13,800
SHOP
Army National Guard Kentucky Fort Campbell READINESS CENTER 0 18,000 18,000
Army National Guard Louisiana Abbeville NATIONAL GUARD READINESS CENTER 0 2,275 2,275
(DESIGN)
Army National Guard Louisiana Lafayette Readiness NATIONAL GUARD READINESS CENTER 33,000 0 33,000
Center
Army National Guard Maine Saco SOUTHERN MAINE READINESS CENTER 0 1,000 1,000
(DESIGN)
Army National Guard Mississippi Southaven Readiness NATIONAL GUARD READINESS CENTER 33,000 0 33,000
Center
Army National Guard Montana Malta Readiness NATIONAL GUARD VEHICLE MAINTENANCE 14,800 0 14,800
Center SHOP
Army National Guard Nevada Hawthorne Army AUTOMATED QUALIFICATION/TRAINING 18,000 0 18,000
Depot RANGE
Army National Guard New Jersey National Guard UNDERGROUND ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTION 0 25,300 25,300
Training Center SYSTEM
Sea Girt
Army National Guard New Jersey Vineland NATIONAL GUARD VEHICLE MAINTENANCE 23,000 0 23,000
SHOP
Army National Guard Ohio Lima READINESS CENTER 0 26,000 26,000
Army National Guard Oklahoma Shawnee Readiness NATIONAL GUARD READINESS CENTER 29,000 0 29,000
Center
Army National Guard Pennsylvania Danville VEHICLE MAINTENANCE SHOP (DESIGN) 0 3,400 3,400
Army National Guard Rhode Island Quonset State COST TO COMPLETE--ARMY AVIATION 0 3,000 3,000
Airport READINESS CENTER
Army National Guard Tennessee Fort Campbell NATIONAL GUARD READINESS CENTER 0 1,980 1,980
(DESIGN)
Army National Guard Utah Nephi Readiness NATIONAL GUARD VEHICLE MAINTENANCE 20,000 0 20,000
Center SHOP
Army National Guard Washington Camp Murray NATIONAL GUARD/RESERVE CENTER 40,000 0 40,000
BUILDING
Army National Guard Wisconsin Rapids NATIONAL GUARD READINESS CENTER 0 3,800 3,800
(DESIGN)
Army National Guard Worldwide Unspecified DESIGN 25,529 57,600 83,129
Unspecified Worldwide
Locations
Army National Guard Worldwide Unspecified UNSPECIFIED MINOR CONSTRUCTION 45,000 47,433 92,433
Unspecified Worldwide
Locations
Subtotal Military Construction, Army National Guard 362,129 193,052 555,181
................... ................... ....................................
ARMY RESERVE
Army Reserve California Camp Parks ADVANCED SKILLS TRAINING BARRACKS 42,000 0 42,000
Army Reserve Georgia Dobbins Air Reserve ARMY RESERVE CENTER 78,000 0 78,000
Base
Army Reserve Kentucky Fort Knox AVIATION SUPPORT FACILITY 0 57,000 57,000
Army Reserve Massachusetts Devens Reserve COLLECTIVE TRAINING ENLISTED 0 39,000 39,000
Forces Training BARRACKS
Area
Army Reserve New Jersey Joint Base McGuire- VERTICAL SKILLS FACILITY 16,000 0 16,000
Dix-Lakehurst
Army Reserve Pennsylvania Wilkes-Barre AREA MAINTENANCE SUPPORT ACTIVITY 22,000 0 22,000
EQUIPMENT
Army Reserve Puerto Rico Fort Buchanan ADVANCED SKILLS TRAINING BARRACKS 39,000 0 39,000
Army Reserve Virginia Richmond AREA MAINTENANCE SUPPORT ACTIVITY/ 23,000 0 23,000
VMS
Army Reserve Wisconsin Andrew Miller Army VEHICLE MAINTENANCE SHOP (DESIGN) 0 1,600 1,600
Reserve Center
Army Reserve Worldwide Unspecified DESIGN 31,508 0 31,508
Unspecified Worldwide
Locations
Army Reserve Worldwide Unspecified UNSPECIFIED MINOR CONSTRUCTION 3,524 0 3,524
Unspecified Worldwide
Locations
Subtotal Military Construction, Army Reserve 255,032 97,600 352,632
................... ................... ....................................
NAVY RESERVE & MARINE CORPS RESERVE
Navy Reserve & Marine Texas Naval Air Station WHOLE HANGAR REPAIR 0 75,000 75,000
Corps Reserve Joint Reserve Base
Fort Worth
Navy Reserve & Marine Washington Joint Base Lewis- PARACHUTE SURVIVAL TRAINING FACILITY 26,610 0 26,610
Corps Reserve McChord
Navy Reserve & Marine Worldwide Unspecified MCNR DESIGN 663 0 663
Corps Reserve Unspecified Worldwide
Locations
Navy Reserve & Marine Worldwide Unspecified USMCR DESIGN 2,556 0 2,556
Corps Reserve Unspecified Worldwide
Locations
Subtotal Military Construction, Navy Reserve & Marine Corps Reserve 29,829 75,000 104,829
................... ................... ....................................
AIR NATIONAL GUARD
Air National Guard Alaska Joint Base BASE SUPPLY COMPLEX 0 44,000 44,000
Elmendorf-
Richardson
Air National Guard Alaska Joint Base COMBAT RESCUE HELICOPTER SIMULATOR 19,300 0 19,300
Elmendorf-
Richardson
Air National Guard California Moffett Airfield COMBAT RESCUE HELICOPTER SIMULATOR 12,600 0 12,600
Air National Guard Florida Jacksonville F-35 CONSOLIDATED WEAPONS TRAINING 26,200 0 26,200
International
Airport
Air National Guard Hawaii Joint Base Pearl SPACE CONTROL CENTER 36,600 0 36,600
Harbor-Hickam
Air National Guard Kentucky Louisville Muhammad RESPONSE FORCE WAREHOUSE (DESIGN) 0 2,100 2,100
Ali International
Airport
Air National Guard Maine Bangor FUEL CELL HANGAR 0 48,000 48,000
International
Airport
Air National Guard Mississippi Key Field ADAL MAINTENANCE HANGAR & CONSTRUCT 0 5,600 5,600
AMU COMPLEX (DESIGN)
Air National Guard Mississippi Key Field BASE SUPPLY WAREHOUSE (DESIGN) 0 1,900 1,900
Air National Guard Mississippi Key Field CORROSION CONTROL HANGAR (DESIGN) 0 6,700 6,700
Air National Guard Mississippi Key Field UPGRADED FUEL HYDRANT SYSTEM 0 1,000 1,000
(DESIGN)
Air National Guard New Jersey Atlantic City F-16 MISSION TRAINING CENTER 18,000 0 18,000
International
Airport
Air National Guard New York Francis S. Gabreski COMBAT RESCUE HELICOPTER SIMULATOR 14,000 0 14,000
Airport
Air National Guard North Carolina Salisbury FLIGHT FACILITY (DESIGN) 0 6,300 6,300
Air National Guard Pennsylvania Pittsburgh ENTRY CONTROL FACILITY (DESIGN) 0 4,600 4,600
International
Airport
Air National Guard Texas Fort Worth C-130J ADAL FUEL CELL BUILDING 1674 13,100 0 13,100
Air National Guard West Virginia McLaughlin Air SQUADRON OPERATIONS FACILITY 0 3,200 3,200
National Guard (DESIGN)
Base
Air National Guard Worldwide Unspecified DESIGN 10,792 0 10,792
Unspecified Worldwide
Locations
Air National Guard Worldwide Unspecified UNSPECIFIED MINOR CONSTRUCTION 40,200 0 40,200
Unspecified Worldwide
Locations
Subtotal Military Construction, Air National Guard 190,792 123,400 314,192
................... ................... ....................................
AIR FORCE RESERVE
Air Force Reserve Arizona Luke Air Force Base ADMINISTRATIVE AND STORAGE BUILDING 0 420 420
(DESIGN)
Air Force Reserve Georgia Dobbins Air Reserve SECURITY FORCES FACILITY 22,000 -22,000 0
Base
Air Force Reserve Indiana Grissom Air Reserve INDOOR SMALL ARMS RANGE 21,000 0 21,000
Base
Air Force Reserve New York Niagara Falls Air TAXIWAY/RUNWAY (DESIGN) 0 6,600 6,600
Reserve Station
Air Force Reserve Ohio Youngstown Air FIRE STATION 25,000 0 25,000
Reserve Station
Air Force Reserve South Carolina Joint Base AEROMEDICAL EVACUATION FACILITY 0 33,000 33,000
Charleston
Air Force Reserve Worldwide Unspecified DESIGN 562 9,000 9,562
Unspecified Worldwide
Locations
Air Force Reserve Worldwide Unspecified UNSPECIFIED MINOR MILITARY 701 0 701
Unspecified Worldwide CONSTRUCTION
Locations
Subtotal Military Construction, Air Force Reserve 69,263 27,020 96,283
................... ................... ....................................
NATO SECURITY INVESTMENT PROGRAM
NATO Worldwide NATO Security NATO SECURITY INVESTMENT PROGRAM 433,864 30,000 463,864
Unspecified Investment Program
Subtotal NATO Security Investment Program 433,864 30,000 463,864
................... ................... ....................................
INDOPACIFIC COMBATANT COMMAND
MILCON, INDOPACOM Worldwide Unspecified INDOPACOM MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 0 150,000 150,000
Unspecified Worldwide PILOT PROGRAM
Locations
Subtotal INDOPACOM MILITARY CONSTRUCTION PILOT PROGRAM 0 150,000 150,000
................... ................... ....................................
TOTAL MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 15,113,254 3,137,383 18,250,637
................... ................... ....................................
FAMILY HOUSING
FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, ARMY
Fam Hsg Con, Army Belgium Chievres Air Base FAMILY HOUSING NEW CONSTRUCTION (84 100,954 -18,000 82,954
UNITS)
Fam Hsg Con, Army Georgia Fort Eisenhower MHPI RESTRUCTURE--FORT EISENHOWER 50,000 0 50,000
Fam Hsg Con, Army Germany U.S. Army Garrison FAMILY HOUSING REPLACEMENT 63,246 0 63,246
Rheinland-Pfalz CONSTRUCTION (54 UNITS)
Fam Hsg Con, Army Japan Sagamihara Family FAMILY HOUSING IMPROVEMENTS 31,114 0 31,114
Housing Area CONSTRUCTION (35 UNITS)
Fam Hsg Con, Army Worldwide Unspecified FAMILY HOUSING DESIGN 31,333 0 31,333
Unspecified Worldwide
Locations
Subtotal Family Housing Construction, Army 276,647 -18,000 258,647
................... ................... ....................................
FAMILY HOUSING O&M, ARMY
Fam Hsg O&M, Army Worldwide Unspecified FURNISHINGS 18,065 0 18,065
Unspecified Worldwide
Locations
Fam Hsg O&M, Army Worldwide Unspecified LEASED HOUSING 129,703 0 129,703
Unspecified Worldwide
Locations
Fam Hsg O&M, Army Worldwide Unspecified MAINTENANCE OF REAL PROPERTY 127,097 0 127,097
Unspecified Worldwide FACILITIES
Locations
Fam Hsg O&M, Army Worldwide Unspecified MANAGEMENT ACCOUNT 62,060 0 62,060
Unspecified Worldwide
Locations
Fam Hsg O&M, Army Worldwide Unspecified MILITARY HOUSING PRIVATIZATION 69,579 0 69,579
Unspecified Worldwide INITIATIVE
Locations
Fam Hsg O&M, Army Worldwide Unspecified MISCELLANEOUS 357 0 357
Unspecified Worldwide
Locations
Fam Hsg O&M, Army Worldwide Unspecified SERVICES 8,273 0 8,273
Unspecified Worldwide
Locations
Fam Hsg O&M, Army Worldwide Unspecified UTILITIES 60,477 0 60,477
Unspecified Worldwide
Locations
Subtotal Family Housing Operation And Maintenance, Army 475,611 0 475,611
................... ................... ....................................
FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, NAVY & MARINE CORPS
Fam Hsg Con, Navy & Guam Andersen Air Force REPLACE ANDERSEN HOUSING, PHASE 10 93,112 0 93,112
Marine Corps Base (42 UNITS)
Fam Hsg Con, Navy & Guam Joint Region REPLACE ANDERSEN HOUSING, PHASE 9 103,863 0 103,863
Marine Corps Marianas (136 UNITS)
Fam Hsg Con, Navy & Worldwide Unspecified CONSTRUCTION IMPROVEMENTS (64 UNITS) 35,438 0 35,438
Marine Corps Unspecified Worldwide
Locations
Fam Hsg Con, Navy & Worldwide Unspecified DESIGN 13,329 0 13,329
Marine Corps Unspecified Worldwide
Locations
Subtotal Family Housing Construction, Navy & Marine Corps 245,742 0 245,742
FAMILY HOUSING O&M, NAVY & MARINE CORPS
Fam Hsg O&M, Navy & Worldwide Unspecified FURNISHINGS 16,839 0 16,839
Marine Corps Unspecified Worldwide
Locations
Fam Hsg O&M, Navy & Worldwide Unspecified HOUSING PRIVATIZATION SUPPORT 60,283 0 60,283
Marine Corps Unspecified Worldwide
Locations
Fam Hsg O&M, Navy & Worldwide Unspecified LEASING 67,412 0 67,412
Marine Corps Unspecified Worldwide
Locations
Fam Hsg O&M, Navy & Worldwide Unspecified MAINTENANCE 109,504 0 109,504
Marine Corps Unspecified Worldwide
Locations
Fam Hsg O&M, Navy & Worldwide Unspecified MANAGEMENT 61,240 0 61,240
Marine Corps Unspecified Worldwide
Locations
Fam Hsg O&M, Navy & Worldwide Unspecified MISCELLANEOUS 427 0 427
Marine Corps Unspecified Worldwide
Locations
Fam Hsg O&M, Navy & Worldwide Unspecified SERVICES 17,332 0 17,332
Marine Corps Unspecified Worldwide
Locations
Fam Hsg O&M, Navy & Worldwide Unspecified UTILITIES 44,180 0 44,180
Marine Corps Unspecified Worldwide
Locations
Subtotal Family Housing Operation & Maintenance, Navy & Marine Corps 377,217 0 377,217
FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE
Fam Hsg Con, Air Force Alaska Joint Base MHPI RESTRUCTURE--JBER PHASE III 120,000 0 120,000
Elmendorf-
Richardson
Fam Hsg Con, Air Force Germany Ramstein Air Base CONSTRUCT 2 GOQ UNITS 4,350 0 4,350
Fam Hsg Con, Air Force Germany Ramstein Air Base KMC 02--CONSTRUCT TWO CAR GARAGES (5 1,400 0 1,400
UNITS)
Fam Hsg Con, Air Force Japan Yokota Air Base FAMILY HOUSE IMPROVEMENTS 8B WEST 26,242 0 26,242
(19 UNITS)
Fam Hsg Con, Air Force Japan Yokota Air Base FAMILY HOUSE IMPROVEMENTS 9, PHASE 2 39,000 0 39,000
(32 UNITS)
Fam Hsg Con, Air Force Texas Lackland Air Force MHPI RESTRUCTURE--LACKLAND 24,000 0 24,000
Base
Fam Hsg Con, Air Force Worldwide Unspecified DESIGN 6,557 0 6,557
Unspecified Worldwide
Locations
Subtotal Family Housing Construction, Air Force 221,549 0 221,549
................... ................... ....................................
FAMILY HOUSING O&M, AIR FORCE
Fam Hsg O&M, Air Force Worldwide Unspecified FURNISHINGS 24,230 0 24,230
Unspecified Worldwide
Locations
Fam Hsg O&M, Air Force Worldwide Unspecified HOUSING PRIVATIZATION SUPPORT 32,508 0 32,508
Unspecified Worldwide
Locations
Fam Hsg O&M, Air Force Worldwide Unspecified LEASING 6,278 0 6,278
Unspecified Worldwide
Locations
Fam Hsg O&M, Air Force Worldwide Unspecified MAINTENANCE 127,023 0 127,023
Unspecified Worldwide
Locations
Fam Hsg O&M, Air Force Worldwide Unspecified MANAGEMENT 71,384 0 71,384
Unspecified Worldwide
Locations
Fam Hsg O&M, Air Force Worldwide Unspecified MISCELLANEOUS 2,426 0 2,426
Unspecified Worldwide
Locations
Fam Hsg O&M, Air Force Worldwide Unspecified SERVICES 12,446 0 12,446
Unspecified Worldwide
Locations
Fam Hsg O&M, Air Force Worldwide Unspecified UTILITIES 49,955 0 49,955
Unspecified Worldwide
Locations
Subtotal Family Housing Operation And Maintenance, Air Force 326,250 0 326,250
................... ................... ....................................
FAMILY HOUSING O&M, DEFENSE-WIDE
Fam Hsg O&M, Defense- Worldwide Unspecified FURNISHINGS 687 0 687
Wide Unspecified Worldwide
Locations
Fam Hsg O&M, Defense- Worldwide Unspecified FURNISHINGS 91 0 91
Wide Unspecified Worldwide
Locations
Fam Hsg O&M, Defense- Worldwide Unspecified LEASING 32,983 0 32,983
Wide Unspecified Worldwide
Locations
Fam Hsg O&M, Defense- Worldwide Unspecified LEASING 13,986 0 13,986
Wide Unspecified Worldwide
Locations
Fam Hsg O&M, Defense- Worldwide Unspecified MAINTENANCE 36 0 36
Wide Unspecified Worldwide
Locations
Fam Hsg O&M, Defense- Worldwide Unspecified UTILITIES 4,358 0 4,358
Wide Unspecified Worldwide
Locations
Fam Hsg O&M, Defense- Worldwide Unspecified UTILITIES 15 0 15
Wide Unspecified Worldwide
Locations
Subtotal Family Housing Operation And Maintenance, Defense-Wide 52,156 0 52,156
................... ................... ....................................
FAMILY HOUSING IMPROVEMENT FUND
Family Housing Worldwide Unspecified ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES--FHIF 8,195 0 8,195
Improvement Fund Unspecified Worldwide
Locations
Subtotal Family Housing Improvement Fund 8,195 0 8,195
................... ................... ....................................
UNACCOMPANIED HOUSING IMPROVEMENT FUND
Unaccompanied Housing Worldwide Unspecified ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES--UHIF 497 0 497
Improvement Fund Unspecified Worldwide
Locations
Subtotal Unaccompanied Housing Improvement Fund 497 0 497
................... ................... ....................................
TOTAL FAMILY HOUSING 1,983,864 -18,000 1,965,864
DEFENSE BASE REALIGNMENT AND CLOSURE
BASE REALIGNMENT AND CLOSURE, ARMY
BRAC, Army Worldwide Unspecified BASE REALIGNMENT AND CLOSURE 212,556 0 212,556
Unspecified Worldwide
Locations
Subtotal Base Realignment and Closure--Army 212,556 0 212,556
................... ................... ....................................
BASE REALIGNMENT AND CLOSURE, NAVY
BRAC, Navy Worldwide Unspecified BASE REALIGNMENT AND CLOSURE 111,697 0 111,697
Unspecified Worldwide
Locations
Subtotal Base Realignment and Closure--Navy 111,697 0 111,697
................... ................... ....................................
BASE REALIGNMENT AND CLOSURE, AIR FORCE
BRAC, Air Force Worldwide Unspecified BASE REALIGNMENT AND CLOSURE 121,952 0 121,952
Unspecified Worldwide
Locations
Subtotal Base Realignment and Closure--Air Force 121,952 0 121,952
................... ................... ....................................
BASE REALIGNMENT AND CLOSURE, DEFENSE-WIDE
BRAC, Defense-Wide Worldwide Unspecified INT-4: DLA ACTIVITIES 1,756 0 1,756
Unspecified Worldwide
Locations
Subtotal Base Realignment and Closure--Defense-Wide 1,756 0 1,756
................... ................... ....................................
TOTAL DEFENSE BASE REALIGNMENT AND CLOSURE 447,961 0 447,961
................... ................... ....................................
TOTAL MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, FAMILY HOUSING, AND BRAC 17,545,079 3,119,383 20,664,462
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SEC. 4602. MILITARY CONSTRUCTION DISASTER RECOVERY.
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SEC. 4602. MILITARY CONSTRUCTION DISASTER RECOVERY (In Thousands of Dollars)
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Account State/ Country Installation Project Title FY 2025 Request Senate Change Senate Authorized
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MILITARY CONSTRUCTION DISASTER RECOVERY
NAVY & MARINE CORPS
Navy & Marine Corps Guam Joint Region 28 HOMES ON AAFB H-366/ 0 145,990 145,990
Marianas 283/375 CONTRACT.
Navy & Marine Corps Guam Joint Region REPAIR BY REPLACEMENT 0 580,490 580,490
Marianas OF HSC-25 HANGAR AND
COMPOUND.
Navy & Marine Corps Guam Naval Base Guam JRM HOUSING RESILIENCY 0 63,805 63,805
ENHANCEMENT PROJECT
#1--BEQ 17 & 6
RECONVERSION.
Navy & Marine Corps Guam Naval Base Guam JRM HOUSING RESILIENCY 0 128,000 128,000
ENHANCEMENT PROJECT
#2--APRA PALMS
CONVERSION/RENOVATION.
Navy & Marine Corps Guam Naval Base Guam POWER GENERATION AT 0 626,120 626,120
POLARIS.
Navy & Marine Corps Guam Naval Base Guam RECOVER BONA SPRINGS 0 40,640 40,640
(CONTAMINANT
TREATMENT).
Navy & Marine Corps Guam Naval Base Guam RECOVER NAVAL HOSPITAL 0 58,300 58,300
WATER WELLS
(CONTAMINANT
TREATMENT).
Navy & Marine Corps Guam Naval Base Guam REPAIR AND HARDEN 0 2,923,595 2,923,595
CRITICAL ELECTRICAL
DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM
(NBG, POLARIS PT, DFSP
AND NAVMAG).
Subtotal Military Construction, Navy & Marine Corps Disaster Recovery 0 4,566,940 4,566,940
................... ...................
AIR FORCE
Air Force Guam Andersen Air Force 4 CUT AND COVER 5.25 MG 0 246,000 246,000
Base JP-8 TANKS.
Air Force Guam Andersen Air Force AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL 0 163,000 163,000
Base TOWER / BASE OPS.
Air Force Guam Andersen Air Force AIRFIELD REDEVELOPMENT 0 271,000 271,000
Base FOR OPERATIONAL
RESILIENCY.
Air Force Guam Andersen Air Force ALTERNATE LIGHTING 0 99,000 99,000
Base VAULT.
Air Force Guam Andersen Air Force ALTERNATE NETWORK 0 99,000 99,000
Base CONTROL CENTER &
DATABANK.
Air Force Guam Andersen Air Force ALTERNATE TECHNICAL 0 99,000 99,000
Base CONTROL FACILITY.
Air Force Guam Andersen Air Force BASE PERIMETER FENCE 0 50,000 50,000
Base AND ACCESS ROAD.
Air Force Guam Andersen Air Force CARGO HAUL ROUTE APOD 0 20,000 20,000
Base LOOP.
Air Force Guam Andersen Air Force DIESEL STORAGE 0 20,000 20,000
Base NORTHWEST FIELD & MAIN
BASE.
Air Force Guam Andersen Air Force DISBURSED WAR RESERVE 0 391,000 391,000
Base MATERIAL WAREHOUSING
(FOUR).
Air Force Guam Andersen Air Force DISBURSED WAR RESERVE 0 190,000 190,000
Base MATERIAL WAREHOUSING
(TWO).
Air Force Guam Andersen Air Force DISBURSED WAR RESERVE 0 1,170,000 1,170,000
Base WAREHOUSING (TWELVE).
Air Force Guam Andersen Air Force EXPLOSIVE SAFE EGRESS 0 41,000 41,000
Base FACILITY.
Air Force Guam Andersen Air Force FLIGHTLINE EXPANSION / 0 195,000 195,000
Base CIVIL ENGINEER COMPLEX.
Air Force Guam Andersen Air Force HARDENED AIRCRAFT 0 289,000 289,000
Base SHELTERS (HAS).
Air Force Guam Andersen Air Force LFM & OPS FAC NORTH 0 58,000 58,000
Base RAMP.
Air Force Guam Andersen Air Force LRS POL WRM STORAGE 0 23,000 23,000
Base WAREHOUSE.
Air Force Guam Andersen Air Force MAWAR TYPHOON RECOVERY 0 723,000 723,000
Base (DESIGN).
Air Force Guam Andersen Air Force MOBILITY PROCESSING 0 120,000 120,000
Base CENTER-PAX.
Air Force Guam Andersen Air Force MSA FUEL STAND......... 0 119,000 119,000
Base
Air Force Guam Andersen Air Force MSA SECURITY GATE...... 0 41,000 41,000
Base
Air Force Guam Andersen Air Force MUNS ADMIN MSA......... 0 101,000 101,000
Base
Air Force Guam Andersen Air Force MUNS HAUL ROUTE ALT.... 0 8,000 8,000
Base
Air Force Guam Andersen Air Force MUNS HAUL ROUTE 0 102,000 102,000
Base NORTHWEST FIELD-MSA.
Air Force Guam Andersen Air Force MUNS PRODUCTION UTILITY 0 41,000 41,000
Base CONNECTIONS.
Air Force Guam Andersen Air Force NORTHWEST FIELD 0 40,000 40,000
Base AIRFIELD FENCE.
Air Force Guam Andersen Air Force NORTHWEST FIELD BYPASS 0 33,000 33,000
Base ROAD.
Air Force Guam Andersen Air Force NORTHWEST FIELD 0 102,000 102,000
Base ELECTRICAL UPGRADE.
Air Force Guam Andersen Air Force NORTHWEST FIELD FUEL 0 267,000 267,000
Base STORAGE, RECEIPT, AND
HYDRANT SYSTEM.
Air Force Guam Andersen Air Force NORTHWEST FIELD FUEL 0 180,000 180,000
Base TRANSFER LINE.
Air Force Guam Andersen Air Force NORTHWEST FIELD WATER 0 33,000 33,000
Base WELLS.
Air Force Guam Andersen Air Force NORTHWEST FUEL BYPASS.. 0 297,000 297,000
Base
Air Force Guam Andersen Air Force OVERHEAD TO UNDERGROUND 0 81,000 81,000
Base TRANSMISSION LINES
(GPA).
Air Force Guam Andersen Air Force PERIMETER FENCE AT MSA- 0 38,000 38,000
Base 1.
Air Force Guam Andersen Air Force POWER RESILIENCY-- 0 1,305,000 1,305,000
Base MICROGRID.
Air Force Guam Andersen Air Force SIX 1M GAL POTABLE 0 94,000 94,000
Base WATER STORAGE TANKS.
NWF FIRE PROTECTION
270K WATER TANK
STORAGE.
Air Force Guam Andersen Air Force SOLAR ARRAY COVERED 0 254,000 254,000
Base PARKING.
Air Force Guam Andersen Air Force SOLAR BATTERY STORAGE.. 0 223,000 223,000
Base
Air Force Guam Andersen Air Force UPGRADE ENTRY CONTROL 0 57,000 57,000
Base POINT FOR NORTHWEST
FIELD GATE.
Air Force Guam Andersen Air Force UPGRADE ENTRY CONTROL 0 47,000 47,000
Base POINT SANTA ROSA GATE.
Air Force Guam Andersen Air Force UPGRADE MAIN ECP GATE 0 66,000 66,000
Base (ARC LIGHT).
Air Force Guam Andersen Air Force WAR RESERVE MATERIAL 0 109,000 109,000
Base STORAGE WAREHOUSE.
Air Force Guam Andersen Air Force WATER DISTRIBUTION 0 33,000 33,000
Base CONNECTION GWA.
Subtotal Military Construction, Air Force Disaster Recovery 0 7,938,000 7,938,000
................... ...................
TOTAL MILITARY CONSTRUCTION DISASTER RECOVERY 0 12,504,940 12,504,940
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TITLE XLVII--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY PROGRAMS
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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Senate
Program FY 2025 Request Senate Change Authorized
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Discretionary Summary by Appropriation
Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies
Appropriation Summary:
Energy Programs
Nuclear Energy...................................... 150,000 0 150,000
Atomic Energy Defense Activities
National Nuclear Security Administration:
Weapons Activities................................ 19,848,644 51,200 19,899,844
Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation.................. 2,465,108 -13,900 2,451,208
Naval Reactors.................................... 2,118,773 -18,900 2,099,873
Federal Salaries and Expenses..................... 564,475 2,700 567,175
Total, National Nuclear Security Administration..... 24,997,000 21,100 25,018,100
Defense Environmental Cleanup....................... 7,059,695 -23,400 7,036,295
Defense Uranium Enrichment D&D...................... 384,957 -384,957 0
Other Defense Activities............................ 1,140,023 0 1,140,023
Total, Atomic Energy Defense Activities............... 33,581,675 -387,257 33,194,418
Total, Discretionary Funding.............................. 33,731,675 -387,257 33,344,418
Nuclear Energy
Safeguards and security................................. 150,000 0 150,000
Total, Nuclear Energy..................................... 150,000 0 150,000
National Nuclear Security Administration
Weapons Activities
Stockpile management
Stockpile major modernization
B61-12 Life Extension Program....................... 27,500 0 27,500
W88 Alteration program.............................. 78,700 0 78,700
W80-4 Life extension program........................ 1,164,750 0 1,164,750
W80-X ALT SLCM...................................... 0 70,000 70,000
Program increase.................................. (70,000)
W87-1 Modification Program.......................... 1,096,033 0 1,096,033
W93................................................. 455,776 0 455,776
B61-13.............................................. 16,000 0 16,000
Subtotal, Stockpile major modernization............... 2,838,759 70,000 2,892,759
Stockpile sustainment..................................... 1,356,260 -2,200 1,354,060
B83 gravity bomb sustainment excess to need............. (-2,200)
Weapons dismantlement and disposition..................... 54,100 0 54,100
Production operations..................................... 816,567 0 816,567
Nuclear enterprise assurance.............................. 75,002 0 75,002
Total, Stockpile management............................. 5,140,688 67,800 5,208,488
Production Modernization
Primary Capability Modernization
Plutonium Modernization
Los Alamos Plutonium Modernization
Los Alamos Plutonium Operations................. 984,611 0 984,611
21-D-512 Plutonium Pit Production Project, LANL. 470,000 0 470,000
15-D-302 TA-55 Reinvestments Project, Phase 3, 39,475 0 39,475
LANL...........................................
04-D-125 Chemistry and Metallurgy Research 0 0 0
Replacement Project, LANL......................
Subtotal, Los Alamos Plutonium Modernization...... 1,494,086 0 1,494,086
Savannah River Plutonium Modernization
Savannah River Plutonium Operations............. 75,332 0 75,332
21-D-511 Savannah River Plutonium Processing 1,200,000 0 1,200,000
Facility, SRS..................................
Subtotal, Savannah River Plutonium Modernization.. 1,275,332 0 1,275,332
Enterprise Plutonium Support.......................... 121,964 0 121,964
Total, Plutonium Modernization.......................... 2,891,382 0 2,891,382
High Explosives & Energetics
High Explosives & Energetics.................... 115,675 0 115,675
21-D-510 HE Synthesis, Formulation, and 0 0 0
Production, PX.................................
15-D-301 HE Science & Engineering Facility, PX.. 15,000 0 15,000
Subtotal, High Explosives & Energetics............ 130,675 0 130,675
Total, Primary Capability Modernization................... 3,022,057 0 3,022,057
Secondary Capability Modernization
Secondary Capability Modernization...................... 755,353 0 755,353
18-D-690 Lithium Processing Facility, Y-12.............. 260,000 0 260,000
06-D-141 Uranium Processing Facility, Y-12.............. 800,000 0 800,000
Total, Secondary Capability Modernization................. 1,815,353 0 1,815,353
Tritium and Domestic Uranium Enrichment
Tritium and Domestic Uranium Enrichment................. 661,738 0 661,738
18-D-650 Tritium Finishing Facility, SRS................ 0 0 0
Total, Tritium and Domestic Uranium Enrichment............ 661,738 0 661,738
Non-Nuclear Capability Modernization...................... 141,300 0 141,300
22-D-513 Power Sources Capability, SNL.................. 50,000 0 50,000
Total, Non-Nuclear Capability Modernization............... 191,300 0 191,300
Capability Based Investments.............................. 153,244 0 153,244
Warhead Assembly Modernization............................ 34,000 0 34,000
Total, Production Modernization......................... 5,877,692 0 5,877,692
Stockpile research, technology, and engineering
Assessment Science
Assessment Science.................................. 834,250 -9,000 825,250
Unjustified growth................................ (-9,000)
14-D-640 U1a Complex Enhancements Project, NNSS..... 73,083 0 73,083
Total, Assessment Science............................. 907,333 -9,000 898,333
Engineering and integrated assessments................ 418,000 0 418,000
Inertial confinement fusion........................... 682,830 10,000 692,830
Program increase.................................... (10,000)
Advanced simulation and computing..................... 879,500 5,000 884,500
Program increase.................................... (5,000)
Weapons technology and manufacturing maturation....... 286,489 0 286,489
Academic programs..................................... 128,188 -8,000 120,188
Unjustified growth.................................. (-8,000)
Total, Stockpile research, technology, and engineering.. 3,302,340 -2,000 3,300,340
Infrastructure and operations
Operating
Operations of facilities............................ 1,305,000 0 1,305,000
Safety and Environmental Operations................. 191,958 -10,000 181,958
Unjustified growth................................ (-10,000)
Maintenance and Repair of Facilities................ 881,000 3,000 884,000
Program increase for Y-12 maintenance backlog..... (3,000)
Recapitalization.................................... 778,408 0 778,408
Total, Operating...................................... 3,156,366 -7,000 3,149,366
Mission enabling construction
22-D-514 Digital Infrastructure Capability 0 0 0
Expansion, LLNL....................................
23-D-517 Electrical Power Capacity Upgrade, LANL.... 70,000 0 70,000
23-D-518 Plutonium Modernization Ops & Waste Mngmt 0 0 0
Office Bldg, LANL..................................
23-D-519 Special Material Facility, Y-12............ 0 0 0
25-D-510 Plutonium Mission Safety & Quality 48,500 0 48,500
Building, LANL.....................................
25-D-511 PULSE New Access, NNSS..................... 25,000 0 25,000
Total, Mission enabling construction.................. 143,500 0 143,500
Total, Infrastructure and operations.................... 3,299,866 -7,000 3,292,866
Secure transportation asset
Operations and equipment.............................. 236,160 0 236,160
Program direction..................................... 135,264 0 135,264
Total, Secure transportation asset...................... 371,424 0 371,424
Defense nuclear security
Operations and maintenance............................ 1,126,000 0 1,126,000
Construction:
17-D-710 West End Protected Area Reduction Project, 54,000 0 54,000
Y-12...............................................
Subtotal, Construction................................ 54,000 0 54,000
Total, Defense nuclear security......................... 1,180,000 0 1,180,000
Information technology and cybersecurity.................. 646,000 -7,600 638,400
Unjustified growth...................................... (-7,600)
Legacy contractor pensions................................ 30,634 0 30,634
Total, Weapons Activities................................. 19,848,644 51,200 19,899,844
Adjustments
Use of prior year balances............................ 0 0 0
Total, Adjustments........................................ 0 0 0
Total, Weapons Activities................................. 19,848,644 51,200 19,899,844
Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation
Material Management and Minimization
Conversion............................................ 0 0 0
Reactor conversion and uranium supply................. 145,227 0 145,227
Nuclear material removal and elimination.............. 38,825 0 38,825
Material disposition.................................. 0 0 0
Plutonium disposition................................. 193,045 0 193,045
Total, Material Management and Minimization............. 377,097 0 377,097
Global Material Security
International nuclear security........................ 87,768 -3,000 84,768
Unjustified growth.................................. (-3,000)
Radiological security................................. 260,000 0 260,000
Nuclear smuggling detection and deterrence............ 196,096 0 196,096
Total, Global Material Security......................... 543,864 -3,000 540,864
Nonproliferation and Arms Control....................... 224,980 -10,900 214,080
Nonproliferation policy unjustified growth............ (-10,900)
Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation R&D
Proliferation detection............................... 317,158 0 317,158
Nonproliferation stewardship program.................. 124,875 0 124,875
Nuclear detonation detection.......................... 323,058 0 323,058
Forensics R&D......................................... 37,759 0 37,759
Nonproliferation fuels development.................... 0 0 0
Total, Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation R&D............. 802,850 0 802,850
Nonproliferation Construction:
18-D-150 Surplus Plutonium Disposition Project, SRS... 40,000 0 40,000
Total, Nonproliferation Construction.................... 40,000 0 40,000
NNSA Bioassurance Program............................... 0 0 0
Legacy contractor pensions.............................. 7,128 0 7,128
Nuclear Counterterrorism and Incident Response Program
Emergency Management.................................. 23,847 0 23,847
Counterterrorism and Counterproliferation............. 512,342 0 512,342
Total, Nuclear Counterterrorism and Incident Response 536,189 0 536,189
Program................................................
Subtotal, Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation................ 2,532,108 -13,900 2,518,208
Adjustments
Use of prior year balances............................ -67,000 0 -67,000
Total, Adjustments...................................... -67,000 0 -67,000
Total, Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation................... 2,465,108 -13,900 2,451,208
Naval Reactors
Naval reactors development.............................. 868,380 0 868,380
Columbia-Class reactor systems development.............. 45,610 0 45,610
S8G Prototype refueling................................. 0 0 0
Naval reactors operations and infrastructure............ 763,263 -6,200 757,063
Unjustified growth.................................... (-6,200)
Program direction....................................... 62,848 0 62,848
Construction:
14-D-901 Spent Fuel Handling Recapitalization Project, 292,002 -12,700 279,302
NRF..................................................
Unjustified growth.................................. (-12,700)
21-D-530 KL Steam and Condensate Upgrades............. 0 0 0
22-D-531 KL Chemistry & Radiological Health Building.. 0 0 0
22-D-532 KL Security Upgrades......................... 41,670 0 41,670
23-D-533 BL Component Test Complex.................... 0 0 0
24-D-530 NRF Medical Science Complex.................. 0 0 0
25-D-530 Naval Examination Acquisition Project........ 45,000 0 45,000
Total, Construction..................................... 378,672 -12,700 365,972
Total, Naval Reactors..................................... 2,118,773 -18,900 2,099,873
Federal Salaries and Expenses
Program direction....................................... 564,475 2,700 567,175
Additional 10 FTE..................................... (2,700)
Use of prior year balances.............................. 0 0 0
Total, Federal Salaries and Expenses...................... 564,475 2,700 567,175
TOTAL, National Nuclear Security Administration........... 24,997,000 21,100 25,018,100
Defense Environmental Cleanup
Closure sites administration.......................... 1,350 0 1,350
Richland
River corridor and other cleanup operations........... 133,000 0 133,000
Central plateau remediation........................... 773,030 0 773,030
Richland community and regulatory support............. 11,130 0 11,130
18-D-404 Modification of Waste Encapsulation and 0 0 0
Storage Facility.....................................
22-D-401 L-888 Eastern Plateau Fire Station........... 13,500 0 13,500
22-D-402 L-897 200 Area Water Treatment Facility...... 7,800 0 7,800
23-D-404 181D Export Water System Reconfiguration and 18,886 0 18,886
Upgrade..............................................
23-D-405 181B Export Water System Reconfiguration and 1,168 0 1,168
Upgrade..............................................
24-D-401 Environmental Restoration Disposal Facility 25,000 0 25,000
Supercell 11 Expans Proj.............................
Total, Richland......................................... 983,514 0 983,514
Office of River Protection:
Waste Treatment Immobilization Plant Commissioning.... 466,000 -16,000 450,000
Unjustified growth................................ (-16,000)
Rad liquid tank waste stabilization and disposition... 832,065 0 832,065
Construction:
23-D-403 Hanford 200 West Area Tank Farms Risk 37,500 0 37,500
Management Project...............................
15-D-409 Low Activity Waste Pretreatment System... 37,500 0 37,500
18-D-16 Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant-- 0 0 0
LBL/Direct feed LAW..............................
01-D-16D High-Level Waste Facility................ 608,100 0 608,100
01-D-16E Pretreatment Facility.................... 20,000 0 20,000
Subtotal, Construction................................ 703,100 0 703,100
Total, Office of River Protection....................... 2,001,165 -16,000 1,985,165
Idaho National Laboratory:
Idaho cleanup and waste disposition................... 430,678 0 430,678
Idaho community and regulatory support................ 3,315 0 3,315
Construction:
22-D-403 Idaho Spent Nuclear Fuel Staging Facility 0 0 0
22-D-404 Addl ICDF Landfill Disposal Cell and 25,250 0 25,250
Evaporation Ponds Project........................
22-D-402 Calcine Construction..................... 0 0 0
Subtotal, Construction................................ 25,250 0 25,250
Total, Idaho National Laboratory........................ 459,243 0 459,243
NNSA sites and Nevada off-sites
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory................ 1,917 0 1,917
LLNL Excess Facilities D&D............................ 0 0 0
Separations Processing Research Unit.................. 845 0 845
Nevada Test Site...................................... 63,377 0 63,377
Sandia National Laboratory............................ 1,816 0 1,816
Los Alamos National Laboratory........................ 273,610 0 273,610
Los Alamos Excess Facilities D&D...................... 1,622 0 1,622
Total, NNSA sites and Nevada off-sites.................. 343,187 0 343,187
Oak Ridge Reservation:
OR Nuclear Facility D&D............................... 342,705 0 342,705
U233 Disposition Program.............................. 60,000 0 60,000
OR cleanup and waste disposition...................... 72,000 0 72,000
Construction:
14-D-403 Outfall 200 Mercury Treatment Facility... 30,000 0 30,000
17-D-401 On-site Waste Disposal Facility.......... 40,000 0 40,000
Subtotal, Construction................................ 70,000 0 70,000
OR community & regulatory support..................... 5,700 0 5,700
OR technology development and deployment.............. 3,300 0 3,300
Total, Oak Ridge Reservation............................ 553,705 0 553,705
Savannah River Site:
Savannah River risk management operations............. 400,538 0 400,538
Savannah River legacy pensions........................ 0 0 0
Savannah River community and regulatory support....... 5,198 5,000 10,198
Payment in lieu of taxes............................ (5,000)
Savannah River National Laboratory O&M................ 90,000 0 90,000
Construction:
20-D-401 Saltstone Disposal Unit #10, 11, 12...... 82,500 0 82,500
19-D-701 SR Security Systems Replacement.......... 6,000 0 6,000
18-D-401 Saltstone Disposal Unit #8, 9............ 0 0 0
18-D-402 Emergency Operations Center Replacement, 0 0 0
SR...............................................
Subtotal, Construction................................ 88,500 0 88,500
Radioactive liquid tank waste stabilization and 971,235 0 971,235
disposition..........................................
Total, Savannah River Site.............................. 1,555,471 5,000 1,560,471
Waste Isolation Pilot Plant
Waste Isolation Pilot Plant........................... 413,874 0 413,874
Construction:
15-D-411 Safety Significant Confinement 10,346 0 10,346
Ventilation System, WIPP.........................
15-D-412 Utility Shaft, WIPP...................... 1,200 0 1,200
Total, Construction................................... 11,546 0 11,546
Total, Waste Isolation Pilot Plant...................... 425,420 0 425,420
Program direction--Defense Environmental Cleanup........ 334,958 0 334,958
Program support--Defense Environmental Cleanup.......... 105,885 -12,400 93,485
Unjustified growth.................................... (-12,400)
Safeguards and Security--Defense Environmental Cleanup.. 265,197 0 265,197
Technology development and deployment................... 30,600 0 30,600
Subtotal, Defense Environmental Cleanup................... 7,059,695 -23,400 7,036,295
TOTAL, Defense Environmental Cleanup...................... 7,059,695 -23,400 7,036,295
Defense Uranium Enrichment D&D............................ 384,957 -384,957 0
Program reduction....................................... (-384,957)
Other Defense Activities
Environment, health, safety and security
Environment, health, safety and security mission 141,908 0 141,908
support..............................................
Program direction..................................... 90,555 0 90,555
Total, Environment, health, safety and security......... 232,463 0 232,463
Office of Enterprise Assessments
Enterprise assessments................................ 30,022 0 30,022
Program direction..................................... 64,132 0 64,132
Total, Office of Enterprise Assessments................. 94,154 0 94,154
Specialized security activities......................... 390,000 0 390,000
Legacy Management
Legacy Management Activities--Defense................. 181,289 0 181,289
Program Direction..................................... 23,969 0 23,969
Total, Legacy Management................................ 205,258 0 205,258
Defense-Related Administrative Support.................. 213,649 0 213,649
Office of Hearings and Appeals.......................... 4,499 0 4,499
Subtotal, Other Defense Activities...................... 1,140,023 0 1,140,023
Use of prior year balances.............................. 0 0 0
Total, Other Defense Activities........................... 1,140,023 0 1,140,023
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LEGISLATIVE REQUIREMENTS
Committee Action
Senate Armed Services Committee
ROLL CALL VOTES DURING FULL COMMITTEE MARKUP OF THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025
In compliance with Rule XXVI 7(3)(b) of the Standing Rules
of the Senate, listed below is a tabulation of the roll call
votes.
1. MOTION: To include a provision that would establish the
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear Deterrence Policy
and Programs.
VOTE: Passed by roll call vote 25-0
In favor: Senators Reed, Shaheen, Gillibrand, Blumenthal,
Hirono, Kaine, King, Warren, Peters, Manchin, Duckworth, Rosen,
Kelly, Wicker, Fischer, Cotton, Rounds, Ernst, Sullivan,
Cramer, Scott, Tuberville, Mullin, Budd, and Schmitt.
Opposed: None
2. MOTION: To include a provision that would require the
Secretary of the Air Force to engage on the LGM-35A Sentinel
program
VOTE: Failed by roll call vote 10-14
In favor: Senators Wicker, Fischer, Cotton, Rounds, Ernst,
Sullivan, Cramer, Tuberville, Mullin, and Budd
Opposed: Senators Shaheen, Gillibrand, Blumenthal, Hirono,
Kaine, King, Warren, Peters, Manchin, Duckworth, Rosen, Kelly,
Scott, and Schmitt
Voting Present: Senator Reed
3. MOTION: To include a provision that would increase the
topline by $25.0 billion.
VOTE: Passed by roll call vote 16-9
In favor: Senators Blumenthal, Manchin, Duckworth, Rosen,
Wicker, Fischer, Cotton, Rounds, Ernst, Sullivan, Cramer,
Scott, Tuberville, Mullin, Budd, and Schmitt
Opposed: Senators Reed, Shaheen, Gillibrand, Hirono, Kaine,
King, Warren, Peters, and Kelly
4. MOTION: To include a provision that would require the
Secretary of Defense to provide a general temporary military
contingency payment adjustment for children's hospitals.
VOTE: Failed by roll call vote 12-13
In favor: Senators Reed, Shaheen, Gillibrand, Blumenthal,
Hirono, Kaine, King, Duckworth, Rosen, Kelly, Cramer, and
Tuberville
Opposed: Senators Warren, Peters, Manchin, Wicker, Fischer,
Cotton, Rounds, Ernst, Sullivan, Scott, Mullin, Budd, and
Schmitt
5. MOTION: To include a provision that would exempt
National Guard Bilateral Affairs Officers from active duty end
strength limits and to provide clarification on the
congressional committees to which the Secretary of Defense
shall submit an annual report on security cooperation
activities.
VOTE: Passed by roll call vote 15-10
In favor: Senators Shaheen, Gillibrand, Blumenthal, Hirono,
Kaine, King, Warren, Peters, Manchin, Duckworth, Rosen, Cramer,
Scott, Tuberville, and Mullin
Opposed: Senators Reed, Kelly, Wicker, Fischer, Cotton,
Rounds, Ernst, Sullivan, Budd, and Schmitt
6. MOTION: To include a provision that would extend the
term of the Commander of the Naval Sea Systems Command to eight
years and make the Commander eligible for appointment to the
rank of admiral.
VOTE: Passed by roll call vote 23-2
In favor: Senators Shaheen, Gillibrand, Blumenthal, Hirono,
Kaine, King, Warren, Peters, Manchin, Duckworth, Rosen, Kelly,
Wicker, Fischer, Cotton, Rounds, Ernst, Sullivan, Cramer,
Tuberville, Mullin, Budd, and Schmitt
Opposed: Senators Reed and Scott
7. MOTION: To include a provision that would direct the
Secretary of Defense to provide a report to the Committees on
Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives on
the utilization and costs associated with the Department of
Defense's policies related to non-covered reproductive
services.
VOTE: Failed by roll call vote 12-13
In favor: Senators Wicker, Fischer, Cotton, Rounds, Ernst,
Sullivan, Cramer, Scott, Tuberville, Mullin, Budd, and Schmitt
Opposed: Senators Reed, Shaheen, Gillibrand, Blumenthal,
Hirono, Kaine, King, Warren, Peters, Manchin, Duckworth, Rosen,
and Kelly
8. MOTION: To include a provision that would require the
Secretary of Defense to revise certain health assessment forms
of the Department of Defense to include information relating to
comprehensive contraceptive counseling.
VOTE: Passed by roll call vote 13-12
In favor: Senators Reed, Shaheen, Gillibrand, Blumenthal,
Hirono, Kaine, King, Warren, Peters, Manchin, Duckworth, Rosen,
and Kelly
Opposed: Senators Wicker, Fischer, Cotton, Rounds, Ernst,
Sullivan, Cramer, Scott, Tuberville, Mullin, Budd, and Schmitt
9. MOTION: To include a provision that would expand the
Defense Community Infrastructure Pilot Program to include
installations of the Coast Guard.
VOTE: Passed by roll call vote 18-7
In favor: Senators Shaheen, Gillibrand, Blumenthal, Hirono,
Kaine, King, Warren, Peters, Manchin, Duckworth, Rosen, Kelly,
Cotton, Rounds, Sullivan, Cramer, Scott, and Tuberville
Opposed: Senators Reed, Wicker, Fischer, Ernst, Mullin,
Budd, and Schmitt
10. MOTION: To include a provision that would ensure that
all Department of Defense personnel actions, including
accessions, promotions, assignments and training, shall be
based exclusively on individual merit and demonstrated
performance.
VOTE: Failed by roll call vote 11-14
In favor: Senators Manchin, Wicker, Fischer, Cotton,
Sullivan, Cramer, Scott, Tuberville, Mullin, Budd, and Schmitt
Opposed: Senators Reed, Shaheen, Gillibrand, Blumenthal,
Hirono, Kaine, King, Warren, Peters, Duckworth, Rosen, Kelly,
Rounds, and Ernst
11. MOTION: To include a provision that would prohibit
race-based admissions at the military service academies.
VOTE: Failed by roll call vote 11-14
In favor: Senators Wicker, Cotton, Rounds, Ernst, Sullivan,
Cramer, Scott, Tuberville, Mullin, Budd, and Schmitt
Opposed: Senators Reed, Shaheen, Gillibrand, Blumenthal,
Hirono, Kaine, King, Warren, Peters, Duckworth, Rosen, Kelly,
and Fischer
12. MOTION: To include a provision that would prohibit
majors or minors at military service academies that focus on
diversity, equity, and inclusion.
VOTE: Failed by roll call vote 12-13
In favor: Senators Wicker, Fischer, Cotton, Rounds, Ernst,
Sullivan, Cramer, Scott, Tuberville, Mullin, Budd, and Schmitt
Opposed: Senators Reed, Shaheen, Gillibrand, Blumenthal,
Hirono, Kaine, King, Warren, Peters, Manchin, Duckworth, Rosen,
and Kelly
13. MOTION: To include a provision that would prohibit the
establishment of new diversity, equity, and inclusion positions
in the Department of Defense and the filling of vacancies in
such positions.
VOTE: Passed by roll call vote 13-12
In favor: Senators Manchin, Wicker, Fischer, Cotton,
Rounds, Ernst, Sullivan, Cramer, Scott, Tuberville, Mullin,
Budd, and Schmitt
Opposed: Senators Reed, Shaheen, Gillibrand, Blumenthal,
Hirono, Kaine, King, Warren, Peters, Duckworth, Rosen, and
Kelly
14. MOTION: To include a provision that would provide for
automatic Selective Service System registration, and to extend
such registration to all persons residing in the United States.
VOTE: Passed by roll call vote 16-9
In favor: Senators Reed, Shaheen, Gillibrand, Blumenthal,
Hirono, Kaine, King, Warren, Peters, Manchin, Duckworth, Rosen,
Kelly, Sullivan, Tuberville, and Mullin
Opposed: Senators Wicker, Fischer, Cotton, Rounds, Ernst,
Cramer, Scott, Budd, and Schmitt
15. MOTION: To include a provision that would exclude any
women required to be registered for the Selective Service
System from being compelled to join combat arms branches.
VOTE: Passed by roll call vote 13-12
In favor: Senators Kelly, Wicker, Fischer, Cotton, Rounds,
Ernst, Sullivan, Cramer, Scott, Tuberville, Mullin, Budd, and
Schmitt
Opposed: Senators Reed, Shaheen, Gillibrand, Blumenthal,
Hirono, Kaine, King, Warren, Peters, Manchin, Duckworth, and
Rosen
16. MOTION: To include a provision that would express the
policy of the United States regarding the draft.
VOTE: Failed by roll call vote 12-13
In favor: Senators Wicker, Fischer, Cotton, Rounds, Ernst,
Sullivan, Cramer, Scott, Tuberville, Mullin, Budd, and Schmitt
Opposed: Senator Reed, Shaheen, Gillibrand, Blumenthal,
Hirono, Kaine, King, Warren, Peters, Manchin, Duckworth, Rosen,
and Kelly
17. MOTION: To include a provision that would prohibit the
performance by the Department of Defense of sex change
surgeries.
VOTE: Passed by roll call vote 13-12
In favor: Senators Manchin, Wicker, Fischer, Cotton,
Rounds, Ernst, Sullivan, Cramer, Scott, Tuberville, Mullin,
Budd, and Schmitt
Opposed: Senators Reed, Shaheen, Gillibrand, Blumenthal,
Hirono, Kaine, King, Warren, Peters, Duckworth, Rosen, and
Kelly
18. MOTION: To include a provision that would prohibit the
coverage under the TRICARE program of certain medical
procedures for children that could result in sterilization.
VOTE: Passed by roll call vote 13-12
In favor: Senators Manchin, Wicker, Fischer, Cotton,
Rounds, Ernst, Sullivan, Cramer, Scott, Tuberville, Mullin,
Budd, and Schmitt
Opposed: Senators Reed, Shaheen, Gillibrand, Blumenthal,
Hirono, Kaine, King, Warren, Peters, Duckworth, Rosen, and
Kelly
19. MOTION: To include a provision that would prohibit the
changing of gender in Department of Defense records.
VOTE: Failed by roll call vote 12-13
In favor: Senators Wicker, Fischer, Cotton, Rounds, Ernst,
Sullivan, Cramer, Scott, Tuberville, Mullin, Budd, and Schmitt
Opposed: Senators Reed, Shaheen, Gillibrand, Blumenthal,
Hirono, Kaine, King, Warren, Peters, Manchin, Duckworth, Rosen,
and Kelly
20. MOTION: To include a provision that would require
contractors of the Department of Defense to provide reasonable
access to repair materials.
VOTE: Passed by roll call vote 21-4
In favor: Senators Reed, Shaheen, Gillibrand, Blumenthal,
Hirono, Kaine, King, Warren, Peters, Manchin, Duckworth, Rosen,
Kelly, Fischer, Rounds, Ernst, Sullivan, Cramer, Scott, Mullin,
and Schmitt
Opposed: Senators Wicker, Cotton, Tuberville, and Budd
21. MOTION: To include a provision that would require a
minimum investment for facilities sustainment, restoration, and
modernization.
VOTE: Passed by roll call vote 25-0
In favor: Senators Reed, Shaheen, Gillibrand, Blumenthal,
Hirono, Kaine, King, Warren, Peters, Manchin, Duckworth, Rosen,
Kelly, Wicker, Fischer, Cotton, Rounds, Ernst, Sullivan,
Cramer, Scott, Tuberville, Mullin, Budd, and Schmitt
Opposed: None
22. MOTION: To include a provision that would expand the
restrictions on retired and reserve members of the Armed Forces
receiving employment and compensation from foreign governments
to include receiving such employment and compensation
indirectly through private entities.
VOTE: Passed by roll call vote 14-11
In favor: Senators Reed, Shaheen, Blumenthal, Hirono,
Kaine, King, Warren, Peters, Manchin, Duckworth, Rosen, Rounds,
Scott, and Tuberville
Opposed: Senators Gillibrand, Kelly, Wicker, Fischer,
Cotton, Ernst, Sullivan, Cramer, Mullin, Budd, and Schmitt
23. MOTION: To include a provision that would prohibit the
use of funds for resettlement in the United States of certain
individuals from the West Bank or Gaza.
VOTE: Passed by roll call vote 13-12
In favor: Senators Manchin, Wicker, Fischer, Cotton,
Rounds, Ernst, Sullivan, Cramer, Scott, Tuberville, Mullin,
Budd, and Schmitt
Opposed: Senators Reed, Shaheen, Gillibrand, Blumenthal,
Hirono, Kaine, King, Warren, Peters, Duckworth, Rosen, and
Kelly
24. MOTION: To include a provision that would clarify the
treatment of nondisclosure agreements with respect to
privatized military housing.
VOTE: Passed by roll call vote 19-6
In favor: Senators Reed, Shaheen, Gillibrand, Blumenthal,
Hirono, Kaine, King, Warren, Peters, Manchin, Duckworth, Rosen,
Kelly, Fischer, Rounds, Sullivan, Cramer, Tuberville, and
Schmitt
Opposed: Senators Wicker, Cotton, Ernst, Scott, Mullin, and
Budd
25. MOTION: To include a provision that would increase
amounts prioritizing counterdrug activities.
VOTE: Passed by roll call vote 13-12
In favor: Senators Manchin, Wicker, Fischer, Cotton,
Rounds, Ernst, Sullivan, Cramer, Scott, Tuberville, Mullin,
Budd, and Schmitt
Opposed: Senators Reed, Shaheen, Gillibrand, Blumenthal,
Hirono, Kaine, King, Warren, Peters, Duckworth, Rosen, and
Kelly
26. MOTION: To include a provision that would modify the
restriction on Department of Defense procurement of certain
items containing Perfluorooctane Sulfonate or Perfluorooctanoic
acid.
VOTE: Failed by roll call vote 12-13
In favor: Senators Reed, Shaheen, Gillibrand, Blumenthal,
Hirono, Kaine, King, Warren, Peters, Manchin, Duckworth, and
Rosen
Opposed: Senators Kelly, Wicker, Fischer, Cotton, Rounds,
Ernst, Sullivan, Cramer, Scott, Tuberville, Mullin, Budd, and
Schmitt
27. MOTION: To include a provision that expedite completion
of the Ambler Access Project.
VOTE: Passed by roll call vote 20-5
In favor: Senators Shaheen, Gillibrand, Blumenthal, King,
Peters, Manchin, Duckworth, Kelly, Wicker, Fischer, Cotton,
Rounds, Ernst, Sullivan, Cramer, Scott, Tuberville, Mullin,
Budd, and Schmitt
Opposed: Senators Reed, Hirono, Kaine, Warren, and Rosen
28. MOTION: To favorably report to the Senate the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025.
VOTE: Passed by roll call vote 22-3
In favor: Senators Shaheen, Gillibrand, Blumenthal, Hirono,
Kaine, King, Peters, Manchin, Duckworth, Rosen, Kelly, Wicker,
Fischer, Rounds, Ernst, Sullivan, Cramer, Scott, Tuberville,
Mullin, Budd, and Schmitt
Opposed: Senator Reed, Warren, and Cotton
Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate
It was not possible to include the Congressional Budget
Office cost estimate on this legislation because it was not
available at the time the report was filed. It will be included
in material presented during the Senate floor debate on the
legislation.
Regulatory Impact
Paragraph 11(b) of rule XXVI of the Standing Rules of the
Senate requires that a report on the regulatory impact of the
bill be included in the report on the bill. The committee finds
that there is no regulatory impact in the case of the National
Defense Authorization Bill for Fiscal Year 2025.
Changes in Existing Law
Pursuant to the provisions of paragraph 12 of rule XXVI of
the Standing Rules of the Senate, the changes in existing law
made by certain portions of the bill have not been shown in
this section of the report because, in the opinion of the
committee, it is necessary to dispense with showing such
changes in order to expedite the business of the Senate and
reduce the expenditure of funds.
ADDITIONAL VIEWS
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ADDITIONAL VIEWS OF MR. REED
This bill includes many provisions that improve our
national security and provide the necessary training,
resources, and support that our men and women in uniform
deserve. However, I was ultimately unable to vote for this bill
because I have deep reservations about the spending approach
that was adopted in markup.
As my colleagues know, the Fiscal Responsibility Act of
2023 (FRA) mandated a defense spending cap of $895 billion in
fiscal year (FY) 2025. The FRA also included a clause that if
FY 2025 appropriations legislation exceeded this spending cap,
then across-the-board sequestration cuts would be imposed on
the defense enterprise at the same amount as the spending caps
were exceeded.
During markup, the committee debated and adopted an
amendment that authorizes a national defense topline increase
of $25 billion. This topline increase--if enacted in FY 2025
appropriations--would break the spending caps set by the FRA
and potentially expose the Department of Defense (DOD) to
sequestration and across-the-board cuts that grossly distort
our defense priorities.
I appreciate the need for greater defense spending to
ensure our national security, but I do not gamble with national
defense dollars. Sending a hollow defense bill to the
Appropriations Committee for the sake of messaging is
counterproductive. Until Congress repeals the FRA or reaches a
new budget agreement to revise the FRA caps, this topline
increase creates unnecessary risks for our national security.
I believe that the FRA put arbitrary caps on domestic and
defense spending, but I understand that the legislation had to
be passed because it prevented our nation's default on the
debt. I would also note that the recently passed $95 billion
National Security Supplemental Act made important progress
toward meeting key requirements for the defense industrial base
and national security priorities.
In brief, I opposed this topline increase and the risk it
creates because:
(1) The Appropriations Committee would not be able to
fund the topline increase without breaking FRA defense
caps and triggering sequestration and across-the-board
cuts in defense;
(2) Sending an NDAA with an unrealistic topline to
the Appropriations Committee would undermine SASC's
relevance and ability to establish funding
authorizations for DOD, instead allowing the
Appropriations Committee to pick and choose which lines
to support;
(3) The House Armed Services Committee and House of
Representatives passed a bill that matched the
President's budget request level, so any Senate topline
increase will be highly contested in conference unless
the FRA is repealed or modified; and
(4) Any increase for defense spending should be in
the context of a broader negotiation for increasing
appropriations allocations.
During the markup, I was joined by several colleagues in an
effort to modify the topline budget amendment to specify that
the increase may not be obligated or expended unless the
discretionary spending limits imposed by the FRA are eliminated
or increased by an equal amount. Unfortunately, this request
was denied.
I appreciate the hard work of the committee in completing
the markup of this bill. I stand ready to work with my
colleagues as we proceed through the legislative year to find a
bipartisan solution to the FRA caps and sequestration, which
are risking harm to all agencies and functions of our
government. Our men and women in uniform and those they protect
deserve a resolution to this problem.
Jack Reed.
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