    [House Report 119-162]
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    119th Congress }                                          { Report
                            HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
      1st Session   }                                         { 119-162

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                             DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
                            APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2026

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                                  R E P O R T

                                     OF THE

                          COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

                                 together with

                                 MINORITY VIEWS

                            [TO ACCOMPANY H.R. 4016]

    [GRAPHIC(S) NOT AVAILABLE IN TIFF FORMAT]

     June 16, 2025.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
                  State of the Union and ordered to be printed

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                                                                       Page
    Bill Totals......................................................     1
    Committee Oversight..............................................     3
    Introduction.....................................................     3
    Definition of Program, Project, and Activity.....................     4
    Reprogramming Guidance...........................................     4
    Funding Increases................................................     5
    Congressional Special Interest Items.............................     5
    Fiscal Year 2025 Enacted Positions...............................     5
    Classified Annex.................................................     5
    Committee Recommendations by Major Category......................     5
      Military Personnel.............................................     5
      Operation and Maintenance......................................     5
      Procurement....................................................     5
      Research, Development, Test and Evaluation.....................     6
      Defense Health Program.........................................     7
    Golden Dome......................................................     7
    F/A-XX...........................................................     7
    Army Transformation Initiative...................................     8
    Diversified Capabilities.........................................     9
    Munitions Stock..................................................     9
    Leveraging Commercial Defense Acquisition Software-as-Service....    10
    Technical Competency in the Department of Defense-Space Force
      Pilot Program..................................................    11
    Space Force Mission Area Budget Report...........................    12
    Defense Innovation Unit and Defense Innovation Community of
      Entities.......................................................    13
    Industrial Base Policy...........................................    13
    U.S. Transformation and Training Command.........................    14
    Contracting Strategies and Guidance Relating to Intellectual
      Property.......................................................    14
    Operational Energy...............................................    15
    Budget or Appropriations Liaison Support to the House Defense
      Appropriations Subcommittee....................................    15
    Civil Reserve Manufacturing Network..............................    17
    International Initiatives........................................    16
    Counter-Unmanned Aerial Systems..................................    16
    DOD Report on Sexual Assault Prevention..........................    17
    TITLE I. MILITARY PERSONNEL......................................    19
      Military Personnel Overview....................................    21
      Reprogramming Guidance for Military Personnel Accounts.........    21
      Military Personnel Special Interest Items......................    21
      Permanent Change of Station....................................    21
      Military Personnel, Army.......................................    22
      Military Personnel, Navy.......................................    25
      Military Personnel, Marine Corps...............................    28
      Military Personnel, Air Force..................................    31
      Military Personnel, Space Force................................    34
      Reserve Personnel, Army........................................    37
      Reserve Personnel, Navy........................................    39
      Reserve Personnel, Marine Corps................................    41
      Reserve Personnel, Air Force...................................    43
      National Guard Personnel, Army.................................    45
      National Guard Personnel, Air Force............................    47
    TITLE II. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE..............................    49
      Reprogramming Guidance for Operation and Maintenance Accounts..    51
      Reprogramming Guidance for Special Operations Command..........    52
      Operation and Maintenance Special Interest Items...............    52
      Quarterly Operation and Maintenance Updates....................    52
      Operation and Maintenance Budget Execution Data................    53
      Solar Modules and Inverters....................................    53
      Vieques and Culebra............................................    53
      Pueblo of Isleta Unexploded Ordnance Remediation...............    53
      Air Force Special Operations Command CV-22 Osprey Mishaps......    54
      Food Insecurity................................................    54
      Military Spouse Employment.....................................    54
      Military Criminal Investigative Organizations..................    55
      Media Companies................................................    55
      Quantum Workforce Study........................................    55
      Coordination with Tribal Nations...............................    55
      U.S. Overseas Installation Commissaires........................    56
      Operation and Maintenance, Army................................    56
      Operation and Maintenance, Navy................................    60
        Naval Air Station Oceana.....................................    64
        Kennebec River Federal Navigation Channel....................    64
        Marine Invasive Species at Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam....    64
        Treatment of Livestock Grazing Permits.......................    64
      Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps........................    65
      Operation and Maintenance, Air Force...........................    67
      Operation and Maintenance, Space Force.........................    71
      Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide........................    73
        Defense Security Cooperation Agency Programs.................    77
        Northern Triangle Countries..................................    77
        Tanzania.....................................................    78
        Northeast Asia...............................................    78
        Workforce with Security Clearances...........................    79
      Counter-ISIS Train and Equip Fund..............................    79
      Operation and Maintenance, Army Reserve........................    80
      Operation and Maintenance, Navy Reserve........................    82
      Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps Reserve................    84
      Operation and Maintenance, Air Force Reserve...................    86
      Operation and Maintenance, Army National Guard.................    88
        Maternal Care Response During Emergencies....................    90
      Operation and Maintenance, Air National Guard..................    90
      United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces............    92
      Environmental Restoration, Army................................    92
      Environmental Restoration, Navy................................    92
      Environmental Restoration, Air Force...........................    92
      Environmental Restoration, Defense-Wide........................    92
      Environmental Restoration, Formerly Used Defense Sites.........    93
      Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster, and Civic Aid.................    93
      Cooperative Threat Reduction Account...........................    93
      Department of Defense Acquisition Workforce Development Account    94
    TITLE III. PROCUREMENT...........................................    95
      Reprogramming Guidance for Acquisition Accounts................    97
      Funding Increases..............................................    97
      Procurement Special Interest Items.............................    97
      Aircraft Procurement, Army.....................................    97
      Missile Procurement, Army......................................   100
      Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles, Army.......   102
      Procurement of Ammunition, Army................................   105
      Other Procurement, Army........................................   108
        Diversifying Advanced Counter-Unmanned Aircraft System
          Inventory..................................................   114
        Army Integrated Tactical Network and Crypto Modernization
          Requirements...............................................   114
      Aircraft Procurement, Navy.....................................   114
        Navy Adversary Aircraft for Training Purposes................   118
      Weapons Procurement, Navy......................................   118
      Procurement of Ammunition, Navy and Marine Corps...............   121
      Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy..............................   123
        Submarine Construction.......................................   126
      Other Procurement, Navy........................................   127
      Procurement, Marine Corps......................................   133
      Aircraft Procurement, Air Force................................   136
        Executive Airlift............................................   140
      Missile Procurement, Air Force.................................   140
      Procurement of Ammunition, Air Force...........................   142
      Other Procurement, Air Force...................................   144
      Procurement, Space Force.......................................   148
        Space Force Procurement Quantities...........................   150
        National Security Space Launch Infrastructure................   150
      Procurement, Defense-Wide......................................   150
        Advanced Anticonvulsant System...............................   154
        Defense Supply Chain Packaging...............................   154
        Indo-Pacific Ammunition Manufacturing........................   154
      Defense Production Act Purchases...............................   154
      National Guard and Reserve Equipment Account...................   156
    TITLE IV. RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION.............   157
      Reprogramming Guidance for Acquisition Accounts................   159
      Funding Increases..............................................   159
      Research, Development, Test and Evaluation Special Interest
        Items........................................................   159
      Long Endurance Aircraft........................................   159
      Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army...............   160
        Joint Readiness Training Center Catalyst Pathfinder Lab......   172
        VAS AI/ML Optimization Program...............................   172
      Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy...............   172
        Naval Telephony Modernization to Reduce Mounting Technical
          Debt.......................................................   184
        Maintenance Technologies Supporting Operational Research.....   184
        Rapid Advanced Deposition....................................   184
        Coastal Environmental Research...............................   184
      Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force..........   185
        Air Force Resource Allocation................................   198
        Sentinel.....................................................   198
        Next Generation Air Dominance................................   199
        Collaborative Combat Aircraft................................   199
        B-52 High Fidelity Simulator Modernization...................   199
      Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Space Force........   200
        Space Force Acquisition......................................   204
        Fixed Price Contracting......................................   204
        Resilient Position Navigation and Timing (PNT)...............   205
        Strategic SATCOM Acquisition.................................   205
        Next Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared.................   206
        Tactical Surveillance, Reconnaissance, and Tracking..........   206
        Quarterly Reports............................................   207
      Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide.......   207
        Cybersecurity of Weapons Platforms...........................   221
        Armstrong Test Facility......................................   221
        All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office.........................   221
        Facilities and Administrative Costs of Research Institutions.   221
        Indoor Air Quality at Department of Defense Facilities.......   221
      Operational Test and Evaluation, Defense.......................   222
        Test and Evaluation Activities...............................   224
    TITLE V. REVOLVING AND MANAGEMENT FUNDS..........................   225
      Defense Working Capital Funds..................................   225
      National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund....................   227
    TITLE VI. OTHER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS...................   228
      Defense Health Program.........................................   228
        Reprogramming Guidance for the Defense Health Program........   231
        Carryover....................................................   231
        Military Medical Manpower....................................   232
        Electronic Health Records....................................   232
        Medical Research.............................................   233
        Peer-Reviewed Cancer Research Program........................   233
        Peer-Reviewed ALS Research Program...........................   234
        Peer-Reviewed Toxic Exposures Research Program...............   234
        Peer-Reviewed Arthritis Research.............................   235
        Advanced Orthopedic Surgical Training for Military Orthopedic
          Surgeons...................................................   235
        Non-Addictive Opioid Alternatives............................   235
        Blood Products Development...................................   236
        Tricare-5 Transition.........................................   236
        Routine Monitoring of Perinatal Mental Health Screenings.....   236
        Maternal Health Provider Support.............................   236
        Metastatic Cancer Research...................................   236
        Advanced Operational Medical Readiness Requirements..........   237
        Preventing Deadly and Costly Respiratory Infections in
          Military Treatment Facilities..............................   237
        Report on Oversight of Repairs and Execution of Funds Made
          Available to William Beaumont Army Medical Center..........   238
      Chemical Agents and Munitions Destruction, Defense.............   238
      Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, Defense.........   240
        Public Availability of National Defense Zone Maps............   242
      Office of the Inspector General................................   242
    TITLE VII. RELATED AGENCIES......................................   244
      National and Military Intelligence Programs....................   244
      Classified Annex...............................................   244
      Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System
        Fund.........................................................   244
      Intelligence Community Management Account......................   244
    TITLE VIII. GENERAL PROVISIONS...................................   245
    HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES REPORTING REQUIREMENTS..................   253
        Statement of General Performance Goals and Objectives........   253
        Program Duplication..........................................   254
        Transfer of Funds............................................   254
        Rescissions..................................................   255
        Compliance with Rule XIII, CL. 3(e) (Ramseyer Rule)..........   255
        Changes in the Application of Existing Law...................   256
        Appropriations Not Authorized by Law.........................   267
        Comparison with the Budget Resolution........................   268
        Five-Year Outlay Projections.................................   268
        Financial Assistance to State and Local Governments..........   268
        Committee Hearings...........................................   268
        Disclosure of Earmarks and Congressionally Directed Spending
          Items......................................................   269
        Full Committee Votes.........................................   271
        Minority Views...............................................   276
      Comparative Statement of Budget Authority......................   279

    119th Congress }                                          { Report
                            HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
      1st Session   }                                         { 119-162

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                 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2026

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     June 16, 2025.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
                  State of the Union and ordered to be printed

                                    _______

              Mr. Calvert, from the Committee on Appropriations,
                            submitted the following

                                  R E P O R T

                                 together with

                                 MINORITY VIEWS

                            [To accompany H.R. 4016]

        The Committee on Appropriations submits the following
    report in explanation of the accompanying bill making
    appropriations for the Department of Defense, and for other
    purposes, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026.

                                  BILL TOTALS

        Appropriations for most military functions of the
    Department of Defense are provided for in the accompanying bill
    for fiscal year 2026. This bill does not provide appropriations
    for military construction, military family housing, civil
    defense, and military nuclear warheads, for which requirements
    are considered in connection with other appropriations Acts.
        Activities funded in the Department of Defense
    Appropriations Act, 2026 totals $832,027,000,000.

                              COMMITTEE OVERSIGHT

        The Subcommittee on Defense held six oversight hearings and
    seven classified sessions during the period of February to June
    2025. Hearings were held in open session, except when the
    security classification of the material to be discussed
    presented no alternative but to conduct those hearings in
    executive or closed session.

                                  INTRODUCTION

        The Committee recommendation for fiscal year 2026
    Department of Defense discretionary funding is $831,513,000,000
    which is equal to the fiscal year 2025 enacted regular
    appropriation. The recommendation invests in America's military
    superiority, shapes a more efficient and effective Department
    of Defense, protects from threats at America's border, and
    takes care of servicemembers and their families.
        The Committee recommendation is fiscally responsible and
    adheres to the discretionary budget topline put forward by the
    Administration in the abbreviated budget proposal. This
    recommendation was developed to complement the defense
    investments moving on a parallel legislative track through the
    reconciliation process. While these efforts are coordinated,
    the mandatory spending proposals in the Administration's budget
    fall outside the jurisdiction of this Committee. Taken together
    these spending proposals represent the first $1 trillion budget
    request for defense.
        These national security investments represent a historic
    step forward in enhancing readiness, modernizing the force,
    shoring up munitions stockpiles, revitalizing necessary
    shipbuilding capacity and production, protecting the nation's
    borders from illegal trafficking of people and dangerous drugs
    and materials, initiating a Golden Dome for America by
    enhancing our air and missile defense research and development,
    taking care of our service members, and fostering innovation in
    the industrial base.
        Importantly, enhancing our investments in national defense
    is not just about additional funding, it is also about
    resourcing the right things. The Committee appreciates the
    Administration's shared dedication to eliminating waste and
    pursuing governmental efficiency within the Department of
    Defense and the Intelligence Community.
        Furthermore, this recommendation realizes true budget
    savings resulting from the Administration's immediate and
    diligent efforts by legislating funding reductions and
    efficiencies. However, the Committee's effort to support this
    goal was hampered by the lack of a full budget proposal and
    detailed justification material. This lack of information meant
    that the Committee was unable to examine up-to-date program
    execution data, in the context of a full fiscal year 2026
    request. Nonetheless, the Committee offers its recommendation
    on a timeline to allow for on-time consideration and enactment.
    Funding a program must be timely (Kelly Johnson's Rule #11).
        Despite the lack of information, the Committee maintained
    its long-standing tradition of producing a bill in a bipartisan
    manner to ensure the appropriate use of valuable taxpayer
    funds. This Committee has produced a bill that meets our
    obligations to the warfighter and to keep this nation safe from
    ever-growing threats by making tough choices.

                  DEFINITION OF PROGRAM, PROJECT, AND ACTIVITY

        For the purposes of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
    Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Public Law 99-177), as amended by
    the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Reaffirmation
    Act of 1987 (Public Law 100-119), and by the Budget Enforcement
    Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-508), the terms ``program, project,
    and activity'' for appropriations contained in this Act shall
    be defined as the most specific level of budget items
    identified in the Department of Defense Appropriations Act,
    2026, the related classified annexes and Committee reports, and
    the P-1 and R-1 budget justification documents as subsequently
    modified by congressional action.
        The following exception to the above definition shall
    apply: the military personnel and the operation and maintenance
    accounts, for which the term ``program, project, and activity''
    is defined as the appropriations accounts contained in the
    Department of Defense Appropriations Act.
        At the time the President submits the budget request for
    fiscal year 2027, the Secretary of Defense is directed to
    transmit to the congressional defense committees budget
    justification documents to be known as the M-1 and O-1, which
    shall identify, at the budget activity, activity group, and
    sub-activity group level, the amounts requested by the
    President to be appropriated to the Department of Defense for
    military personnel and operation and maintenance in any budget
    request, or amended budget request, for fiscal year 2027.

                             REPROGRAMMING GUIDANCE

        The Secretary of Defense is directed to continue to follow
    the reprogramming guidance for acquisition accounts as
    specified in the report accompanying the House version of the
    Department of Defense Appropriations bill for Fiscal Year 2008
    (House Report 110-279). The dollar threshold for reprogramming
    funds shall be $15,000,000 for military personnel and operation
    and maintenance; and $15,000,000 for procurement and research,
    development, test and evaluation.
        Additionally, the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)
    is directed to continue to provide the congressional defense
    committees annual DD Form 1416 reports for titles I and II and
    quarterly, spreadsheet-based DD Form 1416 reports for Service
    and defense-wide accounts in titles III and IV of this Act.
    Reports for titles III and IV shall comply with guidance
    specified in the explanatory statement accompanying the
    Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2006. The Department
    shall continue to follow the limitation that prior approval
    reprogramming actions are set at either the specified dollar
    threshold or 20 percent of the procurement or research,
    development, test and evaluation line, whichever is less. These
    thresholds are cumulative from the base for reprogramming value
    as modified by any adjustments. Therefore, if the combined
    value of transfers into or out of a military personnel (M-1);
    an operation and maintenance (O-1); a procurement (P-1); or a
    research, development, test and evaluation (R-1) line exceeds
    the identified threshold, the Secretary of Defense must submit
    a prior approval reprogramming to the congressional defense
    committees. In addition, guidelines on the application of prior
    approval reprogramming procedures for congressional special
    interest items are established elsewhere in this statement.

                               FUNDING INCREASES

        The funding increases outlined in the tables for each
    appropriation account shall be provided only for the specific
    purposes indicated in the tables.

                      CONGRESSIONAL SPECIAL INTEREST ITEMS

        Items for which additional funds have been provided or
    items for which funding is specifically reduced as shown in the
    project level tables or in paragraphs using the phrase ``only
    for'' or ``only to'' in this report are congressional special
    interest items for the purpose of the Base for Reprogramming
    (DD Form 1414). Each of these items must be carried on the DD
    Form 1414 at the stated amount, as specifically addressed in
    the Committee report.

                       FISCAL YEAR 2025 ENACTED POSITIONS

        The fiscal year 2025 enacted position detailed in this
    report reflects the amount enacted in the Full-Year Continuing
    Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025 (Public Law 119-4),
    which was transmitted to the Department of Defense as part of
    consultations prescribed in section 1422 and do not reflect
    subsequent changes made by the Department as established in its
    baseline for reprogramming.

                                CLASSIFIED ANNEX

        Adjustments to the classified programs are addressed in the
    classified annex accompanying this report.

                  COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS BY MAJOR CATEGORY

                               MILITARY PERSONNEL

        In title I of the Act, the Committee recommends a total of
    $176,171,154,000 for active, reserve, and National Guard
    military personnel. The Committee recommendation provides full
    funding necessary to increase basic pay for all military
    personnel by 3.8 percent, effective January 1, 2026.

                           OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE

        In title II of the Act, the Committee recommends a total of
    $283,338,909,000 for operation and maintenance support to the
    military Services and other Department of Defense entities. The
    recommended levels will fund robust operational training,
    readiness, and facilities needs in fiscal year 2026.

                                  PROCUREMENT

        In title III of the Act, the Committee recommends a total
    of $174,024,601,000 for procurement,
        Major initiatives and modifications include:
        $715,000,000 for M109A7 Paladin Self-Propelled Howitzers
    and M992A3 Field Artillery Ammunition Support Vehicles;
        $3,781,433,000 for the procurement of the B-21 Raider;
        $8,535,305,000 for 69 F-35 aircraft, which includes
    $4,545,629,000 for 42 F-35As for the Air Force, $1,939,188,000
    for 13 short take-off and vertical landing variants for the
    Marine Corps, and $2,050,488,000 for 14 carrier variants for
    the Navy and Marine Corps;
        $2,727,694,000 for the procurement of 15 KC-46A tanker
    aircraft;
        $345,000,000 for the procurement of three F-15EX aircraft;
        $1,218,344,000 for the procurement of four E-2D Advanced
    Hawkeye aircraft;
        $518,728,000 for the procurement of four KC-130Js for the
    Navy Reserve;
        $2,020,788,000 for the procurement of 19 CH-53K
    helicopters;
        $507,957,000 for the procurement of three MQ-25 unmanned
    carrier-based aircraft;
        $36,935,236,000 for the procurement of 28 Navy ships,
    including six battle force ships to include one Columbia-class
    ballistic submarine, two Virginia-class fast attack submarines,
    two DDG-51 guided missile destroyers, two TAO Fleet Oilers, and
    one T-AGOS Surtass ship for anti-submarine warfare;
        $200,000,000 for the Israeli Cooperative Programs under the
    Missile Defense Agency;
        $1,356,700,000 to procure four space launch services under
    the National Security Space Launch program line;
        $641,120,000 to procure seven space launch services under
    the Space Development Agency Launch program line;
        $679,350,000 to procure two Global Positioning System III
    Follow-On spacecraft.

                   RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION

        In title IV of the Act, the Committee recommends a total of
    $147,693,576,000 for research, development, test and
    evaluation,
        Major initiatives and modifications include:
        $938,544,000 for Army's Future Long Range Assault Aircraft;
        $2,051,427,000 for the Air Force's Long Range Strike
    Bomber;
        $3,194,315,000 for the Air Force's Next Generation Air
    Dominance program;
        $1,841,765,000 for Air Force's Survivable Airborne
    Operations Center;
        $494,896,000 for Air Force's Collaborative Combat Aircraft;
        $500,000,000 for Air Force's E-7's;
        $659,300,000 for continued development of the Navy's
    conventional prompt strike program;
        $971,580,000 for continued development of the Navy's Next
    Generation Fighter;
        $778,720,000 for Navy's Take Charge and Move Out (TACAMO)
    mission;
        $264,940,000 for continued development of the Navy's
    Offensive Anti-Surface Warfare Weapon Development;
        $1,651,720,000 for the Space Force's Space Technology
    Development and Prototyping;
        $1,133,922,000 for continued development of Evolved
    Strategic SATCOM;
        $204,659,000 for Space Force's GPS III Follow-On (GPS
    IIIF);
        $418,666,000 for Space Situation Awareness Systems;
        $1,486,649,000 for the continued development of the Next
    Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared program;
        $122,519,000 for Commercial SATCOM Integration;
        $2,373,470,000 for the continued development of the
    Resilient Missile Warning Missile Tracking program;
        $349,286,000 for the continued development of narrowband
    satellite communications;
        $300,000,000 for the Israeli Cooperative Programs under the
    Missile Defense Agency.

                             DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM

        The Committee recommends a total of $40,917,184,000 for the
    Defense Health Program to support worldwide medical and dental
    services for active forces and other eligible beneficiaries.

                                  GOLDEN DOME

        On January 27, 2025, the President signed an executive
    order creating the Iron Dome for America, more commonly called
    the Golden Dome for America, to develop a next-generation
    missile defense shield to protect the American people from the
    growing threat of attack by ballistic, hypersonic and cruise
    missiles, and other advanced weapon systems. Providing for the
    common defense of the Nation is a fundamental responsibility of
    the United States Government and the Committee strongly
    supports the goals and objectives of Golden Dome. Importantly,
    such an ambitious endeavor will require a comprehensive
    national effort and a clear common understanding between the
    Department of Defense and the Committee of the detailed plans,
    cost, tradeoffs, and risks involved in developing and fielding
    such a complex system.
        To date, the Department of Defense has yet to provide
    information on what exactly it entails and how it intends to
    implement Golden Dome or to make the case that it is feasible
    or affordable. The Committee applauds the Department for naming
    a highly qualified senior military officer to lead this effort,
    but the Committee will need a detailed understanding of the
    overall architecture and capabilities envisioned for Golden
    Dome, both in the near-term--the next three years--and at full
    operational capability. The Department of Defense must clearly
    articulate to the Committee what current programs across the
    Department are part of Golden Dome and how they will be
    augmented and integrated to support it. Furthermore, the
    Committee will require detailed proposals, realistic cost
    estimates, and risk assessments of new investments and new
    technologies for Golden Dome. In addition, the Committee needs
    to understand the role, responsibility, and resources provided
    by key allies and partners in Golden Dome.
        Therefore, the Committee directs the Secretary of Defense
    to provide the House and Senate Defense Appropriations
    Committees, not later than 90 days after the enactment of this
    Act and quarterly updates thereafter, with a comprehensive
    plan, in classified form if necessary, that addresses the
    reference architecture, capabilities-based requirements, and an
    implementation plan for the next-generation missile defense
    shield. In addition, the Committee directs the Secretary of
    Defense to provide a separate budget justification volume with
    the fiscal year 2027 budget request specifically detailing the
    program descriptions, justifications, and budget requests
    associated with Golden Dome, including a crosswalk of funds
    requested for Golden Dome-related programs executed across the
    Department.

                                     F/A-XX

        The Committee is deeply concerned by the Navy's declining
    investment in strike fighter aircraft, particularly at a time
    when carrier air wings are sustaining high operational tempo
    across global theaters. This shortfall comes as the People's
    Republic of China is rapidly out-producing the United States in
    advanced fighters and threatens to surpass U.S. air superiority
    in the Indo-Pacific, as the Commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific
    Command recently testified. China's continued advancements in
    carrier aviation underscores the urgent need to modernize and
    enhance the Navy's carrier air wing.
        The Committee continues to strongly support the Navy's
    efforts to develop the F/A-XX, a next-generation, carrier-
    capable strike fighter to replace the aging F/A-18E/F Super
    Hornet fleet. The Committee recognizes the unique capability
    that Navy's F/A-XX program will provide in terms of air
    superiority to the fleet, including greater operational range,
    speed, stealth, and enhanced survivability. The Committee
    understands the Navy's requirement for a sixth-generation
    fighter remains unchanged and emphatically notes that the Air
    Force's F-47 program is not interchangeable with Navy's
    carrier-capable program. The Committee notes that both programs
    are necessary parts of the future joint fight and failure to
    pursue Navy's F/A-XX program risks leaving the U.S. dangerously
    outmatched in a high-end conflict.
        The Committee is dismayed by recent actions within the
    Department to pause or delay progress on this critical program,
    despite strong bipartisan and bicameral congressional support.
    In fiscal year 2025, Congress provided $453,828,000 with the
    clear expectation that the Navy would award an Engineering and
    Manufacturing Development (EMD) contract. To date, no contract
    has been awarded, which the Committee considers a failure to
    execute congressional intent.
        The Committee recommendation for fiscal year 2026 includes
    $971,580,000 to continue development of the F/A-XX program and
    directs the Secretary of Defense to obligate these and any
    prior funds in a manner that supports accelerated design,
    system integration, and risk reduction activities to achieve an
    accelerated Initial Operational Capability (IOC).
        Further, the Secretary of the Navy is directed, not later
    than August 12, 2025, to submit a report to the congressional
    defense committees that details: (1) the current acquisition
    strategy and updated schedule for awarding the EMD contract;
    (2) a revised development and fielding timeline for the F/A-XX
    program to meet an accelerated IOC; (3) any programmatic,
    budgetary, or policy barriers that have delayed execution of
    prior-year funds.

                         ARMY TRANSFORMATION INITIATIVE

        In pursuit of transformation and acquisition reform, on
    April 30, 2025, the Secretary of Defense directed the Secretary
    of the Army to implement a comprehensive transformation
    strategy to accelerate delivery of critical capabilities,
    optimize force structure, and divest of programs deemed
    obsolete or inadequate to meet the requirements of future
    fights.
        While the Committee supports the Army's intent to become a
    leaner, more lethal, and adaptive force; the Committee is
    disconcerted by the manner in which the Army has chosen to
    present its plans and rationale to achieve the objectives set
    out in the Army Transformation Initiative (ATI) to the
    congressional defense committees. To date, the Army has yet to
    provide complete budgetary details, tradeoffs, and risk
    assessments of proposed divestments and investments of
    capabilities and programs associated with ATI. In addition, the
    Committee must be informed of the Army's future force structure
    and end strength targets in its pursuit of eliminating waste
    and optimization. Consequently, in drafting its recommendation,
    the Committee is unable to take the Army Transformation
    Initiative proposal into full consideration until further
    details have been provided.
        Therefore, the Committee directs the Secretary of the Army
    and the Chief of Staff of the Army to provide a briefing to the
    House and Senate Defense Appropriations Committees, not later
    than July 31, 2025, that addresses fiscal year 2026 budgetary
    impacts and funding requirements across the future years
    defense program, capability-based requirements and
    identification of capability gaps as a result of planned
    divestments, and an implementation plan for Army Transformation
    Initiative efforts. In addition, the Committee directs the
    Secretary of the Army to inform the congressional defense
    committees, not later than 30 days prior to implementation, of
    any additional proposed changes taking place as part of the
    Army Transformation Initiative or broader transformation
    efforts.

                            DIVERSIFIED CAPABILITIES

        The Committee strongly supports fielding and maintaining an
    array of capabilities to enable combatant commanders to create
    dilemmas, sow doubt, and increase strategic and operational
    complexity for the adversary. Previous `divest to invest'
    strategies have led to funding tradeoffs between emerging and
    existing capabilities, often leading to premature divestment or
    retirement of platforms. The Committee believes the U-2 Dragon
    Lady continues to offer combatant commanders with intelligence,
    surveillance, and reconnaissance critical to their overall
    intelligence picture. The Committee remains concerned about
    timely follow-on capabilities, and therefore includes a general
    provision that prohibits divestment of the majority of the U-2
    fleet and provides $55,000,000 in Operation and Maintenance,
    Air Force, to support U-2 programmed depot maintenance.
        Further, the Committee firmly believes that a combination
    of air and space assets for mission sets such as early warning
    are necessary today and will be required well into the future.
    Therefore, the Committee recommendation includes $500,000,000
    in Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force for
    the E-7 Wedgetail that will replace airborne capability lost by
    the retirement of the E-3 Airborne Warning and Control System.

                                MUNITIONS STOCK

        The explanatory statement accompanying the Department of
    Defense Appropriations Act, 2024 (Public Law 118-47), under the
    heading the ``Munitions Stock,'' directed the Secretary of
    Defense and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to jointly
    submit a report on current and future munitions shortfalls. The
    Committee directs the Secretary of Defense and Chairman, Joint
    Chiefs of Staff to submit an updated report, following the same
    parameters, to the congressional defense committees, not later
    than 120 days after enactment of this Act. The report shall be
    submitted in an unclassified form and may include a classified
    annex.
        The Committee notes that significant sums have been
    provided for munitions in prior years through Department of
    Defense Appropriations Acts, Supplemental Appropriations Acts,
    and replenishment funds. A comprehensive view of munitions
    procurement across funding sources is required to ensure an
    accurate picture of industrial base health and capacity. The
    Committee directs the chiefs of staff for each of the military
    services to submit quarterly reports to the House and Senate
    Appropriations Committees, starting not later than 90 days
    after the enactment of this Act, on the services' total
    munitions requirements. In addition to providing a table
    listing the total munitions requirements, this report shall
    include production quantities by fiscal year, noting the source
    of the funds being used to procure those quantities; the total
    capacity of the line; and changes in projected quantities and
    capacity from the previous quarter's report. The report shall
    be submitted in an unclassified form and may include a
    classified annex.
        Lastly, the Committee notes that 10 U.S.C. 222c, Chapter 9,
    directs an annual report to the congressional defense
    committees on outyear unconstrained total munitions
    requirements and outyear inventory numbers. The Committee
    reminds the chiefs of staff of each of the military services
    that this report shall accompany the annual President's budget
    request.

         LEVERAGING COMMERCIAL DEFENSE ACQUISITION SOFTWARE-AS-SERVICE

        The Committee notes the significant investment in the
    defense industrial base, none more so than the shipbuilding
    industrial base where substantial investments are being made to
    strengthen and expand manufacturing capabilities throughout the
    supply chain, up-to and including additional super module
    production locations. Despite this investment, the government
    still employs legacy stove-piped supply chain management
    systems and processes that are not capable of the active supply
    chain management that is required across the life cycle of a
    program.
        Further, the Committee notes that commercial off-the-shelf
    supply chain management software is currently available, and in
    some cases employed at the program level. Program managers that
    are leveraging these commercial tools should be commended for
    their willingness to innovate and proactively anticipate and
    mitigate supply chain challenges. However, the disaggregated
    employment of these solutions limits their potential impact.
    Today's supply chains are global, complex, and shared across
    industries and government weapons systems of all types.
        Therefore, the Committee urges the Secretary of the Navy to
    explore enterprise-wide opportunities to employ and scale firm-
    fixed-price commercial off-the-shelf defense acquisition
    software-as-a-service (SaaS) to solve persistent cost and
    schedule challenges in weapon systems across their life-cycle.
    These defense acquisition cost and schedule challenges
    expressly include supply chain risk and assurance, obsolescence
    part management, alternative sourcing, foreign ownership due
    diligence, science and technology scouting, small business
    utilization, prototyping and rapid fielding, and modernization.
    The firm-fixed price commercial off-the-shelf defense
    acquisition SaaS shall integrate real-time defense and
    commercial data, leverage artificial intelligence, automate
    tasks and reporting, and align acquisition timelines with
    operational demands.
        Further, the Secretary of the Navy is directed to provide a
    report to the congressional defense committees, not later than
    90 days following enactment of this Act, that details the
    current supply chain management systems employed by program
    managers, to include the fiscal year 2026 Future Years Defense
    Program (FYDP) resourcing profile for each system. The report
    shall also detail a plan for employment of modern commercial
    software technology to improve program supply chain management,
    including a resourcing profile across the FYDP.

     TECHNICAL COMPETENCY IN THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE--SPACE FORCE PILOT
                                    PROGRAM

        The Committee remains concerned that the Department of
    Defense continues to struggle with delivering critical
    capabilities on-time and on-budget. Earlier this year, the
    President signed an executive order directing the Secretary of
    Defense to review the antiquated defense acquisition process,
    address burdensome regulations, and make recommendations to
    incentivize the acquisition workforce to utilize innovative
    acquisition authorities and take measured risks. The Committee
    supports this review and looks forward to receiving the
    recommendations resulting from it. However, the Committee would
    like to add that it believes a major contributor and perhaps
    the root cause of the Department's failed acquisition system is
    less an issue of process and authorities but is fundamentally
    caused by the military rotation system where program managers
    are replaced every two to three years and rarely in the job
    long enough to become effective.
        Admiral Hyman Rickover--Father of the Nuclear Navy--
    testified before the House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee
    nearly 50 years ago about the core problem in managing complex
    development programs. Rickover stated that due to the short
    duration in the job, program managers ``have only the
    shallowest knowledge of the theory of the techniques they must
    deal with and little experience with the practical problems
    involved. And they are never kept long enough on the job to
    acquire such skill and knowledge. Before the results are in,
    the manager will have moved and a new manager, equally
    unqualified technically, will take his place.'' Rickover
    continued, ``naturally the new manager will feel no
    responsibility for prior decisions and actions; his primary
    ambition will be to keep the project moving in the hope that it
    will not fail during his own tour. Thus, responsibility cannot
    be fixed and there is bound to be little continuity in
    technical direction for most of the defense developments
    underway today.''
        Rickover's assessment is as true today as it was 50 years
    ago. The Committee notes that statutes have been in place for
    years requiring tenure of program managers, but sadly the
    Department routinely ignores the statute, favoring instead to
    rotate officers frequently in order to better position them for
    promotion. The Committee feels strongly that promotions should
    be based on merit and accomplishment, not based on getting the
    plum assignments to ``punch the right tickets.'' The Committee
    strongly encourages the Department to take Rickover's
    assessment to heart and require program managers to stay in
    their position until the job is done. The issue of program
    manager technical competency is more critical than ever as
    defense systems and weapons platforms are more technologically
    complex than ever, such as with space systems.
        Therefore, the Committee directs the Secretary of Defense
    to propose to the House and Senate Defense Appropriations
    Committees, not later than 180 days after the enactment of this
    Act, a plan for a pilot program in the Space Force to organize
    its programs and people by mission area. The Committee
    encourages the Department to require those assigned to each
    mission area to serve for substantially longer tours of service
    so that they may develop and build the technical skills
    commensurate with the challenges they face. While the Committee
    is aware of the Space Force's Integrated Mission Delta (IMD)
    concept, it does not go far enough in eliminating the seam
    between the operations community and the acquisition community.
    The intent of the pilot program is to implement mission area
    program offices with responsibility, authority and
    accountability for the entire life-cycle of a mission, from
    system concept, through acquisition, development, fielding, and
    operational life. Furthermore, the Space Force pilot program
    should examine combining the enlisted and officer ranks into a
    single system with fewer ranks, elimination of the current
    occupational specialty categories, such as acquirers or
    operations, in favor of specializations focused on mission
    areas, such as missile warning or satellite communications,
    with assignments focused on developing deep expertise in all
    aspects of a mission area. The objective is to build technical
    competency and depth in mission areas that will be better
    positioned to make wise decisions in managing and delivering
    the capabilities the warfighter needs.

                     SPACE FORCE MISSION AREA BUDGET REPORT

        The Committee directs the Secretary of the Air Force to
    continue to submit a report for Space Force programs that
    organizes and aligns all budget lines for programs, projects,
    and activities into mission areas, such as missile warning,
    satellite communications, and position, navigation, and timing.
    The report shall also include separate mission areas for
    enterprise management, enterprise information technology, and
    facilities and logistics. Each mission area shall include a
    clear statement of the mission goals and plans, a detailed and
    compelling justification for the requested budget, number of
    military and civilian personnel required to carry out each
    mission area, and an alignment of all the relevant individual
    budget line items without further consolidation from the
    traditional budget exhibits and activity groups of the various
    types of appropriations. The Committee notes that the Space
    Force has in the past funded a significant portion of its
    overhead expenses through taxes on programs in the procurement
    and the research, development, test and evaluation accounts.
    This practice distorts the budgets for the programs in these
    accounts and obscures the true overhead cost of the Space
    Force. Therefore, the report shall clearly account for Space
    Force overhead costs in the appropriate mission areas without
    taxes being levied on programs. The Secretary of the Air Force
    is directed to submit a fully completed report with the
    submission of the fiscal year 2027 President's budget request.

      DEFENSE INNOVATION UNIT AND DEFENSE INNOVATION COMMUNITY OF ENTITIES

        The Committee views innovation as foundational to high
    performing teams and high performing teams are the fabric of
    high performing organizations. The Committee is encouraged the
    Department has recognized the value of the Defense Innovation
    Unit (DIU) as a contributor to acquisition improvements within
    existing authorities. Specifically, the Committee notes the
    Department's early emphasis to scale adoption of Software
    Acquisition Pathway wherein the Secretary of Defense directed
    collaboration between the Under Secretary of Defense for
    Acquisition and Sustainment and DIU to develop an
    implementation plan utilizing Commercial Solutions Openings
    (CSO) as the default solicitation approach for software
    acquisitions. The Committee applauds the Department for
    increasing opportunities for commercial solutions. The
    Department cannot afford to make decisions that result in
    vendor-lock on capabilities and enabling activities in any
    domain, hardware or software. The Committee looks forward to
    understanding more about the implementation plan to scale
    adoption of the Software Acquisition Pathway approach.
        The Committee believes the Department continues to make
    significant progress in facilitating collaborative innovation
    environments and recognizes a review of organizations in the
    innovation ecosystem is underway. The Committee anticipates the
    review to be thorough and thoughtful, and that the DIU, as an
    organization and leader of the Defense Innovation Community of
    Entities (DICE), retains uninhibited access to Department
    leadership. As evidenced by the Committee's recommendations for
    fiscal year 2026, the Committee continues to support Accelerate
    the Procurement and Fielding of Innovative Technologies
    (APFIT), DIU, Office of Strategic Capital (OSC), and many
    efforts led by DICE organizations. Additionally, the Committee
    encourages the Department to implement recommendations outlined
    in the Government Accountability Office report GAO-25-106856
    fortwith. Implementation of the recommendations would
    facilitate enhanced DICE synergy, provide strategic focus to
    investments in innovation, and promote best practices in
    leveraging commercial technology.

                             INDUSTRIAL BASE POLICY

        The Committee is pleased that the Office of Industrial Base
    Policy published a National Defense Industrial Strategy and
    Implementation Plan that can begin to address long-standing
    crevasses in the defense industrial base. The Committee
    believes the Department has not properly resourced the defense
    industrial base and arguably, until relatively recently, was
    laissez-faire in thoroughly understanding relationships,
    weaknesses, and vulnerabilities in the supply chain that if
    understood, and valued, would have resulted in prioritized
    budgeting and greater resources. The Department can no longer
    afford to avoid issues and must act with urgency to shore up
    critical gaps in the industrial base.
        The Committee is cautiously optimistic that the Department
    is motivated to address the range of issues spanning from
    dependence on foreign sources of critical minerals to single
    points of failure within a supply chain. The Committee urges
    utilization of commercially available data and analytic tools
    as well as federally funded research and development centers to
    intensely analyze, illuminate, and subsequently resource a
    combination of traditional and emerging technologies to
    dramatically reduce supply chain vulnerabilities, radically
    strengthen domestic manufacturing, and significantly elevate
    advanced and emerging manufacturing technologies.
        Furthermore, the Committee applauds the Department's
    actions to prioritize and tackle programs experiencing systemic
    performance difficulty in delivering capabilities on time and
    on budget. The Committee is interested in understanding the
    Department's analyses of what is fully uncovered by detailed
    program reviews currently underway. Therefore, the Secretary of
    Defense is directed to, not later than 30 days after the
    enactment of this Act, submit a report to the congressional
    defense committees, on the drivers of schedule delays, cost
    overruns, and performance difficulty on meeting technical
    requirements for all programs identified as requiring
    Department leadership to formulate a ``turn-around'' strategy.
    This report shall minimally include trends, if any, relating to
    defense industrial base weaknesses, supply chain
    vulnerabilities, and workforce constraints. Furthermore, the
    report shall attempt to calculate cost estimates relating to
    schedule delays, specifically.

                    U.S. TRANSFORMATION AND TRAINING COMMAND

        The Committee is aware of the Army's decision to
    consolidate Training and Doctrine Command and Army Futures
    Command into a single Transformation and Training Command, and
    looks forward to a detailed plan on the consolidation of force
    generation, force design, and force development under one
    headquarters.
        The Committee directs the Secretary of the Army to provide
    a briefing to the congressional defense committees, not later
    than July 25, 2025, on the Army's plan to merge the two major
    commands. The briefing shall include: (1) the roles,
    responsibilities, and authorities to be assigned to the
    Commander of the Transformation and Training Command; (2) a
    description of the relationship between such authorities and
    the authorities of the established Army acquisition enterprise;
    (3) resources to be realigned from the Army Training and
    Doctrine Command and Army Futures Command, to include any costs
    associated with the consolidation; and (4) a description of
    proposed force structure changes.

     CONTRACTING STRATEGIES AND GUIDANCE RELATING TO INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

        The Committee recognizes the Department recently published
    contracting strategies and guidance relating to Intellectual
    Property (IP). The Committee values an approach focused on
    tailored IP rights and balancing the interests of industry and
    the Department. The Committee is optimistic that the Department
    and industry, alike, recognize the complementary nature of IP
    rights and Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA) and agree
    increased lethality and value to the taxpayer are the outcomes
    of harmonizing IP rights and MOSA. The Committee looks forward
    to collaborating with the Department to ensure resources are
    available to support the Federated IP Cadre and acquisition
    professionals to scale proficiency in negotiating data rights
    to ensure taxpayer dollars are spent wisely.

                               OPERATIONAL ENERGY

        The Committee expects the Department to recognize the value
    in uninterrupted access to energy to improve lethality as well
    as opportunities to reduce operating costs. There is direct
    correlation between resilient, enduring energy access and
    decisive advantage. The Committee notes, consistent with other
    industrial base policy concerns that have received anemic
    resourcing year-after-year, operational energy efforts are
    often not prioritized. Therefore, the Secretary of Defense is
    directed to submit biannual reports on advancements in
    operational energy efforts to the House and Senate Defense
    Appropriations Committees, beginning not later than 60 days
    after enactment of this Act. The reports shall include a
    detailed breakout of all investments underway throughout the
    Department that contribute to the current Department of Defense
    Operational Energy Strategy as well as new focus areas that may
    have emerged since the strategy was published in 2023.

         BUDGET OR APPROPRIATIONS LIAISON SUPPORT TO THE HOUSE DEFENSE
                          APPROPRIATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE

        Title II of this Act includes a provision that prohibits
    the use of funds in this Act to plan or implement the
    elimination or consolidation of a budget or appropriations
    liaison office of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the
    office of the Secretary of a military department, or the
    Service headquarters of one of the Armed Forces into a
    legislative affairs or legislative liaison office. The House
    Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense relies heavily on these
    offices to conduct its oversight responsibilities and make
    funding recommendations for the Department of Defense. The
    Committee notes that while the separate offices of legislative
    affairs within the Office of the Secretary of Defense and the
    military departments offer assistance to the authorizing
    committees and individual members of Congress, such assistance
    is provided on a parallel and separate track from the
    assistance provided to this Committee and its Members by the
    budget or appropriations liaison office of the Office of the
    Secretary of Defense, the office of the Secretary of a military
    department, or the Service headquarters of one of the Armed
    Forces. As the offices of legislative affairs do not possess
    the expertise and direct relationship to the Financial
    Management and Comptroller organizations, which are essential
    to the effective communication between the Department and the
    Committees on Appropriations, it is critical that the budget or
    appropriations liaison offices remain independent from the
    legislative liaison offices, have organizational parity, and
    retain the authority to respond directly and promptly with the
    information required by the Committee and its Members.
        Furthermore, with a reduction in personnel across the
    Department and an apparent increase in congressional advisors
    who attempt to supplant the budget or appropriations liaison
    offices, the Committee is concerned that the ability of budget
    and appropriations liaison offices to exercise their
    responsibility towards the Committee is negatively impacted.
    Therefore, the Committee directs the Secretary of Defense and
    the Service Secretaries to provide appropriations liaison
    offices with organizational parity and proper resourcing,
    ensure that these offices have tasking authority, and serve as
    the primary advisors to senior leaders in the Department of
    Defense on appropriations and budget related matters.

                           INTERNATIONAL INITIATIVES

        The Committee recognizes the importance of international
    initiatives and the trilateral AUKUS security partnership in
    particular. The AUKUS security partnership helps create a more
    lethal force that further integrates the United States, United
    Kingdom, and Australian forces, as well as lifts the domestic
    defense industrial base under the regulatory framework
    authorized under the National Defense Authorization Act for
    fiscal year 2024 (Public Law 118-31). Given the strategic
    nature of international initiatives, AUKUS in particular, the
    Committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide the
    congressional defense committees a report, not later than 90
    days after the enactment of this Act and quarterly updates
    thereafter, on the progress of Pillar 2 technology efforts
    relating undersea capabilities, quantum technologies,
    artificial intelligence and autonomy, advanced cyber,
    hypersonic and counter-hypersonic capabilities, electronic
    warfare, innovation and any future efforts/initiatives being
    considered. The report will include budget profiles and
    schedules, a full list of industry performers contributing to
    ongoing efforts, and challenges that are slowing collaboration
    and progression to deliver capabilities.

                        COUNTER-UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEMS

        The Committee remains concerned about the escalating threat
    posed by unmanned aerial systems (UAS), including the potential
    for loitering munitions and other advanced drone technologies
    to undermine U.S. defense capabilities and jeopardize national
    security. The Committee supports the Department's efforts to
    advance Counter-UAS (C-UAS) capabilities. Accordingly, the
    Secretary of Defense is directed to, not later than 90 days
    after the enactment of this Act, submit a report to the
    congressional defense committees on research, development,
    test, and evaluation of C-UAS technologies throughout the
    Department. The report shall outline the Department's current
    and planned C-UAS initiatives, including an assessment of
    existing systems' effectiveness against emerging threats,
    coordination with interagency partners, allies, academia, and
    industry to advance C-UAS efforts, and illuminate challenges
    integrating C-UAS solutions into air defense systems in complex
    environments, such as urban or highly rural areas.
    Additionally, the report shall include funding provided to
    date, broken out by Service, component, or agency, as well as a
    full list of industry performers contributing to ongoing
    efforts.

                    DOD REPORT ON SEXUAL ASSAULT PREVENTION

        The Committee supports the Department of Defense Integrated
    Primary Prevention (IPP) workforce, Sexual Assault Prevention
    and Response (SAPR), and related support staff who are tasked
    with reducing harmful behaviors, preventing sexual assault and
    harassment, and providing specialized response services. The
    Committee seeks to understand if recent workforce actions have
    had any impact on command climates and prevention and response
    to combat sexual assault and harassment. As such, the Committee
    directs the Secretary of Defense to submit a report within 90
    days after the date of enactment of this Act to the House and
    Senate Appropriations Committees that includes: the total
    number of billets designated to IPP, SAPR, and related roles at
    the start of the calendar year 2025; the number of vacant
    positions that have been open over one year; details on any
    exemptions designated to hiring IPP, SAPR, and related roles;
    and the number of staff who have opted to accept the deferred
    resignation program, disaggregated by month of acceptance.

                      CIVIL RESERVE MANUFACTURING NETWORK

        The Committee is deeply concerned about the national
    security implications of China's global manufacturing
    dominance. The ability of the People's Republic of China (PRC)
    to scale and field systems quickly has highlighted the
    calcification of the United States defense acquisition system
    which struggles to deliver systems on time and on budget.
    Action is needed to immediately accelerate the Department's
    adoption of commercially available artificial intelligence
    (AI)-driven additive manufacturing factories to preserve
    America's military advantage. The Department has an exceptional
    opportunity to scale advanced manufacturing technologies in a
    way that bolsters the defense industrial base and the broader
    American industrial base. A network of dual-use factories would
    have the ability, with the same tooling on the same day, to
    adaptively use metallic additive manufacturing for structural
    components required in ships, submarines, munitions, ground
    vehicles, aircraft, or spacecraft. By qualifying such
    factories, the Department would establish a model for a broader
    Civil Reserve Manufacturing Network (CRMN) that could have
    qualified capacity to rapidly scale weapons during wartime,
    while reducing taxpayer burden by manufacturing commercial
    goods during peacetime, with no capital expenditure when
    transitioning between products. The taxpayer expects the
    Department to maximize every dollar. To emphasize the need for
    a CRMN, the Committee recommends more than $131,700,700 in
    Army, Air Force, and Defense-Wide Research, Development, Test
    and Evaluation accounts to initiate the establishment of a
    CRMN.
        Furthermore, the Committee directs the Secretary of Defense
    to provide a report and brief to the congressional defense
    committees, not later than 30 days after the enactment of this
    Act, outlining a plan to qualify the first factory in Fiscal
    Year 2026. This briefing and report will also include a path
    for transitioning existing production approaches to these
    advanced manufacturing techniques that are capable of scaling
    through direct government purchase of system hardware
    structures as ``Government Furnished Equipment'' for
    integrators, with improved government data rights that enable
    agile broadening of the supply chain for subcomponents to
    improve supply chain resiliency. This plan should include
    approaches to government efficiency like stimulating the use of
    advanced manufacturing through application of Federal
    Acquisition Regulation Part 48, Value Engineering, to reduce
    cost without sacrificing performance, reliability, qualify, or
    safety. The plan should also identify statutory constraints and
    recommendations to streamline the establishment of the CRMN.

                                    TITLE I

                               MILITARY PERSONNEL

        The fiscal year 2026 military personnel budget Committee
    recommendation is summarized in the table below:
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                          MILITARY PERSONNEL OVERVIEW

        The Committee recommendation provides $176,171,154,000 for
    the military personnel accounts, which fund military pay and
    allowances, recruitment and retention initiatives, and overall
    quality of life programs for active duty, National Guard, and
    reserve personnel. The recommendation provides an increase in
    basic pay for all military personnel by 3.8 percent, effective
    January 1, 2026. The Committee continues to encourage
    constructive evaluations of recruitment and retention programs,
    bonus and special pay incentives, and personnel benefit
    programs for fiscal year 2026. The Committee remains supportive
    of programs intended to enhance the morale and quality of life
    of military personnel and their families.

             REPROGRAMMING GUIDANCE FOR MILITARY PERSONNEL ACCOUNTS

        The Secretary of Defense is directed to submit the Base for
    Reprogramming (DD Form 1414) for each of the fiscal year 2026
    appropriations accounts not later than 60 days after the
    enactment of this Act. The Secretary of Defense is prohibited
    from executing any reprogramming or transfer of funds for any
    purpose other than originally appropriated until the
    aforementioned report is submitted to the House and Senate
    Defense Appropriations Subcommittees.
        The Secretary of Defense is directed to use the normal
    prior approval reprogramming procedures to transfer funds in
    the Services' military personnel accounts between budget
    activities in excess of $15,000,000.

                   MILITARY PERSONNEL SPECIAL INTEREST ITEMS

        Items for which additional funds have been provided or have
    been specifically reduced as shown in the project level tables
    or in paragraphs using the phrase ``only for'' or ``only to''
    in this report are congressional special interest items for the
    purpose of the Base for Reprogramming (DD Form 1414). Each of
    these items must be carried on the DD Form 1414 at the stated
    amount as specifically addressed in the Committee report. Below
    threshold reprogrammings may not be used to either restore or
    reduce funding from congressional special interest items as
    identified on the DD Form 1414.

                          PERMANENT CHANGE OF STATION

        The Committee commends the Secretary of Defense for
    directing the formation of a Permanent Change of Station (PCS)
    Task Force to ``ensure that the Department of Defense provides
    the highest quality moving services for our warriors, civilian
    employees, and their families.'' The Committee is concerned
    that the PCS process is inefficient, too costly, and severely
    impacts morale, quality of life, and readiness of service
    members and their families.
        Relatedly, the Department continues to struggle to keep
    many of its critical acquisition programs on schedule and at
    cost. In recent hearings, the Committee has noted that this is
    not a new issue and pointed to the nearly 50-year-old testimony
    of Admiral Hyman Rickover before the House Appropriations
    Subcommittee on Defense concerning the pitfalls of an
    acquisition system that replaces program managers every two or
    three years.
        Therefore, the Committee recommendation includes a
    reduction of $662,872,000 for rotational travel across the
    active-duty components. The Committee directs the Secretary of
    Defense to provide a briefing within 90 days after the
    enactment of this Act to the House and Senate Appropriations
    Committees on the findings of the PCS Task Force with emphasis
    on quality of life improvements and stability across the
    Department's acquisition programs.

                            MILITARY PERSONNEL, ARMY

        The Committee recommends the following appropriations for
    Military Personnel, Army:
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                            MILITARY PERSONNEL, NAVY

        The Committee recommends the following appropriations for
    Military Personnel, Navy:
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                        MILITARY PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS

        The Committee recommends the following appropriations for
    Military Personnel, Marine Corps:
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                         MILITARY PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE

        The Committee recommends the following appropriations for
    Military Personnel, Air Force:
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                        MILITARY PERSONNEL, SPACE FORCE

        The Committee recommends the following appropriations for
    Military Personnel, Space Force:
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                            RESERVE PERSONNEL, ARMY

        The Committee recommends the following appropriations for
    Reserve Personnel, Army:
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                            RESERVE PERSONNEL, NAVY

        The Committee recommends the following appropriations for
    Reserve Personnel, Navy:
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                        RESERVE PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS

        The Committee recommends the following appropriations for
    Reserve Personnel, Marine Corps:
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                          RESERVE PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE

        The Committee recommends the following appropriations for
    Reserve Personnel, Air Force:
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                         NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, ARMY

        The Committee recommends the following appropriations for
    National Guard Personnel, Army:
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                      NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE

        The Committee recommends the following appropriations for
    National Guard Personnel, Air Force:
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                                    TITLE II

                           OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE

        The fiscal year 2026 operation and maintenance budget
    Committee recommendation is summarized in the table below:
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         REPROGRAMMING GUIDANCE FOR OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE ACCOUNTS

        The Secretary of Defense is directed to submit the Base for
    Reprogramming (DD Form 1414) for each of the fiscal year 2026
    appropriation accounts not later than 60 days after the
    enactment of this Act. The Secretary of Defense is prohibited
    from executing any reprogramming or transfer of funds for any
    purpose other than originally appropriated until the
    aforementioned report is submitted to the House and Senate
    Defense Appropriations Subcommittees.
        The Secretary of Defense is directed to use the normal
    prior approval reprogramming procedures to transfer funds in
    the Services' operation and maintenance accounts between O-1
    budget activities, or between sub-activity groups in the case
    of Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide, in excess of
    $15,000,000. In addition, the Secretary of Defense shall follow
    prior approval reprogramming procedures for transfers in excess
    of $15,000,000 out of the following readiness activity groups
    or sub-activity groups listed below:
        Army:
        Activity Group 11 Land Forces
        Activity Group 12 Land Forces Readiness
        Activity Group 13 Land Forces Readiness Support
        Activity Group 32 Basic Skill and Advanced Training
        Navy:
        Activity Group 1A Air Operations
        Activity Group 1B Ship Operations
        Activity Group 1C Combat Operations/Support
        Activity Group BS Base Support
        Marine Corps:
        Activity Group 1A Expeditionary Forces
        Activity Group BS Base Support
        Air Force:
        Activity Group ``Air Operations'', which includes
    subactivity groups 011A Primary Combat Force and 011C Combat
    Enhancement Forces
        Activity Group ``Weapons Systems Sustainment'', which
    includes subactivity groups 011M Depot Purchase Equipment
    Maintenance, 011V Cyberspace Sustainment, and 011W Contractor
    Logistics Support and System Support
        Activity Group ``Installations'', which includes
    subactivity groups 011R Facilities Sustainment, Restoration,
    and Modernization, and 011Z Base Support
        Activity Group ``Flying Hours'', which is only subactivity
    group 011Y Flying Hour Program
        Space Force:
        Subactivity Group 012A Global C3I & Early Warning
        Subactivity Group 013C Space Operations
        Subactivity Group 013W Contractor Logistics Support and
    System Support
        Subactivity Group 042A Administration
        Air Force Reserve:
        Subactivity Group 011A Primary Combat Forces
        Air National Guard:
        Subactivity Group 011F Aircraft Operations
        Additionally, the Secretary of Defense is directed to use
    normal prior approval reprogramming procedures when
    implementing transfers in excess of $15,000,000 into the
    following budget sub-activities listed below:
        Army National Guard:
        Subactivity Group 131 Base Operations Support
        Subactivity Group 132 Facilities Sustainment, Restoration,
    and Modernization
        Subactivity Group 133 Management and Operational
    Headquarters
        Air National Guard:
        Subactivity Group 011W Contractor Logistics Support and
    System Support

             REPROGRAMMING GUIDANCE FOR SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND

        The Committee directs the Secretary of Defense to submit a
    baseline report that shows the Special Operations Command's
    operation and maintenance funding by subactivity group for the
    fiscal year 2026 appropriation not later than 60 days after the
    enactment of this Act. The Secretary of Defense is further
    directed to submit quarterly execution reports to the
    congressional defense committees not later than 45 days after
    the end of each fiscal quarter that addresses the rationale for
    the realignment of any funds within and between budget
    subactivities and the movement of any base funds used to
    support overseas contingency operations. Finally, the Secretary
    of Defense is directed to notify the congressional defense
    committees 30 days prior to the realignment of funds in excess
    of $15,000,000 between subactivity groups.

                OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE SPECIAL INTEREST ITEMS

        Items for which additional funds have been provided or have
    been specifically reduced as shown in the project level tables
    or in paragraphs using the phrase ``only for'' or ``only to''
    in this report are congressional special interest items for the
    purpose of the Base for Reprogramming (DD Form 1414). Each of
    these items must be carried on the DD Form 1414 at the stated
    amount as specifically addressed in this report. Below
    threshold reprogrammings may not be used to either restore or
    reduce funding from congressional special interest items as
    identified on the DD Form 1414.

                  QUARTERLY OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE UPDATES

        Regular interaction with each of the Services' financial
    management offices enhances the ability of the Committee to
    perform its essential oversight responsibilities. The Committee
    notes the successful quarterly meetings this year with each of
    the Services and directs the Director of each of the Service's
    Operations Divisions (Financial Management and Budget) to
    continue to provide quarterly briefings to the House and Senate
    Appropriations Committees on their respective operation and
    maintenance execution rates in fiscal year 2026.

                OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE BUDGET EXECUTION DATA

        The Secretary of Defense and Service Secretaries are
    directed to provide the congressional defense committees with
    quarterly budget execution data. Such data should be provided
    not later than 45 days after the close of each quarter of the
    fiscal year and should be provided for each O-1 budget
    activity, activity group, and subactivity group for each of the
    active, defense-wide, reserve, and National Guard components.
    For each O-1 budget activity, activity group, and subactivity
    group, these reports should include the budget request and
    actual obligations amount, the distribution of unallocated
    congressional adjustments to the budget request, all
    adjustments made by the Department in establishing the Base for
    Reprogramming (DD Form 1414) report, all adjustments resulting
    from below threshold reprogrammings, and all adjustments
    resulting from prior approval reprogramming requests.

                          SOLAR MODULES AND INVERTERS

        The Committee is concerned that solar modules and inverters
    manufactured by Foreign Entities of Concern (FEOC), as defined
    by section 9901(6) of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National
    Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021, could undermine
    United States national security. Therefore, the Committee urges
    the Secretary of Defense not to award federal financial
    assistance or contracts for the purchase of solar modules or
    inverters manufactured by FEOCs. The Committee also urges the
    Secretary of Defense not to procure electricity from a solar
    energy system containing solar modules or inverters
    manufactured by an FEOC.

                              VIEQUES AND CULEBRA

        The Committee remains concerned by the pace and scope of
    environmental restoration on the island municipalities of
    Vieques and Culebra in Puerto Rico. The Committee directs the
    Secretaries of the Army and Navy, in collaboration with the
    Environmental Protection Agency, the United States Fish and
    Wildlife Service, the Puerto Rico Environmental Quality Board,
    and other local stakeholders, to submit a report to the
    congressional defense committees no later than 180 days after
    the enactment of this Act. The report shall provide a detailed
    status update on current cleanup activities, a plan for
    addressing remaining contamination and unexploded ordinance
    hazards, a projected time horizon for completion of the
    cleanup; and a funding plan outlining annual requirements and
    planned contracting actions to achieve a thorough
    decontamination result on both islands.

                PUEBLO OF ISLETA UNEXPLODED ORDNANCE REMEDIATION

        The Committee remains concerned with the pace and scope of
    munitions and unexploded ordnance (UXO) removal on Pueblo of
    Isleta. The Committee encourages the Assistant Secretaries of
    the Air Force and the Army for Installations, Energy and
    Environment to work closely with the National Nuclear Security
    Administration, Department of Energy, and the officials from
    Pueblo of Isleta to continue tribal consultation,
    participation, and transparency in the survey and removal of
    munitions and UXO to achieve a thorough and expedited removal
    process. This should include any informational gaps on types
    and amounts of debris and/or ordnance that might threaten
    public health.
        The Committee directs the Assistant Secretaries of the Air
    Force and Army for Installations, Energy and Environment to
    submit a report to the congressional defense committees not
    later than 90 days after the enactment of this Act detailing
    all respective munitions, UXO removal, decontamination
    authorities, and plans applicable to Pueblo of Isleta.
        To fully address the issue, the Committee encourages each
    of the Assistant Secretaries for Installations, Energy and
    Environment to work collaboratively with other agencies who
    have conducted weapons-related activity on and around native
    lands to ensure all munitions, UXOs, and hazardous materials
    are surveyed. Where weapons-related activity between the
    Services and other agencies overlap, both now and in the past,
    the Committee directs the Assistant Secretaries for
    Installations, Energy and Environmental to provide a report 180
    days after the date of enactment of this Act to the
    congressional defense committees providing the site, the amount
    and type of munitions/remnants found that are under the
    jurisdiction of that specific Service, and the cost and plan to
    remove it.

           AIR FORCE SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND CV-22 OSPREY MISHAPS

        Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of
    this Act, the Commander, Special Operations Command shall
    submit to the House of Representatives and Senate
    Appropriations Subcommittees on Defense a report, with a
    follow-on briefing, that includes the results of accident
    investigations pertaining to any crash of the CV-22 Osprey
    since the introduction of the aircraft or other mishap findings
    involving the failure of the single high-speed planetary pinion
    gear.

                                FOOD INSECURITY

        The Committee recognizes the steps the Department of
    Defense has taken to address food insecurity, including those
    outlined in the ``Strengthening Food Security in the Force:
    Building on Our Progress'' report delivered, in December 2023.
    The Committee acknowledges the findings of registered
    dieticians embedded within the 62nd Medical Brigade at Joint
    Base Lewis-McChord, who created a food pantry to address food
    insecurity affecting the health and readiness of Service
    members and families and encourages the Department to support
    other units who are seeking to emulate the food pantry
    initiative. The Committee further encourages the Department to
    educate units on the benefits of creating a food pantry to
    address food insecurity.

                           MILITARY SPOUSE EMPLOYMENT

        The Committee recognizes the need for comprehensive data
    measuring employment among military spouses over time. The
    Committee encourages the Department of Defense to engage with
    the Bureau of Labor Statistics to collaborate in assessing the
    potential for measuring labor market outcomes and
    characteristics of military spouses with existing survey data
    and explore options for modifying such surveys to capture this
    population.

                 MILITARY CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIVE ORGANIZATIONS

        The Committee encourages the Service Secretaries to fully
    fund each military criminal investigative organization (MCIO)
    commensurate with their increased caseloads. The Committee
    directs the Service Secretaries to provide a briefing within
    120 days after the enactment of this Act to the House and
    Senate Appropriations Committees on the ongoing efforts to
    improve the MCIOs, including the need for updated case
    management systems, improved cold case units, and staffing of
    hard to fill posts.

                                MEDIA COMPANIES

        The Committee understands that, as the largest advertiser
    in the United States, the federal government should work to
    ensure fair access to its advertising contracts for small,
    disadvantaged businesses and businesses owned by service-
    disabled veterans, minorities, and women. The Committee directs
    each agency under jurisdiction of this Act to include the
    following information in its fiscal year 2027 budget
    justification: expenditures for fiscal year 2026 and expected
    expenditures for fiscal year 2027 for all contracts for
    advertising services; contracts for the advertising services of
    socially and economically disadvantaged small businesses
    concerns (as defined in section 8(a)(4) of the Small Business
    Act (15 U.S.C. 637 (a)(4)); and contracts for the advertising
    services of service-disabled veteran-, women-, and minority-
    owned businesses.

                            QUANTUM WORKFORCE STUDY

        The Committee recognizes the importance of developing a
    strong quantum workforce and encourages the Department of
    Defense to work with the National Science Foundation in
    developing a pipeline of quantum talent to address our national
    security needs. The Committee expects the Department of
    Defense, through the Office of the Under Secretary of Research
    and Engineering, to develop a workforce that covers each area
    of the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)
    fields to employ physicists, computer science engineers,
    chemists, and mathematicians. To ensure this workforce is
    developed, the Committee directs the Secretary of Defense to
    provide a report to the congressional defense committees that
    provides the numbers of STEM personnel on staff across the
    Department for fiscal years 2024 and 2025 and the numbers
    budgeted for in fiscal year 2026 within 45 days after the date
    of enactment of this Act.

                        COORDINATION WITH TRIBAL NATIONS

        The Committee is pleased that the Department of Defense has
    entered into partnerships with Tribal Nations to coordinate
    proving grounds and testing ranges for active duty and National
    Guard troops in the Northern Rocky Mountains and Plains States.
    The Committee encourages the Department to consider additional
    partnership agreements and expand coordination where
    practicable.

                    U.S. OVERSEAS INSTALLATION COMMISSARIES

        The Committee is concerned by the limits foreign countries
    place on U.S. products in commissaries located on U.S. overseas
    installations. In particular, the Committee notes that undue
    restrictions have been placed prohibiting the transit of
    poultry to commissaries on U.S. overseas installations based on
    outbreaks of avian influenza in the United States. These
    restrictions are even stricter than U.S. Department of
    Agriculture (USDA) restrictions within the United States. The
    Committee believes that products that meet U.S. regulatory
    standards that have been deemed safe for commerce by USDA and
    identified for military use should be considered for
    exemptions. 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. overseas installations to allow exemptions to
    transit products to the commissaries in such foreign countries.

                        OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY

        The Committee recommends the following appropriations for
    Operation and Maintenance, Army:
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                        OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY

        The Committee recommends the following appropriations for
    Operation and Maintenance, Navy:
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                            NAVAL AIR STATION OCEANA

        The Committee remains concerned about the facility
    conditions of Naval Air Station Oceana, the Navy's primary
    location for force development and force generation of strike
    fighter capability for east coast-based carrier air wings and
    strike groups. While the Committee appreciates the Navy's
    increased emphasis on investment in infrastructure,
    particularly for enablers of fleet readiness, there remains a
    lack of focus on sustaining long-term investments to improve
    readiness. Further, continued reliance on traditional
    approaches and solutions will not solely contribute to
    increased facility conditions and improved readiness. Given the
    magnitude of cost and scope of outstanding repairs as well as
    the cost and schedule of new military construction, the
    Committee encourages the Navy to determine the suitability of
    tension fabric structures, particularly for large facilities
    such as hangars.

                   KENNEBEC RIVER FEDERAL NAVIGATION CHANNEL

        The Committee supports the Memorandum of Agreement signed
    in January 2020 denoting the responsibilities of 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,
    affecting the movement of Navy surface combatants, and
    encourages the Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of the
    Navy to respond with the appropriate resources and planning to
    ensure that the channel is passable annually, per the
    Memorandum of Agreement, 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
    Committee directs the Secretaries of the Army and Navy to
    provide a briefing to the congressional defense committees on
    progress to achieve the goals outlined in the Memorandum within
    90 days after the date of enactment of this Act.

           MARINE INVASIVE SPECIES AT JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR HICKAM

        Marine invasive species pose a potential threat to the
    unique marine ecosystems and operational readiness at Joint
    Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. These non-native organisms can damage
    naval infrastructure by clogging cooling systems, damaging
    hulls, and increasing maintenance costs. Removal and control of
    invasive species ensures mission readiness and preserves the
    base's strategic capabilities.
        The Secretary of the Navy is encouraged to support a
    program to control and eradicate invasive coral at domestic
    naval installations. These efforts should consider carrying out
    invasive coral control and eradication programs, supporting
    interagency and intergovernmental responses, and carrying out
    an education program to help prevent the introduction of new
    invasive marine species into the waters of military
    installations.

                     TREATMENT OF LIVESTOCK GRAZING PERMITS

        The Committee is increasingly concerned about the Navy's
    treatment and proposed compensation for livestock grazing
    permitees impacted by the expansion of the Fallon Range
    Training Complex. The Committee reminds the Navy that Section
    2993 of Public Law 117-263 was intended to compensate impacted
    grazing permittees for the generational loss of their
    operations at full market rates. The Committee further reminds
    the Navy that Section 2993 of Public Law 117-263 did not
    provide any discretion for the Navy to use depreciated loss
    calculations when determining how to make full and complete
    payments to impacted parties for all losses suffered.
    Consistent with the law, in the event that replacement forage
    cannot be identified, the Committee expects the Navy to make
    payments to impacted parties to cover all losses suffered by
    the loss of their ranching at full market values for their
    cattle over a 100-year time period.

                    OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS

        The Committee recommends the following appropriations for
    Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps:
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                      OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE

        The Committee recommends the following appropriations for
    Operation and Maintenance, Air Force:
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                     OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, SPACE FORCE

        The Committee recommends the following appropriations for
    Operation and Maintenance, Space Force:
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                    OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, DEFENSE-WIDE

        The Committee recommends the following appropriations for
    Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide:
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                  DEFENSE SECURITY COOPERATION AGENCY PROGRAMS

        The Secretary of Defense shall, not later than 30 days
    after the enactment of this Act, submit to the House and Senate
    Appropriations Committees a detailed spend plan for amounts
    made available for the Defense Security Cooperation Agency. The
    plan shall include amounts for each program listed in the
    budget justification documents and, for International Security
    Cooperation Programs, amounts provided in the prior two fiscal
    years and planned for fiscal year 2026 by combatant command,
    country, and authority. The plan shall only reflect the amounts
    requested in the fiscal year 2026 budget justification
    materials as modified by fiscal year 2025 appropriations. A
    similar document with requested amounts shall be provided to
    such Committees concurrent with the submission of the fiscal
    year 2027 President's budget request.
        Of the amount provided for Defense Security Cooperation
    Agency, the recommendation includes $1,274,174,000 for
    International Security Cooperation Programs. The Committee
    directs that congressional notifications for these funds
    specify the fiscal year, whether funds support ongoing or new
    programs, and the duration and expected cost over the life of
    each program.
        The recommendation also includes $500,000,000 for the
    Taiwan Security Cooperation Initiative, which is $100,000,000
    above the fiscal year 2025 enacted level. Such funds are
    provided to increase Taiwan's defense, readiness, and
    deterrence capabilities. The Committee expects these programs
    to be integrated with other security assistance programs in a
    manner that complements, rather than duplicates, efforts and
    directs the Secretary of Defense to submit a spend plan to the
    House and Senate Appropriations Committees not later than 60
    days after the enactment of this Act.
        The Committee also includes a provision that transfers
    Mexico from the United States Northern Command area of
    responsibility to the United States Southern Command area of
    responsibility. This transfer is necessary to enable better
    coordination and prioritization between countries within the
    United States Southern Command area of responsibility. United
    States Southern Command is best positioned to address the
    shared security challenges between Mexico and its Central and
    South American neighbors, particularly on the issues of drug
    trafficking and illegal immigration.

                          NORTHERN TRIANGLE COUNTRIES

        The Committee remains interested in evaluations of security
    cooperation programs with Northern Triangle countries and
    requests that the Secretary of Defense keep the Committee
    apprised of such evaluations. The Committee is also concerned
    about end-use monitoring of assistance provided under this
    heading and directs the Department of Defense to provide a
    briefing, not later than 60 days after the enactment of this
    Act, on the status of implementation of recommendations
    contained in the of Government Accountability Office report
    ``Northern Triangle: DoD and State need improved policies to
    address equipment misuse'' (GAO-23-105856). The Committee is
    also interested in Army Security Force Assistance Brigade
    deployments. Therefore, any congressional notification made
    pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 321 or 10 U.S.C. 333 should include a
    description of the number of individuals deployed and their
    training; the amount, type, and purpose of the training and
    equipment to be provided to the recipient country's security
    forces; the timeline and source of funds; and how the proposed
    program would promote the overall security cooperation goals of
    the brigade or country.

                                    TANZANIA

        The Committee recognizes that Tanzania has remained a
    stable partner in the region, despite ongoing instability in
    neighboring countries. Additionally, the Committee recognizes
    that the Department of Defense and United States Africa Command
    (AFRICOM) have invested in the U.S.-Tanzania partnership
    through civil-military engagements and joint exercises with the
    Tanzania Peoples Defense Forces (TPDF), as well as having added
    Tanzania to the State Partnership Program. The Committee
    encourages strengthening the U.S.-Tanzania military partnership
    by continuing their participation in multinational exercises
    such as Justified Accord, as well as military intelligence and
    senior staff planning conferences.
        To better understand the role of Tanzania in the
    Department's plans for the region, the Committee directs the
    Secretary of Defense, with support from the Commander, AFRICOM,
    to submit a report not later than 90 days after the enactment
    of this Act to the congressional defense committees. The report
    should assess the strategic importance of partnering with
    Tanzania, detail additional military cooperation that can be
    achieved between U.S. military forces and the TPDF and evaluate
    the impact that training with the TPDF has on American
    readiness and lethality. The report should also provide policy
    and funding recommendations that Congress can adopt to achieve
    U.S. national security goals and AFRICOM campaign objectives in
    Tanzania.

                                 NORTHEAST ASIA

        The Department of Defense must provide clarity and a vision
    regarding the enduring mission, force posture, capability
    development, and resourcing priorities for United States Forces
    Japan (USFJ), United States Forces Korea (USFK) and United
    Nations Command (UNC), consistent with the Interim National
    Defense Strategy, integrated deterrence objectives, and
    evolving regional threats. U.S. force posture and command and
    control decisions in Japan and Korea must reflect both current
    operational requirements and future strategic demands and must
    be clearly articulated to our allies and partners, as well as
    to Congress to ensure alignment with legislative priorities and
    oversight responsibilities. The Committee directs the Secretary
    of Defense, in coordination with the Commander of United States
    Indo-Pacific Command, the Commander of United States Forces
    Korea, and the Commander of United Nations Command, and the
    Commander of United States Forces Japan to submit to the
    congressional defense committees an assessment that: (1)
    articulates the interoperability of USFJ, USFK, and UNC within
    the context of the most recent Interim National Defense
    Strategy and posture planning documents; (2) evaluates posture,
    logistics, and command and control challenges that may inhibit
    the responsiveness or effectiveness of USFJ, USFK and UNC,
    including prepositioned stocks, limitations in strategic
    mobility, and operational access; (3) outlines a framework that
    drives the capabilities required; and (4) assesses whether
    current and programmed force posture, command and control,
    capabilities, logistics, and infrastructure in Japan and the
    Republic of Korea are sufficient to support deterrence,
    warfighting, and integrated campaigning requirements. This
    assessment shall account for all existing Host Nation
    Agreements and shall be delivered to the congressional defense
    committees by April 1, 2026.

                       WORKFORCE WITH SECURITY CLEARANCES

        The Committee is concerned that the rapid technological
    progress in artificial intelligence and other fields has
    markedly increased competition for professionals with advanced
    science, technology, engineering, and math credentials. Current
    education-to-hire pipeline programs have shown recruiting
    success, and the Committee recognizes the progress the
    Department continues to make in the Trusted Workforce 2.0
    initiative. Additionally, the Committee commends efforts by the
    Department to partner with academia in creating a pipeline of
    students with security clearances, enabling immediate
    employment upon graduation, and encourages the Department to
    further expand these partnerships across Department of Defense
    laboratories, ranges, and installations. The Committee directs
    the Secretary of Defense to continue providing Trusted
    Workforce quarterly progress reports to the congressional
    defense committees.

                       COUNTER-ISIS TRAIN AND EQUIP FUND

        The Committee recommends the following appropriations for
    the Counter-ISIS Train and Equip Fund:
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        The Committee recommendation continues support for the
    Iraqi Security Forces, Kurdish Peshmerga, and the Syrian
    Democratic Forces to participate in activities to counter the
    Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. The Committee directs that
    congressional notifications for funds provided under this
    heading include a description of the amount, type, and purpose
    of assistance to be funded, and the recipient of the
    assistance; the budget and implementation timeline, with
    anticipated delivery schedule for assistance; and a description
    of any material misuse of assistance since the last
    notification was submitted, along with a description of any
    remedies taken.
        The Committee commends the Department on reducing the
    footprint of U.S. forces in Syria, enabling them to operate
    from a more defensible posture. The Committee, however, is
    concerned about the integration of Syrian Democratic Forces
    into the new Syrian government's security forces. The Committee
    also remains concerned about progress under the Al Hol Action
    Plan. The Committee, therefore, directs the Secretary of
    Defense to provide a briefing no later than 60 days after the
    enactment of this Act. The briefing should assess the
    integration of the Syrian Democratic Forces into the new Syrian
    government security force and evaluate progress made under the
    Al Hol Action Plan.

                    OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY RESERVE

        The Committee recommends the following appropriations for
    Operation and Maintenance, Army Reserve:
    [GRAPHIC(S) NOT AVAILABLE IN TIFF FORMAT]

                    OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY RESERVE

        The Committee recommends the following appropriations for
    Operation and Maintenance, Navy Reserve:
    [GRAPHIC(S) NOT AVAILABLE IN TIFF FORMAT]

                OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS RESERVE

        The Committee recommends the following appropriations for
    Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps Reserve:
    [GRAPHIC(S) NOT AVAILABLE IN TIFF FORMAT]

                  OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE RESERVE

        The Committee recommends the following appropriations for
    Operation and Maintenance, Air Force Reserve:
    [GRAPHIC(S) NOT AVAILABLE IN TIFF FORMAT]

                 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY NATIONAL GUARD

        The Committee recommends the following appropriations for
    Operation and Maintenance, Army National Guard:
    [GRAPHIC(S) NOT AVAILABLE IN TIFF FORMAT]

                   MATERNAL CARE RESPONSE DURING EMERGENCIES

        The Committee recognizes the critical role that the
    National Guard plays in support of local, state, and federal
    agencies in preparing for and responding to public health
    emergencies and domestic disasters. To better prepare National
    Guard members, the Committee encourages the Department of
    Defense within 120 days after the enactment of this Act to
    convene a meeting of federal; state, local, or territorial
    public health officials; Tribal public health officials; and
    public stakeholders representing maternity care providers,
    maternal health focused community based organizations, and
    patient voices to discuss measures to detect maternal and child
    health needs and measures to facilitate access and delivery of
    maternal and child healthcare during public health emergencies
    and domestic disasters. Additionally, the Department should
    consider a process for the routine creation, dissemination, and
    update of materials related to safe maternity care during
    public health emergencies and domestic disasters.

                 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR NATIONAL GUARD

        The Committee recommends the following appropriations for
    Operation and Maintenance, Air National Guard:
    [GRAPHIC(S) NOT AVAILABLE IN TIFF FORMAT]

              UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ARMED FORCES

        The Committee recommends an appropriation of $21,243,000
    for the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces.

                        ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, ARMY

                    EXPLANATION OF PROJECT LEVEL ADJUSTMENTS
                            [In thousands of dollars]
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                Fiscal Year      Committee
                                               2025  Enacted    Recommended
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, ARMY                  283,069         148,070
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    TOTAL, ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, ARMY           283,069         148,070
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

                        ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, NAVY

                    EXPLANATION OF PROJECT LEVEL ADJUSTMENTS
                            [In thousands of dollars]
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                             Fiscal Year       Committee
                                            2025  Enacted     Recommended
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, NAVY               343,591            357,949
      Program increase                                                14,358
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    TOTAL, ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION,             343,591            357,949
     NAVY
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

                      ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, AIR FORCE

                    EXPLANATION OF PROJECT LEVEL ADJUSTMENTS
                            [In thousands of dollars]
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                Fiscal Year      Committee
                                               2025  Enacted    Recommended
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, AIR FORCE             330,524         342,149
      Program increase                                                11,625
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    TOTAL, ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, AIR            330,524         342,149
     FORCE
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

                    ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, DEFENSE-WIDE

                    EXPLANATION OF PROJECT LEVEL ADJUSTMENTS
                            [In thousands of dollars]
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                Fiscal Year      Committee
                                               2025 Enacted     Recommended
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, DEFENSE WIDE            9,480           8,885
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    TOTAL, ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION,                  9,480           8,885
     DEFENSE WIDE
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

             ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, FORMERLY USED DEFENSE SITES

                    EXPLANATION OF PROJECT LEVEL ADJUSTMENTS
                            [In thousands of dollars]
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                Fiscal Year      Committee
                                               2025  Enacted    Recommended
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, FORMERLY USED         236,475         235,156
     DEFENSE SITES
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    TOTAL, ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION,                236,475         235,156
     FORMERLY USED DEFENSE SITES
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

                 OVERSEAS HUMANITARIAN, DISASTER, AND CIVIC AID

        The Committee recommends the following appropriation for
    Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster, and Civic Aid:

                    EXPLANATION OF PROJECT LEVEL ADJUSTMENTS
                            [In thousands of dollars]
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                Fiscal Year      Committee
                                               2025  Enacted    Recommended
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    FOREIGN DISASTER RELIEF                           20,000          20,460
      Program increase--inflation adjustment                             460
    HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE                           80,335          82,183
      Program increase--inflation adjustment                           1,848
    HUMANITARIAN MINE ACTION PROGRAM                  15,000          15,345
      Program increase--inflation adjustment                             345
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    TOTAL, OVERSEAS HUMANITARIAN, DISASTER,          115,335         117,988
     AND CIVIC AID
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

        The Committee directs the Secretary of Defense to include
    in its budget justification materials for Humanitarian
    Assistance and the Humanitarian Mine Action amounts planned for
    each Combatant Command, country, and program area, as well as a
    comparison to funding provided in the previous two fiscal
    years. The Committee also directs the Secretary of Defense to
    inform the House and Senate Appropriations Defense
    Subcommittees of any planned foreign disaster relief not later
    than 72 hours following a disaster declaration that involves a
    request for Department of Defense support.

                      COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION ACCOUNT

        The Committee recommends the following appropriation for
    the Cooperative Threat Reduction Account:

                    EXPLANATION OF PROJECT LEVEL ADJUSTMENTS
                            [In thousands of dollars]
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                Fiscal Year      Committee
                                               2025 Enacted     Recommended
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    BIOLOGICAL THREAT REDUCTION PROGRAM              160,402         160,402
    CHEMICAL SECURITY & ELIMINATION                   20,717          18,645
    DELIVERY SYSTEM THREAT REDUCTION                   7,036           6,332
    PROLIFERATION PREVENTION PROGRAM                  41,026          36,923
    GLOBAL NUCLEAR SECURITY                           33,665          30,621
    OTHER ASSESSMENTS/ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS            33,230          29,907
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    TOTAL, COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION              296,076         282,830
     ACCOUNT
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

        DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ACQUISITION WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNT

        The Committee recommends an appropriation of $61,776,000
    for the Department of Defense Acquisition Workforce Development
    Account.

                                   TITLE III

                                  PROCUREMENT

        The fiscal year 2026 procurement budget Committee
    recommendation is summarized in the table below:

                REPROGRAMMING GUIDANCE FOR ACQUISITION ACCOUNTS

        The Secretary of Defense is directed to continue to follow
    the reprogramming guidance as specified in the report
    accompanying the House version of the Department of Defense
    Appropriations bill for Fiscal Year 2008 (House Report 110-
    279). Specifically, the dollar threshold for reprogramming
    funds shall be $15,000,000 for procurement and research,
    development, test and evaluation.
        Also, the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) is
    directed to continue to provide the congressional defense
    committees quarterly, spreadsheet-based DD Form 1416 reports
    for Service and defense-wide accounts in titles III and IV of
    this Act. Reports for titles III and IV shall comply with the
    guidance specified in the explanatory statement accompanying
    the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2006. The
    Department shall continue to follow the limitation that prior
    approval reprogramming actions are set at either the specified
    dollar threshold or 20 percent of the procurement or research,
    development, test and evaluation line, whichever is less. These
    thresholds are cumulative from the base for reprogramming value
    as modified by any adjustments. Therefore, if the combined
    value of transfers into or out of a procurement (P-1) or
    research, development, test and evaluation (R-1) line exceeds
    the identified threshold, the Secretary of Defense must submit
    a prior approval reprogramming to the congressional defense
    committees. In addition, guidelines on the application of prior
    approval reprogramming procedures for congressional special
    interest items are established elsewhere in this report.

                               FUNDING INCREASES

        The funding increases outlined in these tables shall be
    provided only for the specific purposes indicated in the
    tables.

                       PROCUREMENT SPECIAL INTEREST ITEMS

        Items for which additional funds have been recommended or
    items for which funding is specifically reduced as shown in the
    project level tables detailing recommended adjustments or in
    paragraphs using the phrase ``only for'' or ``only to'' in this
    report are congressional special interest items for the purpose
    of the Base for Reprogramming (DD Form 1414). Each of these
    items must be carried on the DD Form 1414 at the stated amount,
    as specifically addressed elsewhere in this report.

                           AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, ARMY

        The Committee recommends the following appropriations for
    Aircraft Procurement, Army:

                           MISSILE PROCUREMENT, ARMY

        The Committee recommends the following appropriations for
    Missile Procurement, Army:

            PROCUREMENT OF WEAPONS AND TRACKED COMBAT VEHICLES, ARMY

        The Committee recommends the following appropriations for
    Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles, Army:

                        PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, ARMY

        The Committee recommends the following appropriations for
    Procurement of Ammunition, Army:

                            OTHER PROCUREMENT, ARMY

        The Committee recommends the following appropriations for
    Other Procurement, Army:

        DIVERSIFYING ADVANCED COUNTER-UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEM INVENTORY

        The Committee remains concerned about the evolving threat
    from advanced, adversarial unmanned aerial systems (UAS) and
    the Army's ability to rapidly incorporate novel solutions into
    their formal acquistion framework. To support the development
    of an acquisition framework of innovative counter-UAS (C-UAS)
    capabilities, the Committee directs the Secretary of the Army
    to provide a spend plan, not later than 90 days after the
    enactment of this Act, to diversify and expand C-UAS systems.
    The spend plan shall include detect and track systems, combat-
    validated C-UAS interceptors, and any other capabilities as
    determined by the Secretary.

     ARMY INTEGRATED TACTICAL NETWORK AND CRYPTO MODERNIZATION REQUIREMENTS

        The Committee supports the Army's investments in the
    Handheld, Manpack, and Small Form Fit (HMS) programs, and
    recognizes the importance of procuring systems that conform to
    security, privacy, and cyber supply chain risk management
    activities through the Risk Management Framework process. The
    Committee encourages the Secretary of the Army to ensure such
    levels of security are met in current and future tactical radio
    system procurements.

                           AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, NAVY

        The Committee recommends the following appropriations for
    Aircraft Procurement, Navy:

                 NAVY ADVERSARY AIRCRAFT FOR TRAINING PURPOSES

        The Committee notes the growing requirement for near-peer
    representative air-to-air training using aggressor aircraft
    with capabilities similar to that of advanced adversaries. The
    Committee remains supportive of ongoing efforts to increase
    capabilities of aircraft assigned to aggressor squadrons;
    however, the Committee remains concerned about the overuse of
    some legacy aircraft to carry out this mission in the long-
    term. To maintain strategic Navy Reserve air strike fighter and
    air aggressor capability, the Committee encourages the
    Secretary of the Navy to transition deployable F/A-18E/F
    aircraft considered for divestment, as available, from the
    Active Component to Navy Reserve aviation squadrons.

                           WEAPONS PROCUREMENT, NAVY

        The Committee recommends the following appropriations for
    Weapons Procurement, Navy:

                PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS

        The Committee recommends the following appropriations for
    Procurement of Ammunition, Navy and Marine Corps:

                       SHIPBUILDING AND CONVERSION, NAVY

        The Committee recommends the following appropriations for
    Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy:

                             SUBMARINE CONSTRUCTION

        The Committee believes full funding is critical for the
    stability of the Maritime Industrial Base (MIB) and provides
    for increased accountability to best ensure the delivery of on-
    time, on-budget submarines to the fleet. In a time where the
    industrial base is already challenged to meet the critical 2030
    delivery schedule of the lead Columbia-class submarine to
    fulfill the nation's strategic nuclear requirement, the
    Committee believes that incremental funding will only create
    further risk to the program. Therefore, the Committee
    recommendation includes full funding for one Columbia-class
    submarine and two Virginia-class submarines.
        The Committee notes the Navy's 45-day Shipbuilding Review
    found significant delays, cost overruns, and workforce
    recruitment and retention challenges to several critical
    shipbuilding programs, but notably reported 12-16 months delay
    in lead boat construction of the Columbia-class submarine
    construction and 24-36 months delay in Virginia-class
    construction. Delays in submarine construction present a
    significant risk to strategic deterrence, seriously erode
    undersea superiority, and negatively impact operational
    availability and long-term readiness.
        The Committee recognizes that the health of the MIB is
    vital to achieving the ``1+2'' production rate for the Columbia
    and Virginia-class programs and meeting national security
    requirements. Therefore, the Committee recommendation includes
    $1,532,000,000 for the MIB to drive gains in critical areas
    including supplier capacity and capability, strategic
    outsourcing, workforce training, and technology and
    infrastructure. This funding is in addition to the
    $9,724,700,000 provided since 2018 to revitalize the maritime
    industrial base and restore domestic shipbuilding. The
    Committee recognizes that the success of this effort requires
    more than just funding and that an undertaking of this scale
    necessitates strategic and timely investment and rigorous
    oversight. Therefore, the Committee directs the Secretary of
    the Navy to submit a report to the congressional defense
    committees, not later than 45 days after the enactment of this
    Act and semi-annually thereafter, that details the Navy's
    oversight strategy for administering all phases of MIB funding,
    including the identification of gaps, selection of projects,
    oversight of funding execution, and determining the return on
    investment.
        After significant subcommittee engagement in the form of
    official briefings with the Navy and the prime nuclear
    shipyards, in December 2024, Congress provided $2,212,410,000
    in supplemental funding to address infrastructure and workforce
    limitations at the private nuclear shipyards. The Committee
    believes these investments are necessary to achieving and
    sustaining the required submarine cadence in the long-term and
    maintaining international commitments under the trilateral
    Australia, United Kingdom, United States (AUKUS) security
    partnership. To that end, the Committee recommendation includes
    $1,641,160,000 for productivity enhancements and $521,00,000
    for wage enhancements at the private nuclear shipyards. The
    Committee directs the Secretary of the Navy to submit a spend
    plan for wage and productivity enhancement funding provided in
    this and prior acts not later than 45 days after the enactment
    of this Act. Following delivery of those spend plans, the
    Committee directs the Secretary of the Navy to brief the
    congressional defense committees not less than 45 days prior to
    obligating funds that would deviate from those spend plans.

                            OTHER PROCUREMENT, NAVY

        The Committee recommends the following appropriations for
    Other Procurement, Navy:

                           PROCUREMENT, MARINE CORPS

        The Committee recommends the following appropriations for
    Procurement, Marine Corps:

                        AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE

        The Committee recommends the following appropriations for
    Aircraft Procurement, Air Force:

                               EXECUTIVE AIRLIFT

        The Committee directs the Secretary of Defense, in
    consultation with the Secretary of the Air Force, to provide a
    report to the congressional defense committees, not later than
    180 days after enactment of this Act, on a comprehensive
    strategy for the expansion of the executive airlift fleet. This
    report shall include, but is not limited to, the requirements
    for the fleet, composition of the fleet, quantity by aircraft
    type, manning limitations, funding requirements by fiscal year,
    and barriers to developing a fulsome acquisition strategy.

                         MISSILE PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE

        The Committee recommends the following appropriations for
    Missile Procurement, Air Force:

                      PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, AIR FORCE

        The Committee recommends the following appropriations for
    Procurement of Ammunition, Air Force:

                          OTHER PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE

        The Committee recommends the following appropriations for
    Other Procurement, Air Force:

                            PROCUREMENT, SPACE FORCE

        The Committee recommends the following appropriations for
    Procurement, Space Force:

                       SPACE FORCE PROCUREMENT QUANTITIES

        The Committee recommendation provides $1,356,700,000 to
    procure four space launch services under the National Security
    Space Launch program line; $641,120,000 to procure seven space
    launch services under the Space Development Agency Launch
    program line; and $679,350,000 to procure two Global
    Positioning System III Follow-On spacecraft. Quantities for
    other end items funded in the Space Force procurement account
    for fiscal year 2026 are the quantities as planned for fiscal
    year 2026 in the fiscal year 2025 future years defense program.

                 NATIONAL SECURITY SPACE LAUNCH INFRASTRUCTURE

        Access to space remains critical to national security. In
    2024, the United States conducted a record high of nearly 150
    successful space launches. The Space Force estimates that the
    tempo of launches will increase by 25 percent or more over the
    next few years. Further, the commercial industry is readying
    new and larger heavy-lift launch vehicles to begin regular
    operations soon. The limited capacity of the current space
    launch range infrastructure, to include processing facilities,
    launch pads and related infrastructure, range instrumentation,
    communication capabilities, utilities, and roads requires
    urgent investment and a long-term strategy to efficiently and
    effectively meet the demand and maintain U.S. leadership in
    space. Therefore, the Committee directs the Secretary of the
    Air Force to submit to the congressional defense committees,
    not later than 90 days after enactment of this Act, with a
    long-term strategy, including a plan of action and milestones,
    to make investments and modernize U.S. space launch ranges. In
    addition, the strategy and plan shall specifically address
    Space Force's projected plans for commercial heavy-lift launch
    systems, to include what sites it will make available for these
    vehicles, and how it intends to ensure a competitive,
    transparent, and cost-effective process for supporting
    commercial heavy-lift launch systems use of the ranges. The
    strategy shall detail a five-year investment plan by fiscal
    year to fully implement the strategy. The investment plan shall
    include the use of any funds provided in the reconciliation
    process for space launch infrastructure.

                           PROCUREMENT, DEFENSE-WIDE

        The Committee recommends the following appropriations for
    Procurement, Defense-Wide:

                         ADVANCED ANTICONVULSANT SYSTEM

        The Committee applauds the Joint Program Executive Office
    for Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defense
    (JPEO-CBRN) for successfully developing a Food and Drug
    Administration approved next generation autoinjector to help
    forward deployed personnel effectively respond to chemical
    weapons and nerve agent exposure. Moreover, the Committee
    recognizes the successful transition from research,
    development, test and evaluation with JPEO-CBRN to procurement
    through the Defense Logistics Agency. The advanced
    anticonvulsant system will have wide-spread use by the
    Services, both in training and as an essential piece of
    equipment to be carried by forward deployed personnel. As the
    recently published 2025 Annual Threat Assessment from the
    Director of National Intelligence makes abundantly clear, the
    threat of chemical weapons and nerve agents to our service
    members is all too real. Accordingly, the Committee supports a
    funding level of $42,250,000 for the procurement of the
    advanced anticonvulsant system.

                         DEFENSE SUPPLY CHAIN PACKAGING

        The Committee recognizes the critical importance of
    protective packaging to ensure the safe transport and storage
    of military equipment and goods. Packaging materials and
    solutions are specifically tailored based on detailed
    calculations for each requirement across the Department's
    logistics supply chain. The Committee urges the Secretary of
    Defense to prioritize performance, efficiency, damage
    avoidance, domestic production, and cost-effective preferences
    for protective packaging. Additionally, the Committee urges the
    Secretary of Defense to avoid packaging preferences for
    alternative or substitute packaging that could result in
    increased damage, spoilage, or waste. The Committee directs the
    Secretary to provide a combined list of packaging modernization
    focus areas for fiscal year 2027 to the House and Senate
    Appropriations Committees along with the submission of the
    President's budget for fiscal year 2027.

                     INDO-PACIFIC AMMUNITION MANUFACTURING

        The Committee is concerned with the lack of a forward
    staged ammunition manufacturing facility in the Indo-Pacific.
    Therefore, the Committee directs the Department of Defense to
    assess, in coordination with the Department of State and the
    International Development Finance Corporation, the feasibility
    of establishing a joint ammunition manufacturing and storage
    facility at United States Naval Base Subic Bay. The facility
    would enable the forward staging of ammunition stockpiles and
    related materials such as nitrocellulose, nitroglycerin, and
    acid. The Committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide
    an update on the progress of this feasibility study within 60
    days of the enactment of this Act.

                        DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT PURCHASES

        The Committee recommends the following appropriations for
    the Defense Production Act Purchases:

                    EXPLANATION OF PROJECT LEVEL ADJUSTMENTS
                            [In thousands of dollars]
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                Fiscal Year      Committee
                                               2025 Enacted     Recommended
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT PURCHASES                 463,377         321,923
      Biomanufacturing                                             [150,000]
      Program increase--domestic black                                20,000
     powder advanced manufacturing expansion
      Program increase--domestic test and                             30,000
     evaluations for munitions
      Program increase--recovery of copper                            15,000
     from domestic copper smelter slag mills
      Program increase--standard missile 3                            20,000
     block IIA TDACS second source
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    TOTAL, DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT PURCHASES          463,377         321,923
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

                  NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVE EQUIPMENT ACCOUNT

        The Committee recommends an appropriation of $800,000,000
    for the National Guard and Reserve Equipment Account. Of that
    amount, $250,000,000 is for the Army National Guard;
    $235,000,000 is for the Air National Guard; $115,000,000 is for
    the Army Reserve; $46,000,000 is for the Navy Reserve;
    $22,000,000 is for the Marine Corps Reserve; and $132,000,000
    is for the Air Force Reserve to meet urgent equipment needs.
    This funding will allow the National Guard and Reserve
    components to procure high priority equipment used by these
    components for both their military missions and missions in
    support of State governors. The funding within this account is
    not to be used to procure equipment designated as high-density
    critical equipment, major weapon systems, aircraft, and other
    equipment central to a unit's ability to perform its doctrinal
    mission. The funding within this account is not to be used to
    procure equipment purchased by the senior Service, to expand or
    accelerate current Service procurement plans, to purchase
    expendable items, or to purchase facilities or equipment for
    any requirement able to be satisfied elsewhere.
        The Committee directs the Secretary of Defense to ensure
    that the National Guard and Reserve Equipment Account is
    executed by the Chiefs of the National Guard and Reserve
    components with priority consideration given to the following
    items: acoustic hailing devices; aircraft survivability
    equipment and weapons training aids; aviation status
    dashboards; cloud defense solutions; controlled humidity
    preservation; crash-survivable UH-60 helicopter gunner seats;
    degraded visual environment systems; emergency response refuel
    equipment kits for C-130/135 aircraft; heavy dump trucks; high
    mobility multi-purpose wheeled vehicle modernization; improved
    thermal acoustic blankets; internal auxiliary crashworthy,
    ballistically tolerant auxiliary fuel systems for UH-60
    helicopters; KC-135 aircrew ground cooling units; land survey
    systems; lightweight, rapidly deployable, computer-based
    artillery call for fire training and simulation; litter
    stabilization systems; modular small arms ranges and small arms
    training simulators and tools; NSA compliant, multiple network
    configurable, secure tactical voice bridge; secure enterprise,
    emergency, and social communication; software defined radios;
    UH-72 Lakota mission equipment modernization; upgraded
    commercial off the shelf ground mapping for C-130 aircraft; and
    vehicle-mounted, man-portable radiological nuclear detection
    systems.

                                    TITLE IV

                   RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION

        The fiscal year 2026 research, development, test and
    evaluation budget Committee recommendation is summarized in the
    table below:

                REPROGRAMMING GUIDANCE FOR ACQUISITION ACCOUNTS

        The Secretary of Defense is directed to continue to follow
    the reprogramming guidance as specified in the report
    accompanying the House version of the Department of Defense
    Appropriations bill for Fiscal Year 2008 (House Report 110-
    279). Specifically, the dollar threshold for reprogramming
    funds shall be $15,000,000 for procurement and research,
    development, test and evaluation.
        Also, the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) is
    directed to continue to provide the congressional defense
    committees quarterly, spreadsheet-based DD Form 1416 reports
    for Service and defense-wide accounts in titles III and IV of
    this Act. Reports for titles III and IV shall comply with the
    guidance specified in the explanatory statement accompanying
    the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2006. The
    Department shall continue to follow the limitation that prior
    approval reprogramming actions are set at either the specified
    dollar threshold or 20 percent of the procurement or research,
    development, test and evaluation line, whichever is less. These
    thresholds are cumulative from the base for reprogramming value
    as modified by any adjustments. Therefore, if the combined
    value of transfers into or out of a procurement (P-1) or
    research, development, test and evaluation (R-1) line exceeds
    the identified threshold, the Secretary of Defense must submit
    a prior approval reprogramming to the congressional defense
    committees. In addition, guidelines on the application of prior
    approval reprogramming procedures for congressional special
    interest items are established elsewhere in this report.

                               FUNDING INCREASES

        The funding increases outlined in these tables shall be
    provided only for the specific purposes indicated in the
    tables.

       RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION SPECIAL INTEREST ITEMS

        Items for which additional funds have been recommended or
    items for which funding is specifically reduced as shown in the
    project level tables detailing recommended adjustments or in
    paragraphs using the phrase ``only for'' or ``only to'' in this
    report are congressional special interest items for the purpose
    of the Base for Reprogramming (DD Form 1414). Each of these
    items must be carried on the DD Form 1414 at the stated amount,
    as specifically addressed elsewhere in this report.

                            LONG ENDURANCE AIRCRAFT

        The Committee is aware of similar efforts by the Air Force
    and U.S. Special Operations Command to develop a capability to
    meet unmanned long range, long endurance intelligence,
    surveillance, and reconnaissance mission needs. While the
    requirements between the two organizations are not completely
    aligned, the Committee believes closer cooperation is critical
    to fielding a capable and cost-effective platform. The
    Committee recommendation includes $15,000,000 in Air Force
    Research, Development, Test & Evaluation to pursue this
    objective. Further, the Committee directs the Secretary of the
    Air Force, in cooperation with the Commander, U.S. Special
    Operations Command, to provide a briefing to the House and
    Senate Appropriations Committees not later than 90 days after
    enactment of this Act, on plans to develop and procure an
    unmanned long endurance platform, including defined
    requirements for this capability and whether efficiencies and
    operational alignment may be realized by pursuing a common
    platform.

                RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, ARMY

        The Committee recommends the following appropriations for
    Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army:

            JOINT READINESS TRAINING CENTER CATALYST PATHFINDER LAB

        The Committee recognizes the strategic and training value
    that the Joint Readiness Training Center at Fort Johnson
    provides the Army in preparing soldiers for multi-domain
    operations and developing next-generation warfighting
    capabilities. To enhance its role, the Committee encourages the
    Secretary of the Army to leverage the JRTC as a Catalyst
    Pathfinder Lab in collaboration with regional academic
    institutions.
        In addition, the Committee directs the Secretary of the
    Army to provide a report to the House and Senate Defense
    Appropriations Committees, not later than 90 days after the
    enactment of this Act, on efforts to establish and expand
    partnerships between the Joint Readiness Training Center and
    regional academic institutions. The report shall identify
    potential collaborative research focus areas aligned to
    capability-based requirements, and funding requirements
    associated with such efforts.

                         VAS AI/ML OPTIMIZATION PROGRAM

        Modern combat requires visual superiority without cognitive
    burden. Sophisticated Visual Augmentation Systems (VAS),
    designed with artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML)
    optimization, eliminate the need for on-the-fly manual
    adjustments, allowing operators to stay mission-focused under
    demanding conditions. Therefore, the Committee supports and
    encourages the Department of the Army to review AI/ML augmented
    imaging and signal processing for visual augmentation systems.

                RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, NAVY

        The Committee recommends the following appropriations for
    Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy:

        NAVAL TELEPHONY MODERNIZATION TO REDUCE MOUNTING TECHNICAL DEBT

        As the Navy evaluates options to modernize its legacy Time
    Division Multiplexing (TDM)-based telephony infrastructure and
    migrate to secure, scalable, and redundant IP-based
    technologies, the Committee recognizes the critical importance
    of this initiative in improving the Department of Defense's
    (DoD) overall network performance, security, resilience,
    redundancy, user experience, and cost. The Committee encourages
    the Navy to promptly execute this modernization initiative. The
    Committee views this as essential to enhancing the security
    posture through modernization to DoD security standards,
    maintaining operational readiness through improved network
    resiliency and survivability, driving cost efficiencies through
    infrastructure consolidation and transport unification, and
    complying with DoD CIO modernization requirements in the June
    21, 2024 memorandum, ``Technical Debt Reduction in the DOD
    Information Network.''

           MAINTENANCE TECHNOLOGIES SUPPORTING OPERATIONAL READINESS

        The Committee supports the development and application of
    critical maintenance technologies across the areas of shipboard
    repair, material availability, and inspection. Through the
    application of automated tooling, advanced manufacturing,
    augmented or virtual reality and improved inspection
    technologies, it is imperative that the Navy's investments in
    maintenance technologies keep pace with the developments made
    in commercial production lines and repair facilities.
    Therefore, the Committee encourages the Secretary of the Navy
    to ensure that sufficient investment is made to advance remote
    support capabilities, streamline maintenance processes, and
    enhance operational readiness across the Navy.

                           RAPID ADVANCED DEPOSITION

        The Committee strongly supports the development of the
    Rapid Advanced Deposition research that will allow for the
    reliable and consistent rapid production of additive
    manufactured produced parts and materials developed in support
    of the warfighter.

                         COASTAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

        The Committee understands the importance of the littoral
    region to Navy operations worldwide and believes that testing
    and training must take place at secured research and
    development, and test and evaluation facilities and replicate
    the operational and threat environments that U.S. Navy assets
    are likely to encounter. Research is needed to study seabed
    phenomenology and develop technologies for continuous
    monitoring and detection of encroachment threats to reduce
    seabed vulnerabilities at or near U.S. Navy critical ocean test
    and evaluation facilities. The Committee believes that
    additional research on the underwater signatures and ocean
    hydrodynamics in the littoral regions and the development of
    predictive techniques to ensure stealth superiority would be
    beneficial for naval operations. The Committee encourages the
    Navy to conduct additional research in this area.

             RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, AIR FORCE

        The Committee recommends the following appropriations for
    Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force:
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                         AIR FORCE RESOURCE ALLOCATION

        The Committee believes that historical Air Force resource
    allocation processes and practices have not been optimized for
    planning, programming, and budgeting for requirements across
    capability groups. The Committee also shares the Air Force's
    assessment that the status quo will not provide the airpower
    necessary for future high-end conflicts.
        The Committee recommendation includes substantial funding
    for efforts that will continue to require considerable
    investment, including the B-21 Raider, the Next Generation Air
    Dominance Family of Systems, along with other air platforms.
    The Committee notes that it is awaiting an updated timeline and
    details of a rephased funding profile for the Ground Based
    Strategic Deterrent following the programs' Nunn-McCurdy
    breach. With these endeavors, along with the development and
    implementation of the Air Force's force design, the Committee
    strongly believes a healthier resource allocation process will
    hinge upon the Air Force's ability to more realistically
    identify and prioritize capabilities required for successful
    Air Force and joint missions.
        For this reason, the Committee is particularly interested
    in the formation of the Integrated Capabilities Command,
    Integrated Capabilities Office, and the Integrated Development
    Office to meet the desired end state of defining future Air
    Force needs, developing modernization plans, ensuring technical
    feasibility, and executing realistic acquisitions to meet the
    needs of the warfighter. To maintain oversight of these
    developing organizations, the Committee directs the Secretary
    of the Air Force to provide a briefing not later than 90 days
    after enactment of this Act, to the House and Senate
    Appropriations Committees on the status of these organizations,
    to include phasing of associated reorganization along with cost
    estimates to implement each phase; a proposed laydown of new
    offices, commands, or centers, and whether the strategic basing
    process is required for their establishment; a description of
    impacts to military and civilians positions by location; and
    the programmatic impacts of such decisions. The Committee
    further directs the Director of the Integrated Development
    Office and the Commander of the Integrated Capabilities Command
    to jointly provide semi-annual briefings to the House and
    Senate Appropriations Committees on how each is working to
    achieve strategic modernization, recapitalization, and
    resourcing for the Air Force.

                                    SENTINEL

        The Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) program was
    provided $3,197,024,000 in the enacted fiscal year 2025 bill.
    Section 1422 of the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and
    Extensions Act, 2025 (Public Law 119-4) directed the Department
    of Defense to consult with the Committee in preparing a
    spending plan for implementing the fiscal year 2025 enacted
    amounts. The spend plan submitted by the Air Force reduced the
    GBSD budget by an additional $1,191,00,000, leaving the program
    $2,006,044,000 for fiscal year 2025. An adjustment of this
    magnitude should have been accompanied by proactive
    communications including robust details on a rephasing plan.
    The Committee notes that many of these details remain
    outstanding.
        The Committee recommends for GBSD in fiscal year 2026
    $2,031,551,000 and understands additional funds may be
    available through reconciliation. Given significant cost
    changes projected for this effort, the Secretary of the Air
    Force is directed to provide an update as soon as possible on
    the current status of the replan, including robust details and
    associated spending plans. Further, the Committee directs that
    the Secretary of the Air Force continue providing quarterly
    briefings on the program to the congressional defense
    committees. The briefings shall include obligation and
    expenditure data, updated plans for the program, interim
    schedules, and updated benchmarks, milestones, and defense
    industrial base requirements to achieve a fully Integrated
    Master Schedule.

                         NEXT GENERATION AIR DOMINANCE

        The Committee is pleased that in March 2025 the Air Force
    down-selected and awarded a contract for the F-47, Next
    Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) platform. The Committee
    recommendation includes $3,194,315,000 in Research,
    Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force for this sixth-
    generation fighter platform in fiscal year 2026.
        The Committee directs the Secretary of the Air Force to
    provide the congressional defense committees quarterly
    briefings, beginning the quarter following the enactment of
    this Act, on the status of the NGAD program. These briefings
    shall provide programmatic updates on schedule and funding.

                         COLLABORATIVE COMBAT AIRCRAFT

        The Committee notes persistent concern that in prior years'
    budget requests the Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD)
    funding line included funding for the Collaborative Combat
    Aircraft (CCA) program. The comingling of two significant
    acquisition programs limited Congress' ability to track how
    funding was allocated between NGAD and CCA efforts within the
    year-of-execution. In order to ensure visibility into cost and
    performance, and to clearly trace execution of appropriations,
    the project level adjustment tables that accompanied Division
    A, Title IV, for the Department of Defense, Full-Year
    Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025 (Public Law
    119-4) moved the CCA budget program activity into a separate
    and distinct line from NGAD. The Committee recommendation for
    fiscal year 2026 includes $494,896,000 for CCA and understands
    that additional resources may be made available through
    reconciliation.
        The Committee directs the Secretary of the Air Force to
    provide the congressional defense committees quarterly
    briefings, beginning the quarter following the enactment of
    this Act, on the status of the CCA program. These briefings
    shall provide programmatic updates on schedule and funding.

                   B-52 HIGH FIDELITY SIMULATOR MODERNIZATION

        The Committee notes that the Air Force has not sufficiently
    invested in modernizing B-52 flight simulators. The Committee
    is aware that the high cost of live flight training and
    associated maintenance and sustainment activities would be
    offset by capabilities available by training in a high-fidelity
    simulator. The Committee recommendation includes $26,200,000
    for the Air Force to collect, analyze and prepare flight
    simulation and modeling for the B-52H flight data model. This
    funding also provides for associated engineering of new high-
    fidelity devices and weapons training systems. Further, the
    Committee directs the Secretary of the Air Force to submit a
    report to the congressional defense committees, not later than
    90 days following enactment of this Act, that provides a
    strategy to develop, test, and procure modernized B-52H high
    fidelity flight simulators. This report shall include, by
    fiscal year, a cost estimate by appropriation, budget line
    item, to procure B-52H high fidelity flight simulators.

            RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, SPACE FORCE

        The Committee recommends the following appropriations for
    Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Space Force:

                            SPACE FORCE ACQUISITION

        Space capabilities are increasingly indispensable to
    national security. National leadership, combatant commands, and
    the intelligence community rely on space to provide real-time
    global situational awareness. Space also provides the
    communications, navigation, and sensing capabilities that
    enable the United States to project military power on a global
    scale and, if necessary, to prevail in conflict. In fact, much
    of the force structure across the other services are designed
    and sized to rely on space to communicate, navigate and operate
    with precision, speed, and accuracy. Without space
    capabilities, we would need many more bombs, bullets, tanks,
    ships, and planes. Reliable and resilient space capabilities
    are essential. However, unlike any other military service the
    vast majority of the Space Force's budget is dedicated to
    acquisition, a trend that is expected to increase, especially
    to support Golden Dome. Therefore, expertise in space
    technology and systems engineering and what it enables for
    space operations are critical core skills for Space Force
    Guardians and civilians. Senior leaders must focus more
    attention on developing and promoting Guardians with technical
    expertise and acquisition experience. To this end, the
    Committee has directed the Secretary of Defense, as described
    in the front matter of this report, to propose a plan for a
    pilot program in the Space Force to organize its programs and
    people by mission area and to require those assigned to each
    mission area to serve for substantially longer tours of service
    in order to develop and build the technical skills commensurate
    with the acquisition and program management challenges they
    face. The objective is to build technical competency through
    real-world experience and greater depth and breadth of
    experience to better prepare program managers and leaders to
    make wise decisions in managing and delivering the capabilities
    the warfighter needs.

                            FIXED PRICE CONTRACTING

        The Committee notes that in recent years the Space Force
    has been more willing to challenge old ways of doing business
    and has been more open to taking technical and contracting
    risks to deliver more innovative solutions from a broader range
    of suppliers. The Committee supports this progress. However,
    the Committee is concerned that too much emphasis has been put
    on the use of fixed price contracts when a program is in the
    early phase of development with significant unknowns and high
    technical risks. While fixed price contracts are appealing from
    a budget perspective, they are not a panacea and can lead to
    inappropriate incentives and even suppress risk taking and
    innovation. To be clear, fixed price contracts are an excellent
    approach when cost, technical risk and other factors are well
    known, such as in production runs of the same or very similar
    units. The Committee will be very skeptical of contracting
    strategies that rely on fixed price contracts for first
    articles of new systems or on high-risk developments. The
    Committee directs the Secretary of the Air Force through the
    Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Space Acquisition and
    Integration to continue to provide monthly updates to the House
    and Senate Defense Appropriations Committees on the technical,
    cost, and schedule status of ongoing acquisition programs.

                 RESILIENT POSITION NAVIGATION AND TIMING (PNT)

        The Committee recognizes the vital importance of enhancing
    the resilience of position, navigation, and timing (PNT)
    services provided by the Global Positioning System (GPS) to
    ensure its availability for military operations, particularly
    in highly contested environments against sophisticated
    adversaries. The Committee also recognizes that GPS has become
    a critical component of our nation's infrastructure affecting
    commerce, transportation, energy distribution, and agriculture.
    The loss of GPS, even temporarily, would cause catastrophic
    damage to the nation while also severely impacting military
    effectiveness. The Committee recommendation provides
    $15,000,000 to continue the development of resilient GPS space
    systems. However, the Committee is very disappointed that the
    Department of Defense has not taken any significant actions to
    address the findings and recommendations of the Defense Science
    Board's (DSB) May 2024 classified final report on Position,
    Navigation and Timing, which highlights many, but not all, the
    issues that must be addressed to make PNT services more
    resilient, such as accelerating the delivery of jam resistant
    user equipment and increasing resilience of the ground control
    segment. Therefore, the Committee directs the Secretary of
    Defense to provide the congressional defense committees, not
    later than 90 days after enactment of this Act, with a
    comprehensive written plan of action and milestones for
    investments in more resilient capabilities across space,
    ground, and user equipment segments. This plan shall
    specifically address each of the findings and recommendations
    of the DSB report, as well as provide investments by Service
    and Agency and by fiscal year.

                          STRATEGIC SATCOM ACQUISITION

        The Space Force is responsible for delivering several
    systems that are critical to the nation's strategic deterrent
    and nuclear capability, including the Evolved Strategic
    Satellite Communications (ESS) program. As the critical assured
    communications system for senior leadership to carry out orders
    for nuclear command and control, the acquisition of the ESS is
    of utmost importance and must be done with deep rigor and in
    close coordination across the other elements of the Nuclear
    Command, Control, and Communications (NC3) enterprise. The
    Committee is concerned that the Space Force is considering
    using middle-tier acquisition authorities (MTA) rather than
    implementing the program as a major defense acquisition program
    for the development and acquisition of ESS. MTA authorities are
    for rapid prototyping and rapid fielding of new types of
    capabilities and are not an appropriate pathway for a program
    of the cost, complexity, and criticality to national security
    as the ESS system. Therefore, the Committee directs the Under
    Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, in
    consultation with the Director, Cost Assessment and Program
    Evaluation, to review the Space Force acquisition strategy for
    ESS and make a recommendation to the House and Senate Defense
    Appropriations Subcommittee, not later than 90 days after
    enactment of this Act, on an appropriate path forward that is
    most likely to lead to mission success.

                  NEXT GENERATION OVERHEAD PERSISTENT INFRARED

        The Committee continues to strongly support the pivot to
    proliferated missile warning/missile tracking systems in low-
    Earth orbit and medium-Earth orbit, as these systems will
    provide greater resilience and coverage for tactical use.
    However, these systems, and their associated ground processing
    systems are not designed to meet the strategic indications and
    warning requirements of the Nuclear Command, Control, and
    Communications (NC3) enterprise. Given the lack of a clear plan
    to meet strategic NC3 requirements after the current legacy
    Space-Based Infrared systems age out, the Committee directs the
    Secretary of the Air Force to re-examine plans to curtail the
    current Next Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared systems
    for geosynchronous and polar orbits and address the need for
    additional spacecraft and updated ground systems to meet
    validated national security needs. The Secretary of the Air
    Force shall provide a report to the House and Senate Defense
    Appropriations Committees with findings and recommendations on
    the future of strategic systems to meet NC3 requirements not
    later than 180 days after the enactment of this Act.

              TACTICAL SURVEILLANCE, RECONNAISSANCE, AND TRACKING

        The Committee recognizes the increasingly broad range of
    high-quality commercial data available to support Space Force
    missions, especially space domain awareness. The Committee
    notes that Space Force has not requested funding for Tactical
    Surveillance, Reconnaissance and Tracking (TacSRT) in previous
    budget requests and is concerned that funding the project
    solely through congressional increases does not enable the
    project to plan beyond the year of execution. Therefore, the
    Committee directs the Director of Cost Assessment and Program
    Evaluation (CAPE) to review the program, its mission use cases
    and objectives, and its contracting mechanisms; identify and
    make recommendations for the pilot project's organization, its
    operations, and its use of contracts with commercial vendors;
    and identify and make recommendations. The Director of CAPE
    shall provide a briefing with the findings and recommendations
    of this review to the congressional defense and congressional
    intelligence committees not later than 180 days after the
    enactment of this Act.
        Further, the Committee notes the recently signed memorandum
    of agreement between the Space Force and the National
    Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) and directs the Space
    Force to continue to coordinate and collaborate with the
    National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) on the TacSRT
    pilot project. The Director of NGA is directed to continue to
    provide a semiannual assessment of the TacSRT pilot program to
    the congressional defense committees and congressional
    intelligence committees.

                               QUARTERLY REPORTS

        The Committee directs the Secretary of the Air Force to
    continue to provide quarterly briefings on the status of its
    missile warning and missile tracking programs, to include the
    Next Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared programs, and the
    Resilient Missile Warning-Missile Tracking Medium-Earth Orbit
    and Low-Earth Orbit programs.

            RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, DEFENSE-WIDE

        The Committee recommends the following appropriations for
    Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide:

                       CYBERSECURITY OF WEAPONS PLATFORMS

        The Committee is concerned about potential cyber
    vulnerabilities of Department of Defense weapon system
    platforms, especially fielded platforms with outdated and
    unmonitored electronic systems and data buses. The lack of
    real-world data to perform on-board monitoring leaves gaps in
    understanding the full extent of the threat environment.
    Therefore, the Committee recommendation includes $10,000,000 in
    Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide for
    real-time monitoring of weapons systems cybersecurity to
    implement on-board, near real-time, monitoring capabilities on
    high priority weapon system platforms.

                            ARMSTRONG TEST FACILITY

        The Committee is closely monitoring the progress of the
    Department's programs regarding hypersonic weapons, satellites,
    space vehicles, and other national security space developments.
    The Committee is aware of the assistance that the National
    Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Neil Armstrong
    Test Facility (ATF) has provided to the Department on research
    and development programs in these areas and encourages the
    Department to assist NASA in providing the ATF with cyber
    security, physical security, and other necessary upgrades that
    will allow the Department continued access to ATF's world-class
    space, aeronautics, and hypersonic assets.

                      ALL-DOMAIN ANOMALY RESOLUTION OFFICE

        The Committee recognizes the importance of the All-domain
    Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) in providing the Congress and
    the public with transparency and improved understanding of
    unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP). The Committee continues
    to support AARO and its mission to improve national security
    and public understanding of UAP data through a rigorous
    scientific framework and data-driven approach.

          FACILITIES AND ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS OF RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS

        The Committee recognizes the Department's effort to
    identify new mechanisms that reduce administrative burdens,
    increase transparency, and save taxpayer dollars. We encourage
    the Department to work closely with the extramural research
    community to develop an optimized Facilities and Administrative
    (F&A) cost reimbursement solution for all parties that ensures
    the nation remains a world leader in innovation.

             INDOOR AIR QUALITY AT DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FACILITIES

        The Committee encourages the Department to conduct studies
    on how indoor air quality impacts pathogen transmission and the
    health of our military personnel. Such studies may include
    increased use of outdoor air ventilation, high-efficiency
    particulate air (HEPA) filtration, and germicidal ultraviolet
    (GUV) light.

                    OPERATIONAL TEST AND EVALUATION, DEFENSE

        The Committee recommends the following appropriations for
    Operational Test and Evaluation, Defense:

                         TEST AND EVALUATION ACTIVITIES

        The Committee notes the Director of Operational Test and
    Evaluation (DOTE) Strategy Implementation Plan consisted of
    five strategic pillars that sought to ``collaboratively and
    cooperatively transform the Department's infrastructure, tools,
    processes, and workforce.'' Additionally, since the
    implementation plan was published, a Task Force on Test and
    Evaluation supported approaches outlined in the strategy and
    implementation plan, including reimagining a mission-focused
    approach to test and evaluation activities (``test the way we
    fight''), leveraging commercial technologies and best
    practices, as well as enhancing the use of digital engineering.
    The Committee notes DOTE authored a manual on Modeling and
    Simulation (M&S) Verification, Validation, and Accreditation
    (VV&A), ensuring digital engineering tools effectively support
    the evaluation process. The Committee commends DOTE for early
    recognition that a transformation in operational test
    activities would be needed to meet the accelerating pace of
    technological adoption, including the use of digital twins and
    cloud-at-the-edge computing.
        Although digital engineering offers immense potential to
    early and continuous test--retest activities, digital
    engineering will not replace the need for live testing.
    Furthermore, it is widely understood that there is increasing
    need for independent operational test and evaluation activities
    required for cyber and electromagnetic realms. The Committee is
    concerned that the Department is reorganizing the Office of the
    Director of Operational Test and Evaluation, which includes
    significant reduction-in-force (RIF), at a time when the test
    and evaluation community is transforming to support
    unprecedented production and fielding requirements.
        Therefore, the Secretary of Defense is directed to, not
    later than 30 days after the enactment of this Act, submit a
    detailed report and provide a briefing, to the congressional
    defense committees, detailing the impacts to operational test
    activities currently underway, the list of discontinued
    activities, and the list of activities that will continue.
    Additionally, the report should include a detailed plan for how
    the Department intends to meet the demand for independent test
    and evaluation, and validating new capabilities expected to
    come online in the Future Years Defense Program.

                                    TITLE V

                         REVOLVING AND MANAGEMENT FUNDS

                         DEFENSE WORKING CAPITAL FUNDS

        The Committee recommends the following appropriations for
    the Defense Working Capital Funds accounts:
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                  NATIONAL DEFENSE STOCKPILE TRANSACTION FUND

        The Committee recommends an appropriation of $5,700,000 for
    the National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund.

                                    TITLE VI

                      OTHER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS

                             DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM

        The Committee recommends the following appropriations for
    the Defense Health Program:
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             REPROGRAMMING GUIDANCE FOR THE DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM

        The Act includes a general provision which caps the funds
    available for Private Sector Care under the TRICARE program
    subject to prior approval reprogramming procedures. The general
    provision and accompanying report language should not be
    interpreted as limiting the amount of funds that may be
    transferred to the In-House Care budget sub-activity from other
    budget sub-activities within the Defense Health Program. In
    addition, funding for the In-House Care and Private Sector Care
    budget sub-activities are designated as congressional special
    interest items. Any transfer of funds in excess of $15,000,000
    into or out of these sub-activities requires the Secretary of
    Defense to follow prior approval reprogramming procedures for
    operation and maintenance funds.
        The Committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide
    written notification to the congressional defense committees of
    cumulative transfers in excess of $15,000,000 out of the
    Private Sector Care budget sub-activity not later than 15 days
    after such a transfer. Furthermore, the Committee directs the
    Secretary of Defense to submit a report to the congressional
    defense committees, not later than 30 days after the enactment
    of this Act, that delineates transfers of funds, and the dates
    any transfers occurred, from the Private Sector Care budget
    sub-activity to any other budget sub-activity.
        Additionally, the Committee remains concerned with funding
    for Facilities Sustainment, Restoration and Modernization
    (FSRM) being repurposed throughout the fiscal year. Deferring
    FSRM in favor of more immediate needs of the Defense Health
    Program may seem prudent at the time but comes with costly,
    severe, and enduring ramifications. For this reason, the
    Committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide written
    notification to the congressional defense committees of
    cumulative transfers in excess of $15,000,000 out of the Base
    Operations and Communications budget sub-activity not later
    than 15 days after such a transfer.
        The Committee further directs the Assistant Secretary of
    Defense for Health Affairs to provide quarterly briefings to
    the congressional defense committees, not later than 30 days
    after the end of each fiscal quarter, on budget execution data
    for all Defense Health Program budget activities, and to
    adequately reflect changes to the budget activities requested
    by the Services in future budget submissions. These reports
    shall also be provided to the Government Accountability Office.

                                   CARRYOVER

        For fiscal year 2026, the Committee recommends one percent
    carryover authority for the operation and maintenance account
    of the Defense Health Program. The Committee directs the
    Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs to submit a
    detailed spending plan for any fiscal year 2025 designated
    carryover funds to the congressional defense committees not
    less than 30 days prior to executing the carryover funds.

                           MILITARY MEDICAL MANPOWER

        The Committee remains concerned that the Department's
    handling of military medical billet reductions, in response to
    the reforms mandated by the National Defense Authorization Act
    for Fiscal Year 2017, has negatively impacted access to quality
    healthcare services for servicemembers and their beneficiaries,
    particularly in areas deemed high risk and health shortage
    areas by the Department of Health and Human Services.
        In addition, the Committee continues to direct the
    Services' Surgeons General to submit vacancy rates by
    occupational code to the congressional defense committees on a
    quarterly basis and further directs the Director of the Defense
    Health Agency (DHA) to submit vacancy rates among military and
    civilian medical personnel by location and specialty to the
    congressional defense committees on a quarterly basis.

                           ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS

        The Committee continues to support efforts the Department
    of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs have
    undertaken with regard to electronic health records and the
    health record system. It is the Committee's ongoing expectation
    that the Departments' electronic health record systems will be
    interoperable with seamless compatibility. The Committee
    directs the Director of the Federal Electronic Health Record
    Modernization (FEHRM) program office to continue to submit
    quarterly reports on the progress of interoperability between
    the two Departments to the House and Senate Defense
    Appropriations Subcommittees and the House and Senate Military
    Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies
    Appropriations Subcommittees.
        The Program Executive Officer of Defense Healthcare
    Management Systems (PEO DHMS), in conjunction with the Director
    of the FEHRM and the Director of the Defense Health Agency, is
    directed to submit quarterly reports to the congressional
    defense committees on the cost of the program, including any
    indirect costs funded outside of the DHMS Modernization
    Electronic Health Record program; and the schedule of the
    program, to include milestones, knowledge points, and
    acquisition timelines, as well as quarterly obligations. In
    addition, the Committee directs the PEO DHMS to continue to
    brief the House and Senate Defense Appropriations Subcommittees
    on a quarterly basis, coinciding with the report submission.
        The Department of Defense's electronic health record
    system, MHS GENSIS, completed full deployment and is
    transitioning into the Capability Support phase focused on end
    user experience. The Committee directs the Comptroller General
    to continue quarterly performance reviews of MHS GENESIS with a
    focus on whether the program is meeting expected cost,
    schedule, scope, quality, and risk mitigation expectations, to
    include system enhancements, and expects the PEO DHMS will
    provide the Comptroller General regular and in-depth access to
    the program to facilitate these reviews.

                                MEDICAL RESEARCH

        The Committee continues to monitor the transition of
    medical research conducted by the U.S. Army Medical Research
    and Materiel Command to the Defense Health Agency Research and
    Development organization to ensure that core medical research
    funding is responsive to the needs of servicemembers.
    Additionally, the Committee recommendation for fiscal year 2026
    includes $700,000,000 for the Congressionally Directed Medical
    Research Programs (CDMRP) to fund high-risk, high-reward
    medical research. The Committee directs the Assistant Secretary
    of Defense for Health Affairs to submit to the House and Senate
    Appropriations Committees a request for prior approval for any
    changes in management structure; functional alignment; or the
    two-tiered, peer-reviewed process proposed for the CDMRP
    program, not less than 30 days prior to any proposed changes
    taking place.
        Additionally, the Committee continues to support the use of
    agile contracting methods, such as other transaction
    agreements, that may help mitigate the impacts on medical
    readiness through public-private partnerships and encourages
    the Department to continue to leverage these mechanisms to
    ensure expeditious delivery of medical solutions.

                     PEER-REVIEWED CANCER RESEARCH PROGRAM

        The Committee recommends $130,000,000 for the peer-reviewed
    breast cancer research program, $75,000,000 for the peer-
    reviewed prostate cancer research program, $15,000,000 for the
    peer-reviewed kidney cancer research program, $45,000,000 for
    the peer-reviewed ovarian cancer research program, $15,000,000
    for the peer-reviewed lung cancer research program, $17,500,000
    for the peer-reviewed rare cancers research program,
    $15,000,000 for the peer-reviewed pancreatic cancer research
    program, and $180,000,000 for the peer-reviewed cancer research
    program that would research cancers not addressed in the
    aforementioned programs currently executed by the Department of
    Defense.
        The funds provided in the peer-reviewed cancer research
    program are directed to be used to conduct research in the
    following areas: bladder cancer; blood cancers; brain cancer
    (including glioblastoma); colorectal cancer; endometrial
    cancer; esophageal cancer; germ cell cancers; liver cancer;
    lymphoma; metastatic cancers; melanoma and other skin cancers;
    myeloma; neuroblastoma; pediatric brain tumors; pediatric,
    adolescent, and young adult cancers; sarcoma; stomach cancer;
    and thyroid cancer. The inclusion of the individual rare
    cancers research program shall not prohibit the peer-reviewed
    cancer research program from funding the previously mentioned
    cancers or cancer subtypes that may be rare by definition.
        The funds provided under the peer-reviewed cancer research
    program shall be used only for the purposes listed above. The
    Committee directs the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health
    Affairs to submit a report, not later than 180 days after the
    enactment of this Act, to the congressional defense committees
    on the status of the peer-reviewed cancer research program. For
    each research area, the report shall include the funding amount
    awarded, the progress of the research, and the relevance of the
    research to servicemembers and their families.
        The Committee commends the Department of Defense for
    ensuring that projects funded through the various peer-reviewed
    cancer research programs maintain a focus on issues of
    significance to military populations and the warfighter. This
    includes promoting collaborative research proposals between
    Department of Defense researchers and non-military research
    institutions. These collaborations leverage the knowledge,
    infrastructure, and access to clinical populations that the
    partners bring to the research effort. Additionally, promoting
    these collaborations provides a valuable recruitment and
    retention incentive for military medical and research
    personnel. The Committee encourages the Assistant Secretary of
    Defense for Health Affairs to continue to emphasize the
    importance of these collaborations between military and non-
    military researchers throughout the peer-review process.

                       PEER-REVIEWED ALS RESEARCH PROGRAM

        The Committee notes that there is a well-documented
    correlation between military service and the development of
    amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Servicemembers are twice
    as likely to develop ALS as the general population, although
    the etiology of ALS and its linkage to military service remains
    largely unknown. Therefore, the Committee recommendation
    includes $40,000,000 for the peer-reviewed ALS research
    program, and encourages the Assistant Secretary of Defense for
    Health Affairs to prioritize research that can bring effective
    treatments to people living with ALS as soon as possible.

                 PEER-REVIEWED TOXIC EXPOSURES RESEARCH PROGRAM

        The Committee is concerned by the number of known and
    unknown toxins servicemembers are exposed to as part of their
    military service. The Committee remains committed to veterans
    affected by Gulf War Illness and acknowledges a commonality
    between this community and others exposed to substances,
    including burn pit exposure, that result in multiple, diverse
    symptoms and health abnormalities. Therefore, the Committee
    recommends $15,000,000 for the peer-reviewed toxic exposures
    research program. The Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health
    Affairs is directed to select research projects of clear
    scientific merit and direct relevance to military exposures to
    toxic substances, including toxic industrial chemicals,
    materials, metals, and minerals. The inclusion of the toxic
    exposures research program shall not prohibit research in any
    other congressionally directed research program that may be
    associated with conditions or health abnormalities linked to
    toxic exposures.
        As with other research programs, the Committee expects
    projects funded through the peer-reviewed toxic exposures
    research program to maintain a focus on issues of significance
    to military populations and the warfighter and that the program
    shall promote collaborative research proposals between
    Department of Defense researchers and non-military research
    institutions.

                        PEER-REVIEWED ARTHRITIS RESEARCH

        The Committee remains concerned by the detrimental impact
    of arthritis on servicemembers and notes its impact on
    retention. Therefore, the Committee recommendation includes
    $10,000,000 for the peer-reviewed arthritis research program.
    Funding provided in the peer-reviewed arthritis research
    program shall be used to conduct research on all forms of
    arthritis including osteoarthritis, posttraumatic arthritis,
    and rheumatoid arthritis. Further, arthritis research shall not
    be provided for in other peer-reviewed research programs, and
    the inclusion of the peer-reviewed arthritis research program
    shall not prohibit research in any other congressionally
    directed research program that may be associated with
    conditions or health abnormalities related to arthritis.

     ADVANCED ORTHOPEDIC SURGICAL TRAINING FOR MILITARY ORTHOPEDIC SURGEONS

        The Committee recognizes the importance of utilizing
    partnerships with public, private, and non-profit organizations
    and institutions to provide short-term specialized medical
    training to advance arthroscopic surgical skills and
    capabilities of military medical providers. Delivery of direct
    training based on best practices related to orthopedic
    procedures not only increases the proficiency of military
    orthopedic health professionals to improve quality of care and
    address readiness issues related to musculoskeletal injuries,
    but also may lead to higher rates of retention among military
    medical providers.
        To address these gaps, Congress has previously appropriated
    resources beginning in fiscal year 2019 to develop military-
    civilian partnerships to ensure military orthopedic health
    professionals are provided with advanced surgical training in,
    and best practices related to, arthroscopic surgery and
    techniques. Therefore, the Committee directs the Assistant
    Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs to submit a report to
    the congressional defense committees, not later than 90 days
    after the enactment of this Act, that outlines a set of metrics
    to evaluate the effectiveness of the program. Further, the
    Committee directs the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health
    Affairs to submit a report to the congressional defense
    committees, not later than 180 days after enactment of this
    Act, that includes a list of entities the Department has
    established partnerships with under the program, and an
    assessment of the effectiveness of the program based on
    physical health assessment data including questions related to
    the electronic physical health assessment survey, physical
    readiness test data, and postoperative survey data collected
    after musculoskeletal intervention.

                       NON-ADDICTIVE OPIOID ALTERNATIVES

        The Committee is concerned about the continued use of
    opioids in the military for the treatment of pain. The
    Committee encourages the Assistant Secretary of Defense for
    Health Affairs to facilitate inclusion of Food and Drug
    Administration approved, non-addictive alternatives to opioids
    on the formulary. In addition, the Committee supports efforts
    of the Department to promote and increase the utilization of
    such treatments.

                           BLOOD PRODUCTS DEVELOPMENT

        The Committee is concerned of the potential impact to
    readiness and military heath care operations resulting from a
    lack of quality blood products and supply. The Committee notes
    the military's dependency on civilian blood donations to
    maintain an adequate supply of blood and blood products, and
    encourages the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health
    Affairs and the Director of the Defense Health Agency to
    explore the adoption of innovative blood products with
    increased shelf life and broadened storage parameters, such as
    freeze-dried platelet-derived hemostatic products, and enable
    such use throughout the continuum of care.

                              TRICARE-5 TRANSITION

        The Committee recognizes there have been widely reported
    issues impacting beneficiary experience and beneficiary health
    coverage, including significant delays in customer service
    response times and provider reimbursement requests as part of
    the transition to the TRICARE T-5 contract. Therefore, the
    Committee directs the Director of the Defense Health Agency to
    provide a briefing to the congressional defense committees, not
    later than 90 days after the enactment of this Act, detailing
    the actions the Defense Health Agency, and the two regional T-5
    Managed Care Support Contractors, have taken to improve patient
    experience, minimize delays in customer service response times,
    and review and approve provider reimbursement requests.

            ROUTINE MONITORING OF PERINATAL MENTAL HEALTH SCREENINGS

        The Committee notes the importance of mental health
    screening during the perinatal period in identifying potential
    mental health conditions during and after pregnancy that may
    increase the risk of maternal death.
        The Committee encourages the Director of the Defense Health
    Agency to educate providers and TRICARE beneficiaries on the
    importance and availability of perinatal mental health
    screenings, develop and implement a process to routinely
    monitor the frequency of perinatal mental health screenings in
    direct and private care settings, and establish corrective
    actions for improvement to prevent undiagnosed and untreated
    mental health conditions.

                        MATERNAL HEALTH PROVIDER SUPPORT

        The Committee remains concerned about the shortage of
    current and prospective maternal health care professionals for
    servicemembers and their families, particularly obstetrician/
    gynecologists and midwives. Therefore, the Committee encourages
    the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs to seek
    avenues to expand the number of maternal health-related
    scholarships granted by the Health Professions Scholarship
    Program.

                           METASTATIC CANCER RESEARCH

        Existing research suggests a genetic basis for
    susceptibility to metastatic cancer or resistance to
    metastasis. However, the Committee believes more research and
    data are required to develop a comprehensive understanding of
    this complex process. Clinical trials are an important aspect
    of that process, and a diverse representation of patients in
    clinical trials is integral to the development of medications
    and therapies that effectively treat disease.
        Therefore, the Committee encourages the Director of the
    Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs to continue
    to partner with outside experts and other federal agencies to
    implement recommendations from the April 2018 Metastatic Cancer
    Task Force Report to Congress concerning diverse enrollments in
    clinical trials. In addition, the Committee directs the
    Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs to provide a
    briefing to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees, not
    later than 180 days after the enactment of this Act, on the
    progress of implementing recommendations contained in the April
    2018 report.

              ADVANCED OPERATIONAL MEDICAL READINESS REQUIREMENTS

        The Committee recognizes the importance of integrated,
    interoperable, and mobile life-support and critical care
    capabilities for effective deployed battlefield medicine and
    enroute care across domains. To meet operational medical
    readiness requirements, the Assistant Secretary of Defense for
    Health Affairs must prioritize the use of equipment that
    addresses resupply and evacuation-constrained forward
    scenarios, and operational medical logistic limitations such as
    reliable oxygen sources, theater-controlled substances and cold
    chain items. Therefore, the Committee directs the Assistant
    Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, in coordination with
    the Director of the Defense Health Agency and the Services'
    Surgeons Generals, to provide a briefing to the congressional
    defense committees on an implementation plan that shall
    identify potential equipment for procurement, educational
    training programs, and sustainment requirements.

        PREVENTING DEADLY AND COSTLY RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS IN MILITARY
                              TREATMENT FACILITIES

        The Committee recognizes the public health crisis caused by
    healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) and that respiratory
    infections are the number one contributor to HAIs.
    Servicemembers treated by the Military Health System for a
    condition or injury should not be subject to an additional
    infection developed during their stays at military treatment
    facilities. The Committee notes that preventable HAIs lead to
    unnecessary losses of life, increase defense healthcare costs,
    and that past efforts to reduce respiratory HAIs have had
    little success.
        Therefore, the Committee encourages the Assistant Secretary
    of Defense for Health Affairs, in conjunction with the Director
    of the Defense Health Agency, to prioritize the development of
    ultraviolet respirators that allow for increased breathability
    for use by patients at military treatment facilities with
    respiratory infections to eliminate pathogens in exhaled breath
    and prevent the spread of infection.

    REPORT ON OVERSIGHT OF REPAIRS AND EXECUTION OF FUNDS MADE AVAILABLE TO
                      WILLIAM BEAUMONT ARMY MEDICAL CENTER

        The Committee understands that William Beaumont Army
    Medical Center, located on Fort Bliss, Texas, has sustained a
    series of publicly reported water restrictions and water leaks
    which have, at times, negatively impacted patient experience
    and posed a risk to facility servers located within the
    hospital. Given these issues to the facility, the Committee
    directs the Director of the Defense Health Agency to provide a
    report, not later than 60 days after the enactment of this Act,
    to the congressional defense committees that details actions
    undertaken to address these repair requirements.

               CHEMICAL AGENTS AND MUNITIONS DESTRUCTION, DEFENSE

        The Committee recommends the following appropriations for
    Chemical Agents and Munitions Destruction, Defense:
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             DRUG INTERDICTION AND COUNTER-DRUG ACTIVITIES, DEFENSE

        The Committee recommends the following appropriations for
    Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, Defense:
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        The Committee remains concerned regarding the scourge of
    illicit fentanyl and other synthetic opioids that kill
    thousands of Americans every year. The Department of Defense
    has a key role in helping to combat this crisis through its
    drug-interdiction and counter-drug programs. The Committee,
    therefore, has increased funding for the program over the
    fiscal year 2025 enacted levels. This includes additional
    funding for the National Guard and to facilitate interdiction
    efforts by United States Southern Command.
        The Secretary of Defense is directed to ensure that
    international programs requested and supported by this account
    do not duplicate programs funded by the Defense Security
    Cooperation Agency in the Operation and Maintenance, Defense-
    Wide account. Any congressional notification submitted pursuant
    to 10 U.S.C. 284 shall identify any resources within the
    Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide account that are
    allocated for similar or related purposes.

               PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF NATIONAL DEFENSE ZONE MAPS

        The Committee acknowledges the Department of Defense has
    established certain National Defense Zones. The Committee also
    recognizes that maps outlining the boundaries of these National
    Defense Zones must be easily accessible to the public, such
    that local communities may deconflict recreational activities
    or other traditional usage of these recently designated lands.
    Therefore, the Committee urges the Secretary of Defense to
    publicly release and maintain web-accessible maps identifying
    all current or future National Defense Zones, to include a
    Community Liaison Point of Contact for public inquiries.

                        OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL

        The Committee recommends the following appropriations for
    the Office of the Inspector General:
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                                   TITLE VII

                                RELATED AGENCIES

                  NATIONAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE PROGRAMS

        The National Intelligence Program and the Military
    Intelligence Program budgets funded in this Act consist
    primarily of resources for the Director of National
    Intelligence, including the Intelligence Community Management
    staff, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), the Defense
    Intelligence Agency, the National Reconnaissance Office, the
    National Security Agency, the National Geospatial-Intelligence
    Agency, the intelligence services of the Departments of the
    Army, Navy, and Air Force, and the CIA Retirement and
    Disability fund.

                                CLASSIFIED ANNEX

        Adjustments to classified programs are addressed in a
    separate, detailed, and comprehensive classified annex. The
    Intelligence Community, the Department of Defense, and other
    organizations are expected to fully comply with the
    recommendations and directions in the classified annex
    accompanying the Department of Defense Appropriations Act,
    2026.

       CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY SYSTEM FUND

    Committee recommendation..............................      $514,000,000

        The Committee recommends an appropriation of $514,000,000
    for the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability
    System Fund. This is a mandatory account.
        This appropriation provides payments of benefits to
    qualified beneficiaries in accordance with the Central
    Intelligence Agency Retirement Act of 1964 for Certain
    Employees (Public Law 88-643), as amended by Public Law 94-522.
    This statute authorized the establishment of the CIA Retirement
    and Disability System for certain employees and authorized the
    establishment and maintenance of a fund from which benefits
    would be paid to those beneficiaries.

                   INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT ACCOUNT

    Committee recommendation..............................      $642,000,000

        The Committee recommends an appropriation of $642,000,000
    for the Intelligence Community Management Account.

                                   TITLE VIII

                               GENERAL PROVISIONS

        Title VIII of the accompanying bill includes 165 general
    provisions. A brief description of each general provision
    follows.
        Section 8001 prohibits the use of funds for publicity or
    propaganda purposes not authorized by Congress.
        Section 8002 provides for conditions and limitations on the
    payment of compensation to, or employment of, foreign
    nationals.
        Section 8003 limits the availability of funds.
        Section 8004 limits the obligation of funds during the last
    two months of the fiscal year.
        Section 8005 provides general transfer authority of funds
    to other military functions.
        Section 8006 provides that the tables titled ``Explanation
    of Project Level Adjustments'' shall be carried out in the
    manner provided by the tables to the same extent as if the
    tables were included in the text of this Act.
        Section 8007 provides for the establishment of a baseline
    for application of reprogramming and transfer authorities for
    the current fiscal year.
        Section 8008 provides for limitations on the use of
    transfer authority of working capital fund cash balances.
        Section 8009 prohibits the use of funds to initiate a
    special access program without prior notification to the
    congressional defense committees.
        Section 8010 provides limitations and conditions on the use
    of funds to initiate multiyear procurement contracts.
        Section 8011 provides for the use of funds for humanitarian
    and civic assistance costs.
        Section 8012 prohibits the use of funds to influence
    congressional action on any matters pending before Congress.
        Section 8013 prohibits the use of funds to reduce the
    number of strategic delivery vehicles and launchers.
        Section 8014 provides for the transfer of funds for the
    Department of Defense Pilot Mentor-Protege Program.
        Section 8015 provides for the Department of Defense to
    purchase anchor and mooring chains manufactured only in the
    United States.
        Section 8016 prohibits funds for any non-appropriated
    activity of the Department of Defense that procures malt
    beverages and wine except under certain conditions.
        Section 8017 prohibits the use of funds to demilitarize or
    dispose of certain surplus firearms and small arms ammunition
    or ammunition components.
        Section 8018 provides a limitation on funds being used for
    the relocation of any Department of Defense entity into or
    within the National Capital Region.
        Section 8019 provides for incentive payments authorized by
    section 504 of the Indian Financing Act of 1974 (25 U.S.C.
    1544).
        Section 8020 provides for the conveyance, without
    consideration, of relocatable housing units that are excess to
    the needs of the Air Force.
        Section 8021 provides funds for the mitigation of
    environmental impacts on Indian lands resulting from Department
    of Defense activities.
        Section 8022 prohibits funds for the Defense Media Activity
    from being used for national or international political or
    psychological activities.
        Section 8023 provides funding for the Civil Air Patrol
    Corporation.
        Section 8024 prohibits funds from being used to establish
    new Department of Defense Federally Funded Research and
    Development Centers.
        Section 8025 defines the congressional defense committees.
        Section 8026 defines the congressional intelligence
    committees.
        Section 8027 provides for competition between private firms
    and Department of Defense depot maintenance activities.
        Section 8028 requires the Department of Defense to comply
    with the Buy American Act.
        Section 8029 provides for the Department of Defense to
    procure carbon, alloy, or armor steel plate melted and rolled
    only in the United States and Canada.
        Section 8030 provides for the revocation of blanket waivers
    of the Buy American Act.
        Section 8031 prohibits the use of funds for the procurement
    of ball and roller bearings other than those produced by a
    domestic source and of domestic origin.
        Section 8032 prohibits the use of funds to purchase
    supercomputers which are not manufactured in the United States.
        Section 8033 provides a waiver of Buy American provisions
    for certain cooperative programs.
        Section 8034 prohibits the use of funds for the purchase or
    manufacture of a United States flag unless such flags are
    treated as covered items under section 4862(b) of title 10
    United States Code.
        Section 8035 provides for the availability of funds
    contained in the Department of Defense Overseas Military
    Facility Investment Recovery Account.
        Section 8036 provides authority to use operation and
    maintenance appropriations to purchase items having an
    investment item unit cost of not more than $350,000.
        Section 8037 provides authority to use operation and
    maintenance appropriations for the Asia Pacific Regional
    Initiative Program.
        Section 8038 prohibits the sale of tobacco products in
    military resale outlets below the most competitive price in the
    local community.
        Section 8039 prohibits the use of Working Capital Funds to
    purchase specified investment items.
        Section 8040 provides limitations on the availability of
    funds appropriated for the Central Intelligence Agency.
        Section 8041 places limitations on the use of funds made
    available in this Act to establish field operating agencies.
        Section 8042 places restrictions on converting to
    contractor performance an activity or function of the
    Department of Defense unless it meets certain guidelines.
        Section 8043 prohibits the use of funds to reduce
    authorized positions for military technicians (dual status) of
    the Army National Guard, Air National Guard, Army Reserve, and
    Air Force Reserve unless such reductions are a direct result of
    a reduction in military force structure.
        Section 8044 prohibits funds for assistance to the
    Democratic People's Republic of Korea unless specifically
    appropriated for that purpose.
        Section 8045 provides for reimbursement to the National
    Guard and reserve when members of the National Guard and
    reserve provide intelligence or counterintelligence support to
    the combatant commands, defense agencies, and joint
    intelligence activities.
        Section 8046 prohibits the transfer of Department of
    Defense and Central Intelligence Agency drug interdiction and
    counter-drug activities funds to other agencies except as
    specifically provided in an appropriations law.
        Section 8047 provides funding for Red Cross and United
    Services Organization grants.
        Section 8048 provides funds for the Small Business
    Innovation Research program and the Small Business Technology
    Transfer program.
        Section 8049 prohibits funds for contractor bonuses being
    paid due to business restructuring.
        Section 8050 provides transfer authority for the pay of
    military personnel in connection with support and services for
    eligible organizations and activities outside the Department of
    Defense.
        Section 8051 provides conditions for the use of equipment
    of the National Guard Distance Learning Project on a space-
    available, reimbursable basis.
        Section 8052 prohibits funds to retire C-40 aircraft, with
    certain exceptions.
        Section 8053 prohibits the use of funds to procure end-
    items for delivery to military forces for operational training,
    operational use or inventory requirements.
        Section 8054 prohibits funds for repairs or maintenance to
    military family housing units.
        Section 8055 provides obligation authority for new starts
    for defense innovation acceleration or rapid prototyping
    program only after notification to the congressional defense
    committees.
        Section 8056 requires a classified quarterly report on
    certain matters as directed in the classified annex
    accompanying this Act.
        Section 8057 provides for the use of National Guard
    personnel to support ground-based elements of the National
    Ballistic Missile Defense System.
        Section 8058 prohibits the use of funds to transfer certain
    ammunition.
        Section 8059 provides for a waiver by the Chief of the
    National Guard Bureau or his designee for all or part of
    consideration in cases of personal property leases of less than
    one year.
        Section 8060 provides for the transfer of funds made
    available in this Act under Operation and Maintenance, Army to
    other activities of the federal government for classified
    purposes.
        Section 8061 prohibits the use of funds to separate, or to
    consolidate from within, the National Intelligence Program
    budget from the Department of Defense budget.
        Section 8062 provides the authority to transfer funding
    from operation and maintenance accounts for the Army, Navy, and
    Air Force to the central fund for Fisher Houses and Suites.
        Section 8063 provides grant authority for the construction
    and furnishing of additional Fisher Houses to meet the needs of
    military family members when confronted with the illness or
    hospitalization of an eligible military beneficiary.
        Section 8064 provides for the authority to transfer funding
    made available in this Act under Operation and Maintenance,
    Navy to the John C. Stennis Center for Public Service
    Development Trust Fund.
        Section 8065 prohibits the modification of command and
    control relationships to give Fleet Forces Command operational
    and administrative control of United States Navy forces
    assigned to the Pacific fleet.
        Section 8066 requires notification for the rapid
    acquisition and deployment of supplies and associated support
    services.
        Section 8067 provides funding and transfer authority for
    the Israeli Cooperative Programs.
        Section 8068 provides for the funding of prior year
    shipbuilding cost increases.
        Section 8069 provides authorization for funds for
    intelligence and intelligence-related activities until the
    enactment of an Intelligence Authorization Act.
        Section 8070 prohibits funds to initiate a new start
    program without prior written notification.
        Section 8071 prohibits the use of funds for the research,
    development, test, evaluation, procurement, or deployment of
    nuclear armed interceptors of a missile defense system.
        Section 8072 prohibits funds for the decommissioning of
    certain ships.
        Section 8073 provides limitations on the Shipbuilding and
    Conversion, Navy appropriation.
        Section 8074 prohibits the use of funds to reduce or
    disestablish the operation of the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance
    Squadron of the Air Force Reserve.
        Section 8075 prohibits funds for the integration of foreign
    intelligence information unless the information has been
    lawfully collected and processed during conduct of authorized
    foreign intelligence activities.
        Section 8076 limits the availability of funding provided
    for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence beyond
    the current fiscal year, except for funds appropriated for
    research and technology.
        Section 8077 provides for the establishment of a baseline
    for application of reprogramming and transfer authorities for
    the Office of the Director of National Intelligence for the
    current fiscal year.
        Section 8078 places limitations on the reprogramming of
    funds from the Department of Defense Acquisition Workforce
    Development Account.
        Section 8079 provides for limitations on funding provided
    for the National Intelligence Program to be available for
    obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming or transfer
    of funds in accordance with the National Security Act of 1947.
        Section 8080 provides that any agency receiving funds made
    available in this Act shall post on a public website any report
    required to be submitted to Congress with certain exceptions.
        Section 8081 prohibits funds for federal contracts in
    excess of $1,000,000 unless the contractor meets certain
    conditions.
        Section 8082 provides funds for transfer to the Joint
    Department of Defense-Department of Veterans Affairs Medical
    Facility Demonstration Fund.
        Section 8083 prohibits the use of funds in contravention of
    the provisions of section 130h of title 10, United States Code.
        Section 8084 provides for the purchase of heavy and light
    armored vehicles for the physical security of personnel or for
    force protection purposes up to a limit of $450,000 per
    vehicle.
        Section 8085 provides the Director of National Intelligence
    with general transfer authority, with certain limitations.
        Section 8086 authorizes the use of funds in the
    Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy account to purchase two used
    auxiliary vessels for the National Defense Reserve Fleet.
        Section 8087 directs the Secretary of Defense to post grant
    awards on a public website in a searchable format.
        Section 8088 prohibits the use of funds by the National
    Security Agency for targeting United States persons under
    authorities granted in the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance
    Act.
        Section 8089 places restrictions on transfer amounts
    available to pay salaries for non-Department of Defense
    personnel.
        Section 8090 provides that operation and maintenance funds
    may be used for any purposes related to the National Defense
    Reserve Fleet.
        Section 8091 prohibits the use of funds to award a new TAO
    Fleet Oiler or FFG Frigate program contract for the acquisition
    of certain components unless those components are manufactured
    in the United States.
        Section 8092 prohibits the use of funds for the development
    and design of certain future naval ships unless any contract
    specifies that all hull, mechanical, and electrical components
    are manufactured in the United States.
        Section 8093 prohibits certain transfers from the
    Department of Defense Acquisition Workforce Development
    Account.
        Section 8094 prohibits the use of funds for gaming or
    entertainment that involves nude entertainers.
        Section 8095 prohibits the use of funds for information
    technology systems that do not have pornographic content
    filters.
        Section 8096 places restrictions on the use of funding for
    military parades.
        Section 8097 prohibits the use of funds to enter into a
    contract or provide a loan to any corporation that has any
    unpaid Federal tax liability.
        Section 8098 provides funds for certain software pilot
    programs.
        Section 8099 prohibits the transfer of the National
    Reconnaissance Office to the Space Force.
        Section 8100 prohibits the use of funds in contravention of
    the United Nations Convention Against Torture.
        Section 8101 prohibits funds to the Azov Battalion, the
    Third Separate Assault Brigade, or any successor organization.
        Section 8102 provides for the obligation of funds in
    anticipation of receipt of contributions from the Government of
    Kuwait.
        Section 8103 provides funding for International Security
    Cooperation Programs.
        Section 8104 provides funding to reimburse certain
    countries for border security.
        Section 8105 provides $500,000,000 for the Taiwan Security
    Cooperation Initiative.
        Section 8106 prohibits the use of funds in contravention of
    the War Powers Resolution.
        Section 8107 prohibits the use of funds in violation of the
    Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008.
        Section 8108 prohibits funds for any member of Hamas,
    Hezbollah, the Houthis, or the Taliban.
        Section 8109 prohibits funds for the United Nations Relief
    and Works Agency.
        Section 8110 provides that certain support to friendly
    foreign countries be made in accordance with section 8005 of
    this Act.
        Section 8111 prohibits the use of funds to enter into a
    contract with Rosoboronexport.
        Section 8112 requires notification of the receipt of
    contributions from foreign governments and notification prior
    to obligating such funds.
        Section 8113 requires the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs to
    report on any unplanned activity or exercise.
        Section 8114 requires a report concurrent with any exercise
    of the drawdown authority provided by Section 506 of the
    Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
        Section 8115 requires notification if a foreign base is
    opened or closed.
        Section 8116 prohibits funds to establish permanent bases
    in Iraq or Afghanistan or United States control over Iraq or
    Syria oil resources.
        Section 8117 provides $500,000,000 ceiling for security
    assistance to Jordan.
        Section 8118 requires the United States Southern Command to
    assume combatant command responsibility for activities related
    to Mexico.
        Section 8119 provides funds to improve military readiness
    with transfer authority.
        Section 8120 reduces amounts appropriated in title II of
    this Act to reflect excess cash balances in Department of
    Defense Working Capital Funds.
        Section 8121 directs the Secretary of Defense to allocate
    amounts made available from the Creating Helpful Incentives to
    Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) for America Defense Fund.

     DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ALLOCATION OF FUNDS: CHIPS AND SCIENCE ACT FISCAL
                                    YEAR 2026
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    Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide
     Budget Activity 02, Applied Research:
        Microelectronics Commons............................      79,709,000
    Budget Activity 03, Advanced Technology Development:
        Microelectronics Commons............................     260,731,000
    Budget Activity 04, Advanced Component Development and
     Prototypes:
        Microelectronics Commons............................      59,560,000
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        Section 8122 provides guidance on the implementation of the
    Policy for Assisted Reproductive Services for the Benefit of
    Seriously or Severely Ill/Injured Active Duty Service Members.
        Section 8123 provides the authority for the Secretary of
    Defense to obligate funds to modify up to nine F-35 aircraft to
    a test configuration.
        Section 8124 prohibits the use of funds to integrate an
    alternative engine on any F-35 aircraft.
        Section 8125 provides up to $650,000,000 for the rapid
    acquisition and deployment of supplies and associated support
    services.
        Section 8126 enables the Office of Strategic Capital to use
    appropriated funds for loans and loan guarantees.
        Section 8127 provides the authority for Defense Innovation
    Unit Fielding funds for expenses related to agile, research,
    development, test and evaluation, procurement, production
    modification, and operation and maintenance requirements,
    including initial acquisition of end-items for operational use.
        Section 8128 allows procurement of software-only solutions.
        Section 8129 prohibits the use of funds to support the
    Wuhan Institute of Virology, or any laboratory owned or
    controlled by the governments of foreign adversaries.
        Section 8130 prohibits the use of funds for any work to be
    performed by EcoHealth Alliance, Inc. in China on research
    supported by the Government of the People's Republic of China.
        Section 8131 prohibits the use of funds to transfer,
    release, or assist in the transfer or release to or within the
    United States of certain detainees.
        Section 8132 prohibits the use of funds to transfer any
    individual detained at United States Naval Station Guantanamo
    Bay, Cuba, to the custody or control of the individual's
    country of origin or any other foreign country.
        Section 8133 prohibits the use of funds to construct,
    acquire, or modify any facility in the United States to house
    any individual detained at United States Naval Station
    Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
        Section 8134 prohibits the use of funds to carry out the
    closure of the United States Naval Station Guantanamo Bay,
    Cuba.
        Section 8135 prohibits funding to enforce any COVID-19 mask
    mandates.
        Section 8136 prohibits funding to require a member of the
    Armed Forces or a civilian employee of the Department of
    Defense to receive a vaccination against COVID-19.
        Section 8137 prohibits funding for a COVID-19 vaccination
    requirement as a prerequisite for students.
        Section 8138 prohibits funding to provide gender transition
    procedures, including surgery or medication, referrals for
    those procedures, or a change in duty station for these
    activities for a child through the Exceptional Family Member
    Program.
        Section 8139 prohibits funds to take any discriminatory
    action against a person, wholly or partially, on the basis that
    such person speaks, or acts, in accordance with a sincerely
    held religious belief, or moral conviction, that marriage is,
    or should be recognized as, a union of one man and one woman.
        Section 8140 prohibits the use of funds to label
    communications by United States persons as misinformation,
    disinformation, or malinformation, or to partner with or fund
    nonprofits or other organizations that pressure private
    companies to censor lawful and constitutionally protected
    speech.
        Section 8141 prohibits funds to carry out any program,
    project, or activity that promotes or advances Critical Race
    Theory or any concept associated with Critical Race Theory.
        Section 8142 prohibits the use of funds for paid leave and
    travel or related expenses of a federal employee or their
    dependents for the purposes of obtaining an abortion or
    abortion-related services.
        Section 8143 prohibits the use of funds to recruit, hire,
    or promote any person who has been convicted of charges related
    to child pornography or other sexual misconduct.
        Section 8144 prohibits the use of funds to promote, host,
    facilitate, or support a drag queen story hour for children on
    United States military installations or for military recruiting
    programs that feature drag queens.
        Section 8145 prohibits the use of funds to perform surgical
    procedures or hormone therapies for the purposes of gender
    affirming care.
        Section 8146 prohibits funds to carry out sections 554(a)
    and 913 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
    Year 2021 (Public Law 116-283).
        Section 8147 prohibits funds to implement, administer,
    apply, enforce, or carry out measures relating to the
    Department of Defense diversity, equity, inclusion, and
    accessibility strategy, certain executive orders, and execute
    activities that promote or perpetuate divisive concepts related
    to race or sex.
        Section 8148 prohibits funding for any office of diversity,
    equity, or inclusion.
        Section 8149 prohibits funding to NewsGuard Technologies
    Inc.
        Section 8150 prohibts the use of funds in contravention of
    Department of Defense Instruction 3216.01.
        Section 8151 prohibits the use of funds to divest more than
    eight U-2 aircraft.
        Section 8152 prohibits funds to divest F-15 aircraft.
        Section 8153 provides for special transfer authority for
    ship construction programs.
        Section 8154 reduces appropriations for savings and
    efficiencies attributed to H.R. 1.
        Section 8155 reduces appropriations for savings resulting
    from favorable bulk fuel rates.
        Section 8156 reduces appropriations for savings resulting
    from cooperation with the Department of Government Efficiency.
        Section 8157 reduces appropriations for savings from
    management efficiencies.
        Section 8158 requires budget justification documents and
    quarterly reports on funds resulting from reconciliation.
        Section 8159 places a 75-person full-time equivalent limit
    on the Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation Office.
        Section 8160 directs the Secretary of Defense to obligate
    funds in order to achieve accelerated initial operational
    capability for Navy's next generation fighter aircraft.
        Section 8161 requires DARPA to provide quarterly execution
    reports.
        Section 8162 appropriates funding for the National Defense
    Stockpile Transaction Fund.
        Section 8163 establishes a platform supply vessel pilot
    program.
        Section 8164 restricts funding to move the headquarters
    functions of U.S. Southern Command.
        Section 8165 prohibits funds to pause, cancel, or terminate
    the UH-60 Blackhawk aircraft program.
        Section 8166 prohibits funds to pause, cancel, or terminate
    the E-7 Wedgetail aircraft program.
        Section 8167 prohibits funds in contravention of the Posse
    Comitatus Act of 1878.
        Section 8168 prohibits funds to discontinue or restrict
    access to sexual assault forensic examinations for Department
    of Defense civilian personnel.
        Section 8169 prohibits the use of funds for the transmittal
    of classified information of war or operational plans over
    unsecured networks.
        Section 8170 requires the Secretary of Defense to publish a
    public report itemizing all expenses and contracts associated
    with the military parade in Washington, D.C. on June 14, 2025.
        Section 8171 provides $12,000,000 for the Irregular Warfare
    Center.
        Section 8172 establishes a spending reduction account.

                HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES REPORTING REQUIREMENTS

        The following items are included in accordance with various
    requirements of the Rules of the House of Representatives:

             STATEMENT OF GENERAL PERFORMANCE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES

        Pursuant to clause 3(c)(4) of rule XIII of the Rules of the
    House of Representatives, the following is a statement of
    general performance goals and objectives for which this measure
    authorizes funding:
        The Committee on Appropriations considers program
    performance, including a program's success in developing and
    attaining outcome-related goals and objectives, in developing
    funding recommendations.

                              PROGRAM DUPLICATION

        No provision of this bill establishes or reauthorizes a
    program of the Federal Government known to be duplicative of
    another Federal program, a program that was included in any
    report from the Government Accountability Office to Congress
    pursuant to section 21 of Public Law 111-139, or a program
    related to a program identified in the most recent Catalog of
    Federal Domestic Assistance.

                               TRANSFER OF FUNDS

        Pursuant to clause 3(f)(2) of rule XIII of the Rules of the
    House of Representatives, the following is submitted describing
    the transfer of funds provided in the accompanying bill.
        Language has been included under ``Operation and
    Maintenance, Defense-Wide'' which provides for the transfer of
    funds for certain classified activities.
        Language has been included under ``Environmental
    Restoration, Army'' which provides for the transfer of funds
    for environmental restoration, reduction and recycling of
    hazardous waste, removal of unsafe buildings and debris, or for
    similar purposes.
        Language has been included under ``Environmental
    Restoration, Navy'' which provides for the transfer of funds
    for environmental restoration, reduction and recycling of
    hazardous waste, removal of unsafe buildings and debris, or for
    similar purposes.
        Language has been included under ``Environmental
    Restoration, Air Force'' which provides for the transfer of
    funds for environmental restoration, reduction and recycling of
    hazardous waste, removal of unsafe buildings and debris, or for
    similar purposes.
        Language has been included under ``Environmental
    Restoration, Defense-Wide'' which provides for the transfer of
    funds for environmental restoration, reduction and recycling of
    hazardous waste, removal of unsafe buildings and debris, or for
    similar purposes.
        Language has been included under ``Environmental
    Restoration, Formerly Used Defense Sites''' which provides for
    the transfer of funds for environmental restoration, reduction
    and recycling of hazardous waste, removal of unsafe buildings
    and debris, or for similar purposes.
        Language has been included under ``Drug Interdiction and
    Counter-Drug Activities, Defense'' which provides for the
    transfer of funds to appropriations available to the Department
    of Defense for military personnel of the reserve components;
    for operation and maintenance' for procurement; and for
    research, development, test and evaluation for drug
    interdiction and counter-drug activities of the Department of
    Defense.
        Language has been included under ``General Provisions, Sec.
    8005'' which provides for the transfer of working capital funds
    to other appropriations accounts of the Department of Defense
    military functions.
        Language has been included under ``General Provisions, Sec.
    8008'' which provides for transfer of funds between working
    capital funds and the ``Foreign Currency Fluctuations,
    Defense'' appropriation and the operation and maintenance
    appropriation accounts.
        Language has been included under ``General Provisions, Sec.
    8014'' which provides for the transfer of funds from the
    Department of Defense Pilot Mentor-Protege Program to any other
    appropriation and the operation and maintenance appropriation
    accounts.
        Language has been included under ``General Provisions, Sec.
    8050'' which provides for the transfer of funds from the
    ``Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide'' to appropriations
    available for the pay of military personnel in connection with
    support and services of eligible organizations and activities
    outside the Department of Defense.
        Language has been included under ``General Provisions, Sec.
    8060'' which provides for the transfer of funds from
    ``Operation and Maintenance, Army'' to other activities of the
    federal government.
        Language has been included under ``General Provisions, Sec.
    8062'' which provides for the transfer of funds from
    ``Operation and Maintenance, Army'', ``Operation and
    Maintenance, Navy'', and ``Operation and Maintenance, Air
    Force'' to the central fund established for Fisher Houses and
    Suites.
        Language has been included under ``General Provisions, Sec.
    8063'' which provides for the transfer of funds for the
    construction and furnishing of additional Fisher Houses to meet
    the needs of military family members when confronted with the
    illness or hospitalization of an eligible military beneficiary.
        Language has been included under ``General Provisions, Sec.
    8064'' which provides for the transfer of funds from
    ``Operation and Maintenance, Navy'' to the John C. Stennis
    Center for Public Service Development Trust Fund.
        Language has been included under ``General Provisions, Sec.
    8082'' which provides for the transfer of funds appropriated
    for operation and maintenance for the Defense Health Program to
    the Joint Department of Defense-Department of Veterans Affairs
    Medical Facility Demonstration Fund.
        Language has been included under ``General Provisions, Sec.
    8085'' which provides for the transfer of funds for the
    National Intelligence Program.
        Language has been included under ``General Provisions, Sec.
    8153'' which provides for the transfer of funds from
    ``Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy'' to any available Navy
    ship construction appropriation for the purpose of liquidating
    necessary changes from inflation, market fluctuations, or rate
    adjustments.

                                  RESCISSIONS

        Pursuant to clause 3(f)(2) of rule XIII of the Rules of the
    House of Representatives, the Committee notes that the
    accompanying bill does not propose any rescissions.

              COMPLIANCE WITH RULE XIII, CL. 3(E) (RAMSEYER RULE)

        In compliance with clause 3(e) of rule XIII of the Rules of
    the House of Representatives, the Committee notes that the
    accompanying bill does not propose to repeal or amend a statute
    or part thereof.

                   CHANGES IN THE APPLICATION OF EXISTING LAW

        Pursuant to clause 3(f)(1)(A) of rule XIII of the Rules of
    the House of Representatives, the following statements are
    submitted describing the effect of provisions in the
    accompanying bill which directly or indirectly change the
    application of existing law.
        Language is included in various parts of the bill to
    continue ongoing activities which require annual authorization
    or additional legislation, which to date has not been enacted.
        The bill includes a number of provisions which place
    limitations on the use of funds in the bill or change existing
    limitations and which might, under some circumstances, be
    construed as changing the application of law.
        The bill includes a number of provisions which provide for
    the transfer of funds and which might, under some
    circumstances, be construed as changing the application of law.
        The bill includes a number of provisions, which have been
    virtually unchanged for many years that are technically
    considered legislation.
        The bill provides that appropriations shall remain
    available for more than one year for some programs for which
    the basic authorizing legislation does not presently authorize
    each extended availability.
        In various places in the bill, the Committee has allocated
    funds within appropriation accounts in order to fund specific
    programs.
        Language is included in various accounts placing a
    limitation on funds for emergencies and extraordinary expenses.
        Language is included that provides not more than $2,981,000
    for the Combatant Commander Initiative Fund.
        Language is included that provides not less than
    $70,000,000 for the APEX Accelerators, of which not less than
    $5,000,000 shall be available for centers.
        Language is included that prohibits the consolidation of
    certain legislative affairs or liaison offices.
        Language is included that makes available $27,693,000 for
    certain classified activities, allows such funds to be
    transferred between certain accounts, and exempts such funds
    from the investment item unit cost ceiling.
        Language is included under the heading ``Counter-ISIS Train
    and Equip Fund'' that provides for the use of funds for certain
    purposes, compliance with vetting standards, management of
    contributions, the submission of certain reports, and making
    certain funds unavailable until a report is submitted.
        Language is included that limits the use of funds for
    official representation purposes under the heading ``United
    States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces.''
        Language is included that limits funds credited or
    transferred under the heading ``Department of Defense
    Acquisition Workforce Development Account.''
        Language is included that provides for specific
    construction, acquisition, or conversion of vessels under the
    heading ``Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy.''
        Language is included that provides for the incurring of
    additional obligations for certain activities under the heading
    ``Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy.''
        Language is included that prohibits the use of funds
    provided under the heading ``Shipbuilding and Conversion,
    Navy'' for the construction of any naval vessel, or the
    construction of major components for the construction or
    conversion of any naval vessel, in foreign facilities or
    shipyards.
        Language is included under the heading ``National Guard and
    Reserve Equipment Account'' providing for the procurement of
    certain items and the submission of modernization priority
    assessments.
        Language is included under the heading ``Research,
    Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy'' that provides funds
    for certain activities related to the V-22.
        Language is included that specifies the use of certain
    funds provided under the heading ``Defense Health Program.''
        Language is included that provides that not less than
    $15,000,000 of funds provided under the heading ``Defense
    Health Program'' shall be available for HIV prevention
    educational activities.
        Language is included under the heading ``Defense Health
    Program'' that provides that not less than $700,000,000 shall
    be made available to the Defense Health Agency to carry out
    congressionally directed medical research programs.
        Language is included that specifies the use of certain
    funds provided under the heading ``Chemical Agents and
    Munitions Destruction, Defense.''
        Language is included that specifies the use of certain
    funds provided under the heading ``Drug Interdiction and
    Counter-Drug Activities, Defense.''
        Language is included that prohibits the use of funds for
    publicity or propaganda purposes not authorized by Congress.
        Language is included that prohibits the use of funds for
    publicity or propaganda purposes not authorized by Congress.
        Language is included that provides for conditions and
    limitations on the payment of compensation to, or employment
    of, foreign nationals.
        Language is included that limits the availability of funds.
        Language is included that limits the obligation of funds
    during the last two months of the fiscal year.
        Language is included that provides general transfer
    authority of funds to other military functions.
        Language is included that provides that the tables titled
    ``Explanation of Project Level Adjustments'' shall be carried
    out in the manner provided by the tables to the same extent as
    if the tables were included in the text of this Act.
        Language is included that provides for the establishment of
    a baseline for application of reprogramming and transfer
    authorities for the current fiscal year.
        Language is included that provides for limitations on the
    use of transfer authority of working capital fund cash
    balances.
        Language is included that prohibits the use of funds to
    initiate a special access program without prior notification to
    the congressional defense committees.
        Language is included that provides limitations and
    conditions on the use of funds to initiate multiyear
    procurement contracts.
        Language is included that provides for the use of funds for
    humanitarian and civic assistance costs.
        Language is included that prohibits the use of funds to
    influence congressional action on any matters pending before
    Congress.
        Language is included that prohibits the use of funds to
    reduce the number of strategic delivery vehicles and launchers.
        Language is included that provides for the transfer of
    funds for the Department of Defense Pilot Mentor-Protege
    Program.
        Language is included that provides for the Department of
    Defense to purchase anchor and mooring chains manufactured only
    in the United States.
        Language is included that prohibits funds for any non-
    appropriated activity of the Department of Defense that
    procures malt beverages and wine except under certain
    conditions.
        Language is included that prohibits the use of funds to
    demilitarize or dispose of certain surplus firearms and small
    arms ammunition or ammunition components.
        Language is included that provides a limitation on funds
    being used for the relocation of any Department of Defense
    entity into or within the National Capital Region.
        Language is included that provides for incentive payments
    authorized by section 504 of the Indian Financing Act of 1974
    (25 U.S.C. 1544).
        Language is included that provides for the conveyance,
    without consideration, of relocatable housing units that are
    excess to the needs of the Air Force.
        Language is included that provides funds for the mitigation
    of environmental impacts on Indian lands resulting from
    Department of Defense activities.
        Language is included that prohibits funds for the Defense
    Media Activity from being used for national or international
    political or psychological activities.
        Language is included that provides funding for the Civil
    Air Patrol Corporation.
        Language is included that prohibits funds from being used
    to establish new Department of Defense Federally Funded
    Research and Development Centers.
        Language is included that defines the congressional defense
    committees.
        Language is included that defines the congressional
    intelligence committees.
        Language is included that provides for competition between
    private firms and Department of Defense depot maintenance
    activities.
        Language is included that requires the Department of
    Defense to comply with the Buy American Act.
        Language is included that provides for the Department of
    Defense to procure carbon, alloy, or armor steel plate melted
    and rolled only in the United States and Canada.
        Language is included that provides for the revocation of
    blanket waivers of the Buy American Act
        Language is included that prohibits the use of funds for
    the procurement of ball and roller bearings other than those
    produced by a domestic source and of domestic origin.
        Language is included that prohibits the use of funds to
    purchase supercomputers which are not manufactured in the
    United States.
        Language is included that provides a waiver of Buy American
    provisions for certain cooperative programs.
        Language is included that prohibits the use of funds for
    the purchase or manufacture of a United States flag unless such
    flags are treated as covered items under Language is included
    that 4862(b) of title 10 United States Code.
        Language is included that provides for the availability of
    funds contained in the Department of Defense Overseas Military
    Facility Investment Recovery Account.
        Language is included that provides authority to use
    operation and maintenance appropriations to purchase items
    having an investment item unit cost of not more than $350,000.
        Language is included that provides authority to use
    operation and maintenance appropriations for the Asia Pacific
    Regional Initiative Program.
        Language is included that prohibits the sale of tobacco
    products in military resale outlets below the most competitive
    price in the local community.
        Language is included that prohibits the use of Working
    Capital Funds to purchase specified investment items.
        Language is included that provides limitations on the
    availability of funds appropriated for the Central Intelligence
    Agency.
        Language is included that places limitations on the use of
    funds made available in this Act to establish field operating
    agencies.
        Language is included that places restrictions on converting
    to contractor performance an activity or function of the
    Department of Defense unless it meets certain guidelines.
        Language is included that prohibits the use of funds to
    reduce authorized positions for military technicians (dual
    status) of the Army National Guard, Air National Guard, Army
    Reserve, and Air Force Reserve unless such reductions are a
    direct result of a reduction in military force structure.
        Language is included that prohibits funds for assistance to
    the Democratic People's Republic of Korea unless specifically
    appropriated for that purpose.
        Language is included that provides for reimbursement to the
    National Guard and reserve when members of the National Guard
    and reserve provide intelligence or counterintelligence support
    to the combatant commands, defense agencies, and joint
    intelligence activities.
        Language is included that prohibits the transfer of
    Department of Defense and Central Intelligence Agency drug
    interdiction and counter-drug activities funds to other
    agencies except as specifically provided in an appropriations
    law.
        Language is included that provides funding for Red Cross
    and United Services Organization grants.
        Language is included that provides funds for the Small
    Business Innovation Research program and the Small Business
    Technology Transfer program.
        Language is included that prohibits funds for contractor
    bonuses being paid due to business restructuring.
        Language is included that provides transfer authority for
    the pay of military personnel in connection with support and
    services for eligible organizations and activities outside the
    Department of Defense.
        Language is included that provides conditions for the use
    of equipment of the National Guard Distance Learning Project on
    a space-available, reimbursable basis.
        Language is included that prohibits funds to retire C-40
    aircraft, with certain exceptions.
        Language is included that prohibits the use of funds to
    procure end-items for delivery to military forces for
    operational training, operational use or inventory
    requirements.
        Language is included that prohibits funds for repairs or
    maintenance to military family housing units.
        Language is included that provides obligation authority for
    new starts for defense innovation acceleration or rapid
    prototyping program only after notification to the
    congressional defense committees.
        Language is included that requires a classified quarterly
    report on certain matters as directed in the classified annex
    accompanying this Act.
        Language is included that provides for the use of National
    Guard personnel to support ground-based elements of the
    National Ballistic Missile Defense System.
        Language is included that prohibits the use of funds to
    transfer certain ammunition.
        Language is included that provides for a waiver by the
    Chief of the National Guard Bureau or his designee for all or
    part of consideration in cases of personal property leases of
    less than one year.
        Language is included that provides for the transfer of
    funds made available in this Act under Operation and
    Maintenance, Army to other activities of the federal government
    for classified purposes.
        Language is included that prohibits the use of funds to
    separate, or to consolidate from within, the National
    Intelligence Program budget from the Department of Defense
    budget.
        Language is included that provides the authority to
    transfer funding from operation and maintenance accounts for
    the Army, Navy, and Air Force to the central fund for Fisher
    Houses and Suites.
        Language is included that provides grant authority for the
    construction and furnishing of additional Fisher Houses to meet
    the needs of military family members when confronted with the
    illness or hospitalization of an eligible military beneficiary.
        Language is included that provides for the authority to
    transfer funding made available in this Act under Operation and
    Maintenance, Navy to the John C. Stennis Center for Public
    Service Development Trust Fund.
        Language is included that prohibits the modification of
    command and control relationships to give Fleet Forces Command
    operational and administrative control of United States Navy
    forces assigned to the Pacific fleet.
        Language is included that requires notification for the
    rapid acquisition and deployment of supplies and associated
    support services.
        Language is included that provides funding and transfer
    authority for the Israeli Cooperative Programs.
        Language is included that provides for the funding of prior
    year shipbuilding cost increases.
        Language is included that provides authorization for funds
    for intelligence and intelligence-related activities until the
    enactment of an Intelligence Authorization Act.
        Language is included that prohibits funds to initiate a new
    start program without prior written notification.
        Language is included that prohibits the use of funds for
    the research, development, test, evaluation, procurement, or
    deployment of nuclear armed interceptors of a missile defense
    system.
        Language is included that prohibits funds for the
    decommissioning of certain ships.
        Language is included that provides limitations on the
    Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy appropriation.
        Language is included that prohibits the use of funds to
    reduce or disestablish the operation of the 53rd Weather
    Reconnaissance Squadron of the Air Force Reserve.
        Language is included that prohibits funds for the
    integration of foreign intelligence information unless the
    information has been lawfully collected and processed during
    conduct of authorized foreign intelligence activities.
        Language is included that limits the availability of
    funding provided for the Office of the Director of National
    Intelligence beyond the current fiscal year, except for funds
    appropriated for research and technology.
        Language is included that provides for the establishment of
    a baseline for application of reprogramming and transfer
    authorities for the Office of the Director of National
    Intelligence for the current fiscal year.
        Language is included that places limitations on the
    reprogramming of funds from the Department of Defense
    Acquisition Workforce Development Account.
        Language is included that provides for limitations on
    funding provided for the National Intelligence Program to be
    available for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming
    or transfer of funds in accordance with the National Security
    Act of 1947.
        Language is included that provides that any agency
    receiving funds made available in this Act shall post on a
    public website any report required to be submitted to Congress
    with certain exceptions.
        Language is included that prohibits funds for federal
    contracts in excess of $1,000,000 unless the contractor meets
    certain conditions.
        Language is included that provides funds for transfer to
    the Joint Department of Defense-Department of Veterans Affairs
    Medical Facility Demonstration Fund.
        Language is included that prohibits the use of funds in
    contravention of the provisions of Language is included that
    130h of title 10, United States Code.
        Language is included that provides for the purchase of
    heavy and light armored vehicles for the physical security of
    personnel or for force protection purposes up to a limit of
    $450,000 per vehicle.
        Language is included that provides the Director of National
    Intelligence with general transfer authority, with certain
    limitations.
        Language is included that authorizes the use of funds in
    the Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy account to purchase two
    used auxiliary vessels for the National Defense Reserve Fleet.
        Language is included that directs the Secretary of Defense
    to post grant awards on a public website in a searchable
    format.
        Language is included that prohibits the use of funds by the
    National Security Agency for targeting United States persons
    under authorities granted in the Foreign Intelligence
    Surveillance Act.
        Language is included that places restrictions on transfer
    amounts available to pay salaries for non-Department of Defense
    personnel.
        Language is included that provides that operation and
    maintenance funds may be used for any purposes related to the
    National Defense Reserve Fleet.
        Language is included that prohibits the use of funds to
    award a new TAO Fleet Oiler or FFG Frigate program contract for
    the acquisition of certain components unless those components
    are manufactured in the United States.
        Language is included that prohibits the use of funds for
    the development and design of certain future naval ships unless
    any contract specifies that all hull, mechanical, and
    electrical components are manufactured in the United States.
        Language is included that prohibits certain transfers from
    the Department of Defense Acquisition Workforce Development
    Account.
        Language is included that prohibits the use of funds for
    gaming or entertainment that involves nude entertainers.
        Language is included that prohibits the use of funds for
    information technology systems that do not have pornographic
    content filters.
        Language is included that places restrictions on the use of
    funding for military parades.
        Language is included that prohibits the use of funds to
    enter into a contract or provide a loan to any corporation that
    has any unpaid Federal tax liability.
        Language is included that provides funds for certain
    software pilot programs.
        Language is included that prohibits the transfer of the
    National Reconnaissance Office to the Space Force.
        Language is included that prohibits the use of funds in
    contravention of the United Nations Convention Against Torture.
        Language is included that prohibits funds to the Azov
    Battalion, the Third Separate Assault Brigade, or any successor
    organization.
        Language is included that provides for the obligation of
    funds in anticipation of receipt of contributions from the
    Government of Kuwait.
        Language is included that provides funding for
    International Security Cooperation Programs.
        Language is included that provides funding to reimburse
    certain countries for border security.
        Language is included that provides $500,000,000 for the
    Taiwan Security Cooperation Initiative.
        Language is included that prohibits the use of funds in
    contravention of the War Powers Resolution.
        Language is included that prohibits the use of funds in
    violation of the Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008.
        Language is included that prohibits funds for any member of
    Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis, or the Taliban.
        Language is included that prohibits funds for the United
    Nations Relief and Works Agency.
        Language is included that provides certain support to
    friendly foreign countries be made in accordance with section
    8005 of this Act.
        Language is included that prohibits the use of funds to
    enter into a contract with Rosoboronexport.
        Language is included that requires notification of the
    receipt of contributions from foreign governments and
    notification prior to obligating such funds.
        Language is included that requires the Chairman of the
    Joint Chiefs to report on any unplanned activity or exercise.
        Language is included that requires a report concurrent with
    any exercise of the drawdown authority provided by section 506
    of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
        Language is included that requires notification if a
    foreign base is opened or closed.
        Language is included that prohibits funds to establish
    permanent bases in Iraq or Afghanistan or United States control
    over Iraq or Syria oil resources.
        Language is included that provides $500,000,000 ceiling for
    security assistance to Jordan.
        Language is included that requires the United States
    Southern Command to assume combatant command responsibility for
    activities related to Mexico.
        Language is included that provides funds to improve
    military readiness with transfer authority.
        Language is included that reduces amounts appropriated in
    title II of this Act to reflect excess cash balances in
    Department of Defense Working Capital Funds.
        Language is included that directs the Secretary of Defense
    to allocate amounts made available from the Creating Helpful
    Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) for America
    Defense Fund.
        Language is included that provides guidance on the
    implementation of the Policy for Assisted Reproductive Services
    for the Benefit of Seriously or Severely Ill/Injured Active
    Duty Service Members.
        Language is included that provides the authority for the
    Secretary of Defense to obligate funds to modify up to nine F-
    35 aircraft to a test configuration.
        Language is included that prohibits the use of funds to
    integrate an alternative engine on any F-35 aircraft.
        Language is included that provides up to $650,000,000 for
    the rapid acquisition and deployment of supplies and associated
    support services.
        Language is included that enables the Office of Strategic
    Capital to use appropriated funds for loans and loan
    guarantees.
        Language is included that provides the authority for
    Defense Innovation Unit Fielding funds for expenses related to
    agile, research, development, test and evaluation, procurement,
    production modification, and operation and maintenance
    requirements, including initial acquisition of end-items for
    operational use.
        Language is included that allows procurement of software-
    only solutions.
        Language is included that prohibits the use of funds to
    support the Wuhan Institute of Virology, or any laboratory
    owned or controlled by the governments of foreign adversaries.
        Language is included that prohibits the use of funds for
    any work to be performed by EcoHealth Alliance, Inc. in China
    on research supported by the Government of the People's
    Republic of China.
        Language is included that prohibits the use of funds to
    transfer, release, or assist in the transfer or release to or
    within the United States of certain detainees.
        Language is included that prohibits the use of funds to
    transfer any individual detained at United States Naval Station
    Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to the custody or control of the
    individual's country of origin or any other foreign country.
        Language is included that prohibits the use of funds to
    construct, acquire, or modify any facility in the United States
    to house any individual detained at United States Naval Station
    Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
        Language is included that prohibits the use of funds to
    carry out the closure of the United States Naval Station
    Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
        Language is included that prohibits funding to enforce any
    COVID-19 mask mandates.
        Language is included that prohibits funding to require a
    member of the Armed Forces or a civilian employee of the
    Department of Defense to receive a vaccination against COVID-
    19.
        Language is included that prohibits funding for a COVID-19
    vaccination requirement as a prerequisite for students.
        Language is included that prohibits funding to provide
    gender transition procedures, including surgery or medication,
    referrals for those procedures, or a change in duty station for
    these activities for a child through the Exceptional Family
    Member Program.
        Language is included that prohibits funds to take any
    discriminatory action against a person, wholly or partially, on
    the basis that such person speaks, or acts, in accordance with
    a sincerely held religious belief, or moral conviction, that
    marriage is, or should be recognized as, a union of one man and
    one woman.
        Language is included that prohibits the use of funds to
    label communications by United States persons as
    misinformation, disinformation, or malinformation, or to
    partner with or fund nonprofits or other organizations that
    pressure private companies to censor lawful and
    constitutionally protected speech.
        Language is included that prohibits funds to carry out any
    program, project, or activity that promotes or advances
    Critical Race Theory or any concept associated with Critical
    Race Theory.
        Language is included that prohibits the use of funds for
    paid leave and travel or related expenses of a federal employee
    or their dependents for the purposes of obtaining an abortion
    or abortion-related services.
        Language is included that prohibits the use of funds to
    recruit, hire, or promote any person who has been convicted of
    charges related to child pornography or other sexual
    misconduct.
        Language is included that prohibits the use of funds to
    promote, host, facilitate, or support a drag queen story hour
    for children on United States military installations or for
    military recruiting programs that feature drag queens.
        Language is included that prohibits the use of funds to
    perform surgical procedures or hormone therapies for the
    purposes of gender affirming care.
        Language is included that prohibits funds to carry out
    Language is included that 554(a) and 913 of the National
    Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116-
    283).
        Language is included that prohibits funds to implement,
    administer, apply, enforce, or carry out measures relating to
    the Department of Defense diversity, equity, inclusion, and
    accessibility strategy, certain executive orders, and execute
    activities that promote or perpetuate divisive concepts related
    to race or sex.
        Language is included that prohibits funding for any office
    of diversity, equity, or inclusion.
        Language is included that prohibits funding to NewsGuard
    Technologies Inc.
        Language is included that prohibits the use of funds in
    contravention of Department of Defense Instruction 3216.01.
        Language is included that prohibits the use of funds to
    divest more than eight U-2 aircraft.
        Language is included that prohibits funds to divest F-15
    aircraft.
        Language is included that provides for special transfer
    authority for ship construction programs.
        Language is included that reduces appropriations for
    savings and efficiencies attributed to H.R. 1.
        Language is included that reduces appropriations for
    savings resulting from favorable bulk fuel rates.
        Language is included that reduces appropriations for
    savings resulting from cooperation with the Department of
    Government Efficiency.
        Language is included that reduces appropriations for
    savings from management efficiencies.
        Language is included that requires budget justification
    documents and quarterly reports on funds resulting from
    reconciliation.
        Language is included that places a 75-person full-time
    equivalent limit on the Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation
    Office.
        Language is included that directs the Secretary of Defense
    to obligate funds in order to achieve accelerated initial
    operational capability for Navy's next generation fighter
    aircraft.
        Language is included that requires DARPA to provide
    quarterly execution reports.
        Language is included that appropriates funding for the
    National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund.
        Language is included that establishes a platform supply
    vessel pilot program.
        Language is included that restricts funding to move the
    headquarters functions of U.S. Southern Command.
        Language is included that establishes a spending reduction
    account.
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                     COMPARISON WITH THE BUDGET RESOLUTION

        Pursuant to clause 3(c)(2) of rule XIII of the Rules of the
    House of Representatives and section 308(a)(1)(A) of the
    Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the following table compares
    the levels of new budget authority provided in the bill with
    the appropriate allocation under section 302(b) of the Budget
    Act.

                                                [In millions of dollars]
    ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                             302(b) Allocation                   This Bill
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------
                                                          Budget                          Budget
                                                         Authority        Outlays        Authority        Outlays
    ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Comparison of amounts in the bill with Committee
     allocations to its subcommittees: Subcommittee
     on Defense
        Discretionary...............................         831,513               0         831,513      \1\828,065
        Mandatory...................................             514               0             514          \1\514
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    \1\ Includes outlays from prior-year budget authority.

                          FIVE-YEAR OUTLAY PROJECTIONS

        Pursuant to clause 3(c)(2) of rule XIII and section
    308(a)(1)(B) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the
    following table contains five-year projections associated with
    the budget authority provided in the accompanying bill as
    provided to the Committee by the Congressional Budget Office.

                            [In millions of dollars]
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                   Outlays
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Projection of outlays associated with the recommendation:
        2026...................................................   \1\490,320
        2027...................................................      199,834
        2028...................................................       64,998
        2029...................................................       32,991
        2030 and future years..................................       28,705
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    \1\ Excludes outlays from prior-year budget authority.

              FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS

        Pursuant to clause 3(c)(2) of rule XIII and section
    308(a)(1)(C) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the
    Congressional Budget Office has provided the following
    estimates of new budget authority and outlays provided by the
    accompanying bill for financial assistance to State and local
    governments.

                            [In millions of dollars]
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                  Budget
                                                 Authority        Outlays
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Financial assistance to State and local              N/A          \1\N/A
     governments for 2026...................
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    \1\ Includes outlays from prior-year budget authority.

                               COMMITTEE HEARINGS

        Pursuant to clause 3(c)(6) of rule XIII of the Rules of the
    House of Representatives, the following hearings were used to
    develop or consider the Defense Appropriations Bill, 2026:
        The Subcommittee on Defense held a budget hearing on
    February 25, 2025, entitled ``Member Day.'' The Subcommittee
    received testimony from:
        The Honorable Laura Gillen (NY-04)
        The Honorable John James (MI-10)
        The Honorable Gil Cisneros (CA-31)
        The Honorable Jen Kiggans (VA-02)
        The Honorable Rudy Yakym (IN-02)
        The Honorable James Moylan (Guam At Large)
        The Honorable Greg Landsman (OH-01)
        The Subcommittee on Defense held an oversight hearing on
    May 6, 2025, entitled ``The United States Air Force and Space
    Force.''
        The Subcommittee received testimony from:
        The Honorable Gary A. Ashworth, Acting Secretary,
    Department of Air Force
        General David W. Allvin, Chief of Staff, United States Air
    Force
        General B. Chance Saltzman, Chief of Space Operations,
    United States Air Force
        The Subcommittee on Defense held an oversight hearing on
    May 7, 2025, entitled ``The United States Army.''
        The Subcommittee received testimony from:
        The Honorable Daniel Driscoll, Secretary, Department of the
    Army
        General Randy George, Chief of Staff, United States Army
        The Subcommittee on Defense held an oversight hearing on
    May 14, 2025, entitled ``The United States Navy and Marine
    Corps.''
        The Subcommittee received testimony from:
        Admiral James W. Kilby, Acting Chief of Naval Operations,
    United States Navy
        The Honorable John Phelan, Secretary, United States Navy
        General Eric M. Smith, Commandant, United States Marine
    Corps
        The Subcommittee on Defense held a oversight hearing on May
    20, 2025, entitled ``National Guard and Reserves Forces.''
        The Subcommittee received testimony from:
        Lieutenant General Leonard F. Anderson IV, Commander,
    United States Marine Corps Reserve, Department of the Navy
        Lieutenant General Robert D. Harter, Chief of Army Reserve
    and Commanding General, United States Army Reserve Command
        Lieutenant General John P. Healy, Chief of Air Force
    Reserve, Department of the Air Force
        Vice Admiral Nancy S. Lacore, Chief of Navy Reserve,
    Department of the Navy
        General Steven S. Nordhaus, Chief of the National Guard
    Bureau, Department of Defense
        The Subcommittee on Defense held an oversight hearing on
    June 10, 2025, entitled ``The Department of Defense.''
        The Subcommittee received testimony from:
        The Honorable Pete Hegseth, Secretary, Department of
    Defense
        General Dan Caine, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
        Ms. Bryn Woollacott MacDonnell, Special Assistant to the
    Secretary of Defense, Performing Duties of the Under Secretary
    of Defense (Comptroller)/Chief Financial Officer

       DISCLOSURE OF EARMARKS AND CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED SPENDING ITEMS

        Pursuant to clause 9 of rule XXI of the Rules of the House
    of Representatives, neither the bill nor this report contains
    any congressional earmarks, limited tax benefits, or limited
    tariff benefits as defined in clause 9 of rule XXI of the Rules
    of the House of Representatives.

                                 MINORITY VIEWS

        The Fiscal Year 2026 Defense Appropriations Act totals
    $831.5 billion. Though the bill is equal to the fiscal year
    2025 enacted level, we have deep concerns about how the bill
    will impact our military's readiness since the bill repeats,
    yet again, the same mistakes as the fiscal year 2024 and 2025
    House proposals.
        Truly disturbing, however, has been the inability of the
    new Administration to provide the Committee with detailed
    budgetary information in a timely fashion. It is still a
    question as to why this is the case--incompetence, ignorance or
    outright obstruction. As the bill is now being reported to the
    House of Representatives for consideration, the Committee has
    been provided only funding levels and no justification
    documents have been transmitted for analysis.
        The Defense Appropriations Act is the Appropriation
    Committee's largest discretionary funding bill. It is an
    incredibly complex piece of legislation and deals with a wide
    range of national security issues. Failure to provide annual
    budget justification documents impinges on Congress' oversight
    responsibilities.
        In particular, the budgets for Procurement programs, and
    the Research and Development efforts required to support them--
    naturally ebb and flow. Congress must review these 5-year
    funding profiles so that we can answer the questions that are
    fundamental to our Subcommittee's jurisdiction.
        We must know what we are buying and why; what we aren't
    buying and why; and what phase research and development efforts
    are at.
        The Administration has indicated that any increases in
    Defense spending in fiscal year 2026 will be enacted through
    the proposed Reconciliation Bill, which includes $150 billion
    of defense funds.
        We understand the importance of the investments we make in
    our nation's defense. But, it's irresponsible to assume Defense
    programs can be funded through an unstable reconciliation
    process, and when considering the Reconciliation bill, there is
    a bigger picture here.
        The cost-of-living crisis is felt by every American
    family--and that includes military families. The President is
    not laser focused on the cost-of-living crisis, which he is
    actually making worse. This Administration and the majority are
    attacking programs that help families make ends meet in order
    to give billionaires a tax break. Safety net programs and other
    basic services that have been attacked by the Administration
    and defunded in the Reconciliation bill not only help with the
    cost-of-living--they are critical for national security.
        The bill again includes partisan social policy riders that
    were rejected in the fiscal year 2024 conference agreement. The
    inclusion of those riders in the process last year, led to a
    full year Continuing Resolution and will continue to inhibit
    the ability to enact a full year appropriations bill.
        It is unfortunate that the majority felt the need to
    include these poison pills given the numerous executive orders
    the President has issued since his inauguration. Yet the
    attacks against equality for women, the LGBTQI community and
    diversity continue.
        Specifically, the bill, again, limits the ability of
    Service personnel and their families to receive the
    reproductive health care they deserve. Women make up almost 20%
    of the military services. And approximately 80,000 women
    service members live in a state that has limited or banned
    access to reproductive health care. Service members do not get
    to choose where they are stationed, and their duty station
    should not determine the type of health care they receive.
        Also, there are provisions that disenfranchise lesbian,
    gay, bisexual and transgender service members rather than
    making our military a welcoming and inclusive place for all
    those who wish to serve our country. We should not turn away
    the talent our military and our nation needs.
        There are provisions included in this bill that continue to
    needlessly attack diversity and inclusion efforts. Though the
    Administration has dismantled all of these types of programs
    across the government, they should be reminded that our
    military is the institution in our country that most broadly
    reflects the entire American population. That includes the 33%
    of active-duty service members who identify with a minority
    group.
        Beyond contentious social policy, there are other elements
    of this bill that we cannot support.
        The bill continues to abandon the needs of an ally,
    Ukraine. The bill eliminates funding for the Ukraine Security
    Assistance Initiative. This bill should include the long-term
    assistance that Ukraine needs. As we have seen over the past
    year, Putin only becomes more emboldened as funding is delayed,
    paused or discontinued.
        Our NATO allies continue to provide assistance, but without
    the support of the United States, we continue to play into
    Putin's hands.
        To add some context, during the President's first term,
    House Republicans crafted a Defense Appropriations bill for
    fiscal year 2019 that passed the Committee, 48-4, with
    overwhelming bipartisan support. It was a bill that included
    $250 million for the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative,
    and did not include the divisive social policy riders. Chairman
    Cole and Chairman Calvert voted for that bill as did we--and a
    bill like that is a more appropriate starting point for the
    House of Representatives to conference with the Senate.
        This bill again limits the ability for our government to
    address disinformation. Our foreign adversaries are constantly
    using social media to spread disinformation here at home in the
    United States. This bill deprives the Department of Defense of
    their responsibility to set facts straight. This is dangerous,
    and it would have real national security implications here at
    home and abroad.
        During full committee consideration, the Committee adopted
    amendments offered by the minority to uphold the Posse
    Comitatus Act, secure funds for forensic support for victims of
    sexual assault and prohibit funds for the transmission of
    classified material over unsecured networks. We look forward to
    working with the majority to ensure they are enacted into law.
    Chairman Calvert also indicated a willingness to work with us
    in conference to restore funds for life saving DoD medical
    research programs.
        Finally, this bill has been considered during a time of
    remarkable upheaval for the Committee. Since the change of
    Administration in January 2025 the executive branch has been
    engaged in a rampant, unlawful, and unconstitutional disregard
    for spending laws. In particular, the Office of Management and
    Budget has been at the center of a government-wide effort to
    thwart the intent of this Committee's laws in its actions,
    while also unlawfully refusing to publish the agency's legally-
    binding budget decisions (known as apportionments) in
    contravention of an unambiguous and constitutionally sound
    assertion of the Congress's authority to impose transparency
    requirements upon the executive branch.
        The current administration has stated--at times--an
    inherent Presidential power to impound. However, while this
    bill was approved over the objection of almost all Democrats on
    the Committee, the debate and proceedings made unmistakably
    clear, just as former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the
    United States William Rehnquist concluded (at the time an
    Assistant Attorney General with the Department of Justice
    Office):

              ``With respect to the suggestion that the President
            has a constitutional power to decline to spend
            appropriated funds, we must conclude that existence of
            such a broad power is supported by neither reason nor
            precedent.''

        The laws considered and enacted by this Committee reflect
    the legally binding expression of the Congress's constitutional
    power of the purse, effectuated through the conditions and
    permissions the Committee places on spending authority through
    the Congress's Article I powers. Just as the Committee chooses
    to allow or restrict the purpose for any purpose in the bill,
    so too does the Committee decide the amount for which an
    activity shall be funded. When the Committee allows the
    flexibility of merely mandating a ceiling (or upper limit) or a
    floor (lowest required level) for an activity, it does so in
    contrast to every other instance where it has included a
    specific amount, which unless otherwise stated is the
    Congress's clear intent to be both a floor and a ceiling.
        These perspectives are both uncontroversial and
    longstanding principles on which all of the Committee's work
    rests.
        In closing, regrettably at this time, we will be unable to
    support passage of this bill, but we look forward to working
    with the majority to enact a bipartisan bill that strengthens
    our national security.

                                       Rosa DeLauro,
                                               Ranking Member.
                                       Betty McCollum.
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