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DECEMBER 7, 2024

RULES COMMITTEE PRINT 118–52
TEXT OF THE HOUSE AMENDMENT TO THE
SENATE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 5009
[Showing the text of the Servicemember Quality of Life Im-
provement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fis-
cal Year 2025]

In lieu of the matter proposed to be inserted by the
Senate amendment, insert the following:

1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—This Act may be cited as the
3 ‘‘Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and Na-
4 tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025’’.
5 (b) REFERENCE.—Any reference in this or any other
6 Act to the ‘‘National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
7 Year 2025’’ shall be deemed to be a reference to the
8 ‘‘Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and Na-
9 tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025’’.
10 SEC. 2. ORGANIZATION OF ACT INTO DIVISIONS; TABLE OF

11 CONTENTS.

12 (a) DIVISIONS.—This Act is organized into 7 divi-
13 sions as follows:
14 (1) Division A—Department of Defense Au-
15 thorizations.

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1 (2) Division B—Military Construction Author-
2 izations.
3 (3) Division C—Department of Energy Na-
4 tional Security Authorizations and Other Authoriza-
5 tions.
6 (4) Division D—Funding Tables.
7 (5) Division E—Other Matters.
8 (6) Division F—Intelligence Authorization Act
9 for Fiscal Year 2025.
10 (7) Division G—Department of State Author-
11 ization Act for Fiscal Year 2025.
12 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for
13 this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Organization of Act into divisions; table of contents.
Sec. 3. Definitions.
Sec. 4. Budgetary effects of this Act.
Sec. 5. Joint explanatory statement.

DIVISION A—DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATIONS

TITLE I—PROCUREMENT

Subtitle A—Authorization of Appropriations

Sec. 101. Authorization of appropriations.

Subtitle B—Army Programs

Sec. 111. Centralized Security Monitoring Program for facilities of the Army.
Sec. 112. Pilot program on the use of robotic targets to enhance the lethality
of the reserve components of the Army.
Sec. 113. Plan for additional kinetic effectors for low, slow, small unmanned
aircraft integrated defeat system of the Army.
Sec. 114. Report on procurement of energetic materials from sources outside of
the United States.

Subtitle C—Navy Programs

Sec. 121. Modifications to procurement authorities for certain amphibious ship-
building programs.

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Sec. 122. Modification of requirement to incorporate advanced degaussing sys-
tems into Arleigh Burke class destroyers.
Sec. 123. Extension of prohibition on availability of funds for Navy port water-
borne security barriers.
Sec. 124. Modification of annual report on cost targets for certain aircraft car-
riers.
Sec. 125. Designation of official responsible for autonomous surface and under-
water dual-modality vehicles.
Sec. 126. Multiyear procurement authority for CH–53K aircraft and T408 en-
gines.
Sec. 127. Recapitalization of tactical fighter aircraft of the Navy Reserve.
Sec. 128. Limitation on the construction of the Landing Ship Medium.
Sec. 129. Limitation on availability of funds for Constellation-class frigate pro-
gram pending certification on basic and functional design.
Sec. 130. Limitation on structural improvements and electrical power upgrades
for AH–1Z and UH–1Y helicopters.
Sec. 131. Annual report on surface ship suppliers.

Subtitle D—Air Force Programs

Sec. 141. Extension of limitations and minimum inventory requirement relating
to RQ–4 aircraft.
Sec. 142. Annual report on Air Force tactical fighter aircraft force structure.
Sec. 143. Modifications to inventory requirements for certain aircraft.
Sec. 144. Extension of prohibition on certain reductions to inventory of E–3
airborne warning and control system aircraft.
Sec. 145. Extension of requirements relating to C–130 aircraft.
Sec. 146. Management of temporary relocation of B–1 bomber aircraft and per-
sonnel.
Sec. 147. Consolidation of authorities relating to Air Force landing gear.
Sec. 148. Recapitalization of air refueling tanker aircraft of the reserve compo-
nents of the Air Force.
Sec. 149. Prohibition on reduction of KC–135 aircraft in PMAI of the reserve
components.
Sec. 150. Prohibition on retirement of F–15E aircraft and requirement to con-
duct fighter aircraft capabilities and requirements study.
Sec. 151. Notification of delays in delivery of MH–139 aircraft.
Sec. 152. Plan and requirements for fielding air base air defense sites at Air
Force installations.
Sec. 153. Plan for establishment and maintenance of F–16 simulators at Air
National Guard training centers.
Sec. 154. Plan for sustainment and recapitalization of Air National Guard
fighter fleet.

Subtitle E—Defense-wide, Joint, and Multiservice Matters

Sec. 161. Modification to Air Force and Navy use of commercial dual-use parts
in certain aircraft and engines.
Sec. 162. Measures to increase supply chain resiliency for small unmanned aer-
ial systems.
Sec. 163. Policy on qualifications of contractors for into-plane fuel deliveries for
heavy-lift aircraft.
Sec. 164. Prohibition on operation, procurement, and contracting related to for-
eign-made light detection and ranging technology.
Sec. 165. Limitation on procurement of F–35 aircraft pending certification on
improvements and correction of deficiencies.

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Sec. 166. Assessments of inventory requirements for air-to-air missiles.
Sec. 167. Plan for signals intelligence capabilities of armed overwatch aircraft.

TITLE II—RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION

Subtitle A—Authorization of Appropriations

Sec. 201. Authorization of appropriations.

Subtitle B—Program Requirements, Restrictions, and Limitations

Sec. 211. Modification of certain requirements relating to the Joint Energetics
Transition Office.
Sec. 212. Modification to annual report on unfunded priorities of the Under
Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering.
Sec. 213. Modification to defense laboratory education partnerships.
Sec. 214. Extension of Global Research Watch Program.
Sec. 215. Expansion of authority for technology protection features activities.
Sec. 216. Modification to personnel management authority to attract experts in
science, engineering, and certain other disciplines.
Sec. 217. Codification of the Laboratory Quality Enhancement Program.
Sec. 218. Modification to consortium on use of additive manufacturing for de-
fense capability development.
Sec. 219. Modification to continuous capability development and delivery pro-
gram for F–35 aircraft.
Sec. 220. Modifications to test program for engineering plant of DDG(X) de-
stroyer vessels.
Sec. 221. Improvements relating to defining, identifying, and planning the arti-
ficial intelligence workforce of the Department of Defense.
Sec. 222. Modification to artificial intelligence education strategy.
Sec. 223. Modification of CVN–73 to support fielding of MQ–25 unmanned
aerial vehicle.
Sec. 224. Modification to innovators information repository in the Department
of Defense.
Sec. 225. Duties of Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer Governing
Council relating to artificial intelligence models and advanced
artificial intelligence technologies.
Sec. 226. Ensuring compliance with Department of Defense policy when award-
ing research grants.
Sec. 227. Extension and modification of Directed Energy Working Group.
Sec. 228. National Defense Economic Competition Research Council.
Sec. 229. Agility Prime Transition Working Group.
Sec. 230. Authority for temporary assignment of employees of the Office of
Strategic Capital to certain private-sector organizations.
Sec. 231. Quantum benchmarking initiative.
Sec. 232. Expansion of participation in the Digital On-Demand Program.
Sec. 233. Management and utilization of digital data to enhance maintenance
activities.
Sec. 234. Electromagnetic spectrum demonstration program.
Sec. 235. Competitive demonstration of automated target recognition algo-
rithms.
Sec. 236. Pilot program on development of near-term use cases and demonstra-
tion of artificial intelligence toward biotechnology applications
for national security.
Sec. 237. Pilot program on use of artificial intelligence for certain workflow and
operations tasks.

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Sec. 238. Limitation on availability of funds for fundamental research collabo-
ration with certain academic institutions.

Subtitle C—Plans, Reports, and Other Matters

Sec. 241. Incorporating human readiness levels into research, development,
test, and evaluation activities.
Sec. 242. Biotechnology roadmap.
Sec. 243. Plan to advance interests of Department of Defense in matters relat-
ing to electromagnetic spectrum in international fora.
Sec. 244. Strategic plan for quantum information science technologies within
the Department of Defense.
Sec. 245. Defense Science Board study on long-term operations and availability
of Kwajalein Atoll as a Major Range and Test Facility Base.

TITLE III—OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE

Subtitle A—Authorization of Appropriations
Sec. 301. Authorization of appropriations.

Subtitle B—Energy and Environment

Sec. 311. Modification of definition of antenna structure project under Military
Aviation and Installation Assurance Clearinghouse for review
of mission obstructions.
Sec. 312. Extension of period for cooperative agreements under Native Amer-
ican lands environmental mitigation program.
Sec. 313. Extension of requirement to establish a schedule of black start exer-
cises to assess the energy resilience and energy security of mili-
tary installations.
Sec. 314. Change in timeframe for report on ability of Department of Defense
to meet requirements for energy resilience and energy security
measures on military installations.
Sec. 315. Repeal of limitation on procurement of drop-in fuels; annual report.
Sec. 316. Extension of prohibition on required disclosure.
Sec. 317. Increase of transfer authority for funding of study and assessment
on health implications of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances
contamination in drinking water by Agency for Toxic Sub-
stances and Disease Registry.
Sec. 318. Initiative to control and combat the spread of coconut rhinoceros bee-
tle in Hawaii.
Sec. 319. Prohibition on implementation of regulation relating to minimizing
risk of climate change.
Sec. 320. Implementation of Inspector General recommendations relating to
oversight of defense fuel support points.
Sec. 321. Provision by Secretary of the Air Force of meteorological data for Air
Force and Army.

Subtitle C—Logistics and Sustainment

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Sec. 335. Authority for Government-owned, Government-operated facilities to
access production base support funds.
Sec. 336. Pre-positioned stocks of finished defense textile articles.

Subtitle D—Reports

Sec. 341. Modification of readiness reports to include total number of combat
readiness upgrades or downgrades.
Sec. 342. Extension and expansion of incident reporting requirements for De-
partment of Defense.
Sec. 343. Annual briefing on operational readiness of 53rd Weather Reconnais-
sance Squadron prior to commencement of official hurricane
season.

Subtitle E—Other Matters

Sec. 351. Extension of authority for Secretary of Defense to use Department
of Defense reimbursement rate for transportation services pro-
vided to certain non-Department of Defense entities.
Sec. 352. Improvements to FireGuard Program of National Guard.
Sec. 353. Counter unmanned aerial system threat library.
Sec. 354. Limitation on availability of funds for travel expenses of Office of
Secretary of Defense until submission of certain documents.
Sec. 355. Anti-lock brake system and electronic stability control kit for certain
Army vehicles.
Sec. 356. Program for advanced manufacturing in the Indo-Pacific region.

TITLE IV—MILITARY PERSONNEL AUTHORIZATIONS

Subtitle A—Active Forces

Sec. 401. End strengths for active forces.
Sec. 402. Annual end strength authorization for the Space Force.
Sec. 403. Temporary exclusion of mental health care providers from authorized
strengths of certain officers on active duty.

Subtitle B—Reserve Forces

Sec. 411. End strengths for Selected Reserve.
Sec. 412. End strengths for Reserves on active duty in support of the Reserves.
Sec. 413. End strengths for military technicians (dual status).
Sec. 414. Maximum number of reserve personnel authorized to be on active
duty for operational support.

Subtitle C—Authorization of Appropriations

Sec. 421. Military personnel.

Subtitle D—Reports

Sec. 431. Annual defense manpower profile report: expansion of justifications
for end strengths.

TITLE V—MILITARY PERSONNEL POLICY

Subtitle A—Officer Policy

Sec. 501. Redistribution of general officers of the Marine Corps on active duty.

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Sec. 502. Authority to exclude additional positions from limitations on the
number of general officers and flag officers on active duty.
Sec. 503. Eligibility for consideration for promotion: time-in-grade and other
requirements.
Sec. 504. Temporary authority to increase the number of nurse officers rec-
ommended for promotion.
Sec. 505. Talent management and personnel retention for members of the
Armed Forces.
Sec. 506. Consideration of merit by special selection review boards.
Sec. 507. Effect of failure of selection for promotion: captains and majors of
the Army, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Space Force and lieu-
tenants and lieutenant commanders of the Navy.
Sec. 508. Modification of authority to separate officers when in the best inter-
est of the service.
Sec. 509. Remote appearance before a board of inquiry.
Sec. 509A. Marine Corps Deputy Commandants.
Sec. 509B. Improvements relating to Medical Officer of the Marine Corps posi-
tion.
Sec. 509C. Vice Chief of Space Operations; vacancy in position of Chief of
Space Operations.
Sec. 509D. Repeal of active duty service requirement for warrant officer ap-
pointments in Air Force and Space Force.
Sec. 509E. Removal of officers from a list of Space Force officers recommended
for promotion.
Sec. 509F. Pilot program on peer and subordinate assessments of certain offi-
cers.

Subtitle B—Reserve Component Management

Sec. 511. Authority to extend military technicians until age 62.
Sec. 512. Extension of time period for transfer or discharge of certain Army
and Air Force reserve component general officers.
Sec. 513. Expanded authority to continue reserve component officers in certain
military specialties on the reserve active-status list.
Sec. 514. Transfer to the Space Force of covered space functions of the Air
National Guard of the United States.
Sec. 515. Notice to Congress regarding reapportionment of National Guard
force structure.

Subtitle C—General Service Authorities, Decorations and Awards, and
Military Records

Sec. 521. Technical and conforming amendments relating to members of the
Space Force.
Sec. 522. Modified authority to provide protection to senior leaders of the De-
partment of Defense and other specified persons.
Sec. 523. Improving military administrative review.
Sec. 524. Determination of active duty service commitment for recipients of fel-
lowships, grants, and scholarships.
Sec. 525. Authority to designate certain separated members of the Air Force
as honorary separated members of the Space Force.
Sec. 526. Authorizations for certain awards.
Sec. 527. Posthumous advancement of General John D. Lavelle, United States
Air Force, on the retired list.

Subtitle D—Recruitment

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Sec. 531. Expansion of report on future servicemember preparatory course.
Sec. 532. Promoting military, national, and public service.
Sec. 533. Military recruiter physical access to campuses.
Sec. 534. Military Entrance Processing Command: acceleration of review of
medical records.
Sec. 535. Medical Accession Records Pilot program: notice of termination.
Sec. 536. Provision of information regarding Federal service to certain persons
ineligible to enlist in certain Armed Forces.
Sec. 537. Reimbursement of applicants to certain Armed Forces for certain
medical costs incurred during military entrance processing.
Sec. 538. Authority to modernize recruitment for the Army.
Sec. 539. Program of military recruitment and education at the National Sep-
tember 11 Memorial and Museum.
Sec. 539A. Maritime workforce promotion and recruitment.

Subtitle E—Training

Sec. 541. Improvements to financial literacy training.
Sec. 542. Extension of JROTC programs to the Job Corps.
Sec. 543. Minimum number of participating students required to establish or
maintain a unit of JROTC.
Sec. 544. JROTC waiting list.
Sec. 545. Number of Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps units.
Sec. 546. Required constitutional law training.
Sec. 547. Prohibition on Federal funds for the Department of Defense Coun-
tering Extremism Work Group.

Subtitle F—Member Education

Sec. 551. Expansion of international engagement authorities for Service Acad-
emies.
Sec. 552. Modification of authority to engage in funded and unfunded law edu-
cation programs.
Sec. 553. Additional admissions authority for the Uniformed Services Univer-
sity of the Health Sciences.
Sec. 554. Professional military education: technical correction to definitions.
Sec. 555. Distance education option for professional military education.
Sec. 556. Authority to accept gifts of services for professional military edu-
cation institutions.
Sec. 557. Alternative service obligation for a cadet or midshipman who becomes
a professional athlete.
Sec. 558. Service Academies: Boards of Visitors.
Sec. 559. Modernizing Marine Corps Platoon Leaders Class college tuition as-
sistance program to account for inflation.
Sec. 559A. Information on nominations and applications for military service
academies.
Sec. 559B. Ensuring access to certain higher education benefits.
Sec. 559C. Service Academies: referral of applicants to the senior military col-
leges and units of the Senior Reserve Officer Training Corps.
Sec. 559D. Pilot program to provide graduate education opportunities for en-
listed members of the Army and Navy.
Sec. 559E. Prohibition on use of Federal funds to endorse critical race theory.

Subtitle G—Military Justice and Other Legal Matters

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Sec. 561. Clarifying amendment to Article 2 of the Uniform Code of Military
Justice.
Sec. 562. Authority of special trial counsel with respect to certain offenses oc-
curring before effective date of military justice reforms.
Sec. 563. Detailing of appellate defense counsel.
Sec. 564. Modification to offense of aiding the enemy under the Uniform Code
of Military Justice.
Sec. 565. Removal of marriage as a defense to article 120b offenses.
Sec. 566. Consolidation of military justice reporting requirements for the mili-
tary departments.
Sec. 567. Term of office for judges of the Court of Military Commission Re-
view.
Sec. 568. Continuity of coverage under certain provisions of title 18, United
States Code.
Sec. 569. Correction of certain citations in title 18, United States Code, relat-
ing to sexual offenses.
Sec. 569A. Modification of timeline for potential implementation of study on
unanimous court-martial verdicts.
Sec. 569B. Removal of personally identifying and other information of certain
persons from the Department of Defense Central Index of In-
vestigations.
Sec. 569C. Expanded command notifications to victims of domestic violence.
Sec. 569D. Extension of Defense Advisory Committee on Investigation, Pros-
ecution, and Defense of Sexual Assault in the Armed Forces.
Sec. 569E. Analysis on the advisability of revising Military Rule of Evidence
513.
Sec. 569F. Analysis of prohibition on broadcast and distribution of digitally
manipulated intimate images under the Uniform Code of Mili-
tary Justice.

Subtitle H—Career Transition

Sec. 571. Pathway for individualized counseling for members of the reserve
components under TAP.
Sec. 572. Extension of Troops-to-Teachers Program.
Sec. 573. Extension and expansion of report on the Transition Assistance Pro-
gram of the Department of Defense.
Sec. 574. Military training and competency records.

Subtitle I—Family Programs and Child Care

Sec. 581. Interstate compacts for portability of occupational licenses of military
spouses: permanent authority.
Sec. 582. Military Spouse Career Accelerator program.
Sec. 583. Competitive pay for Department of Defense child care personnel.
Sec. 584. Posting of national child abuse hotline at military child development
centers.
Sec. 585. Additional information in outreach campaign relating to waiting lists
for military child development centers.
Sec. 586. Expansion of annual briefing regarding waiting lists for military child
development centers.
Sec. 587. Improvements relating to portability of professional licenses of
servicemembers and their spouses.
Sec. 588. Child care services and youth program services for dependents.
Sec. 589. Child care services and youth program services for dependents: period
of services for a member with a spouse seeking employment.

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Sec. 589A. Child development program staffing and compensation model.
Sec. 589B. Inclusive Playground Pilot Program.

Subtitle J—Dependent Education

Sec. 591. Advisory committees for Department of Defense domestic dependents
schools.
Sec. 592. Eligibility of dependents of certain deceased members of the Armed
Forces for enrollment in Department of Defense domestic de-
pendent elementary and secondary schools.
Sec. 593. Expansion of eligibility for virtual programs operated by Department
of Defense Education Activity.
Sec. 594. Authorization for school meal programs at Department of Defense
dependent schools.
Sec. 595. Eligibility of certain dependents for enrollment in domestic dependent
elementary and secondary schools.
Sec. 596. Staffing of Department of Defense Education Activity schools to
maintain maximum student-to-teacher ratios.
Sec. 597. Enrollment in defense dependents’ education system of children of
foreign military members assigned to United Nations Com-
mand.
Sec. 598. Certain assistance to local educational agencies that benefit depend-
ents of military and civilian personnel.
Sec. 599. Training requirements teachers in 21st century schools of the De-
partment of Defense Education Activity.
Sec. 599A. Overseas transfer program for educators in schools operated by the
Department of Defense Education Activity.
Sec. 599B. Parental right to notice of student nonproficiency in reading or lan-
guage arts.

TITLE VI—COMPENSATION AND OTHER PERSONNEL BENEFITS

Subtitle A—Basic Pay, Retired Pay, and Leave

Sec. 601. Reform of basic pay rates.
Sec. 602. Policy on postpartum physical fitness tests and body composition as-
sessments.
Sec. 603. Extension of parental leave to members of the Coast Guard Reserve.
Sec. 604. Elimination of cap on additional retired pay for extraordinary her-
oism for members of the Army and Air Force who served dur-
ing the Vietnam Era.
Sec. 605. Calculation of retired pay for certain officers who served in grade O–
9 or O–10 and retired in grade O–8.

Subtitle B—Bonus and Incentive Pays

Sec. 611. One-year extension of certain expiring bonus and special pay authori-
ties.
Sec. 612. Increase in accession bonus for health professions scholarship and fi-
nancial assistance program.
Sec. 613. Increase in maximum skill proficiency bonus amount.

Subtitle C—Allowances

Sec. 621. Basic needs allowance for members on active service in the Armed
Forces: expansion of eligibility; increase of amount.

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Sec. 622. Authority to pay basic allowance for housing to junior enlisted mem-
bers on sea duty.
Sec. 623. Reimbursement of expenses relating to travel for inactive-duty train-
ing and muster duty.
Sec. 624. Expansion of travel and transportation allowance to move or store
privately owned vehicles.
Sec. 625. Extension of authority to pay one-time uniform allowance for officers
who transfer to the Space Force.
Sec. 626. Travel and transportation allowances: prohibition of requirement of
zero-emission vehicle.
Sec. 627. Evaluation of the rates of the basic allowance for subsistence.
Sec. 628. Report regarding the calculation of cost-of-living allowances.

Subtitle D—Family and Survivor Benefits

Sec. 631. Expansion of eligibility for certain benefits that arise from the death
of a member of the Armed Forces.
Sec. 632. Extension of time for minor survivors to file death gratuity claims.
Sec. 633. Parent fees at military child development centers for child care em-
ployees.
Sec. 634. Information regarding paternal engagement on website of Military
OneSource.

Subtitle E—Defense Resale Matters

Sec. 641. Prohibition on sale of garlic from the People’s Republic of China at
commissary stores.
Sec. 642. Sale of certain supplies of the Navy and Marine Corps to certain
former members of the Coast Guard.

Subtitle F—Other Benefits, Reports, and Briefings

Sec. 651. Access to broadband internet access service for certain members of
the Armed Forces.
Sec. 652. Extension of exclusion of certain employees from Government lodging
program.
Sec. 653. Promotion of tax preparation assistance programs.
Sec. 654. Pilot program to increase access to food on military installations of
the Army.

TITLE VII—HEALTH CARE PROVISIONS

Subtitle A—TRICARE and Other Health Benefits

Sec. 701. Access to specialty behavioral health care under TRICARE Prime.
Sec. 702. Reduction or waiver of cost-sharing amounts under TRICARE phar-
macy benefits program for certain dependents enrolled in
TRICARE Prime Remote program.
Sec. 703. TRICARE program: waiver of referral requirement under TRICARE
Prime for certain care in a military medical treatment facility.
Sec. 704. Extension of effective date regarding certain improvements to the
TRICARE dental program.
Sec. 705. Program to prevent perinatal mental health conditions in pregnant
and postpartum members of the Armed Forces.
Sec. 706. Guidance on authority to provide travel and transportation allowances
for specialty care under exceptional circumstances.
Sec. 707. Contraception coverage parity under the TRICARE program.

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Sec. 708. Prohibition of coverage under TRICARE program of certain medical
procedures for children that could result in sterilization.
Sec. 709. Demonstration program on cryopreservation and storage of gametes
of certain members of the Armed Forces.

Subtitle B—Health Care Administration

Sec. 711. Identification in patient medical records of affiliation of certain non-
Department of Defense health care providers.
Sec. 712. Extension of enhanced appointment and compensation authority for
certain health care providers.
Sec. 713. Licensure requirement for certain health care professionals providing
certain examinations to members of the reserve components.
Sec. 714. Health care licensure portability for TRICARE network providers
providing mental health services to members of the Armed
Forces and certain family members.
Sec. 715. Expansion of recognition by the Defense Health Agency of certifying
bodies for physicians.
Sec. 716. Waiver with respect to experienced nurses at military medical treat-
ment facilities.
Sec. 717. Improved implementation of financial relief for civilians treated in
military medical treatment facilities.
Sec. 718. Retention of health care providers: surveys; briefing; reports.

Subtitle C—Matters Relating to Brain Health

Sec. 721. Establishment of Defense Intrepid Network for Traumatic Brain In-
jury and Brain Health as program of record.
Sec. 722. Brain health and trauma program.
Sec. 723. Modifications to Brain Health Initiative of Department of Defense.
Sec. 724. Blast overpressure and traumatic brain injury oversight strategy and
action plan.
Sec. 725. Establishment of requirements relating to blast overpressure expo-
sure.

Subtitle D—Studies, Briefings, Reports, and Other Matters

Sec. 731. Treatment of expert medical opinions with respect to medical mal-
practice claims by members of the uniformed services.
Sec. 732. Annual reports on medical malpractice claims by members of the uni-
formed services.
Sec. 733. Expansion of license reciprocity for veterinarians of Department of
Defense.
Sec. 734. Medical countermeasures for overseas personnel of the Department of
Defense for acute radiation syndrome and thermal burns.
Sec. 735. Establishment of Indo-Pacific Medical Readiness Program.
Sec. 736. Reports on suicide among members of the Armed Forces and suicide
prevention programs and activities of the Department of De-
fense.
Sec. 737. Study of immune response and other effects on members of the
Armed Forces regarding COVID–19 vaccines.
Sec. 738. Annual report on recruitment delays relating to medical conditions.
Sec. 739. Plan to improve access by members of the Armed Forces to safe,
high-quality pharmaceuticals.
Sec. 740. Pilot program on delegation of authority to approve reserve compo-
nent recruits with certain medical conditions.

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TITLE VIII—ACQUISITION POLICY, ACQUISITION MANAGEMENT,
AND RELATED MATTERS

Subtitle A—Acquisition Policy and Management

Sec. 801. Modifications to guidelines and collection method for acquisition of
cost data.
Sec. 802. Limitation on certain options for cost contracts.
Sec. 803. Treatment of unilateral definitization of a contract as a final decision.
Sec. 804. Middle tier of acquisition for rapid prototyping and rapid fielding.
Sec. 805. Revision and codification of software acquisition pathways.
Sec. 806. Streamlining of Milestone A requirements.
Sec. 807. Streamlining of Milestone B requirements.
Sec. 808. Notice of contract cancellation or termination relating to remote or
isolated installations.
Sec. 809. Cost growth reports for major acquisition programs that are highly
sensitive classified programs.

Subtitle B—Amendments to General Contracting Authorities, Procedures, and
Limitations

Sec. 811. Repeal of and modification to certain defense acquisition laws.
Sec. 812. Modification to limitation on acquisition of excess supplies.
Sec. 813. Modifications to Comptroller General assessment of acquisition pro-
grams.
Sec. 814. Modifications to commercial product and commercial service deter-
minations.
Sec. 815. Application of recent price history to cost or pricing data require-
ments.
Sec. 816. Modifications to authority to carry out certain prototype projects
using other transaction authority.
Sec. 817. Clarification of other transaction authority for follow on production.
Sec. 818. Clarification of other transaction authority for facility repair.
Sec. 819. Open interface standards for contracts of the Department of Defense.
Sec. 820. Updates to earned value management system requirements.
Sec. 821. Inclusion of Japan and the Republic of Korea in contested logistics
demonstration and prototyping program.
Sec. 822. Avoidance of use of lowest price technically acceptable source selec-
tion criteria for procurement of munitions response services.
Sec. 823. Use of fixed-price type contracts for certain shipbuilding programs.
Sec. 824. Extension of temporary authority to modify certain contracts and op-
tions based on the effects of inflation.

Subtitle C—Provisions Relating to Workforce Development

Sec. 831. Modification to the term of appointment of the President of the De-
fense Acquisition University.
Sec. 832. Updated acquisition and sustainment training.
Sec. 833. Extension of demonstration project relating to certain acquisition per-
sonnel management policies and procedures.
Sec. 834. Performance incentives related to commercial product and commercial
service determinations.
Sec. 835. Modification to extramural acquisition innovation and research activi-
ties.
Sec. 836. Prohibition on the transfer of certain data on employees of the De-
partment of Defense to third parties.

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Sec. 837. Modifications to contractor employee protections from reprisal for dis-
closure of certain information.
Sec. 838. Detail authority for Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to
provide technology transition support.
Sec. 839. Employment transparency regarding individuals who perform work
in, for, or are subject to the laws or control of the People’s Re-
public of China.
Sec. 840. Designation of program executive office for acquisition of open-source
intelligence tools for Army.

Subtitle D—Provisions Relating to Supply Chains and Domestic Sourcing

Sec. 841. Enhancing requirements for information relating to supply chain risk.
Sec. 842. Domestic production of stainless steel flatware and dinnerware.
Sec. 843. Clarification of exception to Berry Amendment requirements for pro-
curement of vessels in foreign waters.
Sec. 844. Technical edits to sourcing requirements for strategic materials and
sensitive materials.
Sec. 845. Amendment to requirement to buy strategic materials critical to na-
tional security from American sources.
Sec. 846. Modification to miscellaneous limitations on the procurement of goods
other than United States goods.
Sec. 847. Inclusion of recycled and reused minerals and metals in preference
for sourcing of strategic and critical materials.
Sec. 848. Domestic nonavailability determinations list.
Sec. 849. Supply chain illumination incentives.
Sec. 850. Report and updated guidance on continued risk management for
pharmaceutical supply chains of Department of Defense.

Subtitle E—Prohibitions and Limitations on Procurement

Sec. 851. Prohibition on contracting with covered entities that contract with
lobbyists for Chinese military companies.
Sec. 852. Notification of changes to certain transportation contracts.
Sec. 853. Prohibition on procurement of covered semiconductor products and
services from companies providing covered semiconductor prod-
ucts and services to Huawei.
Sec. 854. Prohibition on contracts for online tutoring services.
Sec. 855. Limitation on availability of funds for covered contractors engaged in
an anti-Israel boycott.
Sec. 856. Procurement of cleaning products.
Sec. 857. Plan for production of covered munitions for procurement by the De-
partment of Defense.
Sec. 858. Procurement of covered hearing protection devices.

Subtitle F—Industrial Base Matters

Sec. 861. Codification and modification of pilot program to accelerate the pro-
curement and fielding of innovative technologies.
Sec. 862. Program for distribution support and services for contractors.
Sec. 863. Extension of the pilot program for streamlining awards for innovative
technology projects.
Sec. 864. Use of capability-based analysis of price of goods or services offered
by nontraditional defense contractors.
Sec. 865. Qualification of industrial capabilities.
Sec. 866. Solid rocket motor industrial base.

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Sec. 867. Promulgate guidance relating to certain Department of Defense con-
tracts.

Subtitle G—Small Business Matters

Sec. 871. Pilot program for the participation of military research and edu-
cational institutions in the STTR program.
Sec. 872. Department of Defense pilot program for preliminary calculation esti-
mates for certain programs.
Sec. 873. Boots to Business Program.
Sec. 874. Establishment of pilot program for access to shared classified com-
mercial infrastructure.
Sec. 875. Accessibility and clarity in covered notices for small business con-
cerns.
Sec. 876. Small Business Bill of Rights.

Subtitle H—Other Matters
Sec. 881. Clarification of waiver authority for organizational and consultant
conflicts of interest.
Sec. 882. Reverse engineering or re-engineering for production of items.
Sec. 883. Procurement of Department of Defense batteries.
Sec. 884. Advisory panel on the requirements process of the Department of De-
fense.
Sec. 885. Proposal for payment of costs for certain Government Accountability
Office bid protests.
Sec. 886. Briefings, certification, and limitation on availability of funds related
to fuel services financial management contracts.
Sec. 887. Implementation of Comptroller General recommendations relating to
certain spare parts for F–35 aircraft.
Sec. 888. Tracking awards made through other transaction authority.

TITLE IX—DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ORGANIZATION AND
MANAGEMENT

Subtitle A—Office of the Secretary of Defense and Related Matters

Sec. 901. Requirement to notify Congress when Deputy Secretary of Defense
is performing functions and duties of Secretary of Defense.
Sec. 902. Establishment of Department of Defense Performance Improvement
Officer.
Sec. 903. Enhanced coordination on international cooperation activities.
Sec. 904. Increase in authorized number of Deputy Assistant Secretaries of De-
fense.
Sec. 905. Modifications to the Office of Strategic Capital.
Sec. 906. Limitation on availability of funds until Department of Defense com-
plies with certain legal requirements.
Sec. 907. Matters relating to Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Oper-
ations and Low Intensity Conflict.
Sec. 908. Inclusion in defense planning guidance of guidance on size, structure,
and posture of special operations forces.
Sec. 909. Review of roles and responsibilities of the Chief Talent Management
Officer and the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for
Personnel and Readiness.
Sec. 910. Plan for adequate staffing of Office of Assistant Secretary of Defense
for Industrial Base Policy and Joint Production Accelerator
Cell.

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Subtitle B—Other Department of Defense Organization and Management
Matters

Sec. 921. Department of Defense Senior Intelligence Oversight Official.
Sec. 922. Codification of the Joint Federated Assurance Center.
Sec. 923. Codification of additional staff corps of the Navy.
Sec. 924. Establishment of Office of Expanded Competition.
Sec. 925. Counter unmanned aerial systems task force.
Sec. 926. Affiliate relationships between Army special operations forces and
combat-enabling units of general purpose forces.
Sec. 927. Force sizing methodology.

TITLE X—GENERAL PROVISIONS

Subtitle A—Financial Matters

Sec. 1001. General transfer authority.
Sec. 1002. Repeal of audit incentive element in report requirement of Financial
Improvement and Audit Remediation Plan.
Sec. 1003. Authority to use Defense Modernization Account funds for time-sen-
sitive equipment modernization.
Sec. 1004. Extension of audit requirement for Department of Defense compo-
nents.
Sec. 1005. Revision of Department of Defense financial management regula-
tion.
Sec. 1006. Establishment of cross-functional team to oversee implementation of
recommendations of Commission on Planning, Programming,
Budgeting, and Execution Reform.
Sec. 1007. Use of technology using artificial intelligence to facilitate audit of
the financial statements of the Department of Defense for fis-
cal year 2025.

Subtitle B—Counterdrug Activities

Sec. 1011. Support for counterdrug activities affecting flow of drugs into
United States.
Sec. 1012. Authority for detection and monitoring of illegal drugs regardless of
destination.
Sec. 1013. Review, assessment, and analysis of governance structure and strat-
egy of Department of Defense counter-narcotics and counter-
transnational organized crime activities.

Subtitle C—Naval Vessels and Shipyards

Sec. 1021. Briefing required in the event of a proposed reduction in battle force
ships as part of the annual naval vessel construction plan and
certification.
Sec. 1022. Modification of authority to purchase used vessels under the Na-
tional Defense Sealift Fund.
Sec. 1023. Modifications to ship repair authorities.
Sec. 1024. Improving Navy assessments required prior to start of construction
on first ship of a shipbuilding program.
Sec. 1025. Prohibition on contracting with shipyards controlled by a foreign ad-
versary country.
Sec. 1026. Exception to prohibition of overhaul, repair, or maintenance of cer-
tain vessels in shipyards outside the United States or Guam.
Sec. 1027. Strategy on development of naval rearm at sea capability.

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Sec. 1028. Authority to use incremental funding for the Virginia-class sub-
marine program.
Sec. 1029. Authority to use incremental funding to enter into a contract for the
construction of an Arleigh Burke class destroyer.
Sec. 1030. Pilot program on use of automated inspection technologies at ship-
yards.
Sec. 1031. Requirements for the unmanned maritime autonomy architecture.
Sec. 1032. Competitive demonstration of large and extra large unmanned un-
derwater vehicles.
Sec. 1033. Requirement for mature ship design.

Subtitle D—Counterterrorism

Sec. 1041. Extension of prohibition on use of funds for transfer or release of
individuals detained at United States Naval Station, Guanta-
namo Bay, Cuba, to the United States.
Sec. 1042. Extension of prohibition on use of funds to construct or modify fa-
cilities in the United States to house detainees transferred
from United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Sec. 1043. Extension of prohibition on use of funds for transfer or release of
individuals detained at United States Naval Station, Guanta-
namo Bay, Cuba, to certain countries.
Sec. 1044. Extension of prohibition on use of funds to close or relinquish con-
trol of United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Subtitle E—Miscellaneous Authorities and Limitations

Sec. 1051. Authority to contribute to innovation fund.
Sec. 1052. Extension of authority for reimbursement of expenses for certain
Navy mess operations.
Sec. 1053. Assessments of casualties and fatalities during hostilities.
Sec. 1054. Establishment of major mishap incident designation classification
for Department of Defense incidents.
Sec. 1055. Prohibition on use of funds for EcoHealth Alliance and the Wuhan
Institute of Virology.
Sec. 1056. Prohibition on Department of Defense transportation of currency to
Taliban or Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.
Sec. 1057. Prohibition on use of funds for the Badr Organization and related
organizations.
Sec. 1058. Limitation on use of funds pending provision of briefing on reliance
of People’s Liberation Army on imported fossil fuels for en-
ergy.
Sec. 1059. Prohibition on use of funds to support entertainment projects with
ties to the Government of the People’s Republic of China.

Subtitle F—Studies and Reports

Sec. 1061. Chief of Navy Reserve annual report.
Sec. 1062. Modification and extension of requirement for combatant command
risk assessment for airborne intelligence, surveillance, and re-
connaissance.
Sec. 1063. Extension of briefing requirement regarding civil authorities at the
Southwest border.
Sec. 1064. Extension of annual report on civilian casualties in connection with
United States military operations.
Sec. 1065. Review of irregular warfare authorities.

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Sec. 1066. Reports on approval and deployment of lethal autonomous weapon
systems.
Sec. 1067. Congressional notice regarding execute orders issued at the direction
of the President or the Secretary of Defense.
Sec. 1068. Mobility capability requirements study.
Sec. 1069. Biodefense posture reviews.
Sec. 1070. Briefings on attempts by aliens and foreign actors to access military
installations without authorization.
Sec. 1071. Report on resourcing of Arctic Strategy.
Sec. 1072. Analyses and reports on air superiority of the Joint Force.
Sec. 1073. Exercise for countering unmanned aerial systems.
Sec. 1074. Report on operational plans of the Department of Defense.
Sec. 1075. Quarterly reports on funerals at Arlington National Cemetery on
hold until caisson services resume.
Sec. 1076. Plan for enhancement of special operations riverine capability.
Sec. 1077. Annual reports on the Postsecondary Education Complaint System.
Sec. 1078. Study and report on Department of Defense use of unmanned
ground vehicle systems manufactured by certain foreign enti-
ties.

Subtitle G—Other Matters

Sec. 1081. Introduction of entities in transactions critical to national security.
Sec. 1082. Installation energy plans and assessment for reduction of reliance on
Russian energy.
Sec. 1083. Extension of the National Commission on the Future of the Navy.
Sec. 1084. Modification of National Security Commission on Emerging Bio-
technology.
Sec. 1085. Modification of defense sensitive support notification requirement.
Sec. 1086. Plan for additional skill identifiers for Army Mountain Warfare
School.
Sec. 1087. Establishment of Department of Defense working group on multilat-
eral artificial intelligence coordination.
Sec. 1088. Resumption of caisson services at funeral services at Arlington Na-
tional Cemetery.
Sec. 1089. Liaison with Counter Unmanned Aerial Systems Task Force.
Sec. 1090. Responding to unmanned aircraft systems incursions.
Sec. 1091. Prioritization of accreditation of sensitive compartmented informa-
tion facilities supporting DX-rated programs.
Sec. 1092. Establishment of national security capital forum.
Sec. 1093. Implementation of Comptroller General recommendations relating to
the food program of the Department of Defense.
Sec. 1094. Pilot program to provide military aircraft support to air shows.

TITLE XI—CIVILIAN PERSONNEL

Sec. 1101. Pilot program for the temporary exchange of information technology
personnel.
Sec. 1102. Extension of authority for noncompetitive appointments of military
spouses by Federal agencies.
Sec. 1103. Extension of living quarters allowance to civilian DOD employees in
positions with critical shortages stationed in Guam.
Sec. 1104. One-year extension of authority to waive annual limitation on pre-
mium pay and aggregate limitation on pay for federal civilian
employees working overseas.

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Sec. 1105. One-year extension of temporary authority to grant allowances, ben-
efits, and gratuities to civilian personnel on official duty in a
combat zone.
Sec. 1106. Pilot program for overseas work-period for DOD competitive service
positions.
Sec. 1107. Employment and compensation of civilian faculty members at Inter-
American Defense College.
Sec. 1108. Treatment of veterans who did not register for the selective service.
Sec. 1109. Increase in military leave accrual and accumulation for Federal em-
ployees.
Sec. 1110. Sufficient firefighter personnel covered installations.
Sec. 1111. Extension of direct hire authority for domestic industrial base facili-
ties and Major Range and Test Facilities Base.
Sec. 1112. Modifications to the John S. McCain Strategic Defense Fellows Pro-
gram.
Sec. 1113. Modification of pilot program on dynamic shaping of the workforce
to improve the technical skills and expertise at certain Depart-
ment of Defense laboratories.
Sec. 1114. Continuity of coverage under certain provisions of title 5, United
States Code.
Sec. 1115. Limitation on establishment of new diversity, equity, and inclusion
positions; hiring freeze.

TITLE XII—MATTERS RELATING TO FOREIGN NATIONS

Subtitle A—Assistance and Training

Sec. 1201. Modification of authority to build capacity of foreign security forces
and modification of support for execution of bilateral agree-
ments concerning illicit transnational maritime activity in Afri-
ca.
Sec. 1202. Modification of authority for Naval Small Craft Instruction and
Technical Training School.
Sec. 1203. Assessment, monitoring, and evaluation of programs and activities.
Sec. 1204. Quarterly briefings on counterterrorism operations, irregular war-
fare, and sensitive activities.
Sec. 1205. Extension of modification to authority to provide support for con-
duct of operations.
Sec. 1206. Extension of authorities.
Sec. 1207. Extension and modification of defense operational resilience inter-
national cooperation pilot program.
Sec. 1208. Acceptance and expenditure of contributions for multilateral security
cooperation programs and activities.
Sec. 1209. Temporary authority to provide training to military forces or na-
tional security forces of Costa Rica and Panama.
Sec. 1210. Improvements to defense acquisition workforce for foreign military
sales.

Subtitle B—Matters Relating to Israel

Sec. 1211. Statement of policy ensuring Israel’s defense.
Sec. 1212. Modification of United States-Israel anti-tunnel cooperation.
Sec. 1213. Requirement to conduct subterranean warfare military exercises.
Sec. 1214. Strategic partnership on defense industrial priorities between the
United States and Israel.

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Sec. 1215. Establishment of program between the United States and Israel for
military trauma education and training.

Subtitle C—Matters Relating to the Near and Middle East

Sec. 1221. Key partners for Middle East Regional Integration Military Subject
Matter Expert Exchange Program.
Sec. 1222. Extension and modification of annual report on military power of
Iran.
Sec. 1223. Modification of report on the military capabilities of Iran and re-
lated activities.
Sec. 1224. Prohibition on providing funding to Iranian entities.
Sec. 1225. Notification relating to arms trafficking by Iran.
Sec. 1226. Assessment and plan with respect to equipment provided to Kurdish
Peshmerga forces.
Sec. 1227. Extension of authority for reimbursement of certain coalition na-
tions for support provided to United States military operations.
Sec. 1228. Extension and modification of security briefings on Afghanistan.
Sec. 1229. Notifications regarding terrorist groups in Afghanistan.
Sec. 1230. Extension of authority to support operations and activities of the of-
fice of security cooperation in Iraq.
Sec. 1231. Extension and modification of authority to provide assistance to
counter the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria.
Sec. 1232. Extension of authority to provide assistance to vetted Syrian groups
and individuals.
Sec. 1233. Statement of policy on recognition of the Assad regime.

TITLE XIII—OTHER MATTERS RELATING TO FOREIGN NATIONS

Subtitle A—Matters Relating to Europe and Russia

Sec. 1301. Modifications to North Atlantic Treaty Organization Special Oper-
ations Headquarters.
Sec. 1302. Extension and modification of training for Eastern European na-
tional security forces in the course of multilateral exercises.
Sec. 1303. Extension of prohibition on availability of funds relating to sov-
ereignty of the Russian Federation over internationally recog-
nized territory of Ukraine.
Sec. 1304. Prohibition on New START Treaty information sharing.

Subtitle B—Matters Relating to the Indo-Pacific Region

Sec. 1311. Sense of Congress on defense alliances and partnerships in the Indo-
Pacific region.
Sec. 1312. Modification of Indo-Pacific Maritime Security Initiative.
Sec. 1313. Extension and modification of Pacific Deterrence Initiative.
Sec. 1314. Indo-Pacific extended deterrence education pilot program.

Subtitle C—Matters Relating to Taiwan

Sec. 1321. Modification of reporting requirement for transfer of defense articles
and defense services to Taiwan.
Sec. 1322. Establishment of program between the United States and Taiwan
for military trauma care.
Sec. 1323. Taiwan security cooperation initiative.
Sec. 1324. Sense of Congress regarding invitation to Taiwan to Rim of the Pa-
cific exercise.

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Subtitle D—Coordinating AUKUS Engagement With Japan

Sec. 1331. Definitions.
Sec. 1332. Sense of Congress.
Sec. 1333. Engagement with Japan on AUKUS Pillar Two Cooperation.
Sec. 1334. Assessment of Potential for Cooperation with Japan on AUKUS Pil-
lar Two.

Subtitle E—Matters Relating to East Asia

Sec. 1341. Extension and modification of authority to transfer funds for Bien
Hoa dioxin cleanup.
Sec. 1342. Modification of cooperative program with Vietnam to account for Vi-
etnamese personnel missing in action.
Sec. 1343. Plan for establishment of a joint force headquarters in Japan.
Sec. 1344. Plan for Department of Defense activities to strengthen United
States extended deterrence commitments to the Republic of
Korea.
Sec. 1345. Plan and annual report relating to trilateral defense cooperation
with Japan and the Republic of Korea.
Sec. 1346. Modification of public reporting of Chinese military companies oper-
ating in the United States.
Sec. 1347. Strategy to address malign activities by the People’s Liberation
Army.

TITLE XIV—OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS

Subtitle A—Military Programs

Sec. 1401. Working capital funds.
Sec. 1402. Chemical agents and munitions destruction, defense.
Sec. 1403. Drug interdiction and counter-drug activities, defense-wide.
Sec. 1404. Defense Inspector General.
Sec. 1405. Defense Health Program.

Subtitle B—National Defense Stockpile

Sec. 1411. Restoring the National Defense Stockpile.
Sec. 1412. Consultations with respect to environmental reviews of projects that
will increase availability of strategic and critical materials for
acquisition for National Defense Stockpile.

Subtitle C—Other Matters

Sec. 1421. Extension of authorities for funding and management of Joint De-
partment of Defense-Department of Veterans Affairs Medical
Facility Demonstration Fund for Captain James A. Lovell
Health Care Center, Illinois.
Sec. 1422. Eligibility of Space Force officers for membership on Armed Forces
Retirement Home Advisory Council.
Sec. 1423. Armed Forces Retirement Home: availability of licensed practi-
tioners.
Sec. 1424. Authorization of appropriations for Armed Forces Retirement
Home.

TITLE XV—CYBERSPACE-RELATED MATTERS

Subtitle A—Cyber Operations

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Sec. 1501. Modification of prohibition on purchase of cyber data products or
services other than through the program management office for
Department of Defense-wide procurement of cyber data prod-
ucts and services.
Sec. 1502. Department of Defense Information Network subordinate unified
command.
Sec. 1503. Establishment of the Department of Defense Hackathon program.
Sec. 1504. Support for cyber threat tabletop exercise program with the defense
industrial base.
Sec. 1505. Accounting of cloud computing capabilities of the Department of
Defense.

Subtitle B—Cybersecurity

Sec. 1511. Termination of reporting requirement for cross domain incidents
and exemptions to policies for information technology.
Sec. 1512. Information technology programs of the National Background Inves-
tigation Service.
Sec. 1513. Guidance for application of zero trust strategy to Internet of Things
hardware used in military operations.
Sec. 1514. Management and cybersecurity of multi-cloud environments.
Sec. 1515. Protective measures for mobile devices within the Department of
Defense.

Subtitle C—Information Technology and Data Management

Sec. 1521. Usability of antiquated and proprietary data formats for modern op-
erations.
Sec. 1522. Modernization of the Department of Defense’s Authorization to Op-
erate processes.
Sec. 1523. Update of biometric policy of Department of Defense.

Subtitle D—Artificial Intelligence

Sec. 1531. Artificial Intelligence Human Factors Integration Initiative.
Sec. 1532. Advanced computing infrastructure to enable advanced artificial in-
telligence capabilities.
Sec. 1533. Cost budgeting for artificial intelligence data.
Sec. 1534. Evaluation of Federated Artificial Intelligence-Enabled Weapon Sys-
tems Center of Excellence.

Subtitle E—Reports and Other Matters

Sec. 1541. Oversight and reporting on the Mission Partner Environment and
associated activities within the Department of Defense.
Sec. 1542. Extension of certification requirement regarding contracting for
military recruiting.
Sec. 1543. Prohibition on disestablishment or merger of officer career paths
within the Cyber Branch of the United States Army.
Sec. 1544. Independent assessment of cyber organizational models.
Sec. 1545. Limitation on availability of funds for the Joint Cyber Warfighting
Architecture.
Sec. 1546. Risk framework for foreign mobile applications of concern.
Sec. 1547. Joint partner-sharing network capabilities for Middle East defense
integration.

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TITLE XVI—SPACE ACTIVITIES, STRATEGIC PROGRAMS, AND
INTELLIGENCE MATTERS

Subtitle A—Space Activities

Sec. 1601. Modification of Air Force space contractor responsibility watch list.
Sec. 1602. Establishment of Commercial Augmentation Space Reserve.
Sec. 1603. Space Force satellite ground systems.
Sec. 1604. Modification of notification of foreign interference of national secu-
rity space.
Sec. 1605. Modifications to National Security Space Launch program.
Sec. 1606. Comptroller General review regarding Global Positioning System
modernization and other positioning, navigation, and timing
systems.
Sec. 1607. Senior Advisor for Space Command, Control, and Integration.
Sec. 1608. Pilot program to demonstrate hybrid satellite communication archi-
tecture.
Sec. 1609. Middle East integrated space and satellite security assessment.
Sec. 1610. Annual briefing on commercial space strategy of the Space Force.

Subtitle B—Defense Intelligence and Intelligence-Related Activities

Sec. 1611. Extension and modification of authority to engage in certain com-
mercial activities as security for intelligence collection activi-
ties.
Sec. 1612. Cyber intelligence capability.
Sec. 1613. Authority of Army counterintelligence agents.
Sec. 1614. Extension and modification of defense intelligence and counterintel-
ligence expense authority.
Sec. 1615. Intelligence advice and Department of Defense support for Govern-
ment of Israel in the defeat of Hamas.

Subtitle C—Nuclear Forces

Sec. 1621. Establishment of Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear Deter-
rence, Chemical, and Biological Defense Policy and Programs;
improvements to processes of the Office of the Secretary of De-
fense.
Sec. 1622. Extension and modification of certifications regarding integrated
tactical warning and attack assessment mission of the Depart-
ment of the Air Force.
Sec. 1623. Periodic updates on the modernization of the Strategic Automated
Command and Control System.
Sec. 1624. Modified requirements for report on the plan for the nuclear weap-
ons stockpile, nuclear weapons complex, nuclear weapons deliv-
ery systems, and nuclear weapons command and control sys-
tem.
Sec. 1625. Matters relating to pilot program on development of reentry vehicles
and related systems.
Sec. 1626. Expansion of nuclear long range standoff capability.
Sec. 1627. Matters relating to the nuclear-armed sea-launched cruise missile.
Sec. 1628. Availability of Air Force procurement funds for heat shield material
for Mark 21A reentry vehicle.
Sec. 1629. Conditional requirements for Sentinel intercontinental ballistic mis-
sile program.

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Sec. 1630. Prohibition on reduction of intercontinental ballistic missiles of the
United States.
Sec. 1631. Limitation on use of funds for altering Air Force Global Strike
Command.
Sec. 1632. Limitations on use of funds to dismantle B83–1 nuclear gravity
bomb.
Sec. 1633. Limitation on availability of funds pending submission of plan for
decreasing the time to upload additional warheads to the inter-
continental ballistic missile fleet.
Sec. 1634. Limitation on availability of funds pending submission of informa-
tion on options for enhancing National Nuclear Security Ad-
ministration access to the defense industrial base.
Sec. 1635. Defense Industrial Base workforce development strategy.
Sec. 1636. Long-term plan for strategic nuclear forces during delivery vehicle
transition.
Sec. 1637. Reports and briefings on recommendations of the Congressional
Commission on the Strategic Posture of the United States.
Sec. 1638. Sense of Congress with respect to use of artificial intelligence to
support strategic deterrence.

Subtitle D—Missile Defense Programs

Sec. 1641. Expansion of certain prohibitions relating to missile defense infor-
mation and systems to apply to People’s Republic of China.
Sec. 1642. Additional missile defense site for protection of United States home-
land.
Sec. 1643. Advice and assistance regarding enhancement of Jordanian air and
missile defense.
Sec. 1644. Iron Dome short-range rocket defense system and Israeli cooperative
missile defense program co-development and co-production.
Sec. 1645. Limitation on availability of funds with respect to certain missile de-
fense system governance documents, policies, and procedures.
Sec. 1646. Congressional notification requirement with respect to incidents that
affect availability of United States homeland missile defenses.
Sec. 1647. Plan for comprehensive ballistic missile defense radar coverage of
Guam.
Sec. 1648. Annual briefing on missile defense of Guam.
Sec. 1649. Organization and codification of provisions of law relating to missile
defense.

Subtitle E—Other Matters

Sec. 1651. Cooperative threat reduction funds.
Sec. 1652. Temporary continuation of requirement for reports on activities and
assistance under Department of Defense Cooperative Threat
Reduction Program.
Sec. 1653. Modification to annual assessment of budget with respect to electro-
magnetic spectrum operations capabilities.
Sec. 1654. Modification of milestone decision authority for space-based ground
and airborne moving target indication systems.
Sec. 1655. Designation of a senior defense official responsible for establishment
of national integrated air and missile defense architecture for
the United States.

TITLE XVII—OTHER DEFENSE MATTERS

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Sec. 1701. Technical and conforming amendments.
Sec. 1702. Modification of humanitarian assistance authority.
Sec. 1703. Display of United States flag for patriotic and military observances.
Sec. 1704. Exclusion of oceanographic research vessels from certain sourcing
requirements.
Sec. 1705. Expanding cooperative research and development agreements to
partnerships with United States territorial governments.
Sec. 1706. Use of royalty gas at McAlester Army Ammunition Plant.
Sec. 1707. Report on Iranian oil sales proceeds.
Sec. 1708. Prohibition on use of funds for temporary pier in Gaza.
Sec. 1709. Analysis of certain unmanned aircraft systems entities.

DIVISION B—MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATIONS

Sec. 2001. Short title.
Sec. 2002. Expiration of authorizations and amounts required to be specified
by law.
Sec. 2003. Effective date.

TITLE XXI—ARMY MILITARY CONSTRUCTION

Sec. 2101. Authorized Army construction and land acquisition projects.
Sec. 2102. Family housing.
Sec. 2103. Authorization of appropriations, Army.
Sec. 2104. Extension of authority to carry out fiscal year 2018 project at
Kunsan Air Base, Korea.
Sec. 2105. Extension of authority to carry out fiscal year 2019 project at
Mihail Kogalniceanu forward operating site, Romania.
Sec. 2106. Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2020 projects.
Sec. 2107. Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2021 projects.
Sec. 2108. Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2022 projects.

TITLE XXII—NAVY MILITARY CONSTRUCTION

Sec. 2201. Authorized Navy construction and land acquisition projects.
Sec. 2202. Family housing.
Sec. 2203. Authorization of appropriations, Navy.
Sec. 2204. Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2019 projects.
Sec. 2205. Extension of authority to carry out fiscal year 2020 project at Ma-
rine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona.
Sec. 2206. Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2021 projects.
Sec. 2207. Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2022 projects.

TITLE XXIII—AIR FORCE MILITARY CONSTRUCTION

Sec. 2301. Authorized Air Force construction and land acquisition projects.
Sec. 2302. Family housing.
Sec. 2303. Authorization of appropriations, Air Force.
Sec. 2304. Extension of authority to carry out fiscal year 2017 project at
Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany.
Sec. 2305. Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2018 projects.
Sec. 2306. Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2019 projects.
Sec. 2307. Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2020 projects.
Sec. 2308. Extension of authority to carry out fiscal year 2021 project at Joint
Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia.
Sec. 2309. Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2022 projects.

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TITLE XXIV—DEFENSE AGENCIES MILITARY CONSTRUCTION

Sec. 2401. Authorized Defense Agencies construction and land acquisition
projects.
Sec. 2402. Authorized Energy Resilience and Conservation Investment program
projects.
Sec. 2403. Authorization of appropriations, Defense Agencies.
Sec. 2404. Extension of authority to carry out fiscal year 2018 project at
Iwakuni, Japan.
Sec. 2405. Extension of authority to carry out fiscal year 2019 project at
Iwakuni, Japan.
Sec. 2406. Extension of authority to carry out fiscal year 2020 project at Fort
Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania.
Sec. 2407. Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2021 projects.
Sec. 2408. Modification of authority to carry out fiscal year 2022 project at
Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, District of Columbia.
Sec. 2409. Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2022 projects.

TITLE XXV—INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS

Subtitle A—North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Program

Sec. 2501. Authorized NATO construction and land acquisition projects.
Sec. 2502. Authorization of appropriations, NATO.
Sec. 2503. Extension of use of authorized amounts for North Atlantic Treaty
Organization Security Investment Program.

Subtitle B—Host Country In-Kind Contributions

Sec. 2511. Republic of Korea funded construction projects.
Sec. 2512. Republic of Poland funded construction projects.

TITLE XXVI—GUARD AND RESERVE FORCES FACILITIES

Sec. 2601. Authorized Army National Guard construction and land acquisition
projects.
Sec. 2602. Authorized Army Reserve construction and land acquisition projects.
Sec. 2603. Authorized Navy Reserve and Marine Corps Reserve construction
and land acquisition projects.
Sec. 2604. Authorized Air National Guard construction and land acquisition
projects.
Sec. 2605. Authorized Air Force Reserve construction and land acquisition
projects.
Sec. 2606. Authorization of appropriations, National Guard and Reserve.
Sec. 2607. Extension of authority to carry out fiscal year 2018 project at
Hulman Regional Airport, Indiana.
Sec. 2608. Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2020 projects.
Sec. 2609. Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2021 projects.
Sec. 2610. Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2022 projects.
Sec. 2611. Modification of authority to carry out fiscal year 2022 project.

TITLE XXVII—BASE REALIGNMENT AND CLOSURE ACTIVITIES

Sec. 2701. Authorization of appropriations for base realignment and closure ac-
tivities funded through Department of Defense base closure ac-
count.

TITLE XXVIII—MILITARY CONSTRUCTION GENERAL PROVISIONS

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Subtitle A—Military Construction Programs

Sec. 2801. Modification of definition of military installation for purposes of no-
tifications related to basing decision-making process.
Sec. 2802. Expansion of eligible grant recipients under the Defense Community
Infrastructure Program.
Sec. 2803. Process for strategic basing actions for the Department of the Air
Force.
Sec. 2804. Inclusion of land acquisition and demolitions projects in authorized
unspecified minor military construction project; temporary ex-
pansion of authority for purchase of certain land.
Sec. 2805. Amendments to defense laboratory modernization program.
Sec. 2806. Annual five-year plans on improvement of Department of Defense
innovation infrastructure.
Sec. 2807. Modification of authority for Indo-Pacific posture unspecified minor
military construction projects.
Sec. 2808. Extension of prohibition on joint use of Homestead Air Reserve
Base with civil aviation.
Sec. 2809. Information on military construction projects and repair projects at
joint bases.
Sec. 2810. Notification to Congress of reprogramming involving military con-
struction funds.
Sec. 2811. Obligation and execution of design funds for military construction
projects.
Sec. 2812. Schedule of repairs at Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida.

Subtitle B—Military Housing Reforms

Sec. 2821. Budget justification for certain Facilities Sustainment, Restoration,
and Modernization projects.
Sec. 2822. Strategy and assessment with respect to non-operational, underuti-
lized, and other Department of Defense facilities: assessments
of historic significance.
Sec. 2823. Application of certain authorities and standards to historic military
housing and associated historic properties of the Department
of the Army.
Sec. 2824. Extension of applicability for waivers of covered privacy and con-
figuration standards for covered military unaccompanied hous-
ing.
Sec. 2825. Additional requirements for database of complaints made regarding
housing units of Department of Defense.
Sec. 2826. Digital system for submission of maintenance work order requests
for covered military unaccompanied housing required.
Sec. 2827. Modification to definition of privatized military housing.
Sec. 2828. Analysis of housing availability for critical civilian and contractor
personnel near rural military installations.
Sec. 2829. Digital facilities management systems for military departments.
Sec. 2830. Strategy for use of existing leasing authorities to address shortages
of covered military unaccompanied housing required.
Sec. 2831. Independent assessment of estimated costs of certain strategies to
address shortages of covered military unaccompanied housing.

Subtitle C—Real Property and Facilities Administration

Sec. 2841. Minimum capital investment for facilities sustainment, restoration,
and modernization.

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Sec. 2842. Assistance for public infrastructure projects and services.
Sec. 2843. Contracts for design and construction of facilities of Department of
Defense.
Sec. 2844. Industrial plant equipment and associated services as in-kind consid-
eration under leases of non-excess property.
Sec. 2845. Inclusion of tribal governments in intergovernmental support agree-
ments for installation-support services.
Sec. 2846. Temporary modification to authority to charge landing fees for the
use by civil aircraft of military airfields.
Sec. 2847. Stormwater management, shoreline erosion control, and water resil-
ience projects for installations and defense access roads.
Sec. 2848. Pilot program to optimize and consolidate Department of Defense
facilities to improve health and resiliency in defense commu-
nities.
Sec. 2849. Guidance regarding maintenance of aggregate square footage of fa-
cilities of Department of Defense.
Sec. 2850. Expenditures on leased facilities and real property of the Depart-
ment of Defense.

Subtitle D—Land Conveyances

Sec. 2851. Extension of expanded authority to convey property at military in-
stallations.
Sec. 2852. Technical correction to map reference in the Military Land With-
drawals Act of 2013.
Sec. 2853. Land conveyance, Boyle Memorial Army Reserve Center, Paris,
Texas.
Sec. 2854. Land conveyance, Riverdale Park, Maryland.
Sec. 2855. Transfer authority, Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California.
Sec. 2856. Release of interests retained in Camp Joseph T. Robinson, Arkan-
sas.
Sec. 2857. Land conveyance, Fort Huachuca, Sierra Vista, Arizona.
Sec. 2858. Removal of certain conditions regarding conveyance of former
Army–Navy General Hospital, Hot Springs National Park, Hot
Springs, Arkansas, to the State of Arkansas.
Sec. 2859. Land conveyance and authorization for interim lease, Defense Fuel
Support Point San Pedro, Los Angeles, California.
Sec. 2860. Land conveyance, Fort Bliss, El Paso, Texas.
Sec. 2861. Cleanup and transfer of certain property at former Army installa-
tion to East Bay Regional Park District.
Sec. 2862. Coordination of repair and maintenance of Kolekole Pass, Hawaii.

Subtitle E—Other Matters

Sec. 2871. Consideration of installation infrastructure and other supporting re-
sources by Department of Defense Test Resource Management
Center.
Sec. 2872. Development and operation of the Naval Innovation Center at the
Naval Postgraduate School.
Sec. 2873. Extension of Department of the Army pilot program for develop-
ment and use of online real estate inventory tool.
Sec. 2874. Notification to Members of Congress for awards of contracts for
military construction projects.
Sec. 2875. Authorization of assistance to expedite certain military construction
projects located in Guam.

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Sec. 2876. Report on munitions and explosives of concern and construction
projects in Joint Region Marianas.
Sec. 2877. Review of roles and responsibilities for construction projects of De-
partment of Defense.
Sec. 2878. Assessment of public schools on installations of Department of De-
fense.
Sec. 2879. Updates to policies and guidance of the Department of the Navy for
the replacement of certain dry docks and other projects.
Sec. 2880. Designation of officials responsible for coordination of infrastructure
projects to support additional members of the Armed Forces
and their families in the Indo-Pacific region.
Sec. 2881. Limitation on availability of funds until submission of interim guid-
ance for Department of Defense-wide standards for access to
military installations.

DIVISION C—DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY
AUTHORIZATIONS AND OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS

TITLE XXXI—DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY
PROGRAMS

Subtitle A—National Security Programs and Authorizations

Sec. 3101. National Nuclear Security Administration.
Sec. 3102. Defense environmental cleanup.
Sec. 3103. Other defense activities.
Sec. 3104. Nuclear energy.

Subtitle B—Program Authorizations, Restrictions, and Limitations

Sec. 3111. Improvements to National Nuclear Security Administration manage-
ment and processes.
Sec. 3112. Prohibition on admittance to national security laboratories and nu-
clear weapons production facilities.
Sec. 3113. Authority for National Nuclear Security Administration to use pas-
senger carriers for contractor commuting.
Sec. 3114. Authorization for modification of B61-13 nuclear weapon.
Sec. 3115. Limitation on availability of funds pending submission of informa-
tion on streamlining National Nuclear Security Administration
contracting.
Sec. 3116. Limitation on use of funds for naval nuclear fuel systems based on
low-enriched uranium.
Sec. 3117. Prohibition on availability of funds to reconvert or retire W76–2
warheads.

Subtitle C—Reports and Other Matters

Sec. 3121. Modification to and termination of certain reporting requirements
under Atomic Energy Defense Act.
Sec. 3122. Modification of reporting requirements relating to cost-benefit anal-
yses for competition of management and operating contracts.
Sec. 3123. Restoration of a domestic uranium enrichment capability.
Sec. 3124. Report on activities from U.S.–U.K. Mutual Defense Agreement.
Sec. 3125. Notification of certain regulations that impact the National Nuclear
Security Administration.

TITLE XXXII—DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES SAFETY BOARD

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Sec. 3201. Authorization.

TITLE XXXIV—NAVAL PETROLEUM RESERVES

Sec. 3401. Authorization of appropriations.

TITLE XXXV—MARITIME ADMINISTRATION

Subtitle A—Maritime Administration

Sec. 3501. Authorization of appropriations for Maritime Administration.
Sec. 3502. Reauthorization of Maritime Security Program.

Subtitle B—Maritime Infrastructure

Sec. 3511. Port infrastructure development program.
Sec. 3512. Assessment of United States sealift capability.

Subtitle C—Reports

Sec. 3521. Independent study and report on Shanghai Shipping Exchange.
Sec. 3522. Study on transportation of personal protective equipment.

Subtitle D—Other Matters

Sec. 3531. Extension of certain provisions relating to Tanker Security Fleet
program.
Sec. 3532. Requirements for purchasing federally auctioned vessels.
Sec. 3533. Recapitalization of National Defense Reserve Fleet.
Sec. 3534. Armed Forces merchant mariner officer expedited preparation pro-
gram.
Sec. 3535. Technical clarifications.
Sec. 3536. Buy America requirements for shipyard modernization and improve-
ment program.
Sec. 3537. Nomination of Merchant Marine cadets in event of death, resigna-
tion, or expulsion from office of Member of Congress otherwise
authorized to nominate.
Sec. 3538. Amended license applications for certain deepwater ports for natural
gas.

DIVISION D—FUNDING TABLES

Sec. 4001. Authorization of amounts in funding tables.

TITLE XLI—PROCUREMENT

Sec. 4101. Procurement.

TITLE XLII—RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND
EVALUATION

Sec. 4201. Research, development, test, and evaluation.

TITLE XLIII—OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE

Sec. 4301. Operation and maintenance.

TITLE XLIV—MILITARY PERSONNEL

Sec. 4401. Military personnel.

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TITLE XLV—OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS

Sec. 4501. Other authorizations.

TITLE XLVI—MILITARY CONSTRUCTION

Sec. 4601. Military construction.

TITLE XLVII—DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY
PROGRAMS

Sec. 4701. Department of Energy National Security Programs.

DIVISION E—OTHER MATTERS

TITLE L—VETERANS AFFAIRS MATTERS

Sec. 5001. Grants for State, county, and tribal veterans’ cemeteries that allow
interment of certain persons eligible for interment in national
cemeteries.
Sec. 5002. Telephone helpline for assistance for veterans and other eligible indi-
viduals.
Sec. 5003. Report on Airborne Hazards and Open Burn Pit Registry 2.0.

TITLE LI—FOREIGN AFFAIRS MATTERS

Subtitle A—United States Foundation for International Conservation Act of
2024

Sec. 5101. Definitions.
Sec. 5102. United States Foundation for International Conservation.
Sec. 5103. Governance of the Foundation.
Sec. 5104. Corporate powers and obligations of the Foundation.
Sec. 5105. Safeguards and accountability.
Sec. 5106. Projects and grants.
Sec. 5107. Prohibition of support for certain governments.
Sec. 5108. Annual report.
Sec. 5109. Authorization of appropriations.

Subtitle B—Western Hemisphere Partnership Act

Sec. 5111. Short title.
Sec. 5112. United States policy in the Western Hemisphere.
Sec. 5113. Promoting security and the rule of law in the Western Hemisphere.
Sec. 5114. Promoting digitalization and cybersecurity in the Western Hemi-
sphere.
Sec. 5115. Promoting economic and commercial partnerships in the Western
Hemisphere.
Sec. 5116. Promoting transparency and democratic governance in the Western
Hemisphere.
Sec. 5117. Sense of Congress on prioritizing nomination and confirmation of
qualified ambassadors.
Sec. 5118. Western Hemisphere defined.
Sec. 5119. Report on efforts to capture and detain United States citizens as
hostages.

Subtitle C—Other Matters

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Sec. 5121. Improving multilateral cooperation to improve the security of Tai-
wan.
Sec. 5122. Millennium Challenge Corporation candidate country reform.
Sec. 5123. Extension of sunset.
Sec. 5124. Strategy and grant program to promote internet freedom in Iran.

TITLE LII—JUDICIARY MATTERS

Subtitle A—Law Enforcement And Victim Support Act of 2024

Sec. 5201. Short title.
Sec. 5202. Project Safe Childhood Act.
Sec. 5203. Administrative False Claims Act of 2023.

Subtitle B—Other Matters

Sec. 5211. Modernizing law enforcement notification.

TITLE LIII—NATURAL RESOURCES MATTERS

Subtitle A—WILD Act

Sec. 5301. Short title.
Sec. 5302. Partners for Fish and Wildlife Act.
Sec. 5303. African Elephant Conservation Act.
Sec. 5304. Asian Elephant Conservation Act of 1997.
Sec. 5305. Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act of 1994.
Sec. 5306. Great Ape Conservation Act of 2000.
Sec. 5307. Marine Turtle Conservation Act of 2004.
Sec. 5308. Reporting requirements.

Subtitle B—Other Matters

Sec. 5311. Reauthorization of Upper Colorado and San Juan River Basins en-
dangered fish and threatened fish recovery implementation pro-
grams.

TITLE LIV—TELECOMMUNICATIONS-RELATED MATTERS
Sec. 5401. Short title.
Sec. 5402. Definitions.
Sec. 5403. FCC auction of certain licenses.
Sec. 5404. Spectrum auction trust fund.
Sec. 5405. Increase in limitation on expenditure under secure and trusted com-
munications networks reimbursement program.

TITLE LV—TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE MATTERS

Sec. 5501. GAO study and report on intentional disruption of the national air-
space system.
Sec. 5502. Frank A. Lobiondo National Aerospace Safety and Security Cam-
pus.

TITLE LVI—HOMELAND SECURITY-RELATED MATTERS

Subtitle A—Securing Adjacent Federal Property

Sec. 5601. Short title.
Sec. 5602. Definitions.

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Sec. 5603. Government-wide study.

Subtitle B—Other Matters

Sec. 5611. Department of Homeland Security Northern Border Mission Center.
Sec. 5612. Comptroller General report on the Homeland Security Information
Network.

TITLE LVII—MISCELLANEOUS

Sec. 5701. Treatment of payments from the railroad unemployment insurance
account.
Sec. 5702. Extension of learning period for certain safety regulations relating
to space flight participants.
Sec. 5703. Hello Girls Congressional Gold Medal.
Sec. 5704. Extension of competitive service status authority for employees of a
Lead Inspector General for Overseas Contingency Operation.
Sec. 5705. Ensuring access to certain higher education benefits.

DIVISION F—INTELLIGENCE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL
YEAR 2025

Sec. 6001. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 6002. Definitions.
Sec. 6003. Explanatory statement.

TITLE LXI—INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES

Sec. 6101. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 6102. Classified Schedule of Authorizations.
Sec. 6103. Intelligence Community Management Account.
Sec. 6104. Increase in employee compensation and benefits authorized by law.
Sec. 6105. Restriction on conduct of intelligence activities.

TITLE LXII—CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY RETIREMENT
AND DISABILITY SYSTEM

Sec. 6201. Authorization of appropriations.

TITLE LXIII—INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY MATTERS

Subtitle A—Intelligence Community Generally

Sec. 6301. Improvements relating to conflicts of interest in the Intelligence In-
novation Board.
Sec. 6302. National Threat Identification and Prioritization Assessment and
National Counterintelligence Strategy.
Sec. 6303. Prohibition on availability of funds for certain activities of the Overt
Human Intelligence and Open Source Intelligence Collection
Programs of the Office of Intelligence and Analysis of the De-
partment of Homeland Security.
Sec. 6304. Improvements to advisory board of National Reconnaissance Office.
Sec. 6305. National Intelligence University acceptance of grants.
Sec. 6306. Expenditure of funds for certain intelligence and counterintelligence
activities of the Coast Guard.
Sec. 6307. Codification of the National Intelligence Management Council.
Sec. 6308. Responsibilities and authorities of the Director of National Intel-
ligence.

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Sec. 6309. Formalized counterintelligence training for Department of Energy
personnel.

Subtitle B—Matters Relating to Central Intelligence Agency

Sec. 6311. Requirements for the Special Victim Investigator.

Subtitle C—Reports and Other Matters

Sec. 6321. Extension of requirement for annual report on strikes undertaken
by the United States against terrorist targets outside areas of
active hostilities.
Sec. 6322. Budget transparency for open-source intelligence activities.
Sec. 6323. Report on the mission effect of civilian harm.

TITLE LXIV—COUNTERING FOREIGN THREATS

Subtitle A—People’s Republic of China

Sec. 6401. Assessment of current status of biotechnology of People’s Republic
of China.
Sec. 6402. Report on the economic outlook of China.
Sec. 6403. Intelligence sharing with law enforcement agencies on synthetic
opioid precursor chemicals originating in People’s Republic of
China.
Sec. 6404. Report on efforts of the People’s Republic of China to evade United
States transparency and national security regulations.
Sec. 6405. Assessment on recruitment of Mandarin speakers.

Subtitle B—The Russian Federation

Sec. 6411. Report on Russian Federation sponsorship of acts of international
terrorism.
Sec. 6412. Assessment of likely course of war in Ukraine.
Sec. 6413. Ukraine lessons learned working group.

Subtitle C—International Terrorism

Sec. 6421. Assessment and report on the threat of ISIS-Khorasan to the
United States.

Subtitle D—Other Foreign Threats

Sec. 6431. Assessment of visa-free travel to and within Western Hemisphere by
nationals of countries of concern.
Sec. 6432. Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence review of visitors and
assignees.
Sec. 6433. Assessment of the lessons learned by the intelligence community
with respect to the Israel-Hamas war.
Sec. 6434. Central Intelligence Agency intelligence assessment on Tren de
Aragua.
Sec. 6435. Assessment of Maduro regime’s economic and security relationships
with state sponsors of terrorism and foreign terrorist organiza-
tions.
Sec. 6436. Continued congressional oversight of Iranian expenditures sup-
porting foreign military and terrorist activities.
Sec. 6437. Analyses and impact statements regarding proposed investment into
the United States.

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TITLE LXV—EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES

Sec. 6501. Intelligence strategy to counter foreign adversary efforts to utilize
biotechnologies in ways that threaten United States national
security.
Sec. 6502. Improvements to the roles, missions, and objectives of the National
Counterproliferation and Biosecurity Center.
Sec. 6503. Enhancing capabilities to detect foreign adversary threats relating
to biological data.
Sec. 6504. Establishment of Artificial Intelligence Security Center.
Sec. 6505. Sense of Congress encouraging intelligence community to increase
private sector capital partnerships and partnership with Fed-
eral partners to secure enduring technological advantages.
Sec. 6506. Enhancement of authority for intelligence community public-private
talent exchanges.
Sec. 6507. Sense of Congress on hostile foreign cyber actors.
Sec. 6508. Deeming ransomware threats to critical infrastructure as national
intelligence priority.
Sec. 6509. Enhancing public-private sharing on manipulative adversary prac-
tices in critical mineral projects.

TITLE LXVI—SECURITY CLEARANCES AND INTELLIGENCE
COMMUNITY WORKFORCE IMPROVEMENTS

Subtitle A—Security Clearances and Controlled Access Program
Improvements

Sec. 6601. Security clearances held by certain former employees of intelligence
community.
Sec. 6602. Limitation on availability of funds for new controlled access pro-
grams.
Sec. 6603. Limitation on transfers from controlled access programs.
Sec. 6604. Data with respect to timeliness of polygraph examinations.

Subtitle B—Workforce Improvements

Sec. 6611. Enabling intelligence community integration.
Sec. 6612. Appointment of spouses of certain Federal employees.
Sec. 6613. Plan for staffing the intelligence collection positions of the Central
Intelligence Agency.
Sec. 6614. Congressional notifications and summaries of misconduct regarding
employees within the intelligence community.
Sec. 6615. Modification to waiver for post-service employment restrictions.
Sec. 6616. Intelligence community recruitment for certain security-cleared sepa-
rating military members.
Sec. 6617. Strategy to strengthen intelligence community recruitment efforts in
the United States territories.
Sec. 6618. Pilot program on establishing a geospatial workforce development
program.

TITLE LXVII—WHISTLEBLOWERS

Sec. 6701. Improvements to urgent concerns submitted to Inspectors General
of the Intelligence Community.
Sec. 6702. Protection for individuals making authorized disclosures to inspec-
tors general of elements of the intelligence community.

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Sec. 6703. Clarification of authority of certain Inspectors General to receive
protected disclosures.

TITLE LXVIII—UNIDENTIFIED ANOMALOUS PHENOMENA

Sec. 6801. Comptroller General of the United States review of All-domain
Anomaly Resolution Office.
Sec. 6802. Sunset of requirements relating to audits of unidentified anomalous
phenomena historical record report.

TITLE LXIX—OTHER MATTERS

Sec. 6901. Modification and repeal of reporting requirements.
Sec. 6902. Technical amendments.

DIVISION G—DEPARTMENT OF STATE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR
FISCAL YEAR 2025

Sec. 7001. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 7002. Definitions.

TITLE LXXI—WORKFORCE MATTERS

Sec. 7101. Competitive local compensation plan.
Sec. 7102. Strategy for targeted recruitment of civil servants.
Sec. 7103. Electronic medical records.
Sec. 7104. Portability of professional licenses.
Sec. 7105. Expanding opportunities for Department-paid student internship
program.
Sec. 7106. Career intermission program adjustment to enhance retention.
Sec. 7107. Assignment process modernization.
Sec. 7108. Report on modifying consular tour and first tours requirements.
Sec. 7109. Per diem allowance for newly hired members of the Foreign Service.
Sec. 7110. Termination of residential or motor vehicle leases and telephone
service contracts for members of the Foreign Service.
Sec. 7111. Needs-based childcare subsidies enrollment period.
Sec. 7112. Comptroller General report on Department traveler experience.
Sec. 7113. Semiannual report on global footprint.
Sec. 7114. Report on former Federal employees advising foreign governments.
Sec. 7115. Authority to pay for or reimburse for certain security services.

TITLE LXXII—ORGANIZATION AND OPERATIONS

Sec. 7201. State-of-the-art building facilities.
Sec. 7202. Presence of chiefs of mission at diplomatic posts.
Sec. 7203. Periodic Inspector General reviews of chiefs of mission.
Sec. 7204. Special Envoy for Sudan.
Sec. 7205. Special Envoy for Belarus.
Sec. 7206. National Museum of American Diplomacy.
Sec. 7207. Overseas buildings due diligence.
Sec. 7208. Restrictions on the use of funds for solar panels.
Sec. 7209. Responsiveness to Congressional Research Service inquiries and
Congressional Budget Office inquiries.
Sec. 7210. Expedited opening of diplomatic missions.
Sec. 7211. Report on United States Consulate in Chengdu, People’s Republic
of China.
Sec. 7212. Personnel reporting.

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Sec. 7213. Support co-location with allied partner nations.
Sec. 7214. Streamline qualification of construction contract bidders.
Sec. 7215. Continuation of rest and recuperation and overseas operations leave.
Sec. 7216. Overseas crisis response system and strategy.

TITLE LXXIII—INFORMATION SECURITY AND CYBER DIPLOMACY

Sec. 7301. Realigning the Regional Technology Officer Program.
Sec. 7302. Measures to protect Department devices from the proliferation and
use of foreign commercial spyware.
Sec. 7303. Report on cloud computing in Bureau of Consular Affairs.
Sec. 7304. Information technology pilot projects.
Sec. 7305. Leveraging approved technology for administrative efficiencies.

TITLE LXXIV—PUBLIC DIPLOMACY

Sec. 7401. United States Agency for Global Media.
Sec. 7402. Extension of authorizations to support United States participation
in international fairs and expos.
Sec. 7403. Research and scholar exchange partnerships.

TITLE LXXV—DIPLOMATIC SECURITY AND CONSULAR AFFAIRS

Sec. 7501. Human trafficking authority.
Sec. 7502. Congressional notification for Serious Security Incidents.
Sec. 7503. Notifications regarding security decisions at diplomatic posts.
Sec. 7504. Security clearance suspension pay flexibilities.
Sec. 7505. Modification to notification requirement for security clearance sus-
pensions and revocations.
Sec. 7506. Passport automation modernization.
Sec. 7507. Passport acceptance, courier services, and expiration dates.
Sec. 7508. Passport system reform and backlog prevention.
Sec. 7509. Sean and David Goldman International Child Abduction Prevention
and Return Act of 2014 Act amendments.

TITLE LXXVI—UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL
DEVELOPMENT

Sec. 7601. Personal service agreement authority for the United States Agency
for International Development.
Sec. 7602. Crisis operations and disaster surge staffing.
Sec. 7603. Education allowance while on military leave.
Sec. 7604. Inclusion in the pet transportation exception to the Fly America
Act.

TITLE LXXVII—DETERRING AND PREVENTING UNLAWFUL OR
WRONGFUL DETENTION

Sec. 7701. Hostage recovery support.
Sec. 7702. Options and strategies for reducing likelihood of United States na-
tionals being unlawfully or wrongfully detained or taken hos-
tage.
Sec. 7703. Additional funding for sanctions implementation.
Sec. 7704. Enhancing United States travel advisories.
Sec. 7705. Coordination with transportation authorities and industry on travel
advisories.
Sec. 7706. Privacy Act waiver and passport renewals.

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Sec. 7707. Timeline for unlawful or wrongful detention determinations.
Sec. 7708. Declarations of invalidity.

TITLE LXXVIII—OTHER MATTERS

Sec. 7801. Authorization of appropriations to promote United States citizen
employment at the United Nations and international organiza-
tions.
Sec. 7802. Amendment to Rewards for Justice program.
Sec. 7803. United States-Africa Leaders Summit and related matters.
Sec. 7804. Summit of the Americas.
Sec. 7805. Extension of certain payment in connection with the International
Space Station.
Sec. 7806. Inclusion of cost associated with producing reports.
Sec. 7807. Fentanyl reporting and authorities.
Sec. 7808. Strengthening tracking of Tranq.
Sec. 7809. SIGAR sunset and transition.
Sec. 7810. Coordinator for Afghan Relocation Efforts.
Sec. 7811. Feasibility study for reimbursement of certain expenses of persons
evacuated from Afghanistan.
Sec. 7812. Extensions.

1 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

2 In this Act:
3 (1) In divisions A through D, the term ‘‘this
4 Act’’ refers to divisions A through D.
5 (2) The term ‘‘congressional defense commit-
6 tees’’ has the meaning given that term in section
7 101(a)(16) of title 10, United States Code.
8 SEC. 4. BUDGETARY EFFECTS OF THIS ACT.

9 The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purposes
10 of complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of
11 2010, shall be determined by reference to the latest state-
12 ment titled ‘‘Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation’’
13 for this Act, jointly submitted for printing in the Congres-
14 sional Record by the Chairmen of the House and Senate
15 Budget Committees, provided that such statement has
16 been submitted prior to the vote on passage in the House
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1 acting first on the conference report or amendment be-
2 tween the Houses.
3 SEC. 5. JOINT EXPLANATORY STATEMENT.

4 The joint explanatory statement regarding this Act,
5 printed in the House section of the Congressional Record
6 on or about December 11, 2024, by the Chairman of the
7 Committee on Armed Services of the House of Represent-
8 atives and the Chairman of the Committee on Armed
9 Services of the Senate, shall have the same effect with re-
10 spect to the implementation of this Act as if it were a
11 joint explanatory statement of a committee of conference.
12 DIVISION A—DEPARTMENT OF
13 DEFENSE AUTHORIZATIONS
14 TITLE I—PROCUREMENT
Subtitle A—Authorization of Appropriations

Sec. 101. Authorization of appropriations.

Subtitle B—Army Programs

Subtitle C—Navy Programs

Sec. 121. Modifications to procurement authorities for certain amphibious ship-
building programs.
Sec. 122. Modification of requirement to incorporate advanced degaussing sys-
tems into Arleigh Burke class destroyers.
Sec. 123. Extension of prohibition on availability of funds for Navy port water-
borne security barriers.
Sec. 124. Modification of annual report on cost targets for certain aircraft car-
riers.
Sec. 125. Designation of official responsible for autonomous surface and under-
water dual-modality vehicles.

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Sec. 126. Multiyear procurement authority for CH–53K aircraft and T408 en-
gines.
Sec. 127. Recapitalization of tactical fighter aircraft of the Navy Reserve.
Sec. 128. Limitation on the construction of the Landing Ship Medium.
Sec. 129. Limitation on availability of funds for Constellation-class frigate pro-
gram pending certification on basic and functional design.
Sec. 130. Limitation on structural improvements and electrical power upgrades
for AH–1Z and UH–1Y helicopters.
Sec. 131. Annual report on surface ship suppliers.

Subtitle D—Air Force Programs

Subtitle E—Defense-wide, Joint, and Multiservice Matters

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1 Subtitle A—Authorization of
2 Appropriations
3 SEC. 101. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

4 Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for
5 fiscal year 2025 for procurement for the Army, the Navy
6 and the Marine Corps, the Air Force and the Space Force,
7 and Defense-wide activities, as specified in the funding
8 table in section 4101.
9 Subtitle B—Army Programs
10 SEC. 111. CENTRALIZED SECURITY MONITORING PROGRAM

11 FOR FACILITIES OF THE ARMY.

12 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Army, in co-
13 ordination with the heads of relevant organizations of the
14 Department of Defense and other departments and agen-
15 cies of the Federal Government, shall develop a plan for
16 the implementation of a Centralized Security Monitoring
17 Program (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Program’’)
18 for installations and facilities of the Department of the
19 Army within the United States.
20 (b) ELEMENTS.—The plan required by subsection (a)
21 shall include the following:
22 (1) PROPOSED SECURITY SOLUTION.—A pro-
23 posal for the development and implementation of a
24 cost-effective, scalable solution to modernize and
25 centralize security operations across Army facilities

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1 in the United States with full consideration given to
2 minimizing operational impacts while maximizing
3 technological advantages for enhanced security.
4 (2) LOCATIONS.—Identification of at least three
5 military installations selected to host the Program.
6 These locations shall—
7 (A) serve as the primary hubs for the con-
8 tinuous monitoring of installation security
9 across all installations of the Department of the
10 Army in the United States;
11 (B) represent a mix of large and extra-
12 large facilities, as defined by the 2016 business
13 case analysis conducted by the Provost Marshal
14 General of the Army; and
15 (C) be chosen based on geographical diver-
16 sity and their strategic importance to the
17 Army’s overall security infrastructure.
18 (3) COST.—A comprehensive breakdown of the
19 full costs of the Program, including—
20 (A) initial capital expenditure for system
21 implementation;
22 (B) the cost of networking all installations
23 and facilities across the Department of the
24 Army within the United States;

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1 (C) estimated operation and maintenance
2 costs;
3 (D) a detailed funding schedule with ex-
4 penditures projected across the period covered
5 by the most recent future-years defense pro-
6 gram submitted to Congress under section 221
7 of title 10, United States Code (as of the date
8 of the plan); and
9 (E) identification of potential cost-saving
10 opportunities from the consolidation of current
11 security monitoring systems.
12 (4) ANALYSIS OF VIABILITY.—An assessment of
13 the viability of funding and sustaining the Program
14 across the period covered by the most recent future-
15 years defense program submitted to Congress under
16 section 221 of title 10, United States Code (as of
17 the date of the plan), considering—
18 (A) the financial impact relative to existing
19 Army security infrastructure budgets;
20 (B) cost-benefit analysis of upgrading ex-
21 isting systems versus implementing new tech-
22 nologies at each selected location; and
23 (C) identification of technological chal-
24 lenges or barriers to implementing modern
25 monitoring solutions.

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1 (5) AUTHORITIES.—A list of any additional au-
2 thorities, appropriations, or other resources nec-
3 essary to ensure the success of the Program.
4 (c) SUBMITTAL TO CONGRESS.—Not later than Sep-
5 tember 1, 2025, the Secretary of the Army shall submit
6 to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and
7 House of Representatives a completed version of the plan
8 developed under subsection (a).
9 (d) LIMITATION ON COMMENCEMENT.—The Sec-
10 retary of the Army may not commence implementation of
11 the Program until the date on which the Secretary cer-
12 tifies to the congressional defense committees that suffi-
13 cient appropriations for military construction and oper-
14 ational costs have been programmed to fund the Program.
15 (e) DEADLINE FOR IMPLEMENTATION.—
16 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
17 graph (2), the Secretary of the Army shall imple-
18 ment the Program by not later than January 1,
19 2027.
20 (2) ALTERNATIVE IMPLEMENTATION DATE.—In
21 the event the certification described in subsection (d)
22 is not submitted on or before January 1, 2027, the
23 Secretary of the Army shall implement the Program
24 as soon as practicable after the date on which such
25 certification is so submitted.

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1 SEC. 112. PILOT PROGRAM ON THE USE OF ROBOTIC TAR-

2 GETS TO ENHANCE THE LETHALITY OF THE

3 RESERVE COMPONENTS OF THE ARMY.

4 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of the Army
5 shall carry out a pilot program under which the Secretary
6 incorporates the use of moving robotic target systems into
7 live fire training provided to select infantry units of the
8 reserve and National Guard components of the Army.
9 (b) DESIGNATION.—The pilot program under sub-
10 section (a) shall be known as the ‘‘Lethality and
11 Warfighting Enhancement Program’’.
12 (c) LOCATIONS.—The Secretary of the Army shall se-
13 lect not fewer than three military installations at which
14 to conduct the pilot program under subsection (a).
15 (d) OBJECTIVES.—The objectives of the pilot pro-
16 gram under subsection (a) shall be—
17 (1) to increase the lethality of the combined
18 fighting force of the Army by providing reserve com-
19 ponent and National Guard infantry units with the
20 opportunity to conduct realistic live fire training on
21 state-of-the-art moving robotic target systems; and
22 (2) to demonstrate the effect of such training
23 on small arms proficiency and lethality in ground
24 combat operations.
25 (e) SELECTION OF PARTICIPATING UNITS.—The Sec-
26 retary of the Army shall select infantry units of the re-
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1 serve components of the Army to participate in the pilot
2 program under subsection (a) taking into consideration—
3 (1) the past performance of the unit;
4 (2) the readiness status of the unit, with an
5 emphasis on providing training to those units des-
6 ignated as preparing to deploy or at a similarly des-
7 ignated readiness status; and
8 (3) the likelihood that a unit would be actively
9 deployed or commanded to conduct decisive action.
10 (f) COMMENCEMENT.—The Secretary of the Army
11 shall commence the pilot program under subsection (a) not
12 later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of
13 this Act.
14 (g) TERMINATION.—The pilot program under sub-
15 section (a) shall terminate five years after the date of the
16 enactment of this Act.
17 (h) BRIEFINGS.—Not later than 90 days after con-
18 cluding activities under the pilot program at a military
19 installation selected under subsection (c), the Secretary of
20 the Army shall provide to the Committees on Armed Serv-
21 ices of the Senate and the House of Representatives a
22 briefing that includes a description of—
23 (1) the manner in which the program was con-
24 ducted at such installation; and

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1 (2) any results achieved under the program at
2 such installation.
3 (i) CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—
4 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Army
5 is authorized to enter into one or more contracts for
6 the procurement of moving robotic target systems
7 for use in the pilot program under subsection (a).
8 (2) REQUIRED CAPABILITIES.—Robotic target
9 systems procured under paragraph (1) shall be capa-
10 ble of—
11 (A) conducting multiple realistic offensive
12 and defensive scenarios in a single training ses-
13 sion that are consistent with combat operations;
14 (B) operating in an unpredictable, real-
15 istic, and reactionary fashion;
16 (C) objectively scoring trainee perform-
17 ance;
18 (D) maneuvering across diverse geographic
19 landscapes, including snow, ice, soft soils, ex-
20 treme heat, extreme cold, wooded terrain and
21 offroad areas;
22 (E) operating at distances greater than
23 100 yards from the range operator;

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1 (F) surviving live fire from 6.8 mm rounds
2 and the Next Generation Squad Weapon of the
3 Army; and
4 (G) fully functioning in all reasonably ex-
5 pected weather conditions.
6 SEC. 113. PLAN FOR ADDITIONAL KINETIC EFFECTORS FOR

7 LOW, SLOW, SMALL UNMANNED AIRCRAFT IN-

8 TEGRATED DEFEAT SYSTEM OF THE ARMY.

9 (a) PLAN REQUIRED.—The Secretary of the Army
10 shall develop and implement a plan for the procurement
11 and fielding of additional kinetic effectors for the low,
12 slow, small unmanned aircraft integrated defeat system of
13 the Army (FS–LIDS and M–LIDS).
14 (b) BRIEFING.—Not later than September 30, 2025,
15 the Secretary of the Army shall provide to the congres-
16 sional defense committees a briefing on the plan developed
17 under subsection (a).
18 SEC. 114. REPORT ON PROCUREMENT OF ENERGETIC MA-

19 TERIALS FROM SOURCES OUTSIDE OF THE

20 UNITED STATES.

21 (a) REPORT.—Not later than September 30, 2025,
22 the Secretary of the Army shall submit to the congres-
23 sional defense committees a report on the procurement,
24 by the Army from sources outside of the United States,

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1 of energetic materials that are otherwise available from
2 Federal Government-owned production facilities.
3 (b) ELEMENTS.—The report required by subsection
4 (a) shall include the following:
5 (1) A list of all energetic materials that are in
6 production at a Federal Government-owned produc-
7 tion facility but that are nonetheless procured by the
8 Army from a source outside of the United States.
9 (2) The authorities and production capacity the
10 Army has available to ensure it procures energetic
11 materials, to the maximum extent practicable, from
12 domestic sources to meet the national security needs
13 of the United States.
14 (3) An evaluation of the factors that the Army
15 considers when procuring energetic materials from a
16 source outside of the United States, including the
17 production capacity for such materials at Federal
18 Government-owned production facilities, the cost of
19 materials, and the timelines associated with the pro-
20 duction of end items.
21 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
22 (1) The term ‘‘end item’’ has the meaning given
23 that term in section 4863(m) of title 10, United
24 States Code.

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1 (2) The term ‘‘energetic materials’’ means crit-
2 ical chemicals and formulations that—
3 (A) release large amounts of stored chem-
4 ical energy; and
5 (B) are capable of being used as explo-
6 sives, propellants, pyrotechnics, and reactive
7 materials that create lethal effects in warheads
8 in kinetic weapons components and systems.
9 Subtitle C—Navy Programs
10 SEC. 121. MODIFICATIONS TO PROCUREMENT AUTHORI-

11 TIES FOR CERTAIN AMPHIBIOUS SHIP-

12 BUILDING PROGRAMS.

13 Section 129 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense
14 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117–
15 263; 136 Stat. 2448) is amended—
16 (1) in subsection (c)—
17 (A) in the subsection heading, by inserting
18 ‘‘ACROSS PROGRAMS’’ after ‘‘ADVANCE PRO-
19 CUREMENT’’; and

20 (B) by inserting ‘‘across programs’’ after
21 ‘‘advance procurement’’;
22 (2) by redesignating subsections (d), (e), and
23 (f) as subsections (e), (f), and (g), respectively; and
24 (3) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol-
25 lowing new subsection:

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1 ‘‘(d) AUTHORITY TO ENTER INTO ECONOMIC ORDER
2 QUANTITY CONTRACTS.—The Secretary of the Navy may
3 use funds made available to carry out this section to enter
4 into contracts known as ‘economic order quantity con-
5 tracts’ with private shipyards and other commercial or
6 government entities to achieve economic efficiencies based
7 on production economies for major components or sub-
8 systems of covered ships. The authority under this sub-
9 section extends to the procurement of parts, components,
10 and systems (including weapon systems) common with,
11 and required for, covered ships under joint economic order
12 quantity contracts.’’.
13 SEC. 122. MODIFICATION OF REQUIREMENT TO INCOR-

14 PORATE ADVANCED DEGAUSSING SYSTEMS

15 INTO ARLEIGH BURKE CLASS DESTROYERS.

16 Section 124(a) of the National Defense Authorization
17 Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117–81; 135 Stat.
18 1570) is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal year 2025’’ and in-
19 serting ‘‘fiscal year 2028’’.
20 SEC. 123. EXTENSION OF PROHIBITION ON AVAILABILITY

21 OF FUNDS FOR NAVY PORT WATERBORNE SE-

22 CURITY BARRIERS.

23 Section 130(a) of the John S. McCain National De-
24 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law
25 115–232; 132 Stat. 1665), as most recently amended by

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1 section 122 of the National Defense Authorization Act for
2 Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118–31; 137 Stat. 169),
3 is further amended by striking ‘‘through 2024’’ and in-
4 serting ‘‘through 2025’’.
5 SEC. 124. MODIFICATION OF ANNUAL REPORT ON COST

6 TARGETS FOR CERTAIN AIRCRAFT CAR-

7 RIERS.

8 Section 126(c) of the National Defense Authorization
9 Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328; 130 Stat.
10 2035) is amended—
11 (1) in the subsection heading, by striking ‘‘AND
12 CVN–81’’; and inserting ‘‘CVN–81, AND SUBSE-
13 QUENT CARRIERS’’;

14 (2) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘and the
15 CVN–81’’ and inserting ‘‘the CVN–81, and each
16 subsequent Ford-class aircraft carrier’’;
17 (3) in paragraph (2)—
18 (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph
19 (A), by striking ‘‘and the CVN–81’’ and insert-
20 ing ‘‘the CVN–81, and each subsequent Ford-
21 class aircraft carrier’’; and
22 (B) by adding at the end the following new
23 subparagraphs:
24 ‘‘(H) A comparison of the ship cost base-
25 line to the most recent budget estimate avail-

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1 able as of the date of the report, set forth sepa-
2 rately for costs related to—
3 ‘‘(i) development;
4 ‘‘(ii) procurement; and
5 ‘‘(iii) operations and sustainment.
6 ‘‘(I) For each contract that requires the
7 production of a contract performance report, es-
8 timates from the contractor and program man-
9 ager of—
10 ‘‘(i) the total cost of the ship at com-
11 pletion, taking into account any changes in
12 costs known or anticipated as of the date
13 of the report; and
14 ‘‘(ii) the schedule for completion of
15 the ship, taking into account any variances
16 to such schedule known or anticipated as
17 of the date of the report.’’; and
18 (4) by adding at the end the following new
19 paragraph:
20 ‘‘(3) COMMENCEMENT AND TERMINATION OF
21 REPORTING.—The requirement to submit a report
22 with respect to a Ford-class aircraft carrier under
23 paragraph (1) shall—

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1 ‘‘(A) begin in the year following the first
2 fiscal year for which funds are appropriated for
3 the procurement of the carrier; and
4 ‘‘(B) end on the date the carrier reaches
5 its obligation work limiting date.’’.
6 SEC. 125. DESIGNATION OF OFFICIAL RESPONSIBLE FOR

7 AUTONOMOUS SURFACE AND UNDERWATER

8 DUAL-MODALITY VEHICLES.

9 (a) DESIGNATION REQUIRED.—Not later than 180
10 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
11 retary of the Navy shall designate an appropriate official
12 within the Department of the Navy to have primary re-
13 sponsibility for the development and acquisition of surface
14 and underwater dual-modality, advanced autonomous ve-
15 hicles, consistent with warfighter requirements.
16 (b) PROGRAM ELEMENT.—The Secretary of the Navy
17 shall ensure, within budget program elements for the
18 Navy, that there is a dedicated program element for the
19 development and acquisition of surface and underwater
20 dual-modality, advanced autonomous vehicles.
21 SEC. 126. MULTIYEAR PROCUREMENT AUTHORITY FOR CH–

22 53K AIRCRAFT AND T408 ENGINES.

23 (a) AUTHORITY FOR MULTIYEAR PROCUREMENT.—
24 Subject to section 3501 of title 10, United States Code,
25 the Secretary of the Navy may enter into one or more

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1 multiyear contracts, beginning with the fiscal year 2025
2 program year, for the procurement of the following:
3 (1) CH–53K aircraft.
4 (2) T408 engines for such aircraft.
5 (b) CONDITION FOR OUT-YEAR CONTRACT PAY-
6 MENTS.—A contract entered into under subsection (a)
7 shall provide that any obligation of the United States to
8 make a payment under the contract for a fiscal year after
9 fiscal year 2025 is subject to the availability of appropria-
10 tions or funds for that purpose for such later fiscal year.
11 (c) AUTHORITY FOR ADVANCE PROCUREMENT.—The
12 Secretary of the Navy may enter into one or more con-
13 tracts, beginning in fiscal year 2025, for advance procure-
14 ment associated with the aircraft and engines for which
15 authorization to enter into a multiyear procurement con-
16 tract is provided under subsection (a), which may include
17 procurement of economic order quantities of material and
18 equipment for such aircraft or engines when cost savings
19 are achievable.
20 SEC. 127. RECAPITALIZATION OF TACTICAL FIGHTER AIR-

21 CRAFT OF THE NAVY RESERVE.

22 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Navy shall
23 ensure that all covered F–18 aircraft are—
24 (1) provided only to the Navy Reserve; and

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1 (2) used to recapitalize and maintain, within
2 the Navy Reserve, a threat representative adversary
3 support capability that may be used in support of
4 training activities of the Department of Defense.
5 (b) PLAN REQUIRED.—Not later than April 15,
6 2025, the Secretary of the Navy shall submit to the con-
7 gressional defense committees a plan for the potential es-
8 tablishment of a deployable tactical fighter squadron capa-
9 bility in the Naval Reserve using the covered F–18 air-
10 craft. The plan shall include—
11 (1) a description of any funding and other re-
12 sources needed to establish and maintain such capa-
13 bility; and
14 (2) a proposed timeline for the implementation
15 of such capability.
16 (c) COVERED F–18 AIRCRAFT DEFINED.—In this
17 section, the term ‘‘covered F–18 aircraft’’ means the eight
18 F/A–18E/F Super Hornet aircraft procured using funds
19 authorized and appropriated for the Navy during fiscal
20 year 2023.
21 SEC. 128. LIMITATION ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE

22 LANDING SHIP MEDIUM.

23 (a) LIMITATION.—The Secretary of the Navy may
24 not enter into a contract or other agreement that includes
25 a scope of work, including priced or unpriced options, for

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1 the construction, advance procurement, or long-lead mate-
2 rial of the lead ship of the Landing Ship Medium program
3 until the Secretary certifies to the congressional defense
4 committees that basic and functional design with respect
5 to such ship is complete.
6 (b) EXEMPTION.—
7 (1) INAPPLICABILITY TO COMMERCIAL OR NON-
8 DEVELOPMENTAL ITEM.—The limitation in sub-
9 section (a) does not apply to the lead ship of the
10 Landing Ship Medium program if such a ship is a
11 commercial or nondevelopmental item.
12 (2) EXEMPTION FROM FULL AND OPEN COM-
13 PETITION.—In a case in which the exemption under

14 paragraph (1) applies, the service acquisition execu-
15 tive of the Navy may exempt a contract or other
16 agreement for the lead ship of the Landing Ship Me-
17 dium program from the requirements of full and
18 open competition under section 3201 of title 10,
19 United States Code.
20 (c) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘basic
21 and functional design’’ has the meaning given that term
22 section 8669c of title 10, United States Code.

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1 SEC. 129. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR

2 CONSTELLATION-CLASS FRIGATE PROGRAM

3 PENDING CERTIFICATION ON BASIC AND

4 FUNCTIONAL DESIGN.

5 (a) LIMITATION.—None of the funds authorized to
6 be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available
7 for fiscal year 2025 for the Navy may be obligated or ex-
8 pended for the construction of a Constellation-class frigate
9 beyond the basic and functional design phase (as defined
10 in section 8669c of title 10, United States Code) until the
11 date on which the Secretary of Defense submits the certifi-
12 cation required by subsection (b).
13 (b) CERTIFICATION REQUIRED.—Upon final ap-
14 proval of 95 percent of all basic and functional design
15 drawings for the Constellation-class frigate program by
16 the designated technical authority for the program, the
17 Secretary of Defense shall certify to the congressional de-
18 fense committees that such drawings have been so ap-
19 proved.
20 (c) ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION.—Not later than
21 30 days after the date on which the Secretary of Defense
22 submits the certification required by subsection (b), the
23 Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to
24 the congressional defense committees an assessment of—
25 (1) the Secretary’s compliance with this section;
26 and
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1 (2) the completeness of the basic and functional
2 design drawings described in such subsection.
3 (d) AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION.—The Secretary
4 of Defense shall provide the Comptroller General with
5 timely access to any documents or other information the
6 Comptroller General determines necessary to fulfill the re-
7 quirements of subsection (c).
8 SEC. 130. LIMITATION ON STRUCTURAL IMPROVEMENTS

9 AND ELECTRICAL POWER UPGRADES FOR

10 AH–1Z AND UH–1Y HELICOPTERS.

11 (a) LIMITATION.—The Secretary of the Navy may
12 not carry out covered upgrades to AH–1Z Viper and UH–
13 1Y Venom helicopters at a location other than a facility
14 owned by the original equipment manufacturer for such
15 helicopters until the date on which the Secretary certifies
16 to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and
17 the House of Representatives that the plan for carrying
18 out covered upgrades at location other than a facility
19 owned by the original equipment manufacturer is ex-
20 pected—
21 (1) to result in levels of performance, surviv-
22 ability, lethality, interoperability, mission execution,
23 and overall safety of the helicopter platform that
24 match or exceed the levels that would otherwise be
25 achievable by completing such upgrades at a facility

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1 owned by the original equipment manufacturer for
2 the model of helicopter involved;
3 (2) to provide improved onboard electrical
4 power capacity and ensure adequate power margin
5 for integrating future capabilities;
6 (3) to improve and expand future weapons
7 interfaces; and
8 (4) to allow for improved ease of maintenance.
9 (b) COVERED UPGRADES.—In this section, the term
10 ‘‘covered upgrades’’ means any structural improvements
11 or electrical power upgrades for AH–1Z Viper or UH–1Y
12 Venom helicopters.
13 SEC. 131. ANNUAL REPORT ON SURFACE SHIP SUPPLIERS.

14 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the
15 date of the enactment of this Act, and once every fiscal
16 year thereafter through September 30, 2029, the Sec-
17 retary of the Navy shall submit to the congressional de-
18 fense committees a report analyzing suppliers of compo-
19 nents for surface ships of the Navy.
20 (b) ELEMENTS.—Each report required by subsection
21 (a) shall include the following:
22 (1) An assessment of the status of each sup-
23 plier of surface ship components using the same or
24 a similar methodology to that used in the Navy’s

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1 evaluation tool for suppliers of components for Co-
2 lumbia-class submarines.
3 (2) If the assessment described in paragraph
4 (1) indicates that the supply base of any surface
5 ship component is in an at-risk status, a plan for ac-
6 tions to stabilize that supply base.
7 Subtitle D—Air Force Programs
8 SEC. 141. EXTENSION OF LIMITATIONS AND MINIMUM IN-

9 VENTORY REQUIREMENT RELATING TO RQ–4

10 AIRCRAFT.

11 Section 9062(m)(1) of title 10, United States Code,
12 is amended, in the matter preceding subparagraph (A),
13 by striking ‘‘September 30, 2028’’ and inserting ‘‘Sep-
14 tember 30, 2029’’.
15 SEC. 142. ANNUAL REPORT ON AIR FORCE TACTICAL

16 FIGHTER AIRCRAFT FORCE STRUCTURE.

17 Chapter 907 of title 10, United States Code, is
18 amended by inserting after section 9062 the following new
19 section:
20 ‘‘§ 9062a. Annual report on Air Force tactical fighter
21 aircraft force structure.

22 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than April 1, 2025,
23 and annually thereafter through 2029, the Secretary of
24 the Air Force, in consultation with the Director of the Air

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1 National Guard and the Commander of the Air Force Re-
2 serve Command, shall—
3 ‘‘(1) develop a 10-year tactical fighter aircraft
4 force structure, recapitalization, training, and
5 sustainment plan for the active and reserve compo-
6 nents of the Air Force; and
7 ‘‘(2) submit to the congressional defense com-
8 mittees a report on the plan.
9 ‘‘(b) ELEMENTS OF REPORT.—The report required
10 by subsection (a) shall address each of the following:
11 ‘‘(1) The appropriate mix of tactical fighter air-
12 craft, and associated operational risk analyses, re-
13 quired for the Secretary of the Air Force to meet ex-
14 pected steady-state, global force management alloca-
15 tion plans and geographic combatant commander
16 contingency operational plans tasked to the Air
17 Force, using active and reserve component tactical
18 fighter aircraft units.
19 ‘‘(2) The procurement, divestment, and unit ac-
20 tivation, deactivation, or re-missioning plans or ac-
21 tions the Secretary plans to implement, fiscal year-
22 by-fiscal year, unit-by-unit, for the 10-year period
23 beginning on the date on which the report is sub-
24 mitted, for each active and reserve component tac-
25 tical fighter aircraft unit existing as of such date of

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1 submittal, including the rationale and justification
2 for any such plans or actions.
3 ‘‘(3) The actions the Secretary will take to en-
4 sure that required operational readiness rates are
5 maintained during any planned recapitalization,
6 modernization, or change of mission affecting tac-
7 tical fighter aircraft units.
8 ‘‘(4) Any plans of the Secretary to augment or
9 supplant existing piloted tactical fighter aircraft ca-
10 pability or capacity with collaborative combat air-
11 craft increment 1 or increment 2 capability or capac-
12 ity.
13 ‘‘(5) Any plans of the Secretary to augment or
14 supplant existing piloted tactical fighter aircraft
15 training events through the acquisition and fielding
16 of common, joint, all-domain, high-fidelity synthetic
17 simulation environments.
18 ‘‘(c) FORM OF REPORT.—The report required by sub-
19 section (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form with
20 accompanying graphs, tables, and charts, but may contain
21 a classified annex.
22 ‘‘(d) FIGHTER AIRCRAFT DEFINED.—In this section,
23 the term ‘fighter aircraft’ has the meaning given that term
24 in section 9062(i)(2) of this title.’’.

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1 SEC. 143. MODIFICATIONS TO INVENTORY REQUIREMENTS

2 FOR CERTAIN AIRCRAFT.

3 (a) TEMPORARY EXCEPTION TO MINIMUM PRIMARY
4 MISSION AIRCRAFT INVENTORY.—Section 133 of the Na-
5 tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024
6 (Public Law 118–31; 137 Stat. 173) is amended—
7 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘1,112 air-
8 craft’’ and inserting ‘‘1,101 aircraft’’; and
9 (2) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ‘‘2024’’ and
10 inserting ‘‘2025’’.
11 (b) A-10 AIRCRAFT MINIMUM INVENTORY REQUIRE-
12 MENT.—Section 134(d) of the National Defense Author-

13 ization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328;
14 130 Stat. 2038) is amended by striking ‘‘135 A–10 air-
15 craft’’ and inserting ‘‘96 A–10 aircraft’’.
16 SEC. 144. EXTENSION OF PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN RE-

17 DUCTIONS TO INVENTORY OF E–3 AIRBORNE

18 WARNING AND CONTROL SYSTEM AIRCRAFT.

19 Section 142 of the National Defense Authorization
20 Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118–31; 137 Stat.
21 176) is amended by inserting ‘‘or fiscal year 2025’’ after
22 ‘‘fiscal year 2024’’.
23 SEC. 145. EXTENSION OF REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO C–

24 130 AIRCRAFT.

25 (a) EXTENSION OF MINIMUM INVENTORY REQUIRE-
26 MENT.—Section 146(a)(3)(B) of the James M. Inhofe Na-

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1 tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023
2 (Public Law 117–263; 136 Stat. 2455), as amended by
3 section 134(a) of the National Defense Authorization Act
4 for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118–31; 137 Stat. 173),
5 is amended by striking ‘‘2024’’ and inserting ‘‘2025’’.
6 (b) EXTENSION OF PROHIBITION ON REDUCTION OF
7 C-130 AIRCRAFT ASSIGNED TO NATIONAL GUARD.—Sec-
8 tion 146(b)(1) of the James M. Inhofe National Defense
9 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117–
10 263; 136 Stat. 2455), as amended by section 134(b) of
11 the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
12 2024 (Public Law 118–31; 137 Stat. 173), is amended
13 by striking ‘‘During fiscal years 2023 and 2024’’ and in-
14 serting ‘‘During the period of fiscal years 2023 through
15 2025’’.
16 SEC. 146. MANAGEMENT OF TEMPORARY RELOCATION OF

17 B–1 BOMBER AIRCRAFT AND PERSONNEL.

18 Section 133 of the National Defense Authorization
19 Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117–81; 135 Stat.
20 1574), as most recently amended by section 136 of the
21 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024
22 (Public Law 118–31; 137 Stat. 174), is further amend-
23 ed—
24 (1) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub-
25 section (d); and

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1 (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol-
2 lowing new subsection (c):
3 ‘‘(c) TEMPORARY RELOCATION.—The Secretary of
4 the Air Force shall, to the extent practicable, manage the
5 temporary relocation of any B–1 bomber aircraft or per-
6 sonnel assigned to units responsible for the operation and
7 maintenance of such aircraft resulting from planned mili-
8 tary construction in a manner that—
9 ‘‘(1) minimizes effects to combat readiness;
10 ‘‘(2) mitigates the risk of concentrating a sig-
11 nificant number of the total B–1 bomber fleet at one
12 location;
13 ‘‘(3) uses the construction period to maximize
14 expeditionary actions such as through Bomber Task
15 Force and Agile Combat Employment; and
16 ‘‘(4) takes into consideration travel options and
17 travel distance for families and dependents of such
18 personnel.’’.
19 SEC. 147. CONSOLIDATION OF AUTHORITIES RELATING TO

20 AIR FORCE LANDING GEAR.

21 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Air Force
22 shall transfer to the Air Force Sustainment Center supply
23 chain management, item management, and delegated engi-
24 neering authorities for landing gear systems of F–15EX,
25 F–22, F–35, and T–7A aircraft.

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1 (b) IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.—Not later than 120
2 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
3 retary of the Air Force shall develop and initiate an imple-
4 mentation plan for the transfers required under subsection
5 (a).
6 (c) REPORT.—Not later than 30 days after com-
7 pleting the development of the implementation plan re-
8 quired under subsection (b), the Secretary of the Air
9 Force shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services
10 of the House of Representatives and the Senate a report
11 that includes a description of—
12 (1) the planned milestones for execution of the
13 implementation plan;
14 (2) any data, staff, and funding needed to ef-
15 fectively carry out such plan; and
16 (3) the progress of the Secretary in meeting
17 such milestones as of the date of the report.
18 SEC. 148. RECAPITALIZATION OF AIR REFUELING TANKER

19 AIRCRAFT OF THE RESERVE COMPONENTS

20 OF THE AIR FORCE.

21 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Air Force
22 shall replace covered reserve KC–135 aircraft on a one-
23 for-one basis with air refueling tanker aircraft that have
24 capabilities equivalent to or exceeding the capabilities of
25 the aircraft being replaced.

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1 (b) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS.—In carrying out
2 subsection (a), the Secretary of the Air Force—
3 (1) may not take any action that would reduce
4 the inventory of air refueling tanker aircraft as-
5 signed to a reserve component below the levels set
6 forth in the budget of the President for fiscal year
7 2025 (as submitted to Congress under section
8 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code); and
9 (2) shall ensure that, in the event a reserve
10 component unit is assigned a greater number of
11 KC–135 aircraft than are being replaced with a KC–
12 46 or later-generation air refueling tanker aircraft,
13 any KC–135 aircraft remaining after such replace-
14 ment will remain within the reserve component for
15 redistribution within that component.
16 (c) WAIVER.—The Secretary of the Air Force may
17 waive the requirement to replace an air refueling tanker
18 aircraft under subsection (a), on a case by case basis, if
19 the Secretary determines that such replacement would de-
20 grade the readiness of the air refueling capability of the
21 Air Force.
22 (d) SUNSET.—This section shall terminate on Octo-
23 ber 1, 2025.
24 (e) COVERED RESERVE KC–135 AIRCRAFT DE-
25 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘covered reserve KC–

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1 135 aircraft’’ means a KC–135 aircraft of the reserve
2 components of the Air Force that the Secretary of the Air
3 Force has identified to be replaced with a KC–46 or later-
4 generation air refueling tanker aircraft.
5 SEC. 149. PROHIBITION ON REDUCTION OF KC–135 AIR-

6 CRAFT IN PMAI OF THE RESERVE COMPO-

7 NENTS.

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds authorized to
9 be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available
10 for fiscal year 2025 for the Air Force may be obligated
11 or expended to reduce the number of KC–135 aircraft des-
12 ignated as primary mission aircraft inventory within the
13 reserve components of the Air Force.
14 (b) PRIMARY MISSION AIRCRAFT INVENTORY DE-
15 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘primary mission air-

16 craft inventory’’ has the meaning given that term in sec-
17 tion 9062(i)(2)(B) of title 10, United States Code.
18 SEC. 150. PROHIBITION ON RETIREMENT OF F–15E AIR-

19 CRAFT AND REQUIREMENT TO CONDUCT

20 FIGHTER AIRCRAFT CAPABILITIES AND RE-

21 QUIREMENTS STUDY.

22 (a) PROHIBITION ON RETIREMENT OF F–15E AIR-
23 CRAFT.—

24 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Air
25 Force may not retire, prepare to retire, or place in

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1 storage or on backup aircraft inventory status any
2 F–15E aircraft until September 30, 2027.
3 (2) EXCEPTION.—The prohibition under para-
4 graph (1) of shall not apply to individual F–15E air-
5 craft that the Secretary of the Air Force determines,
6 on a case by case basis, to be no longer mission ca-
7 pable and uneconomical to repair because of aircraft
8 accidents, mishaps, or excessive material degradation
9 and non-airworthiness status of certain aircraft.
10 (3) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER LAW.—The pro-
11 hibition under paragraph (1) supercedes any provi-
12 sion of section 9062(l) of title 10, United States
13 Code, that is inconsistent with such prohibition.
14 (b) FIGHTER AIRCRAFT CAPABILITIES AND RE-
15 QUIREMENTS STUDY.—

16 (1) STUDY.—The Secretary of Defense shall
17 seek to enter into a contract or other agreement
18 with a federally funded research and development
19 center pursuant to which the center shall carry
20 out—
21 (A) an analysis of the fighter aircraft pro-
22 curement, fielding, and divestment plan of the
23 Department of the Air Force, as submitted to
24 Congress in accordance with section 148 of the
25 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal

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1 Year 2024 (Public Law 118–31; 137 Stat.
2 178); and
3 (B) a fighter aircraft capability and re-
4 quirements study that estimates the number of
5 fighter aircraft needed by the Air Force to meet
6 the requirements of combatant commanders.
7 (2) REPORT TO SECRETARY.—The federally
8 funded research and development center that carries
9 out the study and analysis under paragraph (1) shall
10 submit to the Secretary of Defense a report on the
11 results of such study and analysis.
12 (3) REPORTS AND BRIEFING TO CONGRESS.—
13 Not later than March 15, 2026, the Secretary of De-
14 fense shall—
15 (A) submit to the congressional defense
16 committees an unaltered copy of the report re-
17 ceived by the Secretary under paragraph (2);
18 (B) submit to such committees a separate
19 report on the views of the Secretary with re-
20 spect to the results of the study and analysis
21 carried out under paragraph (1), which shall in-
22 clude—
23 (i) a detailed explanation of the strat-
24 egy and methodology used to conduct the
25 study and analysis, including any force

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1 sizing and shaping constructs, scenarios,
2 and assumptions used as part of such
3 study and analysis; and
4 (ii) assessed operational risk based on
5 the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
6 risk management classifications set forth
7 the most recent version of the Chairman of
8 the Joint Chiefs of Staff Manual
9 3105.01A, titled ‘‘Joint Risk Analysis
10 Methodology’’; and
11 (C) provide a briefing to the committees on
12 such results.
13 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the term ‘‘fighter
14 aircraft’’ means—
15 (1) F–15, F–16, F–22, and F–35 aircraft; and
16 (2) the Next Generation Air Dominance piloted
17 combat aircraft.
18 SEC. 151. NOTIFICATION OF DELAYS IN DELIVERY OF MH–

19 139 AIRCRAFT.

20 (a) NOTICE REQUIRED.—Not later than 30 days
21 after becoming aware of an expected delay in the delivery
22 date of an MH–139 aircraft, the Secretary of the Air
23 Force shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services
24 of the Senate and the House of Representatives written

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1 notice of such delay together with an explanation of the
2 reasons for such delay.
3 (b) DELIVERY DATE DEFINED.—In this section, the
4 term ‘‘delivery date’’, when used with respect to an MH–
5 139 aircraft, means the date on which such aircraft is ex-
6 pected to be delivered to the Air Force under the most
7 recent schedule for such delivery in effect as of the date
8 of the enactment of this Act.
9 SEC. 152. PLAN AND REQUIREMENTS FOR FIELDING AIR

10 BASE AIR DEFENSE SITES AT AIR FORCE IN-

11 STALLATIONS.

12 (a) PLAN REQUIRED.—The Secretary of the Air
13 Force, in consultation with the Commander of the United
14 States Northern Command, the Commander of United
15 States European Command, and the Commander of
16 United States Indo-Pacific Command, shall develop and
17 implement a plan to support the fielding of air base air
18 defense sites at Air Force installations and other priority
19 sites identified by the Secretary.
20 (b) AIR BASE AIR DEFENSE SITE REQUIRE-
21 MENTS.—Each air base air defense site fielded under the

22 plan required under subsection (a) shall have the following
23 capabilities:
24 (1) Expeditionary mobile protection for dis-
25 persed air bases.

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1 (2) Fixed protection for primary air bases.
2 (3) Ground-based protection systems that incor-
3 porate kinetic and non-kinetic capabilities.
4 (4) Counter-unmanned aircraft systems.
5 (5) Counter-fixed and Counter-rotary wing air-
6 craft capabilities.
7 (6) Counter-cruise missile capabilities.
8 (7) Interoperability with joint command and
9 control networks.
10 (8) 360-degree active and passive sensors.
11 (9) Systems and software that enable reduced
12 staffing.
13 (c) FIELDING REQUIREMENT.—Pursuant to the plan
14 developed under subsection (a), the Secretary shall—
15 (1) by not later than September 30, 2027, field
16 a total of not fewer than four air base air defense
17 sites, of which not fewer than two such sites shall
18 be located in the United States; and
19 (2) in each of fiscal years 2028 through 2031,
20 field at least four air base air defense sites per year,
21 of which not fewer than two of the sites fielded each
22 year shall be located in the United States.
23 (d) REPORT.—Not later than March 1, 2025, the
24 Secretary of the Air Force shall submit to the congres-

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1 sional defense committees a report on the plan required
2 under subsection (a).
3 SEC. 153. PLAN FOR ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE

4 OF F–16 SIMULATORS AT AIR NATIONAL

5 GUARD TRAINING CENTERS.

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Air Force,
7 in coordination with the Director of the Air National
8 Guard, shall develop a plan to fully fund the establishment
9 and maintenance of F–16 simulators at training centers
10 of the Air National Guard as described in subsection (b).
11 (b) ELEMENTS.—The plan under subsection (a) shall
12 include—
13 (1) an estimate of the costs of maintaining F–
14 16 simulators at Air National Guard training cen-
15 ters that have such simulators as of the date of the
16 plan;
17 (2) an estimate of the costs of establishing F–
18 16 simulators at all Air National Guard training
19 centers that are required to, but do not, have such
20 simulators as of the date of the plan, including
21 training centers for Air National Guard units con-
22 verting from the A–10 aircraft to the F–16 aircraft;
23 and
24 (3) a plan for allocating funding to pay the
25 costs described in paragraphs (1) and (2), including

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1 the proportion of such funding expected to be pro-
2 vided by the Air Force and the Air National Guard,
3 respectively.
4 (c) REPORT.—Not later than March 1, 2025, the
5 Secretary of the Air Force shall submit to the congres-
6 sional defense committees a report that includes—
7 (1) the plan developed under subsection (a);
8 and
9 (2) an assessment from the Secretary and the
10 Chief of the National Guard Bureau evaluating how
11 the readiness of Air National Guard Units requiring
12 F–16 simulators may be affected if such simulators
13 are not established and maintained at mission train-
14 ing centers as proposed under the plan.
15 SEC. 154. PLAN FOR SUSTAINMENT AND RECAPITALIZA-

16 TION OF AIR NATIONAL GUARD FIGHTER

17 FLEET.

18 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Air Force,
19 in consultation with the Director of the Air National
20 Guard, shall develop a plan to sustain and recapitalize the
21 fighter fleet of the Air National Guard.
22 (b) ELEMENTS.—The recapitalization plan required
23 under subsection (a) shall—

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1 (1) identify each of the 25 fighter aircraft
2 squadrons of the Air National Guard in existence on
3 the date of the enactment of this Act;
4 (2) provide a plan for recapitalization of all
5 such squadrons at a similar rate as the fighter air-
6 craft squadrons of the active components of the
7 Armed Forces, with the same combination of legacy
8 capability fighter aircraft and advanced capability
9 fighter aircraft found in fighter aircraft squadrons
10 of the active components of the Armed Forces;
11 (3) establish a timetable for a plan or actions
12 for the recapitalization proposed under paragraph
13 (2), disaggregated by fighter aircraft squadron and
14 fiscal year, which shall identify funding required for
15 each fiscal year;
16 (4) assess budgetary effects on the active com-
17 ponents of the Armed Forces if the recapitalization
18 plan proposed under paragraph (2) were imple-
19 mented in accordance with the timeline established
20 in paragraph (3); and
21 (5) assess the effects of such plan on the oper-
22 ational readiness and personnel readiness of the ac-
23 tive and reserve components of the Armed Forces,
24 including the effects of such plan on the ability of
25 such components to meet steady state and contin-

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1 gency force presentation and mission requirements
2 of combatant commanders.
3 (c) REPORT.—
4 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than July 1, 2025,
5 the Secretary of the Air Force shall submit to the
6 congressional defense committees a report that in-
7 cludes the sustainment and recapitalization plan re-
8 quired under subsection (a).
9 (2) FORM.—The report required under para-
10 graph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form,
11 but may contain a classified annex.
12 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
13 (1) The term ‘‘advanced capability fighter air-
14 craft’’—
15 (A) means the next-generation air domi-
16 nance fighter aircraft or any other fighter air-
17 craft referenced or designated as a sixth gen-
18 eration airframe; and
19 (B) does not include unmanned fighter air-
20 craft.
21 (2) The term ‘‘fifth generation’’, with respect to
22 fighter aircraft, means an F–22 or F–35 aircraft.
23 (3) The term ‘‘fighter aircraft’’ has the mean-
24 ing given that term in section 9062(i)(2) of title 10,
25 United States Code.

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1 (4) The term ‘‘legacy capability fighter air-
2 craft’’ means pre-fifth generation fighter aircraft, in-
3 cluding an F–16, both pre-block and post-block, F–
4 15C/D, F–15E/EX, and A–10.
5 Subtitle E—Defense-wide, Joint,
6 and Multiservice Matters
7 SEC. 161. MODIFICATION TO AIR FORCE AND NAVY USE OF

8 COMMERCIAL DUAL-USE PARTS IN CERTAIN

9 AIRCRAFT AND ENGINES.

10 Section 161 of the National Defense Authorization
11 Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117–263; 10 U.S.C.
12 3453 note) is amended—
13 (1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘USED’’;
14 (2) in subsection (a)(1), by inserting ‘‘new,’’ be-
15 fore ‘‘used’’; and
16 (3) in subsection (b)(2), by inserting ‘‘, or from
17 a certified production approval holder pursuant to
18 part 21 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations’’ be-
19 fore the period at the end.
20 SEC. 162. MEASURES TO INCREASE SUPPLY CHAIN RESIL-

21 IENCY FOR SMALL UNMANNED AERIAL SYS-

22 TEMS.

23 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the
24 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense

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1 shall establish and carry out an integrated set of meas-
2 ures—
3 (1) to identify risks in the supply chain for
4 small unmanned aerial systems (referred to in this
5 section as ‘‘sUAS’’); and
6 (2) to increase the resiliency of such sUAS sup-
7 ply chain using parts supplied by domestic sources
8 and from allies and partners of the United States.
9 (b) ELEMENTS.—The measures carried out under
10 subsection (a) shall include the following:
11 (1) DISASSEMBLY AND ANALYSIS OF COMMER-
12 CIALLY AVAILABLE FOREIGN DRONE AIRCRAFT.—

13 Not later than 90 days after the date of the enact-
14 ment of this Act and not less frequently than once
15 every three years thereafter until 2034, the Sec-
16 retary of Defense shall fully disassemble a drone air-
17 craft made by Da Jiang Innovations or a similar
18 commercially available sUAS manufactured in a cov-
19 ered foreign country in order to—
20 (A) create a taxonomy for each component
21 that categorizes the component by function,
22 level of risk, and such other criteria as the Sec-
23 retary determines appropriate; and

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1 (B) help assess the risk of such compo-
2 nents for the purposes of supply chain moni-
3 toring and visibility.
4 (2) SUPPLY CHAIN RISK FRAMEWORK.—Not

5 later than 150 days after the date of the enactment
6 of this Act and using the taxonomy developed under
7 paragraph (1)(A), the Secretary of Defense shall de-
8 velop a supply chain risk framework in order to—
9 (A) assess the risk of each sUAS compo-
10 nent to Department of Defense networks or op-
11 erations;
12 (B) for components that present a risk as
13 determined under subparagraph (A), identify
14 any manufacturers of such components are
15 based in covered foreign countries and evaluate
16 whether measures to mitigate the risk posed by
17 such foreign-produced components are feasible
18 or practical; and
19 (C) determine if any of the foreign compa-
20 nies in the sUAS supply chain should be in-
21 cluded on the list maintained by the Depart-
22 ment of Defense in accordance with section
23 1260H of the National Defense Authorization
24 Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116–283;
25 10 U.S.C. 113 note).

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1 (3) RESILIENT SUPPLY CHAIN STRATEGY.—Not
2 later than 180 days after the date of the enactment
3 of this Act and based on the analyses conducted
4 under paragraphs (1) and (2), the Secretary of De-
5 fense shall develop a strategy to develop a secure
6 and resilient domestic and allied supply chain of
7 critical components for sUASs, which shall include—
8 (A) identification of sources of supply for
9 sUAS components outside of a covered foreign
10 country assessed to present a risk under para-
11 graph (2)(A) and the total manufacturing ca-
12 pacity of such suppliers;
13 (B) an assessment of the total requirement
14 for sUASs of the Department of Defense;
15 (C) a plan to increase the manufacturing
16 capacity of alternative sources of supply that
17 can meet the requirement specified in subpara-
18 graph (B), including estimated funding needs;
19 and
20 (D) a description of how existing initiatives
21 and programs of the Department of Defense
22 may be used to create alternative sUAS sources
23 of supply outside of a covered foreign country,
24 including recommendations for—

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1 (i) using authorities available to the
2 Department of Defense, such as Defense
3 Production Act authorities, the Industrial
4 Base Analysis and Sustainment program,
5 loan guarantees, or other programs; and
6 (ii) incentivizing private sector invest-
7 ment to grow or foster domestic or allied
8 sourcing for components for sUASs.
9 (c) REPORT.—Not later than 270 days after the date
10 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense
11 shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the
12 Senate and the House of Representatives a report that
13 includes—
14 (1) a list of each component identified under
15 subsection (b)(1), including a description of any se-
16 curity vulnerabilities associated with such compo-
17 nent;
18 (2) a description of the supply chain risk frame-
19 work developed under subsection (b)(2);
20 (3) any recommendations for the inclusion of
21 companies on the list described in subsection
22 (b)(2)(C); and
23 (4) the full strategy developed under subsection
24 (b)(3).

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1 (d) FORM.—The report required under subsection (c)
2 shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include
3 a classified annex.
4 (e) COVERED FOREIGN COUNTRY DEFINED.—In this
5 section, the term ‘‘covered foreign country’’ has the mean-
6 ing given that term in section 848(e) of the National De-
7 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law
8 116–92; 10 U.S.C. 4871 note).
9 SEC. 163. POLICY ON QUALIFICATIONS OF CONTRACTORS

10 FOR INTO-PLANE FUEL DELIVERIES FOR

11 HEAVY-LIFT AIRCRAFT.

12 (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF POLICY.—Not later than
13 one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the
14 Director of the Defense Logistics Agency shall develop and
15 implement a policy pursuant to which acquisition planning
16 shall be performed for any contract providing for the into-
17 plane procurement for heavy-lift aircraft of an estimated
18 5,000,000 gallons or more of aviation fuel per year within
19 the continental United States.
20 (b) USE OF EVALUATION FACTORS.—As part of the
21 acquisition planning required under subsection (a), the Di-
22 rector of the Defense Logistics Agency shall determine
23 whether to use evaluation factors to assess the qualifica-
24 tions of fixed-based operators bidding on contracts de-
25 scribed in such subsection. In the event the Director deter-

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1 mines it is appropriate to use such evaluation factors, the
2 factors may include the following:
3 (1) Whether the fixed-base operator is able to
4 maintain sufficient onsite fuel storage.
5 (2) Whether the fixed-base operator’s total
6 number of employees is sufficient to service military
7 customers.
8 (3) Whether the fixed-based operator is capable
9 of performing a sufficient range of cargo on-load,
10 off-load, and handling operations, including for dan-
11 gerous goods and cargo, for military aircraft of all
12 sizes.
13 (4) Whether the fixed-based operator has ac-
14 ceptable past performance history on similar pro-
15 curements.
16 (5) Any other factors the Director determines
17 appropriate.
18 (c) CONSULTATION.—The Director of the Defense
19 Logistics Agency shall, as appropriate, consult with appro-
20 priate personnel of the military departments in developing
21 mission requirements at commercial airports for purposes
22 of the acquisition planning required under subsection (a).
23 (d) HEAVY-LIFT AIRCRAFT DEFINED.—In this sec-
24 tion, the term ‘‘heavy-lift aircraft’’ means an aircraft with

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1 a maximum gross takeoff weight in excess of 107,000
2 pounds.
3 SEC. 164. PROHIBITION ON OPERATION, PROCUREMENT,

4 AND CONTRACTING RELATED TO FOREIGN-

5 MADE LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING

6 TECHNOLOGY.

7 (a) PROHIBITION ON AGENCY OPERATION OR PRO-
8 CUREMENT.—The Secretary of Defense shall not operate

9 or enter into or renew a contract for the procurement of—
10 (1) a covered light detection and ranging tech-
11 nology (referred to in this section as ‘‘LiDAR tech-
12 nology’’) that—
13 (A) is manufactured in a covered foreign
14 country or by an entity domiciled in a covered
15 foreign country;
16 (B) uses operating software developed in a
17 covered foreign country or by an entity domi-
18 ciled in a covered foreign country; or
19 (C) uses network connectivity or data stor-
20 age located in or administered by an entity
21 domiciled in a covered foreign country; or
22 (2) a system or systems that incorporates,
23 interfaces with, or otherwise uses LiDAR technology
24 as described in paragraph (1).

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1 (b) EXEMPTION.—The prohibition under subsection
2 (a) shall not apply if the operation, procurement, or con-
3 tracting action is for the purposes of intelligence, elec-
4 tronic warfare, and information warfare operations, test-
5 ing, analysis, and training.
6 (c) WAIVER.—The Secretary of Defense may waive
7 the prohibition under subsection (a) on a case-by-case
8 basis if the Secretary certifies, in writing, to the congres-
9 sional defense committees that the operation, procure-
10 ment, or contracting action is required in the national in-
11 terest of the United States.
12 (d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The prohibition under sec-
13 tion (a) shall take effect on June 30, 2026.
14 (e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
15 (1) The term ‘‘covered foreign country’’ means
16 any of the following:
17 (A) The People’s Republic of China.
18 (B) The Islamic Republic of Iran.
19 (C) The Democratic People’s Republic of
20 North Korea.
21 (D) The Russian Federation.
22 (2) The term ‘‘covered LiDAR company’’
23 means any of the following:
24 (A) Hesai Technology (or any subsidiary
25 or affiliate of Hesai Technology).

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1 (B) Any entity that produces or provides
2 LiDAR and that is included on—
3 (i) the Consolidated Screening List
4 maintained by the International Trade Ad-
5 ministration of the Department of Com-
6 merce; or
7 (ii) the civil-military fusion list main-
8 tained under section 1260h of the William
9 M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense
10 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021
11 (Public Law 116–283; 10 U.S.C. 113
12 note).
13 (C) Any entity that produces or provides
14 LiDAR and that—
15 (i) is domiciled in a covered foreign
16 country; or
17 (ii) is subject to unmitigated foreign
18 ownership, control or influence by a cov-
19 ered foreign country, as determined by the
20 Secretary of Defense in accordance with
21 the National Industrial Security Program
22 or any successor to such program.
23 (3) The term ‘‘covered LiDAR technology’’
24 means LiDAR technology and any related services

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1 and equipment manufactured by a covered LiDAR
2 company.
3 (4) The terms ‘‘light detection and ranging’’
4 and ‘‘LiDAR’’ mean a sensor that emits light, often
5 in the form of a pulsed or modulated laser, and
6 scans or flashes the environment to detect and meas-
7 ure the range of its surroundings.
8 SEC. 165. LIMITATION ON PROCUREMENT OF F–35 AIR-

9 CRAFT PENDING CERTIFICATION ON IM-

10 PROVEMENTS AND CORRECTION OF DEFI-

11 CIENCIES.

12 (a) LIMITATION.—The Secretary of Defense may not
13 accept or take delivery of covered F–35 aircraft in excess
14 of the maximum quantities specified in subsection (c) until
15 the date on which the Secretary certifies to the congres-
16 sional defense committees that the Secretary is in compli-
17 ance with each of the following requirements:
18 (1) The Secretary has submitted to Congress
19 (in accordance with subsection (b)) and is imple-
20 menting a plan, with appropriate actions and mile-
21 stones, to develop and field F–35 aircraft and mis-
22 sion systems digital-twin models across the F–35 en-
23 terprise.
24 (2) The Secretary has submitted to Congress
25 (in accordance with subsection (b)) and is imple-

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1 menting a plan, with appropriate actions and mile-
2 stones, to procure at least one new cooperative avi-
3 onics flying test bed aircraft for the F–35 enter-
4 prise.
5 (3) The Secretary has submitted to Congress
6 (in accordance with subsection (b)) and is imple-
7 menting a plan, with appropriate actions and mile-
8 stones, to procure and construct a new F–35 mis-
9 sion software integration laboratory to enable con-
10 current testing of TR–2 and TR–3 mission system
11 hardware, software, and any existing or new F–35
12 capabilities.
13 (4) The Secretary has submitted to Congress
14 (in accordance with subsection (b)) and is imple-
15 menting a plan of corrective actions and milestones
16 to resolve all deficiencies and recommendations iden-
17 tified in the 2024 F–35 Initial Operational Testing
18 and Evaluation report submitted to Congress by the
19 Director of Operational Testing and Evaluation.
20 (5) The Secretary has submitted to Congress
21 (in accordance with subsection (b)) and is imple-
22 menting a plan of corrective actions and milestones
23 to minimize F–35 new aircraft production interrup-
24 tions and resolve all programmatic deficiencies asso-
25 ciated with the new F–35 mission system radar

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1 hardware and software related to the development,
2 testing, acceptance, certification, production, and
3 fielding of the radar as identified by the Director of
4 the F–35 Joint Program Office.
5 (6) The Secretary has submitted to Congress
6 (in accordance with subsection (b)) and is imple-
7 menting a plan of corrective actions and milestones
8 to resolve all deficiencies and recommendations iden-
9 tified in the report of the F–35 software Inde-
10 pendent Review Team commissioned by the Sec-
11 retary of the Air Force and the Director of the F–
12 35 Joint Program Office.
13 (7) The Secretary has submitted to Congress
14 (in accordance with subsection (b)) and is imple-
15 menting a corrective action plan with appropriate
16 actions, milestones, necessary technical data and
17 other resources, and metrics for measuring improve-
18 ments, to address long-standing sustainment chal-
19 lenges and improve fleetwide mission capable and
20 full mission capable rates for F–35 aircraft. At a
21 minimum, such plan shall provide for—
22 (A) completing the set-up of military serv-
23 ice depots and attaining the required production
24 capacity;

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1 (B) addressing and mitigating corrosion,
2 particularly in all F–35 variants, including the
3 necessary parts, equipment, technical data, and
4 any necessary adjustments to squadron staffing
5 to effectively conduct corrosion inspections and
6 work;
7 (C) improving the visibility and availability
8 of assets and parts that detract from mission
9 capable rates; and
10 (D) developing mechanisms to surge sup-
11 ply support for the air vehicle and engine and
12 ensure continuity of F–35 logistics and oper-
13 ations in contested environments.
14 (8) The Secretary has submitted all plans and
15 corrective action plans described in paragraphs (1)
16 through (7) to the congressional defense committees
17 as required under subsection (b).
18 (9) The Secretary has met the requirements of
19 subsections (b)(5) and (c) of section 226 of the Na-
20 tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
21 2024 (Public Law 118–31; 137 Stat. 196) and has
22 submitted all documentation required to be sub-
23 mitted to Congress pursuant to such subsections.
24 (b) SUBMITTAL OF PLANS TO CONGRESS.—

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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense
2 shall submit to the congressional defense committees
3 all plans and corrective action plans described in
4 paragraphs (1) through (7) of subsection (a).
5 (2) ELEMENTS.—Each plan submitted under
6 paragraph (1) shall include—
7 (A) an estimate of the total amount of
8 funds required to complete implementation of
9 the plan;
10 (B) realistic, event-driven schedules to
11 achieve the objectives of the plan; and
12 (C) a schedule risk assessment to a min-
13 imum of 80 percent confidence level.
14 (3) FORM.—Each plan described in paragraph
15 (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may
16 contain a classified annex.
17 (c) MAXIMUM QUANTITIES.—The maximum quan-
18 tities of covered F–35 aircraft specified in this subsection
19 are the following:
20 (1) Thirty F–35A aircraft.
21 (2) Nine F–35B aircraft.
22 (3) Nine F–35C aircraft.
23 (d) ANNUAL REPORTS.—
24 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than April 1,
25 2025, and on an annual basis thereafter for the fol-

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1 lowing five years, the Secretary of Defense shall sub-
2 mit to the congressional defense committees a report
3 that includes a comprehensive update on all plans
4 that—
5 (A) were developed pursuant to paragraphs
6 (1) through (7) of subsection (a); and
7 (B) are being implemented by the Sec-
8 retary as of the date of the report.
9 (2) FORM.—Each report under paragraph (1)
10 shall be submitted in unclassified form but may con-
11 tain a classified annex.
12 (e) COVERED F–35 AIRCRAFT DEFINED.—In this
13 section, the term ‘‘covered F–35’’ aircraft means new pro-
14 duction F–35 aircraft—
15 (1) that are authorized to be procured using
16 funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or
17 otherwise made available for fiscal year 2025 for the
18 Department of Defense; and
19 (2) the procurement of which is fully funded by
20 the United States.
21 SEC. 166. ASSESSMENTS OF INVENTORY REQUIREMENTS

22 FOR AIR-TO-AIR MISSILES.

23 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Air Force
24 and the Secretary of the Navy, in coordination with the
25 commanders of the combatant commands, shall jointly as-

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1 sess the sufficiency of established inventory requirements
2 for air-to-air missiles.
3 (b) ELEMENTS.—In carrying out subsection (a), the
4 Secretary of the Air Force and the Secretary of the Navy
5 shall jointly—
6 (1) assess planned deliveries of air-to-air mis-
7 siles through 2029 and the total available missiles
8 by type in each year through 2029;
9 (2) assess combined requirements for air-to-air
10 missiles to support operational plans of the United
11 States Central Command, the United States Indo-
12 Pacific Command, the United States Northern Com-
13 mand, and the United States European Command,
14 at low, medium, and high risk;
15 (3) consider emerging requirements for surface-
16 to-air defense and collaborative combat aircraft and
17 how those additional missions will affect inventory
18 requirements for air-to-air missiles;
19 (4) consider the sufficiency of planned acquisi-
20 tion for air-to-air missiles through 2029 to meet
21 operational requirements;
22 (5) consider whether continuing production of
23 the advanced medium-range air-to-air missile pro-
24 gram of record through 2029 would enhance avail-
25 able inventories of air-to-air missiles; and

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1 (6) develop recommendations to adjust the
2 planned mix of missiles, including an assessment of
3 whether extending the range or capability of existing
4 air-to-air missiles would better support combined
5 combatant command requirements at medium risk.
6 (c) REPORT.—Following the completion of the assess-
7 ment required under subsection (a), but not later than
8 April 1, 2025, the Secretary of the Air Force and the Sec-
9 retary of the Navy shall jointly submit to the congressional
10 defense committees a report on the results of the assess-
11 ment, which shall include a summary of the results of the
12 assessment with respect to each element specified in sub-
13 section (b).
14 (d) FORM OF REPORT.—The report required under
15 subsection (c) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but
16 may include a classified annex.
17 SEC. 167. PLAN FOR SIGNALS INTELLIGENCE CAPABILITIES

18 OF ARMED OVERWATCH AIRCRAFT.

19 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the
20 date of the enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary
21 of Defense for Special Operations and Low Intensity Con-
22 flict and the Commander of the United States Special Op-
23 erations Command shall jointly submit to the congres-
24 sional defense committees a plan for integrating signals

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1 intelligence capabilities on fielded armed overwatch air-
2 craft.
3 (b) PLAN REQUIREMENTS.—At a minimum, the plan
4 required by subsection (a) shall—
5 (1) define the signals intelligence requirements
6 for armed overwatch aircraft, including the required
7 signals intelligence capabilities and the number of
8 aircraft to be equipped with such capabilities;
9 (2) articulate the resources necessary by fiscal
10 year to fulfill the requirements described in para-
11 graph (1); and
12 (3) include any other matters the Assistant Sec-
13 retary of Defense for Special Operations and Low
14 Intensity Conflict and the Commander of the United
15 States Special Operations Command consider rel-
16 evant.
17 TITLE II—RESEARCH, DEVELOP-
18 MENT, TEST, AND EVALUA-
19 TION
Subtitle A—Authorization of Appropriations

Sec. 201. Authorization of appropriations.

Subtitle B—Program Requirements, Restrictions, and Limitations

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Sec. 216. Modification to personnel management authority to attract experts in
science, engineering, and certain other disciplines.
Sec. 217. Codification of the Laboratory Quality Enhancement Program.
Sec. 218. Modification to consortium on use of additive manufacturing for de-
fense capability development.
Sec. 219. Modification to continuous capability development and delivery pro-
gram for F–35 aircraft.
Sec. 220. Modifications to test program for engineering plant of DDG(X) de-
stroyer vessels.
Sec. 221. Improvements relating to defining, identifying, and planning the arti-
ficial intelligence workforce of the Department of Defense.
Sec. 222. Modification to artificial intelligence education strategy.
Sec. 223. Modification of CVN–73 to support fielding of MQ–25 unmanned
aerial vehicle.
Sec. 224. Modification to innovators information repository in the Department
of Defense.
Sec. 225. Duties of Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer Governing
Council relating to artificial intelligence models and advanced
artificial intelligence technologies.
Sec. 226. Ensuring compliance with Department of Defense policy when award-
ing research grants.
Sec. 227. Extension and modification of Directed Energy Working Group.
Sec. 228. National Defense Economic Competition Research Council.
Sec. 229. Agility Prime Transition Working Group.
Sec. 230. Authority for temporary assignment of employees of the Office of
Strategic Capital to certain private-sector organizations.
Sec. 231. Quantum benchmarking initiative.
Sec. 232. Expansion of participation in the Digital On-Demand Program.
Sec. 233. Management and utilization of digital data to enhance maintenance
activities.
Sec. 234. Electromagnetic spectrum demonstration program.
Sec. 235. Competitive demonstration of automated target recognition algo-
rithms.
Sec. 236. Pilot program on development of near-term use cases and demonstra-
tion of artificial intelligence toward biotechnology applications
for national security.
Sec. 237. Pilot program on use of artificial intelligence for certain workflow and
operations tasks.
Sec. 238. Limitation on availability of funds for fundamental research collabo-
ration with certain academic institutions.

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1 Subtitle A—Authorization of
2 Appropriations
3 SEC. 201. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

4 Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for
5 fiscal year 2025 for the use of the Department of Defense
6 for research, development, test, and evaluation, as speci-
7 fied in the funding table in section 4201.
8Subtitle B—Program Require-
9 ments, Restrictions, and Limita-
10 tions
11 SEC. 211. MODIFICATION OF CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS RE-

12 LATING TO THE JOINT ENERGETICS TRANSI-

13 TION OFFICE.

14 Subsection (d) of section 148 of title 10, United
15 States Code, is amended to read as follows:
16 ‘‘(d) BUDGETING AND FUNDING REQUIREMENTS.—
17 ‘‘(1) The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that
18 the Office is budgeted for and funded in a manner
19 sufficient to ensure the Office has the staff and
20 other resources necessary to effectively carry out the
21 responsibilities specified in subsection (c).
22 ‘‘(2) In the budget justification materials sub-
23 mitted to Congress in support of the Department of
24 Defense budget for fiscal year 2027 and each fiscal
25 year thereafter (as submitted with the budget of the

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1 President under section 1105(a) of title 31), the
2 Secretary of Defense shall include a dedicated budg-
3 et line item for the implementation of subsection (a)
4 and for the testing and evaluation of energetic mate-
5 rials and technologies by the Office.’’.
6 SEC. 212. MODIFICATION TO ANNUAL REPORT ON UN-

7 FUNDED PRIORITIES OF THE UNDER SEC-

8 RETARY OF DEFENSE FOR RESEARCH AND

9 ENGINEERING.

10 The second section 222e of title 10, United States
11 Code, is amended—
12 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘the Secretary
13 of Defense shall’’ and inserting ‘‘the Secretary of
14 Defense, after coordinating with the Secretaries of
15 the military departments, shall’’; and
16 (2) in subsection (e)—
17 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and’’ at
18 the end;
19 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking the pe-
20 riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
21 (C) by adding at the end the following new
22 paragraph:
23 ‘‘(3) in the case of a military construction
24 project, has reached 35 percent design.’’.

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1 SEC. 213. MODIFICATION TO DEFENSE LABORATORY EDU-

2 CATION PARTNERSHIPS.

3 Section 2194(b) of title 10, United States Code, is
4 amended—
5 (1) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the
6 end;
7 (2) in paragraph (7), by striking the period at
8 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
9 (3) by adding at the end the following new
10 paragraph:
11 ‘‘(8) entering into new and separate contracts
12 or cooperative agreements with, or making grants to,
13 the institution to provide financial assistance for ac-
14 tivities conducted under such partnership agree-
15 ment.’’.
16 SEC. 214. EXTENSION OF GLOBAL RESEARCH WATCH PRO-

17 GRAM.

18 Section 4066(f) of title 10, United States Code, is
19 amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2025’’ and inserting
20 ‘‘September 30, 2035’’.
21 SEC. 215. EXPANSION OF AUTHORITY FOR TECHNOLOGY

22 PROTECTION FEATURES ACTIVITIES.

23 (a) EXPANSION OF AUTHORITY.—Subsection (a) of
24 section 4067 of title 10, United States Code, is amended
25 by striking ‘‘during the research and development phase
26 of such system’’ and inserting ‘‘to increase ally and part-
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1 ner military capability or improve coalition interoper-
2 ability’’.
3 (b) COST-SHARING.—Subsection (b) of such section
4 is amended—
5 (1) by redesignating paragraph (2) as para-
6 graph (3);
7 (2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol-
8 lowing new paragraph (2):
9 ‘‘(2) Any contract for the design or development of
10 an exportability feature of a system resulting from activi-
11 ties under subsection (a) for the purpose of enhancing or
12 enabling the exportability of the system shall include a
13 cost-sharing provision that requires the contractor to bear
14 half of the cost of such activities, or such other portion
15 of such cost as the Secretary considers appropriate upon
16 showing of good cause.’’; and
17 (3) in paragraph (3), as so redesignated—
18 (A) by inserting ‘‘or (2)’’ after ‘‘paragraph
19 (1)’’;
20 (B) by inserting ‘‘or exportability feature’’
21 after ‘‘with respect to a designated system’’;
22 and
23 (C) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘in
24 the case of a designated system,’’ before ‘‘the’’.

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1 SEC. 216. MODIFICATION TO PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

2 AUTHORITY TO ATTRACT EXPERTS IN

3 SCIENCE, ENGINEERING, AND CERTAIN

4 OTHER DISCIPLINES.

5 Section 4092 of title 10, United States Code, is
6 amended—
7 (1) in the section heading, by striking
8 ‘‘science and engineering’’ and inserting
9 ‘‘science, engineering, and certain other
10 disciplines’’;
11 (2) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the
12 following new paragraph:
13 ‘‘(11) OFFICE OF STRATEGIC CAPITAL.—The
14 Director of the Office of Strategic Capital may carry
15 out a program of personnel management authority
16 provided in subsection (b) in order to facilitate re-
17 cruitment of eminent experts in finance and invest-
18 ment for the Office.’’; and
19 (3) in subsection (b)—
20 (A) in paragraph (1)—
21 (i) in subparagraph (D), by striking
22 ‘‘5 scientific and engineering positions in
23 the Office’’ and inserting ‘‘20 scientific
24 and engineering positions in the Office, of
25 which not more than 5 such positions may

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1 be positions of administration or manage-
2 ment of the Office’’;
3 (ii) in subparagraph (E) by striking
4 ‘‘5 scientific and engineering positions in
5 the Unit’’ and inserting ‘‘35 scientific and
6 engineering positions in the Unit, of which
7 not more than 5 such positions may be po-
8 sitions of administration or management of
9 the Unit’’;
10 (iii) in subparagraph (H), by striking
11 ‘‘15’’ and inserting ‘‘25’’;
12 (iv) in subparagraph (I), by striking
13 ‘‘and’’ at the end;
14 (v) in subparagraph (J), by adding
15 ‘‘and’’ at the end; and
16 (vi) by adding at the end the following
17 new subparagraph:
18 ‘‘(K) in the case of the Office of Strategic
19 Capital, appoint individuals to a total of not
20 more than 30 positions in the Office;’’; and
21 (B) in paragraph (2), by amending sub-
22 paragraph (A) to read as follows:
23 ‘‘(A) in the case of employees appointed
24 pursuant to subparagraphs (B), (D), (E), (H),
25 and (K) of paragraph (1), at a rate to be deter-

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1 mined by the head of the organization con-
2 cerned up to 150 percent of the total annual
3 compensation payable to the Vice President
4 under section 104 of title 3;’’.
5 SEC. 217. CODIFICATION OF THE LABORATORY QUALITY

6 ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM.

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter III of chapter 303 of
8 title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the
9 end the following new section:
10 ‘‘§ 4128. Laboratory Quality Enhancement Program
11 ‘‘(a) PROGRAM REQUIRED.—(1) The Secretary of
12 Defense, acting through the Under Secretary of Defense
13 for Research and Engineering, shall carry out a program
14 under which the Secretary shall establish the panels de-
15 scribed in subsection (b) and direct such panels—
16 ‘‘(A) to review and make recommendations to
17 the Secretary with respect to—
18 ‘‘(i) existing policies and practices affecting
19 the science and technology reinvention labora-
20 tories to improve the mission effectiveness of
21 such laboratories;
22 ‘‘(ii) new initiatives proposed by the
23 science and technology reinvention laboratories;
24 and

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1 ‘‘(iii) new interpretations of existing provi-
2 sions of law that would enhance the ability of
3 a director of a science and technology reinven-
4 tion laboratory to manage the laboratory and
5 discharge the mission of the laboratory;
6 ‘‘(B) to support implementation of current and
7 future initiatives affecting the science and tech-
8 nology reinvention laboratories; and
9 ‘‘(C) to conduct assessments or data analysis on
10 the effectiveness of the authorities granted to the
11 science and technology reinvention laboratories and
12 such other issues as the Secretary determines to be
13 appropriate.
14 ‘‘(2) The program carried out pursuant to paragraph
15 (1) shall be known as the ‘Laboratory Quality Enhance-
16 ment Program’.
17 ‘‘(b) PANELS.—The panels described in this sub-
18 section are the following:
19 ‘‘(1) A panel on personnel, workforce develop-
20 ment, and talent management.
21 ‘‘(2) A panel on facilities, equipment, and infra-
22 structure.
23 ‘‘(3) A panel on research strategy, technology
24 transfer, and industry and university partnerships.

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1 ‘‘(4) A panel on governance and oversight proc-
2 esses.
3 ‘‘(c) COMPOSITION OF PANELS.—(1) Each panel de-
4 scribed in paragraphs (1) through (3) of subsection (b)
5 may be composed of subject matter and technical manage-
6 ment experts from—
7 ‘‘(A) laboratories and research centers of the
8 Army, Navy, and Air Force;
9 ‘‘(B) appropriate Defense Agencies;
10 ‘‘(C) the Office of the Under Secretary of De-
11 fense for Research and Engineering; and
12 ‘‘(D) such other entities as the Secretary deter-
13 mines to be appropriate.
14 ‘‘(2) The panel described in subsection (b)(4) shall
15 be composed of—
16 ‘‘(A) at least one member from each of the
17 science and technology reinvention laboratories; and
18 ‘‘(B) such other members as the Secretary de-
19 termines to be appropriate.
20 ‘‘(d) GOVERNANCE OF PANELS.—(1) The chair-
21 person of each panel established pursuant to subsection
22 (a) shall be selected by the members of the respective
23 panel.
24 ‘‘(2) Each panel, in coordination with the Under Sec-
25 retary of Defense for Research and Engineering, shall

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1 transmit to the Science and Technology Executive Com-
2 mittee of the Department of Defense such information or
3 findings on topics requiring decision or approval as the
4 panel considers appropriate.
5 ‘‘(e) INTERPRETATION OF PROVISIONS OF LAW.—(1)
6 The Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engi-
7 neering, acting under the guidance of the Secretary, shall
8 issue regulations regarding the meaning, scope, implemen-
9 tation, and applicability of any provision of a statute relat-
10 ing to a science and technology reinvention laboratory.
11 ‘‘(2) In interpreting or defining under paragraph (1),
12 the Under Secretary shall, to the degree practicable, em-
13 phasize providing the maximum operational flexibility to
14 the directors of the science and technology reinvention lab-
15 oratories to discharge the missions of their laboratories.
16 ‘‘(3) In interpreting or defining under paragraph (1),
17 the Under Secretary shall, to the extent practicable, con-
18 sult and coordinate with the secretaries of the military de-
19 partments and such other agencies or entities as the
20 Under Secretary considers relevant on any proposed revi-
21 sion to regulations under paragraph (1).
22 ‘‘(4) In interpreting or defining under paragraph (1),
23 the Under Secretary shall seek recommendations from the
24 panel described in subsection (b)(4).

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1 ‘‘(f) SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY REINVENTION LAB-
2 ORATORY DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘science
3 and technology reinvention laboratory’ means a Depart-
4 ment of Defense laboratory designated as a Department
5 of Defense science and technology reinvention laboratory
6 under section 4121 of this title.’’.
7 (b) CONFORMING REPEAL.—Section 211 of the Na-
8 tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017
9 (Public Law 114–328; 10 U.S.C. note prec. 4121) is re-
10 pealed.
11 SEC. 218. MODIFICATION TO CONSORTIUM ON USE OF AD-

12 DITIVE MANUFACTURING FOR DEFENSE CA-

13 PABILITY DEVELOPMENT.

14 Section 223(c) of the National Defense Authorization
15 Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118–31; 10 U.S.C.
16 4841 note) is amended—
17 (1) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the
18 end;
19 (2) in paragraph (6), by striking the period at
20 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
21 (3) by adding at the end the following new
22 paragraph:
23 ‘‘(7) develop a process to certify new materials
24 and processes for fabricating flight critical parts and
25 initiate planning for a rapidly deployable additive

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1 manufacturing system that is capable of fabricating
2 replacement safety-critical parts for military aircraft
3 and unmanned aerial vehicles in environments where
4 access to traditionally manufactured replacement
5 parts is severely restricted.’’.
6 SEC. 219. MODIFICATION TO CONTINUOUS CAPABILITY DE-

7 VELOPMENT AND DELIVERY PROGRAM FOR

8 F–35 AIRCRAFT.

9 Section 225(b) of the National Defense Authorization
10 Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118–31; 137 Stat.
11 195) is amended—
12 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘designate two
13 F–35A aircraft, two F–35B aircraft, and two F–
14 35C aircraft’’ and inserting ‘‘designate a total of not
15 fewer than nine F–35A, F–35B, or F–35C aircraft’’;
16 and
17 (2) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ‘‘Lot 19’’
18 and inserting ‘‘Lot 18’’.
19 SEC. 220. MODIFICATIONS TO TEST PROGRAM FOR ENGI-

20 NEERING PLANT OF DDG(X) DESTROYER VES-

21 SELS.

22 Section 221 of the National Defense Authorization
23 Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117–81; 135 Stat.
24 1599) is amended—

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1 (1) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the
2 following new sentence: ‘‘A minimum of two motor
3 technologies with comparable efficiency, weight, and
4 space characteristics that provide minimum of 40
5 megawatts of reserve power, in excess of propulsion
6 and ship service at patrol speed, shall be tested in
7 full scale to mitigate program risk and provide suffi-
8 cient competition prior to down selecting to a class
9 decision.’’;
10 (2) in subsection (c), by striking paragraph (1)
11 and inserting the following new paragraph (1):
12 ‘‘(1) Two electrical propulsion motor tech-
13 nologies.’’; and
14 (3) in subsection (d)(1), by inserting ‘‘that in-
15 corporates two propulsion motor technology options’’
16 before the period at the end.
17 SEC. 221. IMPROVEMENTS RELATING TO DEFINING, IDENTI-

18 FYING, AND PLANNING THE ARTIFICIAL IN-

19 TELLIGENCE WORKFORCE OF THE DEPART-

20 MENT OF DEFENSE.

21 (a) APPOINTMENT OF RESPONSIBLE OFFICIAL .—
22 Section 230 of the National Defense Authorization Act for
23 Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116–92; 10 U.S.C. note
24 prec. 501) is amended by striking subsection (c) and in-
25 serting the following:

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1 ‘‘(c) RESPONSIBILITY.—
2 ‘‘(1) APPOINTMENT OF OFFICER.—Not later
3 than April 30, 2025, the Secretary of Defense shall
4 appoint a civilian official responsible for the develop-
5 ment and implementation of the policy and imple-
6 mentation plan set forth in subsections (a) and (b),
7 respectively. The official shall be known as the
8 ‘Chief Digital Engineering Recruitment and Man-
9 agement Officer of the Department of Defense’.
10 ‘‘(2) ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES.—In addi-
11 tion to the responsibilities specified in paragraph
12 (1), the Officer appointed under such paragraph
13 shall—
14 ‘‘(A) fully define and identify the artificial
15 intelligence workforce of the Department of De-
16 fense, including by—
17 ‘‘(i) clarifying the roles and respon-
18 sibilities of the artificial intelligence work-
19 force and the relationship between the arti-
20 ficial intelligence workforce and the overall
21 Department of Defense innovation work-
22 force and digital workforce;
23 ‘‘(ii) coding artificial intelligence
24 workforce roles in workforce data systems;
25 and

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1 ‘‘(iii) developing a qualification pro-
2 gram for artificial intelligence workforce
3 roles; and
4 ‘‘(B) update the Department of Defense
5 Human Capital Operating Plan to be consistent
6 with the Strategic Management Plan of the De-
7 partment and the Annual Performance Plan of
8 the Department relating to artificial intelligence
9 workforce issues, including—
10 ‘‘(i) addressing the human capital im-
11 plementation actions planned to support
12 the strategic goals and priorities identified
13 in the Agency Strategic Plan and Annual
14 Performance Plan; and
15 ‘‘(ii) ensuring the use of consistent ar-
16 tificial intelligence terminology.
17 ‘‘(3) EXPIRATION OF APPOINTMENT.—The ap-
18 pointment of the Officer under paragraph (1) shall
19 expire on September 30, 2030.’’.
20 (b) DIGITAL ENGINEERING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN
21 UPDATE.—Not later than 90 days after the date of the
22 enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall sub-
23 mit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate
24 and the House of Representatives a report that includes
25 an update on any activities carried out in accordance with

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1 the implementation plan required under section 230(b) of
2 the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
3 2020 (Public Law 116–92; 10 U.S.C. note prec. 501).
4 (c) BRIEFING.—Not later than 240 days after the
5 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense
6 shall provide to the congressional defense committees a
7 briefing on—
8 (1) the positions included in the artificial intel-
9 ligence workforce of the Department as of the date
10 of the briefing;
11 (2) any positions not identified under para-
12 graph (1) that should be included in the artificial in-
13 telligence workforce of the Department;
14 (3) which positions require Department of De-
15 fense personnel with artificial intelligence skills;
16 (4) the current state of the artificial intelligence
17 workforce of the Department as of the ate of the
18 briefing; and
19 (5) planned or proposed future requirements for
20 the artificial intelligence workforce of the Depart-
21 ment.
22 SEC. 222. MODIFICATION TO ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

23 EDUCATION STRATEGY.

24 Section 256 of the National Defense Authorization
25 Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116–92; 133 Stat.

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1 1290) is amended by adding at the end the following new
2 subsection:
3 ‘‘(d) ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND MACHINE
4 LEARNING EDUCATION PLATFORMS.—
5 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days
6 after the date of the enactment of the National De-
7 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025, the
8 Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer of
9 the Department of Defense, in coordination with the
10 Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Read-
11 iness, shall—
12 ‘‘(A) develop a set of distance education
13 courses on—
14 ‘‘(i) the foundational concepts of arti-
15 ficial intelligence and machine learning;
16 and
17 ‘‘(ii) the responsible and ethical de-
18 sign, development, acquisition and procure-
19 ment, deployment, and use of artificial in-
20 telligence and machine learning applica-
21 tions; and
22 ‘‘(B) make such courses available to mem-
23 bers of the Armed Forces.
24 ‘‘(2) REPORT.—Not later than 270 days after
25 the date of the enactment of this subsection, the

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1 Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congres-
2 sional defense committees a report on the progress
3 of the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Offi-
4 cer in implementing paragraph (1).’’.
5 SEC. 223. MODIFICATION OF CVN–73 TO SUPPORT FIELDING

6 OF MQ–25 UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE.

7 Section 219 of the John S. McCain National Defense
8 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115–
9 232; 132 Stat. 1680) is amended by striking ‘‘shall’’ and
10 all that follows and inserting ‘‘shall modify the compart-
11 ments and infrastructure of the aircraft carrier designated
12 CVN–73 to support the fielding of the MQ–25 unmanned
13 aerial vehicle before the planned deployment date of such
14 vehicle.’’.
15 SEC. 224. MODIFICATION TO INNOVATORS INFORMATION

16 REPOSITORY IN THE DEPARTMENT OF DE-

17 FENSE.

18 Section 220 of the John S. McCain National Defense
19 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115–
20 232; 10 U.S.C. 4061 note prec.) is amended—
21 (1) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘Chief Dig-
22 ital and Artificial Intelligence Office, the Defense In-
23 novation Unit, and the’’ before ‘‘Defense Technical
24 Information Center’’;

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1 (2) in subsection (b), by inserting ‘‘in accord-
2 ance with subsection (e)’’ before the period at the
3 end;
4 (3) in subsection (c)—
5 (A) by amending paragraph (1) to read as
6 follows:
7 ‘‘(1) be coordinated across the Department of
8 Defense to focus on small business concerns (as de-
9 fined in section 3 of the Small Business Act (15
10 U.S.C. 632), including—
11 ‘‘(A) participants in the Small Business
12 Innovation Research Program or the Small
13 Business Technology Transfer Program estab-
14 lished under section 9 of the Small Business
15 Act (15 U.S.C. 638);
16 ‘‘(B) participants in the pilot program es-
17 tablished under section 834 of the National De-
18 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 or
19 the Rapid Defense Experimentation Reserve of
20 the Department of Defense; and
21 ‘‘(C) small business concerns that are non-
22 traditional defense contractors (as defined in
23 section 3014 of title 10, United States Code)
24 that work with research, innovation, and ad-
25 vanced project entities;’’; and

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1 (B) in paragraph (2)—
2 (i) in subparagraph (C), by striking
3 ‘‘and’’ at the end;
4 (ii) in subparagraph (D), by striking
5 ‘‘and’’ at the end; and
6 (iii) by adding at the end the fol-
7 lowing new subparagraphs:
8 ‘‘(E) the date of the initial award to the
9 participant from the Department of Defense;
10 and
11 ‘‘(F) the dates of any additional awards
12 made to the participant by the Department of
13 Defense, including the dates of any contracts or
14 other agreements entered into between the par-
15 ticipant the Department of Defense; and’’; and
16 (4) by adding at the end the following new sub-
17 section:
18 ‘‘(e) UPDATES REQUIRED.—Not less frequently than
19 once each fiscal quarter and subject to the availability of
20 appropriations, the head of the Defense Technical Infor-
21 mation Center, in coordination with the Under Secretary
22 of Defense for Research and Engineering, shall update the
23 innovators information repository established under this
24 section.’’.

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1 SEC. 225. DUTIES OF CHIEF DIGITAL AND ARTIFICIAL IN-

2 TELLIGENCE OFFICER GOVERNING COUNCIL

3 RELATING TO ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

4 MODELS AND ADVANCED ARTIFICIAL INTEL-

5 LIGENCE TECHNOLOGIES.

6 Section 238(d)(3)(E) of the John S. McCain National
7 Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public
8 Law 115–232; 10 U.S.C. note prec. 4061) is amended—
9 (1) by redesignating clause (x) as clause (xi);
10 and
11 (2) by inserting after clause (ix) the following
12 new clause (x):
13 ‘‘(x) With respect to artificial intel-
14 ligence models and advanced artificial in-
15 telligence technologies—
16 ‘‘(I) to identify and assess artifi-
17 cial intelligence models and advanced
18 artificial intelligence technologies that
19 could pose a national security risk if
20 accessed by an adversary of the
21 United States;
22 ‘‘(II) to develop strategies to pre-
23 vent unauthorized access and usage of
24 potent artificial intelligence models by
25 countries that are adversaries of the
26 United States; and
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1 ‘‘(III) to make recommendations
2 to Congress and relevant Federal
3 agencies for legislative or administra-
4 tive action in the field of artificial in-
5 telligence.’’.
6 SEC. 226. ENSURING COMPLIANCE WITH DEPARTMENT OF

7 DEFENSE POLICY WHEN AWARDING RE-

8 SEARCH GRANTS.

9 Section 1286 of the John S. McCain National De-
10 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law
11 115–232; 10 U.S.C. 4001 note) is amended—
12 (1) in subsection (d)(1)(B), by striking ‘‘sub-
13 section (g)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (h)’’;
14 (2) by redesignating subsections (e) through (h)
15 as subsections (f) through (i), respectively;
16 (3) by inserting after subsection (d) the fol-
17 lowing new subsection (e):
18 ‘‘(e) ANNUAL REVIEWS REQUIRED.—Not later than
19 March 30, 2025, and not later than March 30 of each
20 year thereafter—
21 ‘‘(1) each head of a Department of Defense
22 component that awards grants for research shall
23 carry out a review of a representative sample of the
24 research grants awarded by the respective compo-
25 nent in the previous fiscal year to ensure that the

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1 component is awarding grants in compliance with
2 the applicable policies of the Department of Defense;
3 and
4 ‘‘(2) the Under Secretary of Defense for Re-
5 search and Engineering shall carry out a separate
6 review of a representative sample of the research
7 grants awarded by such components in the previous
8 fiscal year.’’; and
9 (4) in subsection (f), as redesignated by para-
10 graph (1)—
11 (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘and on
12 the periodic reviews conducted pursuant to sub-
13 section (e)’’ after ‘‘by subsection (a)’’; and
14 (B) in paragraph (2)—
15 (i) by redesignating subparagraphs
16 (A) through (G) as clauses (i) through
17 (vii), respectively, and indenting such
18 clauses two ems to the right;
19 (ii) by inserting before clause (i), as
20 redesignated by clause (i) of this subpara-
21 graph, the following new subparagraph
22 (A):
23 ‘‘(A) With respect to the activities carried
24 out under the initiative required by subsection
25 (a), the following:’’; and

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1 (iii) by adding at the end the fol-
2 lowing new subparagraph:
3 ‘‘(B) With respect to the periodic reviews
4 conducted pursuant to subsection (e), the fol-
5 lowing:
6 ‘‘(i) The total number of research
7 grants awarded by the Department in the
8 fiscal year covered by the reviews.
9 ‘‘(ii) The number of reviews carried
10 out pursuant to subsection (e)(1).
11 ‘‘(iii) The number of reviews carried
12 out pursuant to subsection (e)(2).
13 ‘‘(iv) A description of the processes by
14 which the heads of the components de-
15 scribed in paragraph (1) of subsection (e)
16 and the Under Secretary of Defense for
17 Research and Engineering conducted the
18 reviews under such subsection.
19 ‘‘(v) An assessment of issues identi-
20 fied during the reviews carried out under
21 subsection (e), including a list of grants
22 that were identified as having not been
23 awarded in compliance with applicable poli-
24 cies of the Department of Defense.’’.

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1 SEC. 227. EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF DIRECTED

2 ENERGY WORKING GROUP.

3 Section 219(d) of the National Defense Authorization
4 Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328; 10 U.S.C.
5 4205 note) is amended—
6 (1) in paragraph (6), by adding at the end the
7 following: ‘‘Each such briefing shall include—
8 ‘‘(A) for each organization and element of
9 the Department carrying out work related to di-
10 rected energy capabilities, cost data and associ-
11 ated program elements for each fiscal year
12 across the period covered by the most recent fu-
13 ture-years defense program submitted to Con-
14 gress under section 221 of title 10, United
15 States Code (as of the time of the briefing);
16 and
17 ‘‘(B) information on any enabling work
18 that supports such capabilities, including—
19 ‘‘(i) vehicle or software integration
20 and testing;
21 ‘‘(ii) command, control and targeting
22 architectures;
23 ‘‘(iii) supporting infrastructure re-
24 quirements; and
25 ‘‘(iv) workforce training.’’; and

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1 (2) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘4 years’’ and
2 inserting ‘‘9 years’’.
3 SEC. 228. NATIONAL DEFENSE ECONOMIC COMPETITION

4 RESEARCH COUNCIL.

5 (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF COUNCIL.—
6 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after
7 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary
8 of Defense shall establish a council to identify,
9 evaluate, and coordinate existing research efforts, or
10 propose new research topics, relating to economic
11 competition activities, such as economic coercion,
12 manipulation, or other uses of economic power to
13 undermine the national defense strategy of the
14 United States and the partners and allies of the
15 United States.
16 (2) DESIGNATION.—The council established
17 pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be known as the
18 ‘‘National Defense Economic Competition Research
19 Council’’ (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Coun-
20 cil’’).
21 (b) CHARTER AND MISSION.—Not later than 120
22 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
23 retary of Defense shall issue a charter for the Council with
24 a mission that includes the following:

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1 (1) Conducting analysis of ongoing or proposed
2 government and academic research relating to eco-
3 nomic competition.
4 (2) Making proposals for new areas of research
5 to increase understanding of adversarial uses of eco-
6 nomic tools in support of military objectives to im-
7 prove understanding of threats, vulnerabilities, and
8 defensive options to mitigate such threats and
9 vulnerabilities.
10 (3) Informing the tools available to the Depart-
11 ment of Defense to defend against such economic
12 competition, coercion and manipulation activities, in-
13 cluding the use of adversarial capital to acquire
14 technology, real estate, or other infrastructure, or to
15 preemptively deny access by the United States.
16 (4) Assessing current data needs or shortfalls
17 impairing understanding of threats and
18 vulnerabilities relating to economic competition.
19 (5) Convening groups, which may include aca-
20 demic institutions, nonprofit organizations, commer-
21 cial entities, other departments and agencies of the
22 Federal Government, and international partners, to
23 better understand regional requirements or inform
24 the understanding of regional partners on the

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1 threats and vulnerabilities relating to military objec-
2 tives as a result of increasing economic competition.
3 (6) Carrying out such other activities relating
4 to economic competition as the Secretary deems ap-
5 propriate.
6 (c) PARTICIPANTS.—
7 (1) CO-CHAIRS.—The co-chairs of the Council
8 shall be the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy,
9 the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and
10 Engineering, and the Under Secretary of Defense
11 for Acquisition and Sustainment.
12 (2) IN GENERAL.—The co-chairs of the Council
13 shall ensure that the Council includes participation
14 from each of the following:
15 (A) The Office of Commercial and Eco-
16 nomic Assessment of the Air Force.
17 (B) The Office of Expanded Competition.
18 (C) The Office of Strategic Capital.
19 (D) The Defense Innovation Unit.
20 (E) The Strategic Capabilities Office.
21 (F) The Joint Warfighting Analysis Center
22 (JWAC).
23 (G) The Office of Global Economic and In-
24 vestment Security under the Assistant Sec-
25 retary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy.

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1 (H) The Office of Naval Research, includ-
2 ing ONR-Global.
3 (I) The Army Research Office.
4 (J) The Air Force Office of Scientific Re-
5 search.
6 (K) The Defense Advanced Research
7 Projects Agency.
8 (L) The Office of Strategic Intelligence
9 and Analysis under the Under Secretary of De-
10 fense for Research and Engineering.
11 (M) The program office of the Minerva Re-
12 search Initiative.
13 (N) Other relevant organizations as deter-
14 mined by the Secretary of Defense.
15 (d) INPUT FROM THE JOINT STAFF AND COMBAT-
16 ANT COMMANDS.—The Council shall regularly solicit
17 input from the Joint Staff and combatant commands on
18 needs, problem statements, or other topics relating to eco-
19 nomic competition activities described in subsection (a)(1)
20 affecting their areas of responsibility.
21 (e) TERMINATION.—The Council shall terminate on
22 December 31, 2035.
23 SEC. 229. AGILITY PRIME TRANSITION WORKING GROUP.

24 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 90 days after
25 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary

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1 of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, in coordina-
2 tion with the Under Secretary of Defense for Research
3 and Engineering and the Director of the Defense Innova-
4 tion Unit, shall establish a working group to be known
5 as the ‘‘Agility Prime Transition Working Group’’ (re-
6 ferred to in this section as the ‘‘Working Group’’).
7 (b) DUTIES.—The duties of the Working Group shall
8 include the following:
9 (1) To develop and implement a strategy to
10 transition capabilities developed under the Agility
11 Prime program of the Air Force to program execu-
12 tive offices of the covered Armed Forces, as appro-
13 priate.
14 (2) To provide a forum for members of the
15 Working Group to coordinate activities relating to
16 hybrid and electric vertical takeoff and landing capa-
17 bilities developed under the Agility Prime program,
18 including—
19 (A) research, development, testing, and
20 evaluation activities;
21 (B) demonstration activities; and
22 (C) activities to transition such capabilities
23 from the research and development phase into
24 operational use within the covered Armed
25 Forces, as appropriate.

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1 (3) To identify programs, projects, activities,
2 and requirements of the covered Armed Forces that
3 may be supported by technologies and capabilities
4 developed under the Agility Prime program, includ-
5 ing hybrid and electric vertical takeoff and landing
6 aircraft, advanced air mobility platforms, autono-
7 mous flight capabilities, test and evaluation soft-
8 ware, and related technologies.
9 (4) To identify requirements of the combatant
10 commands and the covered Armed Forces that align
11 with previous, ongoing, or planned efforts under the
12 Agility Prime program.
13 (5) To assess whether previous, ongoing, or
14 planned efforts under the Agility Prime program
15 and other vertical take off and landing aircraft capa-
16 bility development efforts align with other current,
17 planned, or future acquisition programs of the cov-
18 ered Armed Forces.
19 (6) Identify any changes to doctrine, organiza-
20 tion, training, materiel, leadership, personnel, facili-
21 ties, and policy (commonly known as ‘‘DOTMLPF–
22 P’’) required to successfully integrate hybrid and
23 electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft plat-
24 forms into future force design.

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1 (7) To assist the Under Secretary of Defense
2 for Acquisition and Sustainment in preparing the re-
3 ports required under subsection (g).
4 (c) MEMBERSHIP.—The Working Group shall be
5 composed of representatives from the following organiza-
6 tions:
7 (1) The Office of the Under Secretary of De-
8 fense for Acquisition and Sustainment.
9 (2) The military departments.
10 (3) The Joint Chiefs of Staff.
11 (4) The Office of the Under Secretary of De-
12 fense for Research and Engineering.
13 (5) The Defense Innovation Unit.
14 (6) The Office of Strategic Capital.
15 (7) The United States Special Operations Com-
16 mand.
17 (8) The United States Transportation Com-
18 mand.
19 (9) Such other organizations and elements of
20 the Department of Defense as the Chairperson of
21 the Working Group determines appropriate.
22 (d) CHAIRPERSON.—The Under Secretary of Defense
23 for Acquisition and Sustainment, or the designee of the
24 Under Secretary, shall serve as the Chairperson of the
25 Working Group.

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1 (e) MEETINGS.—The Working Group shall meet not
2 less frequently than twice each year at the call of the
3 Chairperson.
4 (f) TERMINATION.—The working group shall termi-
5 nate on September 30, 2027.
6 (g) ANNUAL REPORTS.—Not later than September
7 30, 2025, and not later than September 30 of each year
8 thereafter through 2027, the Under Secretary of Defense
9 for Acquisition and Sustainment shall submit to the con-
10 gressional defense committees a report on the efforts of
11 the Working Group. Each report shall include, with re-
12 spect to the year covered by the report, information on—
13 (1) any funding under the categories of re-
14 search, development, test, and evaluation, procure-
15 ment, or operation and maintenance that is expected
16 to be used for further development or procurement
17 of hybrid and electric vertical takeoff and landing
18 capabilities in the fiscal year of the report and the
19 in the following fiscal year;
20 (2) any planned transitions of hybrid and elec-
21 tric vertical takeoff and landing technologies to—
22 (A) acquisition programs of the covered
23 Armed Forces; or
24 (B) research, development, test, and eval-
25 uation programs of the covered Armed Forces.

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1 (3) any actions taken by the Working Group;
2 (4) any milestones achieved by the Working
3 Group; and
4 (5) such other matters as the Under Secretary
5 determines appropriate.
6 (h) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
7 (1) The term ‘‘Agility Prime program’’ means
8 the program of the Air Force under which the Air
9 Force is developing hybrid and electric vertical take-
10 off and landing capabilities in collaboration with
11 partners in commercial industry and other sectors.
12 (2) The term ‘‘covered Armed Forces’’ means
13 the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and
14 Space Force.
15 SEC. 230. AUTHORITY FOR TEMPORARY ASSIGNMENT OF

16 EMPLOYEES OF THE OFFICE OF STRATEGIC

17 CAPITAL TO CERTAIN PRIVATE-SECTOR OR-

18 GANIZATIONS.

19 (a) AUTHORIZATION.—Using the authority provided
20 under section 1599g of title 10, United States Code, the
21 Secretary of Defense, acting through the Director of the
22 Office of Strategic Capital, may carry out a program
23 under which the Director arranges for the temporary as-
24 signment of an employee of the Office to a qualifying pri-
25 vate-sector organization.

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1 (b) OBJECTIVES.—The objectives of the program
2 under subsection (a) shall be—
3 (1) to enable the Office of Strategic Capital to
4 rapidly acquire industry-specific context and tech-
5 nical competence across high priority technology and
6 industrial focus areas through immersion in highly
7 relevant emerging technology and business eco-
8 systems across the United States; and
9 (2) to enhance, among personnel of the Depart-
10 ment—
11 (A) understanding of, connectivity with,
12 and access to knowledge about critical and
13 emerging defense industrial base capabilities;
14 and
15 (B) understanding of the strategic role
16 that venture capital and private equity oper-
17 ations have in shaping future sustainment and
18 modernization requirements for the defense in-
19 dustrial base.
20 (c) MATCHING AND TRACKING CAPABILITIES.—In
21 carrying out program under subsection (a), the Director
22 of the Office of Strategic Capital shall—
23 (1) use digital automation and analysis capa-
24 bility to optimize the identification, assessment, and
25 placement of participants within the program, which

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1 shall include the ability to match and track private-
2 sector organizations with employees of the Office
3 participating in the program in a manner that aligns
4 the priorities, needs, and expertise of such employ-
5 ees, organizations, and the Office; and
6 (2) establish a database or other digital auto-
7 mation capability that—
8 (A) enables the Office to identify and track
9 current and former participants in the program;
10 (B) documents the nature of the experi-
11 ence such participants had while in the pro-
12 gram; and
13 (C) is suitable for potential development
14 and expansion to other organizations of Depart-
15 ment of Defense in the event the Secretary of
16 Defense determines such expansion is appro-
17 priate.
18 (d) QUALIFYING PRIVATE-SECTOR ORGANIZATION
19 DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘qualifying private-
20 sector organization’’ means a private-sector organization
21 that has functions and expertise relevant to the respon-
22 sibilities of the Office of Strategic Capital, which may in-
23 clude organization such as a venture capital firm, private
24 equity firm, or other such organizations as determined ap-
25 propriated by the Director of the Office.

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1 SEC. 231. QUANTUM BENCHMARKING INITIATIVE.

2 (a) INITIATIVE REQUIRED.—
3 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Defense
4 Advanced Research Projects Agency shall establish
5 and carry out an initiative to rapidly expand and
6 support efforts to evaluate concepts, development
7 plans, and prototypes, components, and subsystems
8 needed to develop a utility-scale quantum computing
9 capability available to the Department of Defense.
10 (2) DESIGNATION.—The initiative established
11 pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be known as the
12 ‘‘Quantum Benchmarking Initiative’’ (referred to in
13 this section as the ‘‘Initiative’’).
14 (b) ELEMENTS.—The Initiative shall include the fol-
15 lowing:
16 (1) Activities to broaden existing efforts of the
17 Department of Defense to verify and validate com-
18 mercial efforts to design and build utility-scale quan-
19 tum computers, including through collaboration with
20 key partners in the Air Force Research Laboratory,
21 the Office of Strategic Capital, the Defense Innova-
22 tion Unit, and such other partners and organizations
23 of the Department of Defense as the Director of the
24 Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency deems
25 appropriate.

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1 (2) Working with the Office of Strategic Capital
2 to establish regular interactions with the venture
3 capital and finance community to help accelerate
4 commercial efforts to develop concepts, plans, proto-
5 types, components, and subsystems needed to de-
6 velop viable utility-scale quantum computers.
7 (3) Working with the Office of the Assistant
8 Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy to
9 connect key performers in fault-tolerant utility-scale
10 quantum computing with support for industrial
11 bases analysis, manufacturing support, and other
12 analysis support to help foster and grow the broader
13 industrial base supporting fault-tolerant utility-scale
14 quantum computing.
15 (4) Working with the military departments and
16 other components of the Department of Defense to
17 refine use cases for militarily relevant applications of
18 utility-scale quantum computers.
19 (c) REPEAL OF REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—Sub-
20 section (c) of section 229 of the National Defense Author-
21 ization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117–81; 135
22 Stat. 1611; 10 U.S.C. 4001 note) is hereby repealed.

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1 SEC. 232. EXPANSION OF PARTICIPATION IN THE DIGITAL

2 ON-DEMAND PROGRAM.

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall
4 take such steps as may be necessary—
5 (1) to expand the availability of the Digital On-
6 Demand Program to—
7 (A) all organizations and elements of the
8 Department of Defense; and
9 (B) all members of the Armed Forces and
10 civilian employees of the Department; and
11 (2) to actively promote the Program throughout
12 the Department.
13 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date
14 of the enactment of this Act, and on an annual basis there-
15 after through 2029, the Secretary of Defense shall submit
16 to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and
17 the House of Representatives a report on the progress of
18 the Secretary in expanding and promoting the Digital On-
19 Demand Program as described in subsection (a).
20 (c) DIGITAL ON DEMAND PROGRAM DEFINED.—In
21 this section, the term ‘‘Digital On-Demand Program’’
22 means the program overseen by the Chief Digital and Arti-
23 ficial Intelligence Officer pursuant to which educational
24 resources on artificial intelligence, emerging technologies,
25 data literacy, and related topics are made available to per-

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1 sonnel of the Department of Defense through a digital
2 platform on an on-demand basis.
3 SEC. 233. MANAGEMENT AND UTILIZATION OF DIGITAL

4 DATA TO ENHANCE MAINTENANCE ACTIVI-

5 TIES.

6 (a) POLICIES REQUIRED.—Not later than one year
7 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Under
8 Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, in
9 consultation with the Secretaries of the military depart-
10 ments and the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Of-
11 ficer of the Department of Defense, shall develop and im-
12 plement policies to manage and utilize data derived from
13 digital data systems for aircraft, ships, and ground vehi-
14 cles to inform and support maintenance activities con-
15 ducted with respect to such aircraft, ships, and vehicles.
16 (b) ELEMENTS.—The policies required by subsection
17 (a) shall include investment in advanced and scalable data
18 infrastructure to efficiently record, transmit, categorize,
19 and otherwise process data generated by digital data sys-
20 tems described in such subsection. Such policies shall—
21 (1) require development of a strategy to invest
22 in advanced technologies, including automated sys-
23 tems and artificial intelligence, to streamline the
24 process of organizing, indexing, and categorizing
25 data;

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1 (2) require work with vendors to address and
2 resolve limitations imposed by proprietary informa-
3 tion and data, including through the adoption of
4 open data and open mission systems approaches;
5 (3) address data transmission capabilities, such
6 as—
7 (A) implementing high-speed data transfer
8 technologies;
9 (B) optimizing network infrastructure; and
10 (C) developing secure and efficient meth-
11 ods for transmitting mission-critical data be-
12 tween bases;
13 (4) require central compilation of maintenance
14 data and creation of user interfaces, prioritizing
15 analysis of long-lead components;
16 (5) require the use of vendor-agnostic, govern-
17 ment-owned tagging and interoperable systems, ex-
18 cept in cases where there is a compelling reason not
19 to use such systems;
20 (6) require review of classification policies relat-
21 ing to digital data to ensure that data is appro-
22 priately classified without unnecessarily restricting
23 its usability; and

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1 (7) establish protocols for detecting unauthor-
2 ized access or intrusion into vehicle or platform sys-
3 tems.
4 (c) BRIEFING.—Not later than one year after the
5 date of the enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary
6 of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment shall provide
7 to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and
8 the House of Representatives a briefing on—
9 (1) the policies developed under subsection (a);
10 and
11 (2) the status of the implementation of such
12 policies.
13 SEC. 234. ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM DEMONSTRA-

14 TION PROGRAM.

15 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than November 30,
16 2025, the Chief Information Officer of the Department of
17 Defense, in coordination with the Under Secretary of De-
18 fense for Research and Engineering and the Director of
19 Operational Test and Evaluation, shall complete a dem-
20 onstration program to assess the viability of using wide-
21 band adaptive signal processing technology to support si-
22 multaneous transmit and receive signals on the same elec-
23 tromagnetic spectrum frequency band that—
24 (1) does not produce harmful interference;

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1 (2) significantly reduces electromagnetic spec-
2 trum guard bands;
3 (3) maintains signal quality with respect to la-
4 tency and throughput; and
5 (4) increases electromagnetic spectrum access
6 within the frequency band.
7 (b) LOCATION.—The demonstration program re-
8 quired by subsection (a) shall be conducted at a test and
9 training range of the Department of Defense.
10 (c) CONSULTATION.—In carrying out the demonstra-
11 tion program required by subsection (a), the Chief Infor-
12 mation Officer, the Under Secretary, and the Director
13 shall consult with, at a minimum, the following:
14 (1) The Joint Staff.
15 (2) The military departments and their associ-
16 ated research labs.
17 (3) Other Department of Defense organizations
18 and agencies.
19 (4) The Federal Communications Commission.
20 (5) The National Telecommunications and In-
21 formation Administration.
22 (6) Other Federal agencies.
23 (7) Industry and nongovernmental entities.
24 (d) AUTHORITY TO ENTER INTO CONTRACTS.—Sub-
25 ject to the availability of appropriations, the Chief Infor-

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1 mation Officer may enter into such contracts or other
2 agreements as the Chief Information Officer considers ap-
3 propriate to conduct studies and demonstration projects
4 under the demonstration program required by subsection
5 (a).
6 (e) BRIEFING ON PLANS FOR PROGRAM.—Not later
7 than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act,
8 the Chief Information Officer, the Under Secretary, and
9 the Director shall jointly provide to the congressional de-
10 fense committees a briefing on the plans to carry out the
11 demonstration program required by subsection (a).
12 (f) PERIODIC ASSESSMENTS OF PROGRAM.—The
13 Chief Information Officer, the Under Secretary, and the
14 Director shall, periodically, assess the demonstration pro-
15 gram required by subsection (a) while the program is
16 being carried out.
17 (g) BRIEFING ON COMPLETED PROGRAM.—Upon
18 completion of the demonstration program required by sub-
19 section (a), the Chief Information Officer, the Under Sec-
20 retary, and the Director shall jointly provide the congres-
21 sional defense committees a briefing on their findings with
22 respect to the demonstration program.

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1 SEC. 235. COMPETITIVE DEMONSTRATION OF AUTOMATED

2 TARGET RECOGNITION ALGORITHMS.

3 (a) VENUE, PROCESS, AND SCENARIOS.—Not later
4 than June 1, 2025, the Chief Digital and Artificial Intel-
5 ligence Officer of the Department of Defense, in coordina-
6 tion with appropriate counterparts in the military depart-
7 ments, shall develop a venue and processes, including a
8 specified set of baseline scenarios, for comparative testing
9 of automated target recognition algorithms to evaluate
10 mission efficacy.
11 (b) DEMONSTRATION.—Not later than September 1,
12 2025, the Secretary of Defense shall use the venue devel-
13 oped under subsection (a) to test the mission capability
14 of at least two relevant programs included in the
15 Replicator initiative.
16 (c) BRIEFING.—Not later than one year after the
17 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense
18 shall provide to the Committees on Armed Services of the
19 Senate and the House of Representatives a briefing on the
20 activities carried out under this section.

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1 SEC. 236. PILOT PROGRAM ON DEVELOPMENT OF NEAR-

2 TERM USE CASES AND DEMONSTRATION OF

3 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TOWARD BIO-

4 TECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS FOR NATIONAL

5 SECURITY.

6 (a) PILOT PROGRAM REQUIRED.—The Secretary of
7 Defense shall carry out a pilot program to develop near-
8 term use cases and demonstrations of artificial intelligence
9 for national security-related biotechnology applications.
10 (b) PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS.—The Sec-
11 retary of Defense shall carry out the pilot program re-
12 quired by subsection (a) through one or more public-pri-
13 vate partnerships entered into for purposes of the pilot
14 program.
15 (c) LABORATORY SUPPORT AND INFRASTRUC-
16 TURE.—In support of a public-private partnership entered

17 into under subsection (b), the Secretary of Defense may,
18 on a reimbursable basis, make available—
19 (1) the facilities and services of a Department
20 of Defense laboratory to perform experimentation
21 for biotechnology applications to aid in the valida-
22 tion of artificial intelligence models; and
23 (2) computing and data storage infrastructure
24 and capabilities of the Department of Defense.
25 (d) DURATION.—The pilot program required by sub-
26 section (a) shall—
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1 (1) commence not later than one year after the
2 date of the enactment of this Act; and
3 (2) terminate five years after the date of the on
4 which the program commences under paragraph (1).
5 (e) ANNUAL REPORT.—
6 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year
7 after the date of the enactment of this Act, and not
8 later than December 1 of every other year thereafter
9 until the termination date specified in subsection
10 (d)(2), the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the
11 congressional defense committees a report on the
12 pilot program.
13 (2) CONTENTS.—Each report submitted under
14 paragraph (1) shall include, for the period covered
15 by the report, the following:
16 (A) An assessment of existing Department
17 of Defense biotechnology-related data resources
18 and how they may be used in the pilot program.
19 (B) An assessment of required cybersecu-
20 rity measures for users under the pilot pro-
21 gram.
22 (C) A description of any mechanisms de-
23 veloped for collaboration among different par-
24 ties associated with projects under the pilot
25 program, including intellectual property agree-

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1 ments, funding agreements, and material trans-
2 fer agreements.
3 (D) An assessment of the role that artifi-
4 cial intelligence is playing in developing bio-
5 technology applications for national security
6 purposes, including identification of commercial
7 or academic applications used in the pilot pro-
8 gram.
9 (E) A description of near-term use cases
10 developed under the pilot program for artificial
11 intelligence-enabled biotechnology applications
12 for national security.
13 (F) A description of planned, ongoing, and
14 completed demonstrations or other pilot pro-
15 grams funded under the pilot program required
16 by subsection (a) or otherwise funded by the
17 Department of Defense.
18 (G) An assessment of the viability of
19 transitioning technology developed under the
20 pilot program into operational use within the
21 Department, including assessment of—
22 (i) the resources needed for further
23 development and scaling of such tech-
24 nology; and

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1 (ii) the potential benefits of such tech-
2 nology.
3 (3) FORM.—Each report under paragraph (1)
4 shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may in-
5 clude a classified annex.
6 (f) TRANSITION PLAN.—Not later than one year be-
7 fore the date on which the pilot program terminates under
8 subsection (d)(2), the Secretary of Defense shall submit
9 to the congressional defense committees a plan that out-
10 lines what steps the Department could take to turn the
11 pilot program into an operational program if authorized
12 and funded by Congress to do so. The plan shall include
13 the following:
14 (1) A transition timeline.
15 (2) Associated projected annual cost of oper-
16 ating the program.
17 (3) Additional infrastructure that might be
18 needed, including associated costs.
19 (4) A descriptive analysis of the relevant tech-
20 nical, engineering and commercial biotechnology eco-
21 system, including entities within the Department
22 and external stakeholders.
23 (5) Examples of projects from the pilot phase
24 of the program and their outcomes.

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1 (6) The potential impact to Department capa-
2 bilities of transitioning the program.
3 (7) Any other details deemed necessary to in-
4 clude by the Secretary.
5 SEC. 237. PILOT PROGRAM ON USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTEL-

6 LIGENCE FOR CERTAIN WORKFLOW AND OP-

7 ERATIONS TASKS.

8 (a) PILOT PROGRAM REQUIRED.—Beginning not
9 later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this
10 Act, the Secretary of Defense shall carry out a pilot pro-
11 gram to assess the feasibility and advisability of using ar-
12 tificial intelligence-enabled software to optimize the
13 workflow and operations for—
14 (1) depots, shipyards, or other manufacturing
15 facilities run by the Department of Defense; and
16 (2) contract administration for the Department,
17 including—
18 (A) the adjudication and review of con-
19 tracts; and
20 (B) activities related to the Modernization
21 and Analytics Initiative managed by the De-
22 fense Contract Management Agency.
23 (b) METHOD OF IMPLEMENTATION.—The Secretary
24 of Defense may carry out subsection (a) through—

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1 (1) the establishment of a new pilot program;
2 or
3 (2) the designation of an existing initiative of
4 the Department of Defense to serve as the pilot pro-
5 gram required under such subsection.
6 (c) SOFTWARE.—In carrying out the pilot program
7 required by subsection (a), the Secretary shall—
8 (1) use best in breed software platforms;
9 (2) consider industry best practices in the selec-
10 tion of software programs;
11 (3) implement the program based on human
12 centered design practices to best identify the busi-
13 ness needs for improvement; and
14 (4) demonstrate connection to enterprise plat-
15 forms of record with authoritative data sources.
16 (d) CONSULTATION.—In carrying out the activities
17 described in subsection (a)(1) under the pilot program, the
18 Secretary of Defense shall consult with—
19 (1) the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisi-
20 tion and Sustainment;
21 (2) the Secretary of the Army;
22 (3) the Secretary of the Navy; and
23 (4) the Secretary of the Air Force.
24 (e) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date
25 of the commencement of the pilot program under sub-

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1 section (a), the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the
2 Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the
3 House of Representatives a report containing the following
4 information:
5 (1) An evaluation of each software platform
6 used in the pilot program.
7 (2) An analysis of how workflows and oper-
8 ations were modified as part of the pilot program.
9 (3) A quantitative assessment of the impact the
10 software had at each of the locations in which the
11 pilot program was carried out.
12 SEC. 238. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR

13 FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH COLLABORATION

14 WITH CERTAIN ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS.

15 (a) LIMITATION.—Except as provided in subsection
16 (b), none of the funds authorized to be appropriated by
17 this Act or otherwise made available for the Department
18 of Defense for fiscal year 2025 may be obligated or ex-
19 pended to award a grant or contract to an institution of
20 higher education for the specific purposes of conducting
21 fundamental research in collaboration with a covered enti-
22 ty.
23 (b) WAIVER.—
24 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Assistant Secretary of
25 Defense for Science and Technology may waive the

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1 limitation under subsection (a), on a case-by-case
2 basis, with respect to an individual grant or contract
3 for an institution of higher education if the Assist-
4 ant Secretary determines that such a waiver is in
5 the national security interests of the United States.
6 (2) CONGRESSIONAL NOTICE.—Not later than
7 30 days after the date on which an award is made
8 by the Department of Defense involving an institu-
9 tion of higher education with respect to which a
10 waiver is made under paragraph (1), the Assistant
11 Secretary of Defense for Science and Technology
12 shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services
13 of the Senate and the House of Representatives no-
14 tice of such waiver.
15 (c) REPORT ANNEX.—
16 (1) IN GENERAL.—On an annual basis, as a
17 classified or controlled unclassified information
18 annex to the annual report required by section
19 1286(f) of the John S McCain National Defense Au-
20 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law
21 115–232; 10 U.S.C. 4001 note) (as so redesignated
22 by section 226 of this title), the Secretary of De-
23 fense shall submit to the Committees on Armed
24 Services of the Senate and the House of Representa-
25 tives a report annex on the compliance of the De-

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1 partment of Defense and institutions of higher edu-
2 cation with the requirements of this section.
3 (2) CONTENTS.—Each report annex submitted
4 pursuant to paragraph (1) shall include, for each
5 waiver issued under subsection (b) during the period
6 covered by the report—
7 (A) a justification for the waiver; and
8 (B) a detailed description of the type and
9 extent of any collaboration between an institu-
10 tion of higher education and a covered entity al-
11 lowed pursuant to the waiver, including identi-
12 fication of the institution of higher education
13 and the covered entities involved, the type of
14 technology involved, the duration of the collabo-
15 ration, and terms and conditions on intellectual
16 property assignment, as applicable, under the
17 collaboration agreement.
18 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
19 (1) The term ‘‘collaboration’’ means coordi-
20 nated activity between an institution of higher edu-
21 cation and a covered entity and includes—
22 (A) sharing of research facilities, re-
23 sources, or data;
24 (B) sharing of technical know-how;

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1 (C) any financial or in-kind contribution
2 intended to produce a research product;
3 (D) sponsorship or facilitation of research
4 fellowships, visas, or residence permits;
5 (E) joint ventures, partnerships, or other
6 formalized agreements for the purpose of con-
7 ducting research or sharing resources, data, or
8 technology;
9 (F) inclusion of researchers as consultants,
10 advisors, or members of advisory or review
11 boards; and
12 (G) such other activities as may be deter-
13 mined by the Secretary of Defense.
14 (2) The term ‘‘covered entity’’—
15 (A) means an academic institution that is
16 included in the most recently updated list devel-
17 oped pursuant to 1286(c)(9) of the John S.
18 McCain National Defense Authorization Act for
19 Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115–232; 10
20 U.S.C. 4001 note); and
21 (B) includes any individual employed by
22 such an academic institution.
23 (3) The term ‘‘fundamental research’’ has the
24 meaning given that term in National Security Deci-
25 sion Directive-189 (NSSD-189), National Policy on

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1 the Transfer of Scientific, Technical and Engineer-
2 ing Information, dated September 21, 1985, or any
3 successor document.
4 (4) The term ‘‘institution of higher education’’
5 has the meaning given that term in section 102 of
6 the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002)
7 and includes—
8 (A) any department, program, project, fac-
9 ulty, researcher, or other individual, entity, or
10 activity of such institution; and
11 (B) any branch of such institution within
12 or outside the United States.
13 Subtitle C—Plans, Reports, and
14 Other Matters
15 SEC. 241. INCORPORATING HUMAN READINESS LEVELS

16 INTO RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND

17 EVALUATION ACTIVITIES.

18 (a) REVIEW.—Not later than 90 days after the date
19 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense,
20 in consultation with the Under Secretary of Defense for
21 Acquisition and Sustainment and the Under Secretary of
22 Defense for Research and Engineering, shall initiate a re-
23 view of the ANSI/HFES Standard 400-2021 to determine
24 whether any elements of such standard may be incor-

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1 porated into relevant Department of Defense procedures
2 and guidance material—
3 (1) to ensure the safety and effective implemen-
4 tation of technology by ensuring that human readi-
5 ness levels are adequately aligned with technology
6 readiness levels; and
7 (2) to reduce the likelihood that technology will
8 be deployed before adequate human factors consider-
9 ations are incorporated into such technology.
10 (b) ELEMENTS.—In carrying out the review required
11 by subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense—
12 (1) shall conduct a review of ANSI/HFES
13 Standard 400-2021;
14 (2) shall conduct a preliminary analysis of the
15 human readiness levels of the Department of De-
16 fense based on ANSI/HFES Standard 400-2021 to
17 determine whether and to what extent those readi-
18 ness levels align with the current technology readi-
19 ness levels of technology used in major research and
20 development programs and major defense acquisition
21 programs (as defined in section 4201 of title 10,
22 United States Code);
23 (3) shall consult with personnel responsible for
24 such programs regarding the effect of incorporating
25 ANSI/HFES Standard 400-2021 with respect to the

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1 schedule, cost, and performance of such programs;
2 and
3 (4) may consult with subject matter experts af-
4 filiated with the Human Factors and Ergonomics
5 Society.
6 (c) BRIEFING.—Not later than 180 days after the
7 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense
8 shall provide to the Committees on Armed Services of the
9 Senate and the House of Representatives a briefing on the
10 progress of the review required by subsection (a).
11 (d) DEFINITION.—In this section:
12 (1) The term ‘‘ANSI/HFES Standard 400-
13 2021’’ means American National Standards Insti-
14 tute (ANSI) and Human Factors and Ergonomics
15 Society (HFES) Standard 400-2021 (pertaining to
16 human readiness level scale in the system develop-
17 ment process).
18 (2) The term ‘‘human readiness level’’ means a
19 measurement system used to evaluate the suitability
20 and usability of a technology for human use.
21 (3) The term ‘‘technology readiness level’’
22 means a measurement system used to assess the ma-
23 turity level of a particular technology.

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1 SEC. 242. BIOTECHNOLOGY ROADMAP.

2 (a) ROADMAP REQUIRED.—Not later than one year
3 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary
4 of Defense, in coordination with the Under Secretary of
5 Defense for Research and Engineering, the Under Sec-
6 retary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, and
7 the Secretaries of the military departments, shall submit
8 to the congressional defense committees a biotechnology
9 roadmap.
10 (b) ELEMENTS.—In the roadmap required by sub-
11 section (a), the Secretary of Defense shall—
12 (1) identify the strategic objectives of the De-
13 partment of Defense relating to biotechnology;
14 (2) for each strategic objective, establish spe-
15 cific goals and milestones for the achievement of
16 such objective, including timelines for meeting such
17 goals and milestones;
18 (3) in the case of each updated version of the
19 roadmap following submittal of the initial roadmap
20 under subsection (a), include—
21 (A) a review of the goals and milestones
22 established under paragraph (2) to ensure such
23 goals and milestones continue to align with
24 strategic objectives under paragraph (1); and
25 (B) a description of any goals and mile-
26 stones that changed as a result of such review;
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1 (4) identify the biotechnology development
2 needs and priorities for national security applica-
3 tions based on the strategic objectives identified in
4 paragraph (1);
5 (5) assess the technology maturity of each pri-
6 ority identified pursuant to paragraph (4);
7 (6) describe funding sources for each priority
8 identified pursuant to paragraph (4), including both
9 current sources and sources covered by the future-
10 years defense program submitted to Congress under
11 section 221 of title 10, United States Code;
12 (7) provide a plan, timeline, and metrics for re-
13 search, development, testing, and evaluation activi-
14 ties for the priorities identified pursuant to para-
15 graph (4);
16 (8) assess opportunities for rapid acquisition
17 and fielding of biotechnology in support of the prior-
18 ities identified pursuant to paragraph (4);
19 (9) identify and describe the role of each orga-
20 nization of the Department with responsibilities re-
21 lating to biotechnology under the strategy, including
22 investment priorities for the Office of Strategic Cap-
23 ital and the Defense Advanced Research Projects
24 Agency;

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1 (10) assess the overall risk to the security of
2 the United States of the biotechnology efforts cov-
3 ered by the strategy;
4 (11) analyze any requirements of the Federal
5 Government that hinder the ability of the Depart-
6 ment to advance and use biotechnology;
7 (12) provide for the development and support of
8 the biotechnology workforce of the Department, in-
9 cluding personnel with responsibilities relating di-
10 rectly to biotechnology and personnel who indirectly
11 support the biotechnology efforts of the Department
12 such as personnel involved program management,
13 acquisition, investment, and legal matters;
14 (13) with respect to the biotechnology workforce
15 described in paragraph (12)—
16 (A) identify the total number of bio-
17 technology positions required to support the ob-
18 jectives of the roadmap—
19 (i) as of the date of the roadmap; and
20 (ii) over the periods of five and 10
21 years following such date;
22 (B) indicate the number of such positions
23 that have been filled as of the date of the road-
24 map;

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1 (C) describe the positions included in the
2 biotechnology workforce, including a description
3 of—
4 (i) the role of each position in sup-
5 porting the objectives under paragraph (1);
6 and
7 (ii) the qualifications required for
8 each position, including any qualifications
9 relating to seniority level, education, train-
10 ing, and security clearances;
11 (D) identify any challenges affecting the
12 ability of the Department to develop the bio-
13 technology workforce and propose solutions to
14 those challenges;
15 (E) assess whether the codes used to de-
16 fine positions and roles within the workforce of
17 the Department adequately cover the range of
18 positions and personnel that comprise the bio-
19 technology workforce, such as personnel in re-
20 search, engineering, and testing;
21 (F) identify mechanisms to enable the De-
22 partment to access outside expertise relating to
23 biotechnology, including mechanisms to assem-
24 ble a pool of outside experts who have been
25 prequalified (including by obtaining any nec-

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1 essary security clearances) to provide advice
2 and assistance to the Department on matters
3 relating to biotechnology on an as-needed basis;
4 and
5 (G) assess whether personnel occupying ex-
6 isting positions in the Department could be
7 used to meet biotechnology workforce needs
8 with additional training and, if so, the nature
9 and scope of the training required; and
10 (14) address collaboration between the Depart-
11 ment and international partners to advance research
12 on biotechnology, which shall include—
13 (A) a description of any international part-
14 nerships under which the United States is col-
15 laborating with partners to conduct bio-
16 technology research and development for de-
17 fense purposes, including a description of any
18 investment priorities for the Office of Strategic
19 Capital and the Defense Advanced Research
20 Projects Agency relating to such partnerships;
21 (B) a description of any new international
22 partnerships that may be entered into, or exist-
23 ing partnerships that may be modified, to pro-
24 vide for such collaboration; and

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1 (C) identification of any challenges affect-
2 ing the ability of the Department engage in
3 such collaboration with international partners,
4 including—
5 (i) any limitations on co-investments
6 within international partnerships;
7 (ii) any United States export controls
8 or other technology protections that hinder
9 information sharing within such partner-
10 ships; and
11 (iii) any other challenges that may
12 prevent the full utilization of such partner-
13 ships for such collaboration.
14 (c) BIENNIAL UPDATES.—Not less frequently than
15 once every two years following the submittal of the initial
16 roadmap under subsection (a) until the termination date
17 specified in subsection (h), the Secretary shall—
18 (1) review and update the roadmap; and
19 (2) submit an updated version of the roadmap
20 to the congressional defense committees.
21 (d) FORM.—Each version of the roadmap required to
22 be submitted under this section may be submitted in clas-
23 sified form, but if so submitted, shall include an unclassi-
24 fied executive summary.

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1 (e) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—On annual basis, the
2 Secretary shall make an unclassified version of the most
3 recent roadmap submitted under this section available on
4 a publicly accessible website of the Department of De-
5 fense.
6 (f) GAO EVALUATION AND REPORT.—Not later than
7 180 days after the date on which the Secretary of Defense
8 submits the initial roadmap pursuant to subsection (a),
9 the Comptroller General of the United States shall—
10 (1) complete an evaluation of the roadmap; and
11 (2) submit to the congressional defense commit-
12 tees a report on the findings of the Comptroller Gen-
13 eral with respect to such evaluation.
14 (g) BIOTECHNOLOGY DEFINED.—In this section, the
15 term ‘‘biotechnology’’ means the application of science and
16 technology to living organisms and to parts, products, and
17 models of such organisms to alter living or non-living ma-
18 terials for the production of knowledge, goods, or services.
19 (h) SUNSET.—This section shall terminate on the
20 date that is 10 years after the date of the enactment of
21 this Act.

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1 SEC. 243. PLAN TO ADVANCE INTERESTS OF DEPARTMENT

2 OF DEFENSE IN MATTERS RELATING TO

3 ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM IN INTER-

4 NATIONAL FORA.

5 (a) PLAN REQUIRED.—Not later than 60 days after
6 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of
7 Defense, in coordination with the Chief Information Offi-
8 cer of the Department of Defense, shall develop and com-
9 mence implementation of a five-year plan for advancing
10 United States defense policy interests at meetings of rel-
11 evant international organizations and other international
12 fora relating to electromagnetic spectrum, including all
13 phases of the World Radiocommunication Conferences
14 preparatory process.
15 (b) ELEMENTS.—At a minimum, the plan developed
16 under subsection (a) shall include the following:
17 (1) Actions and resourcing required to ensure
18 that the Department of Defense has the personnel
19 and expertise required to engage meaningfully in the
20 international activities described in subsection (a).
21 (2) Processes to increase pre-coordination with
22 relevant domestic partners and Federal agencies on
23 matters relating to the international activities de-
24 scribed in subsection (a), including the defense in-
25 dustrial base and industry.

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1 (3) Appropriate avenues to increase cooperation
2 activities with friendly foreign partners relating to
3 the international activities described in subsection
4 (a).
5 (c) BRIEFING.—Not later than 180 days after the
6 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of De-
7 fense, in coordination with the Chief Information officer
8 of the Department of Defense, shall provide to the Com-
9 mittees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House
10 of Representatives a briefing on the plan developed under
11 subsection (a), which shall include information on relevant
12 funded and unfunded resourcing requirements for current
13 and future fiscal years.
14 SEC. 244. STRATEGIC PLAN FOR QUANTUM INFORMATION

15 SCIENCE TECHNOLOGIES WITHIN THE DE-

16 PARTMENT OF DEFENSE.

17 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall
18 develop a strategic plan to guide the research, develop-
19 ment, test, and evaluation, procurement, and implementa-
20 tion of quantum information science (referred to in this
21 section as ‘‘QIS’’) technologies within the Department of
22 Defense, including the covered Armed Forces, over the pe-
23 riod of five years following the date of the enactment of
24 this Act.

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1 (b) ELEMENTS.—The plan required under subsection
2 (a) shall include the following:
3 (1) Identification of QIS technologies that have
4 the potential to solve operational challenges faced by
5 the Department of Defense.
6 (2) Plans to transition technologies identified
7 under paragraph (1) from the research, develop-
8 ment, and prototyping phases into operational use
9 within the Department.
10 (3) Plans for the continuous evaluation, devel-
11 opment, and implementation of QIS technology solu-
12 tions within the Department.
13 (c) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date
14 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense
15 shall submit to the congressional defense committees a re-
16 port that includes—
17 (1) the strategic plan developed under sub-
18 section (a); and
19 (2) an assessment of whether the budgets pro-
20 posed for QIS-related activities of the Department of
21 Defense and each of the covered Armed Forces ap-
22 propriately balance the use of research, development,
23 test, and evaluation funds designated as budget ac-
24 tivity 1 (basic research), budget activity 2 (applied
25 research), and budget activity 3 (advanced tech-

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1 nology development) (as those budget activity classi-
2 fications are set forth in volume 2B, chapter 5 of
3 the Department of Defense Financial Management
4 Regulation (DOD 7000.14–R)) to achieve the objec-
5 tives of the strategic plan over near-, mid-, and long-
6 term timeframes.
7 (d) UPDATES.—Following the submittal of the initial
8 strategic plan pursuant to subsection (c)(1), the Secretary
9 of Defense may periodically update the plan as the Sec-
10 retary determines necessary.
11 (e) COVERED ARMED FORCE DEFINED.—In this sec-
12 tion, the term ‘‘covered Armed Force’’ means the Army,
13 Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Space Force.
14 SEC. 245. DEFENSE SCIENCE BOARD STUDY ON LONG-TERM

15 OPERATIONS AND AVAILABILITY OF KWAJA-

16 LEIN ATOLL AS A MAJOR RANGE AND TEST

17 FACILITY BASE.

18 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after the
19 date of the enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary
20 of Defense for Research and Engineering shall direct the
21 Defense Science Board to conduct a study to assess the
22 feasibility and advisability of designating the Ronald
23 Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site (RTS) and the
24 United States Army Garrison Kwajalein Atoll (USAG-
25 KA) as facilities and resources comprising the Major

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1 Range and Test Facility Base, including with respect to
2 the availability and mission capability of such test site and
3 garrison.
4 (b) ELEMENTS.—The study conducted under sub-
5 section (a) shall cover the following:
6 (1) The history and rationale for the split fund-
7 ing of the United States facilities and capabilities on
8 Kwajalein Atoll between an Army Garrison and a
9 Major Range and Test Facility Base and whether
10 those objectives have been achieved and, if not, an
11 explanation of the reasons those objectives have not
12 been achieved.
13 (2) The status of the garrison infrastructure
14 and operations.
15 (3) The status of the test asset operability,
16 usage, and maintainability.
17 (4) The interrelationship between garrison in-
18 frastructure and test asset operability.
19 (5) The status of the supported or supporting
20 relationship between the United States Army Garri-
21 son Kwajalein Atoll, the Ronald Reagan Ballistic
22 Missile Defense Test Site, and the Lincoln Labora-
23 tory of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
24 and the long-term outlook for this partnership.

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1 (6) The role of the Kwajalein Atoll in sup-
2 porting current and future missions of the Depart-
3 ment of Defense.
4 (7) Such other matters as the Under Secretary
5 of Defense for Research and Engineering or the De-
6 fense Science Board consider appropriate.
7 (c) DEADLINE FOR COMPLETION.—The Defense
8 Science Board shall complete the study required by sub-
9 section (a) by not later than May 15, 2025.
10 (d) REPORT.—Not later than 10 days after the com-
11 pletion of the study required by subsection (a), the Under
12 Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering shall
13 submit to the congressional defense committees a report
14 on the findings of the Defense Science Board with respect
15 to the study.
16 (e) DEFINITION OF MAJOR RANGE AND TEST FACIL-
17 ITY BASE.—In this section, the term ‘‘Major Range and

18 Test Facility Base’’ has the meaning given such term in
19 section 4173 of title 10, United States Code.
20 TITLE III—OPERATION AND
21 MAINTENANCE
Subtitle A—Authorization of Appropriations

Sec. 301. Authorization of appropriations.

Subtitle B—Energy and Environment

Sec. 311. Modification of definition of antenna structure project under Military
Aviation and Installation Assurance Clearinghouse for review
of mission obstructions.

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Sec. 312. Extension of period for cooperative agreements under Native Amer-
ican lands environmental mitigation program.
Sec. 313. Extension of requirement to establish a schedule of black start exer-
cises to assess the energy resilience and energy security of mili-
tary installations.
Sec. 314. Change in timeframe for report on ability of Department of Defense
to meet requirements for energy resilience and energy security
measures on military installations.
Sec. 315. Repeal of limitation on procurement of drop-in fuels; annual report.
Sec. 316. Extension of prohibition on required disclosure.
Sec. 317. Increase of transfer authority for funding of study and assessment
on health implications of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances
contamination in drinking water by Agency for Toxic Sub-
stances and Disease Registry.
Sec. 318. Initiative to control and combat the spread of coconut rhinoceros bee-
tle in Hawaii.
Sec. 319. Prohibition on implementation of regulation relating to minimizing
risk of climate change.
Sec. 320. Implementation of Inspector General recommendations relating to
oversight of defense fuel support points.
Sec. 321. Provision by Secretary of the Air Force of meteorological data for Air
Force and Army.

Subtitle C—Logistics and Sustainment

Sec. 331. Joint Safety Council report and briefing requirements.
Sec. 332. Modifications to Comptroller General annual reviews of F–35
sustainment efforts.
Sec. 333. Plans regarding condition and maintenance of prepositioned stock-
piles of Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force.
Sec. 334. Warehouse utilization organization alignment.
Sec. 335. Authority for Government-owned, Government-operated facilities to
access production base support funds.
Sec. 336. Pre-positioned stocks of finished defense textile articles.

Subtitle D—Reports

Subtitle E—Other Matters

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Sec. 355. Anti-lock brake system and electronic stability control kit for certain
Army vehicles.
Sec. 356. Program for advanced manufacturing in the Indo-Pacific region.

1 Subtitle A—Authorization of
2 Appropriations
3 SEC. 301. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

4 Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for
5 fiscal year 2025 for the use of the Armed Forces and other
6 activities and agencies of the Department of Defense for
7 expenses, not otherwise provided for, for operation and
8 maintenance, as specified in the funding table in section
9 4301.
10 Subtitle B—Energy and
11 Environment
12 SEC. 311. MODIFICATION OF DEFINITION OF ANTENNA

13 STRUCTURE PROJECT UNDER MILITARY

14 AVIATION AND INSTALLATION ASSURANCE

15 CLEARINGHOUSE FOR REVIEW OF MISSION

16 OBSTRUCTIONS.

17 Section 183a(h)(2)(A)(ii) of title 10, United States
18 Code, is amended by striking ‘‘under this title’’ and insert-
19 ing ‘‘by law’’.

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1 SEC. 312. EXTENSION OF PERIOD FOR COOPERATIVE

2 AGREEMENTS UNDER NATIVE AMERICAN

3 LANDS ENVIRONMENTAL MITIGATION PRO-

4 GRAM.

5 Section 2713(c)(3) of title 10, United States Code,
6 is amended by striking ‘‘two calendar years’’ and inserting
7 ‘‘five calendar years’’.
8 SEC. 313. EXTENSION OF REQUIREMENT TO ESTABLISH A

9 SCHEDULE OF BLACK START EXERCISES TO

10 ASSESS THE ENERGY RESILIENCE AND EN-

11 ERGY SECURITY OF MILITARY INSTALLA-

12 TIONS.

13 Section 2920(d)(2)(C)(ii) of title 10, United States
14 Code, is amended by striking ‘‘2027’’ and inserting
15 ‘‘2032’’.
16 SEC. 314. CHANGE IN TIMEFRAME FOR REPORT ON ABILITY

17 OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TO MEET RE-

18 QUIREMENTS FOR ENERGY RESILIENCE AND

19 ENERGY SECURITY MEASURES ON MILITARY

20 INSTALLATIONS.

21 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2920(g) of title 10,
22 United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘2029’’ and
23 inserting ‘‘2027’’.
24 (b) BRIEFING REQUIREMENT.—Not later than June
25 30, 2025, the Secretary of Defense shall provide to the
26 congressional defense committees a briefing on the
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1 progress of the Secretary in meeting the requirements
2 under section 2920(a) of title 10, United States Code.
3 SEC. 315. REPEAL OF LIMITATION ON PROCUREMENT OF

4 DROP-IN FUELS; ANNUAL REPORT.

5 (a) REPEAL.—Section 2922h of title 10, United
6 States Code, is repealed.
7 (b) ANNUAL REPORT.—Subchapter II of chapter 173
8 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at
9 the end the following new section:
10 ‘‘§ 2922j. Annual report on purchase of drop-in fuel
11 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not less frequently than annu-
12 ally, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress
13 a report that, for the year covered by the report—
14 ‘‘(1) identifies each instance in which the Sec-
15 retary purchased drop-in fuel that was not cost-com-
16 petitive with traditional fuel; and
17 ‘‘(2) for each instance identified under para-
18 graph (1), states whether the purchase was based on
19 a military requirement or not.
20 ‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
21 ‘‘(1) The term ‘drop-in fuel’ means a neat or
22 blended liquid hydrocarbon fuel designed as a direct
23 replacement for a traditional fuel with comparable
24 performance characteristics and compatible with ex-
25 isting infrastructure and equipment.

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1 ‘‘(2) The term ‘traditional fuel’ means a liquid
2 hydrocarbon fuel derived or refined from petro-
3 leum.’’.
4 SEC. 316. EXTENSION OF PROHIBITION ON REQUIRED DIS-

5 CLOSURE.

6 Section 318(a)(2) of the National Defense Authoriza-
7 tion Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118–31) is
8 amended by striking ‘‘one-year period’’ and inserting
9 ‘‘three-year period’’.
10 SEC. 317. INCREASE OF TRANSFER AUTHORITY FOR FUND-

11 ING OF STUDY AND ASSESSMENT ON HEALTH

12 IMPLICATIONS OF PER- AND

13 POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES CONTAMI-

14 NATION IN DRINKING WATER BY AGENCY

15 FOR TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND DISEASE REG-

16 ISTRY.

17 Clause (iv) of section 316(a)(2)(B) of the National
18 Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public
19 Law 115–91; 131 Stat. 1350), as most recently amended
20 by section 333 of the National Defense Authorization Act
21 for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118–31), is further
22 amended by striking ‘‘during fiscal year 2024’’ and insert-
23 ing ‘‘a year during fiscal years 2024 through 2025’’.

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1 SEC. 318. INITIATIVE TO CONTROL AND COMBAT THE

2 SPREAD OF COCONUT RHINOCEROS BEETLE

3 IN HAWAII.

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall
5 enhance efforts to manage, control, and interdict the coco-
6 nut rhinoceros beetle on military installations in Hawaii.
7 (b) AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.—The efforts required
8 under subsection (a) shall include the following:
9 (1) Carrying out science-based management
10 and control programs to reduce the effect of the co-
11 conut rhinoceros beetle on military installations and
12 to prevent the introduction or spread of the coconut
13 rhinoceros beetle to areas where such beetle has not
14 yet been established.
15 (2) Providing support for interagency and inter-
16 governmental response efforts to control, interdict,
17 monitor, and eradicate the coconut rhinoceros beetle
18 on military installations in Hawaii.
19 (3) Pursuing chemical, biological, and other
20 control techniques, technology transfer, and best
21 practices to support management, control, interdic-
22 tion and, where possible, eradication of the coconut
23 rhinoceros beetle from Hawaii.
24 (4) Establishing an early detection and rapid
25 response mechanism to monitor and deploy coordi-
26 nated efforts if the coconut rhinoceros beetle, or an-
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1 other newly detected invasive alien species, is de-
2 tected at new sites on military installations in Ha-
3 waii.
4 (5) Carrying out such other activities as the
5 Secretary determines appropriate to manage, con-
6 trol, and interdict the coconut rhinoceros beetle on
7 military installations in Hawaii.
8 (c) ANNUAL BRIEFINGS.—Not later than 180 days
9 after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually
10 thereafter for each of the next three years, the Assistant
11 Secretary of the Navy for Energy, Installations, and Envi-
12 ronment shall provide to the Committees on Armed Serv-
13 ices of the House of Representatives and the Senate a
14 briefing on the implementation of this section, which shall
15 include detailed information about the efforts of the Sec-
16 retary to manage, control, and interdict the coconut rhi-
17 noceros beetle on military installations in Hawaii.
18 SEC. 319. PROHIBITION ON IMPLEMENTATION OF REGULA-

19 TION RELATING TO MINIMIZING RISK OF CLI-

20 MATE CHANGE.

21 None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by
22 this Act or otherwise made available for the Department
23 of Defense for fiscal year 2025 may be used to finalize
24 or implement any rule based on the advanced notice of
25 proposed rulemaking titled ‘‘Federal Acquisition Regula-

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1 tion: Minimizing the Risk of Climate Change in Federal
2 Acquisitions’’ (October 15, 2021; 86 Fed. Reg. 57404).
3 SEC. 320. IMPLEMENTATION OF INSPECTOR GENERAL REC-

4 OMMENDATIONS RELATING TO OVERSIGHT

5 OF DEFENSE FUEL SUPPORT POINTS.

6 With respect to each recommendation of the Inspec-
7 tor General of the Department of Defense contained in
8 the report published by the Inspector General on April 11,
9 2024, and titled ‘‘Audit of the Defense Logistics Agency
10 Oversight of Defense Fuel Support Points’’ (DODIG–
11 2024–075), by not later than May 1, 2026, the Secretary
12 of Defense shall—
13 (1) implement such recommendation; or
14 (2) submit to the Committees on Armed Serv-
15 ices of the Senate and the House of Representatives
16 a report containing an explanation of why the Sec-
17 retary has not implemented the recommendation.
18 SEC. 321. PROVISION BY SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE OF

19 METEOROLOGICAL DATA FOR AIR FORCE

20 AND ARMY.

21 (a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection
22 (b), the Secretary of the Air Force shall provide meteoro-
23 logical and environmental services for operations of the
24 Department of the Air Force and shall provide meteoro-
25 logical services for the Department of the Army.

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1 (b) EXCEPTION FOR BALLISTICS DATA.—The re-
2 quirement under subsection (a) shall not apply to meteoro-
3 logical ballistics data for the Department of the Army.
4 Subtitle C—Logistics and
5 Sustainment
6 SEC. 331. JOINT SAFETY COUNCIL REPORT AND BRIEFING

7 REQUIREMENTS.

8 Section 185 of title 10, United States Code, is
9 amended—
10 (1) in subsection (k)—
11 (A) in paragraph (1)—
12 (i) by striking ‘‘Chair’’ and inserting
13 ‘‘Chairperson’’; and
14 (ii) by striking ‘‘semi-annual’’ and in-
15 serting ‘‘biannual’’; and
16 (B) in paragraph (2)—
17 (i) in the matter preceding subpara-
18 graph (A)—
19 (I) by striking ‘‘March 31, 2023,
20 and not later than’’;
21 (II) by striking ‘‘thereafter’’; and
22 (III) by striking ‘‘a report’’ and
23 inserting ‘‘an annual report’’;
24 (ii) in subparagraph (A), by striking
25 ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon;

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1 (iii) in subparagraph (B), by striking
2 the period and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
3 (iv) by adding at the end the following
4 new subparagraph:
5 ‘‘(C) for the year covered by the report—
6 ‘‘(i) releasable information regarding any
7 mishap that occurred during such year; and
8 ‘‘(ii) an identification of any corrective or
9 preventative action implemented pursuant to a
10 recommendation made in a safety or legal in-
11 vestigation report of such a mishap.’’; and
12 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
13 section:
14 ‘‘(l) BIANNUAL BRIEFINGS.—Not later than March
15 31 and December 31 of each year, the Chairperson of the
16 Council shall provide to the congressional defense commit-
17 tees a briefing on the contents of the report required to
18 be submitted under subsection (k)(1) that covers the six-
19 month period preceding the date of the briefing.’’.
20 SEC. 332. MODIFICATIONS TO COMPTROLLER GENERAL AN-

21 NUAL REVIEWS OF F–35 SUSTAINMENT EF-

22 FORTS.

23 Section 357 of the National Defense Authorization
24 Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117–81) is amend-
25 ed—

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1 (1) in subsection (a)—
2 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1),
3 by striking ‘‘2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025’’ and
4 inserting ‘‘2025, 2026, and 2027’’;
5 (B) in paragraph (1)—
6 (i) by striking ‘‘(including’’ and in-
7 serting ‘‘, which may include’’; and
8 (ii) by striking the closing paren-
9 thesis; and
10 (C) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘ as a re-
11 sult of such review’’; and
12 (2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘of the fol-
13 lowing:’’ and all that follows through the period at
14 the end of paragraph (4) and inserting ‘‘of matters
15 regarding the sustainment or affordability of the F–
16 35 Lighting II aircraft program that the Comp-
17 troller General, after consulting with staff from the
18 Committees on Armed Services of the House of Rep-
19 resentatives and the Senate, determines to be of crit-
20 ical importance to the long-term viability of such
21 program.’’.
22 SEC. 333. PLANS REGARDING CONDITION AND MAINTE-

23 NANCE OF PREPOSITIONED STOCKPILES OF

24 NAVY, MARINE CORPS, AND AIR FORCE.

25 (a) PLAN REQUIRED.—

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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after
2 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary
3 of the Navy and the Secretary of the Air Force shall
4 each develop a plan to improve the required inspec-
5 tion procedures for the prepositioned stockpiles of
6 the Armed Force concerned, for the purpose of iden-
7 tifying deficiencies and conducting maintenance re-
8 pairs at levels necessary to ensure such
9 prepositioned stockpiles are mission capable.
10 (2) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR NAVY

11 AND MARINE CORPS PLAN.—The plan of the Sec-
12 retary of the Navy required under paragraph (1)
13 shall include—
14 (A) an analysis of the readiness of ships of
15 the Navy and Marine Corps that hold or facili-
16 tate the off-loading of prepositioned stockpiles;
17 and
18 (B) suggestions for improving inspection
19 procedures of such ships.
20 (b) IMPLEMENTATION.—Not later than 30 days after
21 the date on which the Secretary concerned completes the
22 development of a plan under subsection (a), and not less
23 frequently than twice each year thereafter for the three-
24 year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this
25 Act, the Secretary concerned shall inspect the

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1 prepositioned stockpiles of the Armed Force concerned in
2 accordance with the procedures under such plan.
3 (c) BRIEFINGS.—
4 (1) BRIEFING ON PLAN.—Not later than 120
5 days after the date of the enactment of this Act,
6 each Secretary concerned shall provide to the con-
7 gressional defense committees a briefing on the plan
8 of the Secretary developed under subsection (a).
9 (2) BRIEFINGS ON STATUS OF PREPOSITIONED
10 STOCKPILES.—Not later than 180 days after the
11 date of the enactment of this Act, and every 180
12 days thereafter for the three-year period beginning
13 on the date of the enactment of this Act, each Sec-
14 retary concerned shall provide to the congressional
15 defense committees a briefing on the status and con-
16 dition of the prepositioned stockpiles of the Armed
17 Force concerned.
18 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
19 (1) The term ‘‘Armed Force concerned’’
20 means—
21 (A) the Navy and the Marine Corps, with
22 respect to the Secretary of the Navy;
23 (B) the Air Force, with respect to the Sec-
24 retary of the Air Force.
25 (2) The term ‘‘Secretary concerned’’ means—

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1 (A) the Secretary of the Navy, with respect
2 to matters concerning the Navy and the Marine
3 Corps; and
4 (B) the Secretary of the Air Force, with
5 respect to matters concerning the Air Force.
6 SEC. 334. WAREHOUSE UTILIZATION ORGANIZATION ALIGN-

7 MENT.

8 (a) BRIEFING.—Not later than 90 days after the date
9 of the enactment of this Act, each Secretary of a military
10 department and the Director of the Defense Logistics
11 Agency shall provide to the congressional defense commit-
12 tees a briefing that—
13 (1) identifies the designated organization or
14 command that will serve as the global integrator of
15 that military department or agency and assume re-
16 sponsibilities as the manager of the storage network
17 of that military department or agency; and
18 (2) sets forth a comprehensive plan of the Sec-
19 retary concerned or the Director of the Defense Lo-
20 gistics Agency, as the case may be—
21 (A) to deploy storage space management
22 tools, as authorized by the Assistant Secretary
23 of Defense for Sustainment, across the network
24 of that military department or agency; and

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1 (B) to evaluate approaches for identifying
2 improved supply chain processes, visibility, mis-
3 sion alignment, and cost savings and avoidances
4 enabled through space consolidation.
5 (b) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than one year after
6 the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually there-
7 after for the following five years, each Secretary of a mili-
8 tary department and the Director of the Defense Logistics
9 Agency shall submit to the congressional defense commit-
10 tees a report containing the following:
11 (1) Plans for reconstituting commercially-stored
12 inventory of the Department of Defense into the
13 warehouses of the Department on military installa-
14 tions.
15 (2) Information on barriers to reconstituting
16 such inventory from commercial storage locations.
17 SEC. 335. AUTHORITY FOR GOVERNMENT-OWNED, GOVERN-

18 MENT-OPERATED FACILITIES TO ACCESS

19 PRODUCTION BASE SUPPORT FUNDS.

20 Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-
21 ment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall prescribe
22 regulations providing that Government-owned, Govern-
23 ment-operated facilities are eligible to receive production
24 base support funding from the Army.

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1 SEC. 336. PRE-POSITIONED STOCKS OF FINISHED DEFENSE

2 TEXTILE ARTICLES.

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense may es-
4 tablish pre-positioned stocks of finished defense textile ar-
5 ticles, such as uniforms and protective gear, to support
6 the rapid mobilization and sustainment of members of the
7 Armed Forces during a contingency operation.
8 (b) PLAN TO REDUCE DELAYS.—The Secretary shall
9 develop a plan for phasing in and targeting policy changes
10 relating to defense textile articles to reduce delinquencies
11 and mitigate delays between policy decisions that may re-
12 sult in the miscalculation of stockpiling in order to ensure
13 ample finished textiles are available to prevent a scenario
14 in which the demand for certain articles is ramping down
15 by the time the supply chain can ramp up to meet the
16 need.
17 Subtitle D—Reports
18 SEC. 341. MODIFICATION OF READINESS REPORTS TO IN-

19 CLUDE TOTAL NUMBER OF COMBAT READI-

20 NESS UPGRADES OR DOWNGRADES.

21 Paragraph (5) of section 482(b) of title 10, United
22 States Code, is amended to read as follows:
23 ‘‘(5) The total number of upgrades and the
24 total number of downgrades of the combat readiness
25 of a unit that were issued by the commander of the
26 unit, disaggregated by armed force.’’.
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1 SEC. 342. EXTENSION AND EXPANSION OF INCIDENT RE-

2 PORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR DEPARTMENT

3 OF DEFENSE.

4 Section 363 of the National Defense Authorization
5 Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117–81; 10 U.S.C.
6 2722 note) is amended—
7 (1) in subsection (a), in the matter preceding
8 paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘fiscal years 2022, 2023,
9 and 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal years 2022 through
10 2029’’; and
11 (2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘to the Na-
12 tional Crime Information Center and local law en-
13 forcement.’’ and inserting ‘‘to—
14 ‘‘(1) the National Crime Information Center;
15 ‘‘(2) local law enforcement; and
16 ‘‘(3) the Committees on Armed Services of the
17 Senate and the House of Representatives.’’.
18 SEC. 343. ANNUAL BRIEFING ON OPERATIONAL READINESS

19 OF 53RD WEATHER RECONNAISSANCE

20 SQUADRON PRIOR TO COMMENCEMENT OF

21 OFFICIAL HURRICANE SEASON.

22 Not later than March 31, 2025, and annually there-
23 after for each of the subsequent two years, the com-
24 manding officer of the 22nd Air Force shall provide to
25 the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the
26 House of Representatives a briefing on the operational
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1 readiness of the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron.
2 Each such briefing shall address spares, personnel, sup-
3 porting infrastructure, and such other matters as the com-
4 manding officer determines appropriate.
5 Subtitle E—Other Matters
6 SEC. 351. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR SECRETARY OF

7 DEFENSE TO USE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

8 REIMBURSEMENT RATE FOR TRANSPOR-

9 TATION SERVICES PROVIDED TO CERTAIN

10 NON-DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ENTITIES.

11 Section 2642(b) of title 10, United States Code is
12 amended by striking ‘‘October 1, 2024’’ and inserting
13 ‘‘October 1, 2026’’.
14 SEC. 352. IMPROVEMENTS TO FIREGUARD PROGRAM OF

15 NATIONAL GUARD.

16 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 510 of title 32, United
17 States Code, is amended—
18 (1) by striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ and inserting
19 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary’’; and
20 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
21 section:
22 ‘‘(b) CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS.—(1) The Sec-
23 retary of Defense may enter into a contract or cooperative
24 agreement with a qualified individual or entity for the per-
25 formance of duties to supplement members of the National

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1 Guard in carrying out the FireGuard Program under sub-
2 section (a).
3 ‘‘(2) In association with a contract or cooperative
4 agreement entered into under paragraph (1) with a quali-
5 fied individual or entity, the Chief of the National Guard
6 Bureau, in coordination with relevant State, local, and
7 commercial entities, shall execute a memorandum of un-
8 derstanding with the qualified individual or entity, which
9 shall clearly delineate the roles, responsibilities, functions,
10 timelines, and end dates for the transition of the duties
11 to be performed under the contract or cooperative agree-
12 ment.
13 ‘‘(3) In this subsection, the term ‘qualified individual
14 or entity’ means—
15 ‘‘(A) any individual who possesses a requisite
16 security clearance for handling classified remote
17 sensing data for the purpose of wildfire detection
18 and monitoring; or
19 ‘‘(B) any corporation, firm, partnership, com-
20 pany, nonprofit, Federal agency or sub-agency, or
21 State or local government, with contractors or em-
22 ployees who possess a requisite security clearance for
23 handling such data.’’.
24 (b) REPORT.—

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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after
2 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary
3 of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of Ag-
4 riculture and any National Guard units affected by
5 subsection (b) of section 510 of title 32, United
6 States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall sub-
7 mit to Congress a report that includes an evaluation
8 of the effectiveness of the FireGuard Program under
9 such section and of opportunities to further engage
10 civilian capacity within the program.
11 (2) MATTERS INCLUDED.—The report under
12 paragraph (1) shall include the following:
13 (A) An assessment of the efficacy of the
14 FireGuard Program in detecting and moni-
15 toring wildfires, including the speed of detec-
16 tion.
17 (B) A plan to facilitate production and dis-
18 semination of unclassified remote sensing infor-
19 mation for use by civilian organizations, includ-
20 ing Federal, State, and local government orga-
21 nizations, in carrying out wildfire detection ac-
22 tivities.
23 (C) An assessment of the sustainability of
24 the Fireguard program, including the cost, the

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1 effects on readiness, and the effects on other re-
2 quired missions.
3 SEC. 353. COUNTER UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEM THREAT

4 LIBRARY.

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the
6 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the
7 Army, through the Joint Counter-Small Unmanned Air-
8 craft Systems Office, shall establish and maintain a threat
9 library, or expand and maintain an existing threat library,
10 to coordinate efforts across the Department of Defense to
11 counter unmanned aircraft systems.
12 (b) INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED.—The threat li-
13 brary required under subsection (a) shall include—
14 (1) classified and unclassified information relat-
15 ing to known or suspected threats from unmanned
16 aircraft systems;
17 (2) proposed solutions for countering such
18 known threats; and
19 (3) a comprehensive listing of global incursions
20 from unmanned aircraft systems at installations of
21 the Department of Defense.
22 (c) DISSEMINATION.—The Secretary of the Army,
23 through the Joint Counter-Small Unmanned Aircraft Sys-
24 tems Office, shall establish a framework to share the infor-
25 mation contained in the threat library required under sub-

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1 section (a) with the military departments, the combatant
2 commands, other Federal agencies, and relevant indus-
3 tries, as determined by the Secretary of the Army, in order
4 to maintain technological superiority in aerial defense.
5 SEC. 354. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR

6 TRAVEL EXPENSES OF OFFICE OF SEC-

7 RETARY OF DEFENSE UNTIL SUBMISSION OF

8 CERTAIN DOCUMENTS.

9 Of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this
10 Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2025 for
11 operation and maintenance, defense-wide, and available
12 for the Office of the Secretary of Defense for travel ex-
13 penses, not more than 75 percent may be obligated or ex-
14 pended until the date on which the Secretary of Defense
15 has submitted to the congressional defense committees all
16 of the following documents:
17 (1) The implementation plan for the Joint Con-
18 cept for Competing released on February 10, 2023,
19 as required by section 1088 of the National Defense
20 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law
21 118–31; 137 Stat. 419; 10 U.S.C. 113 note).
22 (2) The Department of Defense Operations in
23 the Information Environment Implementation Plan,
24 as referenced in the Strategy for Operations in the
25 Information Environment released in July 2023.

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1 (3) The Special Operations Forces joint oper-
2 ating concept for competition and conflict, as re-
3 quired by section 1047(a) of the National Defense
4 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law
5 117–81; 135 Stat. 1905).
6 (4) Unredacted copies of documents requested
7 by the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate
8 during the period beginning on January 1, 2024,
9 and ending on June 1, 2024.
10 SEC. 355. ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM AND ELECTRONIC

11 STABILITY CONTROL KIT FOR CERTAIN ARMY

12 VEHICLES.

13 (a) REQUIREMENT.—By not later than September
14 30, 2033, the Secretary of the Army shall ensure that all
15 high-mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicles of the Army
16 are equipped with an anti-lock brake system and electronic
17 stability control kit.
18 (b) PLAN.—Not later than 90 days after the date of
19 the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Army shall
20 submit to the congressional defense committees a plan to
21 carry out subsection (a). Such plan shall include each of
22 the following:
23 (1) A description of the steps required to in-
24 crease production of anti-lock brake systems and
25 electronic stability control kits and retrofit high-mo-

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1 bility multipurpose wheeled vehicles at Red River
2 Army Depot, Texas, and its associated flyaway
3 teams.
4 (2) An identification of any challenges to meet-
5 ing the requirement under subsection (a) and a list
6 of steps required to address those challenges.
7 (3) An estimated monthly rate of retrofits need-
8 ed to meet the requirement under subsection (a).
9 (4) A funding plan for carrying out the steps
10 referred to in paragraphs (1) and (2).
11 (5) An identification of any authorities or fund-
12 ing required for any secondary destination transpor-
13 tation necessary to carry out the plan.
14 (c) ANNUAL CERTIFICATION.—Not later than each of
15 March 1, 2025, March 1, 2026, and March 1, 2027, the
16 Secretary of the Army shall certify to the congressional
17 defense committees that the budget of the Army will en-
18 able the Army to meet the requirement under subsection
19 (a).
20 SEC. 356. PROGRAM FOR ADVANCED MANUFACTURING IN

21 THE INDO-PACIFIC REGION.

22 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 180 days after
23 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of
24 Defense, acting through the Secretary of the Navy and
25 in consultation with the Commander of the United States

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1 Indo-Pacific Command, shall carry out a program under
2 which the Secretary shall establish an advanced manufac-
3 turing facility on or near a military installation within the
4 area of responsibility of the United States Indo-Pacific
5 Command for the purpose of—
6 (1) meeting flexible manufacturing require-
7 ments to support the submarine, shipbuilding, and
8 other defense activity industrial bases;
9 (2) fostering partnerships between industry,
10 local universities, and workforce training programs
11 to develop a local workforce in the vicinity of such
12 facility capable of meeting advanced manufacturing
13 demands;
14 (3) coordinating responses to requirements of
15 the Submarine Industrial Base Task Force, the
16 United States Indo-Pacific Command, the Innova-
17 tion Capability and Modernization Office of the De-
18 partment of Defense, the Industrial Base Analysis
19 and Sustainment program of the Department, and
20 other relevant defense organizations;
21 (4) providing for the manufacturing of un-
22 manned vehicles, including surface and underwater
23 vehicles, and develops ship maintenance capabilities;
24 and

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1 (5) responding to needs across the uniformed
2 services and the defense industrial base.
3 (b) ELEMENTS.—In carrying out subsection (a), the
4 Secretary shall—
5 (1) ensure that the advanced manufacturing fa-
6 cility under such subsection is capable of—
7 (A) applying advanced manufacturing to
8 small and large metal and composite structures;
9 (B) manufacturing systems and compo-
10 nents that—
11 (i) use appropriate advanced manufac-
12 turing methods including hybrid and addi-
13 tive (for example, additive manufacturing,
14 powder bed fusion manufacturing, cold
15 spray manufacturing, or other similar
16 manufacturing capabilities); and
17 (ii) maintain a set of modern local
18 machining systems with at least five-axis
19 capability sufficient to support require-
20 ments;
21 (C) maintaining a production capability
22 across critical materials of the Navy in order to
23 respond to emerging repair and production re-
24 quirements during conflict; and

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1 (2) ensure broad workforce participation by es-
2 tablishing the facility either outside of a military in-
3 stallation (but very close to a military installation)
4 or onboard a military installation with readily avail-
5 able access to a civilian trainee workforce.
6 (c) REPORT.—Not later than December 1 of the year
7 after the year during which a facility is established under
8 subsection (a), the Secretary shall submit to the Commit-
9 tees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of
10 Representatives a report summarizing the actions taken
11 under the program established under such subsection, in-
12 cluding information on how the program is supporting ini-
13 tiatives of the United States Indo-Pacific Command.
14 (d) ADVANCED MANUFACTURING DEFINED.—In this
15 section, the term ‘‘advanced manufacturing’’ means a
16 manufacturing process using the following techniques:
17 (1) Additive manufacturing.
18 (2) Wire-arc additive manufacturing.
19 (3) Powder bed fusion manufacturing.
20 (4) Other similar manufacturing capabilities.
21 TITLE IV—MILITARY
22 PERSONNEL AUTHORIZATIONS
Subtitle A—Active Forces

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Subtitle B—Reserve Forces

Subtitle C—Authorization of Appropriations

Sec. 421. Military personnel.

Subtitle D—Reports

Sec. 431. Annual defense manpower profile report: expansion of justifications
for end strengths.

1 Subtitle A—Active Forces
2 SEC. 401. END STRENGTHS FOR ACTIVE FORCES.

3 The Armed Forces are authorized strengths for active
4 duty personnel as of September 30, 2025, as follows:
5 (1) The Army, 442,300.
6 (2) The Navy, 332,300.
7 (3) The Marine Corps, 172,300.
8 (4) The Air Force, 320,000.
9 (5) The Space Force, 9,800.
10 SEC. 402. ANNUAL END STRENGTH AUTHORIZATION FOR

11 THE SPACE FORCE.

12 (a) END STRENGTH AUTHORIZATION BY LAW FOR
13 SPACE FORCE TO BE A SINGLE NUMBER FOR MEMBERS
14 IN SPACE FORCE ACTIVE STATUS.—

15 (1) REQUIREMENT.—Subsection (a) of section
16 115 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by
17 adding at the end the following new paragraph:

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1 ‘‘(3) The end strength for the Space Force for
2 members in space force active status.’’.
3 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Such sub-
4 section is further amended—
5 (A) in the subsection heading, by striking
6 ‘‘AND SELECTED RESERVE’’ and inserting ‘‘,
7 SELECTED RESERVE, AND SPACE FORCE’’; and
8 (B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘each of
9 the armed forces (other than the Coast Guard)’’
10 and inserting ‘‘the Army, Navy, Air Force, and
11 Marine Corps’’.
12 (b) CORRESPONDING LIMITATION ON APPROPRIA-
13 TIONS.—Subsection (c) of such section is amended—

14 (1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘; or’’ and in-
15 serting a semicolon;
16 (2) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para-
17 graph (4); and
18 (3) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol-
19 lowing new paragraph:
20 ‘‘(3) the use of members of the Space Force in
21 space force active status unless the end strength for
22 the Space Force for that fiscal year for members in
23 space force active status has been authorized by law;
24 or’’.

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1 (c) AUTHORITY FOR VARIANCES OF END
2 STRENGTH.—
3 (1) SECRETARY OF DEFENSE.—Subsection (f)
4 of such section is amended—
5 (A) in the subsection heading, by striking
6 ‘‘AND SELECTED RESERVE’’ and inserting ‘‘,
7 SELECTED RESERVE, AND SPACE FORCE’’; and
8 (B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘sub-
9 section (a)(1)(A)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph
10 (1)(A) or (3) of subsection (a)’’.
11 (2) SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE.—Sub-

12 section (g) of such section is amended—
13 (A) in the subsection heading, by striking
14 ‘‘AND SELECTED RESERVE’’ and inserting ‘‘,
15 SELECTED RESERVE, AND SPACE FORCE’’; and
16 (B) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ‘‘sub-
17 section (a)(1)(A)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph
18 (1)(A) or (3) of subsection (a)’’.
19 (3) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made
20 by paragraphs (1) and (2) shall take effect upon the
21 date specified under paragraph (2) of section
22 1736(a) of the Space Force Personnel Management
23 Act (title XVII of Public Law 118–31; 137 Stat.
24 677) for the expiration of the authority provided by
25 paragraph (1) of that section.

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1 (4) CONFORMING CROSS-REFERENCE AMEND-

2 MENTS TO SFPMA.—Section 1736(a)(1) of the Space

3 Force Personnel Management Act (title XVII of
4 Public Law 118–31) is amended by striking ‘‘section
5 115(a)(1)(A)’’ both places it appears and inserting
6 ‘‘section 115(a)(3)’’.
7 SEC. 403. TEMPORARY EXCLUSION OF MENTAL HEALTH

8 CARE PROVIDERS FROM AUTHORIZED

9 STRENGTHS OF CERTAIN OFFICERS ON AC-

10 TIVE DUTY.

11 (a) TEMPORARY EXCLUSION.—During fiscal years
12 2025 through 2027, officers who are licensed mental
13 health providers (including clinical psychologists, licensed
14 clinical social workers, mental health nurse practitioners,
15 and psychiatric physician assistants) shall be excluded in
16 computing and determining authorized strengths under
17 section 523 of title 10, United States Code.
18 (b) PROPOSAL.—Not later than September 30, 2025,
19 the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees
20 on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Represent-
21 atives a report containing recommendations of the Sec-
22 retary regarding amendments to subsection (b) of such
23 section that would eliminate permanent exclusions to com-
24 putations and determinations under such section.

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1 Subtitle B—Reserve Forces
2 SEC. 411. END STRENGTHS FOR SELECTED RESERVE.

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Armed Forces are authorized
4 strengths for Selected Reserve personnel of the reserve
5 components as of September 30, 2025, as follows:
6 (1) The Army National Guard of the United
7 States, 325,000.
8 (2) The Army Reserve, 175,800.
9 (3) The Navy Reserve, 57,700.
10 (4) The Marine Corps Reserve, 32,500.
11 (5) The Air National Guard of the United
12 States, 108,300.
13 (6) The Air Force Reserve, 67,000.
14 (7) The Coast Guard Reserve, 7,000.
15 (b) END STRENGTH REDUCTIONS.—The end
16 strengths prescribed by subsection (a) for the Selected Re-
17 serve of any reserve component shall be proportionately
18 reduced by—
19 (1) the total authorized strength of units orga-
20 nized to serve as units of the Selected Reserve of
21 such component which are on active duty (other
22 than for training) at the end of the fiscal year; and
23 (2) the total number of individual members not
24 in units organized to serve as units of the Selected
25 Reserve of such component who are on active duty

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1 (other than for training or for unsatisfactory partici-
2 pation in training) without their consent at the end
3 of the fiscal year.
4 (c) END STRENGTH INCREASES.—Whenever units or
5 individual members of the Selected Reserve for any reserve
6 component are released from active duty during any fiscal
7 year, the end strength prescribed for such fiscal year for
8 the Selected Reserve of such reserve component shall be
9 increased proportionately by the total authorized strengths
10 of such units and by the total number of such individual
11 members.
12 SEC. 412. END STRENGTHS FOR RESERVES ON ACTIVE

13 DUTY IN SUPPORT OF THE RESERVES.

14 Within the end strengths prescribed in section
15 411(a), the reserve components of the Armed Forces are
16 authorized, as of September 30, 2025, the following num-
17 ber of Reserves to be serving on full-time active duty or
18 full-time duty, in the case of members of the National
19 Guard, for the purpose of organizing, administering, re-
20 cruiting, instructing, or training the reserve components:
21 (1) The Army National Guard of the United
22 States, 30,845.
23 (2) The Army Reserve, 16,511.
24 (3) The Navy Reserve, 10,132.
25 (4) The Marine Corps Reserve, 2,400.

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1 (5) The Air National Guard of the United
2 States, 25,982.
3 (6) The Air Force Reserve, 6,311.
4 SEC. 413. END STRENGTHS FOR MILITARY TECHNICIANS

5 (DUAL STATUS).

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—The minimum number of military
7 technicians (dual status) as of the last day of fiscal year
8 2025 for the reserve components of the Army and the Air
9 Force (notwithstanding section 129 of title 10, United
10 States Code) shall be the following:
11 (1) For the Army National Guard of the United
12 States, 22,294.
13 (2) For the Army Reserve, 6,492.
14 (3) For the Air National Guard of the United
15 States, 10,744.
16 (4) For the Air Force Reserve, 6,697.
17 (b) LIMITATION ON NUMBER OF TEMPORARY MILI-
18 TARY TECHNICIANS (DUAL STATUS).—The number of
19 temporary military technicians (dual status) under sub-
20 section (a) may not exceed 25 percent of the total number
21 authorized under such subsection.
22 (c) PROHIBITION.—A State may not coerce a military
23 technician (dual status) to accept an offer of realignment
24 or conversion to any other military status, including as
25 a member on Active Guard and Reserve duty. No action

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1 may be taken against an individual, or the position of such
2 individual, who refuses such an offer solely on the basis
3 of such refusal.
4 SEC. 414. MAXIMUM NUMBER OF RESERVE PERSONNEL AU-

5 THORIZED TO BE ON ACTIVE DUTY FOR

6 OPERATIONAL SUPPORT.

7 During fiscal year 2025, the maximum number of
8 members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces
9 who may be serving at any time on full-time operational
10 support duty under section 115(b) of title 10, United
11 States Code, is the following:
12 (1) The Army National Guard of the United
13 States, 17,000.
14 (2) The Army Reserve, 13,000.
15 (3) The Navy Reserve, 6,200.
16 (4) The Marine Corps Reserve, 3,000.
17 (5) The Air National Guard of the United
18 States, 16,000.
19 (6) The Air Force Reserve, 14,000.
20 Subtitle C—Authorization of
21 Appropriations
22 SEC. 421. MILITARY PERSONNEL.

23 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Funds
24 are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year
25 2025 for the use of the Armed Forces and other activities

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1 and agencies of the Department of Defense for expenses,
2 not otherwise provided for, for military personnel, as spec-
3 ified in the funding table in section 4401.
4 (b) CONSTRUCTION OF AUTHORIZATION.—The au-
5 thorization of appropriations in the subsection (a) super-
6 sedes any other authorization of appropriations (definite
7 or indefinite) for such purpose for fiscal year 2025.
8 Subtitle D—Reports
9 SEC. 431. ANNUAL DEFENSE MANPOWER PROFILE REPORT:

10 EXPANSION OF JUSTIFICATIONS FOR END

11 STRENGTHS.

12 Section 115a of title 10, United States Code, is
13 amended—
14 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Congress’’
15 and inserting ‘‘the Committees on Armed Services of
16 the Senate and the House of Representatives, and
17 furnish to any Member of Congress upon request,’’;
18 and
19 (2) in subsection (b)—
20 (A) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ before ‘‘The Sec-
21 retary’’; and
22 (B) by adding at the end the following new
23 paragraph:
24 ‘‘(2) The justification and explanation required by
25 paragraph (1) shall include the following:

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1 ‘‘(A) An explanation of how personnel end
2 strength level requests address threats described in
3 the national defense strategy under section 113(g) of
4 this title.
5 ‘‘(B) The rationale for recommended increases
6 or decreases in active, reserve, and civilian personnel
7 for each component of the Department of Defense.
8 ‘‘(C) The actual end strength number for each
9 armed force for the prior fiscal year, compared to
10 authorized end strength levels.
11 ‘‘(D) The shortfall in recruiting by each armed
12 force as a percentage, as the Secretary determines
13 appropriate.’’.
14 TITLE V—MILITARY PERSONNEL
15 POLICY
Subtitle A—Officer Policy

Sec. 501. Redistribution of general officers of the Marine Corps on active duty.
Sec. 502. Authority to exclude additional positions from limitations on the
number of general officers and flag officers on active duty.
Sec. 503. Eligibility for consideration for promotion: time-in-grade and other
requirements.
Sec. 504. Temporary authority to increase the number of nurse officers rec-
ommended for promotion.
Sec. 505. Talent management and personnel retention for members of the
Armed Forces.
Sec. 506. Consideration of merit by special selection review boards.
Sec. 507. Effect of failure of selection for promotion: captains and majors of
the Army, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Space Force and lieu-
tenants and lieutenant commanders of the Navy.
Sec. 508. Modification of authority to separate officers when in the best inter-
est of the service.
Sec. 509. Remote appearance before a board of inquiry.
Sec. 509A. Marine Corps Deputy Commandants.
Sec. 509B. Improvements relating to Medical Officer of the Marine Corps posi-
tion.

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Sec. 509C. Vice Chief of Space Operations; vacancy in position of Chief of
Space Operations.
Sec. 509D. Repeal of active duty service requirement for warrant officer ap-
pointments in Air Force and Space Force.
Sec. 509E. Removal of officers from a list of Space Force officers recommended
for promotion.
Sec. 509F. Pilot program on peer and subordinate assessments of certain offi-
cers.

Subtitle B—Reserve Component Management

Subtitle C—General Service Authorities, Decorations and Awards, and
Military Records

Subtitle D—Recruitment

Sec. 531. Expansion of report on future servicemember preparatory course.
Sec. 532. Promoting military, national, and public service.
Sec. 533. Military recruiter physical access to campuses.
Sec. 534. Military Entrance Processing Command: acceleration of review of
medical records.
Sec. 535. Medical Accession Records Pilot program: notice of termination.
Sec. 536. Provision of information regarding Federal service to certain persons
ineligible to enlist in certain Armed Forces.
Sec. 537. Reimbursement of applicants to certain Armed Forces for certain
medical costs incurred during military entrance processing.
Sec. 538. Authority to modernize recruitment for the Army.
Sec. 539. Program of military recruitment and education at the National Sep-
tember 11 Memorial and Museum.
Sec. 539A. Maritime workforce promotion and recruitment.

Subtitle E—Training

Sec. 541. Improvements to financial literacy training.

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Sec. 542. Extension of JROTC programs to the Job Corps.
Sec. 543. Minimum number of participating students required to establish or
maintain a unit of JROTC.
Sec. 544. JROTC waiting list.
Sec. 545. Number of Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps units.
Sec. 546. Required constitutional law training.
Sec. 547. Prohibition on Federal funds for the Department of Defense Coun-
tering Extremism Work Group.

Subtitle F—Member Education

Subtitle G—Military Justice and Other Legal Matters

Sec. 561. Clarifying amendment to Article 2 of the Uniform Code of Military
Justice.
Sec. 562. Authority of special trial counsel with respect to certain offenses oc-
curring before effective date of military justice reforms.
Sec. 563. Detailing of appellate defense counsel.
Sec. 564. Modification to offense of aiding the enemy under the Uniform Code
of Military Justice.
Sec. 565. Removal of marriage as a defense to article 120b offenses.
Sec. 566. Consolidation of military justice reporting requirements for the mili-
tary departments.
Sec. 567. Term of office for judges of the Court of Military Commission Re-
view.
Sec. 568. Continuity of coverage under certain provisions of title 18, United
States Code.
Sec. 569. Correction of certain citations in title 18, United States Code, relat-
ing to sexual offenses.
Sec. 569A. Modification of timeline for potential implementation of study on
unanimous court-martial verdicts.

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Sec. 569B. Removal of personally identifying and other information of certain
persons from the Department of Defense Central Index of In-
vestigations.
Sec. 569C. Expanded command notifications to victims of domestic violence.
Sec. 569D. Extension of Defense Advisory Committee on Investigation, Pros-
ecution, and Defense of Sexual Assault in the Armed Forces.
Sec. 569E. Analysis on the advisability of revising Military Rule of Evidence
513.
Sec. 569F. Analysis of prohibition on broadcast and distribution of digitally
manipulated intimate images under the Uniform Code of Mili-
tary Justice.

Subtitle H—Career Transition

Subtitle I—Family Programs and Child Care

Subtitle J—Dependent Education

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Sec. 597. Enrollment in defense dependents’ education system of children of
foreign military members assigned to United Nations Com-
mand.
Sec. 598. Certain assistance to local educational agencies that benefit depend-
ents of military and civilian personnel.
Sec. 599. Training requirements teachers in 21st century schools of the De-
partment of Defense Education Activity.
Sec. 599A. Overseas transfer program for educators in schools operated by the
Department of Defense Education Activity.
Sec. 599B. Parental right to notice of student nonproficiency in reading or lan-
guage arts.

1 Subtitle A—Officer Policy
2 SEC. 501. REDISTRIBUTION OF GENERAL OFFICERS OF THE

3 MARINE CORPS ON ACTIVE DUTY.

4 Section 525(a)(4) of title 10, United States Code, is
5 amended—
6 (1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘17’’ and
7 inserting ‘‘18’’; and
8 (2) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘22’’ and
9 replacing with ‘‘21.’’
10 SEC. 502. AUTHORITY TO EXCLUDE ADDITIONAL POSITIONS

11 FROM LIMITATIONS ON THE NUMBER OF

12 GENERAL OFFICERS AND FLAG OFFICERS ON

13 ACTIVE DUTY.

14 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 526 of title 10, United
15 States Code, is amended—
16 (1) by redesignating subsections (g) through (j)
17 as subsections (h) through (k), respectively; and
18 (2) by inserting, after subsection (f), the fol-
19 lowing new subsection (g):

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1 ‘‘(g) SECRETARY OF DEFENSE ADAPTIVE FORCE AC-
2 COUNT.—The limitations in subsection (a) and in section

3 525(a) of this title do not apply to a general officer or
4 flag officer assigned to the Secretary of Defense Adaptive
5 Force Account as designated by the Secretary of Defense.
6 The total number of positions designated as the Secretary
7 of Defense Adaptive Force Account for purposes of this
8 subsection shall not exceed 35.’’.
9 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 501(a)(3)
10 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
11 2017 (Public Law 114–328; 10 U.S.C. 525 note) is hereby
12 repealed.
13 SEC. 503. ELIGIBILITY FOR CONSIDERATION FOR PRO-

14 MOTION: TIME-IN-GRADE AND OTHER RE-

15 QUIREMENTS.

16 (a) WARRANT OFFICERS.—Section 577 of title 10,
17 United States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘or an ap-
18 proved retirement date’’ after ‘‘an established separation
19 date that is within 90 days after the date on which the
20 board is convened’’.
21 (b) OFFICERS.—Section 619(c)(2)(C) of title 10,
22 United States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘or an ap-
23 proved retirement date’’ after ‘‘an established separation
24 date that is within 90 days after the date the board is
25 convened’’.

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1 (c) RESERVE COMPONENTS.—Section 14301(f) of
2 title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as fol-
3 lows:
4 ‘‘(f) NONCONSIDERATION OF OFFICERS SCHEDULED
5 FOR REMOVAL FROM RESERVE ACTIVE-STATUS LIST.—

6 The Secretary of the military department concerned may,
7 by regulation, preclude from consideration by a selection
8 board by which an officer would otherwise be eligible to
9 be considered, an officer who has an established separa-
10 tion date that is within 90 days after the date the board
11 is convened or an approved retirement date.’’.
12 SEC. 504. TEMPORARY AUTHORITY TO INCREASE THE NUM-

13 BER OF NURSE OFFICERS RECOMMENDED

14 FOR PROMOTION.

15 Section 616(d) of title 10, United States Code, is
16 amended—
17 (1) by striking ‘‘The number’’ and inserting
18 ‘‘(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the number’’; and
19 (2) by adding at the end the following new
20 paragraph (2):
21 ‘‘(2) During the period beginning on January 1,
22 2025, and ending on December 31, 2030, the number of
23 officers recommended for promotion by a selection board
24 convened under section 611(a) of this title may not equal
25 or exceed 100 percent of the number of officers included

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1 in the promotion zone established under section 623 of
2 this title for consideration by the board, for nurse officers
3 recommended for promotion to major or lieutenant com-
4 mander, if the Secretary concerned determines that such
5 greater number is necessary to maintain or improve med-
6 ical readiness.’’.
7 SEC. 505. TALENT MANAGEMENT AND PERSONNEL RETEN-

8 TION FOR MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES.

9 (a) AUTHORITY FOR OFFICERS TO OPT-OUT OF PRO-
10 MOTION BOARD CONSIDERATION.—

11 (1) REGULAR OFFICERS.—Section 619(e)(2)(A)
12 of title 10, United States Code, is amended—
13 (A) by inserting ‘‘training,’’ after ‘‘Depart-
14 ment,’’; and
15 (B) by striking ‘‘assignment or education’’
16 and inserting ‘‘assignment, education, or train-
17 ing’’.
18 (2) RESERVE OFFICERS.—Section

19 14301(j)(2)(A) of title 10, United States Code, is
20 amended—
21 (A) by inserting ‘‘training,’’ after ‘‘Depart-
22 ment,’’; and
23 (B) by striking ‘‘assignment or education’’
24 and inserting ‘‘assignment, education, or train-
25 ing’’.

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1 (b) EFFECT OF FAILURE OF SELECTION FOR PRO-
2 MOTION FOR CERTAIN OFFICERS.—

3 (1) FIRST LIEUTENANTS AND LIEUTENANTS

4 (JUNIOR GRADE).—Section 631(a) of title 10, United

5 States Code, is amended—
6 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘the
7 President approves the report of the board
8 which considered him for the second time’’ and
9 inserting ‘‘the Secretary concerned releases the
10 promotion results of the board which considered
11 the officer for the second time to the public’’;
12 and
13 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘the
14 President approves the report of the board
15 which considered him for the second time’’ and
16 inserting ‘‘the Secretary concerned releases the
17 promotion results of the board which considered
18 the officer for the second time to the public’’.
19 (2) CAPTAINS AND MAJORS OF THE ARMY, AIR
20 FORCE, AND MARINE CORPS AND LIEUTENANTS AND

21 LIEUTENANT COMMANDERS OF THE NAVY.—Section

22 632(a)(2) of such title is amended by striking ‘‘the
23 President approves the report of the board which
24 considered him for the second time’’ and inserting
25 ‘‘the Secretary concerned releases the promotion re-

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1 sults of the board which considered the officer for
2 the second time to the public’’.
3 (3) REGULAR NAVY AND REGULAR MARINE

4 CORPS OFFICERS DESIGNATED FOR LIMITED

5 DUTY.—Section 8372 of such title is amended—

6 (A) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘the
7 President approves the report of the selection
8 board in which the officer is considered as hav-
9 ing failed of selection for promotion to the
10 grade of commander or lieutenant colonel for
11 the second time’’ and inserting ‘‘the Secretary
12 concerned releases the promotion results of the
13 board which considered the officer for the sec-
14 ond time to the public’’;
15 (B) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘the
16 President approves the report of the selection
17 board in which the officer is considered as hav-
18 ing failed of selection for promotion to the
19 grade of lieutenant commander or major for the
20 second time’’ and inserting ‘‘the Secretary con-
21 cerned releases the promotion results of the
22 board which considered the officer for the sec-
23 ond time to the public’’; and
24 (C) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘the
25 President approves the report of the selection

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1 board in which the officer is considered as hav-
2 ing failed of selection for promotion to the
3 grade of lieutenant or captain, respectively, for
4 the second time’’ and inserting ‘‘the Secretary
5 concerned releases the promotion results of the
6 board which considered the officer for the sec-
7 ond time to the public’’.
8 (4) RESERVE FIRST LIEUTENANTS OF THE

9 ARMY, AIR FORCE, AND MARINE CORPS AND RE-

10 SERVE LIEUTENANTS (JUNIOR GRADE) OF THE

11 NAVY.—Section 14504 of such title is amended—

12 (A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘the
13 President approves the report of the board
14 which considered the officer for the second
15 time’’ and inserting ‘‘the Secretary concerned
16 releases the promotion results of the board
17 which considered the officer for the second time
18 to the public’’; and
19 (B) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘Presi-
20 dent approves the report of the selection board
21 which resulted in the second failure’’ and in-
22 serting ‘‘the Secretary concerned releases the
23 promotion results of the board which considered
24 the officer for the second time to the public’’.

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1 (5) RESERVE CAPTAINS OF THE ARMY, AIR
2 FORCE, AND MARINE CORPS AND RESERVE LIEUTEN-

3 ANTS OF THE NAVY.—Section 14505 of such title is

4 amended by striking ‘‘the President approves the re-
5 port of the board which considered the officer for
6 the second time’’ and inserting ‘‘the Secretary con-
7 cerned releases the promotion results of the board
8 which considered the officer for the second time to
9 the public’’.
10 (6) RESERVE MAJORS OF THE ARMY, AIR

11 FORCE, AND MARINE CORPS AND RESERVE LIEUTEN-

12 ANT COMMANDERS OF THE NAVY.—Section 14506 of

13 such title is amended by striking ‘‘the President ap-
14 proves the report of the board which considered the
15 officer for the second time’’ and inserting ‘‘the Sec-
16 retary concerned releases the promotion results of
17 the board which considered the officer for the second
18 time to the public’’.
19 SEC. 506. CONSIDERATION OF MERIT BY SPECIAL SELEC-

20 TION REVIEW BOARDS.

21 (a) REGULAR COMPONENTS.—Section 628a(d)(4)(A)
22 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting
23 ‘‘ranks in the upper half of an order of merit created by
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1 an order of merit created by the special selection review
2 board as better qualified’’.
3 (b) RESERVE COMPONENTS.—Section
4 14502a(d)(4)(A) of title 10, United States Code, is
5 amended by inserting ‘‘ranks in the upper half of an order
6 of merit created by the special selection review board or’’
7 before ‘‘ranks on an order of merit created by the special
8 selection review board as better qualified’’.
9 SEC. 507. EFFECT OF FAILURE OF SELECTION FOR PRO-

10 MOTION: CAPTAINS AND MAJORS OF THE

11 ARMY, AIR FORCE, MARINE CORPS, AND

12 SPACE FORCE AND LIEUTENANTS AND LIEU-

13 TENANT COMMANDERS OF THE NAVY.

14 Section 632(c) of title 10, United States Code, is
15 amended to read as follows:
16 ‘‘(c)(1) If an officer is subject to discharge under sub-
17 section (a)(1) and, as of the date on which the officer is
18 to be discharged under that subsection, the officer has not
19 completed the officer’s active duty service obligation, the
20 officer shall be retained on active duty until completion
21 of such active duty service obligation, and then be dis-
22 charged under subsection (a)(1), unless sooner retired or
23 discharged under another provision of law.
24 ‘‘(2) The Secretary concerned may waive the applica-
25 bility of paragraph (1) to any officer if the Secretary de-

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1 termines that completion of the active duty service obliga-
2 tion of that officer is not in the best interest of the serv-
3 ice.’’.
4 SEC. 508. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO SEPARATE OF-

5 FICERS WHEN IN THE BEST INTEREST OF

6 THE SERVICE.

7 Section 1182(d) of title 10, United States Code, is
8 amended—
9 (1) by amending paragraph (1) to read as fol-
10 lows:
11 ‘‘(1)(A) If a board of inquiry determines that an offi-
12 cer should be retained, the officer’s case is closed unless
13 the board substantiated a basis for separation and, upon
14 recommendation from the service chief, the Secretary of
15 the military department determines that the board’s reten-
16 tion recommendation is clearly erroneous in light of the
17 evidence considered by the board, a miscarriage of justice,
18 and inconsistent with the best interest of the service. In
19 such cases, the Secretary of the military department may
20 separate the officer after providing a written justification
21 of the decision to separate.
22 ‘‘(B) An officer considered for separation under this
23 section must be notified and afforded the opportunity to
24 present matters for the Secretary of the military depart-
25 ment to consider when making the separation determina-

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1 tion. The Secretary of the military department shall review
2 the case to determine whether the retention recommenda-
3 tion of the board is clearly contrary to the substantial
4 weight of the evidence in the record and whether the offi-
5 cer’s conduct discredits the Service, adversely affects good
6 order and discipline, and adversely affects the officer’s
7 performance of duty.
8 ‘‘(C) Exercise of authority to separate an officer
9 under this section shall be reserved for unusual cases
10 where such action is essential to the interests of justice,
11 discipline, and proper administration of the service.’’;
12 (2) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as
13 paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively; and
14 (3) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol-
15 lowing new paragraph:
16 ‘‘(2) Authority to direct administrative separation
17 after a board of inquiry’s recommendation to retain an
18 officer may only be delegated to a civilian official within
19 a military department appointed by the President, by and
20 with the advice and consent of the Senate. The least favor-
21 able characterization in such cases will be general (under
22 honorable conditions).’’.

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1 SEC. 509. REMOTE APPEARANCE BEFORE A BOARD OF IN-

2 QUIRY.

3 (a) REGULAR OFFICERS.—Section 1185 of title 10,
4 United States Code, is amended—
5 (1) in subsection (a)(3), by striking ‘‘shall be’’
6 and inserting ‘‘subject to subsection (c), shall be’’;
7 and
8 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
9 section:
10 ‘‘(c) The Secretary concerned may determine that, in
11 exceptional circumstances, the appearance of an officer be-
12 fore the proceedings of a board of inquiry may be via
13 means other than in person.’’.
14 (b) RESERVE OFFICERS.—Section 14904 of title 10,
15 United States Code, is amended—
16 (1) in subsection (a)(3), by striking ‘‘shall be’’
17 and inserting ‘‘subject to subsection (c), shall be’’;
18 and
19 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
20 section:
21 ‘‘(c) REMOTE APPEARANCE.—The Secretary con-
22 cerned may determine that, in exceptional circumstances,
23 the appearance of an officer before the proceedings of a
24 board of inquiry may be via means other than in person.’’.

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1 SEC. 509A. MARINE CORPS DEPUTY COMMANDANTS.

2 Section 8045 of title 10, United States Code, is
3 amended by striking ‘‘not more than seven Deputy Com-
4 mandants’’ and inserting ‘‘not more than eight Deputy
5 Commandants’’.
6 SEC. 509B. IMPROVEMENTS RELATING TO MEDICAL OFFI-

7 CER OF THE MARINE CORPS POSITION.

8 (a) MEDICAL OFFICER OF THE MARINE CORPS.—
9 (1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 806 of title 10,
10 United States Code, is amended by adding at the
11 end the following new section:
12 ‘‘§ 8048. Medical Officer of the Marine Corps
13 ‘‘(a) There is a Medical Officer of the Marine Corps
14 who shall be appointed from among flag officers of the
15 Navy.
16 ‘‘(b) The Medical Officer of the Marine Corps, while
17 so serving, shall hold the grade of rear admiral (lower
18 half).’’.
19 (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
20 tions at the beginning of chapter 806 of title 10,
21 United States Code, is amended by inserting after
22 the item relating to section 8047 the following new
23 item:
‘‘8048. Medical Officer of the Marine Corps.’’.

24 (b) EXCLUSION FROM CERTAIN DISTRIBUTION LIMI-
25 TATIONS.—Section 525 of such title is amended—

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1 (1) by redesignating subsection (g) as sub-
2 section (h); and
3 (2) by inserting after subsection (f) the fol-
4 lowing new subsection:
5 ‘‘(g) A naval officer while serving as the Medical Offi-
6 cer of the Marine Corps is in addition to the number that
7 would otherwise be permitted for the Navy for officers
8 serving on active duty in the grade of rear admiral (lower
9 half) under subsection (a).’’.
10 (c) EXCLUSION FROM ACTIVE DUTY STRENGTH LIM-
11 ITATIONS.—Section 526 of such title, as amended by sec-

12 tion 502, is further amended—
13 (1) by redesignating subsections (g) through (k)
14 as subsections (h) through (l), respectively; and
15 (2) by inserting after subsection (f) the fol-
16 lowing new subsection:
17 ‘‘(g) EXCLUSION OF MEDICAL OFFICER OF MARINE
18 CORPS.—The limitations of this section do not apply to
19 the flag officer who is serving as the Medical Officer of
20 the Marine Corps.’’.
21 SEC. 509C. VICE CHIEF OF SPACE OPERATIONS; VACANCY

22 IN POSITION OF CHIEF OF SPACE OPER-

23 ATIONS.

24 (a) VICE CHIEF OF SPACE OPERATIONS.—Chapter
25 908 of title 10, United States Code, is amended—

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1 (1) by redesignating sections 9083, 9084, 9085,
2 and 9086 as sections 9084, 9085, 9086, and 9087,
3 respectively; and
4 (2) by inserting after section 9082 the following
5 new section 9083:
6 ‘‘§ 9083. Vice Chief of Space Operations
7 ‘‘(a) APPOINTMENT.—There is a Vice Chief of Space
8 Operations, appointed by the President, by and with the
9 advice and consent of the Senate, from the general officers
10 of the Space Force.
11 ‘‘(b) GRADE.—The Vice Chief of Space Operations,
12 while so serving, has the grade of general without vacating
13 the permanent grade of the officer.
14 ‘‘(c) DUTIES.—The Vice Chief of Space Operations
15 shall have such authorities and duties with respect to the
16 Space Force as the Chief of Space Operations, with the
17 approval of the Secretary of the Air Force, may delegate
18 to or prescribe for the Vice Chief of Space Operations.
19 Orders issued by the Vice Chief of Space Operations in
20 performing such duties have the same effect as orders
21 issued by the Chief of Space Operations.’’.
22 (b) VACANCY IN POSITION OF CHIEF OF SPACE OP-
23 ERATIONS.—Section 9082 of such title is amended by add-

24 ing at the end the following new subsection:

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1 ‘‘(f) VACANCY IN POSITION OF CHIEF OF SPACE OP-
2 ERATIONS.—When there is a vacancy in the position of

3 Chief of Space Operations or during the absence or dis-
4 ability of the Chief of Space Operations—
5 ‘‘(1) the Vice Chief of Space Operations shall
6 perform the duties of the Chief of Space Operations
7 until a successor is appointed or the absence or dis-
8 ability ceases; or
9 ‘‘(2) if there is a vacancy in the position of the
10 Vice Chief of Space Operations or the Vice Chief of
11 Space Operations is absent or disabled, unless the
12 President directs otherwise, the most senior officer
13 of the Space Force in the Space Staff who is not ab-
14 sent or disabled and who is not restricted in per-
15 formance of duty shall perform the duties of the
16 Chief of Space Operations until the earliest of—
17 ‘‘(A) the appointment of a successor to the
18 Chief of Space Operations or the Vice Chief of
19 Space Operations; or
20 ‘‘(B) the cessation of the absence or dis-
21 ability of the Chief of Space Operations or Vice
22 Chief of Space Operations.’’.
23 (c) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—The table of sections
24 at the beginning of such chapter is amended by striking

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1 the items relating to sections 9083, 9084, 9085, and 9086
2 and inserting the following new items:
‘‘9083. Vice Chief of Space Operations.
‘‘9084. Office of the Chief of Space Operations: function; composition.
‘‘9085. Office of the Chief of Space Operations: general duties.
‘‘9086. Regular Space Force: composition.
‘‘9087. Space Development Agency.’’.

3 SEC. 509D. REPEAL OF ACTIVE DUTY SERVICE REQUIRE-

4 MENT FOR WARRANT OFFICER APPOINT-

5 MENTS IN AIR FORCE AND SPACE FORCE.

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 9160 of title 10, United
7 States Code, is hereby repealed.
8 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections
9 at the beginning of chapter 915 of title 10, United States
10 Code, is amended by striking the item relating to section
11 9160.
12 SEC. 509E. REMOVAL OF OFFICERS FROM A LIST OF SPACE

13 FORCE OFFICERS RECOMMENDED FOR PRO-

14 MOTION.

15 Section 20241(f) of title 10, United States Code, is
16 amended by striking ‘‘section 14310’’ and inserting ‘‘sec-
17 tion 629 or 14310’’.
18 SEC. 509F. PILOT PROGRAM ON PEER AND SUBORDINATE

19 ASSESSMENTS OF CERTAIN OFFICERS.

20 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than one year after
21 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary con-
22 cerned shall implement, in a covered Armed Force, a five-
23 year pilot program, pursuant to which—

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1 (1) an officer described in subsection (b) shall
2 be assessed by peers and subordinates; and
3 (2) the results of such assessments may be
4 available to a command selection or command quali-
5 fication board concerned; and
6 (3) the command selection or command quali-
7 fication board may consider such results in deter-
8 mining whether to recommend such officer for such
9 selection or qualification.
10 (b) COVERED OFFICERS.—An officer described in
11 this subsection is a regular officer—
12 (1) eligible for consideration for command;
13 (2) in grade O-5 or O-6; and
14 (3) in a career field—
15 (A) specified in subsection (c); or
16 (B) determined by the Secretary con-
17 cerned.
18 (c) COVERED CAREER FIELDS.—The career fields
19 specified in this subsection are the following:
20 (1) In the Navy, surface warfare, submarine
21 warfare, special warfare, or explosive ordnance dis-
22 posal.
23 (2) In the Marine Corps, infantry, logistics, or
24 field artillery.
25 (3) In the Air Force, operations or logistics.

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1 (4) In the Space Force, space operations.
2 (d) SELECTION OF ASSESSORS.—The Secretary con-
3 cerned may select an individual to assess an officer under
4 the pilot program if the Secretary determines such indi-
5 vidual has worked with the officer closely enough to have
6 an informed opinion regarding the officer’s leadership
7 abilities. An officer may not have any input regarding the
8 selection of an individual who shall assess such officer.
9 (e) REPORT.—Not later than three months after the
10 termination of a pilot program, a Secretary concerned
11 shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the
12 House of Representatives and Senate a report regarding
13 the pilot program. Elements of each such report shall in-
14 clude the following:
15 (1) The determination of the Secretary con-
16 cerned whether the pilot program improved the com-
17 mand selection or command qualification process of
18 the covered Armed Force.
19 (2) The rationale and findings of the Secretary
20 concerned in determining whether to use such as-
21 sessments in the command selection or command
22 qualification process of such covered Armed Force.
23 (f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:

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1 (1) The term ‘‘covered Armed Force’’ means
2 the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, or Space
3 Force.
4 (2) The terms ‘‘regular’’ and ‘‘Secretary con-
5 cerned’’ have the meanings given such term in sec-
6 tion 101 of title 10, United States Code.
7 Subtitle B—Reserve Component
8 Management
9 SEC. 511. AUTHORITY TO EXTEND MILITARY TECHNICIANS

10 UNTIL AGE 62.

11 (a) MILITARY TECHNICIAN.—Section 10216(f) of
12 title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘60’’
13 and inserting ‘‘62.’’
14 (b) RETENTION ON RESERVE ACTIVE-STATUS
15 LIST.—Section 14702(b) of such title is amended by strik-
16 ing ‘‘60’’ and inserting ‘‘62’’.
17 SEC. 512. EXTENSION OF TIME PERIOD FOR TRANSFER OR

18 DISCHARGE OF CERTAIN ARMY AND AIR

19 FORCE RESERVE COMPONENT GENERAL OF-

20 FICERS.

21 Section 14314 of title 10, United States Code, is
22 amended—
23 (1) in subsection (a)—

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1 (A) by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2),
2 (3), and (4) as subparagraphs (A), (B), (C),
3 and (D), respectively;
4 (B) by striking ‘‘Within’’ and inserting
5 ‘‘(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), with-
6 in’’; and
7 (C) by adding at the end the following new
8 paragraph:
9 ‘‘(2) For any general officer covered by paragraph (1)
10 who is released from a joint duty assignment or other non-
11 joint active-duty assignment, the Secretary concerned
12 shall complete the transfer or discharge required by para-
13 graph (1) not later than 60 days after the officer’s re-
14 lease.’’; and
15 (2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘subsection
16 (a)(3)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (a)(1)(C)’’.
17 SEC. 513. EXPANDED AUTHORITY TO CONTINUE RESERVE

18 COMPONENT OFFICERS IN CERTAIN MILI-

19 TARY SPECIALTIES ON THE RESERVE AC-

20 TIVE-STATUS LIST.

21 (a) AUTHORITY FOR CONTINUATION ON THE RE-
22 SERVE ACTIVE-STATUS LIST.—Chapter 1409 of title 10,

23 United States Code, is amended by inserting after section
24 14701 the following new section:

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1 ‘‘§ 14701a. Continuation on reserve active-status list:
2 officers in certain military specialties

3 and career tracks

4 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the military de-
5 partment concerned may authorize a reserve commis-
6 sioned officer in a grade above O-2 to remain on the re-
7 serve active-status list after the date otherwise provided
8 for the separation or retirement of the officer under sec-
9 tion 14505, 14506, or 14507 of this title, as applicable,
10 if the officer has a military occupational specialty, rating,
11 or specialty code in a military specialty designated pursu-
12 ant to subsection (b).
13 ‘‘(b) MILITARY SPECIALTIES.—The Secretary of a
14 military department shall designate the military specialties
15 in which a military occupational specialty, rating, or spe-
16 cialty code, as applicable, assigned to members of the
17 armed forces under the jurisdiction of such Secretary au-
18 thorizes the members to be eligible for continuation on the
19 reserve active-status list as provided in subsection (a).
20 ‘‘(c) DURATION OF CONTINUATION.—An officer con-
21 tinued on the reserve active-status list pursuant to this
22 section shall, if not earlier retired, transferred to the Re-
23 tired Reserve, or discharged, be separated in accordance
24 with section 14513 or 14514 of this title, as applicable,
25 on the first day of the month after the month in which
26 the officer completes 40 years of commissioned service.
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1 ‘‘(d) REGULATIONS.—The Secretaries of the military
2 departments shall carry out this section in accordance
3 with regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense.
4 The regulations shall specify the criteria to be used by
5 the Secretaries of the military departments in designating
6 military specialties for purposes of subsection (b).’’.
7 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections
8 at the beginning of chapter 1409 of title 10, United States
9 Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to
10 section 14701 the following new item:
‘‘14701a. Continuation on reserve active-status list: officers in certain military
specialties and career tracks.’’.

11 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Title 10, United
12 States Code, is further amended—
13 (1) in section 1558(b)(2)(A), by inserting
14 ‘‘14701a,’’ after ‘‘14701,’’;
15 (2) in section 14505, by inserting ‘‘or 14701a’’
16 after ‘‘14701’’;
17 (3) in section 14506, by inserting ‘‘14701a,’’
18 after ‘‘14701,’’; and
19 (4) in section 14507, by inserting ‘‘, 14701a,’’
20 after ‘‘14701’’ both places it appears.
21 SEC. 514. TRANSFER TO THE SPACE FORCE OF COVERED

22 SPACE FUNCTIONS OF THE AIR NATIONAL

23 GUARD OF THE UNITED STATES.

24 (a) TRANSFER OF COVERED SPACE FUNCTIONS.—

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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—During the transition pe-
2 riod, the Secretary of the Air Force shall transfer to
3 the Space Force the covered space functions of the
4 Air National Guard of the United States. The trans-
5 fer shall occur without regard to section 104 of title
6 32, United States Code, or section 18238 of title 10,
7 United States Code.
8 (2) PERSONNEL BILLETS LIMITATIONS.—With
9 regard to personnel billets, the statutory waiver
10 under paragraph (1) is limited to 578 personnel bil-
11 lets of the Air National Guard, as follows:
12 (A) 33 personnel from the State of Alaska.
13 (B) 126 personnel from the State of Cali-
14 fornia.
15 (C) 119 personnel from the State of Colo-
16 rado.
17 (D) 75 personnel from the State of Flor-
18 ida.
19 (E) 130 personnel from the State of Ha-
20 waii.
21 (F) 69 personnel from the State of Ohio.
22 (G) 26 personnel assigned to Head-
23 quarters, Air National Guard.
24 (b) TRANSFER OF UNITS.—Upon the transfer to the
25 Space Force of a covered space function of the Air Na-

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1 tional Guard of the United States, the Secretary of the
2 Air Force may—
3 (1) change the status of a unit related to such
4 covered space function of the Air National Guard of
5 the United States from a unit of the Air National
6 Guard of the United States to a unit of the Space
7 Force;
8 (2) deactivate the covered space function of the
9 Air National Guard of the United States; or
10 (3) assign the covered space function of the Air
11 National Guard of the United States a new Federal
12 mission.
13 (c) TRANSFER OF COVERED MEMBERS.—
14 (1) OFFICERS.—During the transition period,
15 the Secretary of Defense may, with the consent of
16 the covered officer, transfer a covered officer of the
17 Air National Guard of the United States to, and ap-
18 point the covered officer in, the Space Force.
19 (2) ENLISTED MEMBERS.—During the transi-
20 tion period, the Secretary of the Air Force may, with
21 the consent of the covered enlisted member, transfer
22 a covered enlisted member of the Air National
23 Guard of the United States to the Space Force.
24 Upon such a transfer, the covered enlisted member
25 shall cease to be a member of the Air National

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1 Guard of the United States and be discharged from
2 enlistment as a Reserve of the Air Force.
3 (3) EFFECTIVE DATE OF TRANSFERS.—A

4 transfer under this subsection shall be effective on
5 the date specified by the Secretary of Defense, in the
6 case of an officer, or the Secretary of the Air Force,
7 in the case of an enlisted member. No date so speci-
8 fied may be after the last day of the transition pe-
9 riod.
10 (4) LIMITATIONS.—A covered officer or covered
11 enlisted member transferred under paragraph (1) or
12 (2)—
13 (A) may consent to a transfer under this
14 subsection during the period, beginning on the
15 date of the enactment of this Act, that is the
16 longer of one year, or a period determined by
17 the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of the
18 Air Force, as applicable; and
19 (B) to the maximum extent practicable,
20 shall not be subject to a permanent change of
21 duty station during the period of three years
22 beginning on the day that the covered officer or
23 covered enlisted member consents to such trans-
24 fer.

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1 (d) REGULATIONS.—A transfer under subsection (c)
2 shall be carried out under regulations prescribed by the
3 Secretary of Defense. In the case of a covered officer, ap-
4 plicable regulations shall include those prescribed pursu-
5 ant to section 716 of title 10, United States Code.
6 (e) TERM OF INITIAL ENLISTMENT IN THE SPACE
7 FORCE.—In the case of a covered enlisted member who
8 is transferred to the Space Force under subsection (c),
9 the Secretary of the Air Force may accept the initial en-
10 listment of the covered enlisted member in the Space
11 Force for a period of less than two years if such period
12 is not shorter than the period remaining, as of the date
13 of the transfer, in the term of enlistment in a reserve com-
14 ponent of the Air Force of such covered enlisted member.
15 (f) END STRENGTH ADJUSTMENTS UPON TRANS-
16 FERS FROM THE AIR NATIONAL GUARD OF THE UNITED

17 STATES.—Upon the transfer to the Space Force of a cov-
18 ered space function of the Air National Guard of the
19 United States during the transition period, the end
20 strength authorized for the Space Force pursuant to sec-
21 tion 115(a)(1)(A) of title 10, United States Code, for the
22 fiscal year during which the transfer occurs, shall be in-
23 creased by the number of billets associated with such
24 transfer.

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1 (g) ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.—For purposes of
2 the transfer of covered members of the Air National
3 Guard of the United States under subsection (c)—
4 (1) the Air National Guard of the United
5 States and the Space Force shall be considered to be
6 components of the same Armed Force; and
7 (2) the Space Force officer list shall be consid-
8 ered to be an active-duty list of such Armed Force.
9 (h) RETRAINING AND REASSIGNMENT FOR MEMBERS
10 NOT TRANSFERRING.—If a covered member of the Air
11 National Guard of the United States does not consent to
12 a transfer under subsection (c), the Secretary of the Air
13 Force shall provide to the covered member retraining and
14 reassignment, in a reserve component of the Air Force,
15 that the Secretary determines appropriate for such cov-
16 ered member.
17 (i) PROTECTION OF RANK AND PAY.—A covered
18 member of the Air National Guard who transfers to the
19 Space Force under subsection (c) shall not lose rank or
20 pay solely as a result of such transfer.
21 (j) SPACE FORCE UNITS IN AFFECTED STATES.—
22 In order to reduce the cost of transferring to the Space
23 Force a covered space function of the Air National Guard
24 of the United States, and to reduce the impact of such

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1 a transfer on an affected State, the following provisions
2 apply:
3 (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the
4 Space Force shall continue to perform the mission of
5 a covered space function of the Air National Guard
6 of the United States within the affected State during
7 a period not shorter than 10 years following the date
8 of such transfer.
9 (2) Except when the Secretary of the Air Force
10 determines that it would not be in the best interests
11 of the United States, the Secretary may not, during
12 the 10-year period following such a transfer, move a
13 covered space function of the Air National Guard of
14 the United States out of an affected State until 120
15 days after the congressional defense committees re-
16 ceive, from the Secretary of the Air Force, notice of
17 such move, including—
18 (A) details of such move; and
19 (B) an explanation regarding why the
20 move is necessary to support the National De-
21 fense Strategy.
22 (3) Unless the Secretary of the Air Force deter-
23 mines that it would not be in the best interests of
24 the United States, the Secretary shall seek to enter
25 into an agreement with the Governor of an affected

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1 State under which the Space Force may be a tenant
2 on an installation—
3 (A) of the National Guard of the affected
4 State; and
5 (B) that was the home station of a covered
6 space function of the Air National Guard of the
7 United States.
8 (k) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
9 (1) The term ‘‘active-duty list’’ has the mean-
10 ing given such term in section 101 of title 10,
11 United States Code.
12 (2) The term ‘‘affected State’’ means Alaska,
13 California, Colorado, Florida, Hawaii, or Ohio.
14 (3) The term ‘‘covered’’, with respect to a mem-
15 ber of the Air National Guard of the United States,
16 has the meaning given such term in section 1733 of
17 the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
18 Year 2024 (Public Law 118–31; 137 Stat. 676).
19 (4) The term ‘‘covered space function of the Air
20 National Guard of the United States’’ means any of
21 the following units of the Air National Guard of the
22 United States associated with the performance of a
23 space-related function, including personnel, equip-
24 ment, and resources:

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1 (A) 213th Space Warning Squadron, Alas-
2 ka Air National Guard.
3 (B) 148th Space Operations Squadron,
4 California Air National Guard.
5 (C) 216th Electromagnetic Warfare
6 Squadron, California Air National Guard.
7 (D) 137th Space Warning Squadron, Colo-
8 rado Air National Guard.
9 (E) 138th Electromagnetic Warfare
10 Squadron, Colorado Air National Guard.
11 (F) 114th Electromagnetic Warfare
12 Squadron, Florida Air National Guard.
13 (G) 150th Electromagnetic Warfare
14 Squadron, Hawaii Air National Guard.
15 (H) 109th Electromagnetic Warfare
16 Squadron, Hawaii Air National Guard.
17 (I) 126th Intelligence Squadron, Ohio Air
18 National Guard.
19 (5) The term ‘‘Space Force officer list’’ means
20 the list maintained under section 20235 of title 10,
21 United States Code.
22 (6) The term ‘‘transition period’’ means the pe-
23 riod beginning on the date of the enactment of this
24 Act and ending on the last day of the eighth fiscal

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1 year beginning after the date of the enactment of
2 this Act.
3 SEC. 515. NOTICE TO CONGRESS REGARDING REAPPOR-

4 TIONMENT OF NATIONAL GUARD FORCE

5 STRUCTURE.

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days before re-
7 apportioning the force structure of the National Guard of
8 a State, including by converting a position into a military
9 technician (dual status), the Chief of the National Guard
10 Bureau, in consultation with the Secretary of the military
11 department concerned, shall submit to the Committees on
12 Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Represent-
13 atives a notice of such reapportionment.
14 (b) FORM; ELEMENTS.—A notice under subsection
15 (a)—
16 (1) may be submitted in unclassified form with
17 a classified annex; and
18 (2) shall include the following elements:
19 (A) A description of such reapportionment,
20 including the number of such conversions and
21 any changes to the number of personnel.
22 (B) A description of the projected oper-
23 ational effect of such reapportionment on the
24 mission of the National Guard of such State.

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1 (C) A description of any end strength re-
2 quirements that justify such reapportionment.
3 (D) Recommendations for any change to
4 statutory end strengths that may be necessary
5 to offset such requirements.
6 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
7 (1) The term ‘‘military technician (dual sta-
8 tus)’’ has the meaning given such term in section
9 10216 of title 10, United States Code.
10 (2) The term ‘‘State’’ has the meaning given
11 such term in section 901 of title 32, United States
12 Code.
13 Subtitle C—General Service Au-
14 thorities, Decorations and
15 Awards, and Military Records
16 SEC. 521. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS RE-

17 LATING TO MEMBERS OF THE SPACE FORCE.

18 (a) APPOINTMENT OF CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT
19 CHIEFS OF STAFF; GRADE AND RANK.—Section 152(c)
20 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking
21 ‘‘general, in the case of the Navy, admiral, or, in the case
22 of an officer of the Space Force, the equivalent grade’’
23 and inserting ‘‘general or, in the case of the Navy, admi-
24 ral’’.

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1 (b) JOINT REQUIREMENTS OVERSIGHT COUNCIL.—
2 Section 181(c)(1)(F) of such title is amended by striking
3 ‘‘in the grade equivalent to the grade of general in the
4 Army, Air Force, or Marine Corps, or admiral in the
5 Navy’’ and inserting ‘‘in the grade of general’’.
6 (c) ORIGINAL APPOINTMENTS OF COMMISSIONED
7 OFFICERS.—
8 (1) APPOINTMENTS.—Section 531(a) of such
9 title is amended—
10 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and
11 Regular Marine Corps in the grades of ensign,
12 lieutenant (junior grade), and lieutenant in the
13 Regular Navy, and in the equivalent grades in
14 the Space Force’’ and inserting ‘‘Regular Ma-
15 rine Corps, and Space Force, and in the grades
16 of ensign, lieutenant (junior grade), and lieu-
17 tenant in the Regular Navy’’; and
18 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and
19 Regular Marine Corps in the grades of lieuten-
20 ant commander, commander, and captain in the
21 Regular Navy, and in the equivalent grades in
22 the Space Force’’ and inserting ‘‘Regular Ma-
23 rine Corps, and Space Force, and in the grades
24 of lieutenant commander, commander, and cap-
25 tain in the Regular Navy’’.

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1 (2) SERVICE CREDIT UPON ORIGINAL APPOINT-
2 MENT AS A COMMISSIONED OFFICER.—Section

3 533(b)(2) of such title is amended by striking ‘‘or
4 Marine Corps, captain in the Navy, or an equivalent
5 grade in the Space Force’’ and inserting ‘‘Marine
6 Corps, or Space Force, or captain in the Navy’’.
7 (d) SELECTION BOARDS.—
8 (1) CONVENING OF SELECTION BOARDS.—Sec-
9 tion 611(a) of such title is amended by striking ‘‘or
10 Marine Corps’’ and inserting ‘‘Marine Corps, or
11 Space Force’’.
12 (2) JQO MEMBER REQUIRED FOR BOARDS TO
13 CONSIDER OFFICERS WHO ARE JOINT QUALIFIED

14 OFFICERS.—Section 612(c)(3)(A) of such title is
15 amended by inserting ‘‘or the Space Force’’ after
16 ‘‘of the Marine Corps’’.
17 (e) PROMOTION ZONE DEFINITION.—Section
18 645(1)(A) of such title is amended by striking ‘‘and Ma-
19 rine Corps,’’ both places it appears and inserting ‘‘Marine
20 Corps, and Space Force,’’.
21 (f) RETIRED GRADE.—
22 (1) REGULAR COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.—Sec-
23 tion 1370(g) of such title is amended by striking ‘‘or
24 Marine Corps, rear admiral in the Navy, or an
25 equivalent grade in the Space Force’’ and inserting

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1 ‘‘Marine Corps, or Space Force, or rear admiral in
2 the Navy’’.
3 (2) OFFICERS ENTITLED TO RETIRED PAY FOR
4 NON-REGULAR SERVICE.—Section 1370a of such
5 title is amended—
6 (A) in subsection (d)(1), by striking ‘‘or
7 Marine Corps’’ both places it appears and in-
8 serting ‘‘Marine Corps, or Space Force’’; and
9 (B) in subsection (h), by striking ‘‘or Ma-
10 rine Corps’’ and inserting ‘‘Marine Corps, or
11 Space Force,’’.
12 (g) TITLE OF CHIEF MASTER SERGEANT OF THE
13 SPACE FORCE.—
14 (1) RETIRED BASE PAY.—Section

15 1406(i)(3)(B)(v) of such title is amended by striking
16 ‘‘The senior enlisted advisor of the Space Force’’
17 and inserting ‘‘Chief Master Sergeant of the Space
18 Force’’.
19 (2) PAY OF SENIOR ENLISTED MEMBERS.—Sec-
20 tion 210(c)(5) of title 37, United States Code, is
21 amended by striking ‘‘The senior enlisted advisor of
22 the Space Force’’ and inserting ‘‘The Chief Master
23 Sergeant of the Space Force’’.
24 (3) PERSONAL MONEY ALLOWANCE.—Section

25 414(b) of title 37, United States Code, is amended

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1 by striking ‘‘the senior enlisted advisor of the Space
2 Force’’ and inserting ‘‘the Chief Master Sergeant of
3 the Space Force’’.
4 (4) BASIC PAY RATE.—Footnote 2 of the table
5 titled ‘‘ENLISTED MEMBERS’’ in section 601(c)
6 of the John Warner National Defense Authorization
7 Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (Public Law 109–364; 37
8 U.S.C. 1009 note) is amended by striking ‘‘the sen-
9 ior enlisted advisor of the Space Force’’ and insert-
10 ing ‘‘Chief Master Sergeant of the Space Force’’.
11 (h) FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR SPE-
12 CIALLY SELECTED MEMBERS.—Section 2107 of title 10,

13 United States Code, is amended—
14 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Marine
15 Corps,, as the case may be’’ and inserting ‘‘Marine
16 Corps, or Space Force’’; and
17 (2) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘lieutenant,
18 ensign, or an equivalent grade in the Space Force,’’
19 and inserting ‘‘lieutenant or ensign,’’.
20 (i) DESIGNATION OF SPACE SYSTEMS COMMAND AS
21 A FIELD COMMAND OF THE UNITED STATES SPACE
22 FORCE.—Section 9016(b)(6)(B)(iv)(II) of such title is
23 amended by striking ‘‘Space and Missile Systems Center’’
24 and inserting ‘‘Space Systems Command’’.

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1 (j) CHIEF OF SPACE OPERATIONS.—Section 9082 of
2 such title is amended—
3 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘, flag, or
4 equivalent’’ each place it appears; and
5 (2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘grade in the
6 Space Force equivalent to the grade of general in
7 the Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps, or admiral
8 in the Navy’’ and inserting ‘‘grade of general’’.
9 (k) AWARDS AND DECORATIONS.—
10 (1) DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS.—Section

11 9279(a) of such title is amended—
12 (A) by adding ‘‘or Space Force’’ after ‘‘Air
13 Force’’; and
14 (B) by adding ‘‘or space’’ after ‘‘aerial’’.
15 (2) AIRMAN’S MEDAL.—Section 9280(a)(1) of
16 such title is amended by adding ‘‘or Space Force’’
17 after ‘‘Air Force’’.
18 (l) UNITED STATES AIR FORCE INSTITUTE OF

19 TECHNOLOGY.—Section 9414b(a)(2)(B) of such title is
20 amended by striking ‘‘or the equivalent grade in the Space
21 Force’’.
22 (m) ORDERS TO ACTIVE DUTY: WITHOUT CONSENT
23 OF MEMBER OF THE SPACE FORCE.—Section 20106(d)

24 of such title is amended by striking ‘‘pertaining’’.

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1 (n) CONVENING OF SELECTION BOARDS OF THE
2 SPACE FORCE.—Section 20211(b) of such title is amend-
3 ed by striking ‘‘20238(a)(4)(A)’’ and inserting
4 ‘‘20239(c)(4)(A)’’.
5 (o) COMPOSITION OF SELECTION BOARDS OF THE
6 SPACE FORCE.—Section 20212(a)(1) of such title is
7 amended by striking ‘‘Secretary of Air Force’’ and insert-
8 ing ‘‘Secretary of the Air Force’’.
9 (p) REPORTS OF SELECTION BOARDS OF THE SPACE
10 FORCE.—Section 20216(c) of such title is amended by
11 striking ‘‘20214(g)’’ and inserting ‘‘20215(g)’’.
12 (q) ELIGIBILITY FOR CONSIDERATION FOR PRO-
13 MOTION: GENERAL RULES OF THE SPACE FORCE.—Sec-

14 tion 20231 of such title is amended—
15 (1) in subsection (b)—
16 (A) in paragraph (4), by striking
17 ‘‘20238(a)(4)’’ and inserting ‘‘20239(c)(4)’’;
18 and
19 (B) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘20232’’
20 and inserting ‘‘section 20232’’; and
21 (2) in subsection (c)(2)(E), by striking ‘‘Sec-
22 retary Air Force’’ and inserting ‘‘Secretary of the
23 Air Force’’.
24 (r) OPPORTUNITIES FOR CONSIDERATION FOR PRO-
25 MOTION IN THE SPACE FORCE.—Section 20234(b) of such

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1 title is amended by striking ‘‘pursuant subsection (a)’’ and
2 inserting ‘‘pursuant to subsection (a)’’.
3 (s) PROMOTIONS IN THE SPACE FORCE: HOW
4 MADE.—Section 20239 of such title is amended—
5 (1) in subsection (c)(2), by striking ‘‘subpara-
6 graph (A)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (1)’’; and
7 (2) in subsection (d)(2), by striking ‘‘subpara-
8 graph (C)(ii) of such section’’ and inserting ‘‘section
9 741(d)(4)(C)(ii) of this title’’.
10 (t) GENERAL OFFICERS OF THE SPACE FORCE
11 CEASING TO OCCUPY POSITIONS COMMENSURATE WITH
12 GRADE.—Section 20243(a)(3) of such title is amended by
13 striking ‘‘as a’’.
14 (u) FAILURE OF SELECTION FOR PROMOTION IN THE
15 SPACE FORCE.—Section 20251 of such title is amended—
16 (1) in subsection (a)—
17 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1),
18 by striking ‘‘14504 and section 631 and 632’’
19 and inserting ‘‘14504, 631, and 632’’; and
20 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘section
21 14201 or 611’’ and inserting ‘‘section 14201 or
22 section 611’’; and
23 (2) in subsection (d)(1), by striking ‘‘14502(b)’’
24 and inserting ‘‘14501(b)’’.

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1 (v) SPECIAL SELECTION BOARDS OF THE SPACE
2 FORCE; CORRECTION OF ERRORS.—
3 (1) IN GENERAL.—The second section 20251 of
4 such title is amended—
5 (A) in subsection (b)—
6 (i) in paragraph (2)—
7 (I) by striking ‘‘((1)’’ and insert-
8 ing ‘‘(1)’’; and
9 (II) by striking ‘‘sch’’ and insert-
10 ing ‘‘such’’; and
11 (ii) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘a
12 officer’’ and inserting ‘‘an officer’’; and
13 (B) in subsection (f)(2), by striking ‘‘which
14 of officer’’ and inserting ‘‘which an officer’’.
15 (2) REDESIGNATION.—Such section is redesig-
16 nated as section 20252 of such title (and the head-
17 ing of such section and the table of sections at the
18 beginning of subchapter IV of part I of chapter
19 2005 of such title are amended accordingly).
20 (w) APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF
21 LAW RELATED TO SEPARATION OF A MEMBER OF THE
22 SPACE FORCE.—Section 20401(b) of such title is amend-
23 ed by inserting ‘‘, and’’ after ‘‘1174(b)’’.
24 (x) RETENTION BOARDS OF THE SPACE FORCE.—
25 Section 20502 of such title is amended—

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1 (1) in subsection (c)—
2 (A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘THAN an
3 Officer Has Failed to Establish That the Offi-
4 cer Should Be Retained’’ and inserting ‘‘THAT
5 AN OFFICER HAS FAILED TO ESTABLISH THAT

6 THE OFFICER SHOULD BE RETAINED’’; and

7 (B) by moving paragraph (1) to appear in
8 line with the subsection heading and adjusting
9 the margins accordingly; and
10 (2) in subsection (d), in the heading, by strik-
11 ing ‘‘THAN’’ and inserting ‘‘THAT’’.
12 (y) PROMOTION AUTHORITY FLEXIBILITY OF THE
13 SPACE FORCE.—Section 1737(b)(3)(A) of the National
14 Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public
15 Law 118–31; 137 Stat. 678) is amended by striking
16 ‘‘20213’’ and inserting ‘‘20212’’.
17 SEC. 522. MODIFIED AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE PROTECTION

18 TO SENIOR LEADERS OF THE DEPARTMENT

19 OF DEFENSE AND OTHER SPECIFIED PER-

20 SONS.

21 (a) EXPANSION.—Section 714 of title 10, United
22 States Code, is amended—
23 (1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘WITHIN
24 THE UNITED STATES’’;

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1 (2) in subsection (a), in the matter preceding
2 paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘within the United
3 States’’; and
4 (3) in subsection (b)(1), in the matter pre-
5 ceding sub paragraph (A), by striking ‘‘within the
6 United States’’.
7 (b) LIMITATION ON DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY.—
8 Such section is further amended, in subsection (b)(3), by
9 inserting ‘‘or the Under Secretary of Defense for Intel-
10 ligence and Security’’ after ‘‘only to the Deputy Secretary
11 of Defense’’.
12 (c) WRITTEN DETERMINATIONS INCLUDE DENI-
13 ALS.—Such section is further amended, in subsection
14 (b)(4)—
15 (1) by inserting ‘‘whether’’ before ‘‘to provide’’;
16 (2) by striking ‘‘the authorized’’ and inserting
17 ‘‘any authorized’’; and
18 (3) by striking ‘‘the arrangements for the’’ and
19 inserting ‘‘any arrangements for such’’.
20 (d) REPORTING.—Such section is further amended,
21 in subsection (b)(6)(A)—
22 (1) by striking ‘‘each determination made under
23 paragraph (4) to provide protection and security to
24 an individual’’ and inserting ‘‘an initial determina-

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1 tion made under paragraph (4), or a determination
2 to deny the renewal of protection and security’’; and
3 (2) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘In the
4 case of determination to continue protection and se-
5 curity, the Secretary shall make such submission not
6 less than twice each year.’’
7 (e) TEMPORARY PROTECTION.—Such section is fur-
8 ther amended, in subsection (b), by adding at the end the
9 following new paragraph:
10 ‘‘(7) TEMPORARY PROTECTION.—The Secretary
11 of Defense may temporarily provide physical protec-
12 tion and personal security under this subsection to
13 an individual—
14 ‘‘(A) pending the determination of the Sec-
15 retary under paragraph (4) regarding such indi-
16 vidual; and
17 ‘‘(B) for a period not to exceed 30 days.’’.
18 SEC. 523. IMPROVING MILITARY ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW.

19 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1552(a) of title 10,
20 United States Code, is amended by amending paragraph
21 (5) to read as follows:
22 ‘‘(5) Each final decision of the board under this sub-
23 section shall be made available to the public in electronic
24 form on a centralized Internet website. The information
25 provided shall include a summary of each decision, to be

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1 indexed by subject matter, except that the Secretary shall
2 protect the privacy of claimants by redacting all personally
3 identifiable information.’’.
4 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
5 subsection (a) shall take effect on October 1, 2026.
6 SEC. 524. DETERMINATION OF ACTIVE DUTY SERVICE COM-

7 MITMENT FOR RECIPIENTS OF FELLOW-

8 SHIPS, GRANTS, AND SCHOLARSHIPS.

9 Section 2603(b) of title 10, United States Code, is
10 amended by striking ‘‘three times the length of the period
11 of the education or training.’’ and inserting ‘‘determined
12 by the Secretary concerned, which may not be less than
13 twice the length of the period of the education or training.
14 Notwithstanding section 2004(c) of this title, the service
15 obligation required under this subsection may run concur-
16 rently with any service obligations incurred under chapter
17 101 of this title in accordance with regulations established
18 by the Secretary concerned.’’.
19 SEC. 525. AUTHORITY TO DESIGNATE CERTAIN SEPARATED

20 MEMBERS OF THE AIR FORCE AS HONORARY

21 SEPARATED MEMBERS OF THE SPACE

22 FORCE.

23 Chapter 933 of title 10, United States Code, is
24 amended by adding at the end the following new section:

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1 ‘‘§ 9254. Authority to designate certain separated
2 members of the Air Force as honorary

3 separated members of the Space Force

4 ‘‘(a) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of the Air Force
5 may prescribe regulations that authorize an eligible indi-
6 vidual to be designated as an honorary separated member
7 of the Space Force. An eligible individual so designated
8 may be referred to as a ‘Legacy Guardian’.
9 ‘‘(b) ELEMENTS.—Regulations prescribed under this
10 section may include the following elements:
11 ‘‘(1) Eligibility criteria, including applicable
12 dates of service and constructive service credit, for
13 designation under this section.
14 ‘‘(2) An application process through which an
15 eligible individual, or a survivor of a deceased eligi-
16 ble individual, may apply for such designation of
17 such eligible individual.
18 ‘‘(3) A certificate, approved device, or other in-
19 signia of such designation.
20 ‘‘(c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Designation of an
21 eligible individual under this section shall not be construed
22 to entitle such eligible individual to any benefit in addition
23 to those established by this section or pursuant to regula-
24 tions prescribed under this section.
25 ‘‘(d) ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUAL DEFINED.—In this sec-
26 tion, the term ‘eligible individual’ means an individual—
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1 ‘‘(1) whom the Secretary of the Air Force de-
2 termines served in support of space operations as a
3 member of the Air Force; and
4 ‘‘(2) who separates (or previously separated)
5 from the armed forces as a member of the Air
6 Force.’’.
7 SEC. 526. AUTHORIZATIONS FOR CERTAIN AWARDS.

8 (a) AUTHORIZATION FOR AWARD OF THE MEDAL OF
9 HONOR TO RODERICK W. EDMONDS.—Notwithstanding
10 the time limitations specified in section 7274 of title 10,
11 United States Code, or any other time limitation with re-
12 spect to the awarding of certain medals to persons who
13 served in the Armed Forces, the President may post-
14 humously award the Medal of Honor, under section 7271
15 of such title, to Roderick W. Edmonds for his actions as
16 a master sergeant in the Army during the period of Janu-
17 ary 27 through March 30, 1945.
18 (b) AUTHORIZATION FOR AWARD OF THE DISTIN-
19 GUISHED SERVICE CROSS TO WILLIAM D. OWENS.—Not-

20 withstanding the time limitations specified in section 7274
21 of title 10, United States Code, or any other time limita-
22 tion with respect to the awarding of certain medals to per-
23 sons who served in the Armed Forces, the President may
24 posthumously award the Distinguished Service Cross,
25 under section 7272 of such title, to William D. Owens for

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1 his actions as a staff sergeant in the Army during the
2 period of June 6 through June 8, 1944, at La Fiere
3 Bridge, for which he was previously awarded the Bronze
4 Star.
5 SEC. 527. POSTHUMOUS ADVANCEMENT OF GENERAL JOHN

6 D. LAVELLE, UNITED STATES AIR FORCE, ON

7 THE RETIRED LIST.

8 (a) ADVANCEMENT.—General John D. Lavelle,
9 United States Air Force (retired), is entitled to hold the
10 rank of lieutenant general while on the retired list of the
11 Air Force.
12 (b) ADDITIONAL BENEFITS NOT TO ACCRUE.—The
13 advancement of General John D. Lavelle on the retired
14 list of the Air Force under subsection (a) shall not affect
15 the retired pay or other benefits from the United States
16 to which General John D. Lavelle would have been entitled
17 based upon his military service or affect any benefits to
18 which any other person may become entitled based on his
19 military service.
20 (c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
21 tion shall be construed as authorizing the advancement of
22 General John D. Lavelle to a rank higher than lieutenant
23 general.

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1 Subtitle D—Recruitment
2 SEC. 531. EXPANSION OF REPORT ON FUTURE SERVICE-

3 MEMBER PREPARATORY COURSE.

4 Section 546 of the National Defense Authorization
5 Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118–31; 10 U.S.C.
6 520 note) is amended—
7 (1) in subsection (c)—
8 (A) by amending paragraph (2) to read as
9 follows:
10 ‘‘(2) GRADUATION REQUIREMENT.—Prior to at-
11 tending initial basic training, all enlisted persons at-
12 tending the course established under this section
13 must achieve a score on the Armed Forces Qualifica-
14 tion Test that is—
15 ‘‘(A) at least 10 points higher than the in-
16 dividual’s most recent score taken prior to the
17 individual’s date of enlistment; or
18 ‘‘(B) no longer subject to the restrictions
19 of section 520 of title 10, United States Code.’’;
20 and
21 (B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘course
22 graduation requirements within 180 days of en-
23 listment’’ and inserting ‘‘meaningful progress,
24 as determined by the Secretary concerned, with-
25 in 90 days of enlistment’’; and

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1 (2) in subsection (d)—
2 (A) by redesignating paragraph (4) as
3 paragraph (6); and
4 (B) by inserting, after paragraph (3), the
5 following new paragraphs:
6 ‘‘(4) The determination of the Secretary regard-
7 ing the effectiveness of the preparatory course.
8 ‘‘(5) Recommendations of the Secretary regard-
9 ing—
10 ‘‘(A) how to improve the preparatory
11 course;
12 ‘‘(B) whether to expand the preparatory
13 course.’’.
14 SEC. 532. PROMOTING MILITARY, NATIONAL, AND PUBLIC

15 SERVICE.

16 (a) SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM DATA SHARING
17 AMENDMENTS.—Section 15(e) of the Military Selective
18 Service Act (50 U.S.C. 3813(e)) is amended—
19 (1) by striking ‘‘the names and addresses’’ and
20 inserting ‘‘the full names, email addresses (if avail-
21 able), dates of birth, phone numbers (if available),
22 and mailing addresses’’; and
23 (2) by striking ‘‘Names and addresses fur-
24 nished’’ and inserting ‘‘Full names, email addresses,

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1 dates of birth, phone numbers, and mailing address-
2 es furnished’’.
3 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
4 this section shall take effect 120 days after the date of
5 the enactment of this Act.
6 SEC. 533. MILITARY RECRUITER PHYSICAL ACCESS TO

7 CAMPUSES.

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subpart 2 of Part F of title VIII
9 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965
10 (20 U.S.C. 7901 et seq.) is amended by inserting after
11 section 8528 the following:
12 ‘‘SEC. 8528A. MILITARY RECRUITER ACCESS TO SECONDARY

13 SCHOOL CAMPUSES.

14 ‘‘Each local educational agency receiving assistance
15 under this Act shall provide military recruiters the same
16 access to the campus of each secondary school served by
17 the local educational agency for the purpose of recruiting
18 students who are at least 17 years of age that is provided
19 to any prospective employer, institution of higher edu-
20 cation, or other recruiter.’’.
21 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
22 subsection (a) shall take effect one year after the date of
23 the enactment of this Act.
24 (c) COMPLIANCE MONITORING AND REPORTING.—
25 On an annual basis, the Secretary of Defense shall—

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1 (1) collect information from military recruiters
2 regarding the compliance of local educational agen-
3 cies with the requirements of section 8528A of the
4 Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965
5 (as added by subsection (a)); and
6 (2) based on such information, prepare and
7 submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the
8 Senate and House of Representatives a report
9 that—
10 (A) identifies each local educational agency
11 that the Secretary determines to be in violation
12 of such section; and
13 (B) explains the reasons for such deter-
14 mination.
15 SEC. 534. MILITARY ENTRANCE PROCESSING COMMAND:

16 ACCELERATION OF REVIEW OF MEDICAL

17 RECORDS.

18 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days after the
19 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense
20 shall implement a program to use health care providers,
21 from any component of the Armed Forces under the juris-
22 diction of such Secretary, to support United States Mili-
23 tary Entrance Processing Command (in this section, re-
24 ferred to as ‘‘MEPCOM’’) and accelerate the review of
25 medical records, as determined necessary by the Secretary.

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1 (b) BRIEFING.—Not later than 180 days after the
2 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall pro-
3 vide to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate
4 and House of Representatives a briefing on actions taken
5 to carry out subsection (a).
6 (c) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date
7 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit
8 to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and
9 House of Representatives a report regarding the program
10 under subsection (a) that includes an explanation of any
11 effect the program has had on recruitment, including the
12 speed of medical waiver processing.
13 SEC. 535. MEDICAL ACCESSION RECORDS PILOT PROGRAM:

14 NOTICE OF TERMINATION.

15 The Secretary of Defense shall notify the Committees
16 on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Represent-
17 atives at least one year before terminating the Medical Ac-
18 cession Records Pilot program.
19 SEC. 536. PROVISION OF INFORMATION REGARDING FED-

20 ERAL SERVICE TO CERTAIN PERSONS INELI-

21 GIBLE TO ENLIST IN CERTAIN ARMED

22 FORCES.

23 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the
24 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense
25 shall prescribe regulations directing the Secretary of a

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1 military department to provide, to a person described in
2 subsection (b), information regarding opportunities for
3 Federal, or other public, service for which the person may
4 be qualified.
5 (b) CERTAIN PERSONS NOT QUALIFIED TO EN-
6 LIST.—A person described in this subsection is a person

7 ineligible to serve in a covered Armed Force.
8 (c) COVERED ARMED FORCE DEFINED.—In this sec-
9 tion, the term ‘‘covered Armed Force’’ means the Army,
10 Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, or Space Force.
11 SEC. 537. REIMBURSEMENT OF APPLICANTS TO CERTAIN

12 ARMED FORCES FOR CERTAIN MEDICAL

13 COSTS INCURRED DURING MILITARY EN-

14 TRANCE PROCESSING.

15 (a) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of Defense may re-
16 imburse an individual who applies to join a covered Armed
17 Force for costs incurred by such individual for a medical
18 appointment required for military entrance processing.
19 (b) MAXIMUM AMOUNT.—The maximum amount an
20 individual may be reimbursed under this section is $100.
21 (c) BRIEFINGS.—Not later than 16 months after the
22 date of the enactment of this Act and once each year
23 thereafter for two years, the Secretary shall submit to the
24 Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House
25 of Representatives a briefing on reimbursements under

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1 this section. Such a briefing shall include, with respect to
2 the most recent one-year period after such date, the fol-
3 lowing elements:
4 (1) The number of individuals reimbursed.
5 (2) The total funds spent each on such reim-
6 bursements.
7 (3) The number of civilian employees hired by
8 the Secretary to carry out this section.
9 (4) The effect, if any, of such reimbursements
10 on—
11 (A) the time required to complete military
12 entrance processing; and
13 (B) recruitment.
14 (5) Other information the Secretary determines
15 appropriate.
16 (d) SUNSET.—The authority to reimburse under this
17 section shall terminate on the day that is three years after
18 the date of the enactment of this Act.
19 (e) COVERED ARMED FORCE DEFINED.—In this sec-
20 tion, the term ‘‘covered Armed Force’’ means the Army,
21 Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, or Space Force.
22 SEC. 538. AUTHORITY TO MODERNIZE RECRUITMENT FOR

23 THE ARMY.

24 (a) AUTHORITY.—During fiscal year 2025, the Sec-
25 retary of the Army may modernize recruitment for the

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1 Army in order to attract and retain fit and ready individ-
2 uals to serve as members of the Army. To carry out such
3 modernization, the Secretary may take steps including the
4 following:
5 (1) Establish a military occupational specialty
6 for enlisted members who specialize in talent acqui-
7 sition.
8 (2) Establish a professional recruiting force of
9 warrant officers who specialize in talent acquisition,
10 data analytics, and other human resource functions
11 necessary to develop expertise in recruiting and mili-
12 tary accessions.
13 (3) Routinely determine which areas of the
14 United States yield greater-than-average numbers of
15 recruits and, with regard to each such area—
16 (A) build relationships with sources of such
17 recruits, including schools; and
18 (B) assign additional recruiting personnel.
19 (4) Consider using a commercially available,
20 off-the-shelf, recruiting platform.
21 (b) BRIEFINGS.—Not later than the last day of each
22 quarter of fiscal year 2025, the Secretary of the Army
23 shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the
24 Senate and House of Representatives a briefing on the use

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1 of the authority under this section. Each such briefing
2 shall include the following:
3 (1) An up-to-date timeline, milestones, re-
4 sources used, and resources needed for such use.
5 (2) The number of enlisted members, officers,
6 and civilian employees of the Army required to use
7 such authority.
8 (3) Policies altered or prescribed by the Sec-
9 retary to use such authority and recruit a capable
10 and ready all-volunteer force.
11 (4) Related legislative recommendations of the
12 Secretary.
13 SEC. 539. PROGRAM OF MILITARY RECRUITMENT AND EDU-

14 CATION AT THE NATIONAL SEPTEMBER 11

15 MEMORIAL AND MUSEUM.

16 (a) AUTHORITY.—Not later than September 30,
17 2025, the Secretary of Defense shall seek to enter into
18 an agreement with the entity that operates the National
19 September 11 Memorial and Museum (in this section re-
20 ferred to as ‘‘the Museum’’) under which the Secretary
21 and such entity shall carry out a program at the Museum
22 to promote military recruitment and education.
23 (b) PROGRAM.—A program under subsection (a) shall
24 include the following:

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1 (1) Provision of informational materials to pro-
2 mote enlistment in the covered Armed Forces, by the
3 Secretary to such entity, for distribution at the Mu-
4 seum.
5 (2) Education and exhibits, developed jointly by
6 the Secretary and such entity, and provided to the
7 public by employees of the Museum, to—
8 (A) enhance understanding of the military
9 response to the attacks on September 11, 2001;
10 and
11 (B) encourage enlistment and re-enlist-
12 ment in the covered Armed Forces.
13 (c) COVERED ARMED FORCE DEFINED.—In this sec-
14 tion, the term ‘‘covered Armed Force’’ means the Army,
15 Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, or Space Force.
16 SEC. 539A. MARITIME WORKFORCE PROMOTION AND RE-

17 CRUITMENT.

18 (a) CONTRACT FOR TARGETED CAMPAIGN.—Not
19 later than one year after the date of the enactment of this
20 Act, the Secretary of the Navy, in coordination with the
21 heads of such other Federal agencies as the Secretary de-
22 termines appropriate, shall seek to enter into a contract
23 with an entity described in subsection (b), through a com-
24 petitive bidding process, for the establishment a targeted

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1 campaign to educate and recruit potential workers regard-
2 ing careers in the maritime sector, including by—
3 (1) promoting maritime workforce in the United
4 States including careers in the maritime industry
5 afloat, including in the United States Merchant Ma-
6 rine, sailing in the Military Sealift Command, and
7 related positions in the maritime sector; and
8 (2) promoting the United States shipbuilding
9 industry and highlighting the critical need to attract
10 skilled workers in the shipbuilding and related mari-
11 time sectors.
12 (b) ENTITY DESCRIBED.—An entity described in this
13 subsection is a reputable marketing, recruiting, and public
14 relations firm with expertise in developing and deploying
15 branding, content, advertising buys, and local and national
16 engagement strategies.
17 (c) CAMPAIGN OBJECTIVES.—A contract entered into
18 under subsection (a) shall provide that the campaign car-
19 ried out pursuant to the contract shall—
20 (1) emphasize the importance of the maritime
21 workforce for national security;
22 (2) showcase the numerous career opportunities
23 available in the maritime domain;
24 (3) highlight the career opportunities in the
25 maritime sector;

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1 (4) promote the excitement, benefits, and ap-
2 peal of a career in the maritime industry;
3 (5) inform potential workers of the points of
4 entry available to join and receive training for such
5 employment, including—
6 (A) the United States Merchant Marine
7 Academy;
8 (B) State and regional maritime academies
9 described in chapter 515 of title 46, United
10 States Code;
11 (C) centers of excellence for domestic mari-
12 time workforce training and education des-
13 ignated under section 51706 of title 46, United
14 States Code;
15 (D) the Military to Mariners Act (46
16 U.S.C. 7302 note);
17 (E) merchant mariner and shipbuilding
18 labor union training facilities;
19 (F) merchant mariner and shipbuilding ap-
20 prenticeship programs approved by the Sec-
21 retary of Labor;
22 (G) shipbuilding industry training pro-
23 grams; and
24 (H) any other potential resources as identi-
25 fied by the Secretary of the Navy;

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1 (6) inform potential workers of sources of fi-
2 nancial assistance for training for individuals inter-
3 ested in joining such industry; and
4 (7) attract workers to the United States mer-
5 chant marine, shipbuilding, and related sectors.
6 (d) TARGET AUDIENCE.—A contract entered into
7 under subsection (a) shall provide that in carrying out the
8 campaign carried out pursuant to the contract, the entity
9 shall target a diverse audience, including—
10 (1) potential workers interested in maritime ca-
11 reers;
12 (2) educational institutions, including K-12
13 educational institutions and community colleges, and
14 the students of such institutions considering voca-
15 tional training in maritime fields;
16 (3) military veterans;
17 (4) individuals seeking career transitions; and
18 (5) the general public.
19 (e) REPORTING AND ACCOUNTABILITY.—
20 (1) QUARTERLY REPORT.—A contract entered
21 into under subsection (a) shall provide that, not
22 later than 30 days after the end of each quarter of
23 each fiscal year during which a campaign is carried
24 out pursuant to the contract, the entity carrying out
25 the campaign, in consultation with the Secretary of

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1 the Navy and the heads of such other Federal agen-
2 cies as the Secretary determines appropriate, shall
3 submit to the relevant congressional committees
4 quarterly reports detailing the progress, outreach,
5 and effect of the campaign, including the effective-
6 ness of such campaigns in increasing applications for
7 employment in the United States Merchant Marine
8 and shipbuilding sectors.
9 (2) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than 180 days
10 after the conclusion of a campaign carried out pur-
11 suant to a contract entered into under subsection
12 (a), the entity carrying out the campaign, in con-
13 sultation with the Secretary of the Navy and the
14 heads of such other Federal agencies as the Sec-
15 retary determines appropriate, shall submit to the
16 relevant congressional committees a comprehensive
17 final report on the campaign.
18 (f) EXPIRATION OF AVAILABLE FUNDS.—No funds
19 may be authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made
20 available to carry out this section after the date that is
21 three years after the date of the enactment of this Act.
22 (g) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘relevant
23 congressional committees’’ means—
24 (1) the Committee on Appropriations, the Com-
25 mittee on Armed Services, and the Committee on

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1 Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of
2 Representatives; and
3 (2) the Committee on Appropriations, the Com-
4 mittee on Armed Services, and the Committee on
5 Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Sen-
6 ate.
7 Subtitle E—Training
8 SEC. 541. IMPROVEMENTS TO FINANCIAL LITERACY TRAIN-

9 ING.

10 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (a)(2) of section 992
11 of title 10, United States Code, is amended—
12 (1) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘grade E–
13 4’’ and inserting ‘‘grade E–6’’;
14 (2) by striking subparagraph (D); and
15 (3) by redesignating subparagraphs (E)
16 through (K) as subparagraphs (D) through (J), re-
17 spectively.
18 (b) PROVISION OF RETIREMENT INFORMATION.—
19 Such section is further amended—
20 (1) by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as
21 subsections (e) and (f), respectively; and
22 (2) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol-
23 lowing new subsection (d):
24 ‘‘(d) PROVISION OF RETIREMENT INFORMATION.—In
25 each training under subsection (a) and in each meeting

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1 to provide counseling under subsection (b), a member of
2 the armed forces shall be provided with—
3 ‘‘(1) all forms relating to retirement that are
4 relevant to the member, including with respect to the
5 Thrift Savings Plan; and
6 ‘‘(2) information with respect to how to find ad-
7 ditional information.’’.
8 SEC. 542. EXTENSION OF JROTC PROGRAMS TO THE JOB

9 CORPS.

10 Section 2031 of title 10, United States Code, is
11 amended—
12 (1) in subsection (a)(1), by inserting ‘‘, includ-
13 ing Job Corps centers as defined in section 147 of
14 the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29
15 U.S.C. 3197),’’ after ‘‘secondary educational institu-
16 tions’’; and
17 (2) in subsection (b)(1)(C), by inserting ‘‘, or is
18 a Job Corps center as defined in section 147 of the
19 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29
20 U.S.C. 3197)’’ after ‘‘military department con-
21 cerned’’.

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1 SEC. 543. MINIMUM NUMBER OF PARTICIPATING STU-

2 DENTS REQUIRED TO ESTABLISH OR MAIN-

3 TAIN A UNIT OF JROTC.

4 Section 2031(b)(1)(A) of title 10, United States
5 Code, is amended—
6 (1) by striking ‘‘not less than (i) 10 percent of
7 the number of students enrolled in the institution
8 who are in a grade above the 7th grade and phys-
9 ically co-located with the 9th grade participating
10 unit, or (ii) 100, whichever is less;’’ and inserting an
11 em dash; and
12 (2) by adding at the end the following new
13 clauses:
14 ‘‘(i) in the case of an educational institu-
15 tion with fewer than 1,000 enrolled students,
16 the lesser of—
17 ‘‘(I) 10 percent of the number of such
18 students who are in a grade above the 7th
19 grade and physically co-located with the
20 9th grade participating unit; and
21 ‘‘(II) 50; or
22 ‘‘(ii) in the case of an educational institu-
23 tion with 1,000 or more enrolled students—
24 ‘‘(I) 50; or
25 ‘‘(II) a number, determined by the
26 Secretary of the military department con-
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1 cerned, that is higher than 50 and not
2 more than 100;’’.
3 SEC. 544. JROTC WAITING LIST.

4 Section 2031(c) of title 10, United States Code, is
5 amended—
6 (1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and
7 inserting a semicolon;
8 (2) in paragraph (3), by striking the period at
9 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
10 (3) by adding at the end the following new
11 paragraph:
12 ‘‘(4) maintain a prioritized waiting list that in-
13 cludes all secondary educational institutions that
14 have made a request for a unit under this section
15 and have not yet been approved by the Secretary
16 concerned, and prescribe regulations describing the
17 factors to be considered in assigning priority, includ-
18 ing the length of time an institution has been wait-
19 ing for a unit.’’.
20 SEC. 545. NUMBER OF JUNIOR RESERVE OFFICERS’ TRAIN-

21 ING CORPS UNITS.

22 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2031 of title 10, United
23 States Code, is amended, in the first subsection designated
24 subsection (i), by striking ‘‘support not fewer than 3,400,

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1 and not more than 4,000, units’’ and inserting ‘‘support
2 not fewer than 3,500, and not more than 4,100, units’’.
3 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
4 subsection (a) shall take effect on October 1, 2026.
5 SEC. 546. REQUIRED CONSTITUTIONAL LAW TRAINING.

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Beginning not later than 180
7 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
8 retary of Defense shall ensure that all newly commissioned
9 officers of the Armed Forces receive training on the Con-
10 stitution of the United States prior to reporting to their
11 first operational assignment.
12 (b) ELEMENTS.—The training required under sub-
13 section (a) shall include—
14 (1) education on the centrality of the Constitu-
15 tion to the commitment officers make to serve in the
16 Armed Forces;
17 (2) emphasis on the loyalty of officers to the
18 Constitution; and
19 (3) instruction on the importance of, and basis
20 for, civilian control over the military.
21 SEC. 547. PROHIBITION ON FEDERAL FUNDS FOR THE DE-

22 PARTMENT OF DEFENSE COUNTERING EX-

23 TREMISM WORK GROUP.

24 No funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act
25 may be used to fund the Department of Defense Coun-

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1 tering Extremism Working Group established by the Sec-
2 retary of Defense memorandum on April 9, 2021.
3 Subtitle F—Member Education
4 SEC. 551. EXPANSION OF INTERNATIONAL ENGAGEMENT

5 AUTHORITIES FOR SERVICE ACADEMIES.

6 Section 347 of title 10, United States Code, is
7 amended, in subsection (a)(1)(B), by striking ‘‘60’’ and
8 inserting ‘‘80’’.
9 SEC. 552. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO ENGAGE IN

10 FUNDED AND UNFUNDED LAW EDUCATION

11 PROGRAMS.

12 (a) PERMANENT EXPANSION OF LAW EDUCATION
13 PROGRAMS.—Section 2004 of title 10, United States
14 Code, is amended—
15 (1) in subsection (a)—
16 (A) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ before ‘‘The Sec-
17 retary’’;
18 (B) by striking the second sentence; and
19 (C) by adding at the end the following new
20 paragraphs:
21 ‘‘(2) Pursuant to regulations prescribed by the Sec-
22 retary concerned, the Secretary of a military department
23 may fund educational expenses for members of the armed
24 forces detailed under paragraph (1). Not more than 25
25 officers and enlisted members from each military depart-

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1 ment may commence such training in any single fiscal
2 year.
3 ‘‘(3) Pursuant to regulations prescribed by the Sec-
4 retary concerned, the Secretary of a military department
5 may also detail members under paragraph (1) without
6 funding any educational expenses. A member detailed pur-
7 suant to this paragraph shall not count against the limita-
8 tion in paragraph (2).’’; and
9 (2) in subsection (b)—
10 (A) in paragraph (1)—
11 (i) by redesignating subparagraphs
12 (A) and (B) as clauses (i) and (ii), respec-
13 tively;
14 (ii) by inserting ‘‘(A) in the case of a
15 member detailed pursuant to subsection
16 (a)(1),’’ after ‘‘(1)’’;
17 (iii) in clause (ii), as redesignated by
18 clause (i) of this subparagraph, by adding
19 ‘‘or’’ after the semicolon; and
20 (iv) by adding at the end the following
21 new subparagraph:
22 ‘‘(B) in the case of a member detailed pursuant
23 to subsection (a)(2), either—
24 ‘‘(i) have served on active duty for a period
25 of not less than two years nor more than eight

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1 years and be an officer in the pay grade O-3 or
2 below when the training is to begin; or
3 ‘‘(ii) have served on active duty for a pe-
4 riod of not less than four years nor more than
5 ten years and be an enlisted member in the pay
6 grade of E-5, E-6, or E-7 when the training is
7 to begin;’’; and
8 (B) in paragraph (3)(C), by striking ‘‘pe-
9 riod of two years’’ and inserting ‘‘period of—
10 ‘‘(i) two years for each year or part
11 thereof of legal training under subsection
12 (a)(1); or
13 ‘‘(ii) one year for each year or part
14 thereof of legal training under subsection
15 (a)(2).’’.
16 (b) TEMPORARY EXPANSION.—During each of the
17 three years after the date of the enactment of this Act,
18 the Secretary of a military department may fund edu-
19 cational expenses under section 2004(a) of such title, as
20 amended by subsection (a), for 35 members of such mili-
21 tary department.
22 (c) CLARIFICATION OF PAY AND ALLOWANCES
23 WHILE DETAILED OR ASSIGNED AS A STUDENT FULL-
24 TIME AT A CIVILIAN INSTITUTION.—Section 502(b) of
25 title 37, United States Code, is amended by adding at the

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1 end the following: ‘‘Nothing in this subsection may be con-
2 strued to deprive a member, detailed or assigned by the
3 Secretary concerned as a full-time student at a civilian in-
4 stitution to pursue a program of education that is substan-
5 tially the same as a program of education offered to civil-
6 ians, of pay or allowances to which such member is enti-
7 tled.’’.
8 SEC. 553. ADDITIONAL ADMISSIONS AUTHORITY FOR THE

9 UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE

10 HEALTH SCIENCES.

11 Chapter 104 of title 10, United States Code, is
12 amended by inserting after section 2114 the following new
13 section:
14 ‘‘§ 2114a. Eligibility of members of foreign militaries
15 to enroll in the University

16 ‘‘(a) AUTHORITY.—(1) The Secretary of Defense may
17 permit an individual who is a member of the military of
18 a foreign country—
19 ‘‘(A) to enroll (including as a full-time student)
20 and receive instruction—
21 ‘‘(i) as a medical student of the University;
22 or
23 ‘‘(ii) in a postdoctoral, postgraduate, or
24 certificate program of the University; and

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1 ‘‘(B) to participate in training exercises of the
2 University.
3 ‘‘(2) Enrollment of an individual under this section—
4 ‘‘(A) shall be subject to—
5 ‘‘(i) the academic capacity of the Univer-
6 sity described in section 2112(b) of this title;
7 and
8 ‘‘(ii) an international agreement or quali-
9 fying non-binding instrument (as such terms
10 are defined in section 112b of title 1); and
11 ‘‘(B) may not decrease the number of members
12 of the uniformed services enrolled in the University;
13 and
14 ‘‘(C) may not be given priority over the enroll-
15 ment of a member of the uniformed services.
16 ‘‘(3) The number of individuals simultaneously en-
17 rolled under this section may not exceed—
18 ‘‘(A) 10, in the case of medical students of the
19 University; and
20 ‘‘(B) 40, with regards to all postdoctoral, post-
21 graduate, and certificate programs of the University.
22 ‘‘(b) QUALIFICATIONS; SELECTION.—In carrying out
23 subsection (a), the Secretary may select an individual to
24 enroll under this section—

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1 ‘‘(1) who was nominated for such enrollment by
2 the medical command of the military of a foreign
3 country; and
4 ‘‘(2) pursuant to regulations prescribed by the
5 Secretary regarding—
6 ‘‘(A) qualifications for such enrollment
7 that are comparable to the qualifications re-
8 quired of a United States citizen; and
9 ‘‘(B) procedures for such selection.
10 ‘‘(c) REIMBURSEMENT.—(1) The Secretary shall re-
11 quire the foreign country of an individual enrolled under
12 this section to reimburse the United States for the cost
13 of providing instruction to such individual.
14 ‘‘(2) The Secretary shall prescribe rates for such re-
15 imbursement that equal or exceed the cost to the United
16 States of providing such instruction to a member of the
17 uniformed services.
18 ‘‘(3) The Secretary may waive, in whole or in part,
19 reimbursement with regards to an individual enrolled
20 under this section.
21 ‘‘(4) Amounts received by the Secretary under this
22 subsection shall—
23 ‘‘(A) be used to defray the costs of providing in-
24 struction to an individual enrolled under this section;

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1 ‘‘(B) be credited to appropriations available for
2 the maintenance and operation of the University;
3 and
4 ‘‘(C) remain available for until expended.
5 ‘‘(5) The source and the disposition of such amounts
6 shall be specifically identified in records of the University.
7 ‘‘(d) APPLICABILITY OF REGULATIONS AND POLI-
8 CIES.—(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) through (4), and to

9 the determination of the Secretary, an individual enrolled
10 under this section shall be subject to the same regulations
11 and policies that apply to a member of the uniformed serv-
12 ices enrolled in the University.
13 ‘‘(2) The Secretary may prescribe regulations regard-
14 ing access to classified information by an individual en-
15 rolled under this section that differ from the regulations
16 that apply to a member of the uniformed services enrolled
17 in the University.
18 ‘‘(3) An individual enrolled under this section shall
19 not be entitled to an appointment in a uniformed service
20 by reason of completing of a program of the University.
21 ‘‘(4) Section 2114 of this title shall not apply to an
22 individual enrolled under this section.’’.

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1 SEC. 554. PROFESSIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION: TECH-

2 NICAL CORRECTION TO DEFINITIONS.

3 Section 2151 of title 10, United States Code, is
4 amended, in subsection (b)(3), by striking ‘‘National De-
5 fense Intelligence College’’ and inserting ‘‘National Intel-
6 ligence University’’.
7 SEC. 555. DISTANCE EDUCATION OPTION FOR PROFES-

8 SIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION.

9 Section 2154 of title 10, United States Code, is
10 amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
11 section:
12 ‘‘(c) DISTANCE EDUCATION.—(1) Any distance edu-
13 cation program offered to satisfy Phase I or Phase II in-
14 struction under paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (a)
15 shall include a pathway for a student who is a member
16 of a reserve component to fully complete the course of in-
17 struction while physically separated from the course in-
18 structors and without any in-person attendance required
19 to graduate from such program.
20 ‘‘(2) In this subsection, the term ‘distance education’
21 has the meaning given such term in section 103 of the
22 Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1003).’’.

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1 SEC. 556. AUTHORITY TO ACCEPT GIFTS OF SERVICES FOR

2 PROFESSIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION INSTI-

3 TUTIONS.

4 Section 2601(a)(2)(A) of title 10, United States
5 Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘or a professional military
6 education institution’’ after ‘‘museum program’’ each
7 place it appears.
8 SEC. 557. ALTERNATIVE SERVICE OBLIGATION FOR A

9 CADET OR MIDSHIPMAN WHO BECOMES A

10 PROFESSIONAL ATHLETE.

11 (a) UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY.—Section
12 7448 of title 10, United States Code, is amended as fol-
13 lows:
14 (1) In the section heading, by striking ‘‘agree-
15 ment to serve as officer’’ and inserting ‘‘serv-
16 ice obligation’’.
17 (2) In subsection (b)—
18 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘The
19 Secretary of the Army’’ and inserting ‘‘Subject
20 to paragraph (4), the Secretary of the Army’’;
21 and
22 (B) by striking paragraph (4) and insert-
23 ing the following:
24 ‘‘(4) Each academic year, the Secretary of the Army
25 may transfer not more than three cadets, who obtain em-
26 ployment in violation of paragraph (5) of subsection (a),
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1 to the Selected Reserve of the Army. Each cadet so trans-
2 ferred shall—
3 ‘‘(A) serve as a commissioned officer—
4 ‘‘(i) in an appropriate grade or rating, de-
5 termined by the Secretary of the Army; and
6 ‘‘(ii) for a period, determined by the Sec-
7 retary of the Army, not longer than 10 years;
8 and
9 ‘‘(B) while so serving, participate in efforts to
10 recruit and retain members of the armed forces.’’.
11 (3) In subsection (c)(2)(A), by inserting ‘‘unless
12 such cadet receives a transfer under paragraph (4)
13 of subsection (b)’’ before the semicolon.
14 (4) In subsection (f), by striking ‘‘the alter-
15 native obligation’’ and inserting ‘‘an alternative obli-
16 gation’’.
17 (b) UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY.—Section
18 8459 of title 10, United States Code, is amended as fol-
19 lows:
20 (1) In the section heading, by striking ‘‘agree-
21 ment for length of service’’ and inserting
22 ‘‘service obligation’’.
23 (2) In subsection (b)—
24 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘The
25 Secretary of the Navy’’ and inserting ‘‘Subject

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1 to paragraph (4), the Secretary of the Navy’’;
2 and
3 (B) by striking paragraph (4) and insert-
4 ing the following:
5 ‘‘(4) Each academic year, the Secretary of the Navy
6 may transfer not more than three midshipmen, who obtain
7 employment in violation of paragraph (5) of subsection
8 (a), to the Selected Reserve of the Navy or the Selected
9 Reserve of the Marine Corps. Each midshipman so trans-
10 ferred shall—
11 ‘‘(A) serve as a commissioned officer—
12 ‘‘(i) in an appropriate grade or rating, de-
13 termined by the Secretary of the Navy; and
14 ‘‘(ii) for a period, determined by the Sec-
15 retary of the Navy, not longer than 10 years;
16 and
17 ‘‘(B) while so serving, participate in efforts to
18 recruit and retain members of the armed forces.’’.
19 (3) In subsection (c)(2)(A), by inserting ‘‘unless
20 such midshipman receives a transfer under para-
21 graph (4) of subsection (b)’’ before the semicolon.
22 (4) In subsection (f), by striking ‘‘the alter-
23 native obligation’’ and inserting ‘‘an alternative obli-
24 gation’’.

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1 (c) UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY.—Section
2 9448 of title 10, United States Code, is amended as fol-
3 lows:
4 (1) In the section heading, by striking ‘‘agree-
5 ment to serve as officer’’ and inserting ‘‘serv-
6 ice obligation’’.
7 (2) In subsection (b)—
8 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘The
9 Secretary of the Air Force’’ and inserting ‘‘Sub-
10 ject to paragraph (4), the Secretary of the Air
11 Force’’; and
12 (B) by striking paragraph (4) and insert-
13 ing the following:
14 ‘‘(4) Each academic year, the Secretary of the Air
15 Force may transfer not more than three cadets, who ob-
16 tain employment in violation of paragraph (5) of sub-
17 section (a), to the Selected Reserve of the Air Force. Each
18 cadet so transferred shall—
19 ‘‘(A) serve as a commissioned officer—
20 ‘‘(i) in an appropriate grade or rating, de-
21 termined by the Secretary of the Air Force; and
22 ‘‘(ii) for a period, determined by the Sec-
23 retary of the Air Force, not longer than 10
24 years; and

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1 ‘‘(B) while so serving, participate in efforts to
2 recruit and retain members of the armed forces.’’.
3 (3) In subsection (c)(2)(A), by inserting ‘‘unless
4 such cadet receives a transfer under paragraph (4)
5 of subsection (b)’’ before the semicolon.
6 (4) In subsection (f), by striking ‘‘the alter-
7 native obligation’’ and inserting ‘‘an alternative obli-
8 gation’’.
9 SEC. 558. SERVICE ACADEMIES: BOARDS OF VISITORS.

10 (a) UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY.—Section
11 7455 of title 10, United States Code, is amended—
12 (1) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the
13 following:
14 ‘‘(a) A Board of Visitors to the Academy is con-
15 stituted annually of—
16 ‘‘(1) the chair of the Committee on Armed
17 Services of the Senate, or the designee of such chair;
18 ‘‘(2) the ranking member of the Committee on
19 Armed Services of the Senate, or the designee of the
20 ranking member;
21 ‘‘(3) two other members of the Senate des-
22 ignated by the Majority Leader of the Senate, one
23 of whom is a member of the Committee on Appro-
24 priations of the Senate;

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1 ‘‘(4) two other members of the Senate des-
2 ignated by the Minority Leader of the Senate, one
3 of whom is a member of the Committee on Appro-
4 priations of the Senate;
5 ‘‘(5) the chair of the Committee on Armed
6 Services of the House of Representatives, or the des-
7 ignee of such chair;
8 ‘‘(6) the ranking member of the Committee on
9 Armed Services of the House of Representatives, or
10 the designee of the ranking member;
11 ‘‘(7) two other members of the House of Rep-
12 resentatives designated by the Speaker of the House
13 of Representatives, one of whom is a member of the
14 Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
15 resentatives;
16 ‘‘(8) one other member of the House of Rep-
17 resentatives designated by the Minority Leader of
18 the House of Representatives; and
19 ‘‘(9) six persons designated by the President.’’;
20 and
21 (2) in subsection (f), by inserting ‘‘and the
22 Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and
23 House of Representatives’’ after ‘‘the President’’
24 both places it appears.

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1 (b) UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY.—Section
2 8468 of title 10, United States Code, is amended—
3 (1) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the
4 following:
5 ‘‘(a) A Board of Visitors to the Academy is con-
6 stituted annually of—
7 ‘‘(1) the chair of the Committee on Armed
8 Services of the Senate, or the designee of such chair;
9 ‘‘(2) the ranking member of the Committee on
10 Armed Services of the Senate, or the designee of the
11 ranking member;
12 ‘‘(3) two other members of the Senate des-
13 ignated by the Majority Leader of the Senate, one
14 of whom is a member of the Committee on Appro-
15 priations of the Senate;
16 ‘‘(4) two other members of the Senate des-
17 ignated by the Minority Leader of the Senate, one
18 of whom is a member of the Committee on Appro-
19 priations of the Senate;
20 ‘‘(5) the chair of the Committee on Armed
21 Services of the House of Representatives, or the des-
22 ignee of such chair;
23 ‘‘(6) the ranking member of the Committee on
24 Armed Services of the House of Representatives, or
25 the designee of the ranking member;

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1 ‘‘(7) two other members of the House of Rep-
2 resentatives designated by the Speaker of the House
3 of Representatives, one of whom is a member of the
4 Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
5 resentatives;
6 ‘‘(8) one other member of the House of Rep-
7 resentatives designated by the Minority Leader of
8 the House of Representatives; and
9 ‘‘(9) six persons designated by the President.’’;
10 and
11 (2) in subsection (f), by inserting ‘‘and the
12 Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and
13 House of Representatives’’ after ‘‘the President’’
14 both places it appears.
15 (c) UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY.—Section
16 9455 of title 10, United States Code, is amended—
17 (1) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the
18 following:
19 ‘‘(a) A Board of Visitors to the Academy is con-
20 stituted annually of—
21 ‘‘(1) the chair of the Committee on Armed
22 Services of the Senate, or the designee of such chair;
23 ‘‘(2) the ranking member of the Committee on
24 Armed Services of the Senate, or the designee of the
25 ranking member;

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1 ‘‘(3) two other members of the Senate des-
2 ignated by the Majority Leader of the Senate, one
3 of whom is a member of the Committee on Appro-
4 priations of the Senate;
5 ‘‘(4) two other members of the Senate des-
6 ignated by the Minority Leader of the Senate, one
7 of whom is a member of the Committee on Appro-
8 priations of the Senate;
9 ‘‘(5) the chair of the Committee on Armed
10 Services of the House of Representatives, or the des-
11 ignee of such chair;
12 ‘‘(6) the ranking member of the Committee on
13 Armed Services of the House of Representatives, or
14 the designee of the ranking member;
15 ‘‘(7) two other members of the House of Rep-
16 resentatives designated by the Speaker of the House
17 of Representatives, one of whom is a member of the
18 Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
19 resentatives;
20 ‘‘(8) one other member of the House of Rep-
21 resentatives designated by the Minority Leader of
22 the House of Representatives; and
23 ‘‘(9) six persons designated by the President.’’;
24 and

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1 (2) in subsection (f), by inserting ‘‘and the
2 Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and
3 House of Representatives’’ after ‘‘the President’’
4 both places it appears.
5 SEC. 559. MODERNIZING MARINE CORPS PLATOON LEAD-

6 ERS CLASS COLLEGE TUITION ASSISTANCE

7 PROGRAM TO ACCOUNT FOR INFLATION.

8 Section 16401 of title 10, United States Code, is
9 amended—
10 (1) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘$5,200’’ and
11 inserting ‘‘$13,800’’; and
12 (2) in subsection (e)(2), by striking ‘‘1,200’’
13 and inserting ‘‘450’’.
14 SEC. 559A. INFORMATION ON NOMINATIONS AND APPLICA-

15 TIONS FOR MILITARY SERVICE ACADEMIES.

16 Section 575(a)(1) of the William M. (Mac) Thorn-
17 berry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
18 2021 (Public Law 116–283; 10 U.S.C. 7442 note) is
19 amended by striking ‘‘Not later than two years after the
20 date of the enactment of this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘Not
21 later than December 31, 2026’’.
22 SEC. 559B. ENSURING ACCESS TO CERTAIN HIGHER EDU-

23 CATION BENEFITS.

24 (a) DATA MATCHING REQUIRED.—Not later than
25 one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the

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1 Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Education shall
2 jointly complete a data matching process—
3 (1) to identify each individual who, while serv-
4 ing as a covered employee of the Department of De-
5 fense, made one or more student loan payments eli-
6 gible to be counted for purposes of the Public Serv-
7 ice Loan Forgiveness program under section 455(m)
8 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
9 1087e(m)); and
10 (2) without requiring further information or ac-
11 tion from such individual—
12 (A) to certify the total period of such em-
13 ployment for purposes of such program; and
14 (B) to count the total number of qualifying
15 payments made by the individual for purposes
16 of such program during such period.
17 (b) COVERED EMPLOYEE DEFINED.—In this section,
18 the term ‘‘covered employee’’ means an individual who, at
19 any time beginning on or after October 1, 2007, was—
20 (1) a member of the Armed Forces serving on
21 active duty for a period of more than 30 consecutive
22 days; or
23 (2) a civilian employee of the Department of
24 Defense.

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1 SEC. 559C. SERVICE ACADEMIES: REFERRAL OF APPLI-

2 CANTS TO THE SENIOR MILITARY COLLEGES

3 AND UNITS OF THE SENIOR RESERVE OFFI-

4 CER TRAINING CORPS.

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the
6 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense
7 shall establish a system whereby a covered individual may
8 elect to have the Secretary share information regarding
9 such covered individual with a senior military college or
10 a unit of the Senior Reserve Officer Training Corps.
11 (b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
12 (1) The term ‘‘covered individual’’ means an in-
13 dividual who applied for an appointment as a cadet
14 or midshipman at a Service Academy.
15 (2) The term ‘‘senior military college’’ means a
16 school specified in section 2111a of title 10, United
17 States Code.
18 (3) The term ‘‘Service Academy’’ has the mean-
19 ing given such term in section 347 of title 10,
20 United States Code.
21 SEC. 559D. PILOT PROGRAM TO PROVIDE GRADUATE EDU-

22 CATION OPPORTUNITIES FOR ENLISTED

23 MEMBERS OF THE ARMY AND NAVY.

24 (a) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of the Navy and the
25 Secretary of the Army may jointly conduct a pilot program
26 (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Program’’) under which
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1 certain enlisted personnel of the covered Armed Forces
2 may enroll in a master’s degree program at the Naval
3 Postgraduate School.
4 (b) PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretaries
5 concerned may carry out the Program—
6 (1) in accordance with this section;
7 (2) in accordance with such regulations as may
8 be prescribed by the Secretary of Defense for pur-
9 poses of the Program; and
10 (3) in a manner consistent with the Graduate
11 Education Program–Enlisted pilot program of the
12 Marine Corps.
13 (c) ELIGIBILITY OF PARTICIPANTS.—The Secretaries
14 concerned shall establish criteria for determining the eligi-
15 bility of enlisted members of the covered Armed Forces
16 for participation in the Program.
17 (d) SELECTION OF PARTICIPANTS.—Selection of a
18 member for the Program shall be based on consideration
19 of—
20 (1) the eligibility criteria established under sub-
21 section (c);
22 (2) professional performance;
23 (3) promotion potential;
24 (4) retention potential;

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1 (5) academic background, capabilities, and ac-
2 complishments;
3 (6) the needs of the Navy and Army; and
4 (7) input from the component within each cov-
5 ered Armed Force with primary responsibility for de-
6 termining the duty assignments of enlisted members.
7 (e) POST-PARTICIPATION SERVICE.—Subject to such
8 terms, conditions, and exceptions as the Secretaries con-
9 cerned may establish, an enlisted member who receives a
10 master’s degree under the Program shall serve for a period
11 of not less than two years in a duty assignment that is
12 relevant to the degree obtained by the member under the
13 Program.
14 (f) FRAMEWORK FOR FILLING BILLETS.—In con-
15 junction with selecting enlisted members for participation
16 in the Program as described in subsection (d), the Secre-
17 taries concerned shall establish a framework for assigning
18 enlisted personnel who are not participating in the Pro-
19 gram—
20 (1) to fill the billets of the members partici-
21 pating in the Program while such members are com-
22 pleting a course of study at the Naval Postgraduate
23 School; and
24 (2) to fill the billets of members who received
25 a master’s degree under the Program while such

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1 members are engaged in post-participation service as
2 described in subsection (e).
3 (g) IDENTIFICATION OF DEGREE PROGRAMS.—The
4 Secretaries concerned shall coordinate with the President
5 of the Naval Postgraduate School to identify specific mas-
6 ter’s degree programs offered by the School in which Pro-
7 gram participants may enroll. In identifying such pro-
8 grams, the Secretaries shall consider—
9 (1) the needs of the Navy and Army;
10 (2) the capacity of the Naval Postgraduate
11 School; and
12 (3) the extent to which enrollment in a specific
13 program is expected to have a positive effect on the
14 career trajectories of participants.
15 (h) INFORMATION DISSEMINATION.—The Secretaries
16 concerned shall take such actions as are necessary to no-
17 tify and inform enlisted members about the Program.
18 (i) REPORT.—Before the expiration of the six-year
19 period described in subsection (j), the Secretaries con-
20 cerned, in coordination with the Secretary of Defense,
21 shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the
22 Senate and the House of Representatives a report that
23 includes—
24 (1) an assessment of whether and to what ex-
25 tent the Program has met the needs of the covered

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1 Armed Forces and had positive effects on partici-
2 pating enlisted members, including with respect to—
3 (A) career trajectory, including potential
4 pay increases;
5 (B) retention;
6 (C) recruitment;
7 (D) job performance;
8 (E) merit-based promotions and merit-
9 based promotion reorder; and
10 (F) compatibility with the objectives out-
11 lined in the 2022 National Defense Strategy to
12 modernize the Armed Services, spur innovation,
13 and outpace and outthink adversaries of the
14 United States;
15 (2) the recommendations of the Secretaries re-
16 garding whether the Program should be extended or
17 made permanent;
18 (3) an assessment of the funding and capabili-
19 ties that may be needed to make the Program per-
20 manent; and
21 (4) any other matters the Secretaries determine
22 to be relevant.
23 (j) SUNSET.—The Program shall terminate six years
24 after the date on which the Program commences under
25 this section.

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