H.R. 7900 (117th Congress, Calendar No. 467) — To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2023 for military activities
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House bill H.R. 7900 of the 117th Congress, 2D Session, is an Act to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2023 for military activities of the Department of Defense and for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes. In the Senate it was received July 28, 2022, and on August 3, 2022, read twice and placed on the calendar. The short title is the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023. Section 2 organizes the Act into nine divisions, including Division A, Department of Defense Authorizations; Division D, Funding Tables; and Division G, Don Young Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2022.
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Calendar No. 467
117TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 7900
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
JULY 28, 2022
Received
AUGUST 3, 2022
Read twice and placed on the calendar
AN ACT
To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2023 for military
activities of the Department of Defense and for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Depart-
ment of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths
for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.
1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Defense Au-
5 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023’’.
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1 SEC. 2. ORGANIZATION OF ACT INTO DIVISIONS; TABLE OF
2 CONTENTS.
3 (a) DIVISIONS.—This Act is organized into nine divi-
4 sions as follows:
5 (1) Division A—Department of Defense Au-
6 thorizations.
7 (2) Division B—Military Construction Author-
8 izations.
9 (3) Division C—Department of Energy Na-
10 tional Security Authorizations and Other Authoriza-
11 tions.
12 (4) Division D—Funding Tables.
13 (5) Division E—Non-Department of Defense
14 Matters.
15 (6) Division F—Other Matters.
16 (7) Division G—Don Young Coast Guard Au-
17 thorization Act of 2022.
18 (8) Division H—Financial Transparency.
19 (9) Division I—Public Lands.
20 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for
21 this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Organization of Act into divisions; table of contents.
Sec. 3. Congressional defense committees.
DIVISION A—DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATIONS
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TITLE I—PROCUREMENT
Subtitle A—Authorization of Appropriations
Sec. 101. Authorization of appropriations.
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Subtitle B—Navy Programs
Sec. 111. Requirements relating to EA–18G aircraft of the Navy.
Sec. 112. Multiyear procurement authority for Arleigh Burke class destroyers.
Sec. 113. Authority for procurement of additional Arleigh Burke class de-
stroyer.
Sec. 114. Authority for certain procurements for the Ship-to-Shore Connector
program.
Sec. 115. Authority to procure airframes and engines for CH–53K King Stal-
lion heavy-lift helicopters.
Sec. 116. Prohibition on availability of funds for retirement of HSC–85 air-
craft.
Sec. 117. Quarterly briefings on the CH–53K King Stallion helicopter program.
Sec. 118. Funding for additional Joint Strike Fighter aircraft.
Sec. 119. Report on advance procurement for CVN–82 and CVN–83.
Sec. 119A. Report on applicability of DDG(X) electric-drive propulsion system.
Sec. 119B. Prohibition on availability of funds for disposal of Littoral Combat
Ships.
Subtitle C—Air Force Programs
Sec. 121. Modification of inventory requirements for aircraft of the combat air
forces.
Sec. 122. Modification of minimum inventory requirement for air refueling
tanker aircraft.
Sec. 123. Requirements relating to F–22 aircraft.
Sec. 124. Modification of inventory requirements and limitations relating to cer-
tain air refueling tanker aircraft.
Sec. 125. Repeal of Air Force E–8C force presentation requirement.
Sec. 126. Minimum inventory of C–130 aircraft.
Sec. 127. Authority to procure upgraded ejection seats for certain T–38A air-
craft.
Sec. 128. Prohibition on availability of funds for retirement of C–40 aircraft.
Sec. 129. Prohibition on availability of funds for procurement of bridge tanker
aircraft.
Sec. 130. Prohibition on availability of funds for termination of production lines
for HH–60W aircraft.
Sec. 131. Prohibition on certain reductions to B–1 bomber aircraft squadrons.
Sec. 132. Limitation on retirement of E–3 Airborne Warning and Control Sys-
tem aircraft.
Sec. 133. Requirements study and acquisition strategy for the combat search
and rescue mission of the Air Force.
Sec. 134. Plan for transfer of KC–135 aircraft to the Air National Guard.
Sec. 135. Annual report on T–7A Advanced Pilot Training System.
Sec. 136. Report on F–22 aircraft force laydown.
Sec. 137. Limitation on divestment of F–15 aircraft.
Sec. 138. Funding for C–130 Modular Airborne Firefighting System.
Sec. 139. Requirement to maintain fleet of manned intelligence, surveillance,
and reconnaissance aircraft.
Sec. 139A. Procurement authority for commercial engineering software.
Sec. 139B. Sense of congress regarding united states air national guard refuel-
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ing mission.
Subtitle D—Defense-wide, Joint, and Multiservice Matters
Sec. 141. Charging stations at commissary stores and military exchanges.
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Sec. 142. Increase Air Force and Navy use of used commercial dual-use parts
in certain aircraft and engines.
Sec. 143. Assessment and report on military rotary wing aircraft industrial
base.
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. Clarification of role of senior official with principal responsibility for
artificial intelligence and machine learning.
Sec. 212. Role of the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer in fos-
tering interoperability among joint force systems.
Sec. 213. Modification of defense laboratory modernization pilot program.
Sec. 214. Support for research and development of bioindustrial manufacturing
processes.
Sec. 215. Activities to support the use of metal additive manufacturing for the
subsurface fleet of the Navy.
Sec. 216. Digital mission operations platform for the Space Force.
Sec. 217. Air-breathing test capacity upgrade to support critical hypersonic
weapons development.
Sec. 218. Information on use of commercial software for the warfighter ma-
chine interface of the Army.
Sec. 219. Measures to increase the capacity of historically Black colleges and
universities and other minority-serving institutions to achieve
very high research activity status.
Sec. 220. Pilot program to support the development of patentable inventions in
the Department of the Navy.
Sec. 221. Pilot program to facilitate the research, development, and production
of advanced battery technologies for warfighters.
Sec. 222. Pilot program on research and development of plant-based protein for
the Navy.
Sec. 223. Allowable uses of funds under the Commercial Weather Data Pilot
Program of the Air Force.
Sec. 224. Pilot program on use of digital twin technologies in the Armed
Forces.
Sec. 225. Funding for advanced above water sensors.
Sec. 226. Biofuel and fuel cell vehicle research, development, and demonstration
program.
Sec. 227. Radar obstruction research, development, test, and evaluation pro-
gram.
Sec. 228. Funding for research and development relating to rare earth ele-
ments.
Sec. 229. Funding for National Defense Education Program.
Sec. 229A. Funding for high energy laser and certain emerging technology ini-
tiatives.
Sec. 229B. Department of Defense advanced technology investment incentive
pilot program.
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Sec. 229C. Funding for development of measures to prevent infections caused
by severe fractures.
Sec. 229D. Funding for research into the effects of head-supported mass on
cervical spine health.
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Sec. 229E. Requirement for separate program element for the multi-medicine
manufacturing platform program.
Subtitle C—Plans, Reports, and Other Matters
Sec. 231. Modification of national security strategy for national technology and
industrial base.
Sec. 232. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Innovation Fellowship
Program.
Sec. 233. Report on efforts to increase the participation of historically Black
colleges and universities and other minority-serving institutions
in the research and development activities of the Department
of Defense.
Sec. 234. Assessment of test infrastructure and priorities related to hypersonic
capabilities and related technologies and hypersonic test strat-
egy.
Sec. 235. Independent review and assessment of test and evaluation resource
planning.
Sec. 236. Study on costs associated with underperforming software and infor-
mation technology.
Sec. 237. Study and report on sufficiency of test and evaluation resources for
certain major defense acquisition programs.
Sec. 238. Periodic reports on risk distribution within research, development,
test, and evaluation activities.
Sec. 239. Review and report on offensive hypersonic weapons programs of the
Department of Defense.
Sec. 240. Report on potential for increased utilization of the Electronic Proving
Grounds testing range.
Sec. 241. Sense of Congress on the additive manufacturing and machine learn-
ing initiative of the Army.
Sec. 242. Funding for robotics supply chain research.
Sec. 243. Funding for enterprise digital transformation with commercial phys-
ics simulation.
Sec. 244. Report on national security applications for fusion energy technology.
TITLE III—OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE
Subtitle A—Authorization of Appropriations
Sec. 301. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 302. Funding for Army Community Services.
Subtitle B—Energy and Environment
Sec. 311. Equivalent authority for environmental restoration projects at Na-
tional Guard training sites.
Sec. 312. Amendment to budgeting of Department of Defense relating to ex-
treme weather.
Sec. 313. Prototype and demonstration projects for energy resilience at certain
military installations.
Sec. 314. Pilot program for transition of certain nontactical vehicle fleets of
Department of Defense to electric vehicles.
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Sec. 315. Pilot program on use of sustainable aviation fuel.
Sec. 316. Policy to increase disposition of spent advanced batteries through re-
cycling.
Sec. 317. Guidance and target deadline relating to formerly used defense sites
programs.
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Sec. 318. Budget information for alternatives to burn pits.
Sec. 319. Program to track and reduce Scope 3 emissions and energy costs.
Sec. 320. Requirement to include information relating to electric vehicle charg-
ing in certain military construction project proposals.
Sec. 321. Sense of Congress regarding electric or zero-emission vehicles for
non-combat vehicle fleet.
Sec. 322. Study on environmental contamination and cleanup associated with
Thorium-230 and related substances.
Sec. 323. Destruction of materials containing PFAS with technologies not re-
quiring incineration.
Sec. 324. Analysis and plan for addressing heat island effect on military instal-
lations.
Sec. 325. Comptroller General report on acceleration and improvement of envi-
ronmental cleanup of Vieques and Culebra, Puerto Rico.
Sec. 326. Report on Department of Defense flood mapping efforts.
Sec. 327. Biannual leak inspections of Navy and Air Force underground stor-
age tanks on Guam.
Sec. 328. Additional special considerations for energy performance goals and
energy performance master plan.
Sec. 329. Clarification and requirement for Department of Defense relating to
renewable biomass and biogas.
Subtitle C—Red Hill Bulk Fuel Facility
Sec. 331. Defueling of Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility.
Sec. 332. Activities prior to decommissioning of Red Hill Bulk Storage Facility.
Sec. 333. Limitation on use of funds pending award of certain projects and im-
plementation of certain recommendations.
Sec. 334. Placement of sentinel or monitoring wells in proximity to Red Hill
Bulk Fuel Facility.
Sec. 335. Report on Department of Defense efforts to track health implications
of fuel leaks at Red Hill Bulk Fuel Facility.
Sec. 336. Studies relating to water needs of the Armed Forces on Oahu.
Sec. 337. Study on alternative uses for Red Hill Bulk Fuel Facility.
Subtitle D—Treatment of Perfluoroalkyl Substances and Polyfluoroalkyl
Substances
Sec. 341. Prizes for development of non-PFAS-containing turnout gear.
Sec. 342. Modification to restriction on Department of Defense procurement of
certain items containing perfluorooctane sulfonate or
perfluorooctanoic acid.
Sec. 343. Prohibition on purchase by Department of Defense of firefighting
equipment containing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances.
Sec. 344. Standards for response actions with respect to PFAS contamination.
Sec. 345. List of certain PFAS uses deemed essential; briefings on Department
of Defense procurement of certain items containing PFOS or
PFOA.
Subtitle E—Logistics and Sustainment
Sec. 351. Resources required for achieving materiel readiness metrics and ob-
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jectives for major defense acquisition programs.
Sec. 352. Annual plan for maintenance and modernization of naval vessels.
Sec. 353. Independent study relating to fuel distribution logistics across United
States Indo-Pacific Command.
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Sec. 354. Programs of military departments on reduction of fuel reliance and
promotion of energy-aware behaviors.
Subtitle F—Matters Relating to Depots and Ammunition Production
Facilities
Sec. 361. Budgeting for depot and ammunition production facility maintenance
and repair: annual report.
Sec. 362. Extension of authorization of depot working capital funds for unspec-
ified minor military construction.
Sec. 363. Modification to minimum capital investment for certain depots.
Sec. 364. Continuation of requirement for biennial report on core depot-level
maintenance and repair.
Sec. 365. Continuation of requirement for annual report on funds expended for
performance of depot-level maintenance and repair workloads.
Sec. 366. Five-year plans for improvements to depot and ammunition produc-
tion facility infrastructure.
Sec. 367. Clarification of calculation for certain workload carryover of Depart-
ment of Army.
Subtitle G—Reports
Sec. 371. Annual reports by Deputy Secretary of Defense on activities of Joint
Safety Council.
Sec. 372. Quarterly reports on expenditures for establishment of fuel distribu-
tion points in INDOPACOM area of responsibility.
Sec. 373. Secretary of Defense report on establishing procedure for alerting
about exposure to perfluoroalkyl substances.
Sec. 374. Report on effects of wildfire and drought conditions on military readi-
ness at United States Naval Observatory Flagstaff Station.
Sec. 375. Reports relating to aqueous film-forming foam substitutes and PFAS
contamination at certain installations.
Sec. 376. Briefings on implementation of recommendations relating to safety
and accident prevention.
Subtitle H—Other Matters
Sec. 381. Accountability for military working dogs.
Sec. 382. Membership of Coast Guard on Joint Safety Council.
Sec. 383. Requirement of Secretary of Defense to reimburse State costs of
fighting certain wildland fires.
Sec. 384. Expanded consultation in training of National Guard personnel on
wildfire response.
Sec. 385. Interagency collaboration and extension of pilot program on military
working dogs and explosives detection.
Sec. 386. Establishment of Army and Air Force Safety Commands; implemen-
tation of accident investigation recommendations.
Sec. 387. National standards for Federal fire protection at military installa-
tions.
Sec. 388. Pilot program for tactical vehicle safety data collection.
Sec. 389. Requirement for public disclosure of results of Department of De-
fense lead testing.
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Sec. 390. Briefing relating to use of recycled rubber waste products by Depart-
ment of Defense.
Sec. 391. Revival of report on non-federalized National Guard personnel, train-
ing, and equipment requirements.
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Sec. 392. Use of amounts available to Department of Defense for operation and
maintenance for removal of munitions and explosives of con-
cern in Guam.
Sec. 393. Funding for Utility Helicopter Mods.
Sec. 394. Sense of Congress regarding the use of working dogs to detect early
stages of diseases.
Sec. 395. Requirements to reduce out-of-pocket costs of members of the Armed
Forces for uniform items.
Sec. 396. Recognition of service of military working dogs.
Sec. 397. Maintenance of publicly accessible website by Joint Safety Council.
TITLE IV—MILITARY PERSONNEL AUTHORIZATIONS
Subtitle A—Active Forces
Sec. 401. End strengths for active forces.
Sec. 402. Revisions in permanent active duty end strength minimum levels.
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.
TITLE V—MILITARY PERSONNEL POLICY
Subtitle A—Officer Personnel Policy
Sec. 501. Distribution of commissioned officers on active duty in general officer
and flag officer grades.
Sec. 502. Authorized strength after December 31, 2022: general officers and
flag officers on active duty.
Sec. 503. Exclusion of lead special trial counsel from limitations on general of-
ficers and flag officers on active duty.
Sec. 504. Constructive service credit for certain officers of the Armed Forces:
authorization; special pay.
Sec. 505. Clarification of grade of Surgeon General of the Navy.
Sec. 506. Assessments of staffing in the Office of the Secretary of Defense and
other Department of Defense headquarters offices.
Sec. 507. Survey of chaplains.
Sec. 508. Independent review of Army officer performance evaluations.
Subtitle B—Reserve Component Management
Sec. 511. Grades of certain chiefs of reserve components.
Sec. 512. Grade of Vice Chief of the National Guard Bureau.
Sec. 513. Backdating of effective date of rank for reserve officers in the Na-
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tional Guard due to undue delays in Federal recognition.
Sec. 514. Financial assistance program for specially selected members: Army
Reserve and Army National Guard.
Sec. 515. Inspections of National Guard.
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Sec. 516. Requirement of consent of the chief executive officer for certain full-
time National Guard duty performed in a State, Territory, or
the District of Columbia.
Sec. 517. Extension of National Guard support for FireGuard program.
Sec. 518. Notice to Congress before certain actions regarding units of certain
reserve components.
Sec. 519. Plan to ensure reasonable access to the Junior Reserve Officers’
Training Corps.
Sec. 519A. Inclusion of additional information on the Senior Reserve Officers’
Training Corps in reports accompanying the national defense
strategy.
Sec. 519B. Additional matters relating to support for FireGuard program.
Sec. 519C. Divestiture of Tactical Control Party.
Sec. 519D. Recognition of the Army Interagency Training and Education Cen-
ter as a joint activity of the National Guard; report.
Sec. 519E. Enhancement of National Guard Youth Challenge Program.
Subtitle C—General Service Authorities and Military Records
Sec. 521. Notification to next of kin upon the death of a member of the Armed
Forces.
Sec. 522. Direct acceptance of gifts from certain sources by enlisted members.
Sec. 523. Limitation of extension of period of active duty for a member who
accepts a fellowship, scholarship, or grant.
Sec. 524. Briefing and report on administrative separation boards.
Sec. 525. Elimination of time limit for mandatory characterizations of adminis-
trative discharges of certain members on the basis of failure to
receive COVID-19 vaccine.
Sec. 526. Prohibition on use of photographs by certain military promotion
boards.
Sec. 527. Gender-neutral fitness standards for combat military occupational
specialties of the Army.
Sec. 528. Retention and recruitment of members of the Army who specialize in
air and missile defense systems.
Sec. 529. Pilot program on remote personnel processing in the Army.
Sec. 529A. Improving oversight of military recruitment practices in public sec-
ondary schools.
Sec. 529B. Enlistments: compilation of directory and other prospective recruit
information.
Sec. 529C. Continuing military service for certain members eligible for chapter
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Sec. 529D. Sense of Congress regarding the Port Chicago 50.
Sec. 529E. Treatment of personally identifiable information regarding prospec-
tive recruits.
Sec. 529F. Implementation of certain recommendations regarding screening in-
dividuals who seek to enlist in the Armed Forces and coun-
tering extremist activity in the Department of Defense.
Sec. 529G. Best practices for the retention of certain female members of the
Armed Forces.
Sec. 529H. Record of military service for members of the Armed Forces.
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Subtitle D—Military Justice
Sec. 531. Sexual Harassment Independent Investigations and Prosecution.
Sec. 532. Matters in connection with special trial counsel.
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Sec. 533. Standards for imposition of commanding officer’s non-judicial punish-
ment.
Sec. 534. Special trial counsel of the Air Force.
Sec. 535. Financial assistance for victims of offenses under the Uniform Code
of Military Justice.
Sec. 536. Addressing sex-related offenses and sexual harassment involving
members of the National Guard.
Sec. 537. Prohibition on sharing of information on domestic violence incidents.
Sec. 538. Mandatory notification of members of the Armed Forces identified in
certain records of criminal investigations.
Sec. 539. Sentencing parameters under the Uniform Code of Military Justice
for hate crimes.
Sec. 539A. Limitation on availability of funds for relocation of Army CID spe-
cial agent training course.
Sec. 539B. Recommendations for sentencing of marijuana-based offenses under
the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
Sec. 539C. Report on sharing information with counsel for victims of offenses
under the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
Sec. 539D. Public availability of military commission proceedings.
Sec. 539E. Review and report on the definition of consent for purposes of the
offenses of rape and sexual assault under the Uniform Code of
Military Justice.
Sec. 539F. Standards and reports relating to cases overseen by military crimi-
nal investigative organizations.
Subtitle E—Other Legal Matters
Sec. 541. Clarifications of procedure in investigations of personnel actions
taken against members of the Armed Forces in retaliation for
protected communications.
Sec. 542. Primary prevention of violence.
Sec. 543. Treatment of certain complaints from members of the Armed Forces.
Sec. 544. Pilot program on financial assistance for victims of domestic violence.
Sec. 545. Agreements with civilian victim service agencies.
Sec. 546. Activities to improve information sharing and collaboration on mat-
ters relating to the prevention of and response to domestic
abuse and child abuse and neglect among military families.
Sec. 547. Inspector General investigation into discrimination against members
and employees of Middle Eastern and North African descent.
Sec. 548. Time limit for processing certain administrative complaints.
Sec. 549. Review and report on administration of sexual harassment claims.
Sec. 549A. Interagency task force to protect members, veterans, and military
families from financial fraud.
Sec. 549B. Exclusion of evidence obtained without prior authorization.
Subtitle F—Member Education
Sec. 551. Increase in maximum number of students enrolled at Uniformed
Services University of the Health Sciences.
Sec. 552. Authorization of certain support for military service academy founda-
tions.
Sec. 553. Agreement by a cadet or midshipman to play professional sport con-
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stitutes a breach of service obligation.
Sec. 554. Naval Postgraduate School: attendance by enlisted members.
Sec. 555. Authority to waive tuition at United States Air Force Institute of
Technology for certain private sector civilians.
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Sec. 556. Terms of Provost and Academic Dean of the United States Air Force
Institute of Technology.
Sec. 557. Establishment of consortium for curricula in military education.
Sec. 558. Establishment of consortium of institutions of military education for
cybersecurity matters.
Sec. 559. Commission on Professional Military Education.
Sec. 559A. Increase in the number of individuals from the District of Columbia
who may be appointed to military service academies.
Sec. 559B. Modification of annual report on demographics of military service
academy applicants.
Sec. 559C. Report on treatment of China in curricula of professional military
education.
Sec. 559D. Speech disorders of cadets and midshipmen.
Sec. 559E. Amendments to pathways for counseling in the Transition Assist-
ance Program.
Subtitle G—Member Training and Transition
Sec. 561. Information regarding apprenticeships for members during initial
entry training.
Sec. 562. Extremist activity by a member of the Armed Forces: notation in
service record; TAP counseling.
Sec. 563. Codification of Skillbridge program.
Sec. 564. Training on digital citizenship and media literacy in annual cyber
awareness training for certain members.
Sec. 565. Pilot grant program to supplement the transition assistance program
of the Department of Defense.
Sec. 566. Female members of certain Armed Forces and civilian employees of
the Department of Defense in STEM.
Sec. 567. Skillbridge: apprenticeship programs.
Sec. 568. Training on consequences of committing a crime in preseparation
counseling of the Transition Assistance Program.
Sec. 569. Participation of members of the reserve components of the armed
forces in the SkillBridge program.
Sec. 569A. Annual report on members separating from active duty who file
claims for disability benefits.
Sec. 569B. Outreach to members regarding possible toxic exposure.
Sec. 569C. Activities to assist the transition of members of the Armed Forces
and veterans into careers in education.
Sec. 569D. Funding for Skillbridge.
Sec. 569E. Funding for Skillbridge for law enforcement training.
Sec. 569F. Numbers of certain nominations for cadets at the United States
Military Academy.
Sec. 569G. Pilot transition assistance program for military spouses.
Sec. 569H. Guidelines for active duty military on potential risks and prevention
of toxic exposures.
Sec. 569I. GAO report on use of transition programs by members of special op-
erations forces.
Sec. 569J. GAO report on screenings included in the health assessment for
members separating from the Armed Forces.
Sec. 569K. Department of defense report on third-party job search technology.
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Subtitle H—Military Family Readiness and Dependents’ Education
Sec. 571. Clarification and expansion of authorization of support for chaplain-
led programs for members of the Armed Forces.
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Sec. 572. Rights of parents of children attending schools operated by the De-
partment of Defense Education Activity.
Sec. 573. Expansion of pilot program to provide financial assistance to mem-
bers of the Armed Forces for in-home child care.
Sec. 574. Extension of pilot program to expand eligibility for enrollment at do-
mestic dependent elementary and secondary schools.
Sec. 575. Advisory panel on community support for military families with spe-
cial needs.
Sec. 576. Certain assistance to local educational agencies that benefit depend-
ents of military and civilian personnel.
Sec. 577. Verification of reporting of eligible federally connected children for
purposes of Federal impact aid programs.
Sec. 578. EFMP grant program.
Sec. 579. Promotion of certain child care assistance.
Sec. 579A. Recommendations for the improvement of the Military Interstate
Children’s Compact.
Sec. 579B. Industry roundtable on military spouse hiring.
Sec. 579C. Feasibility study and report on pilot program to provide POTFF
services to separating members of special operations forces and
certain family members.
Sec. 579D. MySTeP: provision online and in multiple languages.
Sec. 579E. Assistance to local educational agencies that benefit dependents of
members of the Armed Forces with enrollment changes due to
base closures, force structure changes, or force relocations.
Sec. 579F. Surveys regarding military spouses.
Sec. 579G. Review of policies regarding single parents serving as members of
the Armed Forces.
Sec. 579H. Public reporting on certain military child care programs.
Sec. 579I. Feasibility of inclusion of au pairs in pilot program to provide finan-
cial assistance to members of the Armed Forces for in-home
child care.
Sec. 579J. Report on the effects of economic inflation on families of members
of the Armed Forces.
Sec. 579K. Report on the effects of the shortage of infant formula on the fami-
lies of members of the Armed Forces.
Sec. 579L. Briefing on child care at Camp Bull Simons.
Subtitle I—Decorations and Awards
Sec. 581. Authority to award the Medal of Honor to a member of the Armed
Forces for acts of valor while a prisoner of war.
Sec. 582. Authorization for award of the Medal of Honor to David R.
Halbruner for acts of valor on September 11-12, 2012.
Sec. 583. Authorization for posthumous award of Medal of Honor to Master
Sergeant Roderick W. Edmonds for acts of valor during World
War II.
Sec. 584. Rescission of Medals of Honor awarded for acts at Wounded Knee
Creek on December 29, 1890.
Sec. 585. Sense of Congress regarding service of Gary Andrew Cyr.
Sec. 586. Eligibility of veterans of Operation End Sweep for Vietnam Service
Medal.
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Sec. 587. Authorization for award of Medal of Honor to E. Royce Williams for
acts of valor during the Korean War.
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Sec. 588. Authorization for award of Medal of Honor to James Capers, Jr. for
acts of valor as a member of the Marine Corps during the Viet-
nam War.
Sec. 589. Inclusion of Purple Heart awards on military valor website.
Sec. 589A. Study on fraudulent misrepresentation about receipt of a military
medal or decoration.
Subtitle J—Miscellaneous Reports and Other Matters
Sec. 591. Electronic notarization for members of the Armed Forces.
Sec. 592. Disinterments from national cemeteries.
Sec. 593. Clarification of authority of NCMAF to update Chaplains Hill at Ar-
lington National Cemetery.
Sec. 594. Notifications on manning of afloat naval forces.
Sec. 595. Pilot program on car sharing on military installations in Alaska.
Sec. 596. Support for members who perform duties regarding remotely piloted
aircraft: study; report.
Sec. 597. Review of marketing and recruiting of the Department of Defense.
Sec. 598. Report on recruiting efforts of the Army.
Sec. 599. Sense of congress regarding women involuntarily separated from the
Armed Forces due to pregnancy or parenthood.
Sec. 599A. Armed Forces workplace and gender relations surveys.
Sec. 599B. Task Force on Historical and Current Barriers to African American
Participation and Equal Treatment in the Armed Services.
Sec. 599C. Plan to combat racial bias, discrimination, and harassment against
Asian American service members, civilians, and contractor per-
sonnel.
Sec. 599D. Recurring report regarding COVID-19 mandate.
Sec. 599E. Pilot program on safe storage of personally owned firearms.
Sec. 599F. Report on non-citizen members of the Armed Forces.
Sec. 599G. Report on instances of antisemitism.
Sec. 599H. Annual report regarding cost of living for members and employees
of the Department of Defense.
Sec. 599I. Review of recruiting efforts for women.
Sec. 599J. Report on support for pregnant members.
Sec. 599K. Clarification of authority to solicit gifts in support of the mission
of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency to account for
members of the Armed Forces and Department of Defense ci-
vilian employees listed as missing.
Sec. 599L. Report on efforts to prevent and respond to deaths by suicide in
the Navy.
Sec. 599M. Report on programs through which members of the Armed Forces
may file anonymous concerns.
Sec. 599N. Sense of Congress regarding Ulysses S. Grant.
TITLE VI—COMPENSATION AND OTHER PERSONNEL BENEFITS
Subtitle A—Basic Pay and Allowances
Sec. 601. Exclusion of BAH from gross household income for purposes of basic
needs allowance.
Sec. 602. Basic allowance for housing for a member without dependents whose
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relocation would financially disadvantage such member.
Sec. 603. Temporary continuation of rate of basic allowance for housing for
members of the Armed Forces whose sole dependent dies while
residing with the member.
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Sec. 604. Allowance for gym membership for certain members of the Armed
Forces who reside more than 10 miles from a military installa-
tion.
Sec. 605. Revival and redesignation of provision establishing benefits for cer-
tain members assigned to the Defense Intelligence Agency.
Sec. 606. Reimbursement of certain child care costs incident to a permanent
change of station or assignment.
Sec. 607. Allowable travel and transportation allowances: complex overhaul.
Sec. 608. Expansion of authority to reimburse a member of the uniformed serv-
ices for spousal business costs arising from a permanent
change of station.
Sec. 609. Permanent authority to reimburse members for spouse relicensing
costs pursuant to a permanent change of station.
Sec. 609A. Travel and transportation allowances for certain members of the
Armed Forces who attend a professional military education in-
stitution or training classes.
Sec. 609B. Establishment of allowance for certain relocations of pets of mem-
bers of the uniformed services.
Sec. 609C. Extension of one-time uniform allowance for officers who transfer
to the Space Force.
Sec. 609D. OCONUS cost of living allowance: adjustments; notice to certain
congressional committees.
Sec. 609E. Pay for DOD and Coast Guard child care providers: studies; adjust-
ment.
Subtitle B—Bonus and Incentive Pays
Sec. 611. One-year extension of certain expiring bonus and special pay authori-
ties.
Sec. 612. Increase to maximum amounts of certain bonus and special pay au-
thorities.
Sec. 613. Special pay and allowances for members of the Armed Forces as-
signed to cold weather operations.
Sec. 614. Authorization of incentive pay to a member of the Armed Forces
whose disclosure of fraud, waste, or mismanagement results in
cost savings to the military department concerned.
Sec. 615. Inflation bonus pay.
Sec. 616. Establishing complex overhaul pay.
Sec. 617. Air Force rated officer retention demonstration program.
Subtitle C—Family and Survivor Benefits
Sec. 621. Expanded eligibility for bereavement leave for members of the Armed
Forces.
Sec. 622. Claims relating to the return of personal effects of a deceased mem-
ber of the Armed Forces.
Sec. 623. Expansion of authorized assistance for providers of child care services
to members of the Armed Forces.
Sec. 624. Survivor Benefit Plan open enrollment period.
Sec. 625. Study and report on military installations with limited child care.
Sec. 626. Hunger among military families: data collection; training; report.
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Sec. 631. Prohibition on sale of Chinese goods in commissary stores and mili-
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Subtitle E—Miscellaneous Rights, Benefits, and Reports
Sec. 641. Transitional compensation and benefits for the former spouse of a
member of the Armed Forces who allegedly committed a de-
pendent-abuse offense during marriage.
Sec. 642. Authorization of permissive temporary duty for wellness.
Sec. 643. Study on basic pay.
Sec. 644. Report on accuracy of basic allowance for housing.
Sec. 645. Study and report on barriers to home ownership for members of the
Armed Forces.
Sec. 646. Plan for reimbursement of certain expenses of certain members and
veterans related to Afghanistan evacuation.
Sec. 647. Expansion of the space-available travel program to allow certain dis-
abled veterans to travel with a caregiver or dependent on cer-
tain aircraft.
Subtitle F—Disability and Retired Pay
Sec. 651. 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.
TITLE VII—HEALTH CARE PROVISIONS
Subtitle A—TRICARE and Other Health Care Benefits
Sec. 701. Clarification of coverage of artificial reproductive services for certain
TRICARE beneficiaries.
Sec. 702. Clarification of coverage of certain areolar nipple tattooing proce-
dures under TRICARE program.
Sec. 703. TRICARE Dental for Selected Reserve.
Sec. 704. Report requirement for certain contracts under TRICARE program.
Sec. 705. Temporary requirement for contraception coverage parity under the
TRICARE program.
Sec. 706. Rates of reimbursement for providers of applied behavior analysis.
Sec. 707. Medical testing and related services for firefighters of Department of
Defense.
Sec. 708. Audit of behavioral health care network providers listed in TRICARE
directory.
Sec. 709. Independent analysis of quality and patient safety review process
under direct care component of TRICARE program.
Subtitle B—Health Care Administration
Sec. 721. Congressional notification requirement to modify scope of services
provided at military medical treatment facilities.
Sec. 722. Modification of certain deadline and requirement to transfer research
and development functions to Defense Health Agency.
Sec. 723. Modification of requirement to transfer public health functions to De-
fense Health Agency.
Sec. 724. Other transaction authority for studies and demonstration projects
relating to delivery of health and medical care.
Sec. 725. Licensure requirement for certain health-care professionals providing
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services as part of mission relating to emergency, humani-
tarian, or refugee assistance.
Sec. 726. Improvements relating to Medical Officer of the Marine Corps posi-
tion.
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Sec. 727. Authority for Department of Defense program to promote early lit-
eracy among certain young children as part of pediatric pri-
mary care.
Sec. 728. Accountability for wounded warriors undergoing disability evaluation.
Sec. 729. Incentive payments for retention of certain behavioral health pro-
viders.
Sec. 730. Clarification of license portability for health care providers providing
services under Reserve Health Readiness program.
Sec. 731. Policy of Defense Health Agency on expanded recognition of board
certifications for physicians.
Sec. 732. Sleep Apnea Screening.
Sec. 733. Demonstration project on infant and early childhood mental health
services for children of members of the Armed Forces.
Sec. 734. Improvements to processes to reduce financial harm caused to civil-
ians for care provided at military medical treatment facilities.
Sec. 735. Improvements to military medical treatment facilities and other facili-
ties under military health system.
Sec. 736. Access to certain dependent medical records by remarried former
spouses.
Sec. 737. Affiliates Sharing Pilot Program.
Sec. 738. Housing first report.
Subtitle C—Studies and Reports
Sec. 741. GAO study on coverage of mental health disorders under TRICARE
program and relationship to certain mental health parity laws.
Sec. 742. Feasibility study on establishment of new command on defense
health.
Sec. 743. Study and awareness initiative regarding use of qualified alternative
therapies to treat certain members of the Armed Forces on ter-
minal leave.
Sec. 744. Report on composition of medical personnel of each military depart-
ment and related matters.
Sec. 745. Briefing and report on reduction or realignment of military medical
manning and medical billets.
Sec. 746. Report on feasability of certain licensing models for Department of
Defense-owned vaccines and other medical interventions relat-
ing to COVID–19.
Sec. 747. Study on the impact of military trauma and intimate partner violence
on maternal health outcomes.
Sec. 748. Report on coverage of behavioral and mental health crisis services
under TRICARE program.
Sec. 749. Report on mental health provider readiness designations.
Sec. 750. Study on provider training gaps with respect to screening and treat-
ment of maternal mental health conditions.
Sec. 751. Report on mental health conditions and metabolic disease among cer-
tain members of Armed Forces.
Sec. 752. Study on accessability of mental health providers and services for ac-
tive duty members of the Armed Forces.
Sec. 753. Health-related behaviors survey and report.
Sec. 754. Report on Coordination, Data Sharing, and Evaluation Efforts for
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Sec. 755. GAO study on DOD and VA mammogram and breast cancer screen-
ing policies.
Sec. 756. Study and report on rate of cancer-related morbidity and mortality.
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Sec. 757. GAO study on access to Exceptional Family Member program and
Extended Care Health Option program by members of reserve
components.
Sec. 758. Kyle Mullen Naval safety enhancements.
Sec. 759. Report on operational and physical and mental health effects of low
recruitment and retention to Armed Forces.
Sec. 759A. Report on maternal mortality rates of female members of the
Armed Forces.
Sec. 759B. Report on Defense Health Agency contracts.
Subtitle D—Other Matters
Sec. 761. Inclusion of exposure to perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances
as component of periodic health assessments.
Sec. 762. Mandatory training on health effects of perfluoroalkyl or
polyfluoroalkyl substances.
Sec. 763. Non-medical counseling services for military families.
Sec. 764. Clarifications relating to analysis of Department of Defense Com-
prehensive Autism Demonstration Program by National Acad-
emies.
Sec. 765. Clarification of eligibility for membership to independent suicide pre-
vention and response review committee.
Sec. 766. Improvement to Wounded Warrior Service Dog Program.
Sec. 767. Improvements relating to behavioral health care available under mili-
tary health system.
Sec. 768. Assignment of behavioral health providers and technicians to aircraft
carriers.
Sec. 769. Department of Defense internship programs relating to civilian be-
havioral health providers.
Sec. 770. Brain health initiative of Department of Defense.
Sec. 771. Authority to conduct pilot program relating to monitoring of blast
overpressure exposure.
Sec. 772. Standardization across Department of Defense of policies relating to
service by individuals diagnosed with HBV.
Sec. 773. Certification program in provision of mental health services to mem-
bers of the Armed Forces, veterans, and military families.
Sec. 774. Pilot program on cryopreservation and storage.
Sec. 775. Pilot program for participation by members of Selected Reserve in
health professions scholarship and financial assistance pro-
grams.
Sec. 776. Pilot program on ensuring pharmaceutical supply stability.
Sec. 777. Establishment of partnership program between United States and
Ukraine for military trauma care and research.
Sec. 778. Grant program for increased cooperation on post-traumatic stress dis-
order research between United States and Israel.
Sec. 779. Suicide cluster: standardized definition for use by Department of De-
fense; congressional notification.
Sec. 780. Limitation on realignment or reduction of military medical manning
end strength: certification requirement and other reforms.
Sec. 781. Review and update of policy relating to command notification process
and reduction of mental health stigma.
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Sec. 782. Grant program to study treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder
using certain psychedelic substances.
Sec. 783. Pilot programs of Defense Health Agency relating to sexual health.
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Sec. 784. Drop boxes on military installations for deposit of unused prescrip-
tion drugs.
Sec. 785. Funding for pancreatic cancer research.
Sec. 786. Psychological evaluations for members of the Armed Forces returning
from Kabul.
Sec. 787. Annual review and update of online information relating to suicide
prevention.
Sec. 788. Funding for post-traumatic stress disorder.
Sec. 789. Increased collaboration with NIH to combat triple negative breast
cancer.
Sec. 790. Pilot program to improve military readiness through nutrition and
wellness initiatives.
Sec. 791. Guidance for addressing healthy relationships and intimate partner
violence through TRICARE Program.
TITLE VIII—ACQUISITION POLICY, ACQUISITION MANAGEMENT,
AND RELATED MATTERS
Subtitle A—Acquisition Policy and Management
Sec. 801. Writing award to encourage curiosity and persistence in overcoming
obstacles in acquisition.
Sec. 802. Data requirements for commercial item pricing not based on ade-
quate price competition.
Sec. 803. Preference for domestic foods for military working dogs.
Sec. 804. Life cycle management and product support.
Sec. 805. Extension of requirement to submit Selected Acquisition Reports.
Sec. 806. Amendments to contractor employee protections from reprisal for dis-
closure of certain information.
Sec. 807. Enhanced domestic content requirement for major defense acquisition
programs.
Sec. 808. Mission-Based Rapid Acquisition Account.
Sec. 809. Preference for offerors that meet certain requirements.
Subtitle B—Amendments to General Contracting Authorities, Procedures, and
Limitations
Sec. 811. Membership of Coast Guard on Strategic Materials Protection Board.
Sec. 812 . Comptroller General assessment of acquisition programs and efforts.
Sec. 813. Subcontracting requirements for certain contracts awarded to edu-
cational institutions.
Sec. 814. Clarification to fixed-price incentive contract references.
Sec. 815. Modification to indemnification authority for research and develop-
ment contracts.
Sec. 816. Competition requirements for purchases from Federal Prison Indus-
tries.
Sec. 817. Clarification of authority of the Department of Defense to carry out
certain prototype projects.
Sec. 818. Requirements for the procurement of certain components for certain
naval vessels and auxiliary ships.
Sec. 819. Modification to prohibition on operation or procurement of foreign-
made unmanned aircraft systems.
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Sec. 820. Extension of pilot program to accelerate contracting and pricing proc-
esses.
Sec. 821. Extension and modification of Never Contract with the Enemy.
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Sec. 822. Require full domestic production of flags of the United States ac-
quired by the Department of Defense.
Sec. 823. Guidelines and resources on the acquisition or licensing of intellectual
property.
Sec. 824. Compliance procedures for investigating the prohibition on criminal
history inquiries by Federal contractors prior to conditional
offer.
Sec. 825. Reestablishment of Commission on Wartime Contracting.
Subtitle C—Provisions Relating to Acquisition Workforce
Sec. 831. Key experiences and enhanced pay authority for acquisition workforce
excellence.
Sec. 832. Defense Acquisition University reforms.
Sec. 833. Modifications to Defense Civilian Training Corps.
Sec. 834. Repeal of certain provisions relating to acquisition workforce incen-
tives.
Sec. 835. Acquisition workforce incentives relating to training on and agree-
ments with certain software businesses.
Subtitle D—Provisions Relating to Software and Technology
Sec. 841. Prizes for advanced technology achievements.
Sec. 842. Congressional notification for pilot program to accelerate the procure-
ment and fielding of innovative technologies.
Sec. 843. Curricula on software acquisitions and cybersecurity software or
hardware acquisitions for covered individuals.
Sec. 844. Report on covered software development.
Sec. 845. Other transaction authority clarification.
Sec. 846. Existing agreement limits for Operation Warp Speed.
Subtitle E—Industrial Base Matters
Sec. 851. Recognition of an association of eligible entities that provide procure-
ment technical assistance.
Sec. 852. Update to plan on reduction of reliance on services, supplies, or mate-
rials from covered countries.
Sec. 853. Modification to prohibition on certain procurements from the
Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.
Sec. 854. Codification of the Department of Defense Mentor–Protege Program.
Sec. 855. Microloan program; definitions.
Sec. 856. Small Business Innovation Program extension.
Sec. 857. Prohibition on covered airport contracts with certain entities.
Sec. 858. Risk management for Department of Defense supply chains.
Sec. 859. Review of advances in domestic production of carbon fiber.
Sec. 859A. Extension of transfer date for the verification of small business con-
cerns owned and controlled by veterans or service-disabled vet-
erans to the Small Business Administration.
Sec. 859B. Application of price evaluation preference for qualified HUBZone
small business concerns to certain contracts.
Sec. 859C. Codification of Small Business Administration scorecard.
Sec. 859D. Modifications to the nonmanufacturer rule.
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Sec. 859E. Study on small business assistance to foreign-based companies.
Sec. 859F. Report on strategic and critical materials.
Sec. 859G. Report and modification to the national technology and industrial
base.
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Sec. 859H. Sense of Congress on modernizing defense supply chain manage-
ment.
Sec. 859I. Prohibition on the use of LOGINK.
Sec. 859J. Report on transition to Phase III for Small Business Innovation Re-
search and Small Business Technology Transfer program
awards.
Sec. 859K. Extension of participation in 8(a) program.
Sec. 859L. Access to contract bundling data.
Sec. 859M. Report on small business concerns owned and controlled by women.
Sec. 859N. Native Hawaiian Organizations.
Subtitle F—Other Matters
Sec. 861. Technical correction to effective date of the transfer of certain title
10 acquisition provisions.
Sec. 862. Regulations on use of fixed-price type contracts for major defense ac-
quisition programs.
Sec. 863. Notification on retention rate policy.
Sec. 864. Security clearance bridge pilot program.
Sec. 865. Department of Defense national imperative for industrial skills pro-
gram.
Sec. 866. Temporary suspension of COVID–19 vaccine mandate for Depart-
ment of Defense contractors.
Sec. 867. GAO report on Department of Defense contract financing and com-
mercial best practices.
Sec. 868. Prohibition on contracting with employers that violated the National
Labor Relations Act.
Sec. 869. Amendments to contracting authority for certain small business con-
cerns.
Sec. 870. Equitable adjustments to construction contracts.
Sec. 871. Manufacturing of insulin.
Sec. 872. Need for development and acquisition of natural rubber from domes-
tic herbacious plant sources.
Sec. 873. Increased competitive opportunities and strategy for certain critical
technology contractors.
Sec. 874. Duties of small business development center counselors.
TITLE IX—DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ORGANIZATION AND
MANAGEMENT
Subtitle A—Office of the Secretary of Defense and Related Matters
Sec. 901. Increase in authorized number of Assistant and Deputy Assistant
Secretaries of Defense.
Sec. 902. Responsibilities of Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Oper-
ations and Low Intensity Conflict.
Subtitle B—Other Department of Defense Organization and Management
Matters
Sec. 911. Eligibility of Chief of the National Guard Bureau for appointment as
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
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Sec. 912. Clarification of peacetime functions of the Navy.
Sec. 913. Explosive ordnance disposal defense program.
Sec. 914. Modification of report regarding the designation of the Explosive
Ordnance Disposal Corps as a basic branch of the Army.
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Sec. 915. Clarification of roles and responsibilities for force modernization ef-
forts of the Army.
Sec. 916. Report on potential transition of all members of Space Force into a
single component.
Sec. 917. Sense of Congress on the Electromagnetic Spectrum Superiority
Strategy.
Subtitle C—Space National Guard
Sec. 921. Establishment of Space National Guard.
Sec. 922. No effect on military installations.
Sec. 923. Implementation of Space National Guard.
Sec. 924. Conforming amendments and clarification of authorities.
TITLE X—GENERAL PROVISIONS
Subtitle A—Financial Matters
Sec. 1001. General transfer authority.
Sec. 1002. Determination of budgetary effects.
Sec. 1003. Sense of Congress relating to enlisted personnel subsistence.
Sec. 1004. Sense of Congress relating to the corrective action plans review
process.
Sec. 1005. Sense of Congress relating to the Fraud Reduction Task Force.
Subtitle B—Counterdrug Activities
Sec. 1011. Extension of authority to support a unified counterdrug and
counterterrorism campaign in Colombia.
Subtitle C—Naval Vessels and Shipyards
Sec. 1021. Navy consultation with Marine Corps on major decisions directly
concerning Marine Corps amphibious force structure and capa-
bility.
Sec. 1022. Number of Navy operational amphibious ships.
Sec. 1023. Availability of funds for retirement or inactivation of landing dock
ships.
Sec. 1024. Availability of funds for retirement or inactivation of guided missile
cruisers.
Sec. 1025. Business case analyses on disposition of certain Government-owned
dry-docks.
Sec. 1026. Prohibition on use of funds for retirement of legacy maritime mine
countermeasures platforms.
Sec. 1027. Deadline for 75 percent manning fill for ships undergoing nuclear
refueling or defueling.
Sec. 1028. Prohibition on deactivation of Navy Combat Documentation Detach-
ment 206.
Sec. 1029. Withholding of certain information about sunken military crafts.
Sec. 1030. Availability of funds for retirement or inactivation of expeditionary
transfer dock ships.
Sec. 1031. Availability of funds for retirement or inactivation of Littoral Com-
bat Ships.
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Sec. 1032. Briefing on fielding of SPEIR on all surface combatant vessels.
Sec. 1033. Report on effects of Multiple Award Contract-multi Order con-
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Sec. 1034. Congressional notification regarding pending retirement of naval
vessels viable for artificial reefing.
Sec. 1034A. Award of contracts for ship repair work to non-homeport shipyards
to meet surge capacity.
Subtitle D—Counterterrorism
Sec. 1035. Prohibition on use of funds for transfer or release of individuals de-
tained at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay,
Cuba, to certain countries.
Sec. 1036. Report on threat posed by domestic terrorists.
Sec. 1037. Consideration of human rights records of recipients of support of
special operations to combat terrorism.
Sec. 1038. Consideration of human rights records of recipients of support of
Special Operations for irregular warfare.
Subtitle E—Miscellaneous Authorities and Limitations
Sec. 1041. Modification of authority for humanitarian demining assistance and
stockpiled conventional munitions assistance.
Sec. 1042. Security clearances for recently separated members of the Armed
Forces and civilian employees of the Department of Defense.
Sec. 1043. Submission of national defense strategy in unclassified form.
Sec. 1044. Common access cards for Department of Defense facilities for cer-
tain congressional staff.
Sec. 1045. Introduction of entities in transactions critical to national security.
Sec. 1046. Repository of local nationals working for or on behalf of Federal
Government in theater of combat operations.
Sec. 1047. Transfers and pay of nonappropriated fund employees.
Sec. 1048. Establishment of joint training pipeline between United States Navy
and Royal Australian Navy.
Sec. 1049. Inspector General oversight of Department of Defense activities in
response to Russia’s further invasion of Ukraine.
Sec. 1050. Consultation of congressional defense committees in preparation of
national defense strategy.
Sec. 1051. Prohibition on use of funds for aerial fumigation in Colombia.
Sec. 1052. Assessment of suicide risk at military installations.
Subtitle F—Studies and Reports
Sec. 1061. Briefing on Global Force Management Allocation Plan.
Sec. 1062. Extension and modification of reporting requirement regarding en-
hancement of information sharing and coordination of military
training between Department of Homeland Security and De-
partment of Defense.
Sec. 1063. Continuation of requirement for annual report on National Guard
and reserve component equipment.
Sec. 1064. Combatant command risk assessment for airborne intelligence, sur-
veillance, and reconnaissance.
Sec. 1065. Reports on effects of strategic competitor naval facilities in Africa.
Sec. 1066. Annual reports on safety upgrades to the high mobility multipurpose
wheeled vehicle fleets.
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Sec. 1067. Quarterly reports on Operation Spartan Shield.
Sec. 1068. Congressional notification of military information support operations
in the information environment.
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Sec. 1069. Department of Defense delays in providing comments on Govern-
ment Accountability Office reports.
Sec. 1070. Reports on hostilities involving United States Armed Forces.
Sec. 1071. Annual report on civilian casualties in connection with United States
military operations.
Sec. 1072. Justification for transfer or elimination of flying missions.
Sec. 1073. Equipment of Army reserve components: annual report to Congress.
Sec. 1074. Public availability of reports.
Sec. 1075. Quarterly reports on expenditures for planning and design of infra-
structure to support permanent United States force presence
on Europe’s eastern flank.
Sec. 1076. Study on military training routes and special use air space near
wind turbines.
Sec. 1077. Study on Joint Task Force Indo-Pacific.
Sec. 1078. Biannual Department of Defense Inspector General reporting on re-
sponse to Russian aggression and assistance to Ukraine.
Sec. 1079. Review of security assistance provided to Elie Wiesel countries.
Sec. 1079A. Report on Department of Defense practices regarding distinction
between combatants and civilians in United States military op-
erations.
Sec. 1079B. Report on Department of Defense recruitment advertising to racial
and ethnic minority communities.
Sec. 1079C. Public availability of information about cost of United States over-
seas military footprint.
Sec. 1079D. Study and report on potential inclusion of black box data record-
ers in tactical vehicles.
Sec. 1079E. Report on the strategy and engagement efforts of the Armed
Forces in Hawaii.
Sec. 1079F. Department of Defense engagement with Native Hawaiian organi-
zations.
Sec. 1079G. FFRDC study on shipyard infrastructure optimization program ef-
forts to optimize, recapitalize and reconfigure facilities and in-
dustrial plant equipment.
Sec. 1079H. Study on efforts of the Department of Defense to reduce the use
of single-use plastics.
Sec. 1079I. Report on Littoral Explosive Ordnance Neutralization program of
record.
Sec. 1079J. Assessment, plan, and reports on the automated surface observing
system.
Sec. 1079K. Annual report on use of social media by foreign terrorist organiza-
tions.
Sec. 1079L. Report on protection of members of the Armed Forces from Rus-
sian-sponsored armed attacks.
Sec. 1079M. Report on desalinization technology.
Sec. 1079N. Report on Department of Defense military capabilities in the Car-
ibbean.
Sec. 1079O. Annual report on unfunded priorities of Defense POW/MIA Ac-
counting Agency.
Sec. 1079P. Review of Navy study on Requirements for and Potential Benefits
of Realistically Simulating Real World and Near Peer Adver-
sary Submarines.
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Sec. 1079Q. Report on unmanned traffic management systems at military
bases and installations.
Sec. 1079R. Report on non-domestic fuel use.
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Sec. 1079S. Report on human trafficking as a result of Russian invasion of
Ukraine.
Subtitle G—Other Matters
Sec. 1081. Technical and conforming amendments.
Sec. 1082. Ronald V. Dellums Memorial Fellowship for Women of Color in
STEAM.
Sec. 1083. Combating military reliance on Russian energy.
Sec. 1084. Commission on Civilian Harm.
Sec. 1085. Department of Defense Center for Excellence in Civilian Harm Miti-
gation.
Sec. 1086. Sense of Congress regarding naming a warship the USS Fallujah.
Sec. 1087. Standardization of sectional barge construction for Department of
Defense use on rivers and intercoastal waterways.
Sec. 1088. Sense of Congress regarding naming warships after deceased Navy
Medal of Honor recipients.
Sec. 1089. Sense of Congress regarding the service and crew of the USS Okla-
homa City.
Sec. 1090. Target date for deployment of 5G wireless broadband infrastructure
at all military installations.
Sec. 1091. Inclusion of Air Force student pilots in personnel metrics for estab-
lishing and sustaining dining facilities at Air Education and
Training Commands.
Sec. 1092. Sense of Congress regarding conduct of international naval review
on July 4, 2026.
Sec. 1093. Sense of Congress regarding crisis at the Southwest border.
Sec. 1094. National Commission on the Future of the Navy.
Sec. 1095. Transfer of aircraft to other departments for wildfire suppression
and other purposes.
Sec. 1096. National Museum of Intelligence and Special Operations.
Sec. 1097. Availability of information regarding procurement of equipment by
State and local governments through the Department of De-
fense.
Sec. 1098. Report on purchase and use by Department of Defense of location
data generated by Americans’ phones and their internet
metadata.
Sec. 1099. National tabletop exercise.
Sec. 1099A. Greenhouse gas mitigation actions and results dashboard.
Sec. 1099B. Administration of risk-based surveys to certain educational institu-
tions.
Sec. 1099C. Briefing on Guam and Northern Mariana Islands military con-
struction costs.
Sec. 1099D. Resources to implement Department of Defense policy on civilian
harm in connection with United States military operations.
Sec. 1099E. Availability of modular small arms range for Army Reserve in
Puerto Rico.
Sec. 1099F. Independent epidemiological analysis of health effects from expo-
sure to Department of Defense activities in Vieques.
Sec. 1099G. Participation in Federal Transportation Incentive PRogram.
Sec. 1099H. Report on initiatives of Department of Defense to source locally
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ment.
Sec. 1099I. Limitations on sale and use of portable heating devices on military
installations.
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Sec. 1099J. Training and information for first responders regarding aid for vic-
tims of trauma-related injuries.
Sec. 1099K. Public availability of cost of certain military operations to each
United States taxpayer.
Sec. 1099L. Report on Department of Defense plan to achieve strategic over-
match in the information environment.
TITLE XI—CIVILIAN PERSONNEL MATTERS
Sec. 1101. One-year extension of authority to waive annual limitation on pre-
mium pay and aggregate limitation on pay for Federal civilian
employees working overseas.
Sec. 1102. One-year extension of temporary authority to grant allowances, ben-
efits, and gratuities to civilian personnel on official duty in a
combat zone.
Sec. 1103. Standardized credentials for law enforcement officers of the Depart-
ment of Defense.
Sec. 1104. Temporary extension of authority to provide security for former De-
partment of Defense officials.
Sec. 1105. Increase in positions eligible for enhanced pay authority for certain
research and technology positions in science and technology re-
invention laboratories.
Sec. 1106. GAO Report on Federal Employee Paid Leave Act.
Sec. 1107. Inflation bonus pay for certain Department of Defense civilian em-
ployees.
Sec. 1108. Flexible workplace programs.
Sec. 1109. GAO study on Federal Wage System parity with local prevailing
wage rate.
Sec. 1110. Temporary authority to appoint retired members of the Armed
Forces to Military Health System positions.
Sec. 1111. Purchase of retired handguns by Federal law enforcement officers.
Sec. 1112. National Digital Reserve Corps.
Subtitle B—PLUM Act of 2022
Sec. 1121. Short title.
Sec. 1122. Establishment of public website on Government policy and sup-
porting positions.
TITLE XII—MATTERS RELATING TO FOREIGN NATIONS
Subtitle A—Assistance and Training
Sec. 1201. Modifications to annual reports on security cooperation.
Sec. 1202. Modification to authority to provide support for conduct of oper-
ations.
Sec. 1203. Extension and modification of authority for reimbursement of cer-
tain coalition nations for support provided to United States
military operations.
Sec. 1204. Modification to authority to build capacity of foreign security forces.
Sec. 1205. Public report on military capabilities of China, Iran, North Korea,
and Russia.
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Sec. 1206. Security cooperation programs with foreign partners to advance
women, peace, and security.
Sec. 1207. Strategy for security cooperation.
Sec. 1208. General Thaddeus Kosciuszko Exchange Program.
Sec. 1209. Assessment, monitoring, and evaluation of programs and activities.
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Sec. 1209A. Report on chief of mission concurrence.
Sec. 1209B. Repeal of limitation on costs covered under humanitarian
demining assistance.
Sec. 1209C. Modification to fellowship program to add training relating to
urban warfare.
Subtitle B—Matters Relating to Afghanistan and Pakistan
Sec. 1211. Extension and modification of the Afghan Special Immigrant Visa
Program.
Sec. 1212. Additional matters for inclusion in reports on oversight in Afghani-
stan.
Sec. 1213. Prohibition on transporting currency to the Taliban and the Islamic
Emirate of Afghanistan.
Subtitle C—Matters Relating to Syria, Iraq, and Iran
Sec. 1221. Extension of authority to provide assistance to vetted Syrian groups
and individuals.
Sec. 1222. Extension and modification of authority to provide assistance to
counter the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria.
Sec. 1223. Extension of authority to support operations and activities of the
Office of Security Cooperation in Iraq.
Sec. 1224. Extension and modification of report on the military capabilities of
Iran and related activities.
Sec. 1225. Prohibition on transfers to Iran.
Sec. 1226. Report on assisting Iranian dissidents and people access tele-
communications tools.
Sec. 1227. State Department authorization for pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka.
Sec. 1228. Report on the U.N. arms embargo on Iran.
Sec. 1229. Report on Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-affiliated operatives
abroad.
Sec. 1229A. Repeal of Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq
Resolution of 2002.
Sec. 1229B. Interagency strategy to disrupt and dismantle narcotics production
and trafficking and affiliated networks linked to the regime of
Bashar al-Assad in Syria.
Subtitle D—Matters Relating to Russia
Sec. 1231. Extension of limitation on military cooperation between the United
States and Russia.
Sec. 1232. Modification and extension of Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative.
Sec. 1233. Prohibition on availability of funds relating to sovereignty of Russia
over Crimea.
Sec. 1234. Assessment of Russian strategy in Ukraine.
Sec. 1235. Report on efforts by the Russian Federation to expand its presence
and influence in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Sec. 1236. Expansion of cooperation and training with Ukraine.
Sec. 1237. Statement of policy.
Sec. 1238. Report on Department of Defense plan for responding to Russia’s
invasion of Ukraine.
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Sec. 1239. Prohibition on Russian participation in the G7.
Sec. 1240. Condemning detention and indictment of Russian opposition leader
Vladimir Vladimirovich Kara-Murza.
Sec. 1241. Task force to track security assistance to Ukraine.
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Sec. 1242. Report on risk of nuclear war in Ukraine.
Sec. 1243. Report on distribution and use of weapons in Ukraine.
Sec. 1244. Report from Council of the Inspectors General on Ukraine.
Subtitle E—Matters Relating to Europe and NATO
Sec. 1261. Sense of Congress on United States defense posture in Europe fol-
lowing the further invasion of Ukraine.
Sec. 1262. Sense of Congress on NATO membership for Finland and Sweden.
Sec. 1263. Matters relating to climate change at NATO.
Sec. 1264. Baltic Reassurance Act.
Sec. 1265. Report on efforts of NATO to counter misinformation and
disinformation.
Sec. 1266. Improvements to the NATO Strategic Communications Center of
Excellence.
Sec. 1267. Sense of Congress on enhancing strategic partnership, defense and
security cooperation with Georgia.
Sec. 1268. Report on improved diplomatic relations and defense relationship
with Albania.
Sec. 1269. Restriction of entities from using Federal funds from engaging, en-
tering into, and awarding public works contracts.
Sec. 1270. Modification to United States membership in interparliamentary
group.
Sec. 1271. Limitation on transfer of F–16 aircraft.
TITLE XIII—OTHER MATTERS RELATING TO FOREIGN NATIONS
Subtitle A—Matters Relating to the Indo-Pacific Region
Sec. 1301. Modification to annual report on military and security developments
involving the People’s Republic of China.
Sec. 1302. Sense of Congress on South Korea.
Sec. 1303. Sense of Congress on Taiwan defense relations.
Sec. 1304. Sense of Congress and report on United States security cooperation
with India.
Sec. 1305. Modification to report on resourcing United States defense require-
ments for the Indo-Pacific region and report on enhancing de-
fense cooperation with allies and partners in the Indo-Pacific.
Sec. 1306. Report on support and sustainment for critical capabilities in the
area of responsibility of the United States Indo-Pacific Com-
mand necessary to meet operational requirements in certain
conflicts with strategic competitors.
Sec. 1307. Modification to Pacific Deterrence Initiative.
Sec. 1308. Seize the Initiative.
Sec. 1309. Modification to China military power report.
Sec. 1310. Modifications to public reporting of Chinese military companies op-
erating in the United States.
Sec. 1311. Reporting on institutions of higher education domiciled in the Peo-
ple’s Republic of China that provide support to the People’s
Liberation Army.
Sec. 1312. Sense of Congress on inviting Taiwan to the Rim of the Pacific ex-
ercise.
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Sec. 1313. Joint exercises with Taiwan.
Sec. 1314. Taiwan defense cooperation.
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Sec. 1315. Modification of prohibition on participation of the people’s republic
of china in rim of the pacific (rimpac) naval exercises to in-
clude cessation of genocide by china.
Sec. 1316. Addition to next annual report on military and security develop-
ments involving China.
Sec. 1317. Sense of Congress on enhancing NATO efforts to counter misin-
formation and disinformation.
Sec. 1318. Sense of Congress relating to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly.
Sec. 1319. Report on Indo-Pacific region.
Sec. 1320. Sense of Congress regarding the status of China.
Sec. 1321. Report on providing access to uncensored media in China.
Subtitle B—Other Matters Relating to Foreign Nations
Sec. 1331. Support of special operations for irregular warfare.
Sec. 1332. Permanent extension of authority for certain payments to redress
injury and loss.
Sec. 1333. Extension of United States-Israel cooperation to counter unmanned
aerial systems.
Sec. 1334. Modification and extension of United States-Israel cooperation to
counter unmanned aerial systems.
Sec. 1335. Modification to initiative to support protection of national security
academic researchers from undue influence and other security
threats.
Sec. 1336. Annual report on role of antisemitisim in violent extremist move-
ments.
Sec. 1337. Use of United States-origin defense articles in Yemen.
Sec. 1338. Sense of Congress regarding Israel.
Sec. 1339. Sense of Congress and briefing on multinational force and observers.
Sec. 1340. Comprehensive strategy to counter gray zone operations and other
hybrid warfare methods.
Sec. 1341. Study on Department of Defense support for stabilization activities
in national security interest of the United States.
Sec. 1342. Report on American Institute in Taiwan efforts to combat certain
disinformation and propaganda.
Sec. 1343. Report on Azerbaijan.
Sec. 1344. Defense and diplomatic strategy for Libya.
Sec. 1345. Repeal of restriction on funding for the Preparatory Commission for
the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization.
Sec. 1346. Sense of Congress regarding the boycott of certain companies that
continue to operate in Russia and provide financial benefits to
the Putin regime.
Sec. 1347. Report on arms trafficking in Haiti.
Sec. 1348. Establishment of the Office of City and State Diplomacy.
Sec. 1349. Transfer of excess OLIVER HAZARD PERRY class guided missile
frigates to Egypt.
Sec. 1350. Sense of Congress on Azerbaijan’s illegal detention of Armenian
prisoners of war.
Sec. 1351. United States-India Defense Partnership.
Sec. 1352. Briefing on Department of Defense Program to Protect United
States Students Against Foreign Agents.
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Sec. 1353. Report on efforts to combat Boko Haram in Nigeria and the Lake
Chad Basin.
Sec. 1354. Chief of mission concurrence.
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Sec. 1355. GAO study on Department of Defense support for other depart-
ments and agencies of the United States Government that ad-
vance Department of Defense security cooperation objectives.
Sec. 1356. Feasibility study and report relating to Somaliland.
Sec. 1357. Repeal of joint resolution to promote peace and stability in the Mid-
dle East.
Sec. 1358. Sense of Congress regarding the inclusion of sunset provisions in
authorizations for use of military force.
Sec. 1359. Report on Mexico.
Sec. 1360. Unpaid Peruvian agrarian reform bonds.
Sec. 1361. Report on Chinese support to Russia with respect to its unprovoked
invasion of and full-scale war against Ukraine.
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—Other Matters
Sec. 1411. Authority for transfer of funds to joint Department of Defense-De-
partment of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration
Fund for Captain James A. Lovell Health Care Center, Illi-
nois.
Sec. 1412. Authorization of appropriations for Armed Forces Retirement
Home.
Sec. 1413. Study and pilot program on semiconductors and the National De-
fense Stockpile.
Sec. 1414. Restoring essential energy and security holdings onshore for rare
earths.
Sec. 1415. Report on feasibility of increasing quantities of rare earth perma-
nent magnets in National Defense Stockpile.
Sec. 1416. Study on stockpiling energy storage components.
Subtitle C—Homeland Acceleration of Recovering Deposits and Renewing
Onshore Critical Keystones
Sec. 1421. Authority to acquire materials for National Defense Stockpile to ad-
dress shortfalls.
Sec. 1422. Report on modifications to the national technology and industrial
base.
TITLE XV—CYBER AND INFORMATION OPERATIONS MATTERS
Subtitle A—Cyber Matters
Sec. 1501. Improvements to Principal Cyber Advisors.
Sec. 1502. Modification of office of primary responsibility for strategic cyberse-
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Sec. 1503. Establishment of cyber operations designator and rating for the
Navy.
Sec. 1504. Cyber threat information collaboration environment program.
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Sec. 1505. Department of defense enterprise-wide procurement of cyber data
products and services.
Sec. 1506. Cybersecurity of military standards for data.
Subtitle B—Information Operations
Sec. 1511. Military operations in information environment: authority and notifi-
cations.
Sec. 1512. Limitation on availability of certain funds until submission of joint
lexicon for terms related to information operations.
Sec. 1513. Joint information operations course.
Sec. 1514. Consistency in delegation of certain authorities relating to informa-
tion operations.
Sec. 1515. Assessment and optimization of Department of Defense information
operations within the cyber domain.
Sec. 1516. Requirement to notify Chief of Mission of military operation in the
information environment.
Subtitle C—Reports and Other Matters
Sec. 1531. Annual reports on support by military departments for cyberspace
operations.
Sec. 1532. Independent review of posture and staffing levels of Office of the
Chief Information Officer.
Sec. 1533. Comprehensive review of Cyber Excepted Service.
Sec. 1534. Standardization of authority to operate applications in the Depart-
ment of Defense.
Sec. 1535. Establishment of hacking for national security and public service in-
novation program.
Sec. 1536. Tailored cyberspace operations organizations.
Sec. 1537. Cyber operations-peculiar awards.
Sec. 1538. Manning review of Space Force cyber squadrons.
Sec. 1539. Review of definitions associated with Cyberspace Operations Forces.
TITLE XVI—SPACE ACTIVITIES, STRATEGIC PROGRAMS, AND
INTELLIGENCE MATTERS
Subtitle A—Space Activities
Sec. 1601. Requirements for protection of satellites.
Sec. 1602. Strategy on protection of satellites.
Sec. 1603. National Security Space Launch program.
Sec. 1604. Responsive space strategy, principles, model architecture, and imple-
mentation plans.
Sec. 1605. Responsive space demonstrations.
Sec. 1606. Allied responsive space capabilities.
Sec. 1607. Report on tactically responsive space capabilities.
Sec. 1608. Sense of Congress on Range of the Future and support to commer-
cial space launch activity.
Sec. 1609. Report on hyperspectral satellite technology.
Sec. 1610. Report on space debris.
Sec. 1611. Plan on pilot program for deployment of dedicated X-band small
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Sec. 1612. Report on stratospheric balloons, aerostats, or satellite technology
capable of rapidly delivering wireless internet.
Subtitle B—Defense Intelligence and Intelligence-Related Activities
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Sec. 1621. Congressional oversight of clandestine activities that support oper-
ational preparation of the environment.
Sec. 1622. Executive agent for explosive ordnance intelligence.
Sec. 1623. Information on cover and cover support activities.
Sec. 1624. Funding for research and development of advanced naval nuclear
fuel system based on low-enriched uranium.
Subtitle C—Nuclear Forces
Sec. 1631. Improvements to Nuclear Weapons Council.
Sec. 1632. Portfolio management framework for nuclear forces.
Sec. 1633. Modification of Annual Assessment of Cyber Resilience of Nuclear
Command and Control System.
Sec. 1634. Nuclear-capable sea-launched cruise missile.
Sec. 1635. Limitation on availability of certain funds until submission of infor-
mation relating to proposed budget for nuclear-armed sea-
launched cruise missile.
Sec. 1636. Prohibition on reduction of the intercontinental ballistic missiles of
the United States.
Subtitle D—Missile Defense Programs
Sec. 1641. Repeal of requirement to transition ballistic missile defense pro-
grams to the military departments.
Sec. 1642. Fire control architectures.
Sec. 1643. Limitation on availability of certain funds until required acquisition
authority designation relating to capability to defend the home-
land from cruise missiles.
Sec. 1644. Limitation on availability of funds until submission of report on lay-
ered defense for the homeland.
Sec. 1645. Middle East integrated air and missile defense.
Sec. 1646. Strategy to use asymmetric capabilities to defeat hypersonic missile
threats.
Sec. 1647. Report on integrated air and missile defense sensor of United States
Indo-Pacific Command.
Sec. 1648. Risk reduction in procurement of Guam missile defense system.
Sec. 1649. Plan on delivering Shared Early Warning System data to certain al-
lies and partners of the United States.
Sec. 1650. Reports on ground-based interceptors.
Sec. 1651. Report on missile defense interceptor site in contiguous United
States.
Sec. 1652. Report on gun launched interceptor technologies.
Sec. 1653. Report on radiation hardened, thermally insensitive telescopes for
SM–3 interceptor.
Subtitle E—Other Matters
Sec. 1661. Cooperative threat reduction funds.
Sec. 1662. Study of weapons programs that allow the Armed Forces to address
hard and deeply buried targets.
Sec. 1663. Unidentified aerial phenomena reporting procedures.
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TITLE XVII—MUNITIONS REPLENISHMENT AND FUTURE
PROCUREMENT
Sec. 1701. Modification to Special Defense Acquisition Fund.
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Sec. 1702. Development of technologies with respect to critical, preferred, and
precision-guided conventional munitions.
Sec. 1703. Sense of Congress and quarterly briefings on replenishment and re-
vitalization of stocks of tactical missiles provided to Ukraine.
Sec. 1704. Assessment of acquisition objectives for Patriot air and missile de-
fense battalions.
Sec. 1705. Federally funded research and development center analysis of De-
partment of Defense capability and capacity to replenish mis-
sile and munition inventories.
Sec. 1706. Out-Year Unconstrained Total Munitions Requirement, Out-Year in-
ventory numbers, and critical munitions reserve.
Sec. 1707. Identification of subcontractors for critical munitions contracts.
Sec. 1708. Study on stockpiles and production of critical guided munitions.
Sec. 1709. Ukraine Critical Munitions Acquisition Fund.
Sec. 1710. Quarterly briefings on replenishment and revitalization of stocks of
defensive and offensive weapons provided to Ukraine.
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 and automatic execution of conforming changes to ta-
bles of sections, tables of contents, and similar tabular entries.
Sec. 2004. Directing the Secretary of Defense to continue military housing re-
forms.
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. Demolition of District of Columbia Fort McNair Quarters 4, 13,
and 15.
Sec. 2105. Modification of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2019
project.
Sec. 2106. Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2018 projects.
Sec. 2107. Modification of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2018
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 2018 project.
Sec. 2205. Transfer of customers from electrical utility system of the Navy at
former Naval Air Station Barber’s Point, Hawaii, to new elec-
trical system in Kalaeloa, Hawaii.
TITLE XXIII—AIR FORCE MILITARY CONSTRUCTION
Sec. 2301. Authorized Air Force construction and land acquisition projects.
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Sec. 2302. Family housing and improvements to military family housing units.
Sec. 2303. Authorization of appropriations, Air Force.
Sec. 2304. Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2018 projects.
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Sec. 2305. Modification of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2021
project.
Sec. 2306. Modification of authority to carry out certain military construction
projects at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida.
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 certain fiscal year 2018 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.
Subtitle B—Host Country In-Kind Contributions
Sec. 2511. Republic of Korea funded construction projects.
Sec. 2512. Repeal of authorized approach to certain construction project.
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 Air National Guard construction and land acquisition
projects.
Sec. 2604. Authorized Air Force Reserve construction and land acquisition
projects.
Sec. 2605. Authorization of appropriations, National Guard and Reserve.
Sec. 2606. Corrections to authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2022
projects.
Sec. 2607. Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2018 projects.
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
Account.
Sec. 2702. Authorization to fund certain demolition and removal activities
through Department of Defense Base Closure Account.
TITLE XXVIII—MILITARY CONSTRUCTION GENERAL PROVISIONS
Subtitle A—Military Construction Program Changes
Sec. 2801. Modification of annual locality adjustment of dollar thresholds appli-
cable to unspecified minor military construction authorities.
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Sec. 2802. Military construction projects for innovation, research, development,
test, and evaluation.
Sec. 2803. Further clarification of requirements related to authorized cost and
scope of work variations.
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Sec. 2804. Use of operation and maintenance funds for certain construction
projects outside the United States.
Sec. 2805. Increase in maximum approved cost of unspecified minor military
construction projects.
Sec. 2806. Increase in unspecified minor military construction authority for
laboratory revitalization projects.
Sec. 2807. Permanent application of dollar limits for location and application
to projects outside the United States.
Sec. 2808. Prohibition on availability of funds for special operations forces mili-
tary construction.
Sec. 2809. Requirements relating to certain military construction projects.
Sec. 2809A. Supervision of large military construction projects.
Sec. 2809B. Local hire requirements for military construction contracts.
Subtitle B—Continuation of Military Housing Reforms
Sec. 2811. Standardization of military installation Housing Requirements and
Market Analyses.
Sec. 2812. Notice requirement for MHPI ground lease extensions.
Sec. 2813. Annual briefings on military housing privatization projects.
Sec. 2814. Privatization of Navy and Air Force transient housing.
Sec. 2815. Military housing feedback tool.
Sec. 2816. Screening and registry of individuals with health conditions result-
ing from unsafe housing units.
Sec. 2817. Mandatory disclosure of presence of mold and health effects of
mycotoxins before a lease is signed for privatized military hous-
ing.
Sec. 2818. Modification of prohibition on ownership or trading of stocks in cer-
tain companies by certain officials of the Department of De-
fense.
Subtitle C—Real Property and Facilities Administration
Sec. 2821. Authorized land and facilities transfer to support contracts with
Federally Funded Research and Development Centers.
Sec. 2822. Restoration or replacement of damaged, destroyed, or economically
unrepairable facilities.
Sec. 2823. Defense access road program enhancements to address transpor-
tation infrastructure in vicinity of military installations.
Sec. 2824. Physical entrances to certain military installations.
Sec. 2825. Improvements relating to access to military installations in United
States.
Subtitle D—Military Facilities Master Plan Requirements
Sec. 2831. Limitation on use of funds pending completion of military installa-
tion resilience component of master plans for at-risk major
military installations.
Subtitle E—Matters Related to Unified Facilities Criteria and Military
Construction Planning and Design
Sec. 2841. Consideration of installation of integrated solar roofing to improve
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energy resiliency of military installations.
Sec. 2842. Study of military housing resilience and energy efficiency.
Subtitle F—Land Conveyances
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Sec. 2851. Extension of time frame for land conveyance, Sharpe Army Depot,
Lathrop, California.
Sec. 2852. Authority for transfer of administrative jurisdiction, Castner Range,
Fort Bliss, Texas.
Sec. 2853. Conveyance, Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina.
Sec. 2854. Land conveyance, Naval Air Station Oceana, Dam Neck Annex, Vir-
ginia Beach, Virginia.
Sec. 2855. Land exchange, Marine Reserve Training Center, Omaha, Nebraska.
Subtitle G—Miscellaneous Studies and Reports
Sec. 2861. FFRDC study on practices with respect to development of military
construction projects.
Sec. 2862. Feasibility study for Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot
Plant.
Sec. 2863. Comptroller General assessment of military construction, mainte-
nance, and upgrades of joint base infrastructure and facilities.
Sec. 2864. Report on underground tunnels and facilities in Hawaii.
Sec. 2865. Comptroller General report on community engagement activities at
military installations in foreign countries.
Sec. 2866. Report on recognition of African American servicemembers in De-
partment of Defense naming practices.
Sec. 2867. Report on capacity of Department of Defense to provide survivors
of natural disasters with emergency short-term housing.
Sec. 2868. Directing the Secretary of Defense to deliver a briefing on housing
with respect to junior members of the Armed Forces.
Sec. 2869. Reporting on lead service lines and lead plumbing.
Subtitle H—Other Matters
Sec. 2871. Defense community infrastructure program.
Sec. 2872. Inclusion in Defense Community Infrastructure Pilot Program of
certain projects for ROTC training.
Sec. 2873. Basing decision scorecard consistency and transparency.
Sec. 2874. Lease or use agreement for category 3 subterranean training facil-
ity.
Sec. 2875. Required consultation with State and local entities on issues related
to increase in number of military personnel at military installa-
tions.
Sec. 2876. Required investments in improving child development centers.
Sec. 2877. Limitation on use of funds for closure of combat readiness training
centers.
Sec. 2878. Pilot program on use of mass timber in military construction
projects.
Sec. 2879. Contributions for climate resilience for North Atlantic Treaty Orga-
nizations Security Investment.
Sec. 2880. Screening and registry of individuals with health conditions result-
ing from unsafe housing units.
Sec. 2881. Recognition of Memorial, Memorial Garden, and K9 Memorial of the
National Navy UDT-SEAL Museum in Fort Pierce, Florida,
as a national memorial, memorial garden, and K9 memorial,
respectively, of Navy SEALs and their predecessors.
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Sec. 2882. Ensuring that contractor employees on Army Corps projects are
paid prevailing wages as required by law.
Sec. 2883. Inclusion of climate resilience services in the Combatant Commander
Initiative Fund.
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Sec. 2884. Interagency Regional Coordinator for Resilience Pilot Project.
TITLE XXIX—SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY MILITARY
CONSTRUCTION
Sec. 2901. Authorized Army construction and land acquisition projects.
Sec. 2902. Authorized Navy construction and land acquisition project.
Sec. 2903. Authorized Air Force construction and land acquisition projects.
Sec. 2904. Authorization of appropriations.
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, Limitations, and Other
Matters
Sec. 3111. Plutonium pit production capacity.
Sec. 3112. Nuclear warhead acquisition process.
Sec. 3113. Authorized personnel levels of the Office of the Administrator.
Sec. 3114. Modification to certain reporting requirements.
Sec. 3115. Modifications to long-term plan for meeting national security re-
quirements for unencumbered uranium.
Sec. 3116. Modification of minor construction threshold for plant projects.
Sec. 3117. Prohibition on availability of funds to reconvert or retire W76–2
warheads.
Sec. 3118. Comptroller General study on National Nuclear Security Adminis-
tration management and operation contracting process.
Sec. 3119. Funding for W80–4 life extension program.
Sec. 3120. Requirements for specific request for new or modified nuclear weap-
ons.
Sec. 3121. Extension of deadline for transfer of parcels of land in New Mexico.
Sec. 3122. Designation of National Nuclear Security Administration as tech-
nical nuclear forensics lead.
TITLE XXXII—DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES SAFETY BOARD
Sec. 3201. Authorization.
Sec. 3202. Continuation of functions and powers during loss of quorum.
TITLE XXXIV—NAVAL PETROLEUM RESERVES
Sec. 3401. Authorization of appropriations.
TITLE XXXV—MARITIME SECURITY
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Subtitle A—Maritime Administration
Sec. 3501. Authorization of the Maritime Administration.
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Sec. 3502. Secretary of Transportation responsibility with respect to cargoes
procured, furnished, or financed by other Federal departments
and agencies.
Sec. 3503. United States marine highway program.
Sec. 3504. Multistate, State, and regional transportation planning.
Subtitle B—Merchant Marine Academy
Sec. 3511. Appointment of Superintendent of United States Merchant Marine
Academy.
Sec. 3512. Exemption of certain students from requirement to obtain merchant
mariner license.
Sec. 3513. Protection of cadets from sexual assault onboard vessels.
Sec. 3514. Requirements relating to training of Merchant Marine Academy ca-
dets on certain vessels.
Sec. 3515. Reports on matters relating to the United States Merchant Marine
Academy.
Subtitle C—Vessels
Sec. 3521. Waiver of navigation and vessel-inspection laws.
Sec. 3522. Certificates of numbers for undocumented vessels.
Sec. 3523. Recapitalization of National Defense Reserve Fleet.
Sec. 3524. Cargoes procured, furnished, or financed by the United States Gov-
ernment.
Subtitle D—Reports and Other Matters
Sec. 3532. National maritime transportation report and strategy.
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.
TITLE XLV—OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS
Sec. 4501. Other authorizations.
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TITLE XLVI—MILITARY CONSTRUCTION
Sec. 4601. Military construction.
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TITLE XLVII—DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY
PROGRAMS
Sec. 4701. Department of Energy National Security Programs.
DIVISION E—NON-DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE MATTERS
TITLE LI—VETERANS AFFAIRS MATTERS
Sec. 5101. Maximum rate of interest on debts incurred before military service
applicable to military dependents.
Sec. 5102. Report on handling of certain records of the Department of Vet-
erans Affairs.
Sec. 5103. Sense of Congress regarding women who served as cadet nurses dur-
ing World War II.
Sec. 5104. Sense of Congress regarding Korean and Korean-American Vietnam
war veterans.
Sec. 5105. Use of veterans with medical occupations in response to national
emergencies.
Sec. 5106. Pilot program to employ veterans in positions relating to conserva-
tion and resource management activities.
Sec. 5107. Elimination of Asset and Infrastructure Review Commission of De-
partment of Veterans Affairs.
Sec. 5108. Eligibility requirements for reimbursement for emergency treatment
furnished to veterans.
Sec. 5109. Improving processing by the Department of Veterans Affairs of dis-
ability claims for post-traumatic stress disorder.
Sec. 5110. Registry of individuals exposed to per- and polyfluoroalkyl sub-
stances on military installations.
Sec. 5111. Department of Veterans Affairs Advisory Committee on United
States Outlying Areas and Freely Associated States.
Sec. 5112. Report on barriers to veteran participation in Federal housing pro-
grams.
Sec. 5113. Department of Veterans Affairs report on supportive services and
housing insecurity.
Sec. 5114. Inclusion on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall of the names of
the lost crew members of the U.S.S. Frank E. Evans killed on
June 3, 1969.
Sec. 5115. Provision of health care benefits for certain individuals who served
in the armed forces of the Republic of Korea.
Sec. 5116. Grants for provision of transition assistance to members and former
members of the Armed Forces after separation, retirement, or
discharge.
Sec. 5117. Study on incidence and mortality of cancer among former aircrew
of the Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps.
Sec. 5118. Feasibility study on inclusion on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Wall of the names of the lost crew members of the USS Frank
E. Evans killed on June 3, 1969.
Sec. 5119. Limitation on copayments for contraception.
Sec. 5120. Requirement for timely scheduling of appointments at medical facili-
ties of Department of Veterans Affairs.
Sec. 5121. Provision by Department of Veterans Affairs health care providers
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of recommendations and opinions regarding veteran participa-
tion in State marijuana programs.
Sec. 5122. Annual report from the advisory committee on women veterans.
Sec. 5123. VA payments or allowances for beneficiary travel.
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Sec. 5124. Improvement of Vet Centers at Department of Veterans Affairs.
Sec. 5125. Secretary of Veterans Affairs study on VA Home Loan Benefit.
Sec. 5126. GAO study on post-market surveillance of medical devices by De-
partment of Veterans Affairs.
Sec. 5127. Competitive pay for health care providers of the Department of Vet-
erans Affairs.
Sec. 5128. Department of Veterans Affairs program to provide grants for cer-
tain veterans service organizations affected by the COVID–19
Pandemic.
Sec. 5129. Inclusion of veterans in housing planning.
Sec. 5130. Annual report on housing assistance to veterans.
Sec. 5131. Payments to individuals who served during World War II in the
United States Merchant Marine.
Sec. 5132. Expansion of eligibility for hospital care, medical services, and nurs-
ing home care from the Department of Veterans Affairs to in-
clude veterans of World War II.
Sec. 5133. Pilot program on cybersecurity training for veterans and military
spouses.
Sec. 5134. Department of Veterans Affairs awareness campaign on fertility
services.
TITLE LII—HOMELAND SECURITY MATTERS
Sec. 5201. Chemical Security Analysis Center.
Sec. 5202. National Cybersecurity Preparedness Consortium.
Sec. 5203. Report on cybersecurity roles and responsibilities of the Department
of Homeland Security.
Sec. 5204. Exemption of certain Homeland Security fees for certain immediate
relatives of an individual who received the Purple Heart.
Sec. 5205. Clarifications regarding scope of employment and reemployment
rights of members of the uniformed services.
Sec. 5206. Critical technology security centers.
Sec. 5207. Systemically important entities.
Sec. 5208. GAO review of Department of Homeland Security efforts related to
establishing space as a critical infrastructure sector.
Sec. 5209. Report on commercial satellite cybersecurity; CISA commercial sat-
ellite system cybersecurity clearinghouse.
Sec. 5210. Reports, evaluations, and research regarding drug interdiction at
and between ports of entry.
Sec. 5211. Report on Puerto Rico’s electric grid.
Sec. 5212. Access to military installations for Homeland Security Investigations
personnel in Guam.
Sec. 5213. Building cyber resilience after SolarWinds.
Sec. 5214. CISA director appointment and term.
Sec. 5215. Department of Homeland Security report relating to establishment
of preclearance facility in Taiwan.
Sec. 5216. Human trafficking training.
TITLE LIII—TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE MATTERS
Sec. 5301. Calculation of active service.
Sec. 5302. Acquisition of icebreaker.
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Sec. 5303. Department of Defense civilian pilots.
Sec. 5304. Pilot program for spaceflight recovery operations at sea.
Sec. 5305. Port infrastructure development grants.
Sec. 5306. Preliminary damage assessment.
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Sec. 5307. Designation of small state and rural advocate.
Sec. 5308. Flexibility.
Sec. 5309. Menstrual products in public buildings.
Sec. 5310. Fly America Act exception.
Sec. 5311. Aqua alert notification system pilot program.
Sec. 5312. Recognizing FEMA support.
Sec. 5313. Definitions.
Sec. 5314. Permitting use of highway trust fund for construction of certain
noise barriers.
Sec. 5315. Establishment of Southern New England Regional Commission.
Sec. 5316. Critical document fee waiver.
Sec. 5317. Disadvantaged business enterprises.
Sec. 5318. Secretary of Agriculture report on improving supply chain shortfalls
and infrastructure needs at wholesale produce markets.
Sec. 5319. Report on improving counterterrorism security at passenger rail sta-
tions.
Sec. 5320. Extreme weather events.
Sec. 5321. Safety standards.
Sec. 5322. Extension.
Sec. 5323. Centers of excellence for domestic maritime workforce training and
education.
Sec. 5324. Duplication of benefits.
Sec. 5325. Flight instruction or testing.
Sec. 5326. High-speed broadband deployment initiative.
TITLE LIV—FINANCIAL SERVICES MATTERS
Subtitle A—In General
Sec. 5401. Services That Open Portals to Dirty Money Act.
Sec. 5402. Review of Cyber-related Matters at the Department of the Treasury.
Sec. 5403. Strengthening Awareness of Sanctions.
Sec. 5404. Briefing on Chinese support for Afghan illicit finance.
Sec. 5405. Support for international initiatives to provide debt restructuring or
relief to developing countries with unsustainable levels of debt.
Sec. 5406. Payment choice.
Sec. 5407. Disclosure requirements relating to China-based hedge funds capital
raising activities in the United States through certain exempt-
ed transactions.
Sec. 5408. Russia and Belarus Financial Sanctions.
Sec. 5409. Appraisal standards for single-family housing mortgages.
Sec. 5410. China financial threat mitigation.
Sec. 5411. Review of FHA small-dollar mortgage practices.
Sec. 5412. Disclosure of businesses ties to Russia.
Sec. 5413. Small business loan data collection.
Sec. 5414. Nationwide Emergency Declaration medical supplies enhancement.
Sec. 5415. Special measures to fight modern threats.
Sec. 5416. Submission of data relating to diversity.
Sec. 5417. Diversity advisory group.
Sec. 5418. Discount on mortgage insurance premium payments for first-time
homebuyers who complete financial literacy housing counseling
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programs.
Sec. 5419. Capacity building for community development and affordable hous-
ing.
Sec. 5420. Affordable housing construction as eligible activity under Commu-
nity Development Block Grant Program.
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Sec. 5421. Consideration of small home mortgage lending under Community
Reinvestment Act.
Sec. 5422. Prohibition on consumer reports containing adverse information re-
lated to certain student loans.
Sec. 5423. Extension of the Central Liquidity Facility.
Sec. 5424. Promoting capital raising options for traditionally underrepresented
small businesses.
Sec. 5425. Improvements by countries in combating narcotics-related money
laundering.
Sec. 5426. Study on the role of online platforms and tenant screening compa-
nies in the housing market.
Sec. 5427. United States opposition to multilateral development bank projects
that provide a public subsidy to a private sector firm unless the
subsidy is awarded using an open, competitive process or on an
open-access basis.
Sec. 5428. United States contribution to the Catastrophe Containment and Re-
lief Trust at the International Monetary Fund.
Sec. 5429. Public reporting of United States votes to support, or abstention
from voting on, multilateral development bank projects under
the Guidance on Fossil Fuel Energy at the Multilateral Devel-
opment Banks issued by the Department of the Treasury on
August 16, 2021.
Sec. 5430. United States policy on international finance corporation disclosure
of high and substantial risk sub-projects of financial inter-
mediary clients.
Sec. 5431. United states policy on multilateral development bank disclosure of
beneficial ownership information.
Sec. 5432. Strengthening the SEC’s Whistleblower Fund.
Sec. 5433. United States policy on World Bank Group and Asian Development
Bank assistance to the People’s Republic of China.
Sec. 5434. Addition of United Kingdom and Australia as DPA domestic
sources.
Sec. 5435. Servicemember protections for medical debt collections.
Sec. 5436. Protections for active duty uniformed consumer.
Sec. 5437. Fair Debt Collection Practices for Servicemembers.
Sec. 5438. Fair hiring in banking.
Sec. 5439. Banking transparency for sanctioned persons.
Sec. 5440. Ukraine debt payment relief.
Sec. 5441. Grant program for grandfamily housing.
Sec. 5442. Flexibility in Addressing Rural Homelessness.
Sec. 5443. Promoting diversity and inclusion in the appraisal profession.
Sec. 5444. Combating Trade-Based Money Laundering.
Sec. 5445. Disclosure of disability, veteran, and military status.
Sec. 5446. Strengthening Cybersecurity for the Financial Sector.
Sec. 5447. Review of IMF loan surcharge policy.
Sec. 5448. Grants to eligible entities for enhanced protection of senior investors
and senior policyholders.
Sec. 5449. Banking Transparency for Sanctioned Persons.
Sec. 5450. Bureau servicemember and veteran credit reporting ombudsperson.
Sec. 5451. Senior Investor Taskforce.
Sec. 5452. Military service question.
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Sec. 5453. Prohibition on trading ahead by market makers.
Sec. 5454. Securing America’s Vaccines for Emergencies.
Sec. 5455. Special Drawing Rights exchange prohibition.
Sec. 5456. Prohibition on insider trading.
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Sec. 5457. Community development block grant disaster recovery program.
Subtitle B—SAFE Banking
Sec. 5461. Short title; table of contents; purpose.
Sec. 5462. Safe harbor for depository institutions.
Sec. 5463. Protections for ancillary businesses.
Sec. 5464. Protections under Federal law.
Sec. 5465. Rules of construction.
Sec. 5466. Requirements for filing suspicious activity reports.
Sec. 5467. Guidance and examination procedures.
Sec. 5468. Annual diversity and inclusion report.
Sec. 5469. GAO study on diversity and inclusion.
Sec. 5470. GAO study on effectiveness of certain reports on finding certain per-
sons.
Sec. 5471. Application of this subtitle with respect to hemp-related legitimate
businesses and hemp-related service providers.
Sec. 5472. Banking services for hemp-related legitimate businesses and hemp-
related service providers.
Sec. 5473. Requirements for deposit account termination requests and orders.
Sec. 5474. Definitions.
Sec. 5475. Discretionary surplus funds.
TITLE LV—NATURAL RESOURCES MATTERS
Sec. 5501. Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of Texas
Equal and Fair Opportunity amendment.
Sec. 5502. Inclusion of Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and
American Samoa.
Sec. 5503. Amendments to Sikes Act.
Sec. 5504. Brennan Reef.
Sec. 5505. Establishment of Fund.
Sec. 5506. Leasing on the Outer Continental Shelf.
Sec. 5507. Continental Divide National Scenic Trail.
Sec. 5508. Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta National Heritage Area.
Sec. 5509. New York-New Jersey Watershed Protection.
Sec. 5510. Authorization of appropriations for the National Maritime Heritage
Grant Program.
Sec. 5511. Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument Expansion.
TITLE LVI—INSPECTOR GENERAL INDEPENDENCE AND
EMPOWERMENT MATTERS
Subtitle A—Inspector General Independence
Sec. 5601. Short title.
Sec. 5602. Removal or transfer of inspectors general; placement on non-duty
status.
Sec. 5603. Vacancy in position of inspector general.
Sec. 5604. Office of inspector general whistleblower complaints.
Subtitle B—Presidential Explanation of Failure to Nominate an Inspector
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Sec. 5611. Presidential explanation of failure to nominate an inspector general.
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Subtitle C—Integrity Committee of the Council of Inspectors General on
Integrity and Efficiency Transparency
Sec. 5621. Short title.
Sec. 5622. Additional information to be included in requests and reports to
Congress.
Sec. 5623. Availability of information to Congress on certain allegations of
wrongdoing closed without referral.
Sec. 5624. Semiannual report.
Sec. 5625. Additional reports.
Sec. 5626. Requirement to report final disposition to Congress.
Sec. 5627. Investigations of Offices of Inspectors General of establishments by
the Integrity Committee.
Subtitle D—Notice of Ongoing Investigations When There Is a Change in
Status of Inspector General
Sec. 5631. Notice of ongoing investigations when there is a change in status
of Inspector General.
Subtitle E—Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency
Report on Expenditures
Sec. 5641. CIGIE report on expenditures.
Subtitle F—Notice of Refusal to Provide Inspectors General Access
Sec. 5651. Notice of refusal to provide information or assistance to inspectors
general.
Subtitle G—Training Resources for Inspectors General and Other Matters
Sec. 5671. Training resources for inspectors general.
Sec. 5672. Definition of appropriate congressional committees.
Sec. 5673. Semiannual reports.
Sec. 5674. Submission of reports that specifically identify non-governmental or-
ganizations or business entities.
Sec. 5675. Review relating to vetting, processing, and resettlement of evacuees
from Afghanistan and the Afghanistan special immigrant visa
program.
Sec. 5676. Investigations of department of justice personnel.
Sec. 5677. Law enforcement authority of the Inspector General of the United
States International Development Finance Corporation.
Sec. 5678. Inspector General for the Office of Management and Budget.
TITLE LVII—FEDERAL EMPLOYEE MATTERS
Sec. 5701. Appeals to Merit Systems Protection Board relating to FBI reprisal
allegations; salary of Special Counsel.
Sec. 5702. Minimum wage for Federal contractors.
Sec. 5703. Federal wildland firefighter recruitment and retention.
Sec. 5704. Study and report on returnship programs.
Sec. 5705. Limitations on exception of competitive service positions.
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TITLE LVIII—OTHER MATTERS
Subtitle A—In General
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Sec. 5801. Afghan Allies Protection.
Sec. 5802. Advancing Mutual Interests and Growing Our Success.
Sec. 5803. Expansion of study of PFAS contamination.
Sec. 5804. National research and development strategy for distributed ledger
technology.
Sec. 5805. Commercial air waiver for next of kin regarding transportation of
remains of casualties.
Sec. 5806. Arms Exports Delivery Solutions Act.
Sec. 5807. Prohibition on transfers to Badr Organization.
Sec. 5808. Prohibition of Federal funding for induced or required undermining
of security of consumer communications goods.
Sec. 5809. Foreign state computer intrusions.
Sec. 5810. School PFAS testing and filtration program.
Sec. 5811. Report on EMT national licensing standards.
Sec. 5812. Requirement for cut flowers and cut greens displayed in certain
Federal buildings to be produced in the United States.
Sec. 5813. Renegotiation of Compacts of Free Association.
Sec. 5814. Interagency report on extremist activity.
Sec. 5815. Reporting on previous Federal Bureau of Investigation and Depart-
ment of Homeland Security requirements.
Sec. 5816. PFAS data call.
Sec. 5817. Prohibition on contracting with persons with willful or repeated vio-
lations of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938.
Sec. 5818. Report on human rights in the Philippines.
Sec. 5819. Requirement for the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
to annually report complaints of sexual harassment.
Sec. 5820. Department of Labor study on factors affecting employment oppor-
tunities for immigrants and refugees with professional creden-
tials obtained in foreign countries.
Sec. 5821. Sense of Congress and statement of policy on Haiti.
Sec. 5822. Correctional Facility Disaster Preparedness.
Sec. 5823. Nondiscrimination in Federal hiring for veteran medical cannabis
users; Authorized provision of information on State-approved
marijuana programs to veterans.
Sec. 5824. Report on certain entities connected to foreign persons on the mur-
der of Jamal Khashoggi.
Sec. 5825. Review of implementation of United States sanctions with respect to
violators of the arms embargo on Libya.
Sec. 5826. Modification of prior notification of shipment of arms.
Sec. 5827. Study and report on feasability of suspension of mergers, acquisi-
tions, and takeovers of certain foreign surveillance companies.
Sec. 5828. Report on political prisoners in Egypt.
Sec. 5829. Attorney General authority to transfer forfeited Russian assets to
assist Ukraine.
Sec. 5830. Removing Russian rough diamonds from global markets.
Sec. 5831. Liu Xiaobo Fund for Study of the Chinese language.
Sec. 5832. Access for Veterans to Records.
Sec. 5833. Japanese American confinement education grants.
Sec. 5834. Reporting on internationally recognized human rights in the United
States in the annual Country Reports on Human Rights Prac-
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Sec. 5835. Export prohibition of munitions items to the Hong Kong police
force.
Sec. 5836. Congressional notification for rewards paid using cryptocurrencies.
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Sec. 5837. Consultations on reuniting Korean Americans with family members
in North Korea.
Sec. 5838. Secure access to sanitation facilities for women and girls.
Sec. 5839. Blackwater Trading Post Land.
Sec. 5840. Authorizations relating to veterinary care overseas.
Sec. 5841. Crisis counseling assistance and training.
Sec. 5842. Prohibited uses of acquired, donated, and conservation land.
Sec. 5843. Jamal Khashoggi Press Freedom Accountability Act of 2021.
Sec. 5844. GAO study on the Daniel Pearl Freedom of the Press Act of 2009.
Sec. 5845. Secretary of State assistance for prisoners in Islamic Republic of
Iran.
Sec. 5846. Policy regarding development of nuclear weapons by Iran.
Sec. 5847. Transfer of NOAA property in Norfolk, Virginia.
Sec. 5848. Elimination of sentencing disparity for cocaine offenses.
Sec. 5849. Imposition of sanctions with respect to the sale, supply, or transfer
of gold to or from Russia.
Sec. 5850. Support for Afghan Special Immigrant Visa and Refugee Appli-
cants.
Sec. 5851. Liability for failure to disclose or update information.
Sec. 5852. Government Accountability Office study and report on contractors
using distributors to avoid scrutiny.
Sec. 5853. Supplement to Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey.
Sec. 5854. Certain activities relating to intimate visual depictions.
Sec. 5855. Waiver of special use permit application fee for veterans’ special
events.
Sec. 5856. Regional water programs.
Sec. 5857. Limitation on licenses and other authorizations for export of certain
items removed from the jurisdiction of the United States Muni-
tions List and made subject to the jurisdiction of the Export
Administration Regulations.
Sec. 5858. Review of standard occupational classification system.
Sec. 5859. United States Fire Administration on-site investigations of major
fires.
Sec. 5860. Multilateral agreement to establish an independent international
center for research on the information environment.
Sec. 5861. Prioritization of efforts of the Department of State to combat inter-
national trafficking in covered synthetic drugs.
Sec. 5862. Isolate Russian Government Officials Act of 2022.
Sec. 5863. Prohibition on certain assistance to the Philippines.
Sec. 5864. Gender analysis in foreign training programs.
Sec. 5865. Report on Columbian military forces.
Sec. 5866. Federal Contracting for Peace and Security.
Sec. 5867. Department of Defense Cyber and Digital Service Academy.
Sec. 5868. Democracy disruption in the Middle East and Africa.
Sec. 5869. Feasibility study on United States support for and participation in
the international counterterrorism academy in Cote d’Ivoire.
Sec. 5870. Memorial for those who lost their lives in the attack on Hamid
Karzai International Airport on August 26, 2021.
Sec. 5871. Reports on substance abuse in the Armed Forces.
Sec. 5872. GAO report on civilian support positions at remote military installa-
tions.
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Sec. 5873. GAO study on Foreign Service Institute’s School of Language Stud-
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Sec. 5874. Report on waivers under section 907 of the Freedom for Russia and
Emerging Eurasian Democracies and Open Markets Support
Act of 1992.
Sec. 5875. Amendments to the Ukraine Freedom Support Act of 2014.
Sec. 5876. GAO study on end use monitoring.
Sec. 5877. Sense of Congress regarding the life and legacy of Senator Joseph
Maxwell Cleland.
Sec. 5878. Repeal of 1991 Authorization for Use of Military Force Against
Iraq Resolution.
Sec. 5879. ONDCP supplemental strategies.
Sec. 5880. Support for Afghans applying for student visas.
Sec. 5881. Immigration age-out protections.
Sec. 5882. Medicare Improvement Fund.
Sec. 5883. Clean Water Act effluent limitations guidelines and standards and
water quality criteria for PFAS.
Sec. 5884. Amendments to the Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act of 1980.
Sec. 5885. Sense of Congress that the Department of Veterans Affairs should
be prohibited from denying home loans for veterans who legally
work in the marijuana industry.
Sec. 5886. Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon Fire Assistance.
Sec. 5887. Open Technology Fund grants.
Sec. 5888. Strategic transformer reserve and resilience.
Sec. 5889. AI in Counterterrorism Oversight Enhancement.
Sec. 5890. Elimination of termination clause for Global Engagement Center.
Sec. 5891. Resolution of controversies under Servicemembers Civil Relief Act.
Sec. 5892. Limitation on waiver of rights and protections under
Servicemembers Civil Relief Act.
Sec. 5893. Clarification of private right of action under Servicemembers Civil
Relief Act.
Sec. 5894. Definition of land use revenue under West Los Angeles Leasing Act
of 2016.
Sec. 5895. Report on the use of data and data science at the Department of
State and USAID.
Sec. 5896. Modification of reports to Congress under Global Magnitsky Human
Rights Accountability Act.
Sec. 5897. Department of State fellowships for rule of law activities in Central
America.
Sec. 5898. Report on all comprehensive sanctions imposed on foreign govern-
ments.
Sec. 5899. Wastewater assistance to colonias.
Sec. 5900. Contracts by the President, the Vice President, or a Cabinet Mem-
ber.
Sec. 5901. Statement of policy and report on engaging with Niger.
Sec. 5902. Interagency task force.
Sec. 5903. Modification of duties of united states-china economic and security
review commission.
Sec. 5904. Taiwan Fellowship Program.
Sec. 5905. Treatment of paycheck protection program loan forgiveness of pay-
roll costs under highway and public transportation project cost-
reimbursement contracts.
Sec. 5906. Biliteracy Education Seal and Teaching Act.
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Sec. 5907. Presumption of cause of disability or death due to employment in
fire protection activities.
Sec. 5908. Documenting and responding to discrimination against migrants
abroad.
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Sec. 5909. Extending the statute of limitations for certain money laundering
offenses.
Sec. 5910. Foreign corruption accountability sanctions and criminal enforce-
ment.
Sec. 5911. FedRAMP Authorization Act.
Sec. 5912. Amendment.
Sec. 5913. Improving investigation and prosecution of child abuse cases.
Sec. 5914. Report on humanitarian situation and food security in Lebanon.
Sec. 5915. Designation of El Paso Community Healing Garden National Me-
morial.
Sec. 5916. Administrator of General Services study on counterfeit items on e-
commerce platforms of the General Services Administration.
Sec. 5917. Report on removal of service members.
Sec. 5918. Limitation on availability of funds for certain contractors or grant-
ees that require nondisparagement or nondisclosure clause re-
lated to sexual harassment and sexual assault.
Sec. 5919. Department of Homeland Security Office for Civil Rights and Civil
Liberties authorization.
Sec. 5920. Modification to peacekeeping operations report.
Sec. 5921. Report to Congress by Secretary of State on government-ordered
internet or telecommunications shutdowns.
Sec. 5922. Survivors’ bill of rights.
Sec. 5923. Admission of essential scientists and technical experts to promote
and protect National Security Innovation Base.
Sec. 5924. Delaware River Basin Conservation reauthorization.
Subtitle B—Rights for the TSA Workforce Act of 2022
Sec. 5931. Short title.
Sec. 5932. Definitions.
Sec. 5933. Conversion of TSA personnel.
Sec. 5934. Transition rules.
Sec. 5935. Consultation requirement.
Sec. 5936. No right to strike.
Sec. 5937. Proposal on hiring and contracting background check requirements.
Sec. 5938. Comptroller General reviews.
Sec. 5939. Sense of Congress.
Sec. 5940. Assistance for Federal air marshal service.
Sec. 5941. Prevention and protection against certain illness.
Sec. 5942. Hazardous duty payments.
Sec. 5943. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 5944. Study on feasibility of commuting benefits.
Sec. 5945. Briefing on assaults and threats on tsa employees.
Sec. 5946. Annual reports on TSA workforce.
DIVISION F—OTHER MATTERS
TITLE LX—TAIWAN PEACE AND STABILITY ACT
Sec. 6001. Short title.
Sec. 6002. Findings and statement of policy.
Sec. 6003. Definitions.
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Subtitle A—Supporting Taiwan’s Meaningful Participation in the
International Community
Sec. 6011. Findings.
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Sec. 6012. Sense of Congress on Taiwan’s meaningful participation in the
international community.
Sec. 6013. Strategy to support Taiwan’s meaningful participation in inter-
national organizations.
Sec. 6014. Expanding United States-Taiwan development cooperation.
Subtitle B—Advancing Taiwan’s Economic Space
Sec. 6021. Sense of Congress on expanding U.S. economic relations with Tai-
wan.
Subtitle C—Enhancing Deterrence Over Taiwan
Sec. 6031. Sense of Congress on peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait.
Sec. 6032. Strategy to enhance deterrence over a cross-Strait conflict.
Sec. 6033. Strengthening Taiwan’s civilian defense professionals.
TITLE LXI—LIBYA STABILIZATION ACT
Sec. 6101. Short title.
Sec. 6102. Statement of policy.
Subtitle A—Identifying Challenges to Stability in Libya
Sec. 6111. Report on activities of certain foreign governments and actors in
Libya.
Sec. 6112. Report of Russian activities and objectives in Libya.
Sec. 6113. Determination of sanctionable activities of the Libyan National
Army with respect to Syria.
Subtitle B—Actions to Address Foreign Intervention in Libya
Sec. 6121. Sanctions with respect to foreign persons leading, directing, or sup-
porting certain foreign government involvement in Libya.
Sec. 6122. Sanctions with respect to foreign persons threatening the peace or
stability of Libya.
Sec. 6123. Sanctions with respect to foreign persons who are responsible for or
complicit in gross violations of internationally recognized
human rights committed in Libya.
Sec. 6124. Sanctions described.
Sec. 6125. Waiver.
Sec. 6126. Implementation and regulatory authority.
Sec. 6127. Exception relating to importation of goods.
Sec. 6128. Definitions.
Sec. 6129. Suspension of sanctions.
Sec. 6130. Sunset.
Subtitle C—Assistance for Libya
Sec. 6131. Humanitarian relief for the people of Libya and international refu-
gees and migrants in Libya.
Sec. 6132. Support for democratic governance, elections, and civil society.
Sec. 6133. Engaging international financial institutions to advance Libyan eco-
nomic recovery and improve public sector financial manage-
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Sec. 6134. Recovering assets stolen from the Libyan people.
Sec. 6135. Authority to expand educational and cultural exchange programs
with Libya.
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TITLE LXII—DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA NATIONAL GUARD HOME
RULE
Sec. 6251. Short title.
Sec. 6252. Extension of National Guard authorities to Mayor of the District of
Columbia.
Sec. 6253. Conforming amendments to title 10, United States Code.
Sec. 6254. Conforming amendments to title 32, United States Code.
Sec. 6255. Conforming amendment to the District of Columbia Home Rule Act.
TITLE LXIII—PREVENTING FUTURE PANDEMICS
Sec. 6301. Definitions.
Sec. 6302. Country-driven approach to end the commercial trade in live wildlife
and associated wildlife markets.
Sec. 6303. Sense of Congress.
Sec. 6304. Statement of policy.
Sec. 6305. Prevention of future zoonotic spillover event.
Sec. 6306. Law enforcement attache deployment.
Sec. 6307. Reservation of rights.
TITLE LXIV—PROHIBITION OF ARMS SALES TO COUNTRIES COM-
MITTING GENOCIDE OR WAR CRIMES AND RELATED MATTERS
Sec. 6401. Prohibition of arms sales to countries committing genocide or war
crimes.
Sec. 6402. Consideration of human rights and democratization in arms exports.
Sec. 6403. Enhancement of congressional oversight of human rights in arms
exports.
Sec. 6404. End use monitoring of misuse of arms in human rights abuses.
Sec. 6405. Definitions.
TITLE LXV—BURMA ACT OF 2022
Sec. 6501. Short title.
Sec. 6502. Definitions.
Subtitle A—Matters Relating to the Conflict in Burma
Sec. 6511. Findings.
Sec. 6512. Statement of policy.
Subtitle B—Sanctions and Policy Coordination With Respect to Burma
Sec. 6521. Definitions.
Sec. 6522. Imposition of sanctions with respect to human rights abuses and
perpetration of a coup in Burma.
Sec. 6523. Certification requirement for removal of certain persons from the
list of specially designated nationals and blocked persons.
Sec. 6524. Sanctions and policy coordination for Burma.
Sec. 6525. Support for greater United Nations action with respect to Burma.
Sec. 6526. Sunset.
Subtitle C—Humanitarian Assistance and Civil Society Support With Respect
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Sec. 6531. Support to civil society and independent media.
Sec. 6532. Humanitarian assistance and reconciliation.
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Sec. 6533. Authorization of assistance for Burma political prisoners.
Subtitle D—Accountability for Human Rights Abuses
Sec. 6541. Report on accountability for war crimes, crimes against humanity,
and genocide in Burma.
Sec. 6542. Authorization to provide technical assistance for efforts against
human rights abuses.
Subtitle E—Sanctions Exception Relating to Importation of Goods
Sec. 6551. Sanctions exception relating to importation of goods.
TITLE LXVI—PROMOTING AND ADVANCING COMMUNITIES OF
COLOR THROUGH INCLUSIVE LENDING ACT
Sec. 6601. Short title.
Subtitle A—Promoting and Advancing Communities of Color Through
Inclusive Lending
Sec. 6611. Strengthening diverse and mission-driven community financial insti-
tutions.
Sec. 6612. Capital investments, grants, and technology support for MDIs and
CDFIs.
Sec. 6613. Supporting Young Entrepreneurs Program.
Sec. 6614. Map of minority depository institutions and community development
financial institutions.
Sec. 6615. Report on certified community development financial institutions.
Sec. 6616. Consultation and minimization of data requests.
Sec. 6617. Access to the discount window of the Federal Reserve System for
MDIs and CDFIs.
Sec. 6618. Study on securitization by CDFIs.
Subtitle B—Promoting New and Diverse Depository Institutions
Sec. 6621. Study and strategic plan.
Subtitle C—Ensuring Diversity in Community Banking
Sec. 6631. Short title.
Sec. 6632. Sense of Congress on funding the loan-loss reserve fund for small
dollar loans.
Sec. 6633. Definitions.
Sec. 6634. Inclusion of women’s banks in the definition of minority depository
institution.
Sec. 6635. Establishment of impact bank designation.
Sec. 6636. Minority Depositories Advisory Committees.
Sec. 6637. Federal deposits in minority depository institutions.
Sec. 6638. Minority Bank Deposit Program.
Sec. 6639. Diversity report and best practices.
Sec. 6640. Investments in minority depository institutions and impact banks.
Sec. 6641. Report on covered mentor-protege programs.
Sec. 6642. Custodial deposit program for covered minority depository institu-
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Sec. 6643. Streamlined community development financial institution applica-
tions and reporting.
Sec. 6644. Task force on lending to small business concerns.
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Sec. 6645. Discretionary surplus fund.
Subtitle D—Expanding Opportunity for Minority Depository Institutions
Sec. 6651. Establishment of Financial Agent Mentor-Protégé Program.
Subtitle E—CDFI Bond Guarantee Program Improvement
Sec. 6661. Sense of Congress.
Sec. 6662. Guarantees for bonds and notes issued for community or economic
development purposes.
Sec. 6663. Report on the CDFI bond guarantee program.
TITLE LXVII—HOMELAND SECURITY PROVISIONS
Subtitle A—Strengthening Security of Our Communities
Sec. 6701. Nonprofit security grant program improvement.
Sec. 6702. National Computer Forensics Institute reauthorization.
Sec. 6703. Homeland security capabilities preservation.
Sec. 6704. School and daycare protection.
Sec. 6705. Reporting efficiently to proper officials in response to terrorism.
Sec. 6706. Cybersecurity grants for schools.
Subtitle B—Enhancing DHS Acquisitions and Supply Chain
Sec. 6721. Homeland procurement reform.
Sec. 6722. DHS software supply chain risk management.
Sec. 6723. Department of Homeland Security mentor-protégé program.
Sec. 6724. DHS Trade and Economic Security Council.
Sec. 6725. DHS acquisition reform.
Sec. 6726. DHS Acquisition Review Board.
Sec. 6727. DHS contract reporting.
Sec. 6728. Unmanned aerial security.
Subtitle C—Enhancing DHS Operations
Sec. 6731. Quadrennial homeland security review technical corrections.
Sec. 6732. Bombing prevention.
Sec. 6733. DHS basic training accreditation improvement.
Sec. 6734. Department of Homeland Security Inspector General transparency.
Sec. 6735. President’s cup cybersecurity competition.
Sec. 6736. Industrial control systems cybersecurity training.
Sec. 6737. TSA reaching across nationalities, societies, and languages to ad-
vance traveler education.
Sec. 6738. Best practices related to certain information collected by rental com-
panies and dealers (Darren Drake).
Sec. 6739. One-stop pilot program.
Sec. 6740. DHS illicit cross-border tunnel defense.
Sec. 6741. Prevent exposure to narcotics and toxics.
Subtitle D—Technical, Conforming, and Clerical Amendments
Sec. 6751. Technical, conforming, and clerical amendments.
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TITLE LXVIII—FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
ADVANCEMENT OF EQUITY
Sec. 6801. Definitions.
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Subtitle A—Ensuring Equity in Federal Disaster Management
Sec. 6811. Data collection, analysis, and criteria.
Sec. 6812. Criteria for ensuring equity in policies and programs.
Sec. 6813. Metrics; report.
Subtitle B—Operational Enhancement to Improve Equity in Federal Disaster
Management
Sec. 6821. Equity advisor.
Sec. 6822. Equity Enterprise Steering Group.
Sec. 6823. GAO review of equity reforms.
Subtitle C—GAO Review of Factors to Determine Assistance
Sec. 6831. GAO review of factors to determine assistance.
TITLE LXIX—GLOBAL HEALTH SECURITY ACT OF 2022
Sec. 6901. Short title.
Sec. 6902. Findings.
Sec. 6903. Statement of policy.
Sec. 6904. Global Health Security Agenda Interagency Review Council.
Sec. 6905. United States Coordinator for Global Health Security.
Sec. 6906. Sense of Congress.
Sec. 6907. Strategy and reports.
Sec. 6908. Establishment of fund for global health security and pandemic pre-
paredness.
Sec. 6909. Fund authorities.
Sec. 6910. Fund administration.
Sec. 6911. Fund Advisory Board.
Sec. 6912. Reports to Congress on the Fund.
Sec. 6913. United States contributions.
Sec. 6914. Compliance with the Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability
Act of 2016.
Sec. 6915. Definitions.
Sec. 6916. Sunset.
TITLE LXX—PROTECTION OF SAUDI DISSIDENTS
Sec. 7001. Restrictions on transfers of defense articles and services, design and
construction services, and major defense equipment to Saudi
Arabia.
Sec. 7002. Report on consistent pattern of acts of intimidation or harassment
directed against individuals in the United States.
Sec. 7003. Report and certification with respect to Saudi diplomats and diplo-
matic facilities in the United States.
Sec. 7004. Report on the duty to warn obligation of the Government of the
United States.
TITLE LXXI—COLORADO AND GRAND CANYON PUBLIC LANDS
Sec. 7101. Definition of State.
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Sec. 7111. Definitions.
Sec. 7112. Colorado Wilderness additions.
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Sec. 7113. Williams Fork Mountains potential wilderness.
Sec. 7114. Tenmile Recreation Management Area.
Sec. 7115. Porcupine Gulch Wildlife Conservation Area.
Sec. 7116. Williams Fork Mountains Wildlife Conservation Area.
Sec. 7117. Spraddle Creek Wildlife Conservation Area.
Sec. 7118. Camp Hale National Historic Landscape.
Sec. 7119. White River National Forest boundary modification.
Sec. 7120. Rocky Mountain National Park potential wilderness boundary ad-
justment.
Sec. 7121. Administrative provisions.
Subtitle B—San Juan Mountains
Sec. 7131. Definitions.
Sec. 7132. Additions to National Wilderness Preservation System.
Sec. 7133. Special management areas.
Sec. 7134. Release of wilderness study areas.
Sec. 7135. Administrative provisions.
Subtitle C—Thompson Divide
Sec. 7141. Purposes.
Sec. 7142. Definitions.
Sec. 7143. Thompson Divide Withdrawal and Protection Area.
Sec. 7144. Thompson Divide lease credits.
Sec. 7145. Greater Thompson Divide Fugitive Coal Mine Methane Use Pilot
Program.
Sec. 7146. Effect.
Subtitle D—Curecanti National Recreation Area
Sec. 7151. Definitions.
Sec. 7152. Curecanti National Recreation Area.
Sec. 7153. Acquisition of land; boundary management.
Sec. 7154. General management plan.
Sec. 7155. Boundary survey.
Subtitle E—Grand Canyon Protection
Sec. 7161. Withdrawal of Certain Federal land in the State of Arizona.
DIVISION G—DON YOUNG COAST GUARD AUTHORIZATION ACT OF
2022
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
TITLE I—AUTHORIZATION
Sec. 101. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 102. Authorized levels of military strength and training.
Sec. 103. Shoreside infrastructure and facilities.
Sec. 104. Availability of amounts for acquisition of additional cutters.
TITLE II—COAST GUARD
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Sec. 201. Authorized strength.
Sec. 202. Continuation of officers with certain critical skills on active duty.
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Sec. 203. Number and distribution of officers on active duty promotion list.
Sec. 204. Coast Guard behavioral health policy.
Sec. 205. Improving representation of women and of racial and ethnic minori-
ties among Coast Guard active-duty members.
Subtitle B—Operational Matters
Sec. 206. Pilot project for enhancing Coast Guard cutter readiness through
condition-based maintenance.
Sec. 207. Unmanned systems strategy.
Sec. 208. Budgeting of Coast Guard relating to certain operations.
Sec. 209. Report on San Diego maritime domain awareness.
Sec. 210. Great Lakes winter shipping.
Sec. 211. Center of expertise for Great Lakes oil spill search and response.
Sec. 212. Study on laydown of Coast Guard cutters.
Subtitle C—Other Matters
Sec. 213. Responses of Commandant of the Coast Guard to safety rec-
ommendations.
Sec. 214. Conveyance of Coast Guard vessels for public purposes.
Sec. 215. Acquisition life-cycle cost estimates.
Sec. 216. National Coast Guard Museum funding plan.
Sec. 217. Report on Coast Guard explosive ordnance disposal.
Sec. 218. Pribilof Island transition completion actions.
Sec. 219. Notification of communication outages.
TITLE III—MARITIME
Subtitle A—Shipping
Sec. 301. Nonoperating individual.
Sec. 302. Oceanographic research vessels.
Sec. 303. Atlantic Coast port access routes briefing.
Subtitle B—Vessel Safety
Sec. 304. Fishing vessel safety.
Sec. 305. Requirements for DUKW-type amphibious passenger vessels.
Sec. 306. Exoneration and limitation of liability for small passengers vessels.
Sec. 307. Automatic identification system requirements.
Subtitle C—Shipbuilding Program
Sec. 308. Qualified vessel.
Sec. 309. Establishing a capital construction fund.
TITLE IV—FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION
Sec. 401. Terms and vacancies.
TITLE V—MISCELLANEOUS
Subtitle A—Navigation
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Sec. 502. Providing requirements for vessels anchored in established anchorage
grounds.
Sec. 503. Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force.
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Sec. 504. Limitation on recovery for certain injuries incurred in aquaculture ac-
tivities.
Subtitle B—Other Matters
Sec. 505. Information on type approval certificates.
Sec. 506. Passenger vessel security and safety requirements.
Sec. 507. Cargo waiting time reduction.
Sec. 508. Limited indemnity provisions in standby oil spill response contracts.
Sec. 509. Port Coordination Council for Point Spencer.
Sec. 510. Western Alaska oil spill planning criteria.
Sec. 511. Nonapplicability.
Sec. 512. Report on enforcement of coastwise laws.
Sec. 513. Land conveyance, Sharpe Army Depot, Lathrop, California.
Sec. 514. Center of Expertise for Marine Environmental Response.
Sec. 515. Prohibition on entry and operation.
Sec. 516. St. Lucie River railroad bridge.
Sec. 517. Assistance related to marine mammals.
Sec. 518. Manning and crewing requirements for certain vessels, vehicles, and
structures.
TITLE VI—SEXUAL ASSAULT AND SEXUAL HARASSMENT
PREVENTION AND RESPONSE
Sec. 601. Definitions.
Sec. 602. Convicted sex offender as grounds for denial.
Sec. 603. Sexual harassment or sexual assault as grounds for suspension or
revocation.
Sec. 604. Accommodation; notices.
Sec. 605. Protection against discrimination.
Sec. 606. Alcohol prohibition.
Sec. 607. Surveillance requirements.
Sec. 608. Master key control.
Sec. 609. Safety management systems.
Sec. 610. Requirement to report sexual assault and harassment.
Sec. 611. Civil actions for personal injury or death of seamen.
Sec. 612. Administration of sexual assault forensic examination kits.
TITLE VII—TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING PROVISIONS
Sec. 701. Technical corrections.
Sec. 702. Transportation worker identification credential technical amend-
ments.
Sec. 703. Reinstatement.
DIVISION H—FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Deeming.
TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Sec. 101. Data standards.
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Sec. 102. Open data publication by the Department of the Treasury.
Sec. 103. Rulemaking.
Sec. 104. No new disclosure requirements.
Sec. 105. Report.
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TITLE II—SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Sec. 201. Data standards requirements for the Securities and Exchange Com-
mission.
Sec. 202. Open data publication by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Sec. 203. Data transparency at the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board.
Sec. 204. Data transparency at national securities associations.
Sec. 205. Shorter-term burden reduction and disclosure simplification at the
Securities and Exchange Commission; sunset.
Sec. 206. No new disclosure requirements.
TITLE III—FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION
Sec. 301. Data standards requirements for the Federal Deposit Insurance Cor-
poration.
Sec. 302. Open data publication by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
Sec. 303. Rulemaking.
Sec. 304. No new disclosure requirements.
TITLE IV—OFFICE OF THE COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY
Sec. 401. Data standards and open data publication requirements for the Office
of the Comptroller of the Currency.
Sec. 402. Rulemaking.
Sec. 403. No new disclosure requirements.
TITLE V—BUREAU OF CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION
Sec. 501. Data standards and open data publication requirements for the Bu-
reau of Consumer Financial Protection.
Sec. 502. Rulemaking.
Sec. 503. No new disclosure requirements.
TITLE VI—FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
Sec. 601. Data standards requirements for the Board of Governors of the Fed-
eral Reserve System.
Sec. 602. Open data publication by the Board of Governors of the Federal Re-
serve System.
Sec. 603. Rulemaking.
Sec. 604. No new disclosure requirements.
TITLE VII—NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION
Sec. 701. Data standards.
Sec. 702. Open data publication by the National Credit Union Administration.
Sec. 703. Rulemaking.
Sec. 704. No new disclosure requirements.
TITLE VIII—FEDERAL HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY
Sec. 801. Data standards requirements for the Federal Housing Finance Agen-
cy.
Sec. 802. Open data publication by the Federal Housing Finance Agency.
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Sec. 803. Rulemaking.
Sec. 804. No new disclosure requirements.
TITLE IX—MISCELLANEOUS
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Sec. 901. Rules of construction.
Sec. 902. Classified and protected information.
Sec. 903. Discretionary surplus fund.
DIVISION I—PUBLIC LANDS
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
TITLE I—COLORADO WILDERNESS
Sec. 101. Short title; definition.
Sec. 102. Additions to National Wilderness Preservation System in the State of
Colorado.
Sec. 103. Administrative provisions.
Sec. 104. Water.
Sec. 105. Sense of Congress.
Sec. 106. Department of defense study on impacts that the expansion of wilder-
ness designations in the western united states would have on
the readiness of the armed forces of the united states with re-
spect to aviation training.
TITLE II—NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA WILDERNESS, RECREATION,
AND WORKING FORESTS
Sec. 201. Short title.
Sec. 202. Definitions.
Subtitle A—Restoration and Economic Development
Sec. 211. South Fork Trinity-Mad River Restoration Area.
Sec. 212. Redwood National and State Parks restoration.
Sec. 213. California Public Lands Remediation Partnership.
Sec. 214. Trinity Lake visitor center.
Sec. 215. Del Norte County visitor center.
Sec. 216. Management plans.
Sec. 217. Study; partnerships related to overnight accommodations.
Subtitle B—Recreation
Sec. 221. Horse Mountain Special Management Area.
Sec. 222. Bigfoot National Recreation Trail.
Sec. 223. Elk Camp Ridge Recreation Trail.
Sec. 224. Trinity Lake Trail.
Sec. 225. Trails study.
Sec. 226. Construction of mountain bicycling routes.
Sec. 227. Partnerships.
Subtitle C—Conservation
Sec. 231. Designation of wilderness.
Sec. 232. Administration of wilderness.
Sec. 233. Designation of potential wilderness.
Sec. 234. Designation of wild and scenic rivers.
Sec. 235. Sanhedrin Special Conservation Management Area.
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Sec. 241. Maps and legal descriptions.
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Sec. 242. Updates to land and resource management plans.
Sec. 243. Pacific Gas and Electric Company Utility facilities and rights-of-way.
TITLE III—CENTRAL COAST HERITAGE PROTECTION
Sec. 301. Short title.
Sec. 302. Definitions.
Sec. 303. Designation of wilderness.
Sec. 304. Designation of the Machesna Mountain Potential Wilderness.
Sec. 305. Administration of wilderness.
Sec. 306. Designation of Wild and Scenic Rivers.
Sec. 307. Designation of the Fox Mountain Potential Wilderness.
Sec. 308. Designation of scenic areas.
Sec. 309. Condor National Scenic Trail.
Sec. 310. Forest service study.
Sec. 311. Nonmotorized recreation opportunities.
Sec. 312. Use by members of Tribes.
TITLE IV—SAN GABRIEL MOUNTAINS FOOTHILLS AND RIVERS
PROTECTION
Sec. 401. Short title.
Sec. 402. Definition of State.
Subtitle A—San Gabriel National Recreation Area
Sec. 411. Purposes.
Sec. 412. Definitions.
Sec. 413. San Gabriel National Recreation Area.
Sec. 414. Management.
Sec. 415. Acquisition of non-Federal land within Recreation Area.
Sec. 416. Water rights; water resource facilities; public roads; utility facilities.
Sec. 417. San Gabriel National Recreation Area Public Advisory Council.
Sec. 418. San Gabriel National Recreation Area Partnership.
Sec. 419. Visitor services and facilities.
Subtitle B—San Gabriel Mountains
Sec. 421. Definitions.
Sec. 422. National monument boundary modification.
Sec. 423. Designation of Wilderness Areas and Additions.
Sec. 424. Administration of Wilderness Areas and Additions.
Sec. 425. Designation of Wild and Scenic Rivers.
Sec. 426. Water rights.
TITLE V—RIM OF THE VALLEY CORRIDOR PRESERVATION
Sec. 501. Short title.
Sec. 502. Boundary adjustment; land acquisition; administration.
TITLE VI—WILD OLYMPICS WILDERNESS AND WILD AND SCENIC
RIVERS
Sec. 601. Short title.
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Sec. 602. Designation of olympic national forest wilderness areas.
Sec. 603. Wild and scenic river designations.
Sec. 604. Existing rights and withdrawal.
Sec. 605. Treaty rights.
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TITLE VII—CERRO DE LA OLLA WILDERNESS ESTABLISHMENT
Sec. 701. Designation of Cerro de la Olla Wilderness.
TITLE VIII—STUDY ON FLOOD RISK MITIGATION
Sec. 801. Study on Flood Risk Mitigation.
TITLE IX—MISCELLANEOUS
Sec. 901. Promoting health and wellness for veterans and servicemembers.
Sec. 902. Fire, insects, and diseases.
Sec. 903. Military activities.
1 SEC. 3. CONGRESSIONAL DEFENSE COMMITTEES.
2 In this Act, the term ‘‘congressional defense commit-
3 tees’’ has the meaning given that term in section
4 101(a)(16) of title 10, United States Code.
5 DIVISION A—DEPARTMENT OF
6 DEFENSE AUTHORIZATIONS
7 TITLE I—PROCUREMENT
8 Subtitle A—Authorization of
9 Appropriations
10 SEC. 101. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
11 Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for
12 fiscal year 2023 for procurement for the Army, the Navy
13 and the Marine Corps, the Air Force and the Space Force,
14 and Defense-wide activities, as specified in the funding
15 table in section 4101.
16 Subtitle B—Navy Programs
17 SEC. 111. REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO EA–18G AIRCRAFT
18 OF THE NAVY.
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19 Section 8062 of title 10, United States Code, is
20 amended—
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1 (1) by redesignating subsection (f) as sub-
2 section (g); and
3 (2) by inserting after subsection (e) the fol-
4 lowing new subsection:
5 ‘‘(f)(1)(A) The Secretary of the Navy may not—
6 ‘‘(i) retire an EA–18G aircraft;
7 ‘‘(ii) prepare to retire an EA–18G aircraft;
8 ‘‘(iii) place an EA–18G aircraft in active
9 storage status or inactive storage status; or
10 ‘‘(iv) keep an EA–18G aircraft in a status
11 considered excess to the requirements of the
12 possessing command and awaiting disposition
13 instructions.
14 ‘‘(B) The prohibition under subparagraph (A)
15 shall not apply to individual EA–18G aircraft that
16 the Secretary of the Navy determines, on a case-by-
17 case basis, to be no longer mission capable and un-
18 economical to repair because of aircraft accidents or
19 mishaps.
20 ‘‘(2)(A) Beginning on October 1, 2022, the Secretary
21 of the Navy shall maintain a total aircraft inventory of
22 EA–18G aircraft of not less than 158 aircraft, of which
23 not less than 126 aircraft shall be coded as primary mis-
24 sion aircraft inventory.
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1 ‘‘(B) The Secretary of the Navy may reduce the num-
2 ber of EA–18G aircraft in the inventory of the Navy below
3 the minimum number specified in subparagraph (A) if the
4 Secretary determines on a case-by-case basis, that an air-
5 craft is no longer mission capable and uneconomical to re-
6 pair because of aircraft accidents or mishaps.
7 ‘‘(C) In this paragraph, the term ‘primary mission
8 aircraft inventory’ means aircraft assigned to meet the
9 primary aircraft authorization—
10 ‘‘(i) to a unit for the performance of its war-
11 time mission;
12 ‘‘(ii) to a training unit for technical and special-
13 ized training for crew personnel or leading to air-
14 crew qualification;
15 ‘‘(iii) to a test unit for testing of the aircraft
16 or its components for purposes of research, develop-
17 ment, test, and evaluation, operational test and eval-
18 uation, or to support testing programs; or
19 ‘‘(iv) to meet requirements for missions not oth-
20 erwise specified in clauses (i) through (iii).’’.
21 SEC. 112. MULTIYEAR PROCUREMENT AUTHORITY FOR
22 ARLEIGH BURKE CLASS DESTROYERS.
23 (a) FINDINGS; SENSE OF CONGRESS.—
24 (1) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following
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1 (A) The DDG Flight III destroyer is the
2 most capable large surface combatant in the
3 world-wide inventory of the Department of De-
4 fense.
5 (B) The Department plans to retire 18
6 large surface combatants over the next five
7 years.
8 (C) Under the future-years defense plan,
9 the Department plans to procure two DDGs per
10 year over the next five years.
11 (2) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of
12 Congress that—
13 (A) the loss of aggregate fire power due to
14 the retirement of 18 large surface combatants
15 over the next five years is cause for concern;
16 (B) the Department should continue to
17 procure large surface combatants at the fastest
18 possible rate based on industrial base capacity;
19 and
20 (C) the Department should maximize sav-
21 ings and provide stability to the large surface
22 combatant industrial base through the use of
23 multiyear procurement contracts for the max-
24 imum number of ships, realized at a consistent
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1 (b) AUTHORITY FOR MULTIYEAR PROCUREMENT.—
2 Subject to section 3501 of title 10, United States Code,
3 the Secretary of the Navy may enter into one or more
4 multiyear contracts for the procurement of up to 15
5 Arleigh Burke class Flight III guided missile destroyers.
6 (c) AUTHORITY FOR ADVANCE PROCUREMENT.—The
7 Secretary of the Navy may enter into one or more con-
8 tracts, beginning in fiscal year 2023, for advance procure-
9 ment associated with the destroyers for which authoriza-
10 tion to enter into a multiyear procurement contract is pro-
11 vided under subsection (b), and for systems and sub-
12 systems associated with such destroyers in economic order
13 quantities when cost savings are achievable.
14 (d) CONDITION FOR OUT-YEAR CONTRACT PAY-
15 MENTS.—A contract entered into under subsection (b)
16 shall provide that any obligation of the United States to
17 make a payment under the contract for a fiscal year after
18 fiscal year 2023 is subject to the availability of appropria-
19 tions or funds for that purpose for such later fiscal year.
20 (e) LIMITATION.—The Secretary of the Navy may
21 not modify a contract entered into under subsection (b)
22 if the modification would increase the target price of the
23 destroyer by more than 10 percent above the target price
24 specified in the original contract or the destroyer under
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1 SEC. 113. AUTHORITY FOR PROCUREMENT OF ADDITIONAL
2 ARLEIGH BURKE CLASS DESTROYER.
3 (a) PROCUREMENT AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of
4 the Navy may procure one Arleigh Burke class Flight III
5 guided missile destroyer, in addition to any other procure-
6 ment of such destroyers otherwise authorized by law, to
7 be procured either—
8 (1) as an addition to the contract covering up
9 to 15 such destroyers authorized to be procured
10 under section 112 of this Act; or
11 (2) under a separate contract entered into in
12 fiscal year 2023.
13 (b) INCREMENTAL FUNDING.—With respect to a con-
14 tract for the procurement of the destroyer authorized
15 under subsection (a), the Secretary of the Navy may use
16 incremental funding to make payments under the con-
17 tract.
18 (c) CONDITION FOR OUT-YEAR CONTRACT PAY-
19 MENTS.—A contract for the procurement of the destroyer
20 authorized under subsection (a) shall provide that any ob-
21 ligation of the United States to make a payment under
22 the contract for a fiscal year after fiscal year 2023 is sub-
23 ject to the availability of appropriations or funds for that
24 purpose for such later fiscal year.
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1 SEC. 114. AUTHORITY FOR CERTAIN PROCUREMENTS FOR
2 THE SHIP-TO-SHORE CONNECTOR PROGRAM.
3 (a) CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of the
4 Navy may enter into one or more contracts, beginning
5 with fiscal year 2023, for the procurement of up to 25
6 Ship-to-Shore Connector class craft and associated mate-
7 rial.
8 (b) LIABILITY.—Any contract entered into under
9 subsection (a) shall provide that—
10 (1) any obligation of the United States to make
11 a payment under the contract is subject to the avail-
12 ability of appropriations for that purpose; and
13 (2) that total liability of the Federal Govern-
14 ment for termination of any contract entered into
15 shall be limited to the total amount of funding obli-
16 gated to the contract at time of termination.
17 SEC. 115. AUTHORITY TO PROCURE AIRFRAMES AND EN-
18 GINES FOR CH–53K KING STALLION HEAVY-
19 LIFT HELICOPTERS.
20 (a) CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—During fiscal years
21 2023 and 2024, the Secretary of the Navy may enter
22 into—
23 (1) a single contract for the procurement of up
24 to 30 airframes in support of the CH–53K heavy-lift
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1 (2) a single contract for the procurement of up
2 to 90 engines in support of such program.
3 (b) LIABILITY.—Any contract entered into under
4 subsection (a) shall provide that—
5 (1) any obligation of the United States to make
6 a payment under the contract is subject to the avail-
7 ability of appropriations for that purpose; and
8 (2) that total liability of the Federal Govern-
9 ment for termination of any contract entered into
10 shall be limited to the total amount of funding obli-
11 gated to the contract at time of termination.
12 SEC. 116. PROHIBITION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR
13 RETIREMENT OF HSC–85 AIRCRAFT.
14 (a) PROHIBITIONS.—None of the funds authorized to
15 be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available
16 for fiscal year 2023 for the Navy may be obligated or ex-
17 pended—
18 (1) to retire, prepare to retire, transfer, or
19 place in storage any Helicopter Sea Combat Squad-
20 ron 85 aircraft (referred to in this section as an
21 ‘‘HSC–85 aircraft’’); or
22 (2) to make any changes to manning levels with
23 respect to any HSC–85 aircraft squadron.
24 (b) REPORT REQUIRED.—The Secretary of the Navy,
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1 Special Operations Command, shall submit to the congres-
2 sional defense committees a report that includes—
3 (1) an explanation of the operational impact of
4 divestment of HSC–85 aircraft on the training and
5 readiness of Navy special warfare units and missions
6 based in the west coast of the United States;
7 (2) the estimated costs of sustaining HSC–85
8 aircraft at full operational capability from fiscal year
9 2024 through fiscal year 2028;
10 (3) a proposed cost sharing arrangement be-
11 tween the Navy and the United States Special Oper-
12 ations Command for sustaining HSC–85 aircraft at
13 full operational capabilities from fiscal year 2024
14 through fiscal year 2028;
15 (4) identification of a replacement capability
16 that would be available if prioritized and directed by
17 the Secretary of Defense and would meet all oper-
18 ational requirements, including special operational-
19 peculiar requirements of the combatant commands,
20 that are fulfilled by HSC–85 aircraft as of the date
21 of the report; and
22 (5) an estimate of the costs and a proposed
23 schedule for establishing the replacement capability
24 identified in paragraph (4) over the period of five
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1 SEC. 117. QUARTERLY BRIEFINGS ON THE CH–53K KING
2 STALLION HELICOPTER PROGRAM.
3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after the
4 date of the enactment of this Act, and on a quarterly basis
5 thereafter through the end of fiscal year 2024, the Sec-
6 retary of the Navy shall provide to the Committee on
7 Armed Services of the House of Representatives a briefing
8 on the progress of the CH–53K King Stallion helicopter
9 program.
10 (b) ELEMENTS.—Each briefing under subsection (a)
11 shall include, with respect to the CH–53K King Stallion
12 helicopter program, the following:
13 (1) An overview of the program schedule.
14 (2) A statement of the total cost of the program
15 as of the date of the briefing, including the cost of
16 development, testing, and production.
17 (3) A comparison of the total cost of the pro-
18 gram relative to the original acquisition program
19 baseline and the most recently approved acquisition
20 program baseline as of the date of the briefing.
21 (4) An assessment of the flight testing that re-
22 mains to be conducted under the program, including
23 any testing required for validation of correction of
24 technical deficiencies.
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26 of technical deficiencies under the program and any
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1 effects on the program schedule resulting from the
2 discovery and correction of such deficiencies.
3 (c) CONFORMING REPEAL.—Section 132 of the Na-
4 tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020
5 (Public Law 116–92; 133 Stat. 1238) is repealed.
6 SEC. 118. FUNDING FOR ADDITIONAL JOINT STRIKE FIGHT-
7 ER AIRCRAFT.
8 (a) INCREASE.—Notwithstanding the amounts set
9 forth in the funding tables in division D, the amount au-
10 thorized to be appropriated in section 101 for aircraft pro-
11 curement, Navy, as specified in the corresponding funding
12 table in section 4101, for Joint Strike Fighter CV, line
13 002, is hereby increased by $354,000,000 (with the
14 amount of such increase to used for the procurement of
15 three additional Joint Strike Fighter aircraft).
16 (b) OFFSETS.—
17 (1) Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in
18 the funding tables in division D, the amount author-
19 ized to be appropriated in section 301 for operation
20 and maintenance, Army, as specified in the cor-
21 responding funding table in section 4301, for oper-
22 ating forces, maneuver units, line 010, is hereby re-
23 duced by $50,000,000.
24 (2) Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in
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1 ized to be appropriated in section 301 for operation
2 and maintenance, Army, as specified in the cor-
3 responding funding table in section 4301, for oper-
4 ating forces, aviation assets, line 060, is hereby re-
5 duced by $100,000,000.
6 (3) Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in
7 the funding tables in division D, the amount author-
8 ized to be appropriated in section 301 for operation
9 and maintenance, Army, as specified in the cor-
10 responding funding table in section 4301, for train-
11 ing and recruiting, training support, line 340, is
12 hereby reduced by $16,000,000.
13 (4) Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in
14 the funding tables in division D, the amount author-
15 ized to be appropriated in section 301 for operation
16 and maintenance, Army, as specified in the cor-
17 responding funding table in section 4301, for admin-
18 istration and service-wide activities, other personnel
19 support, line 480, is hereby reduced by $23,000,000.
20 (5) Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in
21 the funding tables in division D, the amount author-
22 ized to be appropriated in section 301 for operation
23 and maintenance, Navy, as specified in the cor-
24 responding funding table in section 4301, for oper-
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1 ating forces, weapons maintenance, line 250, is here-
2 by reduced by $62,500,000.
3 (6) Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in
4 the funding tables in division D, the amount author-
5 ized to be appropriated in section 301 for operation
6 and maintenance, Navy, as specified in the cor-
7 responding funding table in section 4301, for admin-
8 istration and service-wide activities, military man-
9 power and personnel management, line 470, is here-
10 by reduced by $30,000,000.
11 (7) Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in
12 the funding tables in division D, the amount author-
13 ized to be appropriated in section 301 for operation
14 and maintenance, Marine Corps, as specified in the
15 corresponding funding table in section 4301, for op-
16 erating forces, operational forces, line 010, is hereby
17 reduced by $16,500,000.
18 (8) Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in
19 the funding tables in division D, the amount author-
20 ized to be appropriated in section 301 for operation
21 and maintenance, Air Force, as specified in the cor-
22 responding funding table in section 4301, for oper-
23 ating forces, base support, line 090, is hereby re-
24 duced by $56,000,000.
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1 SEC. 119. REPORT ON ADVANCE PROCUREMENT FOR CVN–
2 82 AND CVN–83.
3 (a) REPORT.—Not later than February 1, 2023, the
4 Secretary of the Navy shall submit to the congressional
5 defense committees a report on the plan of the Navy for
6 advance procurement for the aircraft carriers designated
7 CVN–82 and CVN–83.
8 (b) ELEMENTS.—The report required by subsection
9 (a) shall include an assessment of—
10 (1) the value, cost, and feasibility of a two-year
11 advance procurement for a single aircraft carrier ac-
12 quisition strategy;
13 (2) the value, cost, and feasibility of a three-
14 year advance procurement for a single aircraft car-
15 rier acquisition strategy;
16 (3) the value, cost, and feasibility of a two-year
17 advance procurement for a two aircraft carrier ac-
18 quisition strategy;
19 (4) the value, cost, and feasibility of a three-
20 year advance procurement for a two aircraft carrier
21 acquisition strategy; and
22 (5) the effect of a multiple carrier acquisition
23 plan on force development and fleet capability.
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1 SEC. 119A. REPORT ON APPLICABILITY OF DDG(X) ELEC-
2 TRIC-DRIVE PROPULSION SYSTEM.
3 Not later than 30 days after the date of the enact-
4 ment of this Act, the Secretary of the Navy shall submit
5 to the congressional defense committees a report that in-
6 cludes an analysis of—
7 (1) the power and propulsion requirements for
8 the DDG(X) destroyer;
9 (2) how such requirements compare to the
10 power and propulsion requirements for the DDG–
11 1000 Zumwalt class destroyer and the DDG–51
12 Arleigh Burke class destroyer, respectively;
13 (3) the ability of the Navy to leverage existing
14 investments in the electric-drive propulsion system
15 developed for the DDG(X) destroyer to reduce cost
16 and risk; and
17 (4) the ability to design and manufacture com-
18 ponents for such system in the United States.
19 SEC. 119B. PROHIBITION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR
20 DISPOSAL OF LITTORAL COMBAT SHIPS.
21 (a) PROHIBITION.—None of the funds authorized to
22 appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for
23 fiscal year 2023 for the Navy may be obligated or ex-
24 pended to dispose of or dismantle a Littoral Combat Ship.
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1 Ship to the military forces of a nation that is an ally or
2 partner of the United States.
3 Subtitle C—Air Force Programs
4 SEC. 121. MODIFICATION OF INVENTORY REQUIREMENTS
5 FOR AIRCRAFT OF THE COMBAT AIR FORCES.
6 (a) TOTAL FIGHTER AIRCRAFT INVENTORY RE-
7 QUIREMENTS.—Section 9062(i)(1) of title 10, United
8 States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘1,970’’ and inserting
9 ‘‘1,800’’.
10 (b) A–10 MINIMUM INVENTORY REQUIREMENTS.—
11 (1) Section 134(d) of the National Defense Au-
12 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law
13 114–328; 130 Stat. 2038) is amended by striking
14 ‘‘171’’ and inserting ‘‘153’’.
15 (2) Section 142(b)(2) of the National Defense
16 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law
17 114–92; 129 Stat. 755 ) is amended by striking
18 ‘‘171’’ and inserting ‘‘153’’.
19 (c) MODIFICATION OF LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY
20 OF FUNDS FOR DESTRUCTION OF A–10 AIRCRAFT IN
21 STORAGE STATUS.—Section 135(a) of the National De-
22 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law
23 114–328; 130 Stat. 2039) is amended by striking ‘‘the
24 report required under section 134(e)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘a
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2 134(e)(2)(C)’’.
3 SEC. 122. MODIFICATION OF MINIMUM INVENTORY RE-
4 QUIREMENT FOR AIR REFUELING TANKER
5 AIRCRAFT.
6 (a) MINIMUM INVENTORY REQUIREMENT.—
7 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 9062(j) of title 10,
8 United States Code, is amended—
9 (A) by striking ‘‘effective October 1,
10 2019,’’; and
11 (B) by striking ‘‘479’’ each place it ap-
12 pears and inserting ‘‘466’’.
13 (2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made
14 by paragraph (1) shall take effect on October 1,
15 2022.
16 (b) PROHIBITION ON REDUCTION OF KC–135 AIR-
17 CRAFT IN PMAI OF THE RESERVE COMPONENTS.—
18 (1) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds author-
19 ized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise
20 made available for fiscal year 2023 for the Air Force
21 may be obligated or expended to reduce the number
22 of KC–135 aircraft designated as primary mission
23 aircraft inventory within the reserve components of
24 the Air Force.
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1 (2) PRIMARY MISSION AIRCRAFT INVENTORY
2 DEFINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘primary
3 mission aircraft inventory’’ has the meaning given
4 that term in section 9062(i)(2)(B) of title 10,
5 United States Code.
6 SEC. 123. REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO F–22 AIRCRAFT.
7 Section 9062 of title 10, United States Code, is
8 amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
9 section:
10 ‘‘(k)(1)(A) The Secretary of the Air Force may not—
11 ‘‘(i) retire an F–22 aircraft;
12 ‘‘(ii) prepare to retire an F–22 aircraft; or
13 ‘‘(iii) keep an F–22 aircraft in a status
14 considered excess to the requirements of the
15 possessing command and awaiting disposition
16 instructions (commonly referred to as ‘XJ’ sta-
17 tus).
18 ‘‘(B) The prohibition under subparagraph (A)
19 shall not apply to individual F–22 aircraft that the
20 Secretary of the Air Force determines, on a case-by-
21 case basis, to be no longer mission capable and un-
22 economical to repair because of aircraft accidents or
23 mishaps.
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1 ‘‘(2)(A) Beginning on October 1, 2022, the Secretary
2 of the Air Force shall maintain a total aircraft inventory
3 of F–22 aircraft of not less than 186 aircraft.
4 ‘‘(B) The Secretary of the Air Force may reduce the
5 number of F–22 aircraft in the inventory of the Air Force
6 below the minimum number specified in subparagraph (A)
7 if the Secretary determines on a case-by-case basis, that
8 an aircraft is no longer mission capable and uneconomical
9 to repair because of aircraft accidents or mishaps.
10 ‘‘(3) Not later than October 1, 2029, the Secretary
11 of the Air Force shall ensure that all F–22 aircraft of the
12 Air Force are equipped with—
13 ‘‘(A) Block 30/35 mission systems, sensors, and
14 weapon employment capabilities; or
15 ‘‘(B) mission systems, sensors, and weapon em-
16 ployment capabilities more advanced than those de-
17 scribed in subparagraph (A).’’.
18 SEC. 124. MODIFICATION OF INVENTORY REQUIREMENTS
19 AND LIMITATIONS RELATING TO CERTAIN
20 AIR REFUELING TANKER AIRCRAFT.
21 Section 137 of the National Defense Authorization
22 Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117–81; 135 Stat.
23 1576) is amended—
24 (1) by striking subsection (b); and
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1 (2) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as
2 subsections (b) and (c), respectively.
3 SEC. 125. REPEAL OF AIR FORCE E–8C FORCE PRESEN-
4 TATION REQUIREMENT.
5 Section 147 of the John S. McCain National Defense
6 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115–
7 232; 132 Stat. 1669) is amended by striking subsection
8 (f).
9 SEC. 126. MINIMUM INVENTORY OF C–130 AIRCRAFT.
10 (a) MINIMUM INVENTORY REQUIREMENT.—
11 (1) IN GENERAL.—During the covered period,
12 the Secretary of the Air Force shall maintain a total
13 inventory of C–130 aircraft of not less than 271 air-
14 craft.
15 (2) EXCEPTION .—The Secretary of the Air
16 Force may reduce the number of C–130 aircraft in
17 the Air Force below the minimum number specified
18 in subsection (a) if the Secretary determines, on a
19 case-by-case basis, that an aircraft is no longer mis-
20 sion capable because of a mishap or other damage.
21 (3) COVERED PERIOD DEFINED.—In this sub-
22 section, the term ‘‘covered period’’ means the pe-
23 riod—
24 (A) beginning at the close of the period de-
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1 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022
2 (Public Law 117–81; 135 Stat. 1577); and
3 (B) ending on October 1, 2028.
4 (b) PROHIBITION ON REDUCTION OF C–130 AIR-
5 CRAFT ASSIGNED TO NATIONAL GUARD.—
6 (1) IN GENERAL.—During fiscal year 2023, the
7 Secretary of the Air Force may not reduce the total
8 number of C–130 aircraft assigned to the National
9 Guard below the number so assigned as of the date
10 of the enactment of this Act.
11 (2) EXCEPTION.—The prohibition under para-
12 graph (1) shall not apply to an individual C–130 air-
13 craft that the Secretary of the Air Force determines,
14 on a case-by-case basis, to be no longer mission ca-
15 pable because of a mishap or other damage.
16 SEC. 127. AUTHORITY TO PROCURE UPGRADED EJECTION
17 SEATS FOR CERTAIN T–38A AIRCRAFT.
18 The Secretary of the Air Force is authorized to pro-
19 cure upgraded ejection seats for—
20 (1) all T–38A aircraft of the Air Force Global
21 Strike Command that have not received an upgraded
22 ejection seat under the T–38 Ejection Seat Upgrade
23 Program; and
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1 (2) all T–38A aircraft of the Air Combat Com-
2 mand that have not received an upgraded ejection
3 seat as part of such Program.
4 SEC. 128. PROHIBITION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR
5 RETIREMENT OF C–40 AIRCRAFT.
6 (a) PROHIBITION.—None of the funds authorized to
7 be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available
8 for fiscal year 2023 for the Air Force may be obligated
9 or expended to retire, prepare to retire, or place in storage
10 or on backup aircraft inventory status any C–40 aircraft.
11 (b) EXCEPTION.—
12 (1) IN GENERAL.—The limitation under sub-
13 section (a) shall not apply to an individual C–40 air-
14 craft that the Secretary of the Air Force determines,
15 on a case-by-case basis, to be no longer mission ca-
16 pable because of a Class A mishap.
17 (2) CERTIFICATION REQUIRED.—If the Sec-
18 retary determines under paragraph (1) that an air-
19 craft is no longer mission capable, the Secretary
20 shall submit to the congressional defense committees
21 a certification that the status of such aircraft is due
22 to a Class A mishap and not due to lack of mainte-
23 nance or repairs or other reasons.
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1 SEC. 129. PROHIBITION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR
2 PROCUREMENT OF BRIDGE TANKER AIR-
3 CRAFT.
4 None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by
5 this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2023
6 for the Air Force may be obligated or expended to enter
7 into a contract for the procurement of the bridge tanker
8 aircraft (as defined in section 136(b) of the National De-
9 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law
10 117–81)) unless such contract is awarded using full and
11 open competition. Notwithstanding the preceding sen-
12 tence, the Secretary of the Air Force may enter into a
13 contract for the procurement of the bridge tanker aircraft
14 using procedures other than full and open competition if
15 the Secretary complies with the requirements of section
16 3204 of title 10, United States Code, with respect to the
17 award of such contract and provides to the Committee on
18 Armed Services of the House of Representatives a briefing
19 that explains the reasons such contract cannot be awarded
20 using full and open competition.
21 SEC. 130. PROHIBITION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR
22 TERMINATION OF PRODUCTION LINES FOR
23 HH–60W AIRCRAFT.
24 None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by
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1 nate the operations of, or to prepare to terminate the oper-
2 ations of, a production line for HH–60W Combat Rescue
3 Helicopters.
4 SEC. 131. PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN REDUCTIONS TO B–1
5 BOMBER AIRCRAFT SQUADRONS.
6 (a) PROHIBITION.—During the covered period, the
7 Secretary of the Air Force may not—
8 (1) modify the designed operational capability
9 statement for any B–1 bomber aircraft squadron, as
10 in effect on the date of the enactment of this Act,
11 in a manner that would reduce the capabilities of
12 such a squadron below the levels specified in such
13 statement as in effect on such date; or
14 (2) reduce, below the levels in effect on such
15 date of enactment, the number of personnel assigned
16 to units responsible for the operation and mainte-
17 nance of B–1 aircraft if such reduction would affect
18 the ability of such units to meet the capability de-
19 scribed in paragraph (1).
20 (b) EXCEPTION.—The prohibition under subsection
21 (a) shall not apply to a bomb wing for which the Secretary
22 of the Air Force has commenced the process of replacing
23 B–1 bomber aircraft with B–21 bomber aircraft.
24 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
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1 (1) The term ‘‘covered period’’ means the pe-
2 riod beginning on the date of the enactment of this
3 Act and ending on September 30, 2026.
4 (2) The term ‘‘designed operational capability
5 statement’’ has the meaning given that term in Air
6 Force Instruction 10–201.
7 (d) CONFORMING REPEAL.—Section 133 of the Na-
8 tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022
9 (Public Law 117–81; 135 Stat. 1574) is repealed.
10 SEC. 132. LIMITATION ON RETIREMENT OF E–3 AIRBORNE
11 WARNING AND CONTROL SYSTEM AIRCRAFT.
12 (a) LIMITATION.—
13 (1) IN GENERAL.—Secretary of the Air Force
14 may not retire or prepare to retire more than a total
15 of 13 E–3 Airborne Warning and Control System
16 aircraft.
17 (2) RETIREMENT CONDITIONS.—Of the aircraft
18 authorized to be retired under paragraph (1)—
19 (A) up to eight aircraft may be retired at
20 any time during the period beginning on the
21 date of the enactment of this Act and ending on
22 October 1, 2023; and
23 (B) up to five aircraft may be retired only
24 after the Secretary of the Air Force enters into
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1 a contract for the procurement of an E–7 air-
2 craft.
3 (b) DESIGNATION AS PTAI.—The Secretary of the
4 Air Force shall designate two E–3 aircraft as Primary
5 Training Aircraft Inventory.
6 (c) REPORT REQUIRED.—
7 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Air
8 Force shall submit to the congressional defense com-
9 mittees a report on the airborne warning and control
10 capabilities and capacity of the Air Force.
11 (2) ELEMENTS.—The report under subsection
12 (a) shall include the following:
13 (A) An assessment of—
14 (i) the airborne warning and control
15 capabilities and capacity of the Air Force
16 as of the date of the report; and
17 (ii) the airborne warning and control
18 capabilities and capacity needed to meet
19 the future requirements of the Air Force.
20 (B) Identification of—
21 (i) air moving target indicator and
22 battle management and command and con-
23 trol requirements as of the date of the re-
24 port;
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1 (ii) the number of such requirements
2 being fulfilled by the current fleet of 31 E–
3 3 aircraft or other capabilities; and
4 (iii) the number of such requirements
5 that would be fulfilled by a reduced fleet of
6 16 E–3 aircraft.
7 (C) An assessment of whether and to what
8 extent a reduced fleet of 16 E–3 aircraft would
9 affect the level of support provided to the oper-
10 ations of the geographic combatant commands.
11 (D) A comparison of the capabilities of the
12 E–3 aircraft with the capabilities of the E–7
13 aircraft that is proposed as a replacement for
14 the E–3 aircraft.
15 (E) A comparison of the capacity required
16 to satisfy both current and future air moving
17 target indicator and battle management and
18 command and control requirements.
19 (F) An acquisition strategy for the E–7
20 aircraft proposed as a replacement for the E–
21 3 aircraft that is—
22 (i) approved by the Secretary of the
23 Air Force; and
24 (ii) includes cost and schedule data,
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1 sessment of possible courses of action to
2 accelerate the proposed acquisition.
3 SEC. 133. REQUIREMENTS STUDY AND ACQUISITION STRAT-
4 EGY FOR THE COMBAT SEARCH AND RESCUE
5 MISSION OF THE AIR FORCE.
6 (a) REQUIREMENTS STUDY.—
7 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Air
8 Force shall conduct a study to determine the re-
9 quirements for the combat search and rescue mis-
10 sion of the Air Force in support of the objectives of
11 the National Defense Strategy.
12 (2) ELEMENTS.—The study under paragraph
13 (1) shall include the following:
14 (A) Identification of anticipated combat
15 search and rescue mission requirements nec-
16 essary to meet the objectives of the most recent
17 National Defense Strategy, including—
18 (i) requirements for short-term, mid-
19 term, and long-term contingency and
20 steady-state operations against adversaries;
21 (ii) requirements under the Agile
22 Combat Employment operational scheme of
23 the Air Force;
24 (iii) requirements relating to regions
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1 pected to have a need for combat search
2 and rescue forces based on the combat-rel-
3 evant range and penetration capability of
4 United States air assets and associated
5 weapon systems; and
6 (iv) the level of operational risk asso-
7 ciated with each likely requirement and
8 scenario.
9 (B) An assessment of the rotary, tilt, and
10 fixed wing aircraft and key combat search and
11 rescue enabling capabilities that—
12 (i) are needed to meet the require-
13 ments identified under subparagraph (A);
14 and
15 (ii) have been accounted for in the
16 budget of the Air Force as of the date of
17 the study.
18 (C) Identification of any combat search
19 and rescue capability gaps, including an assess-
20 ment of—
21 (i) whether and to what extent such
22 gaps may affect the ability of the Air
23 Force to conduct combat search and rescue
24 operations;
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1 (ii) any capability gaps that may be
2 created by procuring fewer HH–60W air-
3 craft than planned under the program of
4 record, including any expected changes to
5 the plan for fielding such aircraft for ac-
6 tive, reserve, and National Guard units;
7 and
8 (iii) any capability gaps attributable
9 to unfunded requirements.
10 (D) Identification and assessment of key
11 current, emerging, and future technologies with
12 potential application to the combat search and
13 rescue mission, including electric vertical take-
14 off and landing, unmanned aerial systems,
15 armed air launched effects or similar armed ca-
16 pabilities, electric short take-off and landing, or
17 a combination of such technologies.
18 (E) An assessment of each technology
19 identified under subparagraph (D), including
20 (as applicable) an assessment of—
21 (i) technology maturity;
22 (ii) suitability to the combat search
23 and rescue mission;
24 (iii) range;
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1 (v) payload capability and capacity;
2 (vi) radio frequency and infrared sig-
3 natures;
4 (vii) operational conditions required
5 for the use of such technology, such as
6 runway availability;
7 (viii) survivability;
8 (ix) lethality;
9 (x) potential to support combat mis-
10 sions other than combat search and rescue;
11 and
12 (xi) estimated cost.
13 (3) SUBMITTAL TO CONGRESS.—
14 (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than March
15 30, 2023, the Secretary of the Air Force shall
16 submit to the Committees on Armed Services of
17 the Senate and the House of Representatives a
18 report on the results of the study under para-
19 graph (1).
20 (B) FORM.—The report required under
21 subparagraph (A) shall be submitted in unclas-
22 sified form, but may include a classified annex.
23 (b) ACQUISITION STRATEGY.—
24 (1) IN GENERAL.—Based on the results of the
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1 of the Air Force shall develop a strategy for the ac-
2 quisition of capabilities to meet the requirements
3 identified under such study.
4 (2) ELEMENTS.—The acquisition strategy
5 under paragraph (1) shall include—
6 (A) A prioritized list of the capabilities
7 needed to meet the requirements identified
8 under subsection (a).
9 (B) The estimated costs of such capabili-
10 ties, including—
11 (i) any amounts already budgeted for
12 such capabilities as of the date of the
13 strategy, including amounts already budg-
14 eted for emerging and future technologies;
15 and
16 (ii) any amounts not already budgeted
17 for such capabilities as of such date.
18 (C) An estimate of the date by which the
19 capability is expected to become operational.
20 (D) A description of any requirements
21 identified under subsection (a) that the Sec-
22 retary of the Air Force does not expect to meet
23 as part of the acquisition strategy and an expla-
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1 (3) SUBMITTAL TO CONGRESS.—
2 (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than June 1,
3 2023, the Secretary of the Air Force shall sub-
4 mit to the Committees on Armed Services of
5 the Senate and the House of Representatives a
6 report on the acquisition strategy developed
7 under paragraph (1).
8 (B) FORM.—The report required under
9 subparagraph (A) shall be submitted in unclas-
10 sified form, but may include a classified annex.
11 SEC. 134. PLAN FOR TRANSFER OF KC–135 AIRCRAFT TO
12 THE AIR NATIONAL GUARD.
13 (a) PLAN REQUIRED.—The Secretary of the Air
14 Force shall develop a plan to transfer covered KC–135 air-
15 craft to air refueling wings of the Air National Guard that
16 are classic associations with active duty units of the Air
17 Force.
18 (b) BRIEFING.—Not later than 120 days after the
19 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the
20 Air Force shall provide to the Committees on Armed Serv-
21 ices of the Senate and the House of Representatives a
22 briefing on plan developed under subsection (a). The brief-
23 ing shall include an explanation of the effects the plan is
24 expected to have on the aerial refueling capability of the
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1 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
2 (1) The term ‘‘covered KC–135 aircraft’’ means
3 a KC–135 aircraft that the Secretary of the Air
4 Force is in the process of replacing with a KC–46A
5 aircraft.
6 (2) The term ‘‘classic association’’ means a
7 structure under which a regular Air Force unit re-
8 tains principal responsibility for an aircraft and
9 shares the aircraft with one or more reserve compo-
10 nent units.
11 SEC. 135. ANNUAL REPORT ON T–7A ADVANCED PILOT
12 TRAINING SYSTEM.
13 (a) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than March 1,
14 2023, and annually thereafter for 5 years, the Assistant
15 Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Technology,
16 and Logistics shall submit to the Committees on Armed
17 Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives
18 a report on the acquisition efforts of the Department of
19 Defense with respect to the T–7A Advanced Pilot Train-
20 ing System (including any associated aircraft and ground
21 training systems).
22 (b) ELEMENTS.—Each report under subsection (a)
23 shall include the following:
24 (1) An overview of the Assistant Secretary’s ac-
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1 ing System, including the current status of the ac-
2 quisition strategy as of the date of the report.
3 (2) The cost and schedule estimates for the pro-
4 gram.
5 (3) In the case of the initial report under this
6 section, the key performance parameters or the
7 equivalent requirements for the program. In the case
8 of subsequent reports, any key performance param-
9 eters or the equivalent requirements for the program
10 that have changed since the submission of the pre-
11 vious report under this section.
12 (4) The test and evaluation strategy and execu-
13 tion date of the testing program, including any re-
14 sults, and a summary of testing points closed per-
15 taining to the testing program.
16 (5) The logistics and sustainment strategy of
17 the program, and the planning, execution, and im-
18 plementation that has occurred related to that strat-
19 egy as of the date of the report.
20 (6) An explanation of the causes related to any
21 engineering, manufacturing, development, testing,
22 production, delivery, acceptance, and fielding delays
23 incurred by the program as of the date of the report
24 and any associated impacts and subsequent efforts
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1 (7) The post-production fielding strategy for
2 the program.
3 (8) Any other matters regarding the acquisition
4 of the T–7 Advanced Pilot Training System that the
5 Assistant Secretary determines to be of critical im-
6 portance to the long-term viability of the program.
7 SEC. 136. REPORT ON F–22 AIRCRAFT FORCE LAYDOWN.
8 Not later than April 30, 2023, the Secretary of the
9 Air Force shall submit to the Committees on Armed Serv-
10 ices of the Senate and the House of Representatives a re-
11 port on—
12 (1) the proposed plan of the Air Force for the
13 movement and basing of 186 F–22 aircraft; and
14 (2) the establishment of a new F–22 formal
15 training unit, including—
16 (A) the anticipated location of such unit;
17 (B) the anticipated schedule for the estab-
18 lishment of such unit; and
19 (C) the number of aircraft that are ex-
20 pected to be transferred to such unit.
21 SEC. 137. LIMITATION ON DIVESTMENT OF F–15 AIRCRAFT.
22 (a) LIMITATION.—Beginning on October 1, 2023,
23 Secretary of the Air Force may not divest, or prepare to
24 divest, any covered F–15 aircraft until a period of 180
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1 days has elapsed following the date on which the Secretary
2 submits the report required under subsection (b).
3 (b) REPORT REQUIRED.—The Secretary of the Air
4 Force shall submit to the congressional defense commit-
5 tees a report on the following:
6 (1) Any plans of the Secretary to divest covered
7 F–15 aircraft during the period covered by the most
8 recent future-years defense program submitted to
9 Congress under section 221 of title 10, United
10 States Code, including—
11 (A) a description of each proposed divest-
12 ment by fiscal year and location;
13 (B) an explanation of the anticipated ef-
14 fects of such divestments on the missions, per-
15 sonnel, force structure, and budgeting of the
16 Air Force;
17 (C) a description of the actions the Sec-
18 retary intends to carry out—
19 (i) to mitigate any negative effects
20 identified under subparagraph (B); and
21 (ii) to modify or replace the missions
22 and capabilities of any units and military
23 installations affected by such divestments;
24 and
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1 (D) an assessment of how such divest-
2 ments may affect the ability of the Air Force to
3 maintain minimum tactical aircraft inventories.
4 (2) Any plans of the Secretary to procure cov-
5 ered F–15 aircraft.
6 (3) Any specific plans of the Secretary to devi-
7 ate from procurement of new F–15EX aircraft as
8 articulated by the validated requirements contained
9 in Air Force Requirements Decision Memorandum,
10 dated February 1, 2019, regarding F–15EX Rapid
11 Fielding Requirements Document, dated January
12 16, 2019.
13 (c) COVERED F–15 AIRCRAFT DEFINED.—In this
14 section, the term ‘‘covered F–15 aircraft’’ means the fol-
15 lowing:
16 (1) F–15C aircraft.
17 (2) F–15D aircraft.
18 (3) F–15E aircraft.
19 (4) F–15EX aircraft.
20 SEC. 138. FUNDING FOR C–130 MODULAR AIRBORNE FIRE-
21 FIGHTING SYSTEM.
22 (a) INCREASE.—Notwithstanding the amounts set
23 forth in the funding tables in division D, the amount au-
24 thorized to be appropriated in section 101 for aircraft pro-
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1 funding table in section 4101, for other aircraft, C–130,
2 line 049, is hereby increased by $60,000,000 (with the
3 amount of such increase to be used for the modular air-
4 borne firefighting system).
5 (b) OFFSET.—Notwithstanding the amounts set forth
6 in the funding tables in division D, the amount authorized
7 to be appropriated in section 301 for operation and main-
8 tenance, Defense-wide, as specified in the corresponding
9 funding table in section 4301, for administration and serv-
10 ice-wide activities, Office of the Secretary of Defense, line
11 440, is hereby reduced by $60,000,000.
12 SEC. 139. REQUIREMENT TO MAINTAIN FLEET OF MANNED
13 INTELLIGENCE, SURVEILLANCE, AND RECON-
14 NAISSANCE AIRCRAFT.
15 (a) MANNED INTELLIGENCE, SURVEILLANCE, AND
16 RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT.—
17 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Air
18 Force, in coordination with Director of the Air Na-
19 tional Guard, shall maintain a fleet of fixed wing,
20 manned ISR/IAA aircraft to conduct operations pur-
21 suant to the provisions of law specified in paragraph
22 (2).
23 (2) PROVISIONS SPECIFIED.—The provisions of
24 law specified in this paragraph are the following:
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1 (A) Sections 124 and 284 of title 10,
2 United States Code.
3 (B) Section 112 of title 32, United States
4 Code.
5 (C) Section 1022 of the National Defense
6 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004 (Public
7 Law 108–136; 10 U.S.C. 271 note).
8 (b) LIMITATION.—
9 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
10 graph (2), none of the funds authorized to be appro-
11 priated by this Act or otherwise made available for
12 fiscal year 2023 for the Air Force may be obligated
13 or expended to retire, divest, realign, or placed in
14 storage or on backup aircraft inventory status, or to
15 prepare to retire, divest, realign, or place in storage
16 or on backup aircraft inventory status, any RC–26B
17 aircraft.
18 (2) EXCEPTION.—
19 (A) IN GENERAL.—The limitation in para-
20 graph (1) shall not apply to individual RC–26
21 aircraft that the Secretary of the Air Force de-
22 termines, on a case-by-case basis, to be no
23 longer mission capable because of a Class A
24 mishap.
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1 (B) CERTIFICATION REQUIRED.—If the
2 Secretary of the Air Force determines under
3 subparagraph (A) that an aircraft is no longer
4 mission capable, the Secretary shall submit to
5 the congressional defense committees a certifi-
6 cation that the status of such aircraft is due to
7 a Class A mishap and not due to lack of main-
8 tenance or repairs or other reasons.
9 (c) FUNDING FOR RC–26B MANNED INTELLIGENCE,
10 SURVEILLANCE, AND RECONNAISSANCE PLATFORM.—
11 (1) Of the amount authorized to be appro-
12 priated in section 301 for operation and mainte-
13 nance as specified in the corresponding funding in
14 section 4301, for operation and maintenance, Air
15 National Guard, the Secretary of the Air Force shall
16 transfer up to $18,500,000 for the purposes of the
17 RC–26B manned intelligence, surveillance, and re-
18 connaissance platform.
19 (2) Of the amount authorized to be appro-
20 priated in section 421 for military personnel, as
21 specified in the corresponding finding table in sec-
22 tion 4401, the Secretary of the Air Force shall
23 transfer up to $13,000,000 from military personnel,
24 Air National Guard for personnel who operate and
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1 maintain the RC–26B manned intelligence, surveil-
2 lance, and reconnaissance platform.
3 (d) MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT.—Notwith-
4 standing any other provision of law, the Secretary of De-
5 fense may enter into one or more memoranda of agree-
6 ment or cost sharing agreements with other Federal enti-
7 ties for the purposes of assisting with the missions and
8 activities of such entities.
9 (e) INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT.—Not later than 30
10 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Direc-
11 tor of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation shall con-
12 duct an independent assessment to determine how the Air
13 Force can—
14 (1) provide manned ISR/IAA capabilities for
15 the purposes of conducting operations pursuant to
16 the provisions of law specified in subsection (a)(2);
17 and
18 (2) maintain and modernize the manned ISR/
19 IAA aircraft fleet over the period of ten years fol-
20 lowing the date of the enactment of this Act.
21 (f) COMPTROLLER GENERAL STUDY.—
22 (1) STUDY.—The Comptroller General of the
23 United States shall conduct an independent study of
24 the platforms used to conduct title 32 operations by
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1 the Air Force to retire and divest the RC–26B air-
2 craft fleet.
3 (2) BRIEFING.—Not later than September 31,
4 2023, the Comptroller General shall provide to the
5 congressional defense committees a briefing on the
6 preliminary findings of the study under paragraph
7 (1). The briefing shall include an assessment of—
8 (A) the alternatives considered by the Air
9 Force that led to the recommendation to retire
10 the RC–26B aircraft, including the relative
11 costs, benefits, and assumptions associated with
12 the alternatives to such retirement;
13 (B) any capability gaps in manned ISR/
14 IAA that would be created by such retirement;
15 (C) the extent to which the Department of
16 Defense has plans to address any capability
17 gaps identified under subparagraph (B); and
18 (D) any capability gaps in manned ISR/
19 IAA that could be created by the added cost to
20 the Air Force of retaining the RC–26B fleet.
21 (3) REPORT.—As soon as practicable after the
22 date of the briefing under paragraph (2), the Comp-
23 troller General shall submit to the congressional de-
24 fense committees a report on the final results of the
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1 (g) ISR/IAA DEFINED.—In this section, the term
2 ‘‘ISR/IAA’’ means—
3 (1) intelligence, surveillance, and reconnais-
4 sance; and
5 (2) incident awareness and assessment.
6 SEC. 139A. PROCUREMENT AUTHORITY FOR COMMERCIAL
7 ENGINEERING SOFTWARE.
8 (a) PROCUREMENT AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of
9 the Air Force may enter into one or more contracts for
10 the procurement of commercial engineering software to
11 meet the digital transformation goals and objectives of the
12 Department of the Air Force.
13 (b) INCLUSION OF PROGRAM ELEMENT IN BUDGET
14 MATERIALS.—In the materials submitted by the Secretary
15 of the Air Force in support of the budget of the President
16 for fiscal year 2024 (as submitted to Congress pursuant
17 to section 1105 of title 31, United States Code), the Sec-
18 retary shall include a program element dedicated to the
19 procurement and management of the commercial engineer-
20 ing software described in subsection (a).
21 (c) REVIEW.—In carrying out subsection (a), the Sec-
22 retary of the Air Force shall—
23 (1) review the commercial physics-based simula-
24 tion marketspace; and
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1 (2) conduct research on providers of commercial
2 software capabilities that have the potential to expe-
3 dite the progress of digital engineering initiatives
4 across the weapon system enterprise, with a par-
5 ticular focus on capabilities that have the potential
6 to generate significant life-cycle cost savings,
7 streamline and accelerate weapon system acquisition,
8 and provide data-driven approaches to inform invest-
9 ments by the Department of the Air Force.
10 (d) REPORT.—Not later than March 1, 2023, the
11 Secretary of the Air Force shall submit to the congres-
12 sional defense committees a report that includes—
13 (1) an analysis of specific physics-based simula-
14 tion capability manufacturers that deliver high mis-
15 sion impact with broad reach into the weapon sys-
16 tem enterprise of the Department of the Air Force;
17 and
18 (2) a prioritized list of programs and offices of
19 the Department of the Air Force that could better
20 utilize commercial physics-based modeling and sim-
21 ulation and opportunities for the implementation of
22 such modeling and simulation capabilities within the
23 Department.
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1 SEC. 139B. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING UNITED
2 STATES AIR NATIONAL GUARD REFUELING
3 MISSION.
4 It is the sense of Congress that—
5 (1) the refueling mission of the reserve compo-
6 nents of the Air Force is essential to ensuring the
7 national security of the United States and our allies;
8 (2) this mission provides for aerial aircraft re-
9 fueling essential to extending the range of aircraft,
10 which is a critical capability when facing the current
11 threats abroad; and
12 (3) the Air Force should ensure any plan to re-
13 tire KC–135 aircraft includes equal replacement
14 with KC–46A aircraft.
15 Subtitle D—Defense-wide, Joint,
16 and Multiservice Matters
17 SEC. 141. CHARGING STATIONS AT COMMISSARY STORES
18 AND MILITARY EXCHANGES.
19 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter I of chapter 147 of
20 title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the
21 end the following new section:
22 ‘‘§ 2486. Electric vehicle charging stations at com-
23 missary stores and military exchanges
24 ‘‘(a) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of Defense may
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1 store or military exchange for commercial use by individ-
2 uals authorized to access such facilities.
3 ‘‘(b) RATES AND PROCEDURES.—If the Secretary of
4 Defense furnishes electric vehicle charging stations pursu-
5 ant to subsection (a)—
6 ‘‘(1) the Secretary shall establish rates and pro-
7 cedures that the Secretary determines appropriate
8 for the purchase of electric power from the charging
9 stations; and
10 ‘‘(2) such charging stations may be installed
11 and operated by a contractor on a for-profit basis.
12 ‘‘(c) INTEROPERABILITY.—Any vehicle charging sta-
13 tion provided under this section shall use a charging con-
14 nector type (or other means to transmit electricity to the
15 vehicle) that—
16 ‘‘(1) meets applicable industry accepted stand-
17 ards for interoperability and safety; and
18 ‘‘(2) is compatible with—
19 ‘‘(A) electric vehicles commonly available
20 for purchase by a member of the general public;
21 and
22 ‘‘(B) covered nontactical vehicles.
23 ‘‘(b) COVERED NONTACTICAL VEHICLE DEFINED.—
24 In this section, the term ‘covered nontactical vehicle’
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1 ‘‘(1) that is not a tactical vehicle designed for
2 use in combat; and
3 ‘‘(2) that is purchased or leased by the Depart-
4 ment of Defense, or by another department or agen-
5 cy of the Federal Government for the use of the De-
6 partment of Defense, pursuant to a contract entered
7 into, renewed, modified, or amended on or after Oc-
8 tober 1, 2022.’’.
9 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections
10 at the beginning of such subchapter is amended by adding
11 at the end the following new item:
‘‘2486. Electric vehicle charging stations at commissary stores and military ex-
changes.’’.
12 SEC. 142. INCREASE AIR FORCE AND NAVY USE OF USED
13 COMMERCIAL DUAL-USE PARTS IN CERTAIN
14 AIRCRAFT AND ENGINES.
15 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the
16 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the
17 Air Force, with respect to the Air Force, and the Sec-
18 retary of the Navy, with respect to the Navy, shall develop
19 and implement processes and procedures for—
20 (1) the acquisition of used, overhauled, recondi-
21 tioned, and remanufactured commercial dual-use
22 parts; and
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1 (A) commercial derivative aircraft and en-
2 gines; and
3 (B) aircraft used by the Air Force or Navy
4 that are based on the design of commercial
5 products.
6 (b) PROCUREMENT OF PARTS.—The processes and
7 procedures implemented under subsection (a) shall provide
8 that commercial dual-use parts shall be acquired—
9 (1) pursuant to competitive procedures (as de-
10 fined in section 3012 of title 10, United States
11 Code); and
12 (2) only from suppliers that provide parts that
13 possess an Authorized Release Certificate Federal
14 Aviation Administration Form 8130-3 Airworthy
15 Approval Tag from a certified repair station pursu-
16 ant to part 145 of title 14, Code of Federal Regula-
17 tions.
18 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
19 (1) COMMERCIAL DERIVATIVE.—The term
20 ‘‘commercial derivative’’ means an item procured by
21 the Department of Defense that is or was produced
22 using the same or similar production facilities, a
23 common supply chain, and the same or similar pro-
24 duction processes that are used for the production of
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1 or by nongovernmental entities for purposes other
2 than governmental purposes.
3 (2) COMMERCIAL DUAL-USE PARTS.—The term
4 ‘‘commercial dual-use parts’’ means a product that
5 is—
6 (A) a commercial product;
7 (B) dual-use;
8 (C) described in subsection (b)(2); and
9 (D) not a life limited part.
10 (3) COMMERCIAL PRODUCT.—The term ‘‘com-
11 mercial product’’ has the meaning given such term
12 in section 103 of title 41, United States Code.
13 (4) DUAL-USE.—The term ‘‘dual-use’’ has the
14 meaning given such term in section 4801 of title 10,
15 United States Code.
16 SEC. 143. ASSESSMENT AND REPORT ON MILITARY ROTARY
17 WING AIRCRAFT INDUSTRIAL BASE.
18 (a) ASSESSMENT REQUIRED.—The Under Secretary
19 of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, in coordina-
20 tion with the Secretaries of the Army, Navy, and Air
21 Force, shall conduct an assessment of the military rotary
22 wing aircraft industrial base.
23 (b) ELEMENTS.—The assessment under subsection
24 (a) shall include the following:
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1 (1)(A) Identification of each rotary wing air-
2 craft program of the Department of Defense that is
3 in the research and development or procurement
4 phase.
5 (B) A description of any platform-specific or ca-
6 pability-specific facility or workforce technical skill
7 requirements necessary for each program identified
8 under subparagraph (A).
9 (2) Identification of—
10 (A) the rotary wing aircraft capabilities of
11 each Armed Force anticipated for programming
12 beyond the period covered by the most recent
13 future-years defense program submitted to Con-
14 gress under section 221 of title 10, United
15 States Code (as of the date of the assessment);
16 and
17 (B) the technologies, facilities, and work-
18 force skills necessary for the development of
19 such capabilities.
20 (3) An assessment of the military industrial
21 base capacity and skills that are available (as of the
22 date of the assessment) to design and manufacture
23 the platforms and capabilities identified under para-
24 graphs (1) and (2) and a list of any gaps in such
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1 (4)(A) Identification of each component, sub-
2 component, or equipment supplier in the military ro-
3 tary wing aircraft industrial base that is the sole
4 source within such industrial base from which that
5 component, subcomponent, or equipment may be ob-
6 tained.
7 (B) An assessment of any risk resulting from
8 the lack of other suppliers for such components, sub-
9 components, or equipment.
10 (5) Analysis of the likelihood of future consoli-
11 dation, contraction, or expansion, within the rotary
12 wing aircraft industrial base, including—
13 (A) identification of the most probable sce-
14 narios with respect to such consolidation, con-
15 traction, or expansion; and
16 (B) an assessment of how each such sce-
17 nario may affect the ability of the Armed
18 Forces to acquire military rotary wing aircraft
19 in the future, including any effects on the cost
20 and schedule of such acquisitions.
21 (6) Such other matters the Under Secretary of
22 Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment determines
23 appropriate.
24 (c) REPORT.—
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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Concurrently with the sub-
2 mission of the next annual report required to be sub-
3 mitted under section 4814 of title 10, United States
4 Code, after the date of the enactment of this Act,
5 the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and
6 Sustainment shall submit to the congressional de-
7 fense committees a report that includes—
8 (A) the results of the assessment con-
9 ducted under subsection (a); and
10 (B) based on such results, recommenda-
11 tions for reducing any risks identified with re-
12 spect to the military rotary wing aircraft indus-
13 trial base.
14 (2) FORM.—The report required under para-
15 graph (1) may be submitted as an appendix to the
16 annual report required to be submitted under section
17 4814 of title 10, United States Code.
18 (d) ROTARY WING AIRCRAFT DEFINED.—In this sec-
19 tion, the term ‘‘rotary wing aircraft’’ includes rotary wing
20 and tiltrotor aircraft.
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1 TITLE II—RESEARCH, DEVELOP-
2 MENT, TEST, AND EVALUA-
3 TION
4 Subtitle A—Authorization of
5 Appropriations
6 SEC. 201. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
7 Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for
8 fiscal year 2023 for the use of the Department of Defense
9 for research, development, test, and evaluation, as speci-
10 fied in the funding table in section 4201.
11 Subtitle B—Program Require-
12 ments, Restrictions, and Limita-
13 tions
14 SEC. 211. CLARIFICATION OF ROLE OF SENIOR OFFICIAL
15 WITH PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR ARTI-
16 FICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND MACHINE LEARN-
17 ING.
18 (a) JOINT ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE RESEARCH
19 AND DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES.—Section 238 of the
20 John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for
21 Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115–232; 10 U.S.C. note
22 prec. 4061) is amended—
23 (1) by amending subsection (c) to read as fol-
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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In addition to designating
2 an official under subsection (b), the Secretary of De-
3 fense shall assign to appropriate officials within the
4 Department of Defense roles and responsibilities re-
5 lating to the research, development, prototyping,
6 testing, procurement of, requirements for, and oper-
7 ational use of artificial intelligence technologies.
8 ‘‘(2) APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS.—The officials
9 assigned roles and responsibilities under paragraph
10 (1) shall include—
11 ‘‘(A) the Under Secretary of Defense for
12 Research and Engineering;
13 ‘‘(B) the Under Secretary of Defense for
14 Acquisition and Sustainment;
15 ‘‘(C) one or more officials in each military
16 department;
17 ‘‘(D) officials of appropriate Defense Agen-
18 cies; and
19 ‘‘(E) such other officials as the Secretary
20 of Defense determines appropriate.’’;
21 (2) in subsection (e) in the second sentence, by
22 striking ‘‘Director of the Joint Artificial Intelligence
23 Center’’ and inserting ‘‘the official designated under
24 subsection (b)’’; and
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1 (b) PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY TO AT-
2 TRACT EXPERTS IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING.—Sec-
3 tion 4092 of title 10, United States Code, is amended—
4 (1) by amending paragraph (6) of subsection
5 (a) to read as follows:
6 ‘‘(6) JOINT ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE RE-
7 SEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND TRANSITION ACTIVI-
8 TIES.—The official designated under subsection (b)
9 of section 238 of the John S. McCain National De-
10 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Pub-
11 lic Law 115–232) shall carry out a program of per-
12 sonnel management authority provided in subsection
13 (b) of this section in order to facilitate recruitment
14 of eminent experts in science or engineering to sup-
15 port the activities of such official under such section
16 238.’’.
17 (2) in subsection (b)(1)(F)—
18 (A) by striking ‘‘Joint Artificial Intel-
19 ligence Center’’ and inserting ‘‘official des-
20 ignated under subsection (b) of section 238 of
21 the John S. McCain National Defense Author-
22 ization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law
23 115–232)’’; and
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1 (B) by striking ‘‘in the Center’’ and insert-
2 ing ‘‘in support of the activities of such official
3 under such section’’; and
4 (3) in subsection (c)(2), by striking ‘‘the Joint
5 Artificial Intelligence Center’’ and inserting ‘‘the ac-
6 tivities under section 238 of the John S. McCain
7 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
8 2019 (Public Law 115–232)’’.
9 (c) REVIEW OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE APPLICA-
10 TIONS AND ESTABLISHMENT OF PERFORMANCE
11 METRICS.—Section 226(b) of the National Defense Au-
12 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117–
13 81; 10 U.S.C. 4001 note) is amended—
14 (1) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘or the offi-
15 cial designated under subsection (b) of section 238
16 of the John S. McCain National Defense Authoriza-
17 tion Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115–232;
18 10 U.S.C. note prec. 4061)’’ after ‘‘Director of the
19 Joint Artificial Intelligence Center’’;
20 (2) in paragraph (4), by inserting ‘‘or the offi-
21 cial designated under subsection (b) of section 238
22 of the John S. McCain National Defense Authoriza-
23 tion Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115–232;
24 10 U.S.C. note prec. 4061)’’ after ‘‘Director of the
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1 (3) in paragraph (5), by inserting ‘‘or the offi-
2 cial designated under subsection (b) of section 238
3 of the John S. McCain National Defense Authoriza-
4 tion Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115–232;
5 10 U.S.C. note prec. 4061)’’ after ‘‘Director of the
6 Joint Artificial Intelligence Center’’.
7 (d) MODIFICATION OF THE JOINT COMMON FOUNDA-
8 TION PROGRAM.—Section 227(a) of the National Defense
9 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117–
10 81; 10 U.S.C. 4001 note) is amended by striking ‘‘Joint
11 Artificial Intelligence Center’’ and inserting ‘‘the office of
12 the official designated under subsection (b) of section 238
13 of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization
14 Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115–232; 10 U.S.C.
15 note prec. 4061)’’.
16 (e) PILOT PROGRAM ON DATA REPOSITORIES TO FA-
17 CILITATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF ARTIFICIAL INTEL-
18 LIGENCE CAPABILITIES FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF DE-
19 FENSE.—Section 232 of the National Defense Authoriza-
20 tion Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117–81; 10
21 U.S.C. 4001 note) is amended—
22 (1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘PILOT
23 PROGRAM ON DATA REPOSITORIES’’ and insert-
24 ing ‘‘DATA REPOSITORIES’’;
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1 (2) by amending subsection (a) to read as fol-
2 lows:
3 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF DATA REPOSITORIES.—
4 The Secretary of Defense, acting through the official des-
5 ignated under subsection (b) of section 238 of the John
6 S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
7 Year 2019 (Public Law 115–232; 10 U.S.C. note prec.
8 4061) (and such other officials as the Secretary deter-
9 mines appropriate), shall—
10 ‘‘(1) establish data repositories containing De-
11 partment of Defense data sets relevant to the devel-
12 opment of artificial intelligence software and tech-
13 nology; and
14 ‘‘(2) allow appropriate public and private sector
15 organizations to access such data repositories for the
16 purpose of developing improved artificial intelligence
17 and machine learning software capabilities that may,
18 as determined appropriate by the Secretary, be pro-
19 cured by the Department to satisfy Department re-
20 quirements and technology development goals.’’;
21 (3) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘If the Sec-
22 retary of Defense carries out the pilot program
23 under subsection (a), the data repositories estab-
24 lished under the program’’ and inserting ‘‘The data
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1 (4) by amending subsection (c) to read as fol-
2 lows:
3 ‘‘(c) BRIEFING.—Not later than July 1, 2023, the
4 Secretary of Defense shall provide to the congressional de-
5 fense committees a briefing on—
6 ‘‘(1) the types of information the Secretary de-
7 termines are feasible and advisable to include in the
8 data repositories established under subsection (a);
9 and
10 ‘‘(2) the progress of the Secretary in estab-
11 lishing such data repositories.’’.
12 (f) DIGITAL DEVELOPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN
13 AND WORKING GROUP.—Section 1531(d)(2)(C) of the
14 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022
15 (Public Law 117–81; 135 Stat. 2051) is amended by strik-
16 ing ‘‘The Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC)’’ and
17 inserting ‘‘The office of the official designated under sub-
18 section (b) of section 238 of the John S. McCain National
19 Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public
20 Law 115–232; 10 U.S.C. note prec. 4061)’’.
21 (g) APPLICATION OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO
22 THE DEFENSE REFORM PILLAR OF THE NATIONAL DE-
23 FENSE STRATEGY.—Section 234(b) of the William M.
24 (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for
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1 is amended by striking ‘‘Director of the Joint Artificial
2 Intelligence Center’’ and inserting ‘‘official designated
3 under subsection (b) of section 238 of the John S. McCain
4 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019
5 (Public Law 115–232; 10 U.S.C. note prec. 4061)’’.
6 (h) PILOT PROGRAM ON THE USE OF ELECTRONIC
7 PORTFOLIOS TO EVALUATE CERTAIN APPLICANTS FOR
8 TECHNICAL POSITIONS.—Section 247(c) of the William
9 M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act
10 for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116–283; 10 U.S.C.
11 note prec. 1580) is amended—
12 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘the Joint Ar-
13 tificial Intelligence Center’’ and inserting ‘‘the office
14 of the official designated under subsection (b) of sec-
15 tion 238 of the John S. McCain National Defense
16 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law
17 115–232; 10 U.S.C. note prec. 4061)’’;
18 (2) by striking paragraph (2); and
19 (3) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as
20 paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively.
21 (i) ACQUISITION AUTHORITY OF THE DIRECTOR OF
22 THE JOINT ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER.—Sec-
23 tion 808 the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National De-
24 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law
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1 (1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘THE
2 DIRECTOR OF THE JOINT ARTIFICIAL INTEL-
3 LIGENCE CENTER’’ and inserting ‘‘THE SENIOR
4 OFFICIAL WITH PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITY
5 FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND MACHINE
6 LEARNING’’;
7 (2) in subsection (a)—
8 (A) by striking ‘‘the Director of the Joint
9 Artificial Intelligence Center’’ and inserting
10 ‘‘the official designated under subsection (b) of
11 section 238 of the John S. McCain National
12 Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019
13 (Public Law 115–232; 10 U.S.C. note prec.
14 4061) (referred to in this section as the ‘Offi-
15 cial’)’’; and
16 (B) by striking ‘‘the Center’’ and inserting
17 ‘‘the office of such official (referred to in this
18 section as the ‘Office’)’’;
19 (3) in subsection (b)—
20 (A) in the subsection heading, by striking
21 ‘‘JAIC’’;
22 (B) in paragraph (1)—
23 (i) in the matter preceding subpara-
24 graph (A),
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1 (I) by striking ‘‘staff of the Di-
2 rector’’ and inserting ‘‘staff of the Of-
3 ficial’’; and
4 (II) by striking ‘‘the Director of
5 the Center’’ and inserting ‘‘such Offi-
6 cial’’;
7 (ii) in subparagraph (A), by striking
8 ‘‘the Center’’ and inserting ‘‘the Office’’;
9 (iii) in subparagraph (B), by striking
10 ‘‘the Center’’ and inserting ‘‘the Office’’;
11 (iv) in subparagraph (C), by striking
12 ‘‘the Center’’ each place it appears and in-
13 serting ‘‘the Office’’; and
14 (v) in subparagraph (D), by striking
15 ‘‘the Center’’ each place it appears and in-
16 serting ‘‘the Office’’;
17 (C) in paragraph (2)—
18 (i) by striking ‘‘the Center’’ and in-
19 serting ‘‘the Office’’; and
20 (ii) by striking ‘‘the Director’’ and in-
21 serting ‘‘the Official’’;
22 (4) in subsection (c)(1)—
23 (A) by striking ‘‘the Center’’ and inserting
24 ‘‘the Office’’; and
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1 (B) by striking ‘‘the Director’’ and insert-
2 ing ‘‘the Official’’;
3 (5) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘the Director’’
4 and inserting ‘‘the Official’’;
5 (6) in subsection (e)—
6 (A) in paragraph (2)—
7 (i) in subparagraph (B), by striking
8 ‘‘Center missions’’ and inserting ‘‘the mis-
9 sions of the Office’’; and
10 (ii) in subparagrpah (D), by striking
11 ‘‘the Center’’ and inserting ‘‘the Office’’;
12 and
13 (B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘the
14 Center’’ and inserting ‘‘the Office’’;
15 (7) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘the Director’’
16 and inserting ‘‘the Official’’; and
17 (8) in subsection (g)—
18 (A) by striking paragraphs (1) and (3);
19 and
20 (B) by redesignating paragraphs (4) and
21 (5) as paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively.
22 (j) BIANNUAL REPORT.—Section 260 of the National
23 Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public
24 Law 116–92; 133 Stat. 1293) is amended—
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1 (1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘JOINT
2 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER’’ and insert-
3 ing ‘‘OFFICE OF THE SENIOR OFFICIAL WITH
4 PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR ARTIFICIAL
5 INTELLIGENCE AND MACHINE LEARNING’’;
6 (2) in subsection (a)—
7 (A) by striking ‘‘2023’’ and inserting
8 ‘‘2026’’; and
9 (B) by striking ‘‘the Joint Artificial Intel-
10 ligence Center (referred to in this section as the
11 ‘Center’)’’ and inserting ‘‘the office of the offi-
12 cial designated under subsection (b) of section
13 238 of the John S. McCain National Defense
14 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public
15 Law 115–232; 10 U.S.C. note prec. 4061) (re-
16 ferred to in this section as the ‘Office’)’’;
17 (3) in subsection (b)—
18 (A) by striking ‘‘Center’’ each place it ap-
19 pears and inserting ‘‘Office’’;
20 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘the Na-
21 tional Mission Initiatives, Component Mission
22 Initiatives, and any other initiatives’’ and in-
23 serting ‘‘any initiatives’’; and
24 (C) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘the
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1 Initiatives and Component Mission Initiatives’’
2 and inserting ‘‘the Office’s investments in its
3 initiatives and other activities’’; and
4 (4) by striking subsection (c).
5 (k) REPORTING RESPONSIBILITY.—Section 903(b) of
6 the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
7 2020 (Public Law 116–92; 10 U.S.C. 2223 note) is
8 amended—
9 (1) by striking paragraph (3); and
10 (2) by redesignating paragraph (4) as para-
11 graph (3).
12 (l) REFERENCES IN EXISTING LAW.—Any reference
13 in any law, regulation, guidance, instruction, or other doc-
14 ument of the Federal Government to the Director of the
15 Joint Artificial Intelligence Center of the Department of
16 Defense or to the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center shall
17 be deemed to refer to the official designated under section
18 238(b) of the John S. McCain National Defense Author-
19 ization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115–232;
20 10 U.S.C. note prec. 4061) or the office of such official,
21 as the case may be.
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1 SEC. 212. ROLE OF THE CHIEF DIGITAL AND ARTIFICIAL IN-
2 TELLIGENCE OFFICER IN FOSTERING INTER-
3 OPERABILITY AMONG JOINT FORCE SYS-
4 TEMS.
5 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense, in con-
6 sultation with the Director of National Intelligence, shall
7 direct the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer
8 of the Department of Defense to carry out the activities
9 described in subsection (b) in support of the Joint All Do-
10 main Command and Control strategy and the Joint
11 Warfighting Concept of the Department.
12 (b) ACTIVITIES DESCRIBED.—The activities de-
13 scribed in this subsection are the following:
14 (1) To solicit feedback from the combatant
15 commands and the Joint Staff to identify oper-
16 ational challenges that—
17 (A) are attributable to a lack of interoper-
18 ability between the warfighting systems and
19 other technology, including software and data,
20 of such commands and the Joint Staff; and
21 (B) could potentially be resolved using mis-
22 sion integration software, including software de-
23 signed to integrate heterogeneous systems
24 across domains without upgrading hardware or
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1 (2) From amounts made available to carry out
2 this section, to allocate funds to entities in the com-
3 batant commands and the Joint Staff to address
4 such operational challenges through—
5 (A) the development, procurement, or field-
6 ing of mission integration software; and
7 (B) the development and implementation
8 of related tactics, techniques, and procedures to
9 integrate systems to increase interoperability.
10 (3) To identify, acquire, and field existing mis-
11 sion integration capabilities and enhance ongoing re-
12 search and development.
13 (4) To support exercises, experimentation, and
14 demonstrations to highlight and refine mission inte-
15 gration software and address associated interoper-
16 ability challenges.
17 (5) To assist in fielding mission integration
18 software by the military departments to encourage
19 the development and employment of such software
20 on a larger scale.
21 (c) BRIEFING.—Not later than 180 days after the
22 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense
23 shall provide to the Committee on Armed Services of the
24 House of Representatives a briefing on the progress of the
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1 Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer in carrying
2 out the activities described in subsection (b)).
3 (d) REPORTS.—On a biannual basis during the pe-
4 riod of three years following the date of the briefing under
5 subsection (c), the Secretary of Defense shall submit to
6 the congressional defense committees a report that in-
7 cludes, with respect to the period of six months preceding
8 the date of the report, the following:
9 (1) A description of any operational challenges
10 that were identified under subsection (b)(1).
11 (2) Of those operational challenges—
12 (A) identification of the challenges the
13 Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer
14 addressed through the allocation of funds under
15 subsection (b)(2); and
16 (B) an explanation of whether and to what
17 extent activities carried out with such funds re-
18 duced interoperability challenges.
19 (3) Identification of any mission integration
20 software procured, developed, or fielded by the
21 Armed Forces or the combatant commands.
22 (4) A description of any exercises, experimen-
23 tation, and demonstrations performed.
24 (e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
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1 (1) The term ‘‘Chief Digital and Artificial Intel-
2 ligence Officer’’ means the official designated under
3 subsection (b) of section 238 of the John S. McCain
4 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
5 2019 (Public Law 115–232; 10 U.S.C. note prec.
6 4061).
7 (2) The term ‘‘mission integration software’’
8 means software that supports military operations by
9 creating interoperability between systems, tools, and
10 applications, including weapons, platforms, intel-
11 ligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance systems, in-
12 telligence fusion systems, tasking systems, tactical
13 data links, cyberspace and electronic warfare sys-
14 tems, communications systems, command and con-
15 trol systems, common operating pictures, and com-
16 manders’ decision aids.
17 SEC. 213. MODIFICATION OF DEFENSE LABORATORY MOD-
18 ERNIZATION PILOT PROGRAM.
19 Section 2803 of the National Defense Authorization
20 Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 114–92; 10 U.S.C.
21 note prec. 4121) is amended—
22 (1) in subsection (e), by striking
23 ‘‘$150,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$300,000,000’’;
24 (2) in subsection (f)(2), by striking
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1 (3) in subsection (g), by striking ‘‘October 1,
2 2025’’ and inserting ‘‘October 1, 2030’’.
3 SEC. 214. SUPPORT FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF
4 BIOINDUSTRIAL MANUFACTURING PROC-
5 ESSES.
6 (a) AUTHORIZATION.—Subject to the availability of
7 appropriations, the Secretary of Defense shall provide sup-
8 port to manufacturing innovation institutes for the re-
9 search and development of innovative bioindustrial manu-
10 facturing processes and the development of a network of
11 bioindustrial manufacturing facilities to improve the abil-
12 ity of the industrial base to use such processes for the
13 production of chemicals, materials, and other products
14 necessary to support national security or secure fragile
15 supply chains.
16 (b) FORM OF SUPPORT.—The support provided
17 under subsection (a) may consist of—
18 (1) the establishment of one or more manufac-
19 turing innovation institutes specializing in the re-
20 search and development of bioindustrial manufac-
21 turing processes;
22 (2) providing funding to one or more existing
23 manufacturing innovation institutes—
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1 (A) to support the research and develop-
2 ment of bioindustrial manufacturing processes;
3 or
4 (B) to otherwise expand the bioindustrial
5 manufacturing capabilities of such institutes;
6 (3) the establishment of dedicated facilities
7 within one or more manufacturing innovation insti-
8 tutes to serve as regional hubs for the research, de-
9 velopment, and the scaling of bioindustrial manufac-
10 turing processes and products to higher levels of
11 production; or
12 (4) designating a manufacturing innovation in-
13 stitute to serve as the lead entity responsible for in-
14 tegrating a network of pilot and intermediate scale
15 bioindustrial manufacturing facilities.
16 (c) ACTIVITIES.—A manufacturing innovation insti-
17 tute that receives support under subsection (a) shall carry
18 out activities relating to the research, development, test,
19 and evaluation of innovative bioindustrial manufacturing
20 processes and the scaling of bioindustrial manufacturing
21 products to higher levels of production, which may in-
22 clude—
23 (1) research on the use of bioindustrial manu-
24 facturing to create materials such as polymers, coat-
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1 ings, resins, commodity chemicals, and other mate-
2 rials with fragile supply chains;
3 (2) demonstration projects to evaluate bioindus-
4 trial manufacturing processes and technologies;
5 (3) activities to scale bioindustrial manufac-
6 turing processes and products to higher levels of
7 production;
8 (4) strategic planning for infrastructure and
9 equipment investments for bioindustrial manufac-
10 turing of defense-related materials;
11 (5) analyses of bioindustrial manufactured
12 products and validation of the application of biologi-
13 cal material used as input to new and existing proc-
14 esses to aid in future investment strategies and the
15 security of critical supply chains;
16 (6) the selection, construction, and operation of
17 pilot and intermediate scale bioindustrial manufac-
18 turing facilities;
19 (7) development and management of a network
20 of facilities to scale production of bioindustrial prod-
21 ucts;
22 (8) activities to address workforce needs in bio-
23 industrial manufacturing;
24 (9) establishing an interoperable, secure, digital
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1 entities in the bioindustrial manufacturing commu-
2 nity, including government agencies, industry, and
3 academia;
4 (10) developing and implementing digital tools,
5 process security and assurance capabilities, cyberse-
6 curity protocols, and best practices for data storage,
7 sharing and analysis; and
8 (11) such other activities as the Secretary of
9 Defense determines appropriate.
10 (d) CONSIDERATIONS.—In determining the number,
11 type, and location of manufacturing innovation institutes
12 or facilities to support under subsection (a), the Secretary
13 of Defense shall consider—
14 (1) how the institutes or facilities may com-
15 plement each other by functioning as a together as
16 a network;
17 (2) how to geographically distribute support to
18 such institutes or facilities—
19 (A) to maximize access to biological mate-
20 rial needed as an input to bioindustrial manu-
21 facturing processes;
22 (B) to leverage available industrial and
23 academic expertise;
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1 (C) to leverage relevant domestic infra-
2 structure required to secure supply chains for
3 chemicals and other materials; and
4 (D) to complement the capabilities of other
5 manufacturing innovation institutes and similar
6 facilities; and
7 (3) how the activities supported under this sec-
8 tion can be coordinated with relevant activities of
9 other departments and agencies of the Federal Gov-
10 ernment.
11 (e) PLAN REQUIRED.—
12 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days
13 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
14 retary of Defense shall submit to the appropriate
15 congressional committees and the National Security
16 Commission on Emerging Biotechnology a plan for
17 the implementation of this section that includes—
18 (A) a description of types, relative sizes,
19 and locations of the manufacturing innovation
20 institutes or facilities the Secretary intends to
21 establish or support under this section;
22 (B) a general description of the focus of
23 each institute or facility, including the types of
24 bioindustrial manufacturing equipment, if any,
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1 that are expected to be procured for each such
2 institute or facility;
3 (C) a general description of how the insti-
4 tutes and facilities will work as a network to
5 maximize the diversity of bioindustrial products
6 available to be produced by the network;
7 (D) an explanation of how the network will
8 support the establishment and maintenance of
9 the bioindustrial manufacturing industrial base;
10 and
11 (E) an explanation of how the Secretary
12 intends to ensure that bioindustrial manufac-
13 turing activities conducted under this section
14 are modernized digitally, including through—
15 (i) the use of a data automation to
16 represent processes and products as models
17 and simulations; and
18 (ii) the implementation of measures to
19 address cybersecurity and process assur-
20 ance concerns.
21 (2) BRIEFINGS.—Not later than 180 days after
22 the date of the submittal of the plan under para-
23 graph (1), and biannually thereafter for five years,
24 the Secretary of Defense shall provide to the appro-
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1 priate congressional committees a briefing on the
2 progress toward the implementation of the plan.
3 (f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
4 (1) The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
5 mittees’’ means—
6 (A) the congressional defense committees;
7 (B) the Committee on Agriculture, Nutri-
8 tion, and Forestry and the Committee on Com-
9 merce, Science, and Transportation of the Sen-
10 ate; and
11 (C) the Committee on Agriculture and the
12 Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
13 of the House of Representatives.
14 (2) The term ‘‘bioindustrial manufacturing’’
15 means the use of living organisms, cells, tissues, en-
16 zymes, or cell-free systems to produce materials and
17 products for non-pharmaceutical applications.
18 (3) The term ‘‘manufacturing innovation insti-
19 tute’’ means a Manufacturing USA institute (as de-
20 scribed in section 34(d) of the National Institute of
21 Standards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278s(d)))
22 that is funded by the Department of Defense.
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1 SEC. 215. ACTIVITIES TO SUPPORT THE USE OF METAL AD-
2 DITIVE MANUFACTURING FOR THE SUB-
3 SURFACE FLEET OF THE NAVY.
4 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Navy shall
5 carry out activities to support—
6 (1) the development of additive manufacturing
7 processes for the production of metal components
8 and other metal-based materials for the subsurface
9 fleet of the Navy;
10 (2) the testing, evaluation, and qualification of
11 such processes, components, and materials; and
12 (3) the use of such processes, components, and
13 materials to meet requirements and milestones appli-
14 cable to the subsurface fleet of the Navy.
15 (b) FUNDING.—From amounts authorized to be ap-
16 propriated by this Act for shipbuilding concept advance
17 design (PE 0603563N), as reflected in division D of this
18 Act, the Secretary of the Navy is authorized to use up
19 to $5,000,0000 to carry out the activities required under
20 subsection (a).
21 SEC. 216. DIGITAL MISSION OPERATIONS PLATFORM FOR
22 THE SPACE FORCE.
23 The Secretary of the Air Force is authorized to enter
24 into one or more contracts for the procurement of a digital
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1 (1) is capable of providing systems operators
2 with the ability to analyze system performance in a
3 simulated mission environment; and
4 (2) enables collaboration among such operators
5 in a integrated, physics-based environment.
6 SEC. 217. AIR-BREATHING TEST CAPACITY UPGRADE TO
7 SUPPORT CRITICAL HYPERSONIC WEAPONS
8 DEVELOPMENT.
9 The Secretary of the Air Force shall carry out activi-
10 ties to upgrade the air breathing test facilities of the De-
11 partment of the Air Force to support critical hypersonic
12 weapons development. The Secretary shall seek to com-
13 plete any upgrade made under this section, subject to
14 availability of funds for such upgrade, not later than 24
15 months after the upgrade is commenced.
16 SEC. 218. INFORMATION ON USE OF COMMERCIAL SOFT-
17 WARE FOR THE WARFIGHTER MACHINE
18 INTERFACE OF THE ARMY.
19 (a) CERTIFICATION REQUIRED.—Not later than 60
20 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
21 retary of the Army shall certify to the congressional de-
22 fense committees that the procurement process for incre-
23 ments of the warfighter machine interface procured after
24 the date of the enactment of this Act will be carried out
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1 in accordance with section 3453 of title 10, United States
2 Code.
3 (b) MARKET RESEARCH AND REPORT.—
4 (1) MARKET RESEARCH.—The Secretary of the
5 Army shall conduct market research to identify com-
6 mercially available software to determine whether
7 such software has the potential to fulfill the applica-
8 ble requirements of the warfighter machine interface
9 program of the Army.
10 (2) REPORT.—Not later than 30 days after the
11 conclusion of the market research required under
12 paragraph (1), the Secretary of the Army shall sub-
13 mit to the congressional defense committees a report
14 on the on the results of the research, including a list
15 of any commercial software identified as part of the
16 research.
17 SEC. 219. MEASURES TO INCREASE THE CAPACITY OF HIS-
18 TORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVER-
19 SITIES AND OTHER MINORITY-SERVING IN-
20 STITUTIONS TO ACHIEVE VERY HIGH RE-
21 SEARCH ACTIVITY STATUS.
22 (a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the program estab-
23 lished under this section is to provide additional pathways
24 needed for further increasing capacity at historically Black
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1 tutions to achieve and maintain very high research activity
2 status.
3 (b) PROGRAM TO INCREASE CAPACITY TOWARD
4 ACHIEVING VERY HIGH RESEARCH ACTIVITY STATUS.—
5 (1) PROGRAM.—
6 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall es-
7 tablish and carry out, using funds made avail-
8 able for research activities, a pilot program to
9 increase capacity at high research activity sta-
10 tus historically Black colleges and universities
11 and other minority-serving institutions toward
12 achieving very high research activity status dur-
13 ing the grant period.
14 (B) RECOMMENDATIONS.—In establishing
15 such program, the Secretary may consider the
16 recommendations pursuant to section 262 of
17 the National Defense Authorization Act for Fis-
18 cal Year 2020 (Public Law 116–92; 10 U.S.C.
19 4144 note) and section 220 of the National De-
20 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022
21 (Public Law 117–81; 135 Stat. 1597).
22 (2) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary shall
23 award, on a competitive basis, grants to eligible in-
24 stitutions to carry out the activities under paragraph
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1 (3) APPLICATION.—An eligible institution seek-
2 ing a grant under this section shall submit an appli-
3 cation to the Secretary at such time, in such man-
4 ner, and containing such information and assurances
5 as the Secretary may require, including a description
6 of—
7 (A) nascent research capabilities with re-
8 spect to research areas of interest to the De-
9 partment of Defense;
10 (B) a plan for increasing the level of re-
11 search activity toward achieving very high re-
12 search activity status classification during the
13 grant period, including measurable milestones
14 such as growth in very high research activity
15 status indicators and other relevant factors;
16 (C) how such institution will sustain the
17 increased level of research activity after the
18 conclusion of the grant period; and
19 (D) how the institution will evaluate and
20 assess progress with respect to the implementa-
21 tion of the plan under subparagraph (B).
22 (4) PROGRAM COMPONENTS.—
23 (A) USE OF FUNDS.—An eligible institu-
24 tion that receives a grant under this section
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1 activities with respect to research areas for
2 STEM and critical technologies, as determined
3 by the Secretary under subparagraph (B), in-
4 cluding—
5 (i) faculty professional development;
6 (ii) stipends for undergraduate and
7 graduate students and post-doctoral schol-
8 ars;
9 (iii) laboratory equipment and instru-
10 mentation;
11 (iv) recruitment and retention of fac-
12 ulty and graduate students;
13 (v) communication and dissemination
14 of products produced during the grant pe-
15 riod;
16 (vi) construction, modernization, reha-
17 bilitation, or retrofitting of facilities for re-
18 search purposes; and
19 (vii) other activities necessary to build
20 capacity in achieving very high research
21 activity status indicators.
22 (B) STRATEGIC AREAS OF SCIENTIFIC RE-
23 SEARCH.—The Secretary, in consultation with
24 the Defense Science Board, shall establish and
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1 update, on an annual basis, a list of research
2 areas for STEM and critical technologies.
3 (C) RESEARCH PROGRESS REPORTING.—
4 (i) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 3
5 years after receiving a grant under this
6 section, and every 3 years thereafter, an el-
7 igible institution shall submit to the Sec-
8 retary—
9 (I) a report that includes an as-
10 sessment by the institution, using the
11 criteria established in clause (ii), of
12 the progress made by such institution
13 with respect to achieving very high re-
14 search activity indicators; and
15 (II) an updated plan described in
16 paragraph (3)(B).
17 (ii) RESEARCH ASSESSMENT.—The
18 Secretary, in partnership with the eligible
19 institution, shall establish criteria for the
20 report required under clause (i)(I).
21 (D) GRANT PERIOD.—A grant awarded
22 under this section shall be for a period of not
23 more than 10 years, to be determined by the
24 Secretary.
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1 (E) EXPANSION OF ELIGIBILITY.—The
2 Secretary may award grants under this section
3 to historically Black colleges and universities
4 and other minority-serving institutions that are
5 not eligible institutions if the Secretary deter-
6 mines that the program can support such col-
7 leges, universities, and institutions while achiev-
8 ing the purpose of the program described in
9 subsection (a).
10 (5) EVALUATION.—Not later than 5 years after
11 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary
12 shall prepare and submit a report to the Committees
13 on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of
14 Representatives providing an update on the pilot
15 program, including—
16 (A) activities carried out under the pilot
17 program;
18 (B) an analysis of the growth in very high
19 research activity status indicators of eligible in-
20 stitutions that received a grant under this sec-
21 tion; and
22 (C) emerging research areas of interest to
23 the Department of Defense conducted by eligi-
24 ble institutions that received a grant under this
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1 (6) TERMINATION.—The authority of the Sec-
2 retary to award grants under the pilot program es-
3 tablished by this section shall terminate 10 years
4 after the date on which the Secretary establishes
5 such program.
6 (7) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than
7 180 days after the termination of the pilot program
8 under paragraph (6), the Secretary shall prepare
9 and submit a report to the Committees on Armed
10 Services of the Senate and the House of Representa-
11 tives on the pilot program that includes the fol-
12 lowing:
13 (A) An analysis of the growth in very high
14 research activity status indicators of eligible in-
15 stitutions that received a grant under this sec-
16 tion.
17 (B) An evaluation on the effectiveness of
18 the program in increasing the research capacity
19 of eligible institutions that received a grant
20 under this section.
21 (C) An description of how institutions that
22 have achieved very high research activity status
23 plan to sustain that status beyond the duration
24 of the program.
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1 (D) An evaluation of the maintenance of
2 very high research status by eligible institutions
3 that received a grant under this section.
4 (E) An evaluation of the effectiveness of
5 the program in increasing the diversity of stu-
6 dents conducting high quality research in
7 unique areas.
8 (F) Recommendations with respect to fur-
9 ther activities and investments necessary to ele-
10 vate the research status of historically Black
11 colleges and universities and other minority-
12 serving institutions.
13 (G) Recommendations on whether the pro-
14 gram established under this section should be
15 renewed or expanded.
16 (c) CONSULTATION.—In designing the program
17 under this section, the Secretary of Defense may consult
18 with the President’s Board of Advisors on historically
19 Black colleges and universities.
20 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
21 (1) The term ‘‘eligible institution’’ means a his-
22 torically Black college or university or other minor-
23 ity-serving institution that is classified as a high re-
24 search activity status institution at the time of appli-
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1 (2) The term ‘‘high research activity status’’
2 means R2 status, as classified by the Carnegie Clas-
3 sification of Institutions of Higher Education.
4 (3) The term ‘‘historically Black college or uni-
5 versity’’ has the meaning given the term ‘‘part B in-
6 stitution’’ under section 322 of the Higher Edu-
7 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1061).
8 (4) The term ‘‘other minority-serving institu-
9 tion’’ means an institution of higher education speci-
10 fied in paragraphs (2) through (7) of section 371(a)
11 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
12 1067q(a)).
13 (5) The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary
14 of Defense.
15 (6) The term ‘‘very high research activity sta-
16 tus’’ means R1 status, as classified by the Carnegie
17 Classification of Institutions of Higher Education.
18 (7) The term ‘‘very high research activity status
19 indicators’’ means the categories used by the Car-
20 negie Classification of Institutions of Higher Edu-
21 cation to delineate which institutions have very high
22 activity status, including—
23 (A) annual expenditures in science and en-
24 gineering;
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1 (B) per-capita (faculty member) expendi-
2 tures in science and engineering;
3 (C) annual expenditures in non-science and
4 engineering fields;
5 (D) per-capita (faculty member) expendi-
6 tures in non-science and engineering fields;
7 (E) doctorates awarded in science, tech-
8 nology, engineering, and mathematics fields;
9 (F) doctorates awarded in social science
10 fields;
11 (G) doctorates awarded in the humanities;
12 (H) doctorates awarded in other fields with
13 a research emphasis;
14 (I) total number of research staff including
15 postdoctoral researchers;
16 (J) other doctorate-holding non-faculty re-
17 searchers in science and engineering and per-
18 capita (faculty) number of doctorate-level re-
19 search staff including post-doctoral researchers;
20 and
21 (K) other categories utilized to determine
22 classification.
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1 SEC. 220. PILOT PROGRAM TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOP-
2 MENT OF PATENTABLE INVENTIONS IN THE
3 DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY.
4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Beginning not later than 120
5 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
6 retary of the Navy shall carry out a pilot program to ex-
7 pand the support available to covered personnel who seek
8 to engage in the development of patentable inventions
9 that—
10 (1) have applicablity to the job-related functions
11 of such personnel; and
12 (2) may have applicability in the civilian sector.
13 (b) ACTIVITIES.—As part of the pilot program under
14 subsection (a), the Secretary of the Navy shall—
15 (1) expand outreach to covered personnel re-
16 garding the availability of patent-related training,
17 legal assistance, and other support for personnel in-
18 terested in developing patentable inventions;
19 (2) expand the availability of patent-related
20 training to covered personnel, including by making
21 such training available online;
22 (3) clarify and issue guidance detailing how
23 covered personnel, including personnel outside of the
24 laboratories and other research organizations of the
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1 (A) seek and receive support for the devel-
2 opment of patentable inventions; and
3 (B) receive a portion of any royalty or
4 other payment as an inventor or coinventor
5 such as may be due under section
6 14(a)(1)(A)(i) of the Stevension-Wylder Tech-
7 nology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C.
8 3710c(a)(1)(A)(i)); and
9 (4) carry out other such activities as the Sec-
10 retary determines appropriate in accordance with the
11 purposes of the pilot program.
12 (c) TERMINATION.—The authority to carry out the
13 pilot program under subsection (a) shall terminate three
14 years after the date of the enactment of this Act.
15 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
16 (1) The term ‘‘covered personnel’’ means mem-
17 bers of the Navy and Marine Corps and civilian em-
18 ployees of the Department of the Navy, including
19 members and employees whose primary duties do
20 not involve research and development.
21 (2) The term ‘‘patentable invention’’ means an
22 invention that is patentable under title 35, United
23 States Code.
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1 SEC. 221. PILOT PROGRAM TO FACILITATE THE RESEARCH,
2 DEVELOPMENT, AND PRODUCTION OF AD-
3 VANCED BATTERY TECHNOLOGIES FOR
4 WARFIGHTERS.
5 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Defense
6 shall carry out a pilot program to be known as the ‘‘Amer-
7 ican Sustainable Battery Production Technologies Pro-
8 gram’’ (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Program’’).
9 Under the Program, the Secretary shall seek to award as-
10 sistance to eligible entities to facilitate the research, devel-
11 opment, and production of electric battery technologies
12 that may be useful for defense-related purposes.
13 (b) COORDINATION WITH RELATED PROGRAMS.—
14 The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that activities under
15 the Program are coordinated with—
16 (1) the Strategic Environmental Research and
17 Development Program under section 2901 of title
18 10, United States Code; and
19 (2) the Department of Energy, including by
20 taking into consideration the potential military ap-
21 plication of battery technologies developed by entities
22 awarded grants by the Department under section
23 40207 of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs
24 Act (Public law 117–58; 42 U.S.C. 18741).
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1 (c) PROGRAM ACTIVITIES.—Under the Program, the
2 Secretary of Defense shall seek to award assistance to eli-
3 gible entities—
4 (1) to conduct research and development into
5 electric battery technologies and any associated man-
6 ufacturing and production needs;
7 (2) to expand the battery recycling capabilities
8 of the Department of Defense;
9 (3) to reduce the reliance of the Department of
10 Defense on foreign competitors for critical materials
11 and technologies, including rare earth materials; and
12 (4) to transition battery technologies, including
13 technologies developed from other pilot programs,
14 prototype projects, or other research and develop-
15 ment programs, from the prototyping phase to pro-
16 duction.
17 (d) FORM OF ASSISTANCE.—Assistance awarded to
18 an eligible entity under the Program may consist of a
19 grant, a contract, a cooperative agreement, other trans-
20 action, or such other form of assistance as the Secretary
21 of Defense considers appropriate.
22 (e) PRIORITY CONSIDERATION.—In awarding assist-
23 ance to eligible entities under the Program, the Secretary
24 of Defense shall give priority to entities that—
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1 (1) are located in and operate in the United
2 States, including any manufacturing operations;
3 (2) are owned by a United States entity; and
4 (3) deploy North American-owned intellectual
5 property and content.
6 (f) DATA COLLECTION.—The Secretary of Defense
7 shall collect and analyze data on the Program for the pur-
8 poses of—
9 (1) developing and sharing best practices for
10 achieving the objectives of the Program;
11 (2) providing information to the Secretary on
12 the implementation of the Program, and related pol-
13 icy issues; and
14 (3) reporting to the congressional defense com-
15 mittees in accordance with subsection (h).
16 (g) TERMINATION.—The Program shall terminate on
17 the date that is six years after the date of the enactment
18 of this Act.
19 (h) REPORTS.—
20 (1) ANNUAL REPORTS.—Not later than one
21 year after the date of the enactment of this Act and
22 annually thereafter until the date on which the Pro-
23 gram terminates under subsection (g), the Secretary
24 of Defense shall submit to the appropriate congres-
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1 the Program. Each report shall include the fol-
2 lowing:
3 (A) An explanation of whether and to what
4 extent the assistance awarded to eligible entities
5 under the Program met mission requirements
6 during the period covered by the report, includ-
7 ing—
8 (i) the value of the assistance award-
9 ed, including the value of each grant, con-
10 tract, cooperative agreement, other trans-
11 action, or other form of assistance; and
12 (ii) a description of the research, tech-
13 nology, or capabilities funded with such as-
14 sistance.
15 (B) A description of any research, tech-
16 nology, or capabilities being tested under the
17 Program as of the date of the report together
18 with an explanation of how the Secretary has
19 applied, or expects to apply, such research,
20 technology, or capabilities within the Depart-
21 ment of Defense.
22 (2) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than one year
23 after the date on which the Program terminates
24 under subsection (g), the Secretary of Defense shall
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1 a final report on the results of the Program. Such
2 report shall include—
3 (A) a summary of the objectives achieved
4 by the Program; and
5 (B) recommendations regarding the steps
6 that may be taken to promote battery tech-
7 nologies that are not dependent on foreign com-
8 petitors to meet the needs of the Armed Forces.
9 (i) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
10 (1) The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
11 mittees’’ means—
12 (A) the congressional defense committees;
13 (B) the Committee on Energy and Com-
14 merce and the Committee on Science, Space,
15 and Technology of the House of Representa-
16 tives; and
17 (C) the Committee on Energy and Natural
18 Resources and the Committee on Commerce,
19 Science, and Transportation of the Senate.
20 (2) The term ‘‘eligible entity’’ means a battery
21 producer or other entity involved in the battery pro-
22 duction supply chain.
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1 SEC. 222. PILOT PROGRAM ON RESEARCH AND DEVELOP-
2 MENT OF PLANT-BASED PROTEIN FOR THE
3 NAVY.
4 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than March 1,
5 2023, the Secretary of the Navy shall establish and carry
6 out a pilot program to offer plant-based protein options
7 at forward operating bases for consumption by members
8 of the Navy.
9 (b) LOCATIONS.—Not later than March 1, 2023, the
10 Secretary shall identify not fewer than two naval facilities
11 to participate in the pilot program and shall prioritize fa-
12 cilities (such as Joint Region Marianas, Guam, Navy Sup-
13 port Facility, Diego Garcia, and U.S. Fleet Activities
14 Sasebo, Japan) where livestock-based protein options may
15 be costly to obtain or store.
16 (c) AUTHORITIES.—In establishing and carrying out
17 the pilot program under subsection (a), the Secretary of
18 the Navy may use the following authorities:
19 (1) The authority to carry out research and de-
20 velopment projects under section 4001 of title 10,
21 United States Code.
22 (2) The authority to enter into transactions
23 other than contracts and grants under section 4021
24 of such title.
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1 (3) The authority to enter into cooperative re-
2 search and development agreements under section
3 4026 of such title.
4 (d) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this Act
5 shall be construed to prevent offering livestock-based pro-
6 tein options alongside plant-based protein options at naval
7 facilities identified under subsection (b).
8 (e) TERMINATION.—The requirement to carry out the
9 pilot program established under this section shall termi-
10 nate three years after the date on which the Secretary es-
11 tablishes the pilot program required under this section.
12 (f) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the ter-
13 mination of the pilot program, the Secretary shall submit
14 to the appropriate congressional committees a report on
15 the pilot program that includes the following:
16 (1) The consumption rate of plant-based pro-
17 tein options by members of the Navy under the pilot
18 program.
19 (2) Effective criteria to increase plant-based
20 protein options at naval facilities not identified
21 under subsection (b).
22 (3) An analysis of the costs of obtaining and
23 storing plant-based protein options compared to the
24 costs of obtaining and storing livestock-based protein
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1 (g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
2 (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT-
3 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
4 mittees’’ means—
5 (A) the Committee on Armed Services of
6 the House of Representatives; and
7 (B) the Committee on Armed Forces of the
8 Senate.
9 (2) PLANT-BASED PROTEIN OPTIONS.—The
10 term ‘‘plant-based protein options’’ means edible
11 vegan or vegetarian meat alternative products made
12 using plant and other non-livestock-based proteins.
13 SEC. 223. ALLOWABLE USES OF FUNDS UNDER THE COM-
14 MERCIAL WEATHER DATA PILOT PROGRAM
15 OF THE AIR FORCE.
16 Funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or
17 otherwise made available for fiscal year 2023 for the Air
18 Force for the Commercial Weather Data Pilot Program
19 may be used only for the piloting and demonstration of
20 radio occultation data for use in weather models.
21 SEC. 224. PILOT PROGRAM ON USE OF DIGITAL TWIN TECH-
22 NOLOGIES IN THE ARMED FORCES.
23 (a) IN GENERAL.—Each Secretary of a military de-
24 partment shall carry out a pilot program under which the
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1 diction of such Secretary, not fewer than one and not more
2 than three new areas in which digital twin technology may
3 be implemented to improve the operations of the Armed
4 Force. To the extent practicable, consideration shall be
5 given to operations involving reduced manpower and au-
6 tonomous systems.
7 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date
8 of the enactment of this Act, each Secretary of a military
9 department shall submit to the congressional defense com-
10 mittees a report that includes—
11 (1) a description of each proposed area in which
12 digital twin technology may be implemented in ac-
13 cordance with subsection (a);
14 (2) a plan for such implementation; and
15 (3) an explanation of any additional funding re-
16 quired for such implementation.
17 SEC. 225. FUNDING FOR ADVANCED ABOVE WATER SEN-
18 SORS.
19 (a) INCREASE.—Notwithstanding the amounts set
20 forth in the funding tables in division D, the amount au-
21 thorized to be appropriated in section 201 for research,
22 development, test, and evaluation, Navy, as specified in
23 the corresponding funding table in section 4201, for sys-
24 tem development & demonstration, advanced above water
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1 sensors (PE 0604501N), line 129, is hereby increased by
2 $24,004,000.
3 (b) OFFSET.—Notwithstanding the amounts set forth
4 in the funding tables in division D, the amount authorized
5 to be appropriated in section 301 for operation and main-
6 tenance, Defense-wide, as specified in the corresponding
7 funding table in section 4301, for administration and serv-
8 ice-wide activities, Office of the Secretary of Defense, line
9 440, is hereby reduced by $24,004,000.
10 SEC. 226. BIOFUEL AND FUEL CELL VEHICLE RESEARCH,
11 DEVELOPMENT, AND DEMONSTRATION PRO-
12 GRAM.
13 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall es-
14 tablish a research, development, and demonstration pro-
15 gram for a commercially viable fuel cell system that uses
16 biofuel as a fuel source for a vehicle.
17 (b) RESEARCH GOALS.—The Secretary of Defense
18 shall establish interim research and development goals
19 that will result in the demonstration of commercially via-
20 ble fuel cell systems that utilize biofuels as a fuel source,
21 including the following:
22 (1) Innovative stack designs and components,
23 including—
24 (A) catalysts;
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1 (C) interconnects;
2 (D) seals; and
3 (E) metal- or electrolyte-supported stack
4 cell designs.
5 (2) Variety of renewable energy sources, includ-
6 ing ethanol and other biomass.
7 (3) Technologies that enable fuel cell durability
8 and fuel cell durability testing.
9 (4) Systems designs and component integration
10 that optimize efficiency, cost, transient response,
11 and lifetime.
12 (c) COORDINATION.—In carrying out the activities
13 under this section, the Secretary of Defense shall coordi-
14 nate with—
15 (1) appropriate Federal agencies, including the
16 Department of Agriculture and the Department of
17 Transportation;
18 (2) National Laboratories; and
19 (3) relevant industry stakeholders, non-govern-
20 ment organizations, and trade associations.
21 SEC. 227. RADAR OBSTRUCTION RESEARCH, DEVELOP-
22 MENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION PROGRAM.
23 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Defense, in
24 conjunction with the Director of the National Weather
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1 istration, the Secretary of Commerce, and the Secretary
2 of Energy shall establish a research, development, test,
3 and evaluation program (in this Act referred to as the
4 ‘‘Program’’) to ensure the continued performance of
5 weather radar detection and prediction capabilities with
6 physical obstructions in the radar line of sight.
7 (b) REQUIREMENTS.—In carrying out the Program,
8 the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Inter-
9 agency Council for Advancing Meteorological Services,
10 shall—
11 (1) partner with industry, academia, Federal,
12 State, and local government entities, and any other
13 entity that the Secretary considers appropriate;
14 (2) identify and test existing or near-commer-
15 cial technologies and solutions that mitigate the po-
16 tential impact of obstructions on a weather radar;
17 (3) research additional solutions that could
18 mitigate the effects of an obstruction on weather
19 radar, including—
20 (A) signal processing algorithms;
21 (B) short-term forecasting algorithms to
22 replace contaminated data; and
23 (C) the use of dual polarization character-
24 istics in mitigating the effects of wind turbines
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1 (4) develop commercially viable technical miti-
2 gation solutions for obstructions to weather radar
3 capabilities.
4 (c) PRIORITY.—In carrying out the requirements de-
5 scribed in subsection (b), the Secretary of Defense shall
6 prioritize consideration of—
7 (1) multifunction phased array radar;
8 (2) the replacement of contaminated data with
9 commercial radar data;
10 (3) the utilization of data from private-sector-
11 associated meteorological towers;
12 (4) providing wind farm boundaries and consoli-
13 dated wind farm areas to display on local forecasting
14 equipment;
15 (5) installing and providing access to rain
16 gauges; and
17 (6) any other technology-based mitigation solu-
18 tion that the Director of the National Weather Serv-
19 ice determines could overcome beam blockage or
20 ghost echoes.
21 (d) TERMINATION.—The authority of the Secretary
22 of Defense to carry out the Program shall terminate on
23 the earlier of—
24 (1) September 30, 2026; or
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1 (2) 1 year after date on which the final rec-
2 ommendation required by subsection (e)(2) is sub-
3 mitted by the Secretary.
4 (e) REPORT; RECOMMENDATION.—
5 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after
6 the date of enactment of this section, and annually
7 thereafter until the Program terminates pursuant to
8 subsection (d), the Secretary of Defense shall submit
9 to Congress a report on the implementation of the
10 Program, including an evaluation of each tech-
11 nology-based mitigation solution identified for pri-
12 ority consideration in subsection (c), and a rec-
13 ommendation regarding additional identification and
14 testing of new technologies based on such consider-
15 ation.
16 (2) FINAL RECOMMENDATION.—Not later than
17 5 years after the date of enactment of this section,
18 the Secretary of Defense shall provide to Congress
19 a recommendation on whether additional research,
20 testing, and development through the Program es-
21 tablished by subsection (a) is needed, and a deter-
22 mination of whether a cessation of field research, de-
23 velopment, testing, and evaluation is appropriate.
24 (f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
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1 (1) BEAM BLOCKAGE.—The term ‘‘beam block-
2 age’’ means a signal that is partially or fully blocked
3 due to an obstruction.
4 (2) GHOST ECHO.—The term ‘‘ghost echo’’
5 means radar signal reflectivity or velocity return er-
6 rors in radar data due to the close proximity of an
7 obstruction.
8 (3) OBSTRUCTION.—The term obstruction in-
9 cludes—
10 (A) a wind turbine that could limit the ef-
11 fectiveness of a weather radar system; and
12 (B) any building that disrupts or limits the
13 effectiveness of a weather radar system.
14 SEC. 228. FUNDING FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
15 RELATING TO RARE EARTH ELEMENTS.
16 (a) INCREASE.—Notwithstanding the amounts set
17 forth in the funding tables in division D, the amount au-
18 thorized to be appropriated for the National Defense
19 Stockpile Transaction Fund, as specified the funding table
20 in section 4501, is hereby increased by $2,000,000 (with
21 the amount of such increase to be used strengthen and
22 implement the domestic industrial base for rare earth
23 metallization related to permanent magnet production and
24 related projects).
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1 (b) OFFSET.—Notwithstanding the amounts set forth
2 in the funding tables in division D, the amount authorized
3 to be appropriated in section 201 for research, develop-
4 ment, test, and evaluation, Army, as specified in the cor-
5 responding funding table in section 4201, for system de-
6 velopment & demonstration, integrated personnel and pay
7 system-Army (IPPS-A) (PE 0605018A), line 123, is here-
8 by reduced by $2,000,000.
9 SEC. 229. FUNDING FOR NATIONAL DEFENSE EDUCATION
10 PROGRAM.
11 (a) INCREASE.—Notwithstanding the amounts set
12 forth in the funding tables in division D, the amount au-
13 thorized to be appropriated in section 201 for research,
14 development, test, and evaluation, Defense-wide, as speci-
15 fied in the corresponding funding table in section 4201,
16 for basic research, National Defense Education Program,
17 line 006, is hereby increased by $5,000,000.
18 (b) OFFSET.—Notwithstanding the amounts set forth
19 in the funding tables in division D, the amount authorized
20 to be appropriated in section 301 for operation and main-
21 tenance, Defense-wide, as specified in the corresponding
22 funding table in section 4301, for administration and serv-
23 ice-wide activities, Washington Headquarters Services,
24 line 500, is hereby reduced by $5,000,000.
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1 SEC. 229A. FUNDING FOR HIGH ENERGY LASER AND CER-
2 TAIN EMERGING TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVES.
3 (a) FUNDING FOR HIGH ENERGY LASER.—
4 (1) INCREASE.—Notwithstanding the amounts
5 set forth in the funding tables in division D, the
6 amount authorized to be appropriated in section 201
7 for research, development, test, and evaluation,
8 Army, as specified in the corresponding funding
9 table in section 4201, for advanced technology devel-
10 opment, air and missile defense advanced technology
11 (PE 0603466A), line 048, Counter-Unmanned Aer-
12 ial Systems Palatized-High Energy Laser is hereby
13 increased by $25,000,000.
14 (2) OFFSET.—Notwithstanding the amounts set
15 forth in the funding tables in division D, the amount
16 authorized to be appropriated in section 201 for re-
17 search, development, test, and evaluation, Army, as
18 specified in the corresponding funding table in sec-
19 tion 4201, for advanced technology development, air
20 and missile defense advanced technology (PE
21 0603466A), line 048, Program Increase is hereby
22 reduced by $25,000,000.
23 (b) FUNDING FOR EMERGING TECHNOLOGY INITIA-
24 TIVES.—
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1 amount authorized to be appropriated in section 201
2 for research, development, test, and evaluation,
3 Army, as specified in the corresponding funding
4 table in section 4201, for system development &
5 demonstration, emerging technology initiatives (PE
6 0605054A), line 136, Program Increase (10kw-50kw
7 DE-MSHORAD) is hereby increased by
8 $70,000,000.
9 (2) OFFSET.—Notwithstanding the amounts set
10 forth in the funding tables in division D, the amount
11 authorized to be appropriated in section 201 for re-
12 search, development, test, and evaluation, Army, as
13 specified in the corresponding funding table in sec-
14 tion 4201, for system development & demonstration,
15 emerging technology initiatives (PE 0605054A), line
16 136, Program increase (10kw–50kw DE-
17 MSHORAD) and C-UAS P-HEL is hereby reduced
18 by $70,000,000.
19 SEC. 229B. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ADVANCED TECH-
20 NOLOGY INVESTMENT INCENTIVE PILOT
21 PROGRAM.
22 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—
23 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the availability of
24 appropriations for this purpose, the Secretary of De-
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1 the development of advanced technology for national
2 security by creating incentives for trusted private
3 capital in domestic small businesses or nontradi-
4 tional businesses that are developing technology that
5 the Secretary considers necessary to support the
6 modernization of the Department of Defense and
7 national security priorities.
8 (2) PURPOSES.—The purposes of the pilot pro-
9 gram required by this subsection are as follows:
10 (A) To promote the global superiority of
11 the United States in advanced technologies of
12 importance to national security, which are not
13 adequately supported by private sector invest-
14 ment.
15 (B) To accelerate the transition and de-
16 ployment of advanced technologies into the
17 Armed Forces.
18 (C) To support Department spending
19 through a loan guarantee to accelerate develop-
20 ment of advanced technology as described in
21 paragraph (1).
22 (b) PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP.—
23 (1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out subsection
24 (a), the Secretary shall enter into a public-private
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1 that the Secretary shall establish for purposes of
2 this subsection.
3 (2) CRITERIA.—The criteria established under
4 paragraph (1) for entering into a public-private
5 partnership with a person shall include the following:
6 (A) The person shall be independent.
7 (B) The person shall be free from foreign
8 oversight, control, influence, or beneficial own-
9 ership.
10 (C) The person shall have commercial pri-
11 vate capital fund experience with technology de-
12 velopment in the defense and commercial sec-
13 tors.
14 (D) The person shall be eligible for access
15 to classified information (as defined in the pro-
16 cedures established pursuant to section 801(a)
17 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50
18 U.S.C. 3161(a))).
19 (3) OPERATING AGREEMENT.—The Secretary
20 and a person with whom the Secretary enters a part-
21 nership under paragraph (1) shall enter into an op-
22 erating agreement that sets forth the roles, respon-
23 sibilities, authorities, reporting requirements, and
24 governance framework for the partnership and its
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1 (c) INVESTMENT OF EQUITY.—
2 (1) Pursuant to a public-private partnership en-
3 tered into under subsection (c), a person with whom
4 the Secretary has entered the partnership shall in-
5 vest equity in domestic small businesses or nontradi-
6 tional businesses consistent with subsection (a).
7 (2) Investments under paragraph (1) shall be
8 selected based on their technical merit, economic
9 considerations, and ability to support modernization
10 goals of the Department.
11 (d) BRIEFINGS AND REPORTS.—
12 (1) INITIAL BRIEFING AND REPORT.—Not later
13 than one year after the date of the enactment of this
14 Act, the Secretary shall provide to the congressional
15 defense committees a briefing on the implementation
16 of this section and a report on the feasibility of im-
17 plementing loan guarantees to enhance the effective-
18 ness of the pilot program under subsection (a), in-
19 cluding—
20 (A) a detailed description of how loan
21 guarantees would be vetted, approved, and
22 managed, including mechanisms to protect the
23 government’s interests; and
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1 (B) how such loan guarantees would be co-
2 ordinated with other government invest mecha-
3 nisms or other private sector financing.
4 (2) FINAL BRIEFING.—Not later than five years
5 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
6 retary shall provide to the congressional defense
7 committees a briefing on the outcomes of the pilot
8 program under subsection (a) and the feasibility and
9 advisability of making it permanent.
10 (e) TERMINATION.—The authority to carry out the
11 pilot program under subsection (a) shall terminate on the
12 date that is five years after the date of the enactment of
13 this Act.
14 (f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
15 (1) The term ‘‘domestic business’’ has the
16 meaning given the term ‘‘U.S. business’’ in section
17 800.252 of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations, or
18 successor regulation.
19 (2) The term ‘‘domestic small businesses or
20 nontraditional businesses’’ means—
21 (A) a small businesses that is a domestic
22 business; or
23 (B) a nontraditional business that is a do-
24 mestic business.
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1 (3) The term ‘‘free from foreign oversight, con-
2 trol, influence, or beneficial ownership’’, with respect
3 to a person, means a person who has not raised and
4 managed capital from a person or entity that is not
5 trusted and is otherwise free from foreign oversight,
6 control, influence, or beneficial ownership.
7 (4) The term ‘‘independent’’, with respect to a
8 person, means a person who lacks a conflict of inter-
9 est accomplished by not having entity or manager
10 affiliation or ownership with an existing fund.
11 (5) The term ‘‘nontraditional business’’ has the
12 meaning given the term ‘‘nontraditional defense con-
13 tractors’’ in section 3014 of title 10, United States
14 Code.
15 (6) The term ‘‘small business’’ has the meaning
16 given the term ‘‘small business concern’’ in section
17 3 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632).
18 SEC. 229C. FUNDING FOR DEVELOPMENT OF MEASURES TO
19 PREVENT INFECTIONS CAUSED BY SEVERE
20 FRACTURES.
21 (a) INCREASE.—Notwithstanding the amounts set
22 forth in the funding tables in division D, the amount au-
23 thorized to be appropriated in section 201 for research,
24 development, test, and evaluation, Army, as specified in
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1 vanced technology development, medical advanced tech-
2 nology (PE 0603002A), line 027, is hereby increased by
3 $5,000,000 (with the amount of such increase to be used
4 to support the development of procedures and tools to pre-
5 vent infections in members of the Armed Forces who expe-
6 rience severe bone fractures).
7 (b) OFFSET.—Notwithstanding the amounts set forth
8 in the funding tables in division D, the amount authorized
9 to be appropriated in section 301 for operation and main-
10 tenance, Defense-wide, as specified in the corresponding
11 funding table in section 4301, for administration and serv-
12 ice-wide activities, Office of the Secretary of Defense, line
13 440, is hereby reduced by $5,000,000.
14 SEC. 229D. FUNDING FOR RESEARCH INTO THE EFFECTS
15 OF HEAD-SUPPORTED MASS ON CERVICAL
16 SPINE HEALTH.
17 (a) INCREASE.—Notwithstanding the amounts set
18 forth in the funding tables in division D, the amount au-
19 thorized to be appropriated in section 201 for research,
20 development, test, and evaluation, Army, as specified in
21 the corresponding funding table in section 4201, for ad-
22 vanced technology development, medical advanced tech-
23 nology (PE 0603002A), line 027, is hereby increased by
24 $5,000,000 (with the amount of such increase to be used
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1 to support the advancement of research into the effects
2 of head-supported mass on cervical spine health).
3 (b) OFFSET.—Notwithstanding the amounts set forth
4 in the funding tables in division D, the amount authorized
5 to be appropriated in section 301 for operation and main-
6 tenance, Defense-wide, as specified in the corresponding
7 funding table in section 4301, for administration and serv-
8 ice-wide activities, Office of the Secretary of Defense, line
9 440, is hereby reduced by $5,000,000.
10 SEC. 229E. REQUIREMENT FOR SEPARATE PROGRAM ELE-
11 MENT FOR THE MULTI-MEDICINE MANUFAC-
12 TURING PLATFORM PROGRAM.
13 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
14 gress that—
15 (1) Congress has maintained a strong interest
16 in critical materials subject to significant supply
17 chain disruptions, particularly those for which the
18 predominant supply sources are potential adver-
19 saries;
20 (2) as a result, Congress wishes to increase
21 transparency regarding funding and progress of the
22 multi-medicine manufacturing platform program of
23 the Office of Naval Research; and
24 (3) that program’s unique manufacturing plat-
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1 have access to essential medicines, particularly for
2 those deployed, whether on land or at sea.
3 (b) PROGRAM ELEMENT REQUIRED.—In the mate-
4 rials submitted by the Secretary of the Navy in support
5 of the budget of the President for fiscal year 2025 and
6 each fiscal year thereafter (as submitted to Congress pur-
7 suant to section 1105 of title 31, United States Code),
8 the Secretary shall include a separate program element for
9 the multi-medicine manufacturing platform program
10 under the accounts of the Office of Naval Research.
11 Subtitle C—Plans, Reports, and
12 Other Matters
13 SEC. 231. MODIFICATION OF NATIONAL SECURITY STRAT-
14 EGY FOR NATIONAL TECHNOLOGY AND IN-
15 DUSTRIAL BASE.
16 Section 4811(a) of title 10, United States Code, is
17 amended by adding at the end the following new para-
18 graph:
19 ‘‘(12) Providing for the research and develop-
20 ment of sustainable and secure food sources, includ-
21 ing food innovation and alternative protein develop-
22 ment, in consultation with the Secretary of Agri-
23 culture.’’.
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1 SEC. 232. DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS
2 AGENCY INNOVATION FELLOWSHIP PRO-
3 GRAM.
4 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Defense Ad-
5 vanced Research Projects Agency shall develop a plan for
6 the establishment of a fellowship program (to be known
7 as the ‘‘Innovation Fellowship Program’’) to expand op-
8 portunities for early career scientists to participate in the
9 programs, projects, and other activities of the Agency.
10 (b) ELEMENTS.—In developing the plan under sub-
11 section (a), the Director of the Defense Advanced Re-
12 search Projects Agency shall—
13 (1) review the programs, projects, and other ac-
14 tivities of the Agency that are open to participation
15 from early career scientists to identify opportunities
16 for the expansion of such participation;
17 (2) conduct an assessment of the potential costs
18 of the fellowship program described in subsection
19 (a);
20 (3) establish detailed plans for the implementa-
21 tion of the fellowship program;
22 (4) define eligibility requirements for partici-
23 pants in the fellowship program;
24 (5) identify criteria for evaluating applicants to
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1 (6) address such other matters as the Director
2 determines appropriate.
3 (c) SUBMITTAL TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 180
4 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Direc-
5 tor of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
6 shall submit to the congressional defense committee a re-
7 port that includes—
8 (1) the plan developed under subsection (a);
9 and
10 (2) recommendations for expanding opportuni-
11 ties for early career scientists to participate in the
12 programs, projects, and other activities of the Agen-
13 cy.
14 SEC. 233. REPORT ON EFFORTS TO INCREASE THE PARTICI-
15 PATION OF HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES
16 AND UNIVERSITIES AND OTHER MINORITY-
17 SERVING INSTITUTIONS IN THE RESEARCH
18 AND DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES OF THE DE-
19 PARTMENT OF DEFENSE.
20 (a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days
21 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Under
22 Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering shall
23 submit to the congressional defense committees a report
24 on measures that may be implemented to increase the par-
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1 and other minority-serving institutions in the research, de-
2 velopment, test, and evaluation activities of the Depart-
3 ment of Defense.
4 (b) ELEMENTS.—The report under subsection (a)
5 shall include the following:
6 (1) A strategy for the provision of long-term in-
7 stitutional support to historically Black colleges and
8 universities and other minority-serving institutions,
9 including support for—
10 (A) the development and enhancement of
11 the physical research infrastructure of such in-
12 stitutions; and
13 (B) the research activities of such institu-
14 tions.
15 (2) An evaluation of the feasibility of expanding
16 the support provided by the Department of Defense
17 to historically Black colleges and universities and
18 other minority-serving institutions to include support
19 for the development or enhancement of grant and
20 contract administration capabilities at such institu-
21 tions.
22 (3) An evaluation of options to strengthen sup-
23 port for historically Black colleges and universities
24 and other minority-serving institutions within the
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1 elements of the Department, including an evaluation
2 of the need for and feasibility of establishing dedi-
3 cated organizations within the Army, Navy, Marine
4 Corps, Air Force, and Space Force to increase en-
5 gagement with such institutions.
6 (4) A review of the adequacy of the level of
7 staffing within the Department that is dedicated to
8 engagement with historically Black colleges and uni-
9 versities and other minority-serving institutions.
10 (5) A plan to improve data collection and eval-
11 uation with respect to historically Black colleges and
12 universities and other minority-serving institutions,
13 including—
14 (A) harmonization of standards with re-
15 spect to the type, detail, and organization of
16 data on such institutions;
17 (B) improving the completeness of data
18 submissions regarding such institutions;
19 (C) improving the retention of data on
20 such institutions across the Department;
21 (D) additional data collection specific to
22 such institutions, including data on—
23 (i) the rates at which such institutions
24 submit proposals for grants and contracts
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1 such proposals, and feedback regarding
2 such proposals;
3 (ii) the total number of grants and
4 contracts for which such institutions are
5 eligible to apply and the number of appli-
6 cations received from such institutions for
7 such grants and contracts; and
8 (iii) formal feedback mechanisms for
9 rejected proposals from first-time appli-
10 cants from such institutions; and
11 (E) as necessary, promulgation of addi-
12 tional or modified regulations, instructions, or
13 guidance regarding the collection, evaluation,
14 and retention of data on such institutions.
15 (6) Identification of the types of research facili-
16 ties, personnel, capabilities, and subject areas that
17 are in-demand within the Department so that his-
18 torically Black colleges and universities and other
19 minority-serving institutions may prioritize invest-
20 ment in those types of facilities, personnel, capabili-
21 ties, and subject areas as appropriate.
22 (7) Identification of metrics that may be used
23 to evaluate, track, and improve the competitiveness
24 of historically Black colleges and universities and
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1 other minority-serving institutions for grants and
2 contracts with the Department.
3 (8) An evaluation of options to implement cri-
4 teria for the award of grants and contracts that as-
5 sign value to the inclusion of historically Black col-
6 leges and universities and other minority-serving in-
7 stitutions as research partners, including such mech-
8 anisms as weighted grant solicitation evaluation cri-
9 teria and longer periods of performance to allow for
10 capacity-building within such institutions.
11 (9) An evaluation of options to incentivize the
12 defense industry to support capacity building within
13 historically Black colleges and universities and other
14 minority-serving institutions, including through the
15 incentivization of independent research and develop-
16 ment or other activities.
17 (10) A plan to compile and maintain data re-
18 garding institutions of higher education, including
19 historically Black colleges and universities and other
20 minority-serving institutions, that receive funding
21 from departments and agencies of the Federal Gov-
22 ernment outside the Department of Defense.
23 (11) A review of the programs and practices of
24 departments and agencies of the Federal Govern-
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1 increasing research capacity at historically Black col-
2 leges and universities and other minority-serving in-
3 stitutions for purposes of—
4 (A) the potential adoption of best practices
5 within the Department;
6 (B) the identification of opportunities to
7 leverage the research capacity of such institu-
8 tions; and
9 (C) increasing the level of collaboration be-
10 tween the Department and such institutions.
11 (12) Recommendations for the modification or
12 expansion of the workforce development programs of
13 the Department, including fellowships and intern-
14 ships, to increase the proportion of the workforce
15 hired from historically Black colleges and univer-
16 sities and other minority-serving institutions.
17 (13) Such other recommendations as the Under
18 Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering
19 determines appropriate.
20 (14) A plan for the implementation of the rec-
21 ommendations included in the report, as appro-
22 priate, including an explanation of any additional
23 funding, authorities, or organizational changes need-
24 ed for the implementation of such recommendations.
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1 (1) The term ‘‘historically Black college or uni-
2 versity’’ means a part B institution (as defined in
3 section 322 of the Higher Education Act of 1965
4 (20 U.S.C. 1061)).
5 (2) The term ‘‘institution of higher education’’
6 has the meaning given that term in section 101 of
7 the Higher Education Act of 1932 (20 U.S.C.
8 1001).
9 (3) The term ‘‘other minority-serving institu-
10 tion’’ means an institution of higher education speci-
11 fied in paragraphs (2) through (7) of section 371(a)
12 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
13 1067q(a)).
14 (d) REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION.—Not later than
15 180 days after the date of the submission of the report
16 under subsection (a), the Under Secretary of Defense for
17 Research and Engineering shall submit to the congres-
18 sional defense committees a report on the progress of the
19 Under Secretary in implementing measures to increase the
20 participation of historically Black colleges and universities
21 and other minority-serving institutions in the research, de-
22 velopment, test, and evaluation activities of the Depart-
23 ment of Defense, as identified in the report under sub-
24 section (a).
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1 SEC. 234. ASSESSMENT OF TEST INFRASTRUCTURE AND
2 PRIORITIES RELATED TO HYPERSONIC CAPA-
3 BILITIES AND RELATED TECHNOLOGIES AND
4 HYPERSONIC TEST STRATEGY.
5 (a) ASSESSMENT.—The Secretary of Defense shall
6 assess the capacity of the Department of Defense to test,
7 evaluate, and qualify the hypersonic capabilities and re-
8 lated technologies of the Department.
9 (b) ELEMENTS.—The assessment under subsection
10 (a) shall include the following:
11 (1) An identification of facilities of other de-
12 partments and agencies of the Federal Government
13 and academia and industry testing facilities relevant
14 to the capacity described in subsection (a).
15 (2) An analysis of the capability of each test fa-
16 cility to simulate various individual and coupled
17 hypersonic conditions to accurately simulate a real-
18 istic flight-like environment with all relevant aero-
19 thermochemical conditions.
20 (3) An identification of the coordination, sched-
21 uling, reimbursement processes, and requirements
22 needed for the potential use of test facilities of other
23 departments and agencies of the Federal Govern-
24 ment, as available.
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1 facility relating to testing technologies of the De-
2 partment for hypersonic flight.
3 (5) A review of academia, contractor-owned,
4 commercial ground and flight testbeds that could en-
5 hance efforts to test flight vehicles of the Depart-
6 ment in all phases of hypersonic flight, and other
7 technologies, including sensors, communications,
8 thermal protective shields and materials, optical win-
9 dows, navigation, and environmental sensors.
10 (6) An assessment of any cost- and time-sav-
11 ings that could result from using technologies identi-
12 fied in the strategy under subsection (c).
13 (c) STRATEGY.—
14 (1) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 180 days
15 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
16 retary of Defense shall submit to the appropriate
17 congressional committees a strategy to coordinate
18 the potential use of test facilities and ranges of
19 other departments and agencies of the Federal Gov-
20 ernment, as available, and academia, contractor-
21 owned, commercial flight and reentry test capabili-
22 ties to evaluate hypersonic technologies.
23 (2) ELEMENTS.—The strategy under paragraph
24 (1) shall—
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1 (A) be based on the assessment under sub-
2 section (a);
3 (B) address how the Secretary will coordi-
4 nate with other departments and agencies of
5 the Federal Government, including the National
6 Aeronautics and Space Administration, to plan
7 for and schedule the potential use of other Fed-
8 eral Government-owned test facilities and
9 ranges, as available, to evaluate the hypersonic
10 technologies of the Department of Defense;
11 (C) to the extent practicable, address in
12 what cases the Secretary can use academia,
13 contractor-owned, commercial flight and reentry
14 test capabilities to fill any existing testing re-
15 quirement gaps to enhance and accelerate flight
16 qualification of critical hypersonic technologies
17 of the Department;
18 (D) identify—
19 (i) the resources needed to improve
20 the frequency and capacity for testing
21 hypersonic technologies of the Department
22 at ground-based test facilities and flight
23 test ranges;
24 (ii) the resources needed to reimburse
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1 Federal Government for the use of the test
2 facilities and ranges of those departments
3 or agencies to test the hypersonics tech-
4 nologies of the Department;
5 (iii) the requirements, approval proc-
6 esses, and resources needed to enhance, as
7 appropriate, the testing capabilities and ca-
8 pacity of other Federal Government-owned
9 test facilities and flight ranges, in coordi-
10 nation with the heads of the relevant de-
11 partments and agencies;
12 (iv) investments that the Secretary
13 can make to incorporate academia, con-
14 tractor-owned, commercial ground and
15 flight testbeds into the overall hypersonic
16 test infrastructure of the Department of
17 Defense; and
18 (v) the environmental conditions, test-
19 ing sizes, and duration required for flight
20 qualification of both hypersonic cruise and
21 hypersonic boost-glide technologies of the
22 Department; and
23 (E) address all advanced or emerging tech-
24 nologies that could shorten timelines and reduce
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1 costs for hypersonic missile testing, including
2 with respect to—
3 (i) 3D printing of hypersonic test mis-
4 sile components including the frame, war-
5 head, and propulsion systems;
6 (ii) reusable hypersonic test beds, in-
7 cluding air-sea-and ground launched op-
8 tions;
9 (iii) additive manufacturing solutions;
10 (iv) qualified airborne B–52 alter-
11 native platforms to provide improved flight
12 schedules; and
13 (v) other relevant technologies.
14 (3) COORDINATION.—The Secretary shall de-
15 velop the strategy under paragraph (1) in coordina-
16 tion with the Joint Hypersonic Transition Office, the
17 Administrator of the National Aeronautics and
18 Space Administration, the research labs of the mili-
19 tary departments, and the Defense Test Resource
20 Management Center.
21 (d) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES
22 DEFINED.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional commit-
23 tees’’ means the following:
24 (1) The congressional defense committees.
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1 (2) The Committee on Science, Space, and
2 Technology of the House of Representatives and the
3 Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor-
4 tation of the Senate.
5 SEC. 235. INDEPENDENT REVIEW AND ASSESSMENT OF
6 TEST AND EVALUATION RESOURCE PLAN-
7 NING.
8 (a) REVIEW AND ASSESSMENT.—Not later than 60
9 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
10 retary of Defense shall seek to enter into an agreement
11 with a federally funded research and development center
12 to conduct an independent review and assessment of the
13 Strategic Plan for Test Resources, as prepared by the De-
14 partment of Defense Test Resource Management Center.
15 (b) ELEMENTS.—The review and assessment under
16 subsection (a) shall include the following:
17 (1) An assessment of the adequacy of the 30-
18 year planning horizon that serves as the basis for
19 the Strategic Plan for Test Resources.
20 (2) An assessment of whether and to what ex-
21 tent prior forecasts of the test and evaluation needs
22 of the Department of Defense align with investments
23 made by the Department in test and evaluation re-
24 sources.
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1 (A) any shortcomings in the infrastructure,
2 personnel, and equipment of the test and eval-
3 uation enterprise of the Department; and
4 (B) any risks that the status of such enter-
5 prise may pose with respect to the ability of the
6 Department to meet its current and future test
7 and evaluation needs.
8 (4) An assessment of whether and to what ex-
9 tent the test and evaluation efforts of the Depart-
10 ment sufficiently address software-intensive, multi-
11 domain, and continuously developed capabilities.
12 (5) Such other matters as the Secretary of De-
13 fense determines appropriate.
14 (c) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days
15 after the date on which the Secretary of Defense enters
16 into an agreement with a federally funded research and
17 development center under subsection (a), the center shall
18 submit to the Secretary and the congressional defense
19 committees a report on the results of the study conducted
20 under such subsection.
21 SEC. 236. STUDY ON COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH UNDERPER-
22 FORMING SOFTWARE AND INFORMATION
23 TECHNOLOGY.
24 (a) STUDY REQUIRED.—The Secretary of Defense
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1 research and development center to conduct an inde-
2 pendent study on the impacts, and challenges associated
3 with the use of software and information technology, in-
4 cluding potential solutions to such challenges.
5 (b) ELEMENTS.—The independent study conducted
6 under subsection (a) shall include the following:
7 (1) A survey of members of the Armed Forces
8 under the jurisdiction of a Secretary of a military
9 department to identify the most important software
10 and information technology challenges that result in
11 lost working hours, including an estimate of the
12 number and cost of lost working hours for each mili-
13 tary department, the impact of each challenge on re-
14 tention, and the negative impact to any mission.
15 (2) A summary of the policy or technical chal-
16 lenges that limit the ability of each Secretary of a
17 military department to implement needed software
18 and information technology reforms, based on inter-
19 views conducted with individuals who serve as chief
20 information officer (or an equivalent position) in a
21 military department.
22 (3) Recommendations to address the challenges
23 described in paragraph (1) and improve the proc-
24 esses through which the Secretary provides software
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1 (c) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than one year
2 after the date of the enactment of this Act, a federally
3 funded research and development center described in sub-
4 section (a) shall submit to the Secretary of Defense and
5 the congressional defense committees a report on any
6 independent study conducted under this section.
7 (d) SOFTWARE AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DE-
8 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘software and informa-
9 tion technology’’ does not include embedded software and
10 information technology used for weapon systems.
11 SEC. 237. STUDY AND REPORT ON SUFFICIENCY OF TEST
12 AND EVALUATION RESOURCES FOR CERTAIN
13 MAJOR DEFENSE ACQUISITION PROGRAMS.
14 (a) STUDY.—The Director of Operational Test and
15 Evaluation of the Department of Defense shall conduct
16 a study of at least one major defense acquisition program
17 within each covered Armed Force to determine the suffi-
18 ciency of the test and evaluation resources supporting such
19 program.
20 (b) ELEMENTS.—The study under subsection (a)
21 shall include, with respect to each major defense acquisi-
22 tion program evaluated as part of the study, the following:
23 (1) Identification of the test and evaluation re-
24 sources supporting the program as of the date of the
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1 (2) An evaluation of whether and to what ex-
2 tent such resources are sufficient to meet the needs
3 of the program assuming that test and evaluation
4 resources allocated for other purposes will not be re-
5 allocated to support the program in the future.
6 (3) If the test and evaluation resources identi-
7 fied under paragraph (1) are insufficient to meet the
8 needs of the program, an evaluation of the amount
9 of additional funding required to ensure the suffi-
10 ciency of such resources.
11 (4) The amount of Government-funded, con-
12 tractor-provided test and evaluation resources that
13 are currently provided or are planned to be provided
14 as part of the program of record.
15 (5) The future availability of any resources
16 identified under paragraph (4) for programs,
17 projects, and activities other than the major defense
18 acquisition program evaluated as part of the study.
19 (c) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date
20 of the enactment of this Act, the Director of Operational
21 Test and Evaluation shall submit to the congressional de-
22 fense committees a report on the results of the study con-
23 ducted under subsection (a).
24 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
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1 (1) The term ‘‘covered Armed Force’’ means
2 the Army, the Navy, the Marine Corps, and the Air
3 Force.
4 (2) The term ‘‘major defense acquisition pro-
5 gram’’ has the meaning given that term in section
6 4201 of title 10, United States Code.
7 SEC. 238. PERIODIC REPORTS ON RISK DISTRIBUTION
8 WITHIN RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST,
9 AND EVALUATION ACTIVITIES.
10 (a) REPORTS REQUIRED.—In accordance with sub-
11 section (d), the Secretary of Defense, acting through the
12 Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering
13 and in consultation with the Secretaries of the military
14 departments, shall submit to the congressional defense
15 committees periodic reports on the distribution of risk
16 across the covered research activities of the Department
17 of Defense.
18 (b) ELEMENTS.—Each report under subsection (a)
19 shall include, with respect to the year covered by the re-
20 port, the following:
21 (1) A list of all covered research activities of
22 the Department of Defense with each such research
23 activity designated as either—
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1 (A) research activity that is lower risk,
2 such as efforts aimed at the incremental im-
3 provement of an existing product; or
4 (B) research activity that is higher risk,
5 such as efforts aimed at the development of new
6 technology that could disrupt an entire field
7 (commonly referred to as ‘‘disruptive tech-
8 nology’’).
9 (2) An assessment of whether the distribution
10 of covered research activities among the risk cat-
11 egories described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of
12 paragraph (1) is optimal for serving the needs of the
13 Department of Defense.
14 (3) Such other information as the Secretary of
15 Defense determines appropriate.
16 (c) COVERED RESEARCH ACTIVITY DEFINED.—In
17 this section, the term ‘‘covered research activity’’ means
18 a program, project, or other activity of the Department
19 of Defense designated as budget activity 1 (basic re-
20 search), budget activity 2 (applied research), or budget ac-
21 tivity 3 (advanced technology development), as such budg-
22 et activity classifications are set forth in volume 2B, chap-
23 ter 5 of the Department of Defense Financial Manage-
24 ment Regulation (DOD 7000.14–R).
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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—The reports required under
2 subsection (a) shall be submitted as follows:
3 (A) The first such report shall be sub-
4 mitted by not later than February 1, 2023.
5 (B) A report shall be submitted at the
6 same time as each of the first three reports re-
7 quired under section 118c(e) of title 10, United
8 States Code, after the date of the enactment of
9 this Act.
10 (2) TERMINATION OF REQUIREMENT.—No re-
11 port shall be required to be submitted under this
12 section after the date of the submittal of the third
13 report under paragraph (1)(B).
14 SEC. 239. REVIEW AND REPORT ON OFFENSIVE
15 HYPERSONIC WEAPONS PROGRAMS OF THE
16 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.
17 (a) REVIEW.—The Comptroller General of the United
18 States shall conduct a review of the offensive hypersonic
19 weapons programs of the Department of Defense, includ-
20 ing the Navy Conventional Prompt Strike Program, the
21 Army Long Range Hypersonic Weapon, and the Air Force
22 Air Launched Rapid Response Weapon.
23 (b) ELEMENTS.—The review under subsection (a)
24 shall address—
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1 (1) cost and schedule estimates for the fielding
2 of offensive hypersonic weapon systems, including
3 any assumptions that underpin such estimates;
4 (2) whether and to what extent the hypersonic
5 weapon systems are expect to fully achieve the re-
6 quirements originally established for such systems;
7 (3) the technological and manufacturing matu-
8 rity of the critical technologies and materials
9 planned for the systems; and
10 (4) whether and to what extent the Department
11 has pursued alternatives to the critical technologies
12 identified under paragraph (3).
13 (c) INITIAL BRIEFING.—Not later than one year
14 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comp-
15 troller General shall provide to the congressional defense
16 committees a briefing on the initial results of the review
17 conducted under subsection (a).
18 (d) FINAL REPORT.—Following the briefing under
19 subsection (c), on a date mutually agreed upon by the
20 Comptroller General and the congressional defense com-
21 mittees, the Comptroller General shall submit to the com-
22 mittees a report on the final results of the review con-
23 ducted under subsection (a).
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1 SEC. 240. REPORT ON POTENTIAL FOR INCREASED UTILI-
2 ZATION OF THE ELECTRONIC PROVING
3 GROUNDS TESTING RANGE.
4 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following:
5 (1) The Electronic Proving Grounds located at
6 Fort Huachuca, Arizona is unique within the De-
7 partment of Defense because of its naturally quiet
8 electromagnetic environment, its specialized facili-
9 ties, its close relationship with the Army training
10 community, and its access to the expansive real-es-
11 tate of southern Arizona.
12 (2) The Electronic Proving Grounds has access
13 to 70,000 acres at Ft. Huachuca, 23,000 acres on
14 Wilcox Dry Lake, more than 100,000 acres at Gila
15 Bend, and with prior coordination, approximately 62
16 million acres of Federal and State-owned land.
17 (3) Live electronic warfare training is not pos-
18 sible at the majority of military installations in the
19 continental United States including the National
20 Training Center.
21 (4) The Electronic Proving Grounds has the ca-
22 pacity to handle additional testing as well as the ca-
23 pability for realistic electronic warfare training
24 (b) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than February 1,
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1 Proving Grounds testing range located at Fort Huachuca,
2 Arizona.
3 (c) ELEMENTS.—The report under subsection (b)
4 shall address—
5 (1) the amount and types of testing activities
6 conducted at the Electronic Proving Grounds testing
7 range;
8 (2) any shortfalls in the facilities and equip-
9 ment of the range;
10 (3) the capacity of the range to be used for ad-
11 ditional testing activities;
12 (4) the possibility of using the range for the
13 testing activities of other Armed Forces, Federal
14 agencies, and domestic companies;
15 (5) the capacity of the range to be used for re-
16 alistic electronic warfare training;
17 (6) electronic warfare training restrictions at
18 domestic military installations generally; and
19 (7) the feasibility and advisability of providing
20 a dedicated training area for electronic warfare
21 units.
22 (d) COORDINATION.—In preparing the report under
23 subsection (b), the Secretary of the Army shall coordinate
24 with the following:
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1 (1) The Director of Operational Test and Eval-
2 uation of the Department of Defense.
3 (2) The governments of Cochise County and Si-
4 erra Vista, Arizona.
5 SEC. 241. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE ADDITIVE MANU-
6 FACTURING AND MACHINE LEARNING INITIA-
7 TIVE OF THE ARMY.
8 It is the sense of Congress that—
9 (1) the additive manufacturing and machine
10 learning initiative of the Army has the potential to
11 accelerate the ability to deploy additive manufac-
12 turing capabilities in expeditionary settings and
13 strengthen the United States defense industrial sup-
14 ply chain; and
15 (2) Congress and the Department of Defense
16 should continue to support the additive manufac-
17 turing and machine learning initiative of the Army.
18 SEC. 242. FUNDING FOR ROBOTICS SUPPLY CHAIN RE-
19 SEARCH.
20 (a) INCREASE.—Notwithstanding the amounts set
21 forth in the funding tables in division D, the amount au-
22 thorized to be appropriated in section 201 for Research,
23 Development, Test, and Evaluation, Defense-Wide, as
24 specified in the corresponding funding table in section
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1 nology Program, Line 054, is hereby increased by
2 $15,000,000, for Robotics Supply Chain Research.
3 (b) OFFSET.—Notwithstanding the amounts set forth
4 in the funding tables in division D, the amount authorized
5 to be appropriated in section 201 for Army, as specified
6 in the corresponding funding table in section 4201, for
7 Integrated Personnel and Pay System Army, Line 123,
8 is hereby reduced by $15,000,000.
9 SEC. 243. FUNDING FOR ENTERPRISE DIGITAL TRANS-
10 FORMATION WITH COMMERCIAL PHYSICS
11 SIMULATION.
12 (a) INCREASE.—Notwithstanding the amounts set
13 forth in the funding tables in division D, the amount au-
14 thorized to be appropriated in section 201 for Research,
15 Development, Test, and Evaluation, Air Force, as speci-
16 fied in the corresponding funding table in section 4201,
17 for the Department of the Air Force Tech Architecture,
18 Line 040, is hereby increased by $9,000,000, for Enter-
19 prise Digital Transformation with Commercial Physics
20 Simulation.
21 (b) OFFSET.—Notwithstanding the amounts set forth
22 in the funding tables in division D, the amount authorized
23 to be appropriated in section 201 for Research, Develop-
24 ment, Test, and Evaluation, Air Force, as specified in the
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1 In Attack Weapon, Line 096, is hereby reduced by
2 $9,000,000.
3 SEC. 244. REPORT ON NATIONAL SECURITY APPLICATIONS
4 FOR FUSION ENERGY TECHNOLOGY.
5 (a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days
6 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary
7 of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense com-
8 mittees a report on potential national security applications
9 for fusion energy technology.
10 (b) ELEMENTS.—The report under subsection (a)
11 shall include—
12 (1) an evaluation of commercial fusion energy
13 technologies under development by private sector
14 companies in the United States to determine if any
15 such technologies have potential national security
16 applications;
17 (2) consideration of commercial fusion energy
18 technologies—
19 (A) that have met relevant technical mile-
20 stones:
21 (B) that are supported by substantial pri-
22 vate sector financing;
23 (C) that meet applicable requirements of
24 the Department of Defense; and
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1 (D) for which prototypes have been con-
2 structed;
3 (3) a timeline for the potential implementation
4 of fusion energy in the Department;
5 (4) a description of any major challenges to
6 such implementation; and
7 (5) recommendations to the ensure the effec-
8 tiveness of such implementation.
9 TITLE III—OPERATION AND
10 MAINTENANCE
11 Subtitle A—Authorization of
12 Appropriations
13 SEC. 301. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
14 Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for
15 fiscal year 2023 for the use of the Armed Forces and other
16 activities and agencies of the Department of Defense for
17 expenses, not otherwise provided for, for operation and
18 maintenance, as specified in the funding table in section
19 4301.
20 SEC. 302. FUNDING FOR ARMY COMMUNITY SERVICES.
21 (a) INCREASE.—Notwithstanding the amounts set
22 forth in the funding tables in division D, the amount au-
23 thorized to be appropriated in section 301 for operation
24 and maintenance for Army, base operations support, line
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1 tion 4301, is hereby increased by $20,000,000, for the
2 purpose of Army Community Services.
3 (b) OFFSET.—Notwithstanding the amounts set forth
4 in the funding tables in division D, the amount authorized
5 to be appropriated in section 301 for operation and main-
6 tenance, Army, as specified in the corresponding funding
7 table in section 4301, for Army Administration, line 450,
8 is hereby reduced by $10,000,000.
9 (c) OFFSET.—Notwithstanding the amounts set forth
10 in the funding tables in division D, the amount authorized
11 to be appropriated in section 301 for operation and main-
12 tenance, Army, as specified in the corresponding funding
13 table in section 4301, for Army Other Service Support,
14 line 490, is hereby reduced by $10,000,000.
15 Subtitle B—Energy and
16 Environment
17 SEC. 311. EQUIVALENT AUTHORITY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL
18 RESTORATION PROJECTS AT NATIONAL
19 GUARD TRAINING SITES.
20 (a) CLARIFICATION OF NATIONAL GUARD TRAINING
21 SITES.—Section 2700 of title 10, United States Code, is
22 amended by adding at the end the following new para-
23 graph:
24 ‘‘(4) The term ‘National Guard training site’
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1 of the National Guard pursuant to chapter 5 of title
2 32 with funds provided by the Secretary of Defense
3 or the Secretary of a military department, without
4 regard to—
5 ‘‘(A) the owner or operator of the facility
6 or site; or
7 ‘‘(B) whether the facility or site is under
8 the jurisdiction of the Department of Defense
9 or a military department.’’.
10 (b) INCLUSION UNDER DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL
11 RESTORATION PROGRAM.—Section 2701(a)(1) of such
12 title is amended by inserting ‘‘and at National Guard
13 training sites’’ after ‘‘at facilities under the jurisdiction
14 of the Secretary’’.
15 (c) RESPONSE ACTIONS AT NATIONAL GUARD
16 TRAINING SITES.—Section 2701(c)(1) of such title is
17 amended by adding at the end the following new subpara-
18 graph:
19 ‘‘(D) Each facility or site which was a Na-
20 tional Guard training site at the time of actions
21 leading to contamination by hazardous sub-
22 stances or pollutants or contaminants.’’.
23 (d) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
24 (1) REPEAL OF PROVISION.—Section 2707 of
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1 (2) REFERENCE UPDATE.—Section 345(f)(1) of
2 the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
3 Year 2022 (Public Law 117–81; 135 Stat. 1646; 10
4 U.S.C. 2715 note) is amended by striking ‘‘facility
5 where military activities are conducted by the Na-
6 tional Guard of a State pursuant to section 2707(e)
7 of title 10, United States Code’’ and inserting ‘‘Na-
8 tional Guard training site, as such term is defined
9 in section 2700 of title 10, United States Code’’.
10 SEC. 312. AMENDMENT TO BUDGETING OF DEPARTMENT
11 OF DEFENSE RELATING TO EXTREME WEATH-
12 ER.
13 Section 328(a) of the National Defense Authorization
14 Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116–92; 10 U.S.C.
15 221 note) is amended—
16 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and
17 inserting a semicolon;
18 (2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at
19 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
20 (3) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol-
21 lowing:
22 ‘‘(3) a calculation of the annual costs to the
23 Department for assistance provided to—
24 ‘‘(A) the Federal Emergency Management
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1 ‘‘(i) pursuant to requests for such as-
2 sistance; and
3 ‘‘(ii) approved under the National
4 Interagency Fire Center; and
5 ‘‘(B) any State, Territory, or possession
6 under title 10 or title 32, United States Code,
7 regarding extreme weather.’’.
8 SEC. 313. PROTOTYPE AND DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS
9 FOR ENERGY RESILIENCE AT CERTAIN MILI-
10 TARY INSTALLATIONS.
11 (a) IN GENERAL.—Each Secretary of a military de-
12 partment shall ensure that covered prototype and dem-
13 onstration projects are conducted at each military installa-
14 tion designated by that Secretary as an ‘‘Energy Resil-
15 ience Testbed’’ pursuant to subsection (b).
16 (b) SELECTION OF MILITARY INSTALLATIONS.—
17 (1) SELECTION.—Not later than 180 days after
18 the date of the enactment of this Act, each Secretary
19 of a military department, in consultation with the
20 Secretary of the Defense, shall—
21 (A) select at least two military installations
22 under the jurisdiction of that Secretary for des-
23 ignation pursuant to paragraph (3); and
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1 (B) incorporate the conduct of covered pro-
2 totype and demonstration projects into the mis-
3 sion of each installation so selected.
4 (2) CONSIDERATIONS.—In selecting military in-
5 stallations under paragraph (1), each Secretary of a
6 military department shall, to the extent practicable,
7 take into consideration the following:
8 (A) The mission of the installation.
9 (B) The geographic terrain of the installa-
10 tion and of the community surrounding the in-
11 stallation.
12 (C) The energy resources available to sup-
13 port the installation.
14 (D) Any State or local regulations that
15 apply with respect to public or private utilities
16 serving the installation.
17 (E) An assessment of any climate or ex-
18 treme weather risks or vulnerabilities at the in-
19 stallation and the community surrounding the
20 installation.
21 (3) DESIGNATION AS ENERGY RESILIENCE
22 TESTBED.—Each installation selected under para-
23 graph (1) shall be known as an ‘‘Energy Resilience
24 Testbed’’.
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1 (c) COVERED TECHNOLOGIES.—Covered prototype
2 and demonstration projects conducted at military installa-
3 tions designated pursuant to subsection (b) shall include
4 the prototype and demonstration of technologies in the fol-
5 lowing areas:
6 (1) Energy storage technologies, including long-
7 duration energy storage systems.
8 (2) Technologies that support electric vehicles
9 or the transition to use of electric vehicles, including
10 with respect to tactical vehicles.
11 (3) Technologies to improve building energy ef-
12 ficiency in a cyber-secure manner, such as advanced
13 lighting controls, high-performance cooling systems,
14 and technologies for waste heat recovery.
15 (4) Technologies to improve building energy
16 management and control in a cyber-secure manner.
17 (5) Tools and processes for design, assessment,
18 and decision-making on the installation with respect
19 to climate resilience and hazard analysis, energy use,
20 management, and the construction of climate resil-
21 ient buildings and infrastructure.
22 (6) Carbon sequestration technologies.
23 (7) Technologies relating to on-site resilient en-
24 ergy generation, including advanced geothermal and
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1 (8) Port electrification and surrounding defense
2 critical infrastructure and related non-Federal infra-
3 structure, including surrounding defense community
4 infrastructure.
5 (9) Tidal and wave power technologies.
6 (10) Distributed leger technologies.
7 (d) BRIEFING.—Not later than 180 days after the
8 enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in con-
9 sultation with the Secretaries of the military departments,
10 shall provide to the appropriate congressional committees
11 a briefing on the conduct of covered prototype and dem-
12 onstration projects at each military installation designated
13 pursuant to subsection (b). Such briefing shall include the
14 following:
15 (1) An identification of each military installa-
16 tion so designated.
17 (2) A justification as to why each military in-
18 stallation so designated was selected for such des-
19 ignation.
20 (3) A strategy for commencing the conduct of
21 such projects at each military installation so des-
22 ignated by not later than one year after the date of
23 the enactment of this Act.
24 (e) DEADLINE COMMENCEMENT
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1 beginning not later than one year after the date of the
2 enactment of this Act, covered prototype and demonstra-
3 tion projects are conducted at, and such conduct is incor-
4 porated into the mission of, each military installation des-
5 ignated pursuant to subsection (b).
6 (f) CONSORTIUMS.—
7 (1) IN GENERAL.—Each Secretary of a military
8 department may enter into a partnership with, or
9 seek to establish, a consortium of industry, aca-
10 demia, and other entities described in paragraph (2)
11 to conduct covered prototype and demonstration
12 projects at a military installation designated by that
13 Secretary pursuant to subsection (b).
14 (2) CONSORTIUM ENTITIES.—The entities de-
15 scribed in this paragraph are as follows:
16 (A) National laboratories.
17 (B) Industry entities the primary work of
18 which relates to energy and climate security
19 technologies and business models.
20 (g) AUTHORITIES.—
21 (1) IN GENERAL.—Covered prototype and dem-
22 onstration projects required under this section may
23 be conducted as part of the program for operational
24 energy prototyping established under section 324(c)
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1 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Pub-
2 lic Law 116–283; 134 Stat. 3523; 10 U.S.C. 2911
3 note) (including by using funds available under the
4 Operational Energy Prototyping Fund established
5 pursuant to such section), using the other trans-
6 actions authority under section 4021 or 4022 of title
7 10, United States Code, or using any other available
8 authority or funding source the Secretary of Defense
9 determines appropriate.
10 (2) FOLLOW-ON PRODUCTION CONTRACTS OR
11 TRANSACTIONS.—Each Secretary of a military de-
12 partment shall ensure that, to the extent practicable,
13 any transaction entered into under the other trans-
14 actions authority under section 4022 of title 10,
15 United States Code, for the conduct of a covered
16 prototype and demonstration project under this sec-
17 tion shall provide for the award of a follow-on pro-
18 duction contract or transaction pursuant to sub-
19 section (f) of such section 4022.
20 (h) INTERAGENCY COLLABORATION.—In carrying
21 out this section, to the extent practicable, the Secretary
22 of Defense shall collaborate with the Secretary of Energy
23 and the heads of such other Federal departments and
24 agencies as the Secretary of Defense may determine ap-
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1 propriate, including by entering into relevant memoranda
2 of understanding.
3 (i) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
4 (1) The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
5 mittees’’ means—
6 (A) the Committee on Armed Services and
7 the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the
8 House of Representatives; and
9 (B) the Committee on Armed Services and
10 the Committee on Energy and Natural Re-
11 sources of the Senate.
12 (2) The term ‘‘community infrastructure’’ has
13 the meaning given that term in section 2391(e) of
14 tile 10, United States Code.
15 (3) The term ‘‘covered prototype and dem-
16 onstration project’’ means a project to prototype and
17 demonstrate advanced technologies to enhance en-
18 ergy resilience and climate security at a military in-
19 stallation.
20 (4) The term ‘‘military installation’’ has the
21 meaning given that term in section 2867 of title 10,
22 United States Code.
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1 SEC. 314. PILOT PROGRAM FOR TRANSITION OF CERTAIN
2 NONTACTICAL VEHICLE FLEETS OF DEPART-
3 MENT OF DEFENSE TO ELECTRIC VEHICLES.
4 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense, in co-
5 ordination with the Secretaries of the military depart-
6 ments, and in consultation with the Secretary of Energy,
7 shall carry out a pilot program to facilitate the transition
8 of nontactical vehicle fleets of the Department of Defense
9 at certain military installations and distribution centers
10 of the Defense Logistics Agency to nontactical vehicle
11 fleets comprised solely of electric vehicles, including
12 through the maintenance on the installations or centers,
13 as the case may be, of charging stations, microgrids, and
14 other covered infrastructure sufficient to cover the energy
15 demand of such fleets.
16 (b) SELECTION OF MILITARY INSTALLATIONS AND
17 DISTRIBUTION CENTERS.—
18 (1) SELECTION OF MILITARY INSTALLA-
19 TIONS.—Not later than 180 days after the date of
20 the enactment of this Act, each Secretary of a mili-
21 tary department shall—
22 (A) select at least one military installation
23 of each Armed Force under the jurisdiction of
24 that Secretary at which to carry out the pilot
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1 (B) submit to the Committees on Armed
2 Services of the House of Representatives and
3 the Senate a notification containing an identi-
4 fication of each such selected installation.
5 (2) PRIORITY.—In selecting military installa-
6 tions under paragraph (1), each Secretary of a mili-
7 tary department shall give priority to the following:
8 (A) Military installations with existing
9 third-party financed, installed, operated, and
10 maintained charging stations on the installa-
11 tion.
12 (B) Military installations with other exist-
13 ing covered infrastructure, including charging
14 stations under ownership methods other than
15 those specified in subparagraph (A), on the in-
16 stallation.
17 (C) Military installations located in a geo-
18 graphic region with existing covered infrastruc-
19 ture, including charging stations, proximate to
20 the installation.
21 (D) Military installations with respect to
22 which the Secretary determines the future in-
23 clusion on the installation of charging stations
24 and other covered infrastructure is feasible and
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1 charging stations to service electric vehicles in
2 the nontactical vehicle fleet at the installation
3 (including those with respect to which the Sec-
4 retary determines there may be an opportunity
5 to enter into a contract for the third-party
6 charging stations specified in subparagraph
7 (A)).
8 (E) Military installations at which a
9 project authorized under section 2914 of title
10 10, United States Code, (known as the Energy
11 Resilience and Conservation Investment Pro-
12 gram) and determined by the Secretary to be
13 relevant to the pilot program has been con-
14 ducted or is planned to be conducted pursuant
15 to the future-years defense program submitted
16 under section 221 of such title.
17 (3) CONSIDERATIONS.—In determining whether
18 a military installation should receive priority pursu-
19 ant to paragraph (2)(D), each Secretary of a mili-
20 tary department shall take into account the fol-
21 lowing:
22 (A) A calculation of existing loads at the
23 installation and the existing capacity of the in-
24 stallation for the charging of electric vehicles,
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1 (B) The availability of adequate space for
2 vehicles awaiting charging during peak usage
3 times, as determined by the Secretary.
4 (C) Any required upgrades to covered in-
5 frastructure on the installation, including elec-
6 trical wiring, anticipated by the Secretary.
7 (4) SELECTION OF DISTRIBUTION CENTERS.—
8 (A) SELECTION.—Not later than 180 days
9 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the
10 Director of the Defense Logistics Agency shall
11 select at least one distribution center of the De-
12 fense Logistics Agency at which to carry out
13 the pilot program under subsection (a) and sub-
14 mit to the Committees on Armed Services of
15 the House of Representatives and notification
16 containing an identification of any such selected
17 distribution center.
18 (B) PRIORITY.—In selecting a distribution
19 center under subparagraph (A), the Director of
20 the Defense Logistics Agency shall apply the
21 same priorities as the Secretaries of the mili-
22 tary departments apply with respect to the se-
23 lection of a military installation under para-
24 graph (2) (including by taking into account the
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