In the House of Representatives, U. S.,
December 11, 2024.
Resolved, That the House agree to the amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 5009) entitled “An Act to reauthorize wildlife habitat and conservation programs, and for other purposes.”, with the following
HOUSE AMENDMENT TO SENATE AMENDMENT:
(b) Table of contents.—The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Organization of Act into divisions; table of contents.
Sec. 3. Definitions.
Sec. 4. Budgetary effects of this Act.
Sec. 5. Joint explanatory statement.
Sec. 101. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 111. Centralized Security Monitoring Program for facilities of the Army.
Sec. 112. Pilot program on the use of robotic targets to enhance the lethality of the reserve components of the Army.
Sec. 113. Plan for additional kinetic effectors for low, slow, small unmanned aircraft integrated defeat system of the Army.
Sec. 114. Report on procurement of energetic materials from sources outside of the United States.
Sec. 121. Modifications to procurement authorities for certain amphibious shipbuilding programs.
Sec. 122. Modification of requirement to incorporate advanced degaussing systems into Arleigh Burke class destroyers.
Sec. 123. Extension of prohibition on availability of funds for Navy port waterborne security barriers.
Sec. 124. Modification of annual report on cost targets for certain aircraft carriers.
Sec. 125. Designation of official responsible for autonomous surface and underwater dual-modality vehicles.
Sec. 126. Multiyear procurement authority for CH–53K aircraft and T408 engines.
Sec. 127. Recapitalization of tactical fighter aircraft of the Navy Reserve.
Sec. 128. Limitation on the construction of the Landing Ship Medium.
Sec. 129. Limitation on availability of funds for Constellation-class frigate program pending certification on basic and functional design.
Sec. 130. Limitation on structural improvements and electrical power upgrades for AH–1Z and UH–1Y helicopters.
Sec. 131. Annual report on surface ship suppliers.
Sec. 141. Extension of limitations and minimum inventory requirement relating to RQ–4 aircraft.
Sec. 142. Annual report on Air Force tactical fighter aircraft force structure.
Sec. 143. Modifications to inventory requirements for certain aircraft.
Sec. 144. Extension of prohibition on certain reductions to inventory of E–3 airborne warning and control system aircraft.
Sec. 145. Extension of requirements relating to C–130 aircraft.
Sec. 146. Management of temporary relocation of B–1 bomber aircraft and personnel.
Sec. 147. Consolidation of authorities relating to Air Force landing gear.
Sec. 148. Recapitalization of air refueling tanker aircraft of the reserve components of the Air Force.
Sec. 149. Prohibition on reduction of KC–135 aircraft in PMAI of the reserve components.
Sec. 150. Prohibition on retirement of F–15E aircraft and requirement to conduct fighter aircraft capabilities and requirements study.
Sec. 151. Notification of delays in delivery of MH–139 aircraft.
Sec. 152. Plan and requirements for fielding air base air defense sites at Air Force installations.
Sec. 153. Plan for establishment and maintenance of F–16 simulators at Air National Guard training centers.
Sec. 154. Plan for sustainment and recapitalization of Air National Guard fighter fleet.
Sec. 161. Modification to Air Force and Navy use of commercial dual-use parts in certain aircraft and engines.
Sec. 162. Measures to increase supply chain resiliency for small unmanned aerial systems.
Sec. 163. Policy on qualifications of contractors for into-plane fuel deliveries for heavy-lift aircraft.
Sec. 164. Prohibition on operation, procurement, and contracting related to foreign-made light detection and ranging technology.
Sec. 165. Limitation on procurement of F–35 aircraft pending certification on improvements and correction of deficiencies.
Sec. 166. Assessments of inventory requirements for air-to-air missiles.
Sec. 167. Plan for signals intelligence capabilities of armed overwatch aircraft.
Sec. 201. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 211. Modification of certain requirements relating to the Joint Energetics Transition Office.
Sec. 212. Modification to annual report on unfunded priorities of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering.
Sec. 213. Modification to defense laboratory education partnerships.
Sec. 214. Extension of Global Research Watch Program.
Sec. 215. Expansion of authority for technology protection features activities.
Sec. 216. Modification to personnel management authority to attract experts in science, engineering, and certain other disciplines.
Sec. 217. Codification of the Laboratory Quality Enhancement Program.
Sec. 218. Modification to consortium on use of additive manufacturing for defense capability development.
Sec. 219. Modification to continuous capability development and delivery program for F–35 aircraft.
Sec. 220. Modifications to test program for engineering plant of DDG(X) destroyer vessels.
Sec. 221. Improvements relating to defining, identifying, and planning the artificial intelligence workforce of the Department of Defense.
Sec. 222. Modification to artificial intelligence education strategy.
Sec. 223. Modification of CVN–73 to support fielding of MQ–25 unmanned aerial vehicle.
Sec. 224. Modification to innovators information repository in the Department of Defense.
Sec. 225. Duties of Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer Governing Council relating to artificial intelligence models and advanced artificial intelligence technologies.
Sec. 226. Ensuring compliance with Department of Defense policy when awarding research grants.
Sec. 227. Extension and modification of Directed Energy Working Group.
Sec. 228. National Defense Economic Competition Research Council.
Sec. 229. Agility Prime Transition Working Group.
Sec. 230. Authority for temporary assignment of employees of the Office of Strategic Capital to certain private-sector organizations.
Sec. 231. Quantum benchmarking initiative.
Sec. 232. Expansion of participation in the Digital On-Demand Program.
Sec. 233. Management and utilization of digital data to enhance maintenance activities.
Sec. 234. Electromagnetic spectrum demonstration program.
Sec. 235. Competitive demonstration of automated target recognition algorithms.
Sec. 236. Pilot program on development of near-term use cases and demonstration of artificial intelligence toward biotechnology applications for national security.
Sec. 237. Pilot program on use of artificial intelligence for certain workflow and operations tasks.
Sec. 238. Limitation on availability of funds for fundamental research collaboration with certain academic institutions.
Sec. 241. Incorporating human readiness levels into research, development, test, and evaluation activities.
Sec. 242. Biotechnology roadmap.
Sec. 243. Plan to advance interests of Department of Defense in matters relating to electromagnetic spectrum in international fora.
Sec. 244. Strategic plan for quantum information science technologies within the Department of Defense.
Sec. 245. Defense Science Board study on long-term operations and availability of Kwajalein Atoll as a Major Range and Test Facility Base.
Sec. 301. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 311. Modification of definition of antenna structure project under Military Aviation and Installation Assurance Clearinghouse for review of mission obstructions.
Sec. 312. Extension of period for cooperative agreements under Native American lands environmental mitigation program.
Sec. 313. Extension of requirement to establish a schedule of black start exercises to assess the energy resilience and energy security of military installations.
Sec. 314. Change in timeframe for report on ability of Department of Defense to meet requirements for energy resilience and energy security measures on military installations.
Sec. 315. Repeal of limitation on procurement of drop-in fuels; annual report.
Sec. 316. Extension of prohibition on required disclosure.
Sec. 317. Increase of transfer authority for funding of study and assessment on health implications of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances contamination in drinking water by Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.
Sec. 318. Initiative to control and combat the spread of coconut rhinoceros beetle in Hawaii.
Sec. 319. Prohibition on implementation of regulation relating to minimizing risk of climate change.
Sec. 320. Implementation of Inspector General recommendations relating to oversight of defense fuel support points.
Sec. 321. Provision by Secretary of the Air Force of meteorological data for Air Force and Army.
Sec. 331. Joint Safety Council report and briefing requirements.
Sec. 332. Modifications to Comptroller General annual reviews of F–35 sustainment efforts.
Sec. 333. Plans regarding condition and maintenance of prepositioned stockpiles of Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force.
Sec. 334. Warehouse utilization organization alignment.
Sec. 335. Authority for Government-owned, Government-operated facilities to access production base support funds.
Sec. 336. Pre-positioned stocks of finished defense textile articles.
Sec. 341. Modification of readiness reports to include total number of combat readiness upgrades or downgrades.
Sec. 342. Extension and expansion of incident reporting requirements for Department of Defense.
Sec. 343. Annual briefing on operational readiness of 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron prior to commencement of official hurricane season.
Sec. 351. Extension of authority for Secretary of Defense to use Department of Defense reimbursement rate for transportation services provided to certain non-Department of Defense entities.
Sec. 352. Improvements to FireGuard Program of National Guard.
Sec. 353. Counter unmanned aerial system threat library.
Sec. 354. Limitation on availability of funds for travel expenses of Office of Secretary of Defense until submission of certain documents.
Sec. 355. Anti-lock brake system and electronic stability control kit for certain Army vehicles.
Sec. 356. Program for advanced manufacturing in the Indo-Pacific region.
Sec. 401. End strengths for active forces.
Sec. 402. Annual end strength authorization for the Space Force.
Sec. 403. Temporary exclusion of mental health care providers from authorized strengths of certain officers on active duty.
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.
Sec. 421. Military personnel.
Sec. 431. Annual defense manpower profile report: expansion of justifications for end strengths.
Sec. 501. Redistribution of general officers of the Marine Corps on active duty.
Sec. 502. Authority to exclude additional positions from limitations on the number of general officers and flag officers on active duty.
Sec. 503. Eligibility for consideration for promotion: time-in-grade and other requirements.
Sec. 504. Temporary authority to increase the number of nurse officers recommended for promotion.
Sec. 505. Talent management and personnel retention for members of the Armed Forces.
Sec. 506. Consideration of merit by special selection review boards.
Sec. 507. Effect of failure of selection for promotion: captains and majors of the Army, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Space Force and lieutenants and lieutenant commanders of the Navy.
Sec. 508. Modification of authority to separate officers when in the best interest of the service.
Sec. 509. Remote appearance before a board of inquiry.
Sec. 509A. Marine Corps Deputy Commandants.
Sec. 509B. Improvements relating to Medical Officer of the Marine Corps position.
Sec. 509C. Vice Chief of Space Operations; vacancy in position of Chief of Space Operations.
Sec. 509D. Repeal of active duty service requirement for warrant officer appointments in Air Force and Space Force.
Sec. 509E. Removal of officers from a list of Space Force officers recommended for promotion.
Sec. 509F. Pilot program on peer and subordinate assessments of certain officers.
Sec. 511. Authority to extend military technicians until age 62.
Sec. 512. Extension of time period for transfer or discharge of certain Army and Air Force reserve component general officers.
Sec. 513. Expanded authority to continue reserve component officers in certain military specialties on the reserve active-status list.
Sec. 514. Transfer to the Space Force of covered space functions of the Air National Guard of the United States.
Sec. 515. Notice to Congress regarding reapportionment of National Guard force structure.
Sec. 521. Technical and conforming amendments relating to members of the Space Force.
Sec. 522. Modified authority to provide protection to senior leaders of the Department of Defense and other specified persons.
Sec. 523. Improving military administrative review.
Sec. 524. Determination of active duty service commitment for recipients of fellowships, grants, and scholarships.
Sec. 525. Authority to designate certain separated members of the Air Force as honorary separated members of the Space Force.
Sec. 526. Authorizations for certain awards.
Sec. 527. Posthumous advancement of General John D. Lavelle, United States Air Force, on the retired list.
Sec. 531. Expansion of report on future servicemember preparatory course.
Sec. 532. Promoting military, national, and public service.
Sec. 533. Military recruiter physical access to campuses.
Sec. 534. Military Entrance Processing Command: acceleration of review of medical records.
Sec. 535. Medical Accession Records Pilot program: notice of termination.
Sec. 536. Provision of information regarding Federal service to certain persons ineligible to enlist in certain Armed Forces.
Sec. 537. Reimbursement of applicants to certain Armed Forces for certain medical costs incurred during military entrance processing.
Sec. 538. Authority to modernize recruitment for the Army.
Sec. 539. Program of military recruitment and education at the National September 11 Memorial and Museum.
Sec. 539A. Maritime workforce promotion and recruitment.
Sec. 541. Improvements to financial literacy training.
Sec. 542. Extension of JROTC programs to the Job Corps.
Sec. 543. Minimum number of participating students required to establish or maintain a unit of JROTC.
Sec. 544. JROTC waiting list.
Sec. 545. Number of Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps units.
Sec. 546. Required constitutional law training.
Sec. 547. Prohibition on Federal funds for the Department of Defense Countering Extremism Work Group.
Sec. 551. Expansion of international engagement authorities for Service Academies.
Sec. 552. Modification of authority to engage in funded and unfunded law education programs.
Sec. 553. Additional admissions authority for the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences.
Sec. 554. Professional military education: technical correction to definitions.
Sec. 555. Distance education option for professional military education.
Sec. 556. Authority to accept gifts of services for professional military education institutions.
Sec. 557. Alternative service obligation for a cadet or midshipman who becomes a professional athlete.
Sec. 558. Service Academies: Boards of Visitors.
Sec. 559. Modernizing Marine Corps Platoon Leaders Class college tuition assistance program to account for inflation.
Sec. 559A. Information on nominations and applications for military service academies.
Sec. 559B. Ensuring access to certain higher education benefits.
Sec. 559C. Service Academies: referral of applicants to the senior military colleges and units of the Senior Reserve Officer Training Corps.
Sec. 559D. Pilot program to provide graduate education opportunities for enlisted members of the Army and Navy.
Sec. 559E. Prohibition on use of Federal funds to endorse critical race theory.
Sec. 561. Clarifying amendment to Article 2 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
Sec. 562. Authority of special trial counsel with respect to certain offenses occurring before effective date of military justice reforms.
Sec. 563. Detailing of appellate defense counsel.
Sec. 564. Modification to offense of aiding the enemy under the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
Sec. 565. Removal of marriage as a defense to article 120b offenses.
Sec. 566. Consolidation of military justice reporting requirements for the military departments.
Sec. 567. Term of office for judges of the Court of Military Commission Review.
Sec. 568. Continuity of coverage under certain provisions of title 18, United States Code.
Sec. 569. Correction of certain citations in title 18, United States Code, relating to sexual offenses.
Sec. 569A. Modification of timeline for potential implementation of study on unanimous court-martial verdicts.
Sec. 569B. Removal of personally identifying and other information of certain persons from the Department of Defense Central Index of Investigations.
Sec. 569C. Expanded command notifications to victims of domestic violence.
Sec. 569D. Extension of Defense Advisory Committee on Investigation, Prosecution, and Defense of Sexual Assault in the Armed Forces.
Sec. 569E. Analysis on the advisability of revising Military Rule of Evidence 513.
Sec. 569F. Analysis of prohibition on broadcast and distribution of digitally manipulated intimate images under the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
Sec. 571. Pathway for individualized counseling for members of the reserve components under TAP.
Sec. 572. Extension of Troops-to-Teachers Program.
Sec. 573. Extension and expansion of report on the Transition Assistance Program of the Department of Defense.
Sec. 574. Military training and competency records.
Sec. 581. Interstate compacts for portability of occupational licenses of military spouses: permanent authority.
Sec. 582. Military Spouse Career Accelerator program.
Sec. 583. Competitive pay for Department of Defense child care personnel.
Sec. 584. Posting of national child abuse hotline at military child development centers.
Sec. 585. Additional information in outreach campaign relating to waiting lists for military child development centers.
Sec. 586. Expansion of annual briefing regarding waiting lists for military child development centers.
Sec. 587. Improvements relating to portability of professional licenses of servicemembers and their spouses.
Sec. 588. Child care services and youth program services for dependents.
Sec. 589. Child care services and youth program services for dependents: period of services for a member with a spouse seeking employment.
Sec. 589A. Child development program staffing and compensation model.
Sec. 589B. Inclusive Playground Pilot Program.
Sec. 591. Advisory committees for Department of Defense domestic dependents schools.
Sec. 592. Eligibility of dependents of certain deceased members of the Armed Forces for enrollment in Department of Defense domestic dependent elementary and secondary schools.
Sec. 593. Expansion of eligibility for virtual programs operated by Department of Defense Education Activity.
Sec. 594. Authorization for school meal programs at Department of Defense dependent schools.
Sec. 595. Eligibility of certain dependents for enrollment in domestic dependent elementary and secondary schools.
Sec. 596. Staffing of Department of Defense Education Activity schools to maintain maximum student-to-teacher ratios.
Sec. 597. Enrollment in defense dependents’ education system of children of foreign military members assigned to United Nations Command.
Sec. 598. Certain assistance to local educational agencies that benefit dependents of military and civilian personnel.
Sec. 599. Training requirements teachers in 21st century schools of the Department of Defense Education Activity.
Sec. 599A. Overseas transfer program for educators in schools operated by the Department of Defense Education Activity.
Sec. 599B. Parental right to notice of student nonproficiency in reading or language arts.
Sec. 601. Reform of basic pay rates.
Sec. 602. Policy on postpartum physical fitness tests and body composition assessments.
Sec. 603. Extension of parental leave to members of the Coast Guard Reserve.
Sec. 604. Elimination of cap on additional retired pay for extraordinary heroism for members of the Army and Air Force who served during the Vietnam Era.
Sec. 605. Calculation of retired pay for certain officers who served in grade O–9 or O–10 and retired in grade O–8.
Sec. 611. One-year extension of certain expiring bonus and special pay authorities.
Sec. 612. Increase in accession bonus for health professions scholarship and financial assistance program.
Sec. 613. Increase in maximum skill proficiency bonus amount.
Sec. 621. Basic needs allowance for members on active service in the Armed Forces: expansion of eligibility; increase of amount.
Sec. 622. Authority to pay basic allowance for housing to junior enlisted members on sea duty.
Sec. 623. Reimbursement of expenses relating to travel for inactive-duty training and muster duty.
Sec. 624. Expansion of travel and transportation allowance to move or store privately owned vehicles.
Sec. 625. Extension of authority to pay one-time uniform allowance for officers who transfer to the Space Force.
Sec. 626. Travel and transportation allowances: prohibition of requirement of zero-emission vehicle.
Sec. 627. Evaluation of the rates of the basic allowance for subsistence.
Sec. 628. Report regarding the calculation of cost-of-living allowances.
Sec. 631. Expansion of eligibility for certain benefits that arise from the death of a member of the Armed Forces.
Sec. 632. Extension of time for minor survivors to file death gratuity claims.
Sec. 633. Parent fees at military child development centers for child care employees.
Sec. 634. Information regarding paternal engagement on website of Military OneSource.
Sec. 641. Prohibition on sale of garlic from the People’s Republic of China at commissary stores.
Sec. 642. Sale of certain supplies of the Navy and Marine Corps to certain former members of the Coast Guard.
Sec. 651. Access to broadband internet access service for certain members of the Armed Forces.
Sec. 652. Extension of exclusion of certain employees from Government lodging program.
Sec. 653. Promotion of tax preparation assistance programs.
Sec. 654. Pilot program to increase access to food on military installations of the Army.
Sec. 701. Access to specialty behavioral health care under TRICARE Prime.
Sec. 702. Reduction or waiver of cost-sharing amounts under TRICARE pharmacy benefits program for certain dependents enrolled in TRICARE Prime Remote program.
Sec. 703. TRICARE program: waiver of referral requirement under TRICARE Prime for certain care in a military medical treatment facility.
Sec. 704. Extension of effective date regarding certain improvements to the TRICARE dental program.
Sec. 705. Program to prevent perinatal mental health conditions in pregnant and postpartum members of the Armed Forces.
Sec. 706. Guidance on authority to provide travel and transportation allowances for specialty care under exceptional circumstances.
Sec. 707. Contraception coverage parity under the TRICARE program.
Sec. 708. Prohibition of coverage under TRICARE program of certain medical procedures for children that could result in sterilization.
Sec. 709. Demonstration program on cryopreservation and storage of gametes of certain members of the Armed Forces.
Sec. 711. Identification in patient medical records of affiliation of certain non-Department of Defense health care providers.
Sec. 712. Extension of enhanced appointment and compensation authority for certain health care providers.
Sec. 713. Licensure requirement for certain health care professionals providing certain examinations to members of the reserve components.
Sec. 714. Health care licensure portability for TRICARE network providers providing mental health services to members of the Armed Forces and certain family members.
Sec. 715. Expansion of recognition by the Defense Health Agency of certifying bodies for physicians.
Sec. 716. Waiver with respect to experienced nurses at military medical treatment facilities.
Sec. 717. Improved implementation of financial relief for civilians treated in military medical treatment facilities.
Sec. 718. Retention of health care providers: surveys; briefing; reports.
Sec. 721. Establishment of Defense Intrepid Network for Traumatic Brain Injury and Brain Health as program of record.
Sec. 722. Brain health and trauma program.
Sec. 723. Modifications to Brain Health Initiative of Department of Defense.
Sec. 724. Blast overpressure and traumatic brain injury oversight strategy and action plan.
Sec. 725. Establishment of requirements relating to blast overpressure exposure.
Sec. 731. Treatment of expert medical opinions with respect to medical malpractice claims by members of the uniformed services.
Sec. 732. Annual reports on medical malpractice claims by members of the uniformed services.
Sec. 733. Expansion of license reciprocity for veterinarians of Department of Defense.
Sec. 734. Medical countermeasures for overseas personnel of the Department of Defense for acute radiation syndrome and thermal burns.
Sec. 735. Establishment of Indo-Pacific Medical Readiness Program.
Sec. 736. Reports on suicide among members of the Armed Forces and suicide prevention programs and activities of the Department of Defense.
Sec. 737. Study of immune response and other effects on members of the Armed Forces regarding COVID–19 vaccines.
Sec. 738. Annual report on recruitment delays relating to medical conditions.
Sec. 739. Plan to improve access by members of the Armed Forces to safe, high-quality pharmaceuticals.
Sec. 740. Pilot program on delegation of authority to approve reserve component recruits with certain medical conditions.
Sec. 801. Modifications to guidelines and collection method for acquisition of cost data.
Sec. 802. Limitation on certain options for cost contracts.
Sec. 803. Treatment of unilateral definitization of a contract as a final decision.
Sec. 804. Middle tier of acquisition for rapid prototyping and rapid fielding.
Sec. 805. Revision and codification of software acquisition pathways.
Sec. 806. Streamlining of Milestone A requirements.
Sec. 807. Streamlining of Milestone B requirements.
Sec. 808. Notice of contract cancellation or termination relating to remote or isolated installations.
Sec. 809. Cost growth reports for major acquisition programs that are highly sensitive classified programs.
Sec. 811. Repeal of and modification to certain defense acquisition laws.
Sec. 812. Modification to limitation on acquisition of excess supplies.
Sec. 813. Modifications to Comptroller General assessment of acquisition programs.
Sec. 814. Modifications to commercial product and commercial service determinations.
Sec. 815. Application of recent price history to cost or pricing data requirements.
Sec. 816. Modifications to authority to carry out certain prototype projects using other transaction authority.
Sec. 817. Clarification of other transaction authority for follow on production.
Sec. 818. Clarification of other transaction authority for facility repair.
Sec. 819. Open interface standards for contracts of the Department of Defense.
Sec. 820. Updates to earned value management system requirements.
Sec. 821. Inclusion of Japan and the Republic of Korea in contested logistics demonstration and prototyping program.
Sec. 822. Avoidance of use of lowest price technically acceptable source selection criteria for procurement of munitions response services.
Sec. 823. Use of fixed-price type contracts for certain shipbuilding programs.
Sec. 824. Extension of temporary authority to modify certain contracts and options based on the effects of inflation.
Sec. 831. Modification to the term of appointment of the President of the Defense Acquisition University.
Sec. 832. Updated acquisition and sustainment training.
Sec. 833. Extension of demonstration project relating to certain acquisition personnel management policies and procedures.
Sec. 834. Performance incentives related to commercial product and commercial service determinations.
Sec. 835. Modification to extramural acquisition innovation and research activities.
Sec. 836. Prohibition on the transfer of certain data on employees of the Department of Defense to third parties.
Sec. 837. Modifications to contractor employee protections from reprisal for disclosure of certain information.
Sec. 838. Detail authority for Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to provide technology transition support.
Sec. 839. Employment transparency regarding individuals who perform work in, for, or are subject to the laws or control of the People’s Republic of China.
Sec. 840. Designation of program executive office for acquisition of open-source intelligence tools for Army.
Sec. 841. Enhancing requirements for information relating to supply chain risk.
Sec. 842. Domestic production of stainless steel flatware and dinnerware.
Sec. 843. Clarification of exception to Berry Amendment requirements for procurement of vessels in foreign waters.
Sec. 844. Technical edits to sourcing requirements for strategic materials and sensitive materials.
Sec. 845. Amendment to requirement to buy strategic materials critical to national security from American sources.
Sec. 846. Modification to miscellaneous limitations on the procurement of goods other than United States goods.
Sec. 847. Inclusion of recycled and reused minerals and metals in preference for sourcing of strategic and critical materials.
Sec. 848. Domestic nonavailability determinations list.
Sec. 849. Supply chain illumination incentives.
Sec. 850. Report and updated guidance on continued risk management for pharmaceutical supply chains of Department of Defense.
Sec. 851. Prohibition on contracting with covered entities that contract with lobbyists for Chinese military companies.
Sec. 852. Notification of changes to certain transportation contracts.
Sec. 853. Prohibition on procurement of covered semiconductor products and services from companies providing covered semiconductor products and services to Huawei.
Sec. 854. Prohibition on contracts for online tutoring services.
Sec. 855. Limitation on availability of funds for covered contractors engaged in an anti-Israel boycott.
Sec. 856. Procurement of cleaning products.
Sec. 857. Plan for production of covered munitions for procurement by the Department of Defense.
Sec. 858. Procurement of covered hearing protection devices.
Sec. 861. Codification and modification of pilot program to accelerate the procurement and fielding of innovative technologies.
Sec. 862. Program for distribution support and services for contractors.
Sec. 863. Extension of the pilot program for streamlining awards for innovative technology projects.
Sec. 864. Use of capability-based analysis of price of goods or services offered by nontraditional defense contractors.
Sec. 865. Qualification of industrial capabilities.
Sec. 866. Solid rocket motor industrial base.
Sec. 867. Promulgate guidance relating to certain Department of Defense contracts.
Sec. 871. Pilot program for the participation of military research and educational institutions in the STTR program.
Sec. 872. Department of Defense pilot program for preliminary calculation estimates for certain programs.
Sec. 873. Boots to Business Program.
Sec. 874. Establishment of pilot program for access to shared classified commercial infrastructure.
Sec. 875. Accessibility and clarity in covered notices for small business concerns.
Sec. 876. Small Business Bill of Rights.
Sec. 881. Clarification of waiver authority for organizational and consultant conflicts of interest.
Sec. 882. Reverse engineering or re-engineering for production of items.
Sec. 883. Procurement of Department of Defense batteries.
Sec. 884. Advisory panel on the requirements process of the Department of Defense.
Sec. 885. Proposal for payment of costs for certain Government Accountability Office bid protests.
Sec. 886. Briefings, certification, and limitation on availability of funds related to fuel services financial management contracts.
Sec. 887. Implementation of Comptroller General recommendations relating to certain spare parts for F–35 aircraft.
Sec. 888. Tracking awards made through other transaction authority.
Sec. 901. Requirement to notify Congress when Deputy Secretary of Defense is performing functions and duties of Secretary of Defense.
Sec. 902. Establishment of Department of Defense Performance Improvement Officer.
Sec. 903. Enhanced coordination on international cooperation activities.
Sec. 904. Increase in authorized number of Deputy Assistant Secretaries of Defense.
Sec. 905. Modifications to the Office of Strategic Capital.
Sec. 906. Limitation on availability of funds until Department of Defense complies with certain legal requirements.
Sec. 907. Matters relating to Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict.
Sec. 908. Inclusion in defense planning guidance of guidance on size, structure, and posture of special operations forces.
Sec. 909. Review of roles and responsibilities of the Chief Talent Management Officer and the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness.
Sec. 910. Plan for adequate staffing of Office of Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy and Joint Production Accelerator Cell.
Sec. 921. Department of Defense Senior Intelligence Oversight Official.
Sec. 922. Codification of the Joint Federated Assurance Center.
Sec. 923. Codification of additional staff corps of the Navy.
Sec. 924. Establishment of Office of Expanded Competition.
Sec. 925. Counter unmanned aerial systems task force.
Sec. 926. Affiliate relationships between Army special operations forces and combat-enabling units of general purpose forces.
Sec. 927. Force sizing methodology.
Sec. 1001. General transfer authority.
Sec. 1002. Repeal of audit incentive element in report requirement of Financial Improvement and Audit Remediation Plan.
Sec. 1003. Authority to use Defense Modernization Account funds for time-sensitive equipment modernization.
Sec. 1004. Extension of audit requirement for Department of Defense components.
Sec. 1005. Revision of Department of Defense financial management regulation.
Sec. 1006. Establishment of cross-functional team to oversee implementation of recommendations of Commission on Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution Reform.
Sec. 1007. Use of technology using artificial intelligence to facilitate audit of the financial statements of the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2025.
Sec. 1011. Support for counterdrug activities affecting flow of drugs into United States.
Sec. 1012. Authority for detection and monitoring of illegal drugs regardless of destination.
Sec. 1013. Review, assessment, and analysis of governance structure and strategy of Department of Defense counter-narcotics and counter-transnational organized crime activities.
Sec. 1021. Briefing required in the event of a proposed reduction in battle force ships as part of the annual naval vessel construction plan and certification.
Sec. 1022. Modification of authority to purchase used vessels under the National Defense Sealift Fund.
Sec. 1023. Modifications to ship repair authorities.
Sec. 1024. Improving Navy assessments required prior to start of construction on first ship of a shipbuilding program.
Sec. 1025. Prohibition on contracting with shipyards controlled by a foreign adversary country.
Sec. 1026. Exception to prohibition of overhaul, repair, or maintenance of certain vessels in shipyards outside the United States or Guam.
Sec. 1027. Strategy on development of naval rearm at sea capability.
Sec. 1028. Authority to use incremental funding for the Virginia-class submarine program.
Sec. 1029. Authority to use incremental funding to enter into a contract for the construction of an Arleigh Burke class destroyer.
Sec. 1030. Pilot program on use of automated inspection technologies at shipyards.
Sec. 1031. Requirements for the unmanned maritime autonomy architecture.
Sec. 1032. Competitive demonstration of large and extra large unmanned underwater vehicles.
Sec. 1033. Requirement for mature ship design.
Sec. 1041. Extension of prohibition on use of funds for transfer or release of individuals detained at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to the United States.
Sec. 1042. Extension of prohibition on use of funds to construct or modify facilities in the United States to house detainees transferred from United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Sec. 1043. Extension of prohibition on use of funds for transfer or release of individuals detained at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to certain countries.
Sec. 1044. Extension of prohibition on use of funds to close or relinquish control of United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Sec. 1051. Authority to contribute to innovation fund.
Sec. 1052. Extension of authority for reimbursement of expenses for certain Navy mess operations.
Sec. 1053. Assessments of casualties and fatalities during hostilities.
Sec. 1054. Establishment of major mishap incident designation classification for Department of Defense incidents.
Sec. 1055. Prohibition on use of funds for EcoHealth Alliance and the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
Sec. 1056. Prohibition on Department of Defense transportation of currency to Taliban or Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.
Sec. 1057. Prohibition on use of funds for the Badr Organization and related organizations.
Sec. 1058. Limitation on use of funds pending provision of briefing on reliance of People’s Liberation Army on imported fossil fuels for energy.
Sec. 1059. Prohibition on use of funds to support entertainment projects with ties to the Government of the People’s Republic of China.
Sec. 1061. Chief of Navy Reserve annual report.
Sec. 1062. Modification and extension of requirement for combatant command risk assessment for airborne intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance.
Sec. 1063. Extension of briefing requirement regarding civil authorities at the Southwest border.
Sec. 1064. Extension of annual report on civilian casualties in connection with United States military operations.
Sec. 1065. Review of irregular warfare authorities.
Sec. 1066. Reports on approval and deployment of lethal autonomous weapon systems.
Sec. 1067. Congressional notice regarding execute orders issued at the direction of the President or the Secretary of Defense.
Sec. 1068. Mobility capability requirements study.
Sec. 1069. Biodefense posture reviews.
Sec. 1070. Briefings on attempts by aliens and foreign actors to access military installations without authorization.
Sec. 1071. Report on resourcing of Arctic Strategy.
Sec. 1072. Analyses and reports on air superiority of the Joint Force.
Sec. 1073. Exercise for countering unmanned aerial systems.
Sec. 1074. Report on operational plans of the Department of Defense.
Sec. 1075. Quarterly reports on funerals at Arlington National Cemetery on hold until caisson services resume.
Sec. 1076. Plan for enhancement of special operations riverine capability.
Sec. 1077. Annual reports on the Postsecondary Education Complaint System.
Sec. 1078. Study and report on Department of Defense use of unmanned ground vehicle systems manufactured by certain foreign entities.
Sec. 1081. Introduction of entities in transactions critical to national security.
Sec. 1082. Installation energy plans and assessment for reduction of reliance on Russian energy.
Sec. 1083. Extension of the National Commission on the Future of the Navy.
Sec. 1084. Modification of National Security Commission on Emerging Biotechnology.
Sec. 1085. Modification of defense sensitive support notification requirement.
Sec. 1086. Plan for additional skill identifiers for Army Mountain Warfare School.
Sec. 1087. Establishment of Department of Defense working group on multilateral artificial intelligence coordination.
Sec. 1088. Resumption of caisson services at funeral services at Arlington National Cemetery.
Sec. 1089. Liaison with Counter Unmanned Aerial Systems Task Force.
Sec. 1090. Responding to unmanned aircraft systems incursions.
Sec. 1091. Prioritization of accreditation of sensitive compartmented information facilities supporting DX-rated programs.
Sec. 1092. Establishment of national security capital forum.
Sec. 1093. Implementation of Comptroller General recommendations relating to the food program of the Department of Defense.
Sec. 1094. Pilot program to provide military aircraft support to air shows.
Sec. 1101. Pilot program for the temporary exchange of information technology personnel.
Sec. 1102. Extension of authority for noncompetitive appointments of military spouses by Federal agencies.
Sec. 1103. Extension of living quarters allowance to civilian DOD employees in positions with critical shortages stationed in Guam.
Sec. 1104. One-year extension of authority to waive annual limitation on premium pay and aggregate limitation on pay for federal civilian employees working overseas.
Sec. 1105. One-year extension of temporary authority to grant allowances, benefits, and gratuities to civilian personnel on official duty in a combat zone.
Sec. 1106. Pilot program for overseas work-period for DOD competitive service positions.
Sec. 1107. Employment and compensation of civilian faculty members at Inter-American Defense College.
Sec. 1108. Treatment of veterans who did not register for the selective service.
Sec. 1109. Increase in military leave accrual and accumulation for Federal employees.
Sec. 1110. Sufficient firefighter personnel covered installations.
Sec. 1111. Extension of direct hire authority for domestic industrial base facilities and Major Range and Test Facilities Base.
Sec. 1112. Modifications to the John S. McCain Strategic Defense Fellows Program.
Sec. 1113. Modification of pilot program on dynamic shaping of the workforce to improve the technical skills and expertise at certain Department of Defense laboratories.
Sec. 1114. Continuity of coverage under certain provisions of title 5, United States Code.
Sec. 1115. Limitation on establishment of new diversity, equity, and inclusion positions; hiring freeze.
Sec. 1201. Modification of authority to build capacity of foreign security forces and modification of support for execution of bilateral agreements concerning illicit transnational maritime activity in Africa.
Sec. 1202. Modification of authority for Naval Small Craft Instruction and Technical Training School.
Sec. 1203. Assessment, monitoring, and evaluation of programs and activities.
Sec. 1204. Quarterly briefings on counterterrorism operations, irregular warfare, and sensitive activities.
Sec. 1205. Extension of modification to authority to provide support for conduct of operations.
Sec. 1206. Extension of authorities.
Sec. 1207. Extension and modification of defense operational resilience international cooperation pilot program.
Sec. 1208. Acceptance and expenditure of contributions for multilateral security cooperation programs and activities.
Sec. 1209. Temporary authority to provide training to military forces or national security forces of Costa Rica and Panama.
Sec. 1210. Improvements to defense acquisition workforce for foreign military sales.
Sec. 1211. Statement of policy ensuring Israel’s defense.
Sec. 1212. Modification of United States-Israel anti-tunnel cooperation.
Sec. 1213. Requirement to conduct subterranean warfare military exercises.
Sec. 1214. Strategic partnership on defense industrial priorities between the United States and Israel.
Sec. 1215. Establishment of program between the United States and Israel for military trauma education and training.
Sec. 1221. Key partners for Middle East Regional Integration Military Subject Matter Expert Exchange Program.
Sec. 1222. Extension and modification of annual report on military power of Iran.
Sec. 1223. Modification of report on the military capabilities of Iran and related activities.
Sec. 1224. Prohibition on providing funding to Iranian entities.
Sec. 1225. Notification relating to arms trafficking by Iran.
Sec. 1226. Assessment and plan with respect to equipment provided to Kurdish Peshmerga forces.
Sec. 1227. Extension of authority for reimbursement of certain coalition nations for support provided to United States military operations.
Sec. 1228. Extension and modification of security briefings on Afghanistan.
Sec. 1229. Notifications regarding terrorist groups in Afghanistan.
Sec. 1230. Extension of authority to support operations and activities of the office of security cooperation in Iraq.
Sec. 1231. Extension and modification of authority to provide assistance to counter the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria.
Sec. 1232. Extension of authority to provide assistance to vetted Syrian groups and individuals.
Sec. 1233. Statement of policy on recognition of the Assad regime.
Sec. 1301. Modifications to North Atlantic Treaty Organization Special Operations Headquarters.
Sec. 1302. Extension and modification of training for Eastern European national security forces in the course of multilateral exercises.
Sec. 1303. Extension of prohibition on availability of funds relating to sovereignty of the Russian Federation over internationally recognized territory of Ukraine.
Sec. 1304. Prohibition on New START Treaty information sharing.
Sec. 1311. Sense of Congress on defense alliances and partnerships in the Indo-Pacific region.
Sec. 1312. Modification of Indo-Pacific Maritime Security Initiative.
Sec. 1313. Extension and modification of Pacific Deterrence Initiative.
Sec. 1314. Indo-Pacific extended deterrence education pilot program.
Sec. 1321. Modification of reporting requirement for transfer of defense articles and defense services to Taiwan.
Sec. 1322. Establishment of program between the United States and Taiwan for military trauma care.
Sec. 1323. Taiwan security cooperation initiative.
Sec. 1324. Sense of Congress regarding invitation to Taiwan to Rim of the Pacific exercise.
Sec. 1331. Definitions.
Sec. 1332. Sense of Congress.
Sec. 1333. Engagement with Japan on AUKUS Pillar Two Cooperation.
Sec. 1334. Assessment of Potential for Cooperation with Japan on AUKUS Pillar Two.
Sec. 1341. Extension and modification of authority to transfer funds for Bien Hoa dioxin cleanup.
Sec. 1342. Modification of cooperative program with Vietnam to account for Vietnamese personnel missing in action.
Sec. 1343. Plan for establishment of a joint force headquarters in Japan.
Sec. 1344. Plan for Department of Defense activities to strengthen United States extended deterrence commitments to the Republic of Korea.
Sec. 1345. Plan and annual report relating to trilateral defense cooperation with Japan and the Republic of Korea.
Sec. 1346. Modification of public reporting of Chinese military companies operating in the United States.
Sec. 1347. Strategy to address malign activities by the People’s Liberation Army.
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.
Sec. 1411. Restoring the National Defense Stockpile.
Sec. 1412. Consultations with respect to environmental reviews of projects that will increase availability of strategic and critical materials for acquisition for National Defense Stockpile.
Sec. 1421. Extension of authorities for funding and management of Joint Department of Defense-Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund for Captain James A. Lovell Health Care Center, Illinois.
Sec. 1422. Eligibility of Space Force officers for membership on Armed Forces Retirement Home Advisory Council.
Sec. 1423. Armed Forces Retirement Home: availability of licensed practitioners.
Sec. 1424. Authorization of appropriations for Armed Forces Retirement Home.
Sec. 1501. Modification of prohibition on purchase of cyber data products or services other than through the program management office for Department of Defense-wide procurement of cyber data products and services.
Sec. 1502. Department of Defense Information Network subordinate unified command.
Sec. 1503. Establishment of the Department of Defense Hackathon program.
Sec. 1504. Support for cyber threat tabletop exercise program with the defense industrial base.
Sec. 1505. Accounting of cloud computing capabilities of the Department of Defense.
Sec. 1511. Termination of reporting requirement for cross domain incidents and exemptions to policies for information technology.
Sec. 1512. Information technology programs of the National Background Investigation Service.
Sec. 1513. Guidance for application of zero trust strategy to Internet of Things hardware used in military operations.
Sec. 1514. Management and cybersecurity of multi-cloud environments.
Sec. 1515. Protective measures for mobile devices within the Department of Defense.
Sec. 1521. Usability of antiquated and proprietary data formats for modern operations.
Sec. 1522. Modernization of the Department of Defense’s Authorization to Operate processes.
Sec. 1523. Update of biometric policy of Department of Defense.
Sec. 1531. Artificial Intelligence Human Factors Integration Initiative.
Sec. 1532. Advanced computing infrastructure to enable advanced artificial intelligence capabilities.
Sec. 1533. Cost budgeting for artificial intelligence data.
Sec. 1534. Evaluation of Federated Artificial Intelligence-Enabled Weapon Systems Center of Excellence.
Sec. 1541. Oversight and reporting on the Mission Partner Environment and associated activities within the Department of Defense.
Sec. 1542. Extension of certification requirement regarding contracting for military recruiting.
Sec. 1543. Prohibition on disestablishment or merger of officer career paths within the Cyber Branch of the United States Army.
Sec. 1544. Independent assessment of cyber organizational models.
Sec. 1545. Limitation on availability of funds for the Joint Cyber Warfighting Architecture.
Sec. 1546. Risk framework for foreign mobile applications of concern.
Sec. 1547. Joint partner-sharing network capabilities for Middle East defense integration.
Sec. 1601. Modification of Air Force space contractor responsibility watch list.
Sec. 1602. Establishment of Commercial Augmentation Space Reserve.
Sec. 1603. Space Force satellite ground systems.
Sec. 1604. Modification of notification of foreign interference of national security space.
Sec. 1605. Modifications to National Security Space Launch program.
Sec. 1606. Comptroller General review regarding Global Positioning System modernization and other positioning, navigation, and timing systems.
Sec. 1607. Senior Advisor for Space Command, Control, and Integration.
Sec. 1608. Pilot program to demonstrate hybrid satellite communication architecture.
Sec. 1609. Middle East integrated space and satellite security assessment.
Sec. 1610. Annual briefing on commercial space strategy of the Space Force.
Sec. 1611. Extension and modification of authority to engage in certain commercial activities as security for intelligence collection activities.
Sec. 1612. Cyber intelligence capability.
Sec. 1613. Authority of Army counterintelligence agents.
Sec. 1614. Extension and modification of defense intelligence and counterintelligence expense authority.
Sec. 1615. Intelligence advice and Department of Defense support for Government of Israel in the defeat of Hamas.
Sec. 1621. Establishment of Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear Deterrence, Chemical, and Biological Defense Policy and Programs; improvements to processes of the Office of the Secretary of Defense.
Sec. 1622. Extension and modification of certifications regarding integrated tactical warning and attack assessment mission of the Department of the Air Force.
Sec. 1623. Periodic updates on the modernization of the Strategic Automated Command and Control System.
Sec. 1624. Modified requirements for report on the plan for the nuclear weapons stockpile, nuclear weapons complex, nuclear weapons delivery systems, and nuclear weapons command and control system.
Sec. 1625. Matters relating to pilot program on development of reentry vehicles and related systems.
Sec. 1626. Expansion of nuclear long range standoff capability.
Sec. 1627. Matters relating to the nuclear-armed sea-launched cruise missile.
Sec. 1628. Availability of Air Force procurement funds for heat shield material for Mark 21A reentry vehicle.
Sec. 1629. Conditional requirements for Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile program.
Sec. 1630. Prohibition on reduction of intercontinental ballistic missiles of the United States.
Sec. 1631. Limitation on use of funds for altering Air Force Global Strike Command.
Sec. 1632. Limitations on use of funds to dismantle B83–1 nuclear gravity bomb.
Sec. 1633. Limitation on availability of funds pending submission of plan for decreasing the time to upload additional warheads to the intercontinental ballistic missile fleet.
Sec. 1634. Limitation on availability of funds pending submission of information on options for enhancing National Nuclear Security Administration access to the defense industrial base.
Sec. 1635. Defense Industrial Base workforce development strategy.
Sec. 1636. Long-term plan for strategic nuclear forces during delivery vehicle transition.
Sec. 1637. Reports and briefings on recommendations of the Congressional Commission on the Strategic Posture of the United States.
Sec. 1638. Sense of Congress with respect to use of artificial intelligence to support strategic deterrence.
Sec. 1641. Expansion of certain prohibitions relating to missile defense information and systems to apply to People’s Republic of China.
Sec. 1642. Additional missile defense site for protection of United States homeland.
Sec. 1643. Advice and assistance regarding enhancement of Jordanian air and missile defense.
Sec. 1644. Iron Dome short-range rocket defense system and Israeli cooperative missile defense program co-development and co-production.
Sec. 1645. Limitation on availability of funds with respect to certain missile defense system governance documents, policies, and procedures.
Sec. 1646. Congressional notification requirement with respect to incidents that affect availability of United States homeland missile defenses.
Sec. 1647. Plan for comprehensive ballistic missile defense radar coverage of Guam.
Sec. 1648. Annual briefing on missile defense of Guam.
Sec. 1649. Organization and codification of provisions of law relating to missile defense.
Sec. 1651. Cooperative threat reduction funds.
Sec. 1652. Temporary continuation of requirement for reports on activities and assistance under Department of Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction Program.
Sec. 1653. Modification to annual assessment of budget with respect to electromagnetic spectrum operations capabilities.
Sec. 1654. Modification of milestone decision authority for space-based ground and airborne moving target indication systems.
Sec. 1655. Designation of a senior defense official responsible for establishment of national integrated air and missile defense architecture for the United States.
Sec. 1701. Technical and conforming amendments.
Sec. 1702. Modification of humanitarian assistance authority.
Sec. 1703. Display of United States flag for patriotic and military observances.
Sec. 1704. Exclusion of oceanographic research vessels from certain sourcing requirements.
Sec. 1705. Expanding cooperative research and development agreements to partnerships with United States territorial governments.
Sec. 1706. Use of royalty gas at McAlester Army Ammunition Plant.
Sec. 1707. Report on Iranian oil sales proceeds.
Sec. 1708. Prohibition on use of funds for temporary pier in Gaza.
Sec. 1709. Analysis of certain unmanned aircraft systems entities.
Sec. 2001. Short title.
Sec. 2002. Expiration of authorizations and amounts required to be specified by law.
Sec. 2003. Effective date.
Sec. 2101. Authorized Army construction and land acquisition projects.
Sec. 2102. Family housing.
Sec. 2103. Authorization of appropriations, Army.
Sec. 2104. Extension of authority to carry out fiscal year 2018 project at Kunsan Air Base, Korea.
Sec. 2105. Extension of authority to carry out fiscal year 2019 project at Mihail Kogalniceanu forward operating site, Romania.
Sec. 2106. Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2020 projects.
Sec. 2107. Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2021 projects.
Sec. 2108. Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2022 projects.
Sec. 2201. Authorized Navy construction and land acquisition projects.
Sec. 2202. Family housing.
Sec. 2203. Authorization of appropriations, Navy.
Sec. 2204. Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2019 projects.
Sec. 2205. Extension of authority to carry out fiscal year 2020 project at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona.
Sec. 2206. Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2021 projects.
Sec. 2207. Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2022 projects.
Sec. 2301. Authorized Air Force construction and land acquisition projects.
Sec. 2302. Family housing.
Sec. 2303. Authorization of appropriations, Air Force.
Sec. 2304. Extension of authority to carry out fiscal year 2017 project at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany.
Sec. 2305. Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2018 projects.
Sec. 2306. Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2019 projects.
Sec. 2307. Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2020 projects.
Sec. 2308. Extension of authority to carry out fiscal year 2021 project at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia.
Sec. 2309. Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2022 projects.
Sec. 2401. Authorized Defense Agencies construction and land acquisition projects.
Sec. 2402. Authorized Energy Resilience and Conservation Investment program projects.
Sec. 2403. Authorization of appropriations, Defense Agencies.
Sec. 2404. Extension of authority to carry out fiscal year 2018 project at Iwakuni, Japan.
Sec. 2405. Extension of authority to carry out fiscal year 2019 project at Iwakuni, Japan.
Sec. 2406. Extension of authority to carry out fiscal year 2020 project at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania.
Sec. 2407. Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2021 projects.
Sec. 2408. Modification of authority to carry out fiscal year 2022 project at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, District of Columbia.
Sec. 2409. Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2022 projects.
Sec. 2501. Authorized NATO construction and land acquisition projects.
Sec. 2502. Authorization of appropriations, NATO.
Sec. 2503. Extension of use of authorized amounts for North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Program.
Sec. 2511. Republic of Korea funded construction projects.
Sec. 2512. Republic of Poland funded construction projects.
Sec. 2601. Authorized Army National Guard construction and land acquisition projects.
Sec. 2602. Authorized Army Reserve construction and land acquisition projects.
Sec. 2603. Authorized Navy Reserve and Marine Corps Reserve construction and land acquisition projects.
Sec. 2604. Authorized Air National Guard construction and land acquisition projects.
Sec. 2605. Authorized Air Force Reserve construction and land acquisition projects.
Sec. 2606. Authorization of appropriations, National Guard and Reserve.
Sec. 2607. Extension of authority to carry out fiscal year 2018 project at Hulman Regional Airport, Indiana.
Sec. 2608. Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2020 projects.
Sec. 2609. Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2021 projects.
Sec. 2610. Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2022 projects.
Sec. 2611. Modification of authority to carry out fiscal year 2022 project.
Sec. 2701. Authorization of appropriations for base realignment and closure activities funded through Department of Defense base closure account.
Sec. 2801. Modification of definition of military installation for purposes of notifications related to basing decision-making process.
Sec. 2802. Expansion of eligible grant recipients under the Defense Community Infrastructure Program.
Sec. 2803. Process for strategic basing actions for the Department of the Air Force.
Sec. 2804. Inclusion of land acquisition and demolitions projects in authorized unspecified minor military construction project; temporary expansion of authority for purchase of certain land.
Sec. 2805. Amendments to defense laboratory modernization program.
Sec. 2806. Annual five-year plans on improvement of Department of Defense innovation infrastructure.
Sec. 2807. Modification of authority for Indo-Pacific posture unspecified minor military construction projects.
Sec. 2808. Extension of prohibition on joint use of Homestead Air Reserve Base with civil aviation.
Sec. 2809. Information on military construction projects and repair projects at joint bases.
Sec. 2810. Notification to Congress of reprogramming involving military construction funds.
Sec. 2811. Obligation and execution of design funds for military construction projects.
Sec. 2812. Schedule of repairs at Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida.
Sec. 2821. Budget justification for certain Facilities Sustainment, Restoration, and Modernization projects.
Sec. 2822. Strategy and assessment with respect to non-operational, underutilized, and other Department of Defense facilities: assessments of historic significance.
Sec. 2823. Application of certain authorities and standards to historic military housing and associated historic properties of the Department of the Army.
Sec. 2824. Extension of applicability for waivers of covered privacy and configuration standards for covered military unaccompanied housing.
Sec. 2825. Additional requirements for database of complaints made regarding housing units of Department of Defense.
Sec. 2826. Digital system for submission of maintenance work order requests for covered military unaccompanied housing required.
Sec. 2827. Modification to definition of privatized military housing.
Sec. 2828. Analysis of housing availability for critical civilian and contractor personnel near rural military installations.
Sec. 2829. Digital facilities management systems for military departments.
Sec. 2830. Strategy for use of existing leasing authorities to address shortages of covered military unaccompanied housing required.
Sec. 2831. Independent assessment of estimated costs of certain strategies to address shortages of covered military unaccompanied housing.
Sec. 2841. Minimum capital investment for facilities sustainment, restoration, and modernization.
Sec. 2842. Assistance for public infrastructure projects and services.
Sec. 2843. Contracts for design and construction of facilities of Department of Defense.
Sec. 2844. Industrial plant equipment and associated services as in-kind consideration under leases of non-excess property.
Sec. 2845. Inclusion of tribal governments in intergovernmental support agreements for installation-support services.
Sec. 2846. Temporary modification to authority to charge landing fees for the use by civil aircraft of military airfields.
Sec. 2847. Stormwater management, shoreline erosion control, and water resilience projects for installations and defense access roads.
Sec. 2848. Pilot program to optimize and consolidate Department of Defense facilities to improve health and resiliency in defense communities.
Sec. 2849. Guidance regarding maintenance of aggregate square footage of facilities of Department of Defense.
Sec. 2850. Expenditures on leased facilities and real property of the Department of Defense.
Sec. 2851. Extension of expanded authority to convey property at military installations.
Sec. 2852. Technical correction to map reference in the Military Land Withdrawals Act of 2013.
Sec. 2853. Land conveyance, Boyle Memorial Army Reserve Center, Paris, Texas.
Sec. 2854. Land conveyance, Riverdale Park, Maryland.
Sec. 2855. Transfer authority, Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California.
Sec. 2856. Release of interests retained in Camp Joseph T. Robinson, Arkansas.
Sec. 2857. Land conveyance, Fort Huachuca, Sierra Vista, Arizona.
Sec. 2858. Removal of certain conditions regarding conveyance of former Army–Navy General Hospital, Hot Springs National Park, Hot Springs, Arkansas, to the State of Arkansas.
Sec. 2859. Land conveyance and authorization for interim lease, Defense Fuel Support Point San Pedro, Los Angeles, California.
Sec. 2860. Land conveyance, Fort Bliss, El Paso, Texas.
Sec. 2861. Cleanup and transfer of certain property at former Army installation to East Bay Regional Park District.
Sec. 2862. Coordination of repair and maintenance of Kolekole Pass, Hawaii.
Sec. 2871. Consideration of installation infrastructure and other supporting resources by Department of Defense Test Resource Management Center.
Sec. 2872. Development and operation of the Naval Innovation Center at the Naval Postgraduate School.
Sec. 2873. Extension of Department of the Army pilot program for development and use of online real estate inventory tool.
Sec. 2874. Notification to Members of Congress for awards of contracts for military construction projects.
Sec. 2875. Authorization of assistance to expedite certain military construction projects located in Guam.
Sec. 2876. Report on munitions and explosives of concern and construction projects in Joint Region Marianas.
Sec. 2877. Review of roles and responsibilities for construction projects of Department of Defense.
Sec. 2878. Assessment of public schools on installations of Department of Defense.
Sec. 2879. Updates to policies and guidance of the Department of the Navy for the replacement of certain dry docks and other projects.
Sec. 2880. Designation of officials responsible for coordination of infrastructure projects to support additional members of the Armed Forces and their families in the Indo-Pacific region.
Sec. 2881. Limitation on availability of funds until submission of interim guidance for Department of Defense-wide standards for access to military installations.
Sec. 3101. National Nuclear Security Administration.
Sec. 3102. Defense environmental cleanup.
Sec. 3103. Other defense activities.
Sec. 3104. Nuclear energy.
Sec. 3111. Improvements to National Nuclear Security Administration management and processes.
Sec. 3112. Prohibition on admittance to national security laboratories and nuclear weapons production facilities.
Sec. 3113. Authority for National Nuclear Security Administration to use passenger carriers for contractor commuting.
Sec. 3114. Authorization for modification of B61-13 nuclear weapon.
Sec. 3115. Limitation on availability of funds pending submission of information on streamlining National Nuclear Security Administration contracting.
Sec. 3116. Limitation on use of funds for naval nuclear fuel systems based on low-enriched uranium.
Sec. 3117. Prohibition on availability of funds to reconvert or retire W76–2 warheads.
Sec. 3121. Modification to and termination of certain reporting requirements under Atomic Energy Defense Act.
Sec. 3122. Modification of reporting requirements relating to cost-benefit analyses for competition of management and operating contracts.
Sec. 3123. Restoration of a domestic uranium enrichment capability.
Sec. 3124. Report on activities from U.S.–U.K. Mutual Defense Agreement.
Sec. 3125. Notification of certain regulations that impact the National Nuclear Security Administration.
Sec. 3201. Authorization.
Sec. 3401. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 3501. Authorization of appropriations for Maritime Administration.
Sec. 3502. Reauthorization of Maritime Security Program.
Sec. 3511. Port infrastructure development program.
Sec. 3512. Assessment of United States sealift capability.
Sec. 3521. Independent study and report on Shanghai Shipping Exchange.
Sec. 3522. Study on transportation of personal protective equipment.
Sec. 3531. Extension of certain provisions relating to Tanker Security Fleet program.
Sec. 3532. Requirements for purchasing federally auctioned vessels.
Sec. 3533. Recapitalization of National Defense Reserve Fleet.
Sec. 3534. Armed Forces merchant mariner officer expedited preparation program.
Sec. 3535. Technical clarifications.
Sec. 3536. Buy America requirements for shipyard modernization and improvement program.
Sec. 3537. Nomination of Merchant Marine cadets in event of death, resignation, or expulsion from office of Member of Congress otherwise authorized to nominate.
Sec. 3538. Amended license applications for certain deepwater ports for natural gas.
Sec. 4001. Authorization of amounts in funding tables.
Sec. 4101. Procurement.
Sec. 4201. Research, development, test, and evaluation.
Sec. 4301. Operation and maintenance.
Sec. 4401. Military personnel.
Sec. 4501. Other authorizations.
Sec. 4601. Military construction.
Sec. 4701. Department of Energy National Security Programs.
Sec. 5001. Grants for State, county, and tribal veterans’ cemeteries that allow interment of certain persons eligible for interment in national cemeteries.
Sec. 5002. Telephone helpline for assistance for veterans and other eligible individuals.
Sec. 5003. Report on Airborne Hazards and Open Burn Pit Registry 2.0.
Sec. 5101. Definitions.
Sec. 5102. United States Foundation for International Conservation.
Sec. 5103. Governance of the Foundation.
Sec. 5104. Corporate powers and obligations of the Foundation.
Sec. 5105. Safeguards and accountability.
Sec. 5106. Projects and grants.
Sec. 5107. Prohibition of support for certain governments.
Sec. 5108. Annual report.
Sec. 5109. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 5111. Short title.
Sec. 5112. United States policy in the Western Hemisphere.
Sec. 5113. Promoting security and the rule of law in the Western Hemisphere.
Sec. 5114. Promoting digitalization and cybersecurity in the Western Hemisphere.
Sec. 5115. Promoting economic and commercial partnerships in the Western Hemisphere.
Sec. 5116. Promoting transparency and democratic governance in the Western Hemisphere.
Sec. 5117. Sense of Congress on prioritizing nomination and confirmation of qualified ambassadors.
Sec. 5118. Western Hemisphere defined.
Sec. 5119. Report on efforts to capture and detain United States citizens as hostages.
Sec. 5121. Improving multilateral cooperation to improve the security of Taiwan.
Sec. 5122. Millennium Challenge Corporation candidate country reform.
Sec. 5123. Extension of sunset.
Sec. 5124. Strategy and grant program to promote internet freedom in Iran.
Sec. 5201. Short title.
Sec. 5202. Project Safe Childhood Act.
Sec. 5203. Administrative False Claims Act of 2023.
Sec. 5211. Modernizing law enforcement notification.
Sec. 5301. Short title.
Sec. 5302. Partners for Fish and Wildlife Act.
Sec. 5303. African Elephant Conservation Act.
Sec. 5304. Asian Elephant Conservation Act of 1997.
Sec. 5305. Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act of 1994.
Sec. 5306. Great Ape Conservation Act of 2000.
Sec. 5307. Marine Turtle Conservation Act of 2004.
Sec. 5308. Reporting requirements.
Sec. 5311. Reauthorization of Upper Colorado and San Juan River Basins endangered fish and threatened fish recovery implementation programs.
Sec. 5401. Short title.
Sec. 5402. Definitions.
Sec. 5403. FCC auction of certain licenses.
Sec. 5404. Spectrum auction trust fund.
Sec. 5405. Increase in limitation on expenditure under secure and trusted communications networks reimbursement program.
Sec. 5501. GAO study and report on intentional disruption of the national airspace system.
Sec. 5502. Frank A. Lobiondo National Aerospace Safety and Security Campus.
Sec. 5601. Short title.
Sec. 5602. Definitions.
Sec. 5603. Government-wide study.
Sec. 5611. Department of Homeland Security Northern Border Mission Center.
Sec. 5612. Comptroller General report on the Homeland Security Information Network.
Sec. 5701. Treatment of payments from the railroad unemployment insurance account.
Sec. 5702. Extension of learning period for certain safety regulations relating to space flight participants.
Sec. 5703. Hello Girls Congressional Gold Medal.
Sec. 5704. Extension of competitive service status authority for employees of a Lead Inspector General for Overseas Contingency Operation.
Sec. 5705. Ensuring access to certain higher education benefits.
Sec. 6001. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 6002. Definitions.
Sec. 6003. Explanatory statement.
Sec. 6101. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 6102. Classified Schedule of Authorizations.
Sec. 6103. Intelligence Community Management Account.
Sec. 6104. Increase in employee compensation and benefits authorized by law.
Sec. 6105. Restriction on conduct of intelligence activities.
Sec. 6201. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 6301. Improvements relating to conflicts of interest in the Intelligence Innovation Board.
Sec. 6302. National Threat Identification and Prioritization Assessment and National Counterintelligence Strategy.
Sec. 6303. Prohibition on availability of funds for certain activities of the Overt Human Intelligence and Open Source Intelligence Collection Programs of the Office of Intelligence and Analysis of the Department of Homeland Security.
Sec. 6304. Improvements to advisory board of National Reconnaissance Office.
Sec. 6305. National Intelligence University acceptance of grants.
Sec. 6306. Expenditure of funds for certain intelligence and counterintelligence activities of the Coast Guard.
Sec. 6307. Codification of the National Intelligence Management Council.
Sec. 6308. Responsibilities and authorities of the Director of National Intelligence.
Sec. 6309. Formalized counterintelligence training for Department of Energy personnel.
Sec. 6311. Requirements for the Special Victim Investigator.
Sec. 6321. Extension of requirement for annual report on strikes undertaken by the United States against terrorist targets outside areas of active hostilities.
Sec. 6322. Budget transparency for open-source intelligence activities.
Sec. 6323. Report on the mission effect of civilian harm.
Sec. 6401. Assessment of current status of biotechnology of People’s Republic of China.
Sec. 6402. Report on the economic outlook of China.
Sec. 6403. Intelligence sharing with law enforcement agencies on synthetic opioid precursor chemicals originating in People’s Republic of China.
Sec. 6404. Report on efforts of the People’s Republic of China to evade United States transparency and national security regulations.
Sec. 6405. Assessment on recruitment of Mandarin speakers.
Sec. 6411. Report on Russian Federation sponsorship of acts of international terrorism.
Sec. 6412. Assessment of likely course of war in Ukraine.
Sec. 6413. Ukraine lessons learned working group.
Sec. 6421. Assessment and report on the threat of ISIS-Khorasan to the United States.
Sec. 6431. Assessment of visa-free travel to and within Western Hemisphere by nationals of countries of concern.
Sec. 6432. Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence review of visitors and assignees.
Sec. 6433. Assessment of the lessons learned by the intelligence community with respect to the Israel-Hamas war.
Sec. 6434. Central Intelligence Agency intelligence assessment on Tren de Aragua.
Sec. 6435. Assessment of Maduro regime’s economic and security relationships with state sponsors of terrorism and foreign terrorist organizations.
Sec. 6436. Continued congressional oversight of Iranian expenditures supporting foreign military and terrorist activities.
Sec. 6437. Analyses and impact statements regarding proposed investment into the United States.
Sec. 6501. Intelligence strategy to counter foreign adversary efforts to utilize biotechnologies in ways that threaten United States national security.
Sec. 6502. Improvements to the roles, missions, and objectives of the National Counterproliferation and Biosecurity Center.
Sec. 6503. Enhancing capabilities to detect foreign adversary threats relating to biological data.
Sec. 6504. Establishment of Artificial Intelligence Security Center.
Sec. 6505. Sense of Congress encouraging intelligence community to increase private sector capital partnerships and partnership with Federal partners to secure enduring technological advantages.
Sec. 6506. Enhancement of authority for intelligence community public-private talent exchanges.
Sec. 6507. Sense of Congress on hostile foreign cyber actors.
Sec. 6508. Deeming ransomware threats to critical infrastructure as national intelligence priority.
Sec. 6509. Enhancing public-private sharing on manipulative adversary practices in critical mineral projects.
Sec. 6601. Security clearances held by certain former employees of intelligence community.
Sec. 6602. Limitation on availability of funds for new controlled access programs.
Sec. 6603. Limitation on transfers from controlled access programs.
Sec. 6604. Data with respect to timeliness of polygraph examinations.
Sec. 6611. Enabling intelligence community integration.
Sec. 6612. Appointment of spouses of certain Federal employees.
Sec. 6613. Plan for staffing the intelligence collection positions of the Central Intelligence Agency.
Sec. 6614. Congressional notifications and summaries of misconduct regarding employees within the intelligence community.
Sec. 6615. Modification to waiver for post-service employment restrictions.
Sec. 6616. Intelligence community recruitment for certain security-cleared separating military members.
Sec. 6617. Strategy to strengthen intelligence community recruitment efforts in the United States territories.
Sec. 6618. Pilot program on establishing a geospatial workforce development program.
Sec. 6701. Improvements to urgent concerns submitted to Inspectors General of the Intelligence Community.
Sec. 6702. Protection for individuals making authorized disclosures to inspectors general of elements of the intelligence community.
Sec. 6703. Clarification of authority of certain Inspectors General to receive protected disclosures.
Sec. 6801. Comptroller General of the United States review of All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office.
Sec. 6802. Sunset of requirements relating to audits of unidentified anomalous phenomena historical record report.
Sec. 6901. Modification and repeal of reporting requirements.
Sec. 6902. Technical amendments.
Sec. 7001. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 7002. Definitions.
Sec. 7101. Competitive local compensation plan.
Sec. 7102. Strategy for targeted recruitment of civil servants.
Sec. 7103. Electronic medical records.
Sec. 7104. Portability of professional licenses.
Sec. 7105. Expanding opportunities for Department-paid student internship program.
Sec. 7106. Career intermission program adjustment to enhance retention.
Sec. 7107. Assignment process modernization.
Sec. 7108. Report on modifying consular tour and first tours requirements.
Sec. 7109. Per diem allowance for newly hired members of the Foreign Service.
Sec. 7110. Termination of residential or motor vehicle leases and telephone service contracts for members of the Foreign Service.
Sec. 7111. Needs-based childcare subsidies enrollment period.
Sec. 7112. Comptroller General report on Department traveler experience.
Sec. 7113. Semiannual report on global footprint.
Sec. 7114. Report on former Federal employees advising foreign governments.
Sec. 7115. Authority to pay for or reimburse for certain security services.
Sec. 7201. State-of-the-art building facilities.
Sec. 7202. Presence of chiefs of mission at diplomatic posts.
Sec. 7203. Periodic Inspector General reviews of chiefs of mission.
Sec. 7204. Special Envoy for Sudan.
Sec. 7205. Special Envoy for Belarus.
Sec. 7206. National Museum of American Diplomacy.
Sec. 7207. Overseas buildings due diligence.
Sec. 7208. Restrictions on the use of funds for solar panels.
Sec. 7209. Responsiveness to Congressional Research Service inquiries and Congressional Budget Office inquiries.
Sec. 7210. Expedited opening of diplomatic missions.
Sec. 7211. Report on United States Consulate in Chengdu, People’s Republic of China.
Sec. 7212. Personnel reporting.
Sec. 7213. Support co-location with allied partner nations.
Sec. 7214. Streamline qualification of construction contract bidders.
Sec. 7215. Continuation of rest and recuperation and overseas operations leave.
Sec. 7216. Overseas crisis response system and strategy.
Sec. 7301. Realigning the Regional Technology Officer Program.
Sec. 7302. Measures to protect Department devices from the proliferation and use of foreign commercial spyware.
Sec. 7303. Report on cloud computing in Bureau of Consular Affairs.
Sec. 7304. Information technology pilot projects.
Sec. 7305. Leveraging approved technology for administrative efficiencies.
Sec. 7401. United States Agency for Global Media.
Sec. 7402. Extension of authorizations to support United States participation in international fairs and expos.
Sec. 7403. Research and scholar exchange partnerships.
Sec. 7501. Human trafficking authority.
Sec. 7502. Congressional notification for Serious Security Incidents.
Sec. 7503. Notifications regarding security decisions at diplomatic posts.
Sec. 7504. Security clearance suspension pay flexibilities.
Sec. 7505. Modification to notification requirement for security clearance suspensions and revocations.
Sec. 7506. Passport automation modernization.
Sec. 7507. Passport acceptance, courier services, and expiration dates.
Sec. 7508. Passport system reform and backlog prevention.
Sec. 7509. Sean and David Goldman International Child Abduction Prevention and Return Act of 2014 Act amendments.
Sec. 7601. Personal service agreement authority for the United States Agency for International Development.
Sec. 7602. Crisis operations and disaster surge staffing.
Sec. 7603. Education allowance while on military leave.
Sec. 7604. Inclusion in the pet transportation exception to the Fly America Act.
Sec. 7701. Hostage recovery support.
Sec. 7702. Options and strategies for reducing likelihood of United States nationals being unlawfully or wrongfully detained or taken hostage.
Sec. 7703. Additional funding for sanctions implementation.
Sec. 7704. Enhancing United States travel advisories.
Sec. 7705. Coordination with transportation authorities and industry on travel advisories.
Sec. 7706. Privacy Act waiver and passport renewals.
Sec. 7707. Timeline for unlawful or wrongful detention determinations.
Sec. 7708. Declarations of invalidity.
Sec. 7801. Authorization of appropriations to promote United States citizen employment at the United Nations and international organizations.
Sec. 7802. Amendment to Rewards for Justice program.
Sec. 7803. United States-Africa Leaders Summit and related matters.
Sec. 7804. Summit of the Americas.
Sec. 7805. Extension of certain payment in connection with the International Space Station.
Sec. 7806. Inclusion of cost associated with producing reports.
Sec. 7807. Fentanyl reporting and authorities.
Sec. 7808. Strengthening tracking of Tranq.
Sec. 7809. SIGAR sunset and transition.
Sec. 7810. Coordinator for Afghan Relocation Efforts.
Sec. 7811. Feasibility study for reimbursement of certain expenses of persons evacuated from Afghanistan.
Sec. 7812. Extensions.
In this Act:
The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purposes of complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, shall be determined by reference to the latest statement titled “Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation” for this Act, jointly submitted for printing in the Congressional Record by the Chairmen of the House and Senate Budget Committees, provided that such statement has been submitted prior to the vote on passage in the House acting first on the conference report or amendment between the Houses.
The joint explanatory statement regarding this Act, printed in the House section of the Congressional Record on or about December 11, 2024, by the Chairman of the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Chairman of the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate, shall have the same effect with respect to the implementation of this Act as if it were a joint explanatory statement of a committee of conference.
Sec. 101. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 111. Centralized Security Monitoring Program for facilities of the Army.
Sec. 112. Pilot program on the use of robotic targets to enhance the lethality of the reserve components of the Army.
Sec. 113. Plan for additional kinetic effectors for low, slow, small unmanned aircraft integrated defeat system of the Army.
Sec. 114. Report on procurement of energetic materials from sources outside of the United States.
Sec. 121. Modifications to procurement authorities for certain amphibious shipbuilding programs.
Sec. 122. Modification of requirement to incorporate advanced degaussing systems into Arleigh Burke class destroyers.
Sec. 123. Extension of prohibition on availability of funds for Navy port waterborne security barriers.
Sec. 124. Modification of annual report on cost targets for certain aircraft carriers.
Sec. 125. Designation of official responsible for autonomous surface and underwater dual-modality vehicles.
Sec. 126. Multiyear procurement authority for CH–53K aircraft and T408 engines.
Sec. 127. Recapitalization of tactical fighter aircraft of the Navy Reserve.
Sec. 128. Limitation on the construction of the Landing Ship Medium.
Sec. 129. Limitation on availability of funds for Constellation-class frigate program pending certification on basic and functional design.
Sec. 130. Limitation on structural improvements and electrical power upgrades for AH–1Z and UH–1Y helicopters.
Sec. 131. Annual report on surface ship suppliers.
Sec. 141. Extension of limitations and minimum inventory requirement relating to RQ–4 aircraft.
Sec. 142. Annual report on Air Force tactical fighter aircraft force structure.
Sec. 143. Modifications to inventory requirements for certain aircraft.
Sec. 144. Extension of prohibition on certain reductions to inventory of E–3 airborne warning and control system aircraft.
Sec. 145. Extension of requirements relating to C–130 aircraft.
Sec. 146. Management of temporary relocation of B–1 bomber aircraft and personnel.
Sec. 147. Consolidation of authorities relating to Air Force landing gear.
Sec. 148. Recapitalization of air refueling tanker aircraft of the reserve components of the Air Force.
Sec. 149. Prohibition on reduction of KC–135 aircraft in PMAI of the reserve components.
Sec. 150. Prohibition on retirement of F–15E aircraft and requirement to conduct fighter aircraft capabilities and requirements study.
Sec. 151. Notification of delays in delivery of MH–139 aircraft.
Sec. 152. Plan and requirements for fielding air base air defense sites at Air Force installations.
Sec. 153. Plan for establishment and maintenance of F–16 simulators at Air National Guard training centers.
Sec. 154. Plan for sustainment and recapitalization of Air National Guard fighter fleet.
Sec. 161. Modification to Air Force and Navy use of commercial dual-use parts in certain aircraft and engines.
Sec. 162. Measures to increase supply chain resiliency for small unmanned aerial systems.
Sec. 163. Policy on qualifications of contractors for into-plane fuel deliveries for heavy-lift aircraft.
Sec. 164. Prohibition on operation, procurement, and contracting related to foreign-made light detection and ranging technology.
Sec. 165. Limitation on procurement of F–35 aircraft pending certification on improvements and correction of deficiencies.
Sec. 166. Assessments of inventory requirements for air-to-air missiles.
Sec. 167. Plan for signals intelligence capabilities of armed overwatch aircraft.
(a) In general.—The Secretary of the Army, in coordination with the heads of relevant organizations of the Department of Defense and other departments and agencies of the Federal Government, shall develop a plan for the implementation of a Centralized Security Monitoring Program (referred to in this section as the “Program”) for installations and facilities of the Department of the Army within the United States.
(b) Elements.—The plan required by subsection (a) shall include the following:
(1) PROPOSED SECURITY SOLUTION.—A proposal for the development and implementation of a cost-effective, scalable solution to modernize and centralize security operations across Army facilities in the United States with full consideration given to minimizing operational impacts while maximizing technological advantages for enhanced security.
(2) LOCATIONS.—Identification of at least three military installations selected to host the Program. These locations shall—
(A) serve as the primary hubs for the continuous monitoring of installation security across all installations of the Department of the Army in the United States;
(3) COST.—A comprehensive breakdown of the full costs of the Program, including—
(B) the cost of networking all installations and facilities across the Department of the Army within the United States;
(4) ANALYSIS OF VIABILITY.—An assessment of the viability of funding and sustaining the Program across the period covered by the most recent future-years defense program submitted to Congress under section 221 of title 10, United States Code (as of the date of the plan), considering—
(c) Submittal to Congress.—Not later than September 1, 2025, the Secretary of the Army shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives a completed version of the plan developed under subsection (a).
(d) Limitation on commencement.—The Secretary of the Army may not commence implementation of the Program until the date on which the Secretary certifies to the congressional defense committees that sufficient appropriations for military construction and operational costs have been programmed to fund the Program.
(a) Establishment.—The Secretary of the Army shall carry out a pilot program under which the Secretary incorporates the use of moving robotic target systems into live fire training provided to select infantry units of the reserve and National Guard components of the Army.
(b) Designation.—The pilot program under subsection (a) shall be known as the “Lethality and Warfighting Enhancement Program”.
(c) Locations.—The Secretary of the Army shall select not fewer than three military installations at which to conduct the pilot program under subsection (a).
(d) Objectives.—The objectives of the pilot program under subsection (a) shall be—
(e) Selection of participating units.—The Secretary of the Army shall select infantry units of the reserve components of the Army to participate in the pilot program under subsection (a) taking into consideration—
(f) Commencement.—The Secretary of the Army shall commence the pilot program under subsection (a) not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(g) Termination.—The pilot program under subsection (a) shall terminate five years after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(h) Briefings.—Not later than 90 days after concluding activities under the pilot program at a military installation selected under subsection (c), the Secretary of the Army shall provide to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a briefing that includes a description of—
(i) Contract authority.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Army is authorized to enter into one or more contracts for the procurement of moving robotic target systems for use in the pilot program under subsection (a).
(2) REQUIRED CAPABILITIES.—Robotic target systems procured under paragraph (1) shall be capable of—
(A) conducting multiple realistic offensive and defensive scenarios in a single training session that are consistent with combat operations;
(a) Report.—Not later than September 30, 2025, the Secretary of the Army shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the procurement, by the Army from sources outside of the United States, of energetic materials that are otherwise available from Federal Government-owned production facilities.
(b) Elements.—The report required by subsection (a) shall include the following:
(1) A list of all energetic materials that are in production at a Federal Government-owned production facility but that are nonetheless procured by the Army from a source outside of the United States.
(2) The authorities and production capacity the Army has available to ensure it procures energetic materials, to the maximum extent practicable, from domestic sources to meet the national security needs of the United States.
(3) An evaluation of the factors that the Army considers when procuring energetic materials from a source outside of the United States, including the production capacity for such materials at Federal Government-owned production facilities, the cost of materials, and the timelines associated with the production of end items.
Section 129 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117–263; 136 Stat. 2448) is amended—
(2) by redesignating subsections (d), (e), and (f) as subsections (e), (f), and (g), respectively; and
(3) by inserting after subsection (c) the following new subsection:
“(d) Authority to enter into economic order quantity contracts.—The Secretary of the Navy may use funds made available to carry out this section to enter into contracts known as ‘economic order quantity contracts’ with private shipyards and other commercial or government entities to achieve economic efficiencies based on production economies for major components or subsystems of covered ships. The authority under this subsection extends to the procurement of parts, components, and systems (including weapon systems) common with, and required for, covered ships under joint economic order quantity contracts.”.
Section 124(a) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117–81; 135 Stat. 1570) is amended by striking “fiscal year 2025” and inserting “fiscal year 2028”.
Section 130(a) of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115–232; 132 Stat. 1665), as most recently amended by section 122 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118–31; 137 Stat. 169), is further amended by striking “through 2024” and inserting “through 2025”.
Section 126(c) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328; 130 Stat. 2035) is amended—
(1) in the subsection heading, by striking “and CVN–81”; and inserting “CVN–81, and subsequent carriers”;
(2) in paragraph (1) by striking “and the CVN–81” and inserting “the CVN–81, and each subsequent Ford-class aircraft carrier”;
(3) in paragraph (2)—
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking “and the CVN–81” and inserting “the CVN–81, and each subsequent Ford-class aircraft carrier”; and
(B) by adding at the end the following new subparagraphs:
“(H) A comparison of the ship cost baseline to the most recent budget estimate available as of the date of the report, set forth separately for costs related to—
(4) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
(a) Designation required.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Navy shall designate an appropriate official within the Department of the Navy to have primary responsibility for the development and acquisition of surface and underwater dual-modality, advanced autonomous vehicles, consistent with warfighter requirements.
(a) Authority for multiyear procurement.—Subject to section 3501 of title 10, United States Code, the Secretary of the Navy may enter into one or more multiyear contracts, beginning with the fiscal year 2025 program year, for the procurement of the following:
(b) Condition for out-year contract payments.—A contract entered into under subsection (a) shall provide that any obligation of the United States to make a payment under the contract for a fiscal year after fiscal year 2025 is subject to the availability of appropriations or funds for that purpose for such later fiscal year.
(c) Authority for advance procurement.—The Secretary of the Navy may enter into one or more contracts, beginning in fiscal year 2025, for advance procurement associated with the aircraft and engines for which authorization to enter into a multiyear procurement contract is provided under subsection (a), which may include procurement of economic order quantities of material and equipment for such aircraft or engines when cost savings are achievable.
(b) Plan required.—Not later than April 15, 2025, the Secretary of the Navy shall submit to the congressional defense committees a plan for the potential establishment of a deployable tactical fighter squadron capability in the Naval Reserve using the covered F–18 aircraft. The plan shall include—
(a) Limitation.—The Secretary of the Navy may not enter into a contract or other agreement that includes a scope of work, including priced or unpriced options, for the construction, advance procurement, or long-lead material of the lead ship of the Landing Ship Medium program until the Secretary certifies to the congressional defense committees that basic and functional design with respect to such ship is complete.
(b) Exemption.—
(1) INAPPLICABILITY TO COMMERCIAL OR NONDEVELOPMENTAL ITEM.—The limitation in subsection (a) does not apply to the lead ship of the Landing Ship Medium program if such a ship is a commercial or nondevelopmental item.
(2) EXEMPTION FROM FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION.—In a case in which the exemption under paragraph (1) applies, the service acquisition executive of the Navy may exempt a contract or other agreement for the lead ship of the Landing Ship Medium program from the requirements of full and open competition under section 3201 of title 10, United States Code.
(a) Limitation.—None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2025 for the Navy may be obligated or expended for the construction of a Constellation-class frigate beyond the basic and functional design phase (as defined in section 8669c of title 10, United States Code) until the date on which the Secretary of Defense submits the certification required by subsection (b).
(b) Certification required.—Upon final approval of 95 percent of all basic and functional design drawings for the Constellation-class frigate program by the designated technical authority for the program, the Secretary of Defense shall certify to the congressional defense committees that such drawings have been so approved.
(a) Limitation.—The Secretary of the Navy may not carry out covered upgrades to AH–1Z Viper and UH–1Y Venom helicopters at a location other than a facility owned by the original equipment manufacturer for such helicopters until the date on which the Secretary certifies to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives that the plan for carrying out covered upgrades at location other than a facility owned by the original equipment manufacturer is expected—
(1) to result in levels of performance, survivability, lethality, interoperability, mission execution, and overall safety of the helicopter platform that match or exceed the levels that would otherwise be achievable by completing such upgrades at a facility owned by the original equipment manufacturer for the model of helicopter involved;
(a) In general.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and once every fiscal year thereafter through September 30, 2029, the Secretary of the Navy shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report analyzing suppliers of components for surface ships of the Navy.
Section 9062(m)(1) of title 10, United States Code, is amended, in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking “September 30, 2028” and inserting “September 30, 2029”.
Chapter 907 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 9062 the following new section:
Ҥ 9062a. Annual report on Air Force tactical fighter aircraft force structure.
“(a) In general.—Not later than April 1, 2025, and annually thereafter through 2029, the Secretary of the Air Force, in consultation with the Director of the Air National Guard and the Commander of the Air Force Reserve Command, shall—
“(b) Elements of report.—The report required by subsection (a) shall address each of the following:
“(1) The appropriate mix of tactical fighter aircraft, and associated operational risk analyses, required for the Secretary of the Air Force to meet expected steady-state, global force management allocation plans and geographic combatant commander contingency operational plans tasked to the Air Force, using active and reserve component tactical fighter aircraft units.
“(2) The procurement, divestment, and unit activation, deactivation, or re-missioning plans or actions the Secretary plans to implement, fiscal year-by-fiscal year, unit-by-unit, for the 10-year period beginning on the date on which the report is submitted, for each active and reserve component tactical fighter aircraft unit existing as of such date of submittal, including the rationale and justification for any such plans or actions.
“(3) The actions the Secretary will take to ensure that required operational readiness rates are maintained during any planned recapitalization, modernization, or change of mission affecting tactical fighter aircraft units.
(a) Temporary exception to minimum primary mission aircraft inventory.—Section 133 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118–31; 137 Stat. 173) is amended—
(b) A-10 aircraft minimum inventory requirement.—Section 134(d) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328; 130 Stat. 2038) is amended by striking “135 A–10 aircraft” and inserting “96 A–10 aircraft”.
Section 142 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118–31; 137 Stat. 176) is amended by inserting “or fiscal year 2025” after “fiscal year 2024”.
(a) Extension of minimum inventory requirement.—Section 146(a)(3)(B) of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117–263; 136 Stat. 2455), as amended by section 134(a) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118–31; 137 Stat. 173), is amended by striking “2024” and inserting “2025”.
(b) Extension of prohibition on reduction of C-130 aircraft assigned to National Guard.—Section 146(b)(1) of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117–263; 136 Stat. 2455), as amended by section 134(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118–31; 137 Stat. 173), is amended by striking “During fiscal years 2023 and 2024” and inserting “During the period of fiscal years 2023 through 2025”.
Section 133 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117–81; 135 Stat. 1574), as most recently amended by section 136 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118–31; 137 Stat. 174), is further amended—
(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following new subsection (c):
“(c) Temporary relocation.—The Secretary of the Air Force shall, to the extent practicable, manage the temporary relocation of any B–1 bomber aircraft or personnel assigned to units responsible for the operation and maintenance of such aircraft resulting from planned military construction in a manner that—
“(2) mitigates the risk of concentrating a significant number of the total B–1 bomber fleet at one location;
(a) In general.—The Secretary of the Air Force shall transfer to the Air Force Sustainment Center supply chain management, item management, and delegated engineering authorities for landing gear systems of F–15EX, F–22, F–35, and T–7A aircraft.
(b) Implementation plan.—Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Air Force shall develop and initiate an implementation plan for the transfers required under subsection (a).
(a) In general.—The Secretary of the Air Force shall replace covered reserve KC–135 aircraft on a one-for-one basis with air refueling tanker aircraft that have capabilities equivalent to or exceeding the capabilities of the aircraft being replaced.
(b) Additional requirements.—In carrying out subsection (a), the Secretary of the Air Force—
(1) may not take any action that would reduce the inventory of air refueling tanker aircraft assigned to a reserve component below the levels set forth in the budget of the President for fiscal year 2025 (as submitted to Congress under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code); and
(2) shall ensure that, in the event a reserve component unit is assigned a greater number of KC–135 aircraft than are being replaced with a KC–46 or later-generation air refueling tanker aircraft, any KC–135 aircraft remaining after such replacement will remain within the reserve component for redistribution within that component.
(c) Waiver.—The Secretary of the Air Force may waive the requirement to replace an air refueling tanker aircraft under subsection (a), on a case by case basis, if the Secretary determines that such replacement would degrade the readiness of the air refueling capability of the Air Force.
(e) Covered reserve KC–135 aircraft defined.—In this section, the term “covered reserve KC–135 aircraft” means a KC–135 aircraft of the reserve components of the Air Force that the Secretary of the Air Force has identified to be replaced with a KC–46 or later-generation air refueling tanker aircraft.
(a) In general.—None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2025 for the Air Force may be obligated or expended to reduce the number of KC–135 aircraft designated as primary mission aircraft inventory within the reserve components of the Air Force.
(a) Prohibition on retirement of F–15E aircraft.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Air Force may not retire, prepare to retire, or place in storage or on backup aircraft inventory status any F–15E aircraft until September 30, 2027.
(2) EXCEPTION.—The prohibition under paragraph (1) of shall not apply to individual F–15E aircraft that the Secretary of the Air Force determines, on a case by case basis, to be no longer mission capable and uneconomical to repair because of aircraft accidents, mishaps, or excessive material degradation and non-airworthiness status of certain aircraft.
(b) Fighter aircraft capabilities and requirements study.—
(1) STUDY.—The Secretary of Defense shall seek to enter into a contract or other agreement with a federally funded research and development center pursuant to which the center shall carry out—
(A) an analysis of the fighter aircraft procurement, fielding, and divestment plan of the Department of the Air Force, as submitted to Congress in accordance with section 148 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118–31; 137 Stat. 178); and
(2) REPORT TO SECRETARY.—The federally funded research and development center that carries out the study and analysis under paragraph (1) shall submit to the Secretary of Defense a report on the results of such study and analysis.
(3) REPORTS AND BRIEFING TO CONGRESS.—Not later than March 15, 2026, the Secretary of Defense shall—
(A) submit to the congressional defense committees an unaltered copy of the report received by the Secretary under paragraph (2);
(B) submit to such committees a separate report on the views of the Secretary with respect to the results of the study and analysis carried out under paragraph (1), which shall include—
(a) Notice required.—Not later than 30 days after becoming aware of an expected delay in the delivery date of an MH–139 aircraft, the Secretary of the Air Force shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives written notice of such delay together with an explanation of the reasons for such delay.
(b) Delivery date defined.—In this section, the term “delivery date”, when used with respect to an MH–139 aircraft, means the date on which such aircraft is expected to be delivered to the Air Force under the most recent schedule for such delivery in effect as of the date of the enactment of this Act.
(a) Plan required.—The Secretary of the Air Force, in consultation with the Commander of the United States Northern Command, the Commander of United States European Command, and the Commander of United States Indo-Pacific Command, shall develop and implement a plan to support the fielding of air base air defense sites at Air Force installations and other priority sites identified by the Secretary.
(b) Air base air defense site requirements.—Each air base air defense site fielded under the plan required under subsection (a) shall have the following capabilities:
(a) In general.—The Secretary of the Air Force, in coordination with the Director of the Air National Guard, shall develop a plan to fully fund the establishment and maintenance of F–16 simulators at training centers of the Air National Guard as described in subsection (b).
(b) Elements.—The plan under subsection (a) shall include—
(1) an estimate of the costs of maintaining F–16 simulators at Air National Guard training centers that have such simulators as of the date of the plan;
(2) an estimate of the costs of establishing F–16 simulators at all Air National Guard training centers that are required to, but do not, have such simulators as of the date of the plan, including training centers for Air National Guard units converting from the A–10 aircraft to the F–16 aircraft; and
(a) In general.—The Secretary of the Air Force, in consultation with the Director of the Air National Guard, shall develop a plan to sustain and recapitalize the fighter fleet of the Air National Guard.
(b) Elements.—The recapitalization plan required under subsection (a) shall—
(1) identify each of the 25 fighter aircraft squadrons of the Air National Guard in existence on the date of the enactment of this Act;
(2) provide a plan for recapitalization of all such squadrons at a similar rate as the fighter aircraft squadrons of the active components of the Armed Forces, with the same combination of legacy capability fighter aircraft and advanced capability fighter aircraft found in fighter aircraft squadrons of the active components of the Armed Forces;
(3) establish a timetable for a plan or actions for the recapitalization proposed under paragraph (2), disaggregated by fighter aircraft squadron and fiscal year, which shall identify funding required for each fiscal year;
(4) assess budgetary effects on the active components of the Armed Forces if the recapitalization plan proposed under paragraph (2) were implemented in accordance with the timeline established in paragraph (3); and
(5) assess the effects of such plan on the operational readiness and personnel readiness of the active and reserve components of the Armed Forces, including the effects of such plan on the ability of such components to meet steady state and contingency force presentation and mission requirements of combatant commanders.
(c) Report.—
(d) Definitions.—In this section:
(1) The term “advanced capability fighter aircraft”—
Section 161 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117–263; 10 U.S.C. 3453 note) is amended—
(a) In general.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall establish and carry out an integrated set of measures—
(b) Elements.—The measures carried out under subsection (a) shall include the following:
(1) DISASSEMBLY AND ANALYSIS OF COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE FOREIGN DRONE AIRCRAFT.—Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act and not less frequently than once every three years thereafter until 2034, the Secretary of Defense shall fully disassemble a drone aircraft made by Da Jiang Innovations or a similar commercially available sUAS manufactured in a covered foreign country in order to—
(2) SUPPLY CHAIN RISK FRAMEWORK.—Not later than 150 days after the date of the enactment of this Act and using the taxonomy developed under paragraph (1)(A), the Secretary of Defense shall develop a supply chain risk framework in order to—
(B) for components that present a risk as determined under subparagraph (A), identify any manufacturers of such components are based in covered foreign countries and evaluate whether measures to mitigate the risk posed by such foreign-produced components are feasible or practical; and
(C) determine if any of the foreign companies in the sUAS supply chain should be included on the list maintained by the Department of Defense in accordance with section 1260H of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116–283; 10 U.S.C. 113 note).
(3) RESILIENT SUPPLY CHAIN STRATEGY.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act and based on the analyses conducted under paragraphs (1) and (2), the Secretary of Defense shall develop a strategy to develop a secure and resilient domestic and allied supply chain of critical components for sUASs, which shall include—
(A) identification of sources of supply for sUAS components outside of a covered foreign country assessed to present a risk under paragraph (2)(A) and the total manufacturing capacity of such suppliers;
(C) a plan to increase the manufacturing capacity of alternative sources of supply that can meet the requirement specified in subparagraph (B), including estimated funding needs; and
(D) a description of how existing initiatives and programs of the Department of Defense may be used to create alternative sUAS sources of supply outside of a covered foreign country, including recommendations for—
(c) Report.—Not later than 270 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report that includes—
(1) a list of each component identified under subsection (b)(1), including a description of any security vulnerabilities associated with such component;
(d) Form.—The report required under subsection (c) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.
(e) Covered foreign country defined.—In this section, the term “covered foreign country” has the meaning given that term in section 848(e) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116–92; 10 U.S.C. 4871 note).
(a) Establishment of policy.—Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Defense Logistics Agency shall develop and implement a policy pursuant to which acquisition planning shall be performed for any contract providing for the into-plane procurement for heavy-lift aircraft of an estimated 5,000,000 gallons or more of aviation fuel per year within the continental United States.
(b) Use of evaluation factors.—As part of the acquisition planning required under subsection (a), the Director of the Defense Logistics Agency shall determine whether to use evaluation factors to assess the qualifications of fixed-based operators bidding on contracts described in such subsection. In the event the Director determines it is appropriate to use such evaluation factors, the factors may include the following:
(2) Whether the fixed-base operator’s total number of employees is sufficient to service military customers.
(3) Whether the fixed-based operator is capable of performing a sufficient range of cargo on-load, off-load, and handling operations, including for dangerous goods and cargo, for military aircraft of all sizes.
(a) Prohibition on agency operation or procurement.—The Secretary of Defense shall not operate or enter into or renew a contract for the procurement of—
(1) a covered light detection and ranging technology (referred to in this section as “LiDAR technology”) that—
(A) is manufactured in a covered foreign country or by an entity domiciled in a covered foreign country;
(b) Exemption.—The prohibition under subsection (a) shall not apply if the operation, procurement, or contracting action is for the purposes of intelligence, electronic warfare, and information warfare operations, testing, analysis, and training.
(c) Waiver.—The Secretary of Defense may waive the prohibition under subsection (a) on a case-by-case basis if the Secretary certifies, in writing, to the congressional defense committees that the operation, procurement, or contracting action is required in the national interest of the United States.
(e) Definitions.—In this section:
(2) The term “covered LiDAR company” means any of the following:
(B) Any entity that produces or provides LiDAR and that is included on—
(i) the Consolidated Screening List maintained by the International Trade Administration of the Department of Commerce; or
(ii) the civil-military fusion list maintained under section 1260h of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116–283; 10 U.S.C. 113 note).
(a) Limitation.—The Secretary of Defense may not accept or take delivery of covered F–35 aircraft in excess of the maximum quantities specified in subsection (c) until the date on which the Secretary certifies to the congressional defense committees that the Secretary is in compliance with each of the following requirements:
(1) The Secretary has submitted to Congress (in accordance with subsection (b)) and is implementing a plan, with appropriate actions and milestones, to develop and field F–35 aircraft and mission systems digital-twin models across the F–35 enterprise.
(2) The Secretary has submitted to Congress (in accordance with subsection (b)) and is implementing a plan, with appropriate actions and milestones, to procure at least one new cooperative avionics flying test bed aircraft for the F–35 enterprise.
(3) The Secretary has submitted to Congress (in accordance with subsection (b)) and is implementing a plan, with appropriate actions and milestones, to procure and construct a new F–35 mission software integration laboratory to enable concurrent testing of TR–2 and TR–3 mission system hardware, software, and any existing or new F–35 capabilities.
(4) The Secretary has submitted to Congress (in accordance with subsection (b)) and is implementing a plan of corrective actions and milestones to resolve all deficiencies and recommendations identified in the 2024 F–35 Initial Operational Testing and Evaluation report submitted to Congress by the Director of Operational Testing and Evaluation.
(5) The Secretary has submitted to Congress (in accordance with subsection (b)) and is implementing a plan of corrective actions and milestones to minimize F–35 new aircraft production interruptions and resolve all programmatic deficiencies associated with the new F–35 mission system radar hardware and software related to the development, testing, acceptance, certification, production, and fielding of the radar as identified by the Director of the F–35 Joint Program Office.
(6) The Secretary has submitted to Congress (in accordance with subsection (b)) and is implementing a plan of corrective actions and milestones to resolve all deficiencies and recommendations identified in the report of the F–35 software Independent Review Team commissioned by the Secretary of the Air Force and the Director of the F–35 Joint Program Office.
(7) The Secretary has submitted to Congress (in accordance with subsection (b)) and is implementing a corrective action plan with appropriate actions, milestones, necessary technical data and other resources, and metrics for measuring improvements, to address long-standing sustainment challenges and improve fleetwide mission capable and full mission capable rates for F–35 aircraft. At a minimum, such plan shall provide for—
(A) completing the set-up of military service depots and attaining the required production capacity;
(B) addressing and mitigating corrosion, particularly in all F–35 variants, including the necessary parts, equipment, technical data, and any necessary adjustments to squadron staffing to effectively conduct corrosion inspections and work;
(8) The Secretary has submitted all plans and corrective action plans described in paragraphs (1) through (7) to the congressional defense committees as required under subsection (b).
(9) The Secretary has met the requirements of subsections (b)(5) and (c) of section 226 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118–31; 137 Stat. 196) and has submitted all documentation required to be submitted to Congress pursuant to such subsections.
(b) Submittal of plans to Congress.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees all plans and corrective action plans described in paragraphs (1) through (7) of subsection (a).
(c) Maximum quantities.—The maximum quantities of covered F–35 aircraft specified in this subsection are the following:
(d) Annual reports.—
(a) In general.—The Secretary of the Air Force and the Secretary of the Navy, in coordination with the commanders of the combatant commands, shall jointly assess the sufficiency of established inventory requirements for air-to-air missiles.
(b) Elements.—In carrying out subsection (a), the Secretary of the Air Force and the Secretary of the Navy shall jointly—
(1) assess planned deliveries of air-to-air missiles through 2029 and the total available missiles by type in each year through 2029;
(2) assess combined requirements for air-to-air missiles to support operational plans of the United States Central Command, the United States Indo-Pacific Command, the United States Northern Command, and the United States European Command, at low, medium, and high risk;
(3) consider emerging requirements for surface-to-air defense and collaborative combat aircraft and how those additional missions will affect inventory requirements for air-to-air missiles;
(4) consider the sufficiency of planned acquisition for air-to-air missiles through 2029 to meet operational requirements;
(c) Report.—Following the completion of the assessment required under subsection (a), but not later than April 1, 2025, the Secretary of the Air Force and the Secretary of the Navy shall jointly submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the results of the assessment, which shall include a summary of the results of the assessment with respect to each element specified in subsection (b).
(a) In general.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict and the Commander of the United States Special Operations Command shall jointly submit to the congressional defense committees a plan for integrating signals intelligence capabilities on fielded armed overwatch aircraft.
(b) Plan requirements.—At a minimum, the plan required by subsection (a) shall—
(1) define the signals intelligence requirements for armed overwatch aircraft, including the required signals intelligence capabilities and the number of aircraft to be equipped with such capabilities;
Sec. 201. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 211. Modification of certain requirements relating to the Joint Energetics Transition Office.
Sec. 212. Modification to annual report on unfunded priorities of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering.
Sec. 213. Modification to defense laboratory education partnerships.
Sec. 214. Extension of Global Research Watch Program.
Sec. 215. Expansion of authority for technology protection features activities.
Sec. 216. Modification to personnel management authority to attract experts in science, engineering, and certain other disciplines.
Sec. 217. Codification of the Laboratory Quality Enhancement Program.
Sec. 218. Modification to consortium on use of additive manufacturing for defense capability development.
Sec. 219. Modification to continuous capability development and delivery program for F–35 aircraft.
Sec. 220. Modifications to test program for engineering plant of DDG(X) destroyer vessels.
Sec. 221. Improvements relating to defining, identifying, and planning the artificial intelligence workforce of the Department of Defense.
Sec. 222. Modification to artificial intelligence education strategy.
Sec. 223. Modification of CVN–73 to support fielding of MQ–25 unmanned aerial vehicle.
Sec. 224. Modification to innovators information repository in the Department of Defense.
Sec. 225. Duties of Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer Governing Council relating to artificial intelligence models and advanced artificial intelligence technologies.
Sec. 226. Ensuring compliance with Department of Defense policy when awarding research grants.
Sec. 227. Extension and modification of Directed Energy Working Group.
Sec. 228. National Defense Economic Competition Research Council.
Sec. 229. Agility Prime Transition Working Group.
Sec. 230. Authority for temporary assignment of employees of the Office of Strategic Capital to certain private-sector organizations.
Sec. 231. Quantum benchmarking initiative.
Sec. 232. Expansion of participation in the Digital On-Demand Program.
Sec. 233. Management and utilization of digital data to enhance maintenance activities.
Sec. 234. Electromagnetic spectrum demonstration program.
Sec. 235. Competitive demonstration of automated target recognition algorithms.
Sec. 236. Pilot program on development of near-term use cases and demonstration of artificial intelligence toward biotechnology applications for national security.
Sec. 237. Pilot program on use of artificial intelligence for certain workflow and operations tasks.
Sec. 238. Limitation on availability of funds for fundamental research collaboration with certain academic institutions.
Sec. 241. Incorporating human readiness levels into research, development, test, and evaluation activities.
Sec. 242. Biotechnology roadmap.
Sec. 243. Plan to advance interests of Department of Defense in matters relating to electromagnetic spectrum in international fora.
Sec. 244. Strategic plan for quantum information science technologies within the Department of Defense.
Sec. 245. Defense Science Board study on long-term operations and availability of Kwajalein Atoll as a Major Range and Test Facility Base.
Subsection (d) of section 148 of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
“(d) Budgeting and funding requirements.—
“(1) The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that the Office is budgeted for and funded in a manner sufficient to ensure the Office has the staff and other resources necessary to effectively carry out the responsibilities specified in subsection (c).
“(2) In the budget justification materials submitted to Congress in support of the Department of Defense budget for fiscal year 2027 and each fiscal year thereafter (as submitted with the budget of the President under section 1105(a) of title 31), the Secretary of Defense shall include a dedicated budget line item for the implementation of subsection (a) and for the testing and evaluation of energetic materials and technologies by the Office.”.
The second section 222e of title 10, United States Code, is amended—
Section 2194(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended—
Section 4066(f) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking “September 30, 2025” and inserting “September 30, 2035”.
(a) Expansion of authority.—Subsection (a) of section 4067 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking “during the research and development phase of such system” and inserting “to increase ally and partner military capability or improve coalition interoperability”.
(b) Cost-sharing.—Subsection (b) of such section is amended—
(2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following new paragraph (2):
“(2) Any contract for the design or development of an exportability feature of a system resulting from activities under subsection (a) for the purpose of enhancing or enabling the exportability of the system shall include a cost-sharing provision that requires the contractor to bear half of the cost of such activities, or such other portion of such cost as the Secretary considers appropriate upon showing of good cause.”; and
Section 4092 of title 10, United States Code, is amended—
(1) in the section heading, by striking “science and engineering” and inserting “science, engineering, and certain other disciplines”;
(3) in subsection (b)—
(A) in paragraph (1)—
(i) in subparagraph (D), by striking “5 scientific and engineering positions in the Office” and inserting “20 scientific and engineering positions in the Office, of which not more than 5 such positions may be positions of administration or management of the Office”;
(a) In general.—Subchapter III of chapter 303 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
Ҥ 4128. Laboratory Quality Enhancement Program
“(a) Program required.— (1) The Secretary of Defense, acting through the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, shall carry out a program under which the Secretary shall establish the panels described in subsection (b) and direct such panels—
“(A) to review and make recommendations to the Secretary with respect to—
“(B) to support implementation of current and future initiatives affecting the science and technology reinvention laboratories; and
“(c) Composition of panels.— (1) Each panel described in paragraphs (1) through (3) of subsection (b) may be composed of subject matter and technical management experts from—
“(d) Governance of panels.— (1) The chairperson of each panel established pursuant to subsection (a) shall be selected by the members of the respective panel.
“(e) Interpretation of provisions of law.— (1) The Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, acting under the guidance of the Secretary, shall issue regulations regarding the meaning, scope, implementation, and applicability of any provision of a statute relating to a science and technology reinvention laboratory.
“(2) In interpreting or defining under paragraph (1), the Under Secretary shall, to the degree practicable, emphasize providing the maximum operational flexibility to the directors of the science and technology reinvention laboratories to discharge the missions of their laboratories.
“(3) In interpreting or defining under paragraph (1), the Under Secretary shall, to the extent practicable, consult and coordinate with the secretaries of the military departments and such other agencies or entities as the Under Secretary considers relevant on any proposed revision to regulations under paragraph (1).
(b) Conforming repeal.—Section 211 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328; 10 U.S.C. note prec. 4121) is repealed.
Section 223(c) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118–31; 10 U.S.C. 4841 note) is amended—
(3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
“(7) develop a process to certify new materials and processes for fabricating flight critical parts and initiate planning for a rapidly deployable additive manufacturing system that is capable of fabricating replacement safety-critical parts for military aircraft and unmanned aerial vehicles in environments where access to traditionally manufactured replacement parts is severely restricted.”.
Section 225(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118–31; 137 Stat. 195) is amended—
Section 221 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117–81; 135 Stat. 1599) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the following new sentence: “A minimum of two motor technologies with comparable efficiency, weight, and space characteristics that provide minimum of 40 megawatts of reserve power, in excess of propulsion and ship service at patrol speed, shall be tested in full scale to mitigate program risk and provide sufficient competition prior to down selecting to a class decision.”;
(a) Appointment of responsible official .—Section 230 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116–92; 10 U.S.C. note prec. 501) is amended by striking subsection (c) and inserting the following:
“(c) Responsibility.—
“(1) APPOINTMENT OF OFFICER.—Not later than April 30, 2025, the Secretary of Defense shall appoint a civilian official responsible for the development and implementation of the policy and implementation plan set forth in subsections (a) and (b), respectively. The official shall be known as the ‘Chief Digital Engineering Recruitment and Management Officer of the Department of Defense’.
“(2) ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES.—In addition to the responsibilities specified in paragraph (1), the Officer appointed under such paragraph shall—
“(A) fully define and identify the artificial intelligence workforce of the Department of Defense, including by—
“(B) update the Department of Defense Human Capital Operating Plan to be consistent with the Strategic Management Plan of the Department and the Annual Performance Plan of the Department relating to artificial intelligence workforce issues, including—
(b) Digital engineering implementation plan update.—Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report that includes an update on any activities carried out in accordance with the implementation plan required under section 230(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116–92; 10 U.S.C. note prec. 501).
(c) Briefing.—Not later than 240 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall provide to the congressional defense committees a briefing on—
(1) the positions included in the artificial intelligence workforce of the Department as of the date of the briefing;
(2) any positions not identified under paragraph (1) that should be included in the artificial intelligence workforce of the Department;
Section 256 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116–92; 133 Stat. 1290) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
“(d) Artificial intelligence and machine learning education platforms.—
“(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025, the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer of the Department of Defense, in coordination with the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, shall—
Section 219 of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115–232; 132 Stat. 1680) is amended by striking “shall” and all that follows and inserting “shall modify the compartments and infrastructure of the aircraft carrier designated CVN–73 to support the fielding of the MQ–25 unmanned aerial vehicle before the planned deployment date of such vehicle.”.
Section 220 of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115–232; 10 U.S.C. 4061 note prec.) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a), by inserting “Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office, the Defense Innovation Unit, and the” before “Defense Technical Information Center”;
(2) in subsection (b), by inserting “in accordance with subsection (e)” before the period at the end;
(3) in subsection (c)—
(A) by amending paragraph (1) to read as follows:
“(1) be coordinated across the Department of Defense to focus on small business concerns (as defined in section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632), including—
“(A) participants in the Small Business Innovation Research Program or the Small Business Technology Transfer Program established under section 9 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638);
(4) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
“(e) Updates required.—Not less frequently than once each fiscal quarter and subject to the availability of appropriations, the head of the Defense Technical Information Center, in coordination with the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, shall update the innovators information repository established under this section.”.
Section 238(d)(3)(E) of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115–232; 10 U.S.C. note prec. 4061) is amended—
(2) by inserting after clause (ix) the following new clause (x):
“(x) With respect to artificial intelligence models and advanced artificial intelligence technologies—
“(I) to identify and assess artificial intelligence models and advanced artificial intelligence technologies that could pose a national security risk if accessed by an adversary of the United States;
Section 1286 of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115–232; 10 U.S.C. 4001 note) is amended—
(3) by inserting after subsection (d) the following new subsection (e):
“(e) Annual reviews required.—Not later than March 30, 2025, and not later than March 30 of each year thereafter—
“(1) each head of a Department of Defense component that awards grants for research shall carry out a review of a representative sample of the research grants awarded by the respective component in the previous fiscal year to ensure that the component is awarding grants in compliance with the applicable policies of the Department of Defense; and
(4) in subsection (f), as redesignated by paragraph (1)—
(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting “and on the periodic reviews conducted pursuant to subsection (e)” after “by subsection (a)”; and
(B) in paragraph (2)—
(i) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) through (G) as clauses (i) through (vii), respectively, and indenting such clauses two ems to the right;
(ii) by inserting before clause (i), as redesignated by clause (i) of this subparagraph, the following new subparagraph (A):
(iii) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
“(B) With respect to the periodic reviews conducted pursuant to subsection (e), the following:
“(i) The total number of research grants awarded by the Department in the fiscal year covered by the reviews.
Section 219(d) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328; 10 U.S.C. 4205 note) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (6), by adding at the end the following: Each such briefing shall include—
“(A) for each organization and element of the Department carrying out work related to directed energy capabilities, cost data and associated program elements for each fiscal year across the period covered by the most recent future-years defense program submitted to Congress under section 221 of title 10, United States Code (as of the time of the briefing); and
(a) Establishment of Council.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall establish a council to identify, evaluate, and coordinate existing research efforts, or propose new research topics, relating to economic competition activities, such as economic coercion, manipulation, or other uses of economic power to undermine the national defense strategy of the United States and the partners and allies of the United States.
(b) Charter and mission.—Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall issue a charter for the Council with a mission that includes the following:
(1) Conducting analysis of ongoing or proposed government and academic research relating to economic competition.
(2) Making proposals for new areas of research to increase understanding of adversarial uses of economic tools in support of military objectives to improve understanding of threats, vulnerabilities, and defensive options to mitigate such threats and vulnerabilities.
(3) Informing the tools available to the Department of Defense to defend against such economic competition, coercion and manipulation activities, including the use of adversarial capital to acquire technology, real estate, or other infrastructure, or to preemptively deny access by the United States.
(4) Assessing current data needs or shortfalls impairing understanding of threats and vulnerabilities relating to economic competition.
(5) Convening groups, which may include academic institutions, nonprofit organizations, commercial entities, other departments and agencies of the Federal Government, and international partners, to better understand regional requirements or inform the understanding of regional partners on the threats and vulnerabilities relating to military objectives as a result of increasing economic competition.
(c) Participants.—
(1) CO-CHAIRS.—The co-chairs of the Council shall be the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, and the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment.
(2) IN GENERAL.—The co-chairs of the Council shall ensure that the Council includes participation from each of the following:
(G) The Office of Global Economic and Investment Security under the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy.
(d) Input from the Joint Staff and Combatant Commands.—The Council shall regularly solicit input from the Joint Staff and combatant commands on needs, problem statements, or other topics relating to economic competition activities described in subsection (a)(1) affecting their areas of responsibility.
(a) Establishment.—Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, in coordination with the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering and the Director of the Defense Innovation Unit, shall establish a working group to be known as the “Agility Prime Transition Working Group” (referred to in this section as the “Working Group”).
(b) Duties.—The duties of the Working Group shall include the following:
(1) To develop and implement a strategy to transition capabilities developed under the Agility Prime program of the Air Force to program executive offices of the covered Armed Forces, as appropriate.
(2) To provide a forum for members of the Working Group to coordinate activities relating to hybrid and electric vertical takeoff and landing capabilities developed under the Agility Prime program, including—
(3) To identify programs, projects, activities, and requirements of the covered Armed Forces that may be supported by technologies and capabilities developed under the Agility Prime program, including hybrid and electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft, advanced air mobility platforms, autonomous flight capabilities, test and evaluation software, and related technologies.
(4) To identify requirements of the combatant commands and the covered Armed Forces that align with previous, ongoing, or planned efforts under the Agility Prime program.
(5) To assess whether previous, ongoing, or planned efforts under the Agility Prime program and other vertical take off and landing aircraft capability development efforts align with other current, planned, or future acquisition programs of the covered Armed Forces.
(c) Membership.—The Working Group shall be composed of representatives from the following organizations:
(d) Chairperson.—The Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, or the designee of the Under Secretary, shall serve as the Chairperson of the Working Group.
(e) Meetings.—The Working Group shall meet not less frequently than twice each year at the call of the Chairperson.
(g) Annual reports.—Not later than September 30, 2025, and not later than September 30 of each year thereafter through 2027, the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the efforts of the Working Group. Each report shall include, with respect to the year covered by the report, information on—
(1) any funding under the categories of research, development, test, and evaluation, procurement, or operation and maintenance that is expected to be used for further development or procurement of hybrid and electric vertical takeoff and landing capabilities in the fiscal year of the report and the in the following fiscal year;
(a) Authorization.—Using the authority provided under section 1599g of title 10, United States Code, the Secretary of Defense, acting through the Director of the Office of Strategic Capital, may carry out a program under which the Director arranges for the temporary assignment of an employee of the Office to a qualifying private-sector organization.
(b) Objectives.—The objectives of the program under subsection (a) shall be—
(1) to enable the Office of Strategic Capital to rapidly acquire industry-specific context and technical competence across high priority technology and industrial focus areas through immersion in highly relevant emerging technology and business ecosystems across the United States; and
(c) Matching and tracking capabilities.—In carrying out program under subsection (a), the Director of the Office of Strategic Capital shall—
(1) use digital automation and analysis capability to optimize the identification, assessment, and placement of participants within the program, which shall include the ability to match and track private-sector organizations with employees of the Office participating in the program in a manner that aligns the priorities, needs, and expertise of such employees, organizations, and the Office; and
(d) Qualifying private-sector organization defined.—In this section, the term “qualifying private-sector organization” means a private-sector organization that has functions and expertise relevant to the responsibilities of the Office of Strategic Capital, which may include organization such as a venture capital firm, private equity firm, or other such organizations as determined appropriated by the Director of the Office.
(a) Initiative required.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency shall establish and carry out an initiative to rapidly expand and support efforts to evaluate concepts, development plans, and prototypes, components, and subsystems needed to develop a utility-scale quantum computing capability available to the Department of Defense.
(b) Elements.—The Initiative shall include the following:
(1) Activities to broaden existing efforts of the Department of Defense to verify and validate commercial efforts to design and build utility-scale quantum computers, including through collaboration with key partners in the Air Force Research Laboratory, the Office of Strategic Capital, the Defense Innovation Unit, and such other partners and organizations of the Department of Defense as the Director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency deems appropriate.
(2) Working with the Office of Strategic Capital to establish regular interactions with the venture capital and finance community to help accelerate commercial efforts to develop concepts, plans, prototypes, components, and subsystems needed to develop viable utility-scale quantum computers.
(3) Working with the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy to connect key performers in fault-tolerant utility-scale quantum computing with support for industrial bases analysis, manufacturing support, and other analysis support to help foster and grow the broader industrial base supporting fault-tolerant utility-scale quantum computing.
(c) Repeal of reporting requirement.—Subsection (c) of section 229 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117–81; 135 Stat. 1611; 10 U.S.C. 4001 note) is hereby repealed.
(a) In general.—The Secretary of Defense shall take such steps as may be necessary—
(b) Report.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and on an annual basis thereafter through 2029, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report on the progress of the Secretary in expanding and promoting the Digital On-Demand Program as described in subsection (a).
(c) Digital on Demand Program defined.—In this section, the term “Digital On-Demand Program” means the program overseen by the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer pursuant to which educational resources on artificial intelligence, emerging technologies, data literacy, and related topics are made available to personnel of the Department of Defense through a digital platform on an on-demand basis.
(a) Policies required.—Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, in consultation with the Secretaries of the military departments and the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer of the Department of Defense, shall develop and implement policies to manage and utilize data derived from digital data systems for aircraft, ships, and ground vehicles to inform and support maintenance activities conducted with respect to such aircraft, ships, and vehicles.
(b) Elements.—The policies required by subsection (a) shall include investment in advanced and scalable data infrastructure to efficiently record, transmit, categorize, and otherwise process data generated by digital data systems described in such subsection. Such policies shall—
(1) require development of a strategy to invest in advanced technologies, including automated systems and artificial intelligence, to streamline the process of organizing, indexing, and categorizing data;
(2) require work with vendors to address and resolve limitations imposed by proprietary information and data, including through the adoption of open data and open mission systems approaches;
(4) require central compilation of maintenance data and creation of user interfaces, prioritizing analysis of long-lead components;
(5) require the use of vendor-agnostic, government-owned tagging and interoperable systems, except in cases where there is a compelling reason not to use such systems;
(a) In general.—Not later than November 30, 2025, the Chief Information Officer of the Department of Defense, in coordination with the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering and the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation, shall complete a demonstration program to assess the viability of using wideband adaptive signal processing technology to support simultaneous transmit and receive signals on the same electromagnetic spectrum frequency band that—
(b) Location.—The demonstration program required by subsection (a) shall be conducted at a test and training range of the Department of Defense.
(c) Consultation.—In carrying out the demonstration program required by subsection (a), the Chief Information Officer, the Under Secretary, and the Director shall consult with, at a minimum, the following:
(d) Authority to enter into contracts.—Subject to the availability of appropriations, the Chief Information Officer may enter into such contracts or other agreements as the Chief Information Officer considers appropriate to conduct studies and demonstration projects under the demonstration program required by subsection (a).
(e) Briefing on plans for program.—Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Chief Information Officer, the Under Secretary, and the Director shall jointly provide to the congressional defense committees a briefing on the plans to carry out the demonstration program required by subsection (a).
(f) Periodic assessments of program.—The Chief Information Officer, the Under Secretary, and the Director shall, periodically, assess the demonstration program required by subsection (a) while the program is being carried out.
(g) Briefing on completed program.—Upon completion of the demonstration program required by subsection (a), the Chief Information Officer, the Under Secretary, and the Director shall jointly provide the congressional defense committees a briefing on their findings with respect to the demonstration program.
(a) Venue, process, and scenarios.—Not later than June 1, 2025, the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer of the Department of Defense, in coordination with appropriate counterparts in the military departments, shall develop a venue and processes, including a specified set of baseline scenarios, for comparative testing of automated target recognition algorithms to evaluate mission efficacy.
(a) Pilot program required.—The Secretary of Defense shall carry out a pilot program to develop near-term use cases and demonstrations of artificial intelligence for national security-related biotechnology applications.
(b) Public-private partnerships.—The Secretary of Defense shall carry out the pilot program required by subsection (a) through one or more public-private partnerships entered into for purposes of the pilot program.
(c) Laboratory support and infrastructure.—In support of a public-private partnership entered into under subsection (b), the Secretary of Defense may, on a reimbursable basis, make available—
(e) Annual report.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and not later than December 1 of every other year thereafter until the termination date specified in subsection (d)(2), the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the pilot program.
(2) CONTENTS.—Each report submitted under paragraph (1) shall include, for the period covered by the report, the following:
(A) An assessment of existing Department of Defense biotechnology-related data resources and how they may be used in the pilot program.
(C) A description of any mechanisms developed for collaboration among different parties associated with projects under the pilot program, including intellectual property agreements, funding agreements, and material transfer agreements.
(D) An assessment of the role that artificial intelligence is playing in developing biotechnology applications for national security purposes, including identification of commercial or academic applications used in the pilot program.
(E) A description of near-term use cases developed under the pilot program for artificial intelligence-enabled biotechnology applications for national security.
(f) Transition plan.—Not later than one year before the date on which the pilot program terminates under subsection (d)(2), the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a plan that outlines what steps the Department could take to turn the pilot program into an operational program if authorized and funded by Congress to do so. The plan shall include the following:
(a) Pilot program required.—Beginning not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall carry out a pilot program to assess the feasibility and advisability of using artificial intelligence-enabled software to optimize the workflow and operations for—
(c) Software.—In carrying out the pilot program required by subsection (a), the Secretary shall—
(d) Consultation.—In carrying out the activities described in subsection (a)(1) under the pilot program, the Secretary of Defense shall consult with—
(a) Limitation.—Except as provided in subsection (b), none of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2025 may be obligated or expended to award a grant or contract to an institution of higher education for the specific purposes of conducting fundamental research in collaboration with a covered entity.
(b) Waiver.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Assistant Secretary of Defense for Science and Technology may waive the limitation under subsection (a), on a case-by-case basis, with respect to an individual grant or contract for an institution of higher education if the Assistant Secretary determines that such a waiver is in the national security interests of the United States.
(2) CONGRESSIONAL NOTICE.—Not later than 30 days after the date on which an award is made by the Department of Defense involving an institution of higher education with respect to which a waiver is made under paragraph (1), the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Science and Technology shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives notice of such waiver.
(c) Report annex.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—On an annual basis, as a classified or controlled unclassified information annex to the annual report required by section 1286(f) of the John S McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115–232; 10 U.S.C. 4001 note) (as so redesignated by section 226 of this title), the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report annex on the compliance of the Department of Defense and institutions of higher education with the requirements of this section.
(2) CONTENTS.—Each report annex submitted pursuant to paragraph (1) shall include, for each waiver issued under subsection (b) during the period covered by the report—
(B) a detailed description of the type and extent of any collaboration between an institution of higher education and a covered entity allowed pursuant to the waiver, including identification of the institution of higher education and the covered entities involved, the type of technology involved, the duration of the collaboration, and terms and conditions on intellectual property assignment, as applicable, under the collaboration agreement.
(d) Definitions.—In this section:
(1) The term “collaboration” means coordinated activity between an institution of higher education and a covered entity and includes—
(2) The term “covered entity”—
(A) means an academic institution that is included in the most recently updated list developed pursuant to 1286(c)(9) of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115–232; 10 U.S.C. 4001 note); and
(3) The term “fundamental research” has the meaning given that term in National Security Decision Directive-189 (NSSD-189), National Policy on the Transfer of Scientific, Technical and Engineering Information, dated September 21, 1985, or any successor document.
(4) The term “institution of higher education” has the meaning given that term in section 102 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002) and includes—
(a) Review.—Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment and the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, shall initiate a review of the ANSI/HFES Standard 400-2021 to determine whether any elements of such standard may be incorporated into relevant Department of Defense procedures and guidance material—
(b) Elements.—In carrying out the review required by subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense—
(2) shall conduct a preliminary analysis of the human readiness levels of the Department of Defense based on ANSI/HFES Standard 400-2021 to determine whether and to what extent those readiness levels align with the current technology readiness levels of technology used in major research and development programs and major defense acquisition programs (as defined in section 4201 of title 10, United States Code);
(c) Briefing.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall provide to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a briefing on the progress of the review required by subsection (a).
(d) Definition.—In this section:
(1) The term “ANSI/HFES Standard 400-2021” means American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES) Standard 400-2021 (pertaining to human readiness level scale in the system development process).
(a) Roadmap required.—Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, and the Secretaries of the military departments, shall submit to the congressional defense committees a biotechnology roadmap.
(b) Elements.—In the roadmap required by subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense shall—
(2) for each strategic objective, establish specific goals and milestones for the achievement of such objective, including timelines for meeting such goals and milestones;
(3) in the case of each updated version of the roadmap following submittal of the initial roadmap under subsection (a), include—
(4) identify the biotechnology development needs and priorities for national security applications based on the strategic objectives identified in paragraph (1);
(6) describe funding sources for each priority identified pursuant to paragraph (4), including both current sources and sources covered by the future-years defense program submitted to Congress under section 221 of title 10, United States Code;
(7) provide a plan, timeline, and metrics for research, development, testing, and evaluation activities for the priorities identified pursuant to paragraph (4);
(8) assess opportunities for rapid acquisition and fielding of biotechnology in support of the priorities identified pursuant to paragraph (4);
(9) identify and describe the role of each organization of the Department with responsibilities relating to biotechnology under the strategy, including investment priorities for the Office of Strategic Capital and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency;
(10) assess the overall risk to the security of the United States of the biotechnology efforts covered by the strategy;
(11) analyze any requirements of the Federal Government that hinder the ability of the Department to advance and use biotechnology;
(12) provide for the development and support of the biotechnology workforce of the Department, including personnel with responsibilities relating directly to biotechnology and personnel who indirectly support the biotechnology efforts of the Department such as personnel involved program management, acquisition, investment, and legal matters;
(13) with respect to the biotechnology workforce described in paragraph (12)—
(A) identify the total number of biotechnology positions required to support the objectives of the roadmap—
(D) identify any challenges affecting the ability of the Department to develop the biotechnology workforce and propose solutions to those challenges;
(E) assess whether the codes used to define positions and roles within the workforce of the Department adequately cover the range of positions and personnel that comprise the biotechnology workforce, such as personnel in research, engineering, and testing;
(F) identify mechanisms to enable the Department to access outside expertise relating to biotechnology, including mechanisms to assemble a pool of outside experts who have been prequalified (including by obtaining any necessary security clearances) to provide advice and assistance to the Department on matters relating to biotechnology on an as-needed basis; and
(14) address collaboration between the Department and international partners to advance research on biotechnology, which shall include—
(A) a description of any international partnerships under which the United States is collaborating with partners to conduct biotechnology research and development for defense purposes, including a description of any investment priorities for the Office of Strategic Capital and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency relating to such partnerships;
(B) a description of any new international partnerships that may be entered into, or existing partnerships that may be modified, to provide for such collaboration; and
(c) Biennial updates.—Not less frequently than once every two years following the submittal of the initial roadmap under subsection (a) until the termination date specified in subsection (h), the Secretary shall—
(d) Form.—Each version of the roadmap required to be submitted under this section may be submitted in classified form, but if so submitted, shall include an unclassified executive summary.
(e) Public availability.—On annual basis, the Secretary shall make an unclassified version of the most recent roadmap submitted under this section available on a publicly accessible website of the Department of Defense.
(f) GAO evaluation and report.—Not later than 180 days after the date on which the Secretary of Defense submits the initial roadmap pursuant to subsection (a), the Comptroller General of the United States shall—
(a) Plan required.—Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Chief Information Officer of the Department of Defense, shall develop and commence implementation of a five-year plan for advancing United States defense policy interests at meetings of relevant international organizations and other international fora relating to electromagnetic spectrum, including all phases of the World Radiocommunication Conferences preparatory process.
(b) Elements.—At a minimum, the plan developed under subsection (a) shall include the following:
(1) Actions and resourcing required to ensure that the Department of Defense has the personnel and expertise required to engage meaningfully in the international activities described in subsection (a).
(c) Briefing.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Chief Information officer of the Department of Defense, shall provide to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a briefing on the plan developed under subsection (a), which shall include information on relevant funded and unfunded resourcing requirements for current and future fiscal years.
(a) In general.—The Secretary of Defense shall develop a strategic plan to guide the research, development, test, and evaluation, procurement, and implementation of quantum information science (referred to in this section as “QIS”) technologies within the Department of Defense, including the covered Armed Forces, over the period of five years following the date of the enactment of this Act.
(b) Elements.—The plan required under subsection (a) shall include the following:
(1) Identification of QIS technologies that have the potential to solve operational challenges faced by the Department of Defense.
(c) Report.—Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report that includes—
(2) an assessment of whether the budgets proposed for QIS-related activities of the Department of Defense and each of the covered Armed Forces appropriately balance the use of research, development, test, and evaluation funds designated as budget activity 1 (basic research), budget activity 2 (applied research), and budget activity 3 (advanced technology development) (as those budget activity classifications are set forth in volume 2B, chapter 5 of the Department of Defense Financial Management Regulation (DOD 7000.14–R)) to achieve the objectives of the strategic plan over near-, mid-, and long-term timeframes.
(a) In general.—Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering shall direct the Defense Science Board to conduct a study to assess the feasibility and advisability of designating the Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site (RTS) and the United States Army Garrison Kwajalein Atoll (USAG-KA) as facilities and resources comprising the Major Range and Test Facility Base, including with respect to the availability and mission capability of such test site and garrison.
(b) Elements.—The study conducted under subsection (a) shall cover the following:
(1) The history and rationale for the split funding of the United States facilities and capabilities on Kwajalein Atoll between an Army Garrison and a Major Range and Test Facility Base and whether those objectives have been achieved and, if not, an explanation of the reasons those objectives have not been achieved.
(5) The status of the supported or supporting relationship between the United States Army Garrison Kwajalein Atoll, the Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site, and the Lincoln Laboratory of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the long-term outlook for this partnership.
(c) Deadline for completion.—The Defense Science Board shall complete the study required by subsection (a) by not later than May 15, 2025.
Sec. 301. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 311. Modification of definition of antenna structure project under Military Aviation and Installation Assurance Clearinghouse for review of mission obstructions.
Sec. 312. Extension of period for cooperative agreements under Native American lands environmental mitigation program.
Sec. 313. Extension of requirement to establish a schedule of black start exercises to assess the energy resilience and energy security of military installations.
Sec. 314. Change in timeframe for report on ability of Department of Defense to meet requirements for energy resilience and energy security measures on military installations.
Sec. 315. Repeal of limitation on procurement of drop-in fuels; annual report.
Sec. 316. Extension of prohibition on required disclosure.
Sec. 317. Increase of transfer authority for funding of study and assessment on health implications of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances contamination in drinking water by Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.
Sec. 318. Initiative to control and combat the spread of coconut rhinoceros beetle in Hawaii.
Sec. 319. Prohibition on implementation of regulation relating to minimizing risk of climate change.
Sec. 320. Implementation of Inspector General recommendations relating to oversight of defense fuel support points.
Sec. 321. Provision by Secretary of the Air Force of meteorological data for Air Force and Army.
Sec. 331. Joint Safety Council report and briefing requirements.
Sec. 332. Modifications to Comptroller General annual reviews of F–35 sustainment efforts.
Sec. 333. Plans regarding condition and maintenance of prepositioned stockpiles of Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force.
Sec. 334. Warehouse utilization organization alignment.
Sec. 335. Authority for Government-owned, Government-operated facilities to access production base support funds.
Sec. 336. Pre-positioned stocks of finished defense textile articles.
Sec. 341. Modification of readiness reports to include total number of combat readiness upgrades or downgrades.
Sec. 342. Extension and expansion of incident reporting requirements for Department of Defense.
Sec. 343. Annual briefing on operational readiness of 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron prior to commencement of official hurricane season.
Sec. 351. Extension of authority for Secretary of Defense to use Department of Defense reimbursement rate for transportation services provided to certain non-Department of Defense entities.
Sec. 352. Improvements to FireGuard Program of National Guard.
Sec. 353. Counter unmanned aerial system threat library.
Sec. 354. Limitation on availability of funds for travel expenses of Office of Secretary of Defense until submission of certain documents.
Sec. 355. Anti-lock brake system and electronic stability control kit for certain Army vehicles.
Sec. 356. Program for advanced manufacturing in the Indo-Pacific region.
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2025 for the use of the Armed Forces and other activities and agencies of the Department of Defense for expenses, not otherwise provided for, for operation and maintenance, as specified in the funding table in section 4301.
Section 183a(h)(2)(A)(ii) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking “under this title” and inserting “by law”.
Section 2713(c)(3) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking “two calendar years” and inserting “five calendar years”.
Section 2920(d)(2)(C)(ii) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking “2027” and inserting “2032”.
(b) Annual report.—Subchapter II of chapter 173 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
Ҥ 2922j. Annual report on purchase of drop-in fuel
“(a) In general.—Not less frequently than annually, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report that, for the year covered by the report—
Section 318(a)(2) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118–31) is amended by striking “one-year period” and inserting “three-year period”.
Clause (iv) of section 316(a)(2)(B) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115–91; 131 Stat. 1350), as most recently amended by section 333 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118–31), is further amended by striking “during fiscal year 2024” and inserting “a year during fiscal years 2024 through 2025”.
(a) In general.—The Secretary of Defense shall enhance efforts to manage, control, and interdict the coconut rhinoceros beetle on military installations in Hawaii.
(b) Authorized activities.—The efforts required under subsection (a) shall include the following:
(1) Carrying out science-based management and control programs to reduce the effect of the coconut rhinoceros beetle on military installations and to prevent the introduction or spread of the coconut rhinoceros beetle to areas where such beetle has not yet been established.
(2) Providing support for interagency and intergovernmental response efforts to control, interdict, monitor, and eradicate the coconut rhinoceros beetle on military installations in Hawaii.
(3) Pursuing chemical, biological, and other control techniques, technology transfer, and best practices to support management, control, interdiction and, where possible, eradication of the coconut rhinoceros beetle from Hawaii.
(c) Annual briefings.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter for each of the next three years, the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Energy, Installations, and Environment shall provide to the Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Senate a briefing on the implementation of this section, which shall include detailed information about the efforts of the Secretary to manage, control, and interdict the coconut rhinoceros beetle on military installations in Hawaii.
None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2025 may be used to finalize or implement any rule based on the advanced notice of proposed rulemaking titled “Federal Acquisition Regulation: Minimizing the Risk of Climate Change in Federal Acquisitions” (October 15, 2021; 86 Fed. Reg. 57404).
With respect to each recommendation of the Inspector General of the Department of Defense contained in the report published by the Inspector General on April 11, 2024, and titled “Audit of the Defense Logistics Agency Oversight of Defense Fuel Support Points” (DODIG–2024–075), by not later than May 1, 2026, the Secretary of Defense shall—
Section 185 of title 10, United States Code, is amended—
(1) in subsection (k)—
(2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
“(l) Biannual briefings.—Not later than March 31 and December 31 of each year, the Chairperson of the Council shall provide to the congressional defense committees a briefing on the contents of the report required to be submitted under subsection (k)(1) that covers the six-month period preceding the date of the briefing.”.
Section 357 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117–81) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)—
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking “2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025” and inserting “2025, 2026, and 2027”;
(2) in subsection (b), by striking “of the following:” and all that follows through the period at the end of paragraph (4) and inserting “of matters regarding the sustainment or affordability of the F–35 Lighting II aircraft program that the Comptroller General, after consulting with staff from the Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Senate, determines to be of critical importance to the long-term viability of such program.”.
(a) Plan required.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Navy and the Secretary of the Air Force shall each develop a plan to improve the required inspection procedures for the prepositioned stockpiles of the Armed Force concerned, for the purpose of identifying deficiencies and conducting maintenance repairs at levels necessary to ensure such prepositioned stockpiles are mission capable.
(b) Implementation.—Not later than 30 days after the date on which the Secretary concerned completes the development of a plan under subsection (a), and not less frequently than twice each year thereafter for the three-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary concerned shall inspect the prepositioned stockpiles of the Armed Force concerned in accordance with the procedures under such plan.
(c) Briefings.—
(1) BRIEFING ON PLAN.—Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, each Secretary concerned shall provide to the congressional defense committees a briefing on the plan of the Secretary developed under subsection (a).
(2) BRIEFINGS ON STATUS OF PREPOSITIONED STOCKPILES.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 180 days thereafter for the three-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, each Secretary concerned shall provide to the congressional defense committees a briefing on the status and condition of the prepositioned stockpiles of the Armed Force concerned.
(a) Briefing.—Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, each Secretary of a military department and the Director of the Defense Logistics Agency shall provide to the congressional defense committees a briefing that—
(1) identifies the designated organization or command that will serve as the global integrator of that military department or agency and assume responsibilities as the manager of the storage network of that military department or agency; and
(2) sets forth a comprehensive plan of the Secretary concerned or the Director of the Defense Logistics Agency, as the case may be—
(b) Annual report.—Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter for the following five years, each Secretary of a military department and the Director of the Defense Logistics Agency shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report containing the following:
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall prescribe regulations providing that Government-owned, Government-operated facilities are eligible to receive production base support funding from the Army.
(a) In general.—The Secretary of Defense may establish pre-positioned stocks of finished defense textile articles, such as uniforms and protective gear, to support the rapid mobilization and sustainment of members of the Armed Forces during a contingency operation.
(b) Plan to reduce delays.—The Secretary shall develop a plan for phasing in and targeting policy changes relating to defense textile articles to reduce delinquencies and mitigate delays between policy decisions that may result in the miscalculation of stockpiling in order to ensure ample finished textiles are available to prevent a scenario in which the demand for certain articles is ramping down by the time the supply chain can ramp up to meet the need.
Paragraph (5) of section 482(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
Section 363 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117–81; 10 U.S.C. 2722 note) is amended—
Not later than March 31, 2025, and annually thereafter for each of the subsequent two years, the commanding officer of the 22nd Air Force shall provide to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a briefing on the operational readiness of the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron. Each such briefing shall address spares, personnel, supporting infrastructure, and such other matters as the commanding officer determines appropriate.