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H.R. 4435—FY15 NATIONAL DEFENSE

AUTHORIZATION BILL

CHAIRMAN’S MARK

SUMMARY OF BILL LANGUAGE ............................................ 1

BILL LANGUAGE ..................................................................... 41

DIRECTIVE REPORT LANGUAGE ...................................... 311

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SUMMARY OF BILL LANGUAGE

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Table Of Contents

DIVISION A—DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATIONS

TITLE I—PROCUREMENT LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS

SUBTITLE A—AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS

Section 101—Authorization of Appropriations

SUBTITLE C—NAVY PROGRAMS

Section 122—Construction of San Antonio Class Amphibious Ship

SUBTITLE D—AIR FORCE PROGRAMS

Section 132—Limitation on Availability of Funds for Retirement of U-2

Aircraft

Section 133—Limitation on Availability of Funds for Retirement of A-10

Aircraft

Section 134—Limitation on Availability of Funds for Divestment or Transfer

of KC-10 Aircraft

TITLE II—RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND

EVALUATION LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS

SUBTITLE A—AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS

Section 201—Authorization of Appropriations

TITLE III—OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS

SUBTITLE A—AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS

Section 301—Operation and Maintenance Funding

SUBTITLE B—ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROVISIONS

Section 312—Exclusions from Definition of "Chemical Substance" Under Toxic

Substances Control Act and Report on Lead Ammunition

SUBTITLE D—REPORTS

Section 332—Report on Enduring Requirements and Activities Currently

Funded Through Amounts Authorized to Be Appropriated for Overseas

Contingency Operations

SUBTITLE F—OTHER MATTERS

Section 352—Sense of Congress on Access to Training Ranges within United

States Pacific Command Area of Responsibility

TITLE V—MILITARY PERSONNEL POLICY LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS

SUBTITLE D—MILITARY JUSTICE, INCLUDING SEXUAL ASSAULT AND DOMESTIC

VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND RESPONSE

Section 534—Consultation with Victims of Sexual Assault Regarding Victims'

Preference for Prosecution of Offense by Court-Martial or Civilian Court

Section 535—Modification of Military Rules of Evidence Relating to

Admissibility of General Military Character Toward Probability of Innocence �

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Section 536—Confidential Review of Characterization of Terms of Discharge of

Members of the Armed Forces Who Are Victims of Sexual Offenses

TITLE VI—COMPENSATION AND OTHER PERSONNEL

BENEFITS LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS

SUBTITLE A—PAY AND ALLOWANCES

Section 602—No Fiscal Year 2015 Increase in Basic Pay for General and Flag

Officers

TITLE VII—HEALTH CARE PROVISIONS LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS

SUBTITLE C—REPORTS AND OTHER MATTERS

Section 727—Briefing on Hospitals in Arrears in Payments to Department of

Defense

TITLE VIII—ACQUISITION POLICY, ACQUISITION

MANAGEMENT, AND RELATED MATTERS LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS

SUBTITLE A—AMENDMENTS TO GENERAL CONTRACTING AUTHORITIES,

PROCEDURES, AND LIMITATIONS

Section 801—Extension to United States Transportation Command of

Authorities Relating to Prohibition on Contracting with the Enemy

SUBTITLE B—INDUSTRIAL BASE MATTERS

Section 811—Three-Year Extension of and Amendments to Test Program for

Negotiation of Comprehensive Small Business Subcontracting Plans

Section 812—Improving Opportunities for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned

Small Businesses

Section 813—Plan for Improving Data on Bundled and Consolidated Contracts

Section 814—Authority to Provide Education to Small Businesses on Certain

Requirements of Arms Export Control Act

Section 815—Prohibition on Reverse Auctions for Covered Contracts

Section 816—SBA Surety Bond Guarantee

TITLE IX—DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ORGANIZATION AND

MANAGEMENT LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS

SUBTITLE A—DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE MANAGEMENT

Section 901—Redesignation of the Department of the Navy as the Department

of the Navy and Marine Corps

Section 902—Additional Responsibility for Director of Operational Test and

Evaluation

Section 903—Extension of Authority to Waive Reimbursement of Costs of

Activities for Nongovernmental Personnel at Department of Defense Regional

Centers for Security Studies

Section 906—Combatant Command Efficiency Plan

Section 909—Office of Net Assessment �

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SUBTITLE B—TOTAL FORCE MANAGEMENT

Section 912—Repeal of Extension of Comptroller General Report on Inventory

TITLE X—GENERAL PROVISIONS LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS

SUBTITLE A—FINANCIAL MATTERS

Section 1001—General Transfer Authority

Section 1002—Repeal of Limitation on Inspector General Audits of Certain

Financial Statements

SUBTITLE B—COUNTER-DRUG ACTIVITIES

Section 1011—Extension of Authority to Support Unified Counterdrug and

Counterterrorism Campaign in Colombia

Section 1012—Three-Year Extension of Authority of Department of Defense to

Provide Additional Support for Counterdrug Activities of Other Governmental

Agencies

Section 1013—Sense of Congress on Mexico and Central America

SUBTITLE D—COUNTERTERRORISM

Section 1032—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

Section 1033—Prohibition on the Use of Funds for the Transfer or Release of

Individuals Detained at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba

SUBTITLE E—MISCELLANEOUS AUTHORITIES AND LIMITATIONS

Section 1046—Submittal of Procedures and Reports Relating to Sensitive

Military Operations

SUBTITLE F—STUDIES AND REPORTS

Section 1052—Response of the Department of Defense to Compromises of

Classified Information

SUBTITLE G—OTHER MATTERS

Section 1061—Technical and Clerical Amendments

Section 1063—Sale or Donation of Excess Personal Property for Border

Security Activities

Section 1067—Resubmission of 2014 Quadrennial Defense Review

TITLE XII—MATTERS RELATING TO FOREIGN NATIONS LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS

SUBTITLE A—ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING

Section 1201—One-Year Extension of Global Security Contingency Fund

Section 1202—Notice to Congress on Certain Assistance Under Authority to

Conduct Activities to Enhance the Capability of Foreign Countries to Respond

to Incidents Involving Weapons of Mass Destruction

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Section 1203—Enhanced Authority for Provision of Support to Foreign

Military Liaison Officers of Foreign Countries While Assigned to the

Department of Defense

Section 1204—Annual Report on Human Rights Vetting and Verification

Procedures of the Department of Defense

SUBTITLE B—MATTERS RELATING TO AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN

Section 1211—Extension of Commanders' Emergency Response Program in

Afghanistan

Section 1212—Extension of Authority for Reimbursement of Certain Coalition

Nations for Support Provided to United States Military Operations

Section 1213—Extension of Certain Authorities for Support of Foreign Forces

Supporting or Participating with the United States Armed Forces

Section 1214—Report on Progress Toward Security and Stability in

Afghanistan under Operation Resolute Support

Section 1215—Requirement to Withhold Department of Defense Assistance to

Afghanistan in Amount Equivalent to 150 Percent of All Taxes Assessed by

Afghanistan to Extent Such Taxes are not Reimbursed by Afghanistan

Section 1216—United States Plan for Sustaining the Afghanistan National

Security Forces Through the End of Fiscal Year 2018

Section 1217—Sense of Congress on United States Military Commitment to

Operation Resolute Support in Afghanistan

Section 1218—Extension of Afghan Special Immigrant Program

SUBTITLE C—MATTERS RELATING TO THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Section 1221—Limitation on Military Contact and Cooperation between the

United States and the Russian Federation

Section 1225—Report on Non-Compliance by the Russian Federation of its

Obligations under the INF Treaty

Section 1226—Sense of Congress Regarding Russian Aggression Toward

Ukraine

SUBTITLE D—OTHER MATTERS

Section 1233—Modification of National Security Planning Guidance to Deny

Safe Havens to Al-Qaeda and its Violent Extremist Affiliates

Section 1234—Strategic Framework for United States Security Force

Assistance and Cooperation in the European and Eurasian Regions

Section 1235—Report on "New Normal" and General Mission Requirements of

United States Africa Command

Section 1237—Enhanced Authority to Acquire Goods and Services of Djibouti

in Support of Department of Defense Activities in United States Africa

Command Area of Responsibility

Section 1238—Report on Goals and Objectives Guiding Military Engagement

with Burma

Section 1239—Sense of Congress on United States Presence and Cooperation

in the Arabian Gulf Region to Deter Iran

TITLE XIII—COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION �

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LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS

Section 1301—Specification of Cooperative Threat Reduction Programs and

Funds

Section 1302—Funding Allocations

TITLE XIV—OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS

SUBTITLE A—MILITARY PROGRAMS

Section 1401—Working Capital Funds

Section 1402—Chemical Agents and Munitions Destruction, Defense

Section 1403—Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, Defense-Wide

Section 1404—Defense Inspector General

Section 1405—Defense Health Program

SUBTITLE B—NATIONAL DEFENSE STOCKPILE

Section 1411—Revisions To Previously Authorized Disposals From The

National Defense Stockpile

TITLE XV—AUTHORIZATION OF ADDITIONAL

APPROPRIATIONS FOR OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY

OPERATIONS LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS

SUBTITLE A—AUTHORIZATION OF ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS

Section 1501—Purpose

Section 1502—Procurement

Section 1503—Operation and Maintenance

Section 1504—Military Personnel

Section 1505—Other Appropriations

SUBTITLE B—FINANCIAL MATTERS

Section 1511—Treatment as Additional Authorizations

Section 1512—Special Transfer Authority

SUBTITLE C—LIMITATIONS, REPORTS, AND OTHER MATTERS

Section 1521—Continuation of Existing Limitations on the Use of Funds in

the Afghanistan Security Forces Fund

TITLE XVI—STRATEGIC PROGRAMS, CYBER, AND

INTELLIGENCE MATTERS LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS

SUBTITLE A—SPACE ACTIVITIES

Section 1602—Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle Notification

Section 1603—Satellite Communications Responsibilities of Executive Agent

for Space

Section 1605—Pilot Program for Acquisition of Commercial Satellite

Communication Services

SUBTITLE B—DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE AND INTELLIGENCE-RELATED ACTIVITIES

Section 1615—Air Force Intelligence Organization

Section 1616—Prohibition on National Intelligence Program Consolidation �

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DIVISION B—MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATIONS

TITLE XXVIII—MILITARY CONSTRUCTION GENERAL

PROVISIONS LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS

SUBTITLE A—MILITARY CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM AND MILITARY FAMILY HOUSING

CHANGES

Section 2801—Prevention of Circumvention of Military Construction Laws

SUBTITLE B—REAL PROPERTY AND FACILITIES ADMINISTRATION

Section 2815—Special Easement Acquisition Authority, Pacific Missile Range

Facility, Barking Sands, Kauai, Hawaii

SUBTITLE D—LAND CONVEYANCES

Section 2841—Land Conveyance, Mt. Soledad Veterans Memorial, La Jolla,

California

Section 2847—Land Conveyance, Hanford Site, Washington

DIVISION C—DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL

SECURITY AUTHORIZATIONS AND OTHER

AUTHORIZATIONS

TITLE XXXI—DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY

PROGRAMS LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS

SUBTITLE A—NATIONAL SECURITY PROGRAM AUTHORIZATIONS

Section 3101—National Nuclear Security Administration

Section 3102—Defense Environmental Cleanup

Section 3103—Other Defense Activities

Section 3104—Energy Security and Assurance

SUBTITLE B—PROGRAM AUTHORIZATIONS, RESTRICTIONS, AND LIMITATIONS

Section 3118—Disposition of Weapons-Usable Plutonium

Section 3121—Limitation on Availability of Funds for Non-Proliferation

Activities Between the United States and the Russian Federation

TITLE XXXV—MARITIME ADMINISTRATION LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS

Section 3502—Special Rule for DD-17

DIVISION D—FUNDING TABLES

Section 4001—Authorization of Amounts in Funding Tables

DIVISION A—DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATIONS

TITLE I—PROCUREMENT

LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS

SUBTITLE A—AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS �

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Section 101—Authorization of Appropriations

This section would authorize appropriations for procurement at the levels

identified in section 4101 of division D of this Act.

SUBTITLE C—NAVY PROGRAMS

Section 122—Construction of San Antonio Class Amphibious Ship

This section would provide the Secretary of the Navy incremental funding

authority to enter into a contract for the ship construction of a San Antonio class

amphibious ship.

SUBTITLE D—AIR FORCE PROGRAMS

Section 132—Limitation on Availability of Funds for Retirement of U-2 Aircraft

This section would prohibit the obligation or expenditure of funds

authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year

2015 to make significant changes to retire, prepare to retire, or place U-2 aircraft in

storage.

Section 133—Limitation on Availability of Funds for Retirement of A-10 Aircraft

This section would limit funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or

otherwise made available for fiscal year 2015 for the Department of Defense to be

obligated or expended to retire A-10 aircraft unless each such retired aircraft is

maintained in type-1000 storage. In this section, the term “type-1000 storage”

means storage of a retired aircraft in a near-flyaway condition that allows for the

aircraft to be recalled into use by the Regular or Reserve Components of the

Department of the Air Force.

Section 134—Limitation on Availability of Funds for Divestment or Transfer of KC-

10 Aircraft

This section would prohibit the Secretary of the Air Force from using any

funds or taking any action during fiscal year 2015 to divest or transfer, or prepare

to divest or transfer, any KC-10 aerial refueling aircraft of the Air Force.

TITLE II—RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION

LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS

SUBTITLE A—AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS �

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Section 201—Authorization of Appropriations

This section would authorize appropriations for research, development,

test, and evaluation at the levels identified in section 4201 of division D of this Act.

TITLE III—OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE

LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS

SUBTITLE A—AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS

Section 301—Operation and Maintenance Funding

This section would authorize appropriations for operation and maintenance

activities at the levels identified in section 4301 of division D of this Act.

SUBTITLE B—ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROVISIONS

Section 312—Exclusions from Definition of "Chemical Substance" Under Toxic

Substances Control Act and Report on Lead Ammunition

This section would modify section 2602(2)(B) of title 15, United States Code,

to add to the exclusions any component of any article including shot, bullets and

other projectiles, propellants when manufactured for or used in such an article, and

primers. This section would also require the Secretary of the Army to submit a

report to the congressional defense committees not later than September 30, 2015,

that would detail the costs for the procurement of small arms alternative lead

ammunition and the qualification of non-lead alternatives, and include an

assessment of which non-lead variants of ammunition exist.

SUBTITLE D—REPORTS

Section 332—Report on Enduring Requirements and Activities Currently Funded

Through Amounts Authorized to Be Appropriated for Overseas Contingency

Operations

This section would require the Secretary of Defense to submit to the

congressional defense committees concurrent with the President's budget for fiscal

year 2016, pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, a one-time

assessment of enduring mission requirements, equipping, training, sustainment,

and other operation and maintenance-related activities of each military

department, combat support agency, and the Department of Defense currently

funded through the Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) budget. The provision

also requires associated funding information and a 3-year migration plan to move

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The committee is concerned about the large portion of enduring activities,

training, sustainment, and other military requirements being funded through

amounts authorized to be appropriated for OCO. The committee believes the

Department of Defense is accepting high levels of risk in continuing to fund non-

contingency related activities through the OCO budget and has not fully articulated

the scope of enduring OCO-funded activities or a clear path forward in migrating

enduring requirement resources to the base budget.

SUBTITLE F—OTHER MATTERS

Section 352—Sense of Congress on Access to Training Ranges within United States

Pacific Command Area of Responsibility

This section would express the sense of Congress regarding access to

training ranges within U.S. Pacific Command's area of responsibility.

TITLE V—MILITARY PERSONNEL POLICY

LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS

SUBTITLE D—MILITARY JUSTICE, INCLUDING SEXUAL ASSAULT AND DOMESTIC

VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND RESPONSE

Section 534—Consultation with Victims of Sexual Assault Regarding Victims'

Preference for Prosecution of Offense by Court-Martial or Civilian Court

This section would require the Secretary concerned to establish a procedure

to ensure a victim of an alleged sexual-related offense is consulted regarding the

victim's preference for prosecution authority by court-martial or a civilian court

with jurisdiction over the offense.

Section 535—Modification of Military Rules of Evidence Relating to Admissibility of

General Military Character Toward Probability of Innocence

This section would require the Secretary of Defense to modify the Military

Rules of Evidence to make clear that the general military character of an accused is

not admissible for the purpose of showing the probability of innocence except when

the trait of the military character of an accused is relevant to an element of an

offense for which the accused has been charged.

Section 536—Confidential Review of Characterization of Terms of Discharge of

Members of the Armed Forces Who Are Victims of Sexual Offenses

This section would require the Secretaries of the military departments to

establish a confidential process for victims of a sex-related offense to appeal, �

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through boards for correction of military records, the characterization of discharge

or separation of the individual from the Armed Forces.

TITLE VI—COMPENSATION AND OTHER PERSONNEL BENEFITS

LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS

SUBTITLE A—PAY AND ALLOWANCES

Section 602—No Fiscal Year 2015 Increase in Basic Pay for General and Flag

Officers

This section would freeze the basic pay rate for commissioned officers in the

pay grades of O-7 through O-10 during calendar year 2015.

TITLE VII—HEALTH CARE PROVISIONS

LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS

SUBTITLE C—REPORTS AND OTHER MATTERS

Section 727—Briefing on Hospitals in Arrears in Payments to Department of

Defense

This section would require the Secretary of Defense, within 60 days after

the date of enactment of this Act, to brief the congressional defense committees on

the process used by the Defense Health Agency to collect payment from hospitals

outside the Department of Defense. The briefing would include a list of each

hospital that is more than 90 days in arrears in payment to the Secretary.

TITLE VIII—ACQUISITION POLICY, ACQUISITION

MANAGEMENT, AND RELATED MATTERS

LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS

SUBTITLE A—AMENDMENTS TO GENERAL CONTRACTING AUTHORITIES, PROCEDURES,

AND LIMITATIONS

Section 801—Extension to United States Transportation Command of Authorities

Relating to Prohibition on Contracting with the Enemy

This section would amend section 831(i)(1) of the National Defense

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Public Law 113-66) to add United States

Transportation Command to the list of covered combatant commands. � �

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SUBTITLE B—INDUSTRIAL BASE MATTERS

Section 811—Three-Year Extension of and Amendments to Test Program for

Negotiation of Comprehensive Small Business Subcontracting Plans

This section would modify and extend the test program for negotiation of

comprehensive small business subcontracting plans authorized by section 402 of the

Small Business Administration Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 1990

(Public Law 101-574) and last amended by section 866 of the National Defense

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 112-81).

The committee notes that the test program was authorized to allow

contracting activities in the military departments and the defense agencies to

undertake one or more demonstration projects to determine whether the negotiation

and administration of comprehensive subcontracting plans would reduce

administrative burdens on contracts while enhancing opportunities for small

business concerns. However, after nearly 24 years since the original authorization

of the program, the test program has yet to provide evidence that it meets the

original stated goal of the program in the committee report (H. Rept. 101-331)

accompanying the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1990 and

1991: “to be more advantageous to both the government and to small and small

disadvantaged businesses,” and “to expand available participation in a broader

range of subcontracting opportunities, especially in the technical area.”

Therefore, this section would include additional requirements to ensure

that the test program collects the data necessary to assess its effectiveness and to

standardize its requirements with other subcontracting programs:

(1) The test program would be expanded to apply to all of the small

business subcontracting goals, as the committee believes that the program was not

intended to ignore additional subcontracting programs of the Federal Government;

(2) The threshold for participation in the program would be raised from $5.0

million to $100.0 million because the test program was intended to apply to

contractors with a substantial presence in defense acquisition, and all current

participants exceed this threshold;

(3) Companies participating in the test program would be required to report

data by North American Industrial Classification System codes, by major defense

acquisition program, by military department, and by service contract exceeding

$100.0 million; and

(4) The requirements for data on the costs avoided as a result of the

program would be expanded.

As with other subcontracting programs required by the Small Businesses

Act, this section would stipulate that a failure of a participant to make a good-faith

effort to comply with the program will be used as a factor in past performance

evaluations.

Lastly, this section would require the Secretary of Defense to report to the

Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives, the � �

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Committee on Small Business of the House of Representatives, and the Committee

on Small Business and Entrepreneurship of the Senate, not later than September

20, 2015, with an assessment of the program order to inform any future decision to

reauthorize the program.

Section 812—Improving Opportunities for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small

Businesses

This section would amend section 657 of title 15, United States Code, by

consolidating the verification and appeals processes for Service-Disabled Veteran-

Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) programs at the Department of Veterans Affairs

and the Small Business Administration (SBA), and by moving the processes and

resources of the SDVOSB verification programs at the Department of Veterans

Affairs to the SBA. This section would also unify the definitions of SDVOSB in

section 632 of title 15, United States Code, and section 8127(l) of title 38, United

States Code, and would amend section 8127(f) of title 38, United States Code, to

require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to enter into a memorandum of agreement

with the Administrator of the Small Business Administration specifying the

manner in which the Secretary shall notify the Administrator as to an individual's

status as a veteran or a veteran with a service-connected disability. These changes

should allow more efficient and transparent verification of small businesses

requesting SDVOSB status.

Section 813—Plan for Improving Data on Bundled and Consolidated Contracts

This section would amend section 644 of title 15, United States Code, by

requiring the Small Business Administration to work with other agencies to create

and implement a data quality improvement plan to promote greater accuracy,

transparency, and accountability in the reporting of contract bundling and

consolidation. The committee recognizes that properly labeling a contract as

bundled or consolidated is important to small business competition, as the process

of contract labeling triggers a series of reviews and mitigation steps that promote

opportunities for small business. Therefore, this section would also require the

Comptroller General of the United States to initiate a study, not later than October

1, 2018, to examine the effectiveness of the required data quality improvement plan

and report the findings of the study to the Committee on Small Business of the

House of Representatives and the Committee on Small Business and

Entrepreneurship of the Senate not later than 12 months after initiation of the

study.

Section 814—Authority to Provide Education to Small Businesses on Certain

Requirements of Arms Export Control Act

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This section would amend section 21(c)(1) of the Small Business Act (15

U.S.C. 648(c)(1)) by including a requirement that applicants receiving grants

pursuant to that section shall also assist small businesses by providing, where

appropriate, education on the requirements applicable to small businesses under

the regulations issued pursuant to the Arms Export Control Act (chapter 39 of title

22, United States Code) and on compliance with those requirements. This section

would also amend section 2418 of title 10, United States Code, by expanding the

Procurement Technical Assistance Program to assist small business concerns with

education related to export controls.

Section 815—Prohibition on Reverse Auctions for Covered Contracts

This section would express a sense of Congress that reverse auctions, when

used appropriately, may improve the Federal Government's procurement of

commercially available goods and services by increasing competition, reducing

prices, and improving opportunities for small businesses. However, the committee is

concerned that, if not used appropriately, reverse auctions can harm small

businesses, reduce competition, and render higher purchase prices.

The committee remains concerned that the use of reverse auctions to

procure services, such as design and construction services, or goods such as items of

personal protective equipment and specific organizational clothing and equipment,

may not serve the interests of the warfighter or the taxpayer. Therefore, this section

would also amend the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631) to prohibit the use of

reverse auctions for procurement of certain goods and services if the contract is

awarded using a Small Business Act procurement authority. It would also limit the

use of reverse auctions in cases where only one offer was received or where offerors

do not have the ability to submit revised bids throughout the course of the auction.

The section further clarifies that the desire to use a reverse auction does not obviate

Federal agencies from the obligation to use a Small Business Act procurement

authority.

Section 816—SBA Surety Bond Guarantee

This section would amend section 411(c)(1) of the Small Business

Investment Act of 1958 (Public Law 85-699) by raising the guarantee rate on the

Small Business Administration's preferred security bond program from 70 percent

to 90 percent. This should enable greater competition for government contracts by

small business construction contractors, thereby reducing prices for the taxpayer.

Data provided by the Small Business Administration to the House Committee on

Small Business indicates that this change can be made at no cost to the taxpayer.

TITLE IX—DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ORGANIZATION AND

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LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS

SUBTITLE A—DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE MANAGEMENT

Section 901—Redesignation of the Department of the Navy as the Department of

the Navy and Marine Corps

This section would re-designate the Department of the Navy as the

Department of the Navy and the Marine Corps and change the title of its secretary

to the Secretary of the Navy and Marine Corps. This section would formally

recognize the responsibility of the Office of the Secretary of the Navy over both the

Navy and Marine Corps and the Marine Corps' status as an equal partner with the

Navy.

Section 902—Additional Responsibility for Director of Operational Test and

Evaluation

This section would amend section 139 of title 10, United States Code, by

including a new subsection that would require the Director of Operational Test

Evaluation to consider the potential for increases in program cost estimates or

delays in schedule estimates in the implementation of policies, procedures, and

activities related to operational test and evaluation, and to take appropriate action

to ensure that the conduct of operational test and evaluation activities do not

unnecessarily impede program schedules or increase program costs.

Elsewhere in this report, the committee directs the Comptroller General of

the United States to conduct a review of the operational test and evaluation

processes and activities of the Department of Defense and to report the results of

that review to the congressional defense committees not later than March 15, 2015.

Section 903—Extension of Authority to Waive Reimbursement of Costs of Activities

for Nongovernmental Personnel at Department of Defense Regional Centers for

Security Studies

This section would amend section 941(b)(1) of the Duncan Hunter National

Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (10 U.S.C. 184) by extending for 5

years, the authority of the Secretary of Defense to waive the reimbursement of costs

for certain nongovernmental personnel at the Department of Defense Regional

Centers for Security Studies.

Section 906—Combatant Command Efficiency Plan

This section would require the Secretary of Defense to develop a plan to

combine the back office functions of two or more combatant commands and to

submit a report on the plan to the congressional defense committees within 120

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"back office functions" as those including, but not limited to, the administrative and

support functions of a headquarters of a combatant command. This section would

also limit fiscal year 2015 funds for the headquarters of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

until the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Chairman of the Joint

Chiefs Of Staff, provides the briefing on combatant command headquarters

personnel and resource requirements that was directed in the committee report (H.

Rept. 113-102) accompanying the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal

Year 2014.

The committee believes a focus by the Department of Defense on

consolidating or eliminating organizations and personnel that perform similar

functions and missions, such as administrative and support functions, can

contribute to cost savings and efficiencies within the Department.

Section 909—Office of Net Assessment

This section would establish the Office of Net Assessment (ONA) as a new

section in chapter 4 of title 10, United States Code, that includes a requirement for

the Secretary of Defense to establish a separate, dedicated program element for

ONA in the annual budget materials submitted to Congress. This section would also

include a statement of policy that the office be maintained as an independent

organization within the Department of Defense responsible for developing and

coordinating net assessments of the military capabilities and potential of the United

States in comparison with the military capabilities and potential of other countries

or groups of countries, so as to identify emerging or future threats or opportunities

for the United States.

The committee is aware that the Secretary of Defense plans to realign ONA

under the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy. While the committee

supports the Secretary's objective to have ONA's long-range comparative

assessments inform and influence the Department's overall strategy and policy, it

remains concerned that such a realignment may ultimately impact the freedom and

flexibility of the office to examine long-range challenges and non-policy specific

matters that may not always be in sync with the priorities and responsibilities of

the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy. Furthermore, the committee remains

unconvinced that such a realignment would produce any meaningful cost savings or

efficiencies that the Secretary hopes to achieve.

This section would therefore preserve the independence of the office, ensure

that the head of the office reports directly to the Secretary of Defense, and create

greater visibility into its budget. Elsewhere in this Act, the committee recommends

an increase in funds for the office.

SUBTITLE B—TOTAL FORCE MANAGEMENT

Section 912—Repeal of Extension of Comptroller General Report on Inventory

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This section would amend section 803(c) of the National Defense

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111–84), as amended by section

951(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Public Law

113–66), by striking ‘‘2013, 2014, and 2015’’ and inserting ‘‘and 2013’’. The effect of

this amendment would be to repeal the requirement for the Comptroller General of

the United States to report on efforts by the Department of Defense to compile and

review the Department's inventory of contract services within 270 days after such

inventory has been submitted to Congress. While the Comptroller General's work in

this area has been beneficial, the committee notes that there are other existing

mandates for reviews and reporting requirements regarding how the Department's

inventory of contract services is used to inform workforce and budget decisions.

TITLE X—GENERAL PROVISIONS

LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS

SUBTITLE A—FINANCIAL MATTERS

Section 1001—General Transfer Authority

This section would allow the Secretary of Defense to make transfers

between any amounts of authorizations for fiscal year 2015 in division A of this Act.

This section would limit the total amount transferred under this authority to $4.0

billion. This section would also require prompt notification to Congress of each

transfer made.

Section 1002—Repeal of Limitation on Inspector General Audits of Certain

Financial Statements

This section would strike subsection (d) of section 1008 of the National

Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002 (Public Law 107-107) to permit an

increase in the number of auditors available to provide independent reviews of

audit practices throughout the Department of Defense, thus helping the

Department streamline its efforts to ensure proper financial management. To

comply with the Financial Improvement and Audit Readiness Plan to be audit

ready by 2017, the Department of Defense requires a sufficient number of auditors

within the Office of the Inspector General to provide independent audit reviews

throughout the Department.

SUBTITLE B—COUNTER-DRUG ACTIVITIES

Section 1011—Extension of Authority to Support Unified Counterdrug and

Counterterrorism Campaign in Colombia

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This section would extend, by 1 year, support to the unified counterdrug

and counterterrorism campaign in the Republic of Colombia originally authorized

by section 1021 of the Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Authorization Act for

Fiscal Year 2005 (Public Law 108-375), and most recently amended by section 1011

of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Public Law 113-66).

Section 1012—Three-Year Extension of Authority of Department of Defense to

Provide Additional Support for Counterdrug Activities of Other Governmental

Agencies

This section would extend, by 3 years, the authority of the Department of

Defense to provide additional support for counter-drug activities of other

governmental agencies originally authorized by section 1004 of the National

Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 (Public Law 101-510), and most

recently amended by section 1005 of the National Defense Authorization Act for

Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 112-81).

Section 1013—Sense of Congress on Mexico and Central America

This section would express the sense of Congress that the Department of

Defense should continue to support programs that combat illicit networking in the

United Mexican States and Central America.

SUBTITLE D—COUNTERTERRORISM

Section 1032—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

This section would prohibit the Secretary of Defense from using any of the

funds available to the Department of Defense during the period beginning on the

date of the enactment of this Act and ending on December 31, 2015, to modify or

construct any facility in the United States, its territories, or possessions to house

any detainee transferred from U.S. Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for the

purposes of detention or imprisonment in the custody or under the effective control

of the Department of Defense.

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Section 1033—Prohibition on the Use of Funds for the Transfer or Release of

Individuals Detained at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba

This section would prohibit the use of any amounts authorized to be

appropriated or otherwise made available to the Department of Defense to be used

during the period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act and ending on

December 31, 2015, to transfer or release detainees at U.S. Naval Station,

Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to or within the United States, its territories, or

possessions.

SUBTITLE E—MISCELLANEOUS AUTHORITIES AND LIMITATIONS

Section 1046—Submittal of Procedures and Reports Relating to Sensitive Military

Operations

This section would prohibit the obligation or expenditure of 25 percent of

the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise available for fiscal

year 2015 for the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations

and Low Intensity Conflict until the congressional defense committees receive the

procedures required by section 130f(b)(1) of title 10, United States Code, and the

report required by section 1043 of the National Defense Authorization for Fiscal

Year 2014 (Public Law 113-66).

Sections 1041 and 1043 of Public Law 113-66 are critical to the

congressional defense committees' oversight of targeted lethal and capture

operations conducted by the armed forces. The committee is troubled that the

Department has missed the statutory deadlines for submitting these materials.

SUBTITLE F—STUDIES AND REPORTS

Section 1052—Response of the Department of Defense to Compromises of Classified

Information

This section would require the Secretary of Defense to submit a report to

the congressional defense committees within 60 days after the date of the

enactment of this Act on actions taken by the Secretary regarding significant

compromises of classified information. The report shall include a description of any

changes to Department of Defense policies or guidance relating to significant

compromises of classified information, an overview of mitigation efforts, a

description of the resources dedicated to efforts relating to such compromises, a

description of the Secretary's plan to continue evaluating and mitigating any

damages, and a general description and estimate of the cost associated with

mitigating such compromises. This section would also require updates to the initial

report on a semiannual basis during calendar years 2015-18.

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Section 1061—Technical and Clerical Amendments

This section would make a number of technical and clerical amendments of

a non-substantive nature to existing law.

Section 1063—Sale or Donation of Excess Personal Property for Border Security

Activities

This section would amend section 2576a of title 10, United States Code,

"Excess personal property: sale or donation for law enforcement activities" to

include border security activities and consultation with the Secretary of Homeland

Security when a transfer relates to the Department of Homeland Security.

The committee believes border security activities of the Department of

Homeland Security should be considered alongside counterdrug and

counterterrorism activities when determining the sale or donation of excess

personal property for law enforcement activities.

Section 1067—Resubmission of 2014 Quadrennial Defense Review

This section would require the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with

the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, to resubmit a report on the Quadrennial

Defense Review (QDR) 2014 that was submitted, as required by section 118(d) of

title 10, United States Code, to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate

and the House of Representatives not later than October 1, 2014.

In the resubmitted report, the Secretary would be required to include: an

articulation of a defense program for the next 20 years; an identification of the

budget plan that would be required to provide sufficient resources to execute

successfully the full range of missions called for in that national defense strategy at

a low-to-moderate level of risk, and any additional resources required to achieve

such a level of risk; and recommendations that are not constrained to comply with

and are fully independent of the budget submitted to Congress by the President

pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, United States Code. This section would limit

authorized fiscal year 2015 funds for the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense

for Policy until the report is resubmitted to Congress.

While the committee appreciates the work that went into the 2014 QDR, it

remains concerned that these reviews have grown less compliant with the law and

strayed further from the intent of Congress. The committee believes the QDR

should provide a mechanism for setting the priorities of the Department of Defense,

shaping the force, guiding capabilities and resources, and adjusting the

organization to respond to changes in the strategic environment. In addition, it

should assist Congress in better understanding the relationships and tradeoffs

between missions, risks, and resources, particularly in light of geopolitical changes

and domestic developments in the last few years.

The committee believes the 2014 QDR missed a major opportunity to bring

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Department to reshape the longer-term direction of the Nation’s forces, their

missions and capabilities, and needed resources. Instead, inconsistent with the

QDR review and report requirements in sections 118(a) and (b) of title 10, United

States Code, the 2014 QDR focused largely on the planned force structure

associated with the 5 year Future Years Defense Program, and it contained a

strategy that assumes increased risk to the force, without specifying the resources

required to execute the strategy at a low-to-moderate level of risk.

The committee believes that much of the information to be included in the

re-submitted report was produced over the course of the review and could be

provided to the committee in a reasonable amount of time.

TITLE XII—MATTERS RELATING TO FOREIGN NATIONS

LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS

SUBTITLE A—ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING

Section 1201—One-Year Extension of Global Security Contingency Fund

This section would authorize a 1 year extension of the Global Security

Contingency Fund (GSCF).

The committee remains concerned about the progress of the GSCF, as

previously stated in the committee report (H. Rept. 113-102) accompanying the

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 and the committee report

(H. Rept. 112-479) accompanying the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal

Year 2013. The committee believes that if the Department of Defense and the

Department of State cannot successfully establish full operational capability for the

GSCF, including planning, executing, and assessing GSCF activities, then it may

consider not renewing this authority in future years.

Elsewhere in this report, the committee recommends no dedicated funding

for GSCF; rather, the committee believes projects contemplated under GSCF should

compete within other security assistance priorities for funds otherwise available to

the Department as they have been.

Section 1202—Notice to Congress on Certain Assistance Under Authority to

Conduct Activities to Enhance the Capability of Foreign Countries to Respond to

Incidents Involving Weapons of Mass Destruction

This section would amend section 1204 of the National Defense

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Public Law 113-66) by adding the

Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign

Affairs of the House of Representatives to the notification requirement.

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Section 1203—Enhanced Authority for Provision of Support to Foreign Military

Liaison Officers of Foreign Countries While Assigned to the Department of Defense

This section would amend section 1051a of title 10, United States Code, to

authorize the Secretary of Defense to provide administrative and support services,

to include certain training programs, for liaison officers of a foreign country, while

such liaison officers are assigned temporarily to the headquarters of a combatant

command, component command, or subordinate operational command of the United

States. This section would further amend section 1051a of title 10, United States

Code, to include a limitation on the authorized number of liaison officers and

amount of unreimbursed support for travel, subsistence, and medical care expenses

per fiscal year for any such liaison officer. This section would also require the

Secretary of Defense to submit to the congressional defense committees an annual

report on January 31 of each year from 2016-18 on the summary of expenses

incurred by the United States for liaison officers of a developing country, and

include the Department of Defense's definition of a "developing country" as used for

the purposes of this authority.

The committee recognizes the role of foreign liaison officers at the

combatant commands and component commands to provide expertise to the

commander and staff to better understand the respective region and plan for

contingencies in the command's area of responsibility. Although the committee

recognizes foreign liaison officers are present at all commands, section 1051a of title

10, United States Code, provides specific authority to the Secretary of Defense to

provide administrative and financial support to those liaison officers of a developing

country involved in a current U.S. military operation. The committee believes the

commands should continue to benefit from the unique contributions of the liaison

officers beyond current military operations, such as Operation Enduring Freedom.

Section 1204—Annual Report on Human Rights Vetting and Verification

Procedures of the Department of Defense

This section would require the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with

the Secretary of State, to submit to Congress an annual report on human rights

vetting and verification procedures of the Department of Defense. This report shall

be submitted at the same time as the budget of the President is submitted to

Congress under section 1105 of title 31, United States Code.

SUBTITLE B—MATTERS RELATING TO AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN

Section 1211—Extension of Commanders' Emergency Response Program in

Afghanistan

This section would amend section 1201 of the National Defense

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 112-81), as most recently

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2014 (Public Law 113-66), by extending for 1 year the Commanders' Emergency

Response Program in the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan.

Section 1212—Extension of Authority for Reimbursement of Certain Coalition

Nations for Support Provided to United States Military Operations

This section would amend section 1233 of the National Defense

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Public Law 110-181), as most recently

amended by section 1213 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year

2014 (Public Law 113-66), by extending the authority for reimbursement of coalition

nations for support provided to the United States for military operations through

fiscal year 2015, and making certain technical amendments.

Additionally, this section would prohibit the reimbursement of support

provided by the Government of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan until such time as

the Secretary of Defense certifies to the congressional defense committees that

Pakistan is maintaining security and is not, through its actions or inaction at any

level of government, limiting or otherwise restricting the movement of U.S.

equipment and supplies along the Ground Lines of Communication through

Pakistan, and that Pakistan is taking demonstrable steps to: (1) support

counterterrorism operations against Al Qaeda, Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan, and other

militant groups such as the Haqqani Network and the Quetta Shura Taliban; (2)

disrupt the conduct of cross-border attacks against U.S., coalition, and Afghan

security forces; (3) counter the threat of improvised explosive device networks; and

(4) conduct cross-border coordination and communication with Afghan security

forces and U.S. Armed Forces.

Section 1213—Extension of Certain Authorities for Support of Foreign Forces

Supporting or Participating with the United States Armed Forces

This section would amend section 1234 of the National Defense

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Public Law 110–181) and section 1202(e) of

the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (Public

Law 109–364), as most recently amended by sections 1217(a) and 1217(b) of the

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Public Law 113–66),

respectively. Specifically, it would extend the authority to (1) provide supplies,

services, transportation (including airlift and sealift), and other logistical support to

coalition forces supporting United States military and stabilization operations in

the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan; and (2) use acquisition and cross-servicing

agreements to lend military equipment to the military forces of a nation

participating in combined operations with the United States in Afghanistan.

The committee recognizes that the United States may be involved in a

combined operation with partner nations in Afghanistan as part of Operation

Resolute Support, following the end of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization

mission in Afghanistan on December 31, 2014. Should the President decide to

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Resolute Support, such partner nations would require logistical support and the

lending of military equipment from U.S. forces in Afghanistan to effectively execute

the Operation Resolute Support mission.

Section 1214—Report on Progress Toward Security and Stability in Afghanistan

under Operation Resolute Support

This section would create a new "Report on Progress Toward Security and

Stability in Afghanistan." It would include reporting requirements similar to those

originally contained in section 1230 of the National Defense Authorization Act for

Fiscal Year 2008 (Public Law 110-181), as most recently amended by section 1218 of

the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 112-81),

but updated to reflect the post-2014 North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

effort in the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan known as Operation Resolute Support.

In addition, this section would require the Secretary of Defense, in

coordination with the Secretary of State, to submit such report to the congressional

defense committees, the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, and the

Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives not later than April

1, 2015, and every 180 days thereafter, on the progress toward security and

stability in Afghanistan under Operation Resolute Support.

Lastly, this section would extend the original "Report on Progress Toward

Security and Stability in Afghanistan" for 3 months and sunset it on December 31,

2014.

Section 1215—Requirement to Withhold Department of Defense Assistance to

Afghanistan in Amount Equivalent to 150 Percent of All Taxes Assessed by

Afghanistan to Extent Such Taxes are not Reimbursed by Afghanistan

This section would require the Department of Defense to withhold fiscal

year 2015 funds appropriated for assistance to the Government of the Islamic

Republic of Afghanistan in the amount equivalent to 150 percent of the total taxes

assessed during fiscal year 2014 by Afghanistan on such assistance. This withhold

would continue to the extent that the Secretary of Defense certifies that

Afghanistan has not provided a reimbursement for those taxes to the Department,

or relevant Department contractors and subcontractors. The Secretary of Defense

may waive such requirement if it is necessary to achieve U.S. goals in Afghanistan.

Additionally, this section would require the Secretary of Defense to submit

a report, not later than March 1, 2015, to the Committees on Armed Services of the

Senate and the House of Representatives, the Committee on Foreign Relations of

the Senate, and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives,

on the total taxes assessed during fiscal year 2014 by the Government of

Afghanistan on any Department of Defense assistance.

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Lastly, this section would terminate once the Secretary of Defense notifies

the appropriate committees that the United States and Afghanistan have signed a

bilateral security agreement and that such agreement has entered into force.

The committee notes that such taxation by Afghanistan on Department of

Defense assistance is a violation of the status of forces agreement (SOFA) between

the United States and Afghanistan. The committee expects the Government of

Afghanistan to adhere to this SOFA and not levy illegitimate taxes and penalties on

Department of Defense contractors and subcontractors providing services in

Afghanistan.

Section 1216—United States Plan for Sustaining the Afghanistan National Security

Forces Through the End of Fiscal Year 2018

This section would require the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with

the Secretary of State, to submit a report within 90 days after the date of the

enactment of this Act to the congressional defense committees, the Committee on

Foreign Relations of the Senate, and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House

of Representatives, that contains a detailed plan for sustaining the Afghanistan

National Security Forces (ANSF) through the end of fiscal year 2018, consistent

with plans that are being considered by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

The objective of such plan is to ensure that the ANSF will be able to independently

and effectively conduct operations and maintain security and stability in the

Islamic Republic of Afghanistan.

Section 1217—Sense of Congress on United States Military Commitment to

Operation Resolute Support in Afghanistan

This section would express the sense of Congress on the United States

military commitment to Operation Resolute Support in the Islamic Republic of

Afghanistan to include: the importance of maintaining a U.S. residual presence in

Afghanistan for Operation Resolute Support beginning on January 1, 2015; the

importance of achieving a signed Bilateral Security Agreement, and a status of

forces agreement to support the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

mission; and, continuing to financially support the Afghanistan National Security

Forces (ANSF) due to the vital interests that the United States continues to have in

Afghanistan.

The committee applauds the gains achieved by the United States, NATO,

and its coalition partners in Afghanistan, to include:

(1) The International Security and Assistance Force has trained and is

building the ANSF, including doubling the ANSF in size between 2009-14, to its

current end strength of approximately 352,000 personnel;

(2) The ANSF currently executes 95 percent of its conventional operations

and 98 percent of its special operations missions across Afghanistan;

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(3) The United States signed a Strategic Partnership Agreement with the

Government of Afghanistan and has designated Afghanistan as a major non-NATO

ally;

(4) Life expectancy in Afghanistan has increased from 37 years of age in

2000 to 56 years of age in 2014;

(5) 65 percent of the Afghan population has access to the Internet;

(6) There are four times more healthcare facilities in Afghanistan in 2014

than in 2003;

(7) More than 10,000,000 children are attending school, including 3,000,000

girls, in Afghanistan;

(8) There are more than 13,000 general education schools in Afghanistan;

and

(9) Paved roads have increased from just 32 miles in 2002 to 7,500 miles in

2014.

The committee notes that the term Operation Resolute Support refers to

the NATO mission in Afghanistan beginning on January 1, 2015.

Section 1218—Extension of Afghan Special Immigrant Program

This section would authorize 1,000 visas for principal aliens who may be

provided special immigrant visa status in accordance with section 602(b)(3) of the

Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009 (8 U.S.C. 1101). This section would also extend

the period in which the principal alien must be employed by or on behalf of the U.S.

Government in the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan to December 31, 2015.

Additionally, this section would extend the period in which the principal alien must

apply to the Chief of Mission in Afghanistan to September 30, 2015. The

authorization in this section would terminate on September 30, 2016.

SUBTITLE C—MATTERS RELATING TO THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Section 1221—Limitation on Military Contact and Cooperation between the United

States and the Russian Federation

This section would prohibit the use of funds for fiscal year 2015 for bilateral

military-to-military contact or cooperation between the United States and the

Russian Federation until the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the

Secretary of State, certifies to the appropriate congressional committees that Russia

is respecting the sovereignty of Ukrainian territory, no longer acting inconsistently

with the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty, and in compliance with the

Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe. This section would include a

waiver for the Secretary of Defense, pending a notification, in coordination with the

Secretary of State, to the appropriate congressional committees that such contact or

cooperation is in the national security interest of the United States and a period of

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The committee notes that at the time this report was filed, the Secretary of

Defense has suspended military exercises, bilateral meetings, port visits, and

planning conferences between the Armed Forces of the United States and Russia in

response to ongoing Russian aggression towards Ukraine. The committee believes

that U.S.-Russia military contact and cooperation must remain suspended so long

as Russia continues its aggression towards Ukraine and continues to take actions

inconsistent with its treaty obligations.

Section 1225—Report on Non-Compliance by the Russian Federation of its

Obligations under the INF Treaty

This section would express the sense of Congress regarding the material

breach of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty by the Russian

Federation, and would require the President to report not later than 90 days after

the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 90 days thereafter, on efforts to

have Russia return to being in compliance with the treaty, and the President's

assessment as to whether it remains in the national security interest of the United

States to remain a party to the treaty.

Section 1226—Sense of Congress Regarding Russian Aggression Toward Ukraine

This section would express the sense of Congress regarding Russian

aggression towards Ukraine.

Elsewhere in this report, the committee notes with concern the recent

actions undertaken by the Government of the Russian Federation in Ukraine. The

committee believes both the overt and covert actions taken by the Russian military

and Government to seize and annex Crimea, destabilize eastern Ukraine, and

threaten further military action against the Government of Ukraine, are clearly

meant to coerce the Government and people of Ukraine into adopting policies and

an orientation centered on Russia and away from Europe and the West.

SUBTITLE D—OTHER MATTERS

Section 1233—Modification of National Security Planning Guidance to Deny Safe

Havens to Al-Qaeda and its Violent Extremist Affiliates

This section would modify section 1032 of the National Defense

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 112-81) by requiring the

President to provide to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the

House of Representatives, the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, and

the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives, the required

national security planning guidance, including any updates to such guidance, to

deny safe havens to Al Qaeda and its violent extremist affiliates not later than

October 1, 2014. Additionally, this section would add an element to the required

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potential benefit of conducting multilateral training and equipping of military forces

in relevant countries.

The committee remains concerned about the worldwide evolution and

growth of Al Qaeda, its affiliates, and associated groups, as noted by non-U.S.

Government experts at a February 2014 committee hearing. Al Qaeda has been able

to evolve and grow largely due to safe havens in certain locations such as the Syrian

Arab Republic, the Republic of Iraq, and Libya, to name a few.

While section 1032 of Public Law 112-81 required the President to issue

national security planning guidance to deny safe havens to Al Qaeda and its violent

extremist affiliates, it did not require the submission of such guidance to the

relevant congressional committees. However, the conference report (H. Rept. 112-

329) accompanying the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012

requested that the conferees be briefed on the guidance issued by the President. The

committee notes that such briefing was not provided.

Section 1234—Strategic Framework for United States Security Force Assistance

and Cooperation in the European and Eurasian Regions

This section would require the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with

the Secretary of State, to develop a strategic framework for security force assistance

and cooperation in Europe and Eurasia. This section would also require the

Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of State, to submit a report

on the strategic framework within 120 days after the date of the enactment of this

Act to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of

Representatives, the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, and the

Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.

The committee believes that a comprehensive strategic framework for

security force assistance is important for building and maintaining the partner

capacity of European and Eurasian forces. The committee recognizes and values

the interoperability and combat gains made by European and Eurasian allied and

partner forces, earned as a result of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) mission in the Islamic Republic of

Afghanistan, and it does not want to see these gains lost after the ISAF mission

ends in December 2014. The committee believes the strategic framework should

focus on those nations for which the Department of Defense has leveraged its

building partnership capacity authorities, to include the Global Train and Equip,

Warsaw Initiative Fund, and Global Security Contingency Fund authorities.

Section 1235—Report on "New Normal" and General Mission Requirements of

United States Africa Command

This section would express a sense of Congress on the force structure and

force posture of AFRICOM within the context of "New Normal" and its general

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Following the terrorist attack against U.S. facilities in Benghazi, Libya, on

September 11, 2012, the U.S. Government established a "New Normal" set of

requirements and associated resourcing worldwide. The committee is aware that

with the current force posture and structure of the U.S. Africa Command

(AFRICOM), the United States is accepting a high level of risk in defending U.S.

posts that have been determined to be "high risk, high threat" as part of the "New

Normal" requirements. Moreover, the committee is concerned that AFRICOM does

not have sufficient assigned military forces; intelligence, surveillance, and

reconnaissance assets; crisis response forces; and enablers to meet the "New

Normal" requirements.

Additionally, this section would require the Secretary of Defense, in

consultation with the Secretary of State and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of

Staff, to submit a report to the congressional defense committees, the Committee on

Foreign Relations of the Senate, and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House

of Representatives not later than January 15, 2015, on how the “New Normal” has

changed AFRICOM's force posture and force structure requirements. The

committee expects the report to include inputs and views from the Commander,

U.S. Africa Command.

Section 1237—Enhanced Authority to Acquire Goods and Services of Djibouti in

Support of Department of Defense Activities in United States Africa Command Area

of Responsibility

This section would provide the Secretary of Defense with an enhanced

authority to acquire products and services produced in the Republic of Djibouti in

support of Department of Defense activities in the U.S. Africa Command

(AFRICOM) area of responsibility. The Secretary would be required to make a

determination that: (1) the product or service is to be used only in support of

Department activities in AFRICOM; (2) the limit on competition or preference for

Djiboutian products or services is vital to the national security interest of the

United States; (3) the Djiboutian product or service is of equivalent quality to that

which would have been otherwise acquired; and (4) the limitation or preference will

not adversely affect U.S. military or stability operations in AFRICOM or the U.S.

industrial base. The authority provided in this section would terminate on

September 30, 2018.

This section would also require the Secretary of Defense to ensure that such

procurement of Djiboutian products or services is conducted in accordance with

Department of Defense management structure requirements in section 2330(a) of

title 10, United States Code, and identified and reported under a single, joint

Department of Defense-wide system for the management and accountability of

contractors operating overseas. It would also require the Secretary to ensure that

AFRICOM has sufficiently trained staff and resources to conduct oversight of such

procurement activities in order to detect and deter fraud, waste, and abuse.

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Additionally, this section would express the sense of Congress that U.S.

forces should remain forward postured in Africa and the Middle East; that Djibouti

is strategically located to support U.S. vital national security interests; that the

United States should take definitive steps to maintain its basing access and

agreements with the Government of Djibouti; that the United States should devise

and implement a comprehensive approach to reinforce the strategic partnership

with the Government of Djibouti; and that the Secretary of State, the Administrator

for the United States Agency for International Development, and the Secretary of

Defense should take concrete steps to advance and strengthen the relationship

between the United States and the Government of Djibouti.

The committee believes that this is an exceptional situation and

recommends this authority because it recognizes that the U.S. military basing in

Djibouti provides unique strategic positioning and access to the region, which has

and continues to support vital U.S. national security interests. Additional detail on

the criticality of U.S. basing in Djibouti is contained in the classified annex to this

report. The committee believes that the United States must take proactive steps to

reinforce a long-term, strategic relationship with the Government of Djibouti in

order to support such vital national security interests. Elsewhere in this report, the

committee directs the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of

State, to submit a report to certain committees outlining the specific steps that the

Department of State is taking to strengthen its strategic relationship with Djibouti.

Section 1238—Report on Goals and Objectives Guiding Military Engagement with

Burma

This section would require the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with

the Secretary of State, to submit to the congressional defense committees, the

Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, and the Committee on Foreign

Affairs of the House of Representatives, not later than December 1, 2014, a report

on the goals and objectives guiding military-to-military engagement between the

United States and the Union of Burma.

The committee welcomes the commitment to reform made by the

Government of Burma. However, the committee notes that the Government of

Burma needs to progress in: protecting the individual freedoms and human rights of

the Burmese people, including for all ethnic and religious minorities and internally

displaced populations; establishing civilian control of the armed forces; severing

military-to-military ties with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea;

implementing constitutional and electoral reforms; and implementing mechanisms

for increased governmental transparency and accountability.

The committee recognizes the role that the U.S. military can play in

improving the Burmese military's understanding of human rights, the rule of law,

and civilian control of the military. The committee encourages the Department of

Defense and the Department of State to communicate the relationship between

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U.S.-Burma military-to-military engagement and reform efforts undertaken by the

Government of Burma.

Section 1239—Sense of Congress on United States Presence and Cooperation in the

Arabian Gulf Region to Deter Iran

This section would express the sense of Congress on the U.S. forward

presence and cooperation in the region of the Arabian Gulf in order to deter the

Islamic Republic of Iran. Elements of this section would include statements that the

United States should: maintain a robust forward presence and posture in the

Arabian Gulf; seek ways to support the security posture of Gulf Cooperation Council

(GCC) countries and the State of Israel; move funding of key strategic bases in the

Arabian Gulf region into the Department of Defense's base budget; and seek to

complete status of forces and defense agreements with GCC countries to support the

defense of the Arabian Gulf.

Furthermore, this section would also state that any comprehensive

agreement with Iran regarding its nuclear program should address the possible

military dimensions of such program. Finally, the sense of Congress would state

that the United States should continue to put pressure on Iran's network of

organizations that conduct malign activities, and the U.S. Government should not

enter into a contract with any person or entity that has violated U.S. sanctions laws

with respect to contracting with the Government of Iran.

TITLE XIII—COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION

LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS

Section 1301—Specification of Cooperative Threat Reduction Programs and Funds

This section would define the programs and funds that are Cooperative

Threat Reduction (CTR) programs and funds as those authorized to be appropriated

in section 301 of this Act, and specify that CTR funds shall remain available for

obligation for 3 fiscal years.

Section 1302—Funding Allocations

This section would allocate specific amounts for each program under the

Department of Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) program from within

the overall $365.1 million that the committee would authorize for the CTR program.

The allocation under this section reflects the amount of the budget request for fiscal

year 2015. This section would also require notifications to Congress 15 days before

the Secretary of Defense obligates and expends fiscal year 2015 funds for purposes

other than those specifically authorized. In addition, this section would provide

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limited authority to obligate amounts for a program element under the CTR

program in excess of the amount specifically authorized for that purpose.

TITLE XIV—OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS

LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS

SUBTITLE A—MILITARY PROGRAMS

Section 1401—Working Capital Funds

This section would authorize appropriations for Defense Working Capital

Funds at the levels identified in section 4501 of division D of this Act.

Section 1402—Chemical Agents and Munitions Destruction, Defense

This section would authorize appropriations for Chemical Agents and

Munitions Destruction, Defense at the level identified in section 4501 of division D

of this Act.

Section 1403—Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, Defense-Wide

This section would authorize appropriations for Drug Interdiction and

Counter-Drug Activities, Defense-Wide at the level identified in section 4501 of

division D of this Act.

Section 1404—Defense Inspector General

This section would authorize appropriations for the Office of the Inspector

General at the level identified in section 4501 of division D of this Act.

Section 1405—Defense Health Program

This section would authorize appropriations for the Defense Health

Program at the levels identified in section 4501 of division D of this Act.

SUBTITLE B—NATIONAL DEFENSE STOCKPILE

Section 1411—Revisions To Previously Authorized Disposals From The National

Defense Stockpile

This section would authorize revisions on limitations in asset sales

contained in section 3303(a)(7) of the Strom Thurmond National Defense

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 (Public Law 105-261), as most recently

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Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 110-417), to increase the Department of

Defense's stockpile commodity disposal authority by $50.0 million, and extend this

authority from 2016 to 2019.

This section would further authorize revisions on limitations in asset sales

contained in section 3402(b)(5) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal

Year 2000 (Public Law 106-65), as most recently amended by section 1412 of the

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 112-81), to

increase the Department of Defense's stockpile commodity disposal authority by

$20.0 million, and extend this authority from 2016 to 2019.

TITLE XV—AUTHORIZATION OF ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS

FOR OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS

LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS

SUBTITLE A—AUTHORIZATION OF ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS

Section 1501—Purpose

This section would establish this title and make authorization of

appropriations available upon enactment of this Act for the Department of Defense,

in addition to amounts otherwise authorized in this Act, to provide for additional

costs due to overseas contingency operations.

Section 1502—Procurement

This section would authorize an additional $6.2 billion for procurement

programs.

Section 1503—Operation and Maintenance

This section would authorize an additional $64.7 billion for operation and

maintenance programs.

Section 1504—Military Personnel

This section would authorize an additional $7.1 billion for military

personnel.

Section 1505—Other Appropriations

This section would authorize an additional $1.5 billion for the Defense

Health Program, Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, Defense-wide, and

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SUBTITLE B—FINANCIAL MATTERS

Section 1511—Treatment as Additional Authorizations

This section would state that amounts authorized to be appropriated by this

title are in addition to amounts otherwise authorized to be appropriated by this Act.

Section 1512—Special Transfer Authority

This section would authorize the transfer of up to $3.0 billion of additional

war-related funding authorizations in this title among the accounts in this title.

SUBTITLE C—LIMITATIONS, REPORTS, AND OTHER MATTERS

Section 1521—Continuation of Existing Limitations on the Use of Funds in the

Afghanistan Security Forces Fund

This section would continue the existing limitations on the use of funds in

the Afghanistan Security Forces Fund subject to the conditions of section 1513 of

the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Public Law 110-181),

as amended by section 1531(b) of the Ike Skelton National Defense Authorization

Act for Fiscal Year 2011 (Public Law 111-383), through fiscal year 2015.

TITLE XVI—STRATEGIC PROGRAMS, CYBER, AND

INTELLIGENCE MATTERS

LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS

SUBTITLE A—SPACE ACTIVITIES

Section 1602—Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle Notification

This section would direct the Secretary of the Air Force to provide certain

congressional committees with notification of each change to the Evolved

Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) acquisition plan and schedule as compared to

the plan and schedule included in the budget submitted by the President for fiscal

year 2015. The notification would include an identification of the change, a national

security rationale for the change, the impact of the change on the EELV block buy

contract, the impact of the change on the opportunities for competition for certified

EELV launch providers, and the costs or savings of the change. The notification

requirement would apply to fiscal years 2015, 2016, and 2017.

Section 1603—Satellite Communications Responsibilities of Executive Agent for

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This section would direct the Secretary of Defense to revise Department of

Defense directives and guidance for the Department of Defense Executive Agent

(EA) for Space, with respect to the development of space strategies, architectures

and programs for satellite communications. This section would require the EA to

conduct strategic planning to ensure these strategies align with Department

requirements. In addition, it would require the EA to coordinate with the necessary

offices within the Department of Defense in order to eliminate duplication of efforts,

maximize the effectiveness of efforts, and to optimize acquisition effectiveness and

efficiency for military and commercial satellite communications. Finally, this

section would direct the EA to coordinate with the Chairman of the Joint

Requirements Oversight Council to develop a process to identify current and

projected satellite communications requirements for the Department.

Section 1605—Pilot Program for Acquisition of Commercial Satellite

Communication Services

This section would allow the Secretary of Defense to develop and execute a

pilot program to examine the feasibility of expanding the use of working capital

funds to acquire commercial satellite communications services to meet Department

of Defense requirements. This program would terminate on October 1, 2020. In

addition, this section would limit the use of any funds authorized for the

Department's acquisition of commercial satellite communications services to not

more than $50.0 million per year for the pilot program execution, and only for fiscal

years 2015-20. This section would also limit the authorities of the Secretary of

Defense in the execution of the pilot program by prohibiting the use of the

authorities granted in sections 2208(k) and 2210(b) of title 10, United States Code.

Finally, this section would define goals for the execution of the pilot program, as

well as reporting requirements for the program. This section does not constitute

authority for multi-year procurement of commercial satellite services.

SUBTITLE B—DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE AND INTELLIGENCE-RELATED ACTIVITIES

Section 1615—Air Force Intelligence Organization

This section would express the sense of Congress that the Air Force

National Air and Space Intelligence Center provides indispensable intelligence

support, and should remain organizationally aligned to the Headquarters Air Staff

with reporting through the Vice Chief of Staff. In addition, this section would

require the Secretary of the Air Force to submit to the congressional defense

committees and the congressional intelligence committees a strategic plan for the

intelligence organization of the Air Force, which includes maintaining the National

Air and Space Intelligence Center alignment to the Headquarters Air Staff.

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This section would prohibit the Secretary of Defense from using any of the

funds authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made available to the Department

of Defense to be used during the period beginning on the date of the enactment of

this Act and ending on December 31, 2015, to execute: the separation of the portion

of the Department of Defense budget designated as part of the National Intelligence

Program from the rest of the Department of Defense budget; the consolidation of the

portion of the Department of Defense budget designated as part of the National

Intelligence Program within the Department of Defense budget; or the

establishment of a new appropriations account or appropriations account structure

for such funds.

DIVISION B—MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATIONS

TITLE XXVIII—MILITARY CONSTRUCTION GENERAL

PROVISIONS

LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS

SUBTITLE A—MILITARY CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM AND MILITARY FAMILY HOUSING

CHANGES

Section 2801—Prevention of Circumvention of Military Construction Laws

This section would amend section 2802 of title 10, United States Code, to

clarify that certain military construction projects, land acquisitions, and defense-

access roads projects must be specifically authorized in a Military Construction

Authorization Act.

SUBTITLE B—REAL PROPERTY AND FACILITIES ADMINISTRATION

Section 2815—Special Easement Acquisition Authority, Pacific Missile Range

Facility, Barking Sands, Kauai, Hawaii

This section would authorize the Secretary of the Navy to use the authority

provided by section 2684a of title 10, Untied States Code, to acquire from willing

sellers easements and other interests in real property in the vicinity of the Pacific

Missile Range Facility, Kauai, Hawaii.

SUBTITLE D—LAND CONVEYANCES

Section 2841—Land Conveyance, Mt. Soledad Veterans Memorial, La Jolla,

California

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This section would authorize the Secretary of the Navy to convey, without

consideration, certain Department of the Navy property to the Mount Soledad

Veterans Memorial Association in La Jolla, California, for public purposes.

Section 2847—Land Conveyance, Hanford Site, Washington

This section would require the Secretary of the Energy to convey two

parcels of real property to the Community Reuse Organization of the Hanford Site

for fair market value by December 31, 2014. The Secretary of the Energy may

convey the property below fair market value if the Community Reuse Organization

agrees to provide the net proceeds from the sale or lease of the real property during

a seven year period to support economic redevelopment at the Hanford Site,

Washington.

DIVISION C—DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL

SECURITY AUTHORIZATIONS AND OTHER

AUTHORIZATIONS

TITLE XXXI—DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY

PROGRAMS

LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS

SUBTITLE A—NATIONAL SECURITY PROGRAM AUTHORIZATIONS

Section 3101—National Nuclear Security Administration

This section would authorize appropriations for the National Nuclear

Security Administration for fiscal year 2015, including funds for weapons activities,

defense nuclear nonproliferation programs, naval reactor programs, and Federal

Salaries and Expenses (formerly known as the Office of the Administrator), at the

levels identified in section 4701 of division D of this Act. This section would also

authorize several new plant projects for the National Nuclear Security

Administration.

Section 3102—Defense Environmental Cleanup

This section would authorize appropriations for defense environmental

cleanup activities for fiscal year 2015, at the levels identified in section 4701 of

division D of this Act. This section would also authorize several new plant projects

for defense environmental cleanup.

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This section would authorize appropriations for other defense activities for

fiscal year 2015, including funds for Health, Safety, and Security, the Office of

Legacy Management, and Nuclear Energy, of the funds identified in section 4701 of

division D of this Act.

Section 3104—Energy Security and Assurance

This section would authorize appropriations for energy security and

assurance programs for fiscal year 2015, at the levels identified in section 4701 of

division D of this Act.

SUBTITLE B—PROGRAM AUTHORIZATIONS, RESTRICTIONS, AND LIMITATIONS

Section 3118—Disposition of Weapons-Usable Plutonium

This section would require the Secretary of Energy to specifically carry out

construction and program support activities with fiscal year 2015 funds authorized

for the Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility (MFFF) for construction and program

support activities. Program support activities are defined as those activities in

support of the design, long-lead equipment, procurement, and site preparation for

the MFFF.

If the Secretary of Energy determines that fiscal year 2015 funds for

construction and program support activities associated with MFFF should be used

for a purpose other than construction and program support activities for MFFF, the

Secretary may utilize reprogramming guidance in accordance with established

procedures provided to the Department of Energy defense-related program in

section 4702 of the Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2742).

This section would also require the Secretary to enter into a contract with a

federally funded research and development center (FFRDC) not later than 30 days

after the date of the enactment of this Act to conduct a study to assess and validate

the Department of Energy's analysis of options for the disposition of surplus

weapons-grade plutonium. The Secretary shall then submit a report to the

congressional defense committees not later than 270 days after the date of the

enactment of this Act. The report shall include the FFRDC assessment, as well as

the Department's identification and discussion of the life-cycle cost analyses, and

explanation of how the alternatives conform with the Plutonium Management and

Disposition Agreement between the Governments of the United States and the

Russian Federation.

Elsewhere in this report, the committee recommends $316.0 million, an

increase of $120.0 million, for construction and program support activities of the

MFFF.

Section 3121—Limitation on Availability of Funds for Non-Proliferation Activities

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This section would prohibit the use of fiscal year 2015 funds for the

National Nuclear Security Administration for any contact, cooperation, or transfer

of technology between the United States and the Russian Federation until the

Secretary of Energy, in consultation with the Secretary of State and Secretary of

Defense, certifies to the appropriate congressional committees that the Russian

Federation is respecting the sovereignty of Ukrainian territory, no longer acting

inconsistently with the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty, and in

compliance with the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe. The section

would include a waiver for the Secretary of Energy, pending a notification, in

coordination with the Secretary of State and Secretary of Defense, to the

appropriate congressional committees that such contact, cooperation, or technology

transfer is in the national interests of the United States and a period of 30 days has

elapsed following the notification.

The committee notes that at the time that this report was filed, in response

to ongoing Russian aggression toward Ukraine, the Secretary of Energy has

suspended nuclear security cooperation. Similar to the position the committee has

stated elsewhere in this report, the committee believes that U.S.-Russia nuclear

security cooperation must remain suspended so long as Russia continues its

aggression toward Ukraine and continues to take actions inconsistent with its

treaty obligations.

TITLE XXXV—MARITIME ADMINISTRATION

LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS

Section 3502—Special Rule for DD-17

This section would limit the application of section 55102 of title 46, United

States Code to Drydock-17 (formerly known as USN-YFD-17) in the waters of the

State of Alabama.

DIVISION D—FUNDING TABLES

Section 4001—Authorization of Amounts in Funding Tables

This section would provide for the allocation of funds among programs,

projects, and activities in accordance with the tables in division D of this Act,

subject to reprogramming guidance in accordance with established procedures.

Consistent with the previously expressed views of the committee, this

section would also require that a decision by an Agency Head to commit, obligate, or

expend funds to a specific entity on the basis of such funding tables be based on

merit-based selection procedures in accordance with the requirements of section

2304(k) and section 2374 of title 10, United States Code, and other applicable

provisions of law. � �

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SEC. 122. øLog 54068¿ CONSTRUCTION OF SAN ANTONIO 1

CLASS AMPHIBIOUS SHIP. 2

(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Navy may 3

enter into a contract beginning with the fiscal year 2015 4

program year for the procurement of one San Antonio 5

class amphibious ship. The Secretary may employ incre-6

mental funding for such procurement. 7

(b) CONDITION ON OUT-YEAR CONTRACT PAY-8

MENTS.—A contract entered into under subsection (a) 9

shall provide that any obligation of the United States to 10

make a payment under such contract for any fiscal year 11

after fiscal year 2015 is subject to the availability of ap-12

propriations for that purpose for such fiscal year.13

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SEC. 132.øLog 53801¿ LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF 1

FUNDS FOR RETIREMENT OF U–2 AIRCRAFT. 2

None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by 3

this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2015 4

for the Department of Defense may be obligated or ex-5

pended to make significant changes to retire, prepare to 6

retire, or place in storage U–2 aircraft.7

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SEC. 133.øLog 53845¿ LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF 1

FUNDS FOR RETIREMENT OF A–10 AIRCRAFT. 2

(a) LIMITATION.—None of the funds authorized to 3

be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available 4

for fiscal year 2015 for the Department of Defense may 5

be obligated or expended to retire A–10 aircraft unless 6

each such retired aircraft is maintained in type-1000 stor-7

age. 8

(b) TYPE-1000 STORAGE DEFINED.—In this section, 9

the term ‘‘type-1000 storage’’ means storage of a retired 10

aircraft in a near-flyaway condition that allows for the air-11

craft to be recalled into use by the regular or reserve com-12

ponents of the Air Force.13

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SEC. 134.øLog 53997¿ LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF 1

FUNDS FOR DIVESTMENT OR TRANSFER OF 2

KC–10 AIRCRAFT. 3

None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by 4

this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2015 5

for the Air Force may be obligated or expended during 6

such fiscal year to divest or transfer, or prepare to divest 7

or transfer, KC–10 aircraft.8

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Subtitle A—Authorization of 1

Appropriations 2

SEC. 201. øLog 53314¿ AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA-3

TIONS. 4

Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 5

fiscal year 2015 for the use of the Department of Defense 6

for research, development, test, and evaluation as specified 7

in the funding table in section 4201.8

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Subtitle A—Authorization of 1

Appropriations 2

SEC. 301 [Log 53315]. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE FUND-3

ING. 4

Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 5

fiscal year 2015 for the use of the Armed Forces and other 6

activities and agencies of the Department of Defense for 7

expenses, not otherwise provided for, for operation and 8

maintenance, as specified in the funding table in section 9

4301.10

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SEC. 312 [Log 53558]. EXCLUSIONS FROM DEFINITION OF 1

‘‘CHEMICAL SUBSTANCE’’ UNDER TOXIC SUB-2

STANCES CONTROL ACT AND REPORT ON 3

LEAD AMMUNITION. 4

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3(2)(B)(v) of the Toxic 5

Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C. 2602(2)(B)(v)) is 6

amended by striking ‘‘, and’’ and inserting ‘‘and any com-7

ponent of such an article (including, without limitation, 8

shot, bullets and other projectiles, propellants when manu-9

factured for or used in such an article, and primers), 10

and’’. 11

(b) ASSESSMENT AND REPORT.—Not later than Sep-12

tember 30, 2015, the Secretary of the Army, in consulta-13

tion with the Secretaries of the other military depart-14

ments, shall submit to the congressional defense commit-15

tees a report containing the results of an assessment con-16

ducted by the Secretary of each of the following: 17

(1) The total costs associated with the procure-18

ment of non-lead alternatives for small arms, broken 19

down by type. 20

(2) The total costs associated with the quali-21

fication of non-lead alternatives for small arms, bro-22

ken down by type. 23

(3) An assessment of the extent to which non-24

lead variants of ammunition exist for small arms, 25

and to the extent such variants exist, the extent to 26

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which such variants meet service requirements and 1

specifications.2

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SEC. 332 [Log 53443]. REPORT ON ENDURING REQUIRE-1

MENTS AND ACTIVITIES CURRENTLY FUND-2

ED THROUGH AMOUNTS AUTHORIZED TO BE 3

APPROPRIATED FOR OVERSEAS CONTIN-4

GENCY OPERATIONS. 5

(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than the date of 6

the submission of the President’s budget for a fiscal year 7

under section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, for 8

fiscal year 2016, the Secretary of Defense shall submit 9

to the congressional defense committees a report that in-10

cludes each of the following: 11

(1) A list of enduring mission requirements, 12

equipping, training, sustainment, and other oper-13

ation and maintenance activities of the military de-14

partments, combat support agencies, and Depart-15

ment of Defense that are funded through amounts 16

authorized to be appropriated for overseas contin-17

gency operations. 18

(2) The amounts appropriated for fiscal year 19

2014 for the activities described in paragraph (1). 20

(3) The amounts provided in the budget for fis-21

cal year 2015 submitted to Congress by the Presi-22

dent under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States 23

Code. 24

(4) A three-year plan to migrate the require-25

ments and activities on the list described in para-26

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graph (1) to be funded other than through amounts 1

authorized to be appropriated for overseas contin-2

gency operations. 3

(b) DEFINITION OF ENDURING.—For purposes of 4

this section, the term ‘‘enduring’’ means planned to con-5

tinue to exist beyond the last day of the period covered 6

by the future-years defense program under section 221 of 7

title 10, United States Code, in effect as of the date of 8

the enactment of this Act.9

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SEC. 352 [Log 53978]. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON ACCESS TO 1

TRAINING RANGES WITHIN UNITED STATES 2

PACIFIC COMMAND AREA OF RESPONSI-3

BILITY. 4

(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find-5

ings: 6

(1) Reliable access to military training ranges is 7

an essential component of military readiness. 8

(2) The training opportunities provided by mili-9

tary training ranges are critical to maintaining the 10

technical and operational superiority of the Armed 11

Forces. 12

(3) The 2014 Quadrennial Defense Review 13

states that the operational readiness of the Armed 14

Forces hinges on unimpeded access to land, air, and 15

sea training and test space. 16

(4) The 2014 Quadrennial Defense Review 17

states that United States forces in the Asia-Pacific 18

region ‘‘will resume regular bilateral and multilateral 19

training exercises, pursue increased training oppor-20

tunities to improve capabilities and capacity of part-21

ner nations, as well as support humanitarian, dis-22

aster relief, counterterrorism, and other operations 23

that contribute to the stability of the region’’. 24

(5) A number of critical military training 25

ranges, including the Pohakuloa Training Center in 26

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Hawaii, are located within the United States Pacific 1

Command area of responsibility providing units from 2

all the military services, as well as allied and partner 3

militaries with realistic joint and combined arms 4

training opportunities. 5

(6) Due to the ‘‘tyranny of distance’’ in the 6

Asia-Pacific region, there are significant challenges 7

in transporting equipment and personnel to the var-8

ious military training ranges within the United 9

States Pacific Command area of responsibility. 10

(7) The Department of Defense continues a 11

number of efforts aimed at preserving military train-12

ing ranges, while also minimizing the environmental 13

effects of training activities. 14

(8) The Department of Defense has a variety of 15

authorities that may be used to mitigate encroach-16

ment on military testing and training missions. 17

(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—In light of the findings 18

specified in subsection (a), it is the sense of Congress that 19

the Secretary of Defense should—20

(1) ensure that members of the Armed Forces 21

continue to have reliable access to military training 22

ranges; 23

(2) optimize the use of multilateral, joint train-24

ing facilities overseas in order to increase readiness 25

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and interoperability with allies and partners of the 1

United States; 2

(3) utilize a full range of assets, including both 3

air- and sea-based asset, including inactive Joint 4

High Speed Vessels, to improve accessibility to mili-5

tary training areas within the United States Pacific 6

Command area of responsibility; 7

(4) provide stable budget authority for long-8

term investments in range and test center infra-9

structure to lower the cost of access to the ranges 10

and training centers; 11

(5) take appropriate action to identify and le-12

verage existing authorities and programs, as well as 13

work with State and municipalities to leverage their 14

authorities, to mitigate encroachment or other chal-15

lenges that have the potential to impact future ac-16

cess or operations on military training ranges; 17

(6) maximize the use of the United States Pa-18

cific Command training ranges, including Pohakuloa 19

Training Center in Hawaii, by the military depart-20

ments and increase the use of such training ranges 21

for bilateral and multilateral exercises with regional 22

allies and partners; and 23

(7) take appropriate action to leverage existing 24

authorities and programs, as well as work with local 25

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governments to leverage their authorities, to address 1

any challenges that have the potential to impede fu-2

ture access to or operations on military training 3

ranges.4

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SEC. 534 [Log 54012]. CONSULTATION WITH VICTIMS OF SEX-1

UAL ASSAULT REGARDING VICTIMS’ PREF-2

ERENCE FOR PROSECUTION OF OFFENSE BY 3

COURT-MARTIAL OR CIVILIAN COURT. 4

(a) LEGAL CONSULTATION BETWEEN SPECIAL VIC-5

TIMS’ COUNSEL AND VICTIM OF SEXUAL ASSAULT.—Sub-6

section (b) of section 1044e of title 10, United States 7

Code, is amended—8

(1) by redesignating paragraphs (6), (7), (8), 9

and (9) as paragraphs (7), (8), (9), and (10), re-10

spectively; and 11

(2) by inserting after paragraph (5) the fol-12

lowing new paragraph (6): 13

‘‘(6) Legal consultation regarding the advan-14

tages and disadvantages of prosecution of the al-15

leged sex-related offense by court-martial or by a ci-16

vilian court with jurisdiction over the offense before 17

the victim expresses a preference as to the prosecu-18

tion authority pursuant to the process required by 19

subsection (e)(3).’’. 20

(b) PROCESS TO DISCERN VICTIM PREFERENCE.—21

Subsection (e) of such section is amended by adding at 22

the end the following new paragraph: 23

‘‘(3) The Secretary concerned shall establish a proc-24

ess to ensure consultation with a victim of an alleged sex-25

related offense that occurs in the United States to discern 26

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the victim’s preference regarding prosecution authority, 1

regardless of whether the report of that offense is re-2

stricted or unrestricted.’’.3

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SEC. 535 [Log 54002]. MODIFICATION OF MILITARY RULES 1

OF EVIDENCE RELATING TO ADMISSIBILITY 2

OF GENERAL MILITARY CHARACTER TOWARD 3

PROBABILITY OF INNOCENCE. 4

The Secretary of Defense shall modify the Military 5

Rules of Evidence to clarify that the general military char-6

acter of an accused is not admissible for the purpose of 7

showing the probability of innocence of the accused, except 8

when evidence of a trait of the military character of an 9

accused is relevant to an element of an offense for which 10

the accused has been charged.11

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SEC. 536 [Log 54004]. CONFIDENTIAL REVIEW OF CHARAC-1

TERIZATION OF TERMS OF DISCHARGE OF 2

MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES WHO ARE 3

VICTIMS OF SEXUAL OFFENSES. 4

(a) CONFIDENTIAL APPEAL PROCESS THROUGH 5

BOARDS FOR CORRECTION OF MILITARY RECORDS.—The 6

Secretaries of the military departments shall each estab-7

lish a confidential process by which an individual who was 8

the victim of a sex-related offense during service in the 9

Armed Forces may appeal, through boards for the correc-10

tion of military records of the military department con-11

cerned, the terms or characterization of the discharge or 12

separation of the individual from the Armed Forces on the 13

grounds that the terms or characterization were adversely 14

affected by the individual being the victim of such an of-15

fense. 16

(b) CONSIDERATION OF INDIVIDUAL EXPERIENCES 17

IN CONNECTION WITH OFFENSES.—In deciding whether 18

to modify the terms or characterization of an individual’s 19

discharge or separation pursuant to the process required 20

by subsection (a), the Secretary of the military department 21

concerned shall instruct boards for the correction of mili-22

tary records to give due consideration to—23

(1) the psychological and physical aspects of the 24

individual’s experience in connection with the sex-re-25

lated offense; and 26

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(2) what bearing such experience may have had 1

on the circumstances surrounding the individual’s 2

discharge or separation from the Armed Forces. 3

(c) PRESERVATION OF CONFIDENTIALITY.—Docu-4

ments considered and decisions rendered pursuant to the 5

process required by subsection (a) shall not be made avail-6

able to the public, except with the consent of the individual 7

concerned. 8

(d) SEX-RELATED OFFENSE DEFINED.—In this sec-9

tion, the term ‘‘sex-related offense’’ means any of the fol-10

lowing: 11

(1) Rape or sexual assault under subsection (a) 12

or (b) of section 920 of title 10, United States Code 13

(article 120 of the Uniform Code of Military Jus-14

tice). 15

(2) Forcible sodomy under section 925 of title 16

10, United States Code (article 125 of the Uniform 17

Code of Military Justice). 18

(3) An attempt to commit an offense specified 19

in paragraph (1) or (2) as punishable under section 20

880 of title 10, United States Code (article 80 of the 21

Uniform Code of Military Justice).22

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SEC. 602 [Log 53732]. NO FISCAL YEAR 2015 INCREASE IN 1

BASIC PAY FOR GENERAL AND FLAG OFFI-2

CERS. 3

Section 203(a)(2) of title 37, United States Code, 4

shall be applied for rates of basic pay payable for commis-5

sioned officers in the uniformed services in pay grades O–6

7 through O–10 during calendar year 2015 by using the 7

rate of pay for level II of the Executive Schedule in effect 8

during 2014.9

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SEC. 727.øLog 54060¿ BRIEFING ON HOSPITALS IN ARREARS 1

IN PAYMENTS TO DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. 2

Not later than 60 days after the date of the enact-3

ment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall provide 4

to the Committees on Armed Services of the House of 5

Representatives and the Senate a briefing on the process 6

used by the Defense Health Agency to collect payments 7

from non-Department of Defense hospitals. Such briefing 8

shall include a list of each hospital that is more than 90 9

days in arrears in payments to the Secretary, including 10

the amount of arrears (by 30-day increments) for each 11

such hospital.12

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Subtitle A—Amendments to Gen-1

eral Contracting Authorities, 2

Procedures, and Limitations 3

SEC. 801 [Log 53654]. EXTENSION TO UNITED STATES 4

TRANSPORTATION COMMAND OF AUTHORI-5

TIES RELATING TO PROHIBITION ON CON-6

TRACTING WITH THE ENEMY. 7

Section 831(i)(1) of the National Defense Authoriza-8

tion Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Public Law 113–66; 127 9

Stat. 813) is amended by inserting ‘‘United States Trans-10

portation Command,’’ after ‘‘United States Southern 11

Command,’’.12

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Subtitle B—Industrial Base 1

Matters 2

SEC. 811 [Log 53338]. THREE-YEAR EXTENSION OF AND 3

AMENDMENTS TO TEST PROGRAM FOR NEGO-4

TIATION OF COMPREHENSIVE SMALL BUSI-5

NESS SUBCONTRACTING PLANS. 6

(a) THREE-YEAR EXTENSION.—Subsection (e) of 7

section 834 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 8

Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 (15 U.S.C. 637 note) is 9

amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2014’’ and inserting 10

‘‘December 31, 2017’’. 11

(b) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR COMPREHEN-12

SIVE SUBCONTRACTING PLANS.—Subsection (b) of section 13

834 of such Act is amended—14

(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘paragraph 15

(3)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (4)’’; 16

(2) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para-17

graph (4), and in that paragraph by striking 18

‘‘$5,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$100,000,000’’; and 19

(3) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol-20

lowing new paragraph (3): 21

‘‘(3) Each comprehensive subcontracting plan of a 22

contractor shall require that the contractor report to the 23

Secretary of Defense on a semi-annual basis the following 24

information: 25

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‘‘(A) The amount of first-tier subcontract dol-1

lars awarded during the six-month period covered by 2

the report to covered small business concerns, with 3

the information set forth separately—4

‘‘(i) by North American Industrial Classi-5

fication System code; 6

‘‘(ii) by major defense acquisition program, 7

as defined in section 2430(a) of title 10, United 8

States Code; 9

‘‘(iii) by contract, if the contract is for the 10

maintenance, overhaul, repair, servicing, reha-11

bilitation, salvage, modernization, or modifica-12

tion of supplies, systems, or equipment and the 13

total value of the contract, including options, 14

exceeds $100,000,000; and 15

‘‘(iv) by military department. 16

‘‘(B) The total number of subcontracts active 17

under the test program during the six-month period 18

covered by the report that would have otherwise re-19

quired a subcontracting plan under paragraph (4) or 20

(5) of section 8(d) of the Small Business Act (15 21

U.S.C. 637(d)). 22

‘‘(C) Costs incurred in negotiating, complying 23

with, and reporting on comprehensive subcontracting 24

plans. 25

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‘‘(D) Costs avoided by adoption of a com-1

prehensive subcontracting plan. 2

‘‘(E) Any other information required by the De-3

partment of Defense to complete the study required 4

by subsection (f).’’. 5

(c) ADDITIONAL CONSEQUENCE FOR FAILURE TO 6

MAKE GOOD FAITH EFFORT TO COMPLY.—7

(1) AMENDMENTS.—Subsection (d) of section 8

834 of such Act is amended—9

(A) by striking ‘‘COMPANY-WIDE’’ and in-10

serting ‘‘COMPREHENSIVE’’ in the heading; 11

(B) by striking ‘‘company-wide’’ and in-12

serting ‘‘comprehensive subcontracting’’; and 13

(C) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘In 14

addition, any such failure shall be a factor con-15

sidered as part of the evaluation of past per-16

formance of an offeror.’’. 17

(2) REPEAL OF SUSPENSION OF SUBSECTION 18

(D).—Section 402 of Public Law 101–574 (15 19

U.S.C. 637 note) is repealed. 20

(d) ADDITIONAL REPORT.—21

(1) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (1) of section 22

834(f) of such Act is amended by striking ‘‘March 23

1, 1994, and March 1, 2012’’ and inserting ‘‘Sep-24

tember 30, 2015’’. 25

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(2) CORRECTION OF REFERENCE TO COM-1

MITTEE.—Such paragraph is further amended by 2

striking ‘‘Committees’’ and all that follows through 3

the end of such paragraph and inserting the fol-4

lowing: ‘‘Committees on Armed Services and on 5

Small Business of the House of Representatives and 6

the Committees on Armed Services and on Small 7

Business and Entrepreneurship of the Senate’’. 8

(e) ADDITIONAL DEFINITIONS.—9

(1) COVERED SMALL BUSINESS CONCERN.—10

Subsection (g) of section 834 of such Act is amend-11

ed to read as follows: 12

‘‘(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the term ‘cov-13

ered small business concern’ includes each of the following: 14

‘‘(1) A small business concern, as that term is 15

defined under section 3(a) of the Small Business Act 16

(15 U.S.C. 632(a)); 17

‘‘(2) A small business concerned owned and 18

controlled by veterans, as that term is defined in 19

section 3(q)(3) of such Act (15 U.S.C. 632(q)(3)). 20

‘‘(3) A small business concern owned and con-21

trolled by service-disabled veterans, as that term is 22

defined in section 3(q)(2) of such Act (15 U.S.C. 23

632(q)(2)). 24

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‘‘(4) A qualified HUBZone small business con-1

cern, as that term is defined under section 3(p)(5) 2

of such Act (15 U.S.C. 632(p)(5)). 3

‘‘(5) A small business concern owned and con-4

trolled by socially and economically disadvantaged 5

individuals, as that term is defined in section 6

8(d)(3)(C) of such Act (15 U.S.C. 637(d)(3)(C)). 7

‘‘(6) A small business concern owned and con-8

trolled by women, as that term is defined under sec-9

tion 3(n) of such Act (15 U.S.C. 632(n)).’’. 10

(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Subsection 11

(a)(1) of section 834 of such Act is amended by 12

striking ‘‘small business concerns and small business 13

concerns owned and controlled by socially and eco-14

nomically disadvantaged individuals’’ and inserting 15

‘‘covered small business concerns’’.16

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SEC. 812 [Log 53378]. IMPROVING OPPORTUNITIES FOR 1

SERVICE-DISABLED VETERAN-OWNED SMALL 2

BUSINESSES. 3

(a) SMALL BUSINESS DEFINITION OF SMALL BUSI-4

NESS CONCERN CONSOLIDATED.—Section 3(q) of the 5

Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632(q)) is amended—6

(1) by amending paragraph (2) to read as fol-7

lows: 8

‘‘(2) SMALL BUSINESS CONCERN OWNED AND 9

CONTROLLED BY SERVICE-DISABLED VETERANS.—10

The term ‘small business concern owned and con-11

trolled by service-disabled veterans’ means a small 12

business concern—13

‘‘(A)(i) not less than 51 percent of which 14

is owned by one or more service-disabled vet-15

erans or, in the case of any publicly owned busi-16

ness, not less than 51 percent of the stock of 17

which is owned by one or more service-disabled 18

veterans; and 19

‘‘(ii) the management and daily business 20

operations of which are controlled by one or 21

more service-disabled veterans or, in the case of 22

a veteran with permanent and severe disability, 23

the spouse or permanent caregiver of such vet-24

eran; or 25

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‘‘(B)(i) not less than 51 percent of which 1

is owned by one or more veterans with service-2

connected disabilities that are permanent and 3

total who are unable to manage the daily busi-4

ness operations of such concern or, in the case 5

of a publicly owned business, not less than 51 6

percent of the stock of which is owned by one 7

or more such veterans; and 8

‘‘(ii) is included in the database described 9

in section 8127(f) of title 38, United States 10

Code.’’; and 11

(2) by adding at the end the following: 12

‘‘(6) TREATMENT OF BUSINESSES AFTER 13

DEATH OF VETERAN-OWNER.—14

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-15

graph (C), if the death of a service-disabled vet-16

eran causes a small business concern to be less 17

than 51 percent owned by one or more such 18

veterans, the surviving spouse of such veteran 19

who acquires ownership rights in such small 20

business concern shall, for the period described 21

in subparagraph (B), be treated as if the sur-22

viving spouse were that veteran for the purpose 23

of maintaining the status of the small business 24

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concern as a small business concern owned and 1

controlled by service-disabled veterans. 2

‘‘(B) PERIOD DESCRIBED.—The period re-3

ferred to in subparagraph (A) is the period be-4

ginning on the date on which the service-dis-5

abled veteran dies and ending on the earliest of 6

the following dates: 7

‘‘(i) The date on which the surviving 8

spouse remarries. 9

‘‘(ii) The date on which the surviving 10

spouse relinquishes an ownership interest 11

in the small business concern. 12

‘‘(iii) The date that is ten years after 13

the date of the veteran’s death. 14

‘‘(C) APPLICATION TO SURVIVING 15

SPOUSE.—Subparagraph (A) only applies to a 16

surviving spouse of a veteran with a service-con-17

nected disability if—18

‘‘(i) the veteran had a service-con-19

nected disability rated as 100 percent dis-20

abling or died as a result of a service-con-21

nected disability; and 22

‘‘(ii) prior to the death of the veteran 23

and during the period in which the sur-24

viving spouse seeks to qualify under this 25

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paragraph, the small business concern is 1

included in the database described in sec-2

tion 8127(f) of title 38, United States 3

Code.’’. 4

(b) VETERANS AFFAIRS DEFINITION OF SMALL 5

BUSINESS CONCERN CONSOLIDATED.—Section 8127 of 6

title 38, United States Code, is amended—7

(1) by striking subsection (h); and 8

(2) in subsection (l)(2), by striking ‘‘means’’ 9

and all that follows through the period at the end 10

and inserting the following: ‘‘has the meaning given 11

that term under section 3(q) of the Small Business 12

Act (15 U.S.C. 632(q)).’’. 13

(c) SBA TO ASSUME CONTROL OF VERIFICATION OF 14

OWNERSHIP AND CONTROL STATUS OF APPLICANTS FOR 15

INCLUSION IN THE DATABASE OF SMALL BUSINESSES 16

OWNED AND CONTROLLED BY SERVICE DISABLED VET-17

ERANS AND VETERANS.—The Small Business Act (15 18

U.S.C. 631 et seq.), as amended by section 815, is further 19

amended by adding at the end the following new section: 20

‘‘SEC. 49. VETS FIRST PROGRAM. 21

‘‘In order to increase opportunities for small business 22

concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans 23

and small business concerns owned and controlled by vet-24

erans in the Federal marketplace, not later than 180 days 25

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after the effective date of this section, the Administrator 1

shall enter into a memorandum of understanding with the 2

Secretary of Veterans Affairs that transfers control and 3

administration of the program under subsections (e) 4

through (g) of section 8127 of title 38, United States 5

Code, to the Administrator, consistent with the following: 6

‘‘(1) Not later than 270 days after completing 7

the memorandum of understanding, the Adminis-8

trator shall make rules to carry out the memo-9

randum. If the Administrator does not make such 10

rules by such date, the Administrator may not exer-11

cise the authority under section 7(a)(25)(A) until 12

such time as those rules are made. 13

‘‘(2) The Administrator shall assume authority 14

and responsibility for maintenance and operation of 15

the database and for verifications under the pro-16

gram. Any verifications undertaken by the Adminis-17

trator shall employ fraud prevention measures at the 18

time of the initial application, through detection and 19

monitoring processes after initial acceptance, by in-20

vestigating allegations of potential fraud, removing 21

firms that do not quality from the database, and re-22

ferring cases for prosecution when appropriate. 23

‘‘(3) Any appeal by a small business concern, at 24

the time that verification is denied or a contract is 25

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awarded, of any determination under the program 1

shall be heard by the Office of Hearings and Ap-2

peals of the Small Business Administration. 3

‘‘(4)(A) The Secretary shall, for a period of 6 4

years commencing on a date agreed to in the com-5

pleted memorandum, reimburse to the Administrator 6

of the Small Business Administration any costs in-7

curred by the Administrator for actions undertaken 8

pursuant to the memorandum from fees collected by 9

the Secretary of Veteran Affairs under multiple-10

award schedule contracts. The Administrator and 11

the Secretary shall endeavor to ensure maximum ef-12

ficiency in such actions. Any disputes between the 13

Secretary and the Administrator shall be resolved by 14

the Director of the Office of Management and Budg-15

et. 16

‘‘(B) The Secretary and the Administrator may 17

extend the term of the memorandum of under-18

standing, except for the reimbursement requirement 19

under subparagraph (A). The Secretary and the Ad-20

ministrator may in a separate memorandum of un-21

derstanding provide for an extension of such reim-22

bursement. 23

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‘‘(5) Not later than 180 days after the date of 1

enactment of this section, and every 180 days there-2

after, the Secretary and the Administrator shall—3

‘‘(A) meet to discuss ways to improve col-4

laboration under the memorandum to increase 5

opportunities for service-disabled veteran-owned 6

small businesses and veteran-owned small busi-7

nesses; and 8

‘‘(B) consult with congressionally chartered 9

Veterans Service Organizations to discuss ways 10

to increase opportunities for service-disabled 11

veteran-owned small businesses and veteran-12

owned small businesses. 13

‘‘(6) Not later than 180 days after the date of 14

enactment of this section, and every 180 days there-15

after, the Secretary and the Administrator shall re-16

port to the Committee on Small Business and the 17

Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of 18

Representatives, and the Committee on Small Busi-19

ness and Entrepreneurship and the Committee on 20

Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate on the progress 21

made by the Secretary and the Administrator imple-22

menting this section. 23

‘‘(7) In any meeting required under paragraph 24

(5), the Secretary and the Administrator shall in-25

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clude in the discussion of ways to improve collabora-1

tion under the memorandum to increase opportuni-2

ties for small businesses owned and controlled by 3

service-disabled veterans who are women or minori-4

ties and small business concerns owned and con-5

trolled by veterans who are women or minorities.’’. 6

(d) MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.—Section 7

8127(f) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by 8

adding at the end the following: 9

‘‘(7) Not later than 180 days after the effective date 10

of this paragraph, the Secretary shall enter into a memo-11

randum of understanding with the Administrator of the 12

Small Business Administration consistent with section 48 13

of the Small Business Act, which shall specify the manner 14

in which the Secretary shall notify the Administrator as 15

to whether an individual is a veteran and if that veteran 16

has a service-connected disability.’’.17

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SEC. 813 [Log53374]. PLAN FOR IMPROVING DATA ON BUN-1

DLED AND CONSOLIDATED CONTRACTS. 2

Section 15 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644) 3

is amended by adding at the end the following new sub-4

section: 5

‘‘(s) DATA QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PLAN.—6

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than the first day 7

of fiscal year 2016, the Administrator of the Small 8

Business Administration, in consultation with the 9

Small Business Procurement Advisory Council, the 10

Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy, and 11

the Administrator of the General Services Adminis-12

tration shall develop a plan to improve the quality 13

of data reported on bundled and consolidated con-14

tracts in the Federal procurement data system. 15

‘‘(2) PLAN REQUIREMENTS.—The plan shall—16

‘‘(A) describe the roles and responsibilities 17

of the Administrator of the Small Business Ad-18

ministration, the Directors of the Offices of 19

Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, 20

the Small Business Procurement Advisory 21

Council, the Administrator for Federal Procure-22

ment Policy, the Administrator of the General 23

Services Administration, the senior procurement 24

executives, and Chief Acquisition Officers in im-25

plementing the plan described in paragraph (1) 26

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and contributing to the annual report required 1

by subsection (p)(4); 2

‘‘(B) make necessary changes to policies 3

and procedures on proper identification and 4

mitigation of contract bundling and consolida-5

tion, and to training procedures of relevant per-6

sonnel on proper identification and mitigation 7

of contract bundling and consolidation; 8

‘‘(C) establish consequences for failure to 9

properly identify contracts as bundled or con-10

solidated; 11

‘‘(D) establish requirements for periodic 12

and statistically valid data verification and vali-13

dation; and 14

‘‘(E) assign clear data verification respon-15

sibilities. 16

‘‘(3) COMMITTEE BRIEFING.—Once finalized 17

and by not later than 90 days prior to implementa-18

tion, the plan described in this subsection shall be 19

presented to the Committee on Small Business of 20

the House of Representatives and the Committee on 21

Small Business and Entrepreneurship of the Senate. 22

‘‘(4) IMPLEMENTATION.—Not later than the 23

first day of fiscal year 2017, the Administrator of 24

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the Small Business Administration shall implement 1

the plan described in this subsection. 2

‘‘(5) CERTIFICATION.—The Administrator shall 3

annually provide to the Committee on Small Busi-4

ness of the House of Representatives and the Com-5

mittee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship of 6

the Senate certification of the accuracy and com-7

pleteness of data reported on bundled and consoli-8

dated contracts. 9

‘‘(6) GAO STUDY AND REPORT.—10

‘‘(A) STUDY.—Not later than the first day 11

of fiscal year 2018, the Comptroller General of 12

the United States shall initiate a study on the 13

effectiveness of the plan described in this sub-14

section that shall assess whether contracts were 15

accurately labeled as bundled or consolidated. 16

‘‘(B) CONTRACTS EVALUATED.—For the 17

purposes of conducting the study described in 18

subparagraph (A), the Comptroller General of 19

the United States—20

‘‘(i) shall evaluate, for work in each of 21

sectors 23, 33, 54, and 56 (as defined by 22

the North American Industry Classification 23

System), not fewer than 100 contracts in 24

each sector; 25

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‘‘(ii) shall evaluate only those con-1

tracts—2

‘‘(I) awarded by an agency listed 3

in section 901(b) of title 31, United 4

States Code; and 5

‘‘(II) that have a Base and Exer-6

cised Options Value, an Action Obli-7

gation, or a Base and All Options 8

Value exceeding $10,000,000; and 9

‘‘(iii) shall not evaluate contracts that 10

have used any set aside authority. 11

‘‘(C) REPORT.—Not later than 12 months 12

after initiating the study required by subpara-13

graph (A), the Comptroller General of the 14

United States shall report to the Committee on 15

Small Business of the House of Representatives 16

and the Committee on Small Business and En-17

trepreneurship of the Senate on the results 18

from such study and, if warranted, any rec-19

ommendations on how to improve the quality of 20

data reported on bundled and consolidated con-21

tracts. 22

‘‘(7) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection the fol-23

lowing definitions shall apply: 24

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‘‘(A) CHIEF ACQUISITION OFFICER; SEN-1

IOR PROCUREMENT EXECUTIVE.—The terms 2

‘Chief Acquisition Officer’ and ‘senior procure-3

ment executive’ have the meanings given such 4

terms in section 44 of this Act. 5

‘‘(B) FEDERAL PROCUREMENT DATA SYS-6

TEM DEFINITIONS.—The terms ‘Base and Ex-7

ercised Options Value’, ‘Action Obligation’, 8

‘Base and All Options Value’, and ‘set aside au-9

thority’ have the meanings given such terms by 10

the Administrator for Federal Procurement Pol-11

icy in the Federal procurement data system on 12

October 1, 2013, or subsequent equivalent 13

terms.’’.14

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SEC. 814 [Log 53410]. AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE EDUCATION 1

TO SMALL BUSINESSES ON CERTAIN RE-2

QUIREMENTS OF ARMS EXPORT CONTROL 3

ACT. 4

(a) ASSISTANCE AT SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOP-5

MENT CENTERS.—Section 21(c)(1) of the Small Business 6

Act (15 U.S.C. 648(c)(1)) is amended by inserting at the 7

end the following: ‘‘Applicants receiving grants under this 8

section shall also assist small businesses by providing, 9

where appropriate, education on the requirements applica-10

ble to small businesses under the regulations issued under 11

section 38 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 12

2778) and on compliance with those requirements.’’. 13

(b) PROCUREMENT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—Sec-14

tion 2418 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by 15

adding at the end the following new subsection: 16

‘‘(c) An eligible entity assisted by the Department of 17

Defense under this chapter also may furnish education on 18

the requirements applicable to small businesses under the 19

regulations issued under section 38 of the Arms Export 20

Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2778) and on compliance with 21

those requirements.’’.22

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SEC. 815 [Log 53509]. PROHIBITION ON REVERSE AUCTIONS 1

FOR COVERED CONTRACTS. 2

(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-3

gress that, when used appropriately, reverse auctions may 4

improve the Federal Government’s procurement of com-5

mercially available commodities by increasing competition, 6

reducing prices, and improving opportunities for small 7

businesses. 8

(b) USE OF REVERSE AUCTIONS.—The Small Busi-9

ness Act (15 U.S.C. 631 et seq.) is amended—10

(1) by redesignating section 47 as section 48; 11

and 12

(2) by inserting after section 46 the following: 13

‘‘SEC. 47. REVERSE AUCTIONS PROHIBITED FOR COVERED 14

CONTRACTS. 15

‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In the case of a covered contract 16

described in subsection (c), reverse auction methods may 17

not be used—18

‘‘(1) if the covered contract is suitable for 19

award to a small business concern; or 20

‘‘(2) if the award is to be made under—21

‘‘(A) section 8(a); 22

‘‘(B) section 8(m); 23

‘‘(C) section 15(a); 24

‘‘(D) section 15(j); 25

‘‘(E) section 31; 26

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‘‘(F) section 36; or 1

‘‘(G) section 8127 of title 38, United 2

States Code. 3

‘‘(b) LIMITATIONS ON USING REVERSE AUCTIONS.—4

‘‘(1) NUMBER OF OFFERS; REVISIONS TO 5

BIDS.—A Federal agency may not award a covered 6

contract using a reverse auction method if only one 7

offer is received or if offerors do not have the ability 8

to submit revised bids throughout the course of the 9

auction. 10

‘‘(2) OTHER PROCUREMENT AUTHORITY.—A 11

Federal agency may not award a covered contract 12

under a procurement provision other than those pro-13

visions described in subsection (a)(2) if the justifica-14

tion for using such procurement provision is to use 15

reverse auction methods. 16

‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section the following 17

definitions apply: 18

‘‘(1) COVERED CONTRACT.—The term ‘covered 19

contract’ means a contract—20

‘‘(A) for services, including design and 21

construction services; and 22

‘‘(B) for goods in which the technical 23

qualifications of the offeror constitute part of 24

the basis of award. 25

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‘‘(2) DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION SERVICES.—1

The term ‘design and construction services’ means—2

‘‘(A) site planning and landscape design; 3

‘‘(B) architectural and interior design; 4

‘‘(C) engineering system design; 5

‘‘(D) performance of construction work for 6

facility, infrastructure, and environmental res-7

toration projects; 8

‘‘(E) delivery and supply of construction 9

materials to construction sites; 10

‘‘(F) construction, alteration, or repair, in-11

cluding painting and decorating, of public build-12

ings and public works; and 13

‘‘(G) architectural and engineering services 14

as defined in section 1102 of title 40, United 15

States Code. 16

‘‘(3) REVERSE AUCTION.—The term ‘reverse 17

auction’ means, with respect to procurement by an 18

agency, a real-time auction conducted through an 19

electronic medium between a group of offerors who 20

compete against each other by submitting offers for 21

a contract or task order with the ability to submit 22

revised offers throughout the course of the auction.’’. 23

(c) CONTRACTS AWARDED BY SECRETARY OF VET-24

ERANS AFFAIRS.—Section 8127(j) of title 38, United 25

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States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-1

lowing new paragraph: 2

‘‘(3) The provisions of section 47(a) of the Small 3

Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631 et seq.) (relating to the pro-4

hibition on using reverse auction methods to award a con-5

tract) shall apply to a contract awarded under this sec-6

tion.’’.7

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SEC. 816 [Log 53375]. SBA SURETY BOND GUARANTEE. 1

Section 411(c)(1) of the Small Business Investment 2

Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 694b(c)(1)) is amended by strik-3

ing ‘‘70’’ and inserting ‘‘90’’.4

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Subtitle A—Department of Defense 1

Management 2

SEC. 901 [Log 53966]. REDESIGNATION OF THE DEPART-3

MENT OF THE NAVY AS THE DEPARTMENT OF 4

THE NAVY AND MARINE CORPS. 5

(a) REDESIGNATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE 6

NAVY AS THE DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY AND MARINE 7

CORPS.—8

(1) REDESIGNATION OF MILITARY DEPART-9

MENT.—The military department designated as the 10

Department of the Navy is redesignated as the De-11

partment of the Navy and Marine Corps. 12

(2) REDESIGNATION OF SECRETARY AND 13

OTHER STATUTORY OFFICES.—14

(A) SECRETARY.—The position of the Sec-15

retary of the Navy is redesignated as the Sec-16

retary of the Navy and Marine Corps. 17

(B) OTHER STATUTORY OFFICES.—The 18

positions of the Under Secretary of the Navy, 19

the four Assistant Secretaries of the Navy, and 20

the General Counsel of the Department of the 21

Navy are redesignated as the Under Secretary 22

of the Navy and Marine Corps, the Assistant 23

Secretaries of the Navy and Marine Corps, and 24

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the General Counsel of the Department of the 1

Navy and Marine Corps, respectively. 2

(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 10, 3

UNITED STATES CODE.—4

(1) DEFINITION OF ‘‘MILITARY DEPART-5

MENT’’.—Paragraph (8) of section 101(a) of title 6

10, United States Code, is amended to read as fol-7

lows: 8

‘‘(8) The term ‘military department’ means the 9

Department of the Army, the Department of the 10

Navy and Marine Corps, and the Department of the 11

Air Force.’’. 12

(2) ORGANIZATION OF DEPARTMENT.—The text 13

of section 5011 of such title is amended to read as 14

follows: ‘‘The Department of the Navy and Marine 15

Corps is separately organized under the Secretary of 16

the Navy and Marine Corps.’’. 17

(3) POSITION OF SECRETARY.—Section 18

5013(a)(1) of such title is amended by striking 19

‘‘There is a Secretary of the Navy’’ and inserting 20

‘‘There is a Secretary of the Navy and Marine 21

Corps’’. 22

(4) CHAPTER HEADINGS.—23

(A) The heading of chapter 503 of such 24

title is amended to read as follows: 25

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‘‘CHAPTER 503—DEPARTMENT OF THE 1

NAVY AND MARINE CORPS’’. 2

(B) The heading of chapter 507 of such 3

title is amended to read as follows: 4

‘‘CHAPTER 507—COMPOSITION OF THE DE-5

PARTMENT OF THE NAVY AND MARINE 6

CORPS’’. 7

(5) OTHER AMENDMENTS.—8

(A) Title 10, United States Code, is 9

amended by striking ‘‘Department of the Navy’’ 10

and ‘‘Secretary of the Navy’’ each place they 11

appear other than as specified in paragraphs 12

(1), (2), (3), and (4) (including in section head-13

ings, subsection captions, tables of chapters, 14

and tables of sections) and inserting ‘‘Depart-15

ment of the Navy and Marine Corps’’ and ‘‘Sec-16

retary of the Navy and Marine Corps’’, respec-17

tively, in each case with the matter inserted to 18

be in the same typeface and typestyle as the 19

matter stricken. 20

(B)(i) Sections 5013(f), 5014(b)(2), 21

5016(a), 5017(2), 5032(a), and 5042(a) of 22

such title are amended by striking ‘‘Assistant 23

Secretaries of the Navy’’ and inserting ‘‘Assist-24

ant Secretaries of the Navy and Marine Corps’’. 25

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(ii) The heading of section 5016 of such 1

title, and the item relating to such section in 2

the table of sections at the beginning of chapter 3

503 of such title, are each amended by insert-4

ing ‘‘and Marine Corps’’ after ‘‘of the Navy’’, 5

with the matter inserted in each case to be in 6

the same typeface and typestyle as the matter 7

amended. 8

(c) OTHER PROVISIONS OF LAW AND OTHER REF-9

ERENCES.—10

(1) TITLE 37, UNITED STATES CODE.—Title 37, 11

United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘De-12

partment of the Navy’’ and ‘‘Secretary of the Navy’’ 13

each place they appear and inserting ‘‘Department 14

of the Navy and Marine Corps’’ and ‘‘Secretary of 15

the Navy and Marine Corps’’, respectively. 16

(2) OTHER REFERENCES.—Any reference in 17

any law other than in title 10 or title 37, United 18

States Code, or in any regulation, document, record, 19

or other paper of the United States, to the Depart-20

ment of the Navy shall be considered to be a ref-21

erence to the Department of the Navy and Marine 22

Corps. Any such reference to an office specified in 23

subsection (a)(2) shall be considered to be a ref-24

erence to that office as redesignated by that section. 25

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(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section and the amend-1

ments made by this section shall take effect on the first 2

day of the first month beginning more than 60 days after 3

the date of the enactment of this Act.4

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SEC. 902 [Log 53899]. ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR DI-1

RECTOR OF OPERATIONAL TEST AND EVAL-2

UATION. 3

(a) ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITY.—Section 139 of 4

title 10, United States Code, is amended—5

(1) by redesignating subsections (c), (d), (e), 6

(f), (g), (h), (i), (j), and (k) as subsections (d), (e), 7

(f), (g), (h), (i), (j), (k), and (l), respectively; and 8

(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol-9

lowing new subsection (c): 10

‘‘(c) The Director shall consider the potential for in-11

creases in program cost estimates or delays in schedule 12

estimates in the implementation of policies, procedures, 13

and activities related to operational test and evaluation 14

and shall take appropriate action to ensure that oper-15

ational test and evaluation activities do not unnecessarily 16

increase program costs or impede program schedules.’’. 17

(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 18

196(c)(1)(A)(ii) of such title is amended by striking ‘‘sec-19

tion 139(i)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 139(k)’’.20

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SEC. 903 [Log 53229]. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO WAIVE 1

REIMBURSEMENT OF COSTS OF ACTIVITIES 2

FOR NONGOVERNMENTAL PERSONNEL AT 3

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE REGIONAL CEN-4

TERS FOR SECURITY STUDIES. 5

Section 941(b)(1) of the Duncan Hunter National 6

Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (10 7

U.S.C. 184 note) is amended by striking ‘‘through 2014’’ 8

and inserting ‘‘through 2019’’.9

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SEC. 906 [Log 53483] COMBATANT COMMAND EFFICIENCY 1

PLAN. 2

(a) PLAN REQUIRED.—The Secretary of Defense 3

shall develop a plan to combine the back office functions 4

of the headquarters of two or more combatant commands, 5

including the subordinate component commands. 6

(b) MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED.—The plan re-7

quired by subsection (a) shall include the following: 8

(1) A detailed discussion of combining or other-9

wise sharing in whole or in part similar back office 10

functions between two or more combatant command 11

headquarters located in the same country. 12

(2) A detailed discussion of combining or other-13

wise sharing in whole or in part similar back office 14

functions of the Joint Staff and some or all combat-15

ant command headquarters. 16

(3) A detailed discussion of establishing a new 17

organization to manage similar back office functions 18

of two or more combatant command headquarters 19

located in the same country. 20

(4) A detailed discussion of the risks and capa-21

bilities lost by implementing such consolidations and 22

efficiencies. 23

(5) A detailed discussion of how the efficiencies 24

and consolidations in assigned personnel and re-25

sources are in support of the quadrennial defense re-26

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view and the strategic choices and management re-1

view of the Department of Defense. 2

(6) Any other arrangements that the Secretary 3

considers appropriate. 4

(c) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 120 days 5

after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 6

shall submit to the congressional defense committees a re-7

port containing—8

(1) a summary of the plan required by sub-9

section (a); and 10

(2) the potential cost savings of any arrange-11

ments the Secretary considers in conducting the 12

study. 13

(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 14

(1) BACK OFFICE FUNCTIONS.—The term 15

‘‘back office functions’’ means the administration 16

and support functions of a headquarters of a com-17

batant command, including human resources or 18

other personnel functions, budgeting, and informa-19

tion technology support. 20

(2) COMBATANT COMMAND.—The term ‘‘com-21

batant command’’ means a combatant command es-22

tablished pursuant to section 161 or 167 of title 10, 23

United States Code. 24

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(e) LIMITATION.—Of the amounts authorized to be 1

appropriated for fiscal year 2015 for the Department of 2

Defense for operations and maintenance, defense-wide, 3

Joint Chiefs of Staff, as specified in the funding table for 4

section 4301, not more than 85 percent may be obligated 5

or expended until the Secretary of Defense, in coordina-6

tion with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, pro-7

vides the Committee on Armed Services of the House of 8

Representatives the briefing on combatant command head-9

quarters personnel and resources requirements as directed 10

in the Report of the Committee on Armed Services on 11

H.R. 1960 of the 113th Congress (House Report 113–12

102) under title X.13

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SEC. 909 [Log 53422]. OFFICE OF NET ASSESSMENT. 1

(a) POLICY.—It is the policy of the United States to 2

maintain an independent organization within the Depart-3

ment of Defense to develop and coordinate net assess-4

ments of the standing, trends, and future prospects of the 5

military capabilities and potential of the United States in 6

comparison with the military capabilities and potential of 7

other countries or groups of countries so as to identify 8

emerging or future threats or opportunities for the United 9

States. 10

(b) ESTABLISHMENT.—11

(1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 4 of title 10, United 12

States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 13

following new section: 14

‘‘SEC. 145. OFFICE OF NET ASSESSMENT. 15

‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There is in the Office of the Sec-16

retary of Defense an office known as the Office of Net 17

Assessment. 18

‘‘(b) HEAD.—(1) The head of the Office of Net As-19

sessment shall be appointed by the Secretary of Defense. 20

The head shall be a member of the Senior Executive Serv-21

ice. 22

‘‘(2) The head of the Office of Net Assessment may 23

communicate views on matters within the responsibility of 24

the head directly to the Secretary without obtaining the 25

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approval or concurrence of any other official within the 1

Department of Defense. 2

‘‘(3) The head of the Office of Net Assessment shall 3

report directly to the Secretary. 4

‘‘(4) The Office is subject to the authority, direction, 5

and control of the Secretary. The Secretary may not dele-6

gate the responsibility to exercise such authority, direc-7

tion, and control over the Office. 8

‘‘(c) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Office of Net Assess-9

ment shall develop and coordinate net assessments with 10

respect to the standing, trends, and future prospects of 11

the military capabilities and potential of the United States 12

in comparison with the military capabilities and potential 13

of other countries or groups of countries to identify emerg-14

ing or future threats or opportunities for the United 15

States. 16

‘‘(d) BUDGET.—In the budget materials submitted to 17

the President by the Secretary of Defense in connection 18

with the submittal to Congress, pursuant to section 1105 19

of title 31, of the budget for any fiscal year after fiscal 20

year 2014, the Secretary shall ensure that a separate, 21

dedicated program element is assigned for the Office of 22

Net Assessment. 23

‘‘(e) NET ASSESSMENT DEFINED.—In this section, 24

the term ‘net assessment’ means the comparative analysis 25

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of military, technological, political, economic, and other 1

factors governing the relative military capability of na-2

tions.’’. 3

(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-4

tions at the beginning of chapter 4 of such title is 5

amended by adding at the end the following new 6

item:7

‘‘145. Office of Net Assessment.’’.

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SEC. 912 [Log 53795]. REPEAL OF EXTENSION OF COMP-1

TROLLER GENERAL REPORT ON INVENTORY. 2

Section 803(c) of the National Defense Authorization 3

Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 4

2402), as amended by section 951(b) of the National De-5

fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Public Law 6

113–66; 127 Stat. 839), is amended by striking ‘‘2013, 7

2014, and 2015’’ and inserting ‘‘and 2013’’.8

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Subtitle A—Financial Matters 1

SEC. 1001 [Log 53316]. GENERAL TRANSFER AUTHORITY. 2

(a) AUTHORITY TO TRANSFER AUTHORIZATIONS.—3

(1) AUTHORITY.—Upon determination by the 4

Secretary of Defense that such action is necessary in 5

the national interest, the Secretary may transfer 6

amounts of authorizations made available to the De-7

partment of Defense in this division for fiscal year 8

2015 between any such authorizations for that fiscal 9

year (or any subdivisions thereof). Amounts of au-10

thorizations so transferred shall be merged with and 11

be available for the same purposes as the authoriza-12

tion to which transferred. 13

(2) LIMITATION.—Except as provided in para-14

graph (3), the total amount of authorizations that 15

the Secretary may transfer under the authority of 16

this section may not exceed $4,000,000,000. 17

(3) EXCEPTION FOR TRANSFERS BETWEEN 18

MILITARY PERSONNEL AUTHORIZATIONS.—A trans-19

fer of funds between military personnel authoriza-20

tions under title IV shall not be counted toward the 21

dollar limitation in paragraph (2). 22

(b) LIMITATIONS.—The authority provided by sub-23

section (a) to transfer authorizations—24

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(1) may only be used to provide authority for 1

items that have a higher priority than the items 2

from which authority is transferred; and 3

(2) may not be used to provide authority for an 4

item that has been denied authorization by Con-5

gress. 6

(c) EFFECT ON AUTHORIZATION AMOUNTS.—A 7

transfer made from one account to another under the au-8

thority of this section shall be deemed to increase the 9

amount authorized for the account to which the amount 10

is transferred by an amount equal to the amount trans-11

ferred. 12

(d) NOTICE TO CONGRESS.—The Secretary shall 13

promptly notify Congress of each transfer made under 14

subsection (a).15

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SEC. 1002 [Log 53406]. REPEAL OF LIMITATION ON INSPEC-1

TOR GENERAL AUDITS OF CERTAIN FINAN-2

CIAL STATEMENTS. 3

Section 1008 of the National Defense Authorization 4

Act for Fiscal Year 2002 (Public Law 107–107; 115 Stat. 5

1204; 10 U.S.C. 113 note) is amended by striking sub-6

section (d).7

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Subtitle B—Counter-Drug 1

Activities 2

SEC. 1011 [Log 53230]. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO SUP-3

PORT UNIFIED COUNTERDRUG AND 4

COUNTERTERRORISM CAMPAIGN IN COLOM-5

BIA. 6

(a) EXTENSION.—Section 1021 of the Ronald W. 7

Reagan National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 8

Year 2005 (Public Law 108–375; 118 Stat. 2042), as 9

most recently amended by section 1011 of the National 10

Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Public 11

Law 113–66), is amended—12

(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘2014’’ and 13

inserting ‘‘2015’’; and 14

(2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘2014’’ and 15

inserting ‘‘2015’’. 16

(b) NOTICE TO CONGRESS ON ASSISTANCE.—Not 17

later than 15 days before providing assistance under sec-18

tion 1021 of the Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Au-19

thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005 (as amended by sub-20

section (a)) using funds available for fiscal year 2015, the 21

Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional de-22

fense committees a notice setting forth the assistance to 23

be provided, including the types of such assistance, the 24

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budget for such assistance, and the anticipated completion 1

date and duration of the provision of such assistance.2

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SEC. 1012 [Log 53231]. THREE-YEAR EXTENSION OF AUTHOR-1

ITY OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TO PRO-2

VIDE ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR 3

COUNTERDRUG ACTIVITIES OF OTHER GOV-4

ERNMENTAL AGENCIES. 5

Subsection (a) of section 1004 of the National De-6

fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 (Public Law 7

101–510;10 U.S.C. 374 note), as most recently amended 8

by section 1005 of the National Defense Authorization Act 9

for Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 112–81), is amended 10

by striking ‘‘During fiscal years 2012 through 2014’’ and 11

inserting ‘‘During fiscal years 2014 through 2017’’.12

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SEC. 1013 [Log 53304]. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON MEXICO 1

AND CENTRAL AMERICA. 2

(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find-3

ings: 4

(1) The stability and security of Mexico and the 5

nations of Central America have a direct impact on 6

the stability and security of the United States. 7

(2) Over the past decade, a ‘‘balloon effect’’ has 8

pushed increased violence and instability into Cen-9

tral America and Mexico from South America. 10

(3) Drug cartels and transnational criminal or-11

ganizations have spread throughout the region, caus-12

ing instability and lack of rule of law in many na-13

tions. 14

(4) Illicit networks are used in a variety of ille-15

gal activities including the movement of narcotics, 16

humans, weapons, and money. 17

(5) According to the United Nations Office on 18

Drugs and Crime, Honduras has the highest murder 19

rate in the world with 92 murders per 100,000 peo-20

ple. 21

(6) Currently, Mexico is working to reduce vio-22

lence created by transnational criminal organizations 23

and address issues spurred by the emergence of in-24

ternal self defense groups. 25

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(7) United States Northern Command and 1

United States Southern Command lead the efforts of 2

the Department of Defense in combating illicit net-3

working in Mexico and Central America. 4

(8) To combat these destabilizing threats, 5

through a variety of authorities, the Department of 6

Defense advises, trains, educates, and equips vetted 7

troops in Mexico and many of the nations of Central 8

America to build their militaries and police forces, 9

with an emphasis on human rights and building 10

partnership capacity. 11

(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-12

gress that—13

(1) the Department of Defense should continue 14

to focus on combating illicit networking routes in 15

Mexico and Central America; 16

(2) United States Northern Command and 17

United States Southern Command should continue 18

to work together to combat the transnational nature 19

of these threats; and 20

(3) the Department of Defense should increase 21

its maritime, aerial and intelligence, surveillance, 22

and reconnaissance assets in the region in order to 23

reduce the amount of illicit networking flowing into 24

the United States.25

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SEC. 1032 [Log 53550]. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS TO 1

CONSTRUCT OR MODIFY FACILITIES IN THE 2

UNITED STATES TO HOUSE DETAINEES 3

TRANSFERRED FROM UNITED STATES NAVAL 4

STATION, GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA. 5

(a) IN GENERAL.—No amounts authorized to be ap-6

propriated or otherwise made available to the Department 7

of Defense may be used during the period beginning on 8

the date of the enactment of this Act and ending on De-9

cember 31, 2015, to construct or modify any facility in 10

the United States, its territories, or possessions to house 11

any individual detained at Guantanamo for the purposes 12

of detention or imprisonment in the custody or under the 13

control of the Department of Defense unless authorized 14

by Congress. 15

(b) EXCEPTION.—The prohibition in subsection (a) 16

shall not apply to any modification of facilities at United 17

States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 18

(c) INDIVIDUAL DETAINED AT GUANTANAMO DE-19

FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘individual detained at 20

Guantanamo’’ means any individual located at United 21

States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as of Octo-22

ber 1, 2009, who—23

(1) is not a citizen of the United States or a 24

member of the Armed Forces of the United States; 25

and 26

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(2) is—1

(A) in the custody or under the control of 2

the Department of Defense; or 3

(B) otherwise under detention at United 4

States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.5

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SEC. 1033 [Log 53551]. PROHIBITION ON THE USE OF FUNDS 1

FOR THE TRANSFER OR RELEASE OF INDI-2

VIDUALS DETAINED AT UNITED STATES 3

NAVAL STATION, GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA. 4

No amounts authorized to be appropriated or other-5

wise made available to the Department of Defense may 6

be used during the period beginning on the date of the 7

enactment of this Act and ending on December 31, 2015, 8

to transfer, release, or assist in the transfer or release to 9

or within the United States, its territories, or possessions 10

of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed or any other detainee who—11

(1) is not a United States citizen or a member 12

of the Armed Forces of the United States; and 13

(2) is or was held on or after January 20, 14

2009, at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo 15

Bay, Cuba, by the Department of Defense.16

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SEC. 1046 [Log 54009]. SUBMITTAL OF PROCEDURES AND 1

REPORTS RELATING TO SENSITIVE MILITARY 2

OPERATIONS. 3

Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated by this 4

Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2015 for 5

the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Spe-6

cial Operations and Low Intensity Conflict, not more than 7

75 percent may be obligated or expended until the Sec-8

retary of Defense submits to the congressional defense 9

committees—10

(1) the procedures required to be submitted by 11

section 130f(b)(1) of title 10, United States Code; 12

and 13

(2) the report required to be submitted under 14

section 1043 of the National Defense Authorization 15

Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Public Law 113–66; 127 16

Stat. 857).17

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SEC. 1052 [Log 53678]. RESPONSE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF 1

DEFENSE TO COMPROMISES OF CLASSIFIED 2

INFORMATION. 3

(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find-4

ings: 5

(1) Compromises of classified information cause 6

indiscriminate and long-lasting damage to United 7

States national security and often have a direct im-8

pact on the safety of warfighters. 9

(2) In 2010, hundreds of thousands of classified 10

documents were illegally copied and disclosed across 11

the Internet. 12

(3) Classified information has been disclosed in 13

numerous public writings and manuscripts endan-14

gering current operations. 15

(4) In 2013, nearly 1,700,000 files were 16

downloaded from United States Government infor-17

mation systems, threatening the national security of 18

the United States and placing the lives of United 19

States personnel at extreme risk. The majority of 20

the information compromised relates to the capabili-21

ties, operations, tactics, techniques, and procedures 22

of the Armed Forces of the United States, and is the 23

single greatest quantitative compromise in the his-24

tory of the United States. 25

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(5) The Department of Defense is taking steps 1

to mitigate the harm caused by these leaks. 2

(6) Congress must be kept apprised of the 3

progress of the mitigation efforts to ensure the pro-4

tection of the national security of the United States. 5

(b) REPORTS REQUIRED.—6

(1) INITIAL REPORT.—Not later than 60 days 7

after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-8

retary of Defense shall submit to the congressional 9

defense committees a report on actions taken by the 10

Secretary in response to significant compromises of 11

classified information. Such report shall include each 12

of the following: 13

(A) A description of any changes made to 14

Department of Defense policies or guidance re-15

lating to significant compromises of classified 16

information, including regarding security clear-17

ances for employees of the Department, infor-18

mation technology, and personnel actions. 19

(B) An overview of the efforts made by 20

any task force responsible for the mitigation of 21

such compromises of classified information. 22

(C) A description of the resources of the 23

Department that have been dedicated to efforts 24

relating to such compromises. 25

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(D) A description of the plan of the Sec-1

retary to continue evaluating the damage 2

caused by, and to mitigate the damage from, 3

such compromises. 4

(E) A general description and estimate of 5

the anticipated costs associated with mitigating 6

such compromises. 7

(2) UPDATES TO REPORT.—During calendar 8

years 2015 through 2018, the Secretary shall submit 9

to the congressional defense committees semiannual 10

updates to the report required by paragraph (1). 11

Each such update shall include information regard-12

ing any changes or progress with respect to the mat-13

ters covered by such report.14

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Subtitle G—Other Matters 1

SEC. 1061 [Log 53267]. TECHNICAL AND CLERICAL AMEND-2

MENTS. 3

(a) AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 10, UNITED STATES 4

CODE, TO REFLECT ENACTMENT OF TITLE 41, UNITED 5

STATES CODE.—Title 10, United States Code, is amended 6

as follows: 7

(1) Section 2013(a)(1) is amended by striking 8

‘‘section 6101(b)–(d) of title 41’’ and inserting ‘‘sec-9

tion 6101 of title 41’’. 10

(2) Section 2302 is amended—11

(A) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘section 12

4 of such Act’’ and inserting ‘‘such section’’; 13

and 14

(B) in paragraph (9)(A)—15

(i) by striking ‘‘section 26 of the Of-16

fice of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 17

U.S.C. 422)’’ and inserting ‘‘chapter 15 of 18

title 41’’; and 19

(ii) by striking ‘‘such section’’ and in-20

serting ‘‘such chapter’’. 21

(3) Section 2306a(b)(3)(B) is amended by 22

striking ‘‘section 4(12)(C)(i) of the Office of Federal 23

Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 403(12)(C)(i))’’ 24

and inserting ‘‘section 103(3)(A) of title 41’’. 25

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(4) Section 2314 is amended by striking ‘‘Sec-1

tions 6101(b)–(d)’’ and inserting ‘‘Sections 6101’’. 2

(5) Section 2321(f)(2) is amended by striking 3

‘‘section 35(c) of the Office of Federal Procurement 4

Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 431(c))’’ and inserting ‘‘sec-5

tion 104 of title 41’’. 6

(6) Section 2359b(k)(4)(A) is amended by 7

striking ‘‘section 4 of the Office of Federal Procure-8

ment Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 403)’’ and inserting 9

‘‘section 110 of title 41’’. 10

(7) Section 2379 is amended—11

(A) in subsections (a)(1)(A), (b)(2)(A), 12

and (c)(1)(B)(i), by striking ‘‘section 4(12) of 13

the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act 14

(41 U.S.C. 403(12))’’ and inserting ‘‘section 15

103 of title 41’’; and 16

(B) in subsections (b) and (c)(1), by strik-17

ing ‘‘section 35(c) of the Office of Federal Pro-18

curement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 431(c))’’ and 19

inserting ‘‘section 104 of title 41’’. 20

(8) Section 2410m(b)(1) is amended—21

(A) in subparagraph (A)(i), by striking 22

‘‘section 7 of such Act’’ and inserting ‘‘section 23

7104(a) of such title’’; and 24

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(B) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by striking 1

‘‘section 7 of the Contract Disputes Act of 2

1978’’ and inserting ‘‘section 7104(a) of title 3

41’’. 4

(9) Section 2533(a) is amended by striking 5

‘‘such Act’’ in the matter preceding paragraph (1) 6

and inserting ‘‘chapter 83 of such title’’. 7

(10) Section 2533b is amended—8

(A) in subsection (h)—9

(i) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘sec-10

tions 34 and 35 of the Office of Federal 11

Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 430 12

and 431)’’ and inserting ‘‘sections 1906 13

and 1907 of title 41’’; and 14

(ii) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘sec-15

tion 35(c) of the Office of Federal Pro-16

curement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 431(c))’’ 17

and inserting ‘‘section 104 of title 41’’; 18

and 19

(B) in subsection (m)—20

(i) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘sec-21

tion 4 of the Office of Federal Procure-22

ment Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 403)’’ and in-23

serting ‘‘section 105 of title 41’’; 24

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(ii) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘sec-1

tion 4 of the Office of Federal Procure-2

ment Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 403)’’ and in-3

serting ‘‘section 131 of title 41’’; and 4

(iii) in paragraph (5), by striking 5

‘‘section 35(c) of the Office of Federal 6

Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 7

431(c))’’ and inserting ‘‘section 104 of title 8

41’’. 9

(11) Section 2545(1) is amended by striking 10

‘‘section 4(16) of the Office of Federal Procurement 11

Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 403(16))’’ and inserting ‘‘sec-12

tion 131 of title 41’’. 13

(12) Section 7312(f) is amended by striking 14

‘‘Section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (41 U.S.C. 15

5)’’ and inserting ‘‘Section 6101 of title 41’’. 16

(b) AMENDMENTS TO OTHER DEFENSE-RELATED 17

STATUTES TO REFLECT ENACTMENT OF TITLE 41, 18

UNITED STATES CODE.—19

(1) The Ike Skelton National Defense Author-20

ization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 (Public Law 111–21

383) is amended as follows: 22

(A) Section 846(a) (10 U.S.C. 2534 note) 23

is amended—24

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(i) by striking ‘‘the Buy American Act 1

(41 U.S.C. 10a et seq.)’’ and inserting 2

‘‘chapter 83 of title 41, United States 3

Code’’; and 4

(ii) by striking ‘‘that Act’’ and insert-5

ing ‘‘that chapter’’. 6

(B) Section 866 (10 U.S.C. 2302 note) is 7

amended—8

(i) in subsection (b)(4)(A), by striking 9

‘‘section 26 of the Office of Federal Pro-10

curement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 422)’’ and 11

inserting ‘‘chapter 15 of title 41, United 12

States Code’’; and 13

(ii) in subsection (e)(2)(A), by strik-14

ing ‘‘section 4(13) of the Office of Federal 15

Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 16

403(13))’’ and inserting ‘‘section 110 of 17

title 41, United States Code’’. 18

(C) Section 893(f)(2) (10 U.S.C. 2302 19

note) is amended by striking ‘‘section 26 of the 20

Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 21

U.S.C. 422)’’ and inserting ‘‘chapter 15 of title 22

41, United States Code’’. 23

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(2) The National Defense Authorization Act for 1

Fiscal Year 2008 (Public Law 110–181) is amended 2

as follows: 3

(A) Section 805(c)(1) (10 U.S.C. 2330 4

note) is amended—5

(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 6

‘‘section 4(12)(E) of the Office of Federal 7

Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 8

403(12)(E))’’ and inserting ‘‘section 9

103(5) of title 41, United States Code’’; 10

and 11

(ii) in subparagraph (C)(i), by strik-12

ing ‘‘section 4(12)(F) of the Office of Fed-13

eral Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 14

403(12)(F))’’ and inserting ‘‘section 15

103(6) of title 41, United States Code’’. 16

(B) Section 821(b)(2) (10 U.S.C. 2304 17

note) is amended by striking ‘‘section 4(12) of 18

the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act 19

(41 U.S.C. 403(12))’’ and inserting ‘‘section 20

103 of title 41, United States Code’’. 21

(C) Section 847 (10 U.S.C. 1701 note) is 22

amended—23

(i) in subsection (a)(5), by striking 24

‘‘section 27(e) of the Office of Federal 25

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Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 1

423(e))’’ and inserting ‘‘section 2105 of 2

title 41, United States Code’’; 3

(ii) in subsection (c)(1), by striking 4

‘‘section 4(16) of the Office of Federal 5

Procurement Policy Act’’ and inserting 6

‘‘section 131 of title 41, United States 7

Code’’; and 8

(iii) in subsection (d)(1), by striking 9

‘‘section 27 of the Office of Federal Pro-10

curement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 423)’’ and 11

inserting ‘‘chapter 21 of title 41, United 12

States Code’’. 13

(D) Section 862 (10 U.S.C. 2302 note) is 14

amended—15

(i) in subsection (b)(1), by striking 16

‘‘section 25 of the Office of Federal Pro-17

curement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 421)’’ and 18

inserting ‘‘section 1303 of title 41, United 19

States Code’’; and 20

(ii) in subsection (d)(1), by striking 21

‘‘section 6(j) of the Office of Federal Pro-22

curement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 405(j))’’ 23

and inserting ‘‘section 1126 of title 41, 24

United States Code’’. 25

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(3) The John Warner National Defense Author-1

ization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (Public Law 109–2

364) is amended as follows: 3

(A) Section 832(d)(3) (10 U.S.C. 2302 4

note) is amended by striking ‘‘section 8(b) of 5

the Service Contract Act of 1965 (41 U.S.C. 6

357(b))’’ and inserting ‘‘section 6701(3) of title 7

41, United States Code’’. 8

(B) Section 852(b)(2)(A)(ii) (10 U.S.C. 9

2324 note) is amended by striking ‘‘section 10

4(12) of the Office of Federal Procurement Pol-11

icy Act (41 U.S.C. 403(12))’’ and inserting 12

‘‘section 103 of title 41, United States Code’’. 13

(4) Section 8118 of the Department of Defense 14

Appropriations Act, 2005 (Public Law 108–287; 10 15

U.S.C. 2533a note), is amended by striking ‘‘section 16

34 of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act 17

(41 U.S.C. 430)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 1906 of 18

title 41, United States Code’’. 19

(5) The National Defense Authorization Act for 20

Fiscal Year 2004 (Public Law 108–136) is amended 21

as follows: 22

(A) Section 812(b)(2) (10 U.S.C. 2501 23

note) is amended by striking ‘‘section 24

6(d)(4)(A) of the Office of Federal Procure-25

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ment Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 405(d)(4)(A))’’ and 1

inserting ‘‘section 1122(a)(4)(A) of title 41, 2

United States Code’’. 3

(B) Subsection (c) of section 1601 (10 4

U.S.C. 2358 note) is amended—5

(i) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking 6

‘‘section 32A of the Office of Federal Pro-7

curement Policy Act, as added by section 8

1443 of this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘section 9

1903 of title 41, United States Code’’; and 10

(ii) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking 11

‘‘Subsections (a) and (b) of section 7 of 12

the Anti-Kickback Act of 1986 (41 U.S.C. 13

57(a) and (b))’’ and inserting ‘‘Section 14

8703(a) of title 41, United States Code’’. 15

(6) Section 8025(c) of the Department of De-16

fense Appropriations Act, 2004 (Public Law 108–17

87; 10 U.S.C. 2410d note), is amended by striking 18

‘‘the Javits-Wagner-O’Day Act (41 U.S.C. 46–48)’’ 19

and inserting ‘‘chapter 85 of title 41, United States 20

Code’’. 21

(7) Section 817(e)(1)(B) of the Bob Stump Na-22

tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 23

2003 (Public Law 107–314; 10 U.S.C. 2306a note) 24

is amended by striking ‘‘section 26(f)(5)(B) of the 25

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Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 1

422(f)(5)(B))’’ and inserting ‘‘section 1502(b)(3)(B) 2

of title 41, United States Code’’. 3

(8) Section 801(f)(1) of the National Defense 4

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002 (Public Law 5

107–107; 10 U.S.C. 2330 note) is amended by strik-6

ing ‘‘section 16(3) of the Office of Federal Procure-7

ment Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 414(3))’’ and inserting 8

‘‘section 1702(c) of title 41, United States Code’’. 9

(9) Section 803(d) of the Strom Thurmond Na-10

tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 11

1999 (Public Law 105–261; 10 U.S.C. 2306a note) 12

is amended by striking ‘‘subsection (b)(1)(B) of sec-13

tion 304A of the Federal Property and Administra-14

tive Services Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 254b)’’ and in-15

serting ‘‘section 3503(a)(2) of title 41, United 16

States Code’’. 17

(10) Section 848(e)(1) of the National Defense 18

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 (Public Law 19

105–85; 10 U.S.C. 2304 note) is amended by strik-20

ing ‘‘section 32 of the Office of Federal Procure-21

ment Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 428)’’ and inserting 22

‘‘section 1902 of title 41, United States Code’’. 23

(11) Section 722(b)(2) of the National Defense 24

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997 (Public Law 25

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104–201; 10 U.S.C. 1073 note) is amended by strik-1

ing ‘‘section 25(c) of the Office of Federal Procure-2

ment Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 421(c))’’ and inserting 3

‘‘section 1303(a) of title 41, United States Code’’. 4

(12) Section 3412(k) of the National Defense 5

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996 (Public Law 6

104–106, 10 U.S.C. 7420 note) is amended by strik-7

ing ‘‘section 303(c) of the Federal Property and Ad-8

ministrative Services Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 9

253(c))’’ and inserting ‘‘section 3304(a) of title 41, 10

United States Code’’. 11

(13) Section 845 of the National Defense Au-12

thorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994 (Public Law 13

103–160; 10 U.S.C. 2371 note) is amended—14

(A) in subsection (a)(2)(A), by striking 15

‘‘section 16(c) of the Office of Federal Procure-16

ment Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 414(c))’’ and in-17

serting ‘‘section 1702(c) of title 41, United 18

States Code,’’; 19

(B) in subsection (d)(1)(B)(ii), by striking 20

‘‘section 16(3) of the Office of Federal Procure-21

ment Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 414(3))’’ and in-22

serting ‘‘section 1702(c) of title 41, United 23

States Code’’; 24

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(C) in subsection (e)(2)(A), by striking 1

‘‘section 4(12) of the Office of Federal Procure-2

ment Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 403(12))’’ and in-3

serting ‘‘section 103 of title 41, United States 4

Code’’; and 5

(D) in subsection (h), by striking ‘‘section 6

27 of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy 7

Act (41 U.S.C. 423)’’ and inserting ‘‘chapter 8

21 of title 41, United States Code’’. 9

(14) Section 326(c)(2) of the National Defense 10

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993 (Public Law 11

102–484; 10 U.S.C. 2302 note) is amended by strik-12

ing ‘‘section 25(c) of the Office of Federal Procure-13

ment Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 421(c))’’ and inserting 14

‘‘section 1303(a) of title 41, United States Code’’. 15

(15) Section 806 of the National Defense Au-16

thorization Act for Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 17

(Public Law 102–190; 10 U.S.C. 2302 note) is 18

amended—19

(A) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘section 20

4(12) of the Office of Federal Procurement Pol-21

icy Act’’ and inserting ‘‘section 103 of title 41, 22

United States Code’’; and 23

(B) in subsection (c)—24

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(i) by striking ‘‘section 25(a) of the 1

Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act’’ 2

and inserting ‘‘section 1302(a) of title 41, 3

United States Code’’; and 4

(ii) by striking ‘‘section 25(c)(1) of 5

the Office of Federal Procurement Policy 6

Act (41 U.S.C. 421(c)(1))’’ and inserting 7

‘‘section 1303(a)(1) of such title 41’’. 8

(16) Section 831 of the National Defense Au-9

thorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 (Public Law 10

101–510, 10 U.S.C. 2302 note) is amended—11

(A) by designating the subsection after 12

subsection (k), relating to definitions, as sub-13

section (l); and 14

(B) in paragraph (8) of that subsection, by 15

striking ‘‘the first section of the Act of June 16

25, 1938 (41 U.S.C. 46; popularly known as 17

the ‘Wagner-O’Day Act’)’’ and inserting ‘‘sec-18

tion 8502 of title 41, United States Code’’. 19

(c) AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 10, UNITED STATES 20

CODE, TO REFLECT RECLASSIFICATION OF PROVISIONS 21

OF LAW CODIFIED IN TITLE 50, UNITED STATES 22

CODE.—Title 10, United States Code, is amended as fol-23

lows: 24

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(1) Sections 113(b), 125(a), and 155(d) are 1

amended by striking ‘‘(50 U.S.C. 401)’’ and insert-2

ing ‘‘(50 U.S.C. 3002)’’. 3

(2) Sections 113(e)(2), 117(a)(1), 118(b)(1), 4

118a(b)(1), 153(b)(1)(C)(i), 231(b)(1), 231a(c)(1), 5

and 2501(a)(1)(A) are amended by striking ‘‘(50 6

U.S.C. 404a)’’ and inserting ‘‘(50 U.S.C. 3043)’’. 7

(3) Sections 167(g), 421(c), and 2557(c) are 8

amended by striking ‘‘(50 U.S.C. 413 et seq.)’’ and 9

inserting ‘‘(50 U.S.C. 3091 et seq.)’’. 10

(4) Section 201(b)(1) is amended by striking 11

‘‘(50 U.S.C. 403–6(b))’’ and inserting ‘‘(50 U.S.C. 12

3041(b))’’. 13

(5) Section 429 is amended—14

(A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Section 15

102A of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 16

U.S.C. 403–1)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 102A of 17

the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 18

3024)’’; and 19

(B) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘(50 20

U.S.C. 401a(4))’’ and inserting ‘‘(50 U.S.C. 21

3003(4))’’. 22

(6) Section 442(d) is amended by striking ‘‘(50 23

U.S.C. 404e(a))’’ and inserting ‘‘(50 U.S.C. 24

3045(a))’’. 25

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(7) Section 444 is amended—1

(A) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ‘‘(50 2

U.S.C. 403o)’’ and inserting ‘‘(50 U.S.C. 3

3515)’’; and 4

(B) in subsection (e)(2)(B), by striking 5

‘‘(50 U.S.C. 403a et seq.)’’ and inserting ‘‘(50 6

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.)’’. 7

(8) Section 457 is amended—8

(A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘(50 9

U.S.C. 431)’’ and inserting ‘‘(50 U.S.C. 10

3141)’’; and 11

(B) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘(50 12

U.S.C. 431(b))’’ and inserting ‘‘(50 U.S.C. 13

3141(b))’’. 14

(9) Sections 462, 1599a(a), and 1623(a) are 15

amended by striking ‘‘(50 U.S.C. 402 note)’’ and in-16

serting ‘‘(50 U.S.C. 3614)’’. 17

(10) Sections 491(c)(3), 494(d)(1), 496(a)(1), 18

2409(e)(1) are amended by striking ‘‘(50 U.S.C. 19

401a(4))’’ and inserting ‘‘(50 U.S.C. 3003(4))’’. 20

(11) Section 1605(a)(2) is amended by striking 21

‘‘(50 U.S.C. 403r)’’ and inserting ‘‘(50 U.S.C. 22

3518)’’. 23

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(12) Section 2723(d)(2) is amended by striking 1

‘‘(50 U.S.C. 413)’’ and inserting ‘‘(50 U.S.C. 2

3091)’’. 3

(d) AMENDMENTS TO OTHER DEFENSE-RELATED 4

STATUTES TO REFLECT RECLASSIFICATION OF PROVI-5

SIONS OF LAW CODIFIED IN TITLE 50, UNITED STATES 6

CODE.—7

(1) The following provisions of law are amended 8

by striking ‘‘(50 U.S.C. 401a(4))’’ and inserting 9

‘‘(50 U.S.C. 3003(4))’’: 10

(A) Section 911(3) of the Ike Skelton Na-11

tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 12

Year 2011 (Public Law 111–383; 10 U.S.C. 13

2271 note). 14

(B) Sections 801(b)(3) and 911(e)(2) of 15

the National Defense Authorization Act for Fis-16

cal Year 2008 (Public Law 110–181; 10 U.S.C. 17

2304 note; 2271 note). 18

(C) Section 812(e) of the National Defense 19

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004 (Public 20

Law 108–136; 10 U.S.C. 2501 note). 21

(2) Section 901(d) of the Bob Stump National 22

Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 23

(Public Law 107–314; 10 U.S.C. 137 note) is 24

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amended by striking ‘‘(50 U.S.C. 401 et seq.)’’ and 1

inserting ‘‘(50 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.)’’. 2

(e) DATE OF ENACTMENT REFERENCES.—Title 10, 3

United States Code, is amended as follows: 4

(1) Section 1218(d)(3) is amended by striking 5

‘‘on the date that is five years after the date of the 6

enactment of the National Defense Authorization 7

Act for Fiscal Year 2010’’ and inserting ‘‘on Octo-8

ber 28, 2014’’. 9

(2) Section 1566a(a) is amended by striking 10

‘‘Not later than 180 days after the date of the en-11

actment of the National Defense Authorization Act 12

for Fiscal Year 2010 and under’’ and inserting 13

‘‘Under’’. 14

(3) Section 2275(d) is amended—15

(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘before 16

the date of the enactment of the National De-17

fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013’’ 18

and inserting ‘‘before January 2, 2013’’; and 19

(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘on or 20

after the date of the enactment of the National 21

Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 22

2013’’ and inserting ‘‘on or after January 2, 23

2013’’. 24

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(4) Section 2601a(e) is amended by striking 1

‘‘after the date of the enactment of the National De-2

fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012’’ and 3

inserting ‘‘after December 31, 2011,’’. 4

(5) Section 6328(c) is amended by striking ‘‘on 5

or after the date of the enactment of the National 6

Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010’’ 7

and inserting ‘‘on or after October 28, 2009,’’. 8

(f) OTHER AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 10, UNITED 9

STATES CODE.—Title 10, United States Code, is amended 10

as follows: 11

(1) The table of sections at the beginning of 12

chapter 3 is amended by striking the item relating 13

to section 130f and inserting the following new item:14

‘‘130f. Congressional notification of sensitive military operations.’’.

(2) The table of sections at the beginning of 15

chapter 7 is amended by inserting a period at the 16

end of the item relating to section 189. 17

(3) Section 189(c)(1) is amended by striking 18

‘‘139c’’ and inserting ‘‘2430(a)’’. 19

(4) Section 407(a)(3)(A) is amended by striking 20

the comma after ‘‘as applicable’’. 21

(5) Section 429 is amended—22

(A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Section’’ 23

in the second sentence and inserting ‘‘section’’; 24

and 25

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(B) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘act’’ 1

and inserting ‘‘law’’. 2

(6) Section 674(b) is amended by striking 3

‘‘afer’’ and inserting ‘‘after’’. 4

(7) Section 949i(b) is amended by striking ‘‘,,’’ 5

and inserting a comma. 6

(8) Section 950b(B)(2)(A) is amended by strik-7

ing ‘‘give’’ and inserting ‘‘given’’. 8

(9) Section 1040(a)(1) is amended by striking 9

‘‘..’’ and inserting a period. 10

(10) Section 1044(d)(2) is amended by striking 11

‘‘..’’ and inserting a period. 12

(11) Section 1074m(a)(2) is amended by strik-13

ing ‘‘subparagraph’’ in the matter preceding sub-14

paragraph (A) and inserting ‘‘subparagraphs’’. 15

(12) Section 1154(a)(2)(A)(ii) is amended by 16

striking ‘‘U.S.C.1411’’ and inserting ‘‘U.S.C. 1411’’. 17

(13) Section 2222(g)(3) is amended by striking 18

‘‘(A)’’ after ‘‘(3)’’. 19

(14) Section 2335(d) is amended—20

(A) by designating the last sentence of 21

paragraph (2) as paragraph (3); and 22

(B) in paragraph (3), as so designated—23

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(i) by inserting before ‘‘each of’’ the 1

following paragraph heading: ‘‘OTHER 2

TERMS.—’’. 3

(ii) by striking ‘‘the term’’ and insert-4

ing ‘‘that term’’; and 5

(iii) by striking ‘‘Federal Campaign’’ 6

and inserting ‘‘Federal Election Cam-7

paign’’. 8

(15) Section 2430(c)(2) is amended by striking 9

‘‘section 2366a(a)(4)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 10

2366a(a)(6)’’. 11

(16) Section 2601a is amended—12

(A) in subsection (a)(1), by striking 13

‘‘issue’’ and inserting ‘‘prescribe’’; and 14

(B) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘issued’’ 15

and inserting ‘‘prescribed’’. 16

(17) Section 2853(c)(1)(A) is amended by strik-17

ing ‘‘can be still be’’ and inserting ‘‘can still be’’. 18

(18) Section 2866(a)(4)(A) is amended by 19

striking ‘‘repayed’’ and inserting ‘‘repaid’’. 20

(19) Section 2884(c) is amended by striking 21

‘‘on evaluation’’ in the matter preceding paragraph 22

(1) and inserting ‘‘an evaluation’’. 23

(20) Section 7292(d)(2) is amended by striking 24

‘‘section 1024(a)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 1018(a)’’. 25

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(g) NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR 1

FISCAL YEAR 2014.—Effective as of December 23, 2013, 2

and as if included therein as enacted, the National De-3

fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Public Law 4

113–66) is amended as follows: 5

(1) Section 2712 (127 Stat. 1004) is repealed. 6

(2) Section 2809(a) (127 Stat. 1013) is amend-7

ed by striking ‘‘subjection’’ and inserting ‘‘sub-8

section’’. 9

(3) Section 2966 (127 Stat. 1042) is amended 10

in the section heading by striking ‘‘TITLE’’ and in-11

serting ‘‘ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDICTION’’. 12

(4) Section 2971(a) (127 Stat. 1044) is amend-13

ed—14

(A) by striking ‘‘the map’’ and inserting 15

‘‘the maps’’; and 16

(B) by striking ‘‘the mineral leasing laws, 17

and the geothermal leasing laws’’ and inserting 18

‘‘and the mineral leasing laws’’. 19

(5) Section 2972(d)(1) (127 Stat. 1045) is 20

amended—21

(A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting 22

‘‘public’’ before ‘‘land’’; and 23

(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘pub-24

lic’’. 25

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(6) Section 2977(c)(3) (127 Stat. 1047) is 1

amended by striking ‘‘; and’’ and inserting a period. 2

(h) NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR 3

FISCAL YEAR 2013.—Effective as of January 2, 2013, 4

and as if included therein as enacted, section 604(b)(1) 5

of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 6

2013 (Public Law 112–239; 126 Stat. 1774) is amended 7

by striking ‘‘on the date of the enactment of the National 8

Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013’’ and in-9

serting ‘‘on January 2, 2013,’’. 10

(i) COORDINATION WITH OTHER AMENDMENTS 11

MADE BY THIS ACT.—For purposes of applying amend-12

ments made by provisions of this Act other than this sec-13

tion, the amendments made by this section shall be treated 14

as having been enacted immediately before any such 15

amendments by other provisions of this Act.16

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SEC. 1063 [Log 53399]. SALE OR DONATION OF EXCESS PER-1

SONAL PROPERTY FOR BORDER SECURITY 2

ACTIVITIES. 3

Section 2576a of title 10, United States Code, is 4

amended—5

(1) in subsection (a)—6

(A) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking 7

‘‘counter-drug and counter-terrorism activities’’ 8

and inserting ‘‘counterdrug, counterterrorism, 9

and border security activities’’10

(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘the At-11

torney General and the Director of National 12

Drug Control Policy’’ and inserting ‘‘the Attor-13

ney General, the Director of National Drug 14

Control Policy, and the Secretary of Homeland 15

Security, as appropriate.’’; and 16

(2) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘counter-drug 17

and counter-terrorism activities’’ and inserting 18

‘‘counterdrug, counterterrorism, or border security 19

activities’’.20

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SEC. 1067 [Log 53981]. RESUBMISSION OF 2014 QUADREN-1

NIAL DEFENSE REVIEW. 2

(a) REQUIREMENT TO RESUBMIT 2014 QDR .—Not 3

later than October 1, 2014, the Secretary of Defense, in 4

consultation with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of 5

Staff, shall, in accordance with this section, resubmit to 6

the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the 7

House of Representatives the report on the 2014 quadren-8

nial defense review that was submitted to such committees 9

as required by section 118(d) of title 10, United States 10

Code, 11

(b) MATTERS COVERED.—The resubmitted report 12

shall fully address the elements required in subsections 13

(a), (b)(3), and (b)(4) of section 118 of such title, which 14

specifically include the following: 15

(1) An articulation of a defense program for the 16

next 20 years, consistent with the national defense 17

strategy of the United States determined and ex-18

pressed in the 2014 quadrennial defense review. 19

(2) An identification of (A) the budget plan 20

that would be required to provide sufficient re-21

sources to execute successfully the full range of mis-22

sions called for in that national defense strategy at 23

a low-to-moderate level of risk, and (B) any addi-24

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tional resources (beyond those programmed in the 1

current future-years defense program) required to 2

achieve such a level of risk. 3

(3) Recommendations that are not constrained 4

to comply with and are fully independent of the 5

budget submitted to Congress by the President pur-6

suant to section 1105 of title 31, United States 7

Code. 8

(c) LIMITATION ON FUNDS.—Of the amounts author-9

ized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made 10

available for fiscal year 2015 for the Office of the Under 11

Secretary of Defense for Policy, not more than 75 percent 12

may be obligated or expended until the Secretary of De-13

fense resubmits to the congressional defense committees 14

the 2014 quadrennial defense report in accordance with 15

this section.16

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Sec. 1225. øLog 53343¿ Report on non-compliance by the Russian Federation

of its obligations under the INF Treaty.

Sec. 1226. øLog 53961¿ Sense of Congress regarding Russian aggression to-

ward Ukraine.

Subtitle D—Other Matters

Sec. 1231. øLog 53193¿ Extension of authority for support of special oper-

ations to combat terrorism.

Sec. 1232. øLog 53908¿ One-year extension of authorization for non-conven-

tional assisted recovery capabilities.

Sec. 1233. øLog 53255¿ Modification of national security planning guidance to

deny safe havens to al-Qaeda and its violent extremist affili-

ates.

Sec. 1234. øLog 53486¿ Strategic framework for United States security force

assistance and cooperation in the European and Eurasian re-

gions.

Sec. 1235. øLog 53256¿ Report on ‘‘New Normal’’ and general mission re-

quirements of United States Africa Command.

Sec. 1236. øLog 53751¿ Prohibition on integration of certain missile defense

systems.

Sec. 1237. øLog 53778¿ Enhanced authority to acquire goods and services of

Djibouti in support of Department of Defense activities in

United States Africa Command area of responsibility.

Sec. 1238. øLog 53986¿ Report on goals and objectives guiding military en-

gagement with Burma.

Sec. 1239. øLog 53254¿ Sense of Congress on United States presence and co-

operation in the Arabian Gulf region to deter Iran.

Sec. 1240. øLog 53242¿ Sense of Congress on modernization of defense capa-

bilities of Poland.

Subtitle A—Assistance and 1

Training 2

SEC. 1201. øLOG 53938¿ ONE-YEAR EXTENSION OF GLOBAL 3

SECURITY CONTINGENCY FUND. 4

(a) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Subsection (i) of sec-5

tion 1207 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 6

Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 112–81; 125 Stat. 1625; 7

22 U.S.C. 2151 note) is amended by striking ‘‘September 8

30, 2015’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2016’’. 9

(b) EXPIRATION.—Subsection (p) of such section, as 10

amended by section 1202(e) of the National Defense Au-11

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thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Public Law 113–1

66; 127 Stat. 894), is further amended—2

(1) by striking ‘‘September 30, 2015’’ and in-3

serting ‘‘September 30, 2016’’; and 4

(2) by striking ‘‘fiscal years 2012 through 5

2015’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal years 2012 through 6

2016’’.7

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SEC. 1202. øLOG 53762¿ NOTICE TO CONGRESS ON CERTAIN 1

ASSISTANCE UNDER AUTHORITY TO CON-2

DUCT ACTIVITIES TO ENHANCE THE CAPA-3

BILITY OF FOREIGN COUNTRIES TO RE-4

SPOND TO INCIDENTS INVOLVING WEAPONS 5

OF MASS DESTRUCTION. 6

Section 1204(e) of the National Defense Authoriza-7

tion Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Public Law 113–66; 127 8

Stat. 896; 10 U.S.C. 401 note) is amended by inserting 9

after ‘‘congressional defense committees’’ the following: 10

‘‘and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate 11

and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 12

Representatives’’.13

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SEC. 1203. øLOG 53939¿ ENHANCED AUTHORITY FOR PROVI-1

SION OF SUPPORT TO FOREIGN MILITARY LI-2

AISON OFFICERS OF FOREIGN COUNTRIES 3

WHILE ASSIGNED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF 4

DEFENSE. 5

(a) ELIGIBILITY.—Subsection (a) of section 1051a of 6

title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘in-7

volved in a military operation’’ and all that follows and 8

inserting ‘‘while such liaison officer is assigned tempo-9

rarily to the headquarters of a combatant command, com-10

ponent command, or subordinate operational command of 11

the United States.’’. 12

(b) LIMITATIONS.—Such section, as so amended, is 13

further amended—14

(1) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub-15

section (f); and 16

(2) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol-17

lowing new subsection (d): 18

‘‘(d) LIMITATIONS.—The number of liaison officers 19

supported under subsection (b)(1) may not exceed 60 at 20

any one time, and the amount of unreimbursed support 21

for any such liaison officer under that subsection in any 22

fiscal year may not exceed $200,000 (in fiscal year 2014 23

constant dollars).’’. 24

(c) SECRETARY OF STATE CONCURRENCE.—Such 25

section, as so amended, is further amended by inserting 26

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after subsection (d), as added by subsection (b)(2) of this 1

section, the following new subsection (e): 2

‘‘(e) SECRETARY OF STATE CONCURRENCE.—The 3

authority of the Secretary of Defense to provide adminis-4

trative services and support under subsection (a) for the 5

performance of duties by a liaison officer of another nation 6

may be exercised only with respect to a liaison officer of 7

another nation whose assignment as described in that sub-8

section is accepted by the Secretary of Defense with the 9

concurrence of the Secretary of State.’’. 10

(d) DEFINITION.—Subsection (f) of such section, as 11

redesignated by subsection (d)(1) of this section, is further 12

amended by inserting ‘‘training programs conducted to fa-13

miliarize, orient, or certify liaison officers regarding 14

unique aspects of the assignments of the liaison officers,’’ 15

after ‘‘police protection,’’. 16

(e) ANNUAL REPORT.—17

(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later January 31, 2016, 18

January 31, 2017, and January 31, 2018, the Sec-19

retary of Defense shall submit to the congressional 20

defense committees a report that includes a sum-21

mary of the expenses, by command and associated 22

countries, incurred by the United States for those li-23

aison officers of a developing country in connection 24

with the assignment of that officer as described in 25

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subsection (a) of section 1051(a) of title 10, United 1

States Code, as amended by subsection (a) of this 2

section. 3

(2) DEFINITION.—The report required by para-4

graph (1) shall also include the definition of and cri-5

teria established to designate a country as a ‘‘devel-6

oping country’’ for purposes of such paragraph. 7

(3) FORM.—The report required by paragraph 8

(1) shall be submitted in an unclassified form, but 9

may contain a classified annex.10

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SEC. 1204. øLOG 53196¿ ANNUAL REPORT ON HUMAN 1

RIGHTS VETTING AND VERIFICATION PROCE-2

DURES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. 3

(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—The Secretary of Defense, 4

in consultation with the Secretary of State, shall submit 5

to the appropriate congressional committees for each of 6

the fiscal years 2015 through 2019 a report on human 7

rights vetting and verification procedures used to comply 8

with the requirements of section 8057 of the Consolidated 9

Appropriations Act, 2014 (Public Law 113–76) or any 10

successor requirements. 11

(b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The report re-12

quired by subsection (a) shall include the following: 13

(1) An accounting and description of all train-14

ing, equipment, or other assistance that was ap-15

proved or provided to foreign security forces for the 16

prior fiscal year for which such vetting and 17

verification procedures were required, itemized by 18

country and event. 19

(2) An accounting and description of all train-20

ing, equipment, or other assistance that was not ap-21

proved or provided to foreign security forces for the 22

prior fiscal year by reason of not complying with 23

such vetting and verification procedures, itemized by 24

country and event, including the reasons for such 25

non-compliance. 26

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(3) A description of any human rights, rule of 1

law training, or other assistance that was provided 2

to foreign security forces described in paragraph (2) 3

for the prior fiscal year for purposes of seeking to 4

comply with such vetting and verification procedures 5

in the future, itemized by country and event. 6

(4) A description of any interagency processes 7

that were used to evaluate compliance with the re-8

quirements of section 8057 of the Consolidated Ap-9

propriations Act, 2014 or any successor require-10

ments. 11

(5) In the event the Secretary of Defense exer-12

cises the authority under subsection (b) or (c) of 13

section 8057 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 14

2014 or any successor authority, a justification for 15

the exercise of such authority and an explanation of 16

the specific benefits derived from the exercise of 17

such authority. 18

(6) Any additional items the Secretary of De-19

fense determines to be appropriate. 20

(c) SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS.—21

(1) IN GENERAL.—The report required by sub-22

section (a) shall be submitted to the appropriate 23

congressional committees at the same time as the 24

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budget of the President is submitted to Congress 1

under section 1105 of title 31, United States Code. 2

(2) FORM.—The report shall be submitted in 3

unclassified form and may include a classified annex 4

if necessary. 5

(d) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘appro-6

priate congressional committees’’ means—7

(1) the congressional defense committees; and 8

(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 9

Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 10

House of Representatives.11

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Subtitle B—Matters Relating to 1

Afghanistan and Pakistan 2

SEC. 1211. øLOG 53262¿ EXTENSION OF COMMANDERS’ 3

EMERGENCY RESPONSE PROGRAM IN AF-4

GHANISTAN. 5

(a) ONE YEAR EXTENSION.—Section 1201 of the 6

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 7

(Public Law 112–81; 125 Stat. 1619), as most recently 8

amended by section 1211 of the National Defense Author-9

ization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Public Law 113–66; 127 10

Stat. 904), is further amended by striking ‘‘fiscal year 11

2014’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘fiscal year 12

2015’’. 13

(b) FUNDS AVAILABLE DURING FISCAL YEAR 14

2015.—Subsection (a) of such section, as so amended, is 15

further amended by striking ‘‘for operation and mainte-16

nance’’ and inserting ‘‘by section 1503 of the National De-17

fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015’’.18

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SEC. 1212. øLOG 53260¿ EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR RE-1

IMBURSEMENT OF CERTAIN COALITION NA-2

TIONS FOR SUPPORT PROVIDED TO UNITED 3

STATES MILITARY OPERATIONS. 4

(a) EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY.—Subsection (a) of 5

section 1233 of the National Defense Authorization Act 6

for Fiscal Year 2008 (Public Law 110–181; 122 Stat. 7

393), as most recently amended by section 1213 of the 8

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 9

(Public Law 113–66; 127 Stat. 905), is further amended 10

by striking ‘‘fiscal year 2014 for overseas contingency op-11

erations’’ and inserting ‘‘by section 1503 of the National 12

Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015’’. 13

(b) EXTENSION OF NOTICE REQUIREMENT RELAT-14

ING TO REIMBURSEMENT OF PAKISTAN FOR SUPPORT 15

PROVIDED BY PAKISTAN.—Section 1232(b)(6) of the Na-16

tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 17

(122 Stat. 393), as most recently amended by section 18

1213(c) of the National Defense Authorization Act for 19

Fiscal Year 2014 (Public Law 113–66; 127 Stat. 906), 20

is further amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2014’’ and 21

inserting ‘‘September 30, 2015’’. 22

(c) EXTENSION OF LIMITATION ON REIMBURSEMENT 23

OF PAKISTAN PENDING CERTIFICATION ON PAKISTAN.—24

Subsection (d) of section 1227 of the National Defense 25

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Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (126 Stat. 2000) 1

is amended—2

(1) in the subsection heading, by striking ‘‘IN 3

FISCAL YEAR 2013’’; and 4

(2) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Effective as 5

of the date of the enactment of this Act,’’ and all 6

that follows through ‘‘remain available for obliga-7

tion’’ and inserting ‘‘No amounts authorized to be 8

appropriated for the Department of Defense for fis-9

cal year 2015 or any prior fiscal year’’.10

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SEC. 1213. øLOG 53875¿ EXTENSION OF CERTAIN AUTHORI-1

TIES FOR SUPPORT OF FOREIGN FORCES 2

SUPPORTING OR PARTICIPATING WITH THE 3

UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES. 4

(a) LOGISTICAL SUPPORT FOR COALITION FORCES 5

SUPPORTING UNITED STATES MILITARY OPERATIONS IN 6

AFGHANISTAN.—Section 1234 of the National Defense 7

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Public Law 110–8

181; 122 Stat. 394), as most recently amended by section 9

1217(a) of the National Defense Authorization Act for 10

Fiscal Year 2014 (Public Law 113–66; 127 Stat. 909), 11

is further amended—12

(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘fiscal year 13

2014’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal year 2015’’; 14

(2) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘December 15

31, 2014’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2015’’; and 16

(3) in subsection (e)(1), by striking ‘‘December 17

31, 2014’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2015’’. 18

(b) USE OF ACQUISITION AND CROSS-SERVICING 19

AGREEMENTS TO LEND CERTAIN MILITARY EQUIPMENT 20

TO CERTAIN FOREIGN FORCES FOR PERSONNEL PROTEC-21

TION AND SURVIVABILITY.—Section 1202(e) of the John 22

Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 23

Year 2007 (Public Law 109–364; 120 Stat. 2413), as 24

most recently amended by section 1217(b) of the National 25

Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Public 26

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Law 113–66; 127 Stat. 909), is further amended by strik-1

ing ‘‘December 31, 2014’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2

2015’’.3

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SEC. 1214. øLOG 53253¿ REPORT ON PROGRESS TOWARD SE-1

CURITY AND STABILITY IN AFGHANISTAN 2

UNDER OPERATION RESOLUTE SUPPORT. 3

(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than April 1, 4

2015, and every 180 days thereafter, the Secretary of De-5

fense, in coordination with the Secretary of State, shall 6

submit to the appropriate congressional committees a re-7

port on progress toward security and stability in Afghani-8

stan under the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s 9

(NATO) Operation Resolute Support. 10

(b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED: STRATEGIC DIREC-11

TION OF UNITED STATES ACTIVITIES RELATING TO SE-12

CURITY AND STABILITY IN AFGHANISTAN UNDER OPER-13

ATION RESOLUTE SUPPORT.—The report required under 14

subsection (a) shall include a description of the mission 15

and a comprehensive strategy of the United States for se-16

curity and stability in Afghanistan during Operation Reso-17

lute Support, including any changes to the mission and 18

strategy over time. The description of such strategy shall 19

consist of a general overview and a separate detailed sec-20

tion for each of the following: 21

(1) NATO.—The status of the train, advise, 22

and assist mission under NATO’s Operation Reso-23

lute Support. 24

(2) ANSF.—A description of the following: 25

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(A) The strategy and budget, with defined 1

objectives, for activities relating to strength-2

ening and sustaining the resources, capabilities, 3

and effectiveness of the Afghanistan National 4

Army (ANA) and the Afghanistan National Po-5

lice (ANP) of the Afghanistan National Secu-6

rity Forces (ANSF), with the goal of ensuring 7

that a strong and fully-capable ANSF is able to 8

independently and effectively conduct operations 9

and maintain security and stability in Afghani-10

stan by the end of Operation Resolute Support. 11

(B) Any actions of the United States and 12

the Government of Afghanistan to achieve the 13

following goals relating to sustaining the capac-14

ity of the ANSF and the results of such ac-15

tions: 16

(i) Improve and sustain ANSF re-17

cruitment and retention, including through 18

vetting and salaries for the ANSF. 19

(ii) Improve and sustain ANSF train-20

ing and mentoring. 21

(iii) Strengthen the partnership be-22

tween the Government of the United 23

States and the Government of Afghani-24

stan. 25

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(iv) Ensure international commit-1

ments to support the ANSF. 2

(3) NATO BASES IN AFGHANISTAN.—A de-3

scription of the following: 4

(A) The access arrangements, the specific 5

locations, and the force protection requirements 6

for bases that the United States has access to 7

in Afghanistan. 8

(B) A summary of attacks against NATO 9

bases or facilities and any challenges to force 10

protection, such as ‘‘green-on-blue’’ attacks. 11

(4) PUBLIC CORRUPTION AND RULE OF LAW.—12

A description of any actions, and the results of such 13

actions, by the United States, NATO, and the Gov-14

ernment of Afghanistan to fight public corruption 15

and strengthen governance and the rule of law at 16

the local, provincial, and national levels. 17

(5) REGIONAL CONSIDERATIONS.—A descrip-18

tion of any actions by the Government of Afghani-19

stan to increase cooperation with countries geo-20

graphically located around Afghanistan’s border, 21

with a particular focus on improving security and 22

stability in the Afghanistan-Pakistan border areas, 23

and the status of such actions. 24

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(c) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED: PERFORMANCE IN-1

DICATORS, MEASURES OF PROGRESS, AND ANY 2

UNFULFILLED REQUIREMENTS TOWARD SUSTAINABLE 3

LONG-TERM SECURITY AND STABILITY IN AFGHANISTAN 4

UNDER OPERATION RESOLUTE SUPPORT.—5

(1) IN GENERAL.—The report required under 6

subsection (a) shall set forth a comprehensive set of 7

performance indicators, measures of progress, and 8

any unfulfilled requirements toward sustainable 9

long-term security and stability in Afghanistan, as 10

specified in paragraph (2), and shall include per-11

formance standards and goals, together with a no-12

tional timetable for achieving such goals. 13

(2) PERFORMANCE INDICATORS, MEASURES OF 14

PROGRESS, AND ANY UNFULFILLED REQUIREMENTS 15

SPECIFIED.—The performance indicators, measures 16

of progress, and any unfulfilled requirements speci-17

fied in this paragraph shall include, at a minimum, 18

the following: 19

(A) An assessment of NATO train, advise, 20

and assist mission requirements. Such assess-21

ments shall include—22

(i) indicators of the efficacy of the 23

train, advise, and assist mission, such as 24

number of engagements with the ANSF 25

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per day, a description of the engagements 1

with the ANSF, and trends in the mar-2

ginal improvements in the functional areas 3

of the ANSF support structure from the 4

tactical to the ministerial level; 5

(ii) contractor support requirements 6

for the train, advise, and assist mission 7

and for the ANSF; and 8

(iii) any unfulfilled requirements. 9

(B) For the ANA, and separately for the 10

ANP, an assessment and any changes over time 11

for the following: 12

(i) Recruitment and retention num-13

bers, rates of absenteeism, rates and over-14

all number of any desertions, ANSF vet-15

ting procedures, and salary scale. 16

(ii) Numbers ANSF being trained and 17

the type of training and mentoring. 18

(iii) Operational readiness status of 19

ANSF units, including any changes to the 20

type, number, size, and organizational 21

structure of ANA and ANP units. 22

(iv) A description of any gaps in 23

ANSF capacity and capability. 24

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(v) Effectiveness of ANA and ANP 1

senior officers and the ANA and ANP 2

chain of command. 3

(vi) An assessment of the extent to 4

which insurgents have infiltrated the ANA 5

and ANP. 6

(vii) An assessment of the ANSF’s 7

ability to hold terrain in Afghanistan and 8

any posture changes in the ANSF such 9

that they no longer are providing coverage 10

of certain areas in Afghanistan that the 11

ANSF was providing coverage of prior to 12

the reporting period. 13

(C) An assessment of the relative strength 14

of the insurgency in Afghanistan and the extent 15

to which it is utilizing weapons or weapons-re-16

lated materials from countries other than Af-17

ghanistan. 18

(D) A description of all terrorist and insur-19

gent groups operating in Afghanistan, including 20

the number, size, equipment strength, military 21

effectiveness, and sources of support. 22

(E) An assessment of security and sta-23

bility, including terrorist and insurgent activity, 24

in Afghanistan-Pakistan border areas and in 25

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Pakistan’s Federally Administered Tribal Areas 1

from groups, including, al-Qaeda, the Haqqani 2

Network, and the Quetta Shura Taliban, and 3

any attacks on NATO supply lines. 4

(F) A description of the counterterrorism 5

mission and an assessment of the 6

counterterrorism campaign within Operation 7

Resolute Support, including—8

(i) the ability of NATO and the 9

ANSF to detain individuals for intelligence 10

purposes and to prevent high-value detain-11

ees from returning to the battlefield; and 12

(ii) an assessment of whether the Gov-13

ernment of Afghanistan is partnering ef-14

fectively and conducting operations based 15

on NATO intelligence information. 16

(G) An assessment of United States mili-17

tary requirements for the NATO train, advise, 18

and assist mission, counterterrorism, and force 19

protection requirements under Operation Reso-20

lute Support, including planned personnel rota-21

tions and the associated time period of deploy-22

ment for the 1-year period beginning on the 23

date of the submission of the report required 24

under subsection (a). 25

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(d) FORM.—The report required under subsection (a) 1

shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include 2

a classified annex, if necessary. 3

(e) CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFINGS.—The Secretary of 4

Defense shall supplement the report required under sub-5

section (a) with regular briefings to the appropriate con-6

gressional committees on the subject matter of the report. 7

(f) THREE-MONTH EXTENSION OF REPORT ON 8

PROGRESS TOWARD SECURITY AND STABILITY IN AF-9

GHANISTAN.—Section 1230(a) of the National Defense 10

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Public Law 110–11

181; 122 Stat. 385), as most recently amended by section 12

1218(a) of the National Defense Authorization Act for 13

Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 112–81; 125 Stat. 1632), 14

is further amended by striking ‘‘the end of fiscal year 15

2014’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2014’’. 16

(g) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES 17

DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate con-18

gressional committees’’ means—19

(1) the congressional defense committees; and 20

(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 21

Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 22

House of Representatives.23

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SEC. 1215. øLOG 53971¿ REQUIREMENT TO WITHHOLD DE-1

PARTMENT OF DEFENSE ASSISTANCE TO AF-2

GHANISTAN IN AMOUNT EQUIVALENT TO 150 3

PERCENT OF ALL TAXES ASSESSED BY AF-4

GHANISTAN TO EXTENT SUCH TAXES ARE 5

NOT REIMBURSED BY AFGHANISTAN. 6

(a) REQUIREMENT TO WITHHOLD ASSISTANCE TO 7

AFGHANISTAN.—An amount equivalent to 150 percent of 8

the total taxes assessed during fiscal year 2014 by the 9

Government of Afghanistan on all Department of Defense 10

assistance in violation of the status of forces agreement 11

between the United States and Afghanistan (entered in 12

force May 28, 2003) shall be withheld by the Secretary 13

of Defense from obligation from funds appropriated for 14

such assistance for fiscal year 2015 to the extent that the 15

Secretary of Defense certifies and reports in writing to 16

the appropriate congressional committees that such taxes 17

have not been reimbursed by the Government of Afghani-18

stan to the Department of Defense or the grantee, con-19

tractor, or subcontractor concerned. 20

(b) WAIVER AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of Defense 21

may waive the requirement in subsection (a) if the Sec-22

retary determines that such a waiver is necessary to 23

achieve United States goals in Afghanistan. 24

(c) REPORT.—Not later than March 1, 2015, the 25

Secretary of Defense shall submit to the appropriate con-26

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gressional committees a report on the total taxes assessed 1

during fiscal year 2014 by the Government of Afghanistan 2

on any Department of Defense assistance. 3

(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 4

(1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT-5

TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-6

mittees’’ means—7

(A) the Committee on Armed Services and 8

the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Sen-9

ate; and 10

(B) the Committee on Armed Services and 11

the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House 12

of Representatives. 13

(2) DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ASSISTANCE.—14

The term ‘‘Department of Defense assistance’’ 15

means funds provided in a fiscal year to Afghanistan 16

by the Department of Defense, either directly or 17

through grantees, contractors, or subcontractors. 18

(e) TERMINATION.—This section shall terminate at 19

the close of the date on which the Secretary of Defense 20

submits to the appropriate congressional committees a no-21

tification that the United States and Afghanistan have 22

signed a bilateral security agreement and such agreement 23

has entered into force.24

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SEC. 1216. øLOG 53631¿ UNITED STATES PLAN FOR SUS-1

TAINING THE AFGHANISTAN NATIONAL SE-2

CURITY FORCES THROUGH THE END OF FIS-3

CAL YEAR 2018. 4

(a) PLAN REQUIRED.—Not later than 90 days after 5

the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 6

Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of State, shall 7

submit to the appropriate congressional committees a re-8

port that contains a detailed plan for sustaining the Af-9

ghanistan National Army (ANA) and the Afghanistan Na-10

tional Police (ANP) of the Afghanistan National Security 11

Forces (ANSF) through the end of fiscal year 2018, with 12

the objective of ensuring that a strong and fully-capable 13

ANSF will be able to independently and effectively con-14

duct operations and maintain security and stability in Af-15

ghanistan. 16

(b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The plan con-17

tained in the report required under subsection (a) shall 18

include a description of the following matters: 19

(1) A comprehensive and effective strategy and 20

budget, with defined objectives. 21

(2) A description of the commitment for con-22

tributions from the North Atlantic Treaty Organiza-23

tion (NATO) and non-NATO nations, including the 24

plan to achieve such commitments for the ANSF. 25

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(3) A mechanism for tracking funding, equip-1

ment, training, and services provided for the ANSF 2

by the United States, countries participating in 3

NATO, and other coalition forces that are not part 4

of Operation Resolute Support. 5

(4) Any actions to assist the Government of Af-6

ghanistan or on its behalf to achieve the following 7

goals and the results of such actions: 8

(A) Improve and sustain effective Afghan 9

security institutions with fully capable senior 10

leadership and staff, including logistics, intel-11

ligence, medical, and recruiting units. 12

(B) Any additional train and equip efforts, 13

including for the Afghan Air Force, as nec-14

essary, and Afghan Special Mission Wing, such 15

that these entities are fully-capable of con-16

ducting operations independently and in suffi-17

cient numbers. 18

(C) Establish strong ANSF-readiness as-19

sessment tools and metrics. 20

(D) Improve and sustain strong, profes-21

sional ANSF officers at the junior-, mid-, and 22

senior-levels 23

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(E) Further strong ANSF communication 1

and control between central command and re-2

gions, provinces, and districts. 3

(F) Develop and improve mechanisms for 4

incorporating lessons learned and best practices 5

into ANSF operations. 6

(G) Improve ANSF oversight mechanisms, 7

including a strong record-keeping system to 8

track ANSF equipment and personnel. 9

(c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE-10

FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres-11

sional committees’’ means—12

(1) the congressional defense committees; and 13

(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 14

Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 15

House of Representatives.16

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SEC. 1217. øLOG 53251¿ SENSE OF CONGRESS ON UNITED 1

STATES MILITARY COMMITMENT TO OPER-2

ATION RESOLUTE SUPPORT IN AFGHANI-3

STAN. 4

It is the sense of Congress that—5

(1) the United States continues to have vital 6

national security interests in ensuring that Afghani-7

stan remains a stable, sovereign country and that 8

groups like Al Qaeda, the Haqqani Network, and the 9

Quetta Shura Taliban are not able to use Afghani-10

stan as a safe haven from which to launch attacks; 11

(2) the United States should have a residual 12

presence in Afghanistan to train, advise, and assist 13

the ANSF, conduct counterterrorism operations, and 14

support force protection requirements in order to 15

maintain the gains achieved in Afghanistan; 16

(3) it is in the interests of both the United 17

States and Afghanistan to sign the Bilateral Secu-18

rity Agreement as soon as practicable after the new 19

President of Afghanistan is sworn in; 20

(4) the United States should provide financial, 21

advisory, and other necessary support to the ANSF, 22

at the authorized end-strength of 352,000 personnel, 23

through 2018; 24

(5) the train, advise, and assist mission, fol-25

lowing the end of the NATO mission on December 26

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31, 2014, should be able to assist the ANSF in all 1

parts of Afghanistan; 2

(6) uncertainty with the signing of the Bilateral 3

Security Agreement with Afghanistan is threatening 4

the gains achieved by the United States and coali-5

tion forces and the United States’ enduring vital na-6

tional security interests in Afghanistan and the re-7

gion; 8

(7) the President should announce the United 9

States residual presence for Operation Resolute Sup-10

port to reassure the people of Afghanistan and to 11

provide a tangible statement of support for the fu-12

ture of Afghanistan; 13

(8) the United States should aggressively work 14

with NATO and the Government of Afghanistan to 15

achieve a status of forces agreement for NATO 16

forces in support of the post-2014 mission; and 17

(9) NATO member countries pledged their sup-18

port and long-term commitment to Afghanistan at 19

the Lisbon, Chicago, and Tokyo conferences and 20

should honor their commitments to Afghanistan and 21

the ANSF.22

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SEC. 1218. øLOG 54065¿ EXTENSION OF AFGHAN SPECIAL 1

IMMIGRANT PROGRAM. 2

Section 602(b)(3) of the Afghan Allies Protection Act 3

of 2009 (8 U.S.C. 1101 note) is amended by adding at 4

the end the following: 5

‘‘(E) FISCAL YEAR 2015.—6

‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Except as pro-7

vided in subparagraph (D), for fiscal year 8

2015, the total number of principal aliens 9

who may be provided special immigrant 10

status under this section may not exceed 11

1,100. For purposes of status provided 12

under this subparagraph—13

‘‘(I) the period during which an 14

alien must have been employed in ac-15

cordance with paragraph (2)(A)(ii) 16

must terminate on or before Decem-17

ber 31, 2015; 18

‘‘(II) the principal alien seeking 19

special immigrant status under this 20

subparagraph shall apply to the Chief 21

of Mission in accordance with para-22

graph (2)(D) not later than Sep-23

tember 30, 2015; and 24

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‘‘(III) the authority to provide 1

such status shall terminate on Sep-2

tember 30, 2016. 3

‘‘(ii) CONSTRUCTION.—Clause (i) 4

shall not be construed to affect numerical 5

limitations, or the terms for provision of 6

status, under subparagraph (D).’’.7

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Subtitle C—Matters Relating to the 1

Russian Federation 2

SEC. 1221. øLOG 53954¿ LIMITATION ON MILITARY CONTACT 3

AND COOPERATION BETWEEN THE UNITED 4

STATES AND THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION. 5

(a) LIMITATION.—None of the funds authorized to 6

be appropriated or otherwise made available for fiscal year 7

2015 for the Department of Defense may be used for any 8

bilateral military-to-military contact or cooperation be-9

tween the Governments of the United States and the Rus-10

sian Federation until the Secretary of Defense, in con-11

sultation with the Secretary of State, certifies to the ap-12

propriate congressional committees that—13

(1) the armed forces of the Russian Federation 14

are no longer illegally occupying Ukrainian territory; 15

(2) the Russian Federation is respecting the 16

sovereignty of all Ukrainian territory; 17

(3) the Russian Federation is no longer taking 18

actions that are inconsistent with the INF Treaty; 19

and 20

(4) the Russian Federation is in compliance 21

with the CFE Treaty and has lifted its suspension 22

of Russian observance of its treaty obligations. 23

(b) WAIVER.—The Secretary of Defense may waive 24

the limitation in subsection (a) if—25

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(1) the Secretary of Defense, in coordination 1

with the Secretary of State, submits to the appro-2

priate congressional committees—3

(A) a notification that such a waiver is in 4

the national security interest of the United 5

States and a description of the national security 6

interest covered by the waiver; and 7

(B) a report explaining why the Secretary 8

of Defense cannot make the certification under 9

subsection (a); and 10

(2) a period of 30 days has elapsed following 11

the date on which the Secretary of Defense submits 12

the information in the report under subparagraph 13

(B). 14

(c) EXCEPTION FOR CERTAIN MILITARY BASES.—15

The certification requirement specified in paragraph (1) 16

of subsection (a) shall not apply to military bases of the 17

Russian Federation in Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula oper-18

ating in accordance with its 1997 agreement on the Status 19

and Conditions of the Black Sea Fleet Stationing on the 20

Territory of Ukraine. 21

(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 22

(1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT-23

TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-24

mittees’’ means—25

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(A) the Committee on Armed Services and 1

the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Sen-2

ate; and 3

(B) the Committee on Armed Services and 4

the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House 5

of Representatives. 6

(2) BILATERAL MILITARY-TO-MILITARY CON-7

TACT OR COOPERATION.—The term ‘‘bilateral mili-8

tary-to-military contact or cooperation’’—9

(A) means—10

(i) reciprocal visits and meetings by 11

high-ranking delegations; 12

(ii) information sharing, policy con-13

sultations, security dialogues or other 14

forms of consultative discussions; 15

(iii) exchanges of military instructors, 16

training personnel, and students; 17

(iv) exchanges of information; 18

(v) defense planning; and 19

(vi) military training or exercises; but 20

(B) does not include any contact or co-21

operation that is in support of United States 22

stability operations. 23

(3) CFE TREATY.—The term ‘‘CFE Treaty’’ 24

means the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in 25

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Europe, signed at Paris November 19, 1990, and 1

entered into force July 17, 1992. 2

(4) INF TREATY.—The term ‘‘INF Treaty’’ 3

means the Treaty Between the United States of 4

America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics 5

on the Elimination of Their Intermediate-Range and 6

Shorter-Range Missiles, commonly referred to as the 7

Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, 8

signed at Washington December 8, 1987, and en-9

tered into force June 1, 1988. 10

(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section takes effect on 11

the date of the enactment of this Act and applies with 12

respect to funds described in subsection (a) that are unob-13

ligated as of such date of enactment.14

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SEC. 1225. øLOG 53343¿ REPORT ON NON-COMPLIANCE BY 1

THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION OF ITS OBLIGA-2

TIONS UNDER THE INF TREATY. 3

(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that—4

(1) the Russian Federation is in material 5

breach of its obligations under the Treaty Between 6

the United States of America and the Union of So-7

viet Socialist Republics on the Elimination of Their 8

Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range Missiles, 9

commonly referred to as the Intermediate-Range 10

Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, signed at Washington 11

December 8, 1987, and entered into force June 1, 12

1988; and 13

(2) such behavior poses a threat to the United 14

States, its deployed forces, and its allies. 15

(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-16

gress that—17

(1) the President should hold the Russian Fed-18

eration accountable for being in material breach of 19

its obligations under the INF Treaty; 20

(2) the President should demand the Russian 21

Federation completely and verifiably eliminate the 22

military systems that constitute the material breach 23

of its obligations under the INF Treaty; 24

(3) the President should seriously consider not 25

engaging in further reductions of United States nu-26

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clear forces generally and should seriously consider 1

not engaging in nuclear arms reduction negotiations 2

with the Russian Federation specifically until such 3

complete and verifiable elimination of the military 4

systems has occurred; and 5

(4) the President, in consultation with United 6

States allies, should consider whether it is in the na-7

tional security interests of the United States to uni-8

laterally remain a party to the INF Treaty if the 9

Russian Federation is still in material breach of the 10

INF Treaty beginning one year after the date of the 11

enactment of this Act. 12

(c) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date 13

of the enactment of this Act, and every 90 days thereafter, 14

the President shall submit to the appropriate congres-15

sional committees an unclassified report that includes the 16

following: 17

(1) The status of the President’s efforts, in co-18

operation with United States allies, to hold the Rus-19

sian Federation accountable for being in material 20

breach of its obligations under the INF Treaty and 21

obtain the complete and verifiable elimination of its 22

military systems that constitute the material breach 23

of its obligations under the INF Treaty. 24

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(2) The President’s assessment as to whether it 1

remains in the national security interests of the 2

United States to remain a party to the INF Treaty, 3

and other related treaties and agreements, while the 4

Russian Federation is in material breach of its obli-5

gations under the INF Treaty. 6

(d) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.—7

In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-8

mittees’’ means—9

(1) the congressional defense committees; 10

(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations and 11

the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; 12

and 13

(3) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 14

Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the 15

House of Representatives.16

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SEC. 1226. øLOG 53961¿ SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING 1

RUSSIAN AGGRESSION TOWARD UKRAINE. 2

It is the sense of the Congress that—3

(1) the continuing and long-standing pattern 4

and practice by the Government of the Russian Fed-5

eration of physical, diplomatic, and economic aggres-6

sion toward neighboring countries is clearly intended 7

to exert undue influence on the free will of sovereign 8

nations and peoples to determine their own future; 9

(2) the Russian military build-up and aggres-10

sive posture on the eastern border of Ukraine rep-11

resent a deliberate intent to intimidate Ukraine and 12

to force its citizens to submit to Russian control; 13

(3) the Russian Federation should immediately 14

cease all improper and illegal activities in Ukraine; 15

(4) the 1994 Budapest Memorandum on Secu-16

rity Assurances, which was executed jointly with the 17

Russian Federation, Ukraine, and the United King-18

dom, represents a commitment to respect the inde-19

pendence, sovereignty, and territorial integrity and 20

borders of Ukraine, and Russian actions clearly vio-21

late the commitment made by the Russian Federa-22

tion in that memorandum; 23

(5) the security cooperation with the Ukrainian 24

military by the United States military is an impor-25

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tant opportunity to support the continued 1

professionalization of the Ukrainian military; 2

(6) an enhanced military presence and readi-3

ness posture of the United States military in Europe 4

is key to deterring further Russian aggression and 5

assuring allies and partners; and 6

(7) the treaty commitments under Article 5 of 7

the North Atlantic Treaty signed at Washington, 8

April 4, 1949, and entered into force August 24, 9

1949, are important and a cornerstone to inter-10

national security.11

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SEC. 1233. øLOG 53255¿ MODIFICATION OF NATIONAL SECU-1

RITY PLANNING GUIDANCE TO DENY SAFE 2

HAVENS TO AL-QAEDA AND ITS VIOLENT EX-3

TREMIST AFFILIATES. 4

(a) MODIFICATION.—Section 1032(b) of the National 5

Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Public 6

Law 112–81; 125 Stat. 1571; 50 U.S.C. 3043 note) is 7

amended—8

(1) in paragraph (2)—9

(A) by redesignating subparagraph (C), 10

(D), and (E) as subparagraph (D), (E), and 11

(F), respectively; 12

(B) by inserting after subparagraph (B) 13

the following: 14

‘‘(C) For each specified geographic area, a 15

description of the following: 16

‘‘(i) The feasibility of conducting mul-17

tilateral programs to train and equip the 18

military forces of relevant countries in the 19

area. 20

‘‘(ii) The authority and funding that 21

would be required to support such pro-22

grams. 23

‘‘(iii) How such programs would be 24

implemented. 25

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‘‘(iv) How such programs would sup-1

port the national security priorities and in-2

terests of the United States and com-3

plement other efforts of the United States 4

Government in the area and in other speci-5

fied geographic areas.’’; and 6

(C) in subparagraph (F) (as redesignated), 7

by striking ‘‘subparagraph (C)’’ and inserting 8

‘‘subparagraph (D)’’; and 9

(2) in paragraph (3)(A), by striking ‘‘paragraph 10

(2)(C)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (2)(D)’’. 11

(b) REPORT.—Section 1032(b) of the National De-12

fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 13

112–81; 125 Stat. 1571; 50 U.S.C. 3043 note), as amend-14

ed by subsection (a), is further amended—15

(1) by redesignating paragraph (4) as para-16

graph (5); and 17

(2) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol-18

lowing: 19

‘‘(4) REPORT.—20

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than Octo-21

ber 1, 2014, the President shall submit to the 22

appropriate congressional committees a report 23

that contains the national security planning 24

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guidance required under paragraph (1), includ-1

ing any updates thereto. 2

‘‘(B) FORM.—The report may include a 3

classified annex as determined to be necessary 4

by the President. 5

‘‘(C) DEFINITION.—In this paragraph, the 6

term ‘appropriate congressional committees’ 7

means—8

‘‘(i) the congressional defense commit-9

tees; and 10

‘‘(ii) the Committee on Foreign Rela-11

tions of the Senate and the Committee on 12

Foreign Affairs of the House of Represent-13

atives.’’.14

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SEC. 1234. øLOG 53486¿ STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK FOR 1

UNITED STATES SECURITY FORCE ASSIST-2

ANCE AND COOPERATION IN THE EUROPEAN 3

AND EURASIAN REGIONS. 4

(a) STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK.—5

(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense, in 6

coordination with the Secretary of State, shall de-7

velop a strategic framework for United States secu-8

rity force assistance and cooperation in the Euro-9

pean and Eurasian regions. 10

(2) ELEMENTS.—The strategic framework re-11

quired by paragraph (1) shall include the following: 12

(A) An evaluation of the extent to which 13

the threat to security and stability in the Euro-14

pean and Eurasian regions is a threat to the 15

national security of the United States and the 16

security interests of the North Atlantic Treaty 17

Organization alliance. 18

(B) An identification of the primary objec-19

tives, priorities, and desired end-states of 20

United States security force assistance and co-21

operation programs in such regions and of the 22

resources required to achieve such objectives, 23

priorities, and end states. 24

(C) A methodology for assessing the effec-25

tiveness of United States security force assist-26

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ance and cooperation programs in such regions 1

in making progress towards such objectives, pri-2

orities, and end-states, including an identifica-3

tion of key benchmarks for such progress. 4

(D) Criteria for bilateral and multilateral 5

partnerships in such regions. 6

(b) REPORT.—7

(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days 8

after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-9

retary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary 10

of State, shall submit to the appropriate congres-11

sional committees a report on the strategic frame-12

work required by subsection (a). 13

(2) FORM.—The report required by paragraph 14

(1) shall be submitted in an unclassified form, but 15

may include a classified annex. 16

(3) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term 17

‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ means—18

(A) the Committee on Armed Services and 19

the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Sen-20

ate; and 21

(B) the Committee on Armed Services and 22

the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House 23

of Representatives.24

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SEC. 1235. øLOG 53256¿ REPORT ON ‘‘NEW NORMAL’’ AND 1

GENERAL MISSION REQUIREMENTS OF 2

UNITED STATES AFRICA COMMAND. 3

(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-4

gress that—5

(1) the United States Africa Command should 6

have sufficient assigned military forces; intelligence, 7

surveillance, and reconnaissance assets; crisis re-8

sponse forces; and enablers to support the crisis re-9

sponse forces to meet the ‘‘New Normal’’ and gen-10

eral mission requirements in the area of responsi-11

bility of the United States Africa Command; 12

(2) with the current force posture and structure 13

of the United States Africa Command, the United 14

States is accepting a high level of risk in defending 15

United States posts that are ‘‘high risk, high threat’’ 16

posts; 17

(3) the United States should posture forces for-18

ward and achieve the associated basing and access 19

agreements to support such forces across the Con-20

tinent of Africa in order to meet the ‘‘New Normal’’ 21

and general mission requirements in the area of re-22

sponsibility of the United States Africa Command; 23

(4) the Department of Defense should consider 24

reassigning to the United States Africa Command 25

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enabler assets currently assigned to, and shared 1

with, the United States European Command; and 2

(5) the United States Africa Command requires 3

more intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance 4

assets to meet the ‘‘New Normal’’ and general mis-5

sion requirements in its area of responsibility. 6

(b) REPORT.—Not later than January 15, 2015, the 7

Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary 8

of State and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, 9

shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees 10

a report on the extent to which the ‘‘New Normal’’ re-11

quirements have changed the force posture and structure 12

required of the United States Africa Command to meet 13

the ‘‘New Normal’’ and general mission requirements in 14

its area of responsibility. 15

(c) ELEMENTS.—The report required by subsection 16

(b) shall include the following: 17

(1) A detailed description of the ‘‘New Normal’’ 18

and general mission requirements in the area of re-19

sponsibility of the United States Africa Command. 20

(2) A description of any changes required for 21

the United States Africa Command to meet the 22

‘‘New Normal’’ and general mission requirements in 23

its area of responsibility, including the gaps or 24

shortfalls in capability, size, posture, agreements, 25

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basing, and enabler support of all crisis response 1

forces and associated assets to access and defend 2

posts that are ‘‘high risk, high threat’’ posts. 3

(3) An assessment of how the United States Af-4

rica Command could employ permanently assigned 5

military forces to support all mission requirements 6

of the United States Africa Command. 7

(4) An estimate of the annual intelligence, sur-8

veillance, and reconnaissance requirements of the 9

United States Africa Command and the shortfall, if 10

any, in meeting such requirements in fiscal year 11

2015. 12

(d) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES 13

DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate con-14

gressional committees’’ means—15

(1) the congressional defense committees; and 16

(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 17

Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 18

House of Representatives. 19

(e) FORM.—The report required by subsection (b) 20

may include a classified annex.21

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SEC. 1237. øLOG 53778¿ ENHANCED AUTHORITY TO AC-1

QUIRE GOODS AND SERVICES OF DJIBOUTI 2

IN SUPPORT OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 3

ACTIVITIES IN UNITED STATES AFRICA COM-4

MAND AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY. 5

(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-6

gress that—7

(1) the United States forces should continue to 8

be forward postured in Africa and in the Middle 9

East; 10

(2) Djibouti is in a strategic location to support 11

United States vital national security interests in the 12

region; 13

(3) the United States should take definitive 14

steps to maintain its basing access and agreements 15

with the Government of Djibouti to support United 16

States vital national security interests in the region; 17

(4) the United States should devise and imple-18

ment a comprehensive governmental approach to en-19

gaging with the Government of Djibouti to reinforce 20

the strategic partnership between the United States 21

and Djibouti; and 22

(5) the Secretary of State and the Adminis-23

trator of the United States Agency for International 24

Development, in conjunction with the Secretary of 25

Defense, should take concrete steps to advance and 26

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strengthen the relationship between United States 1

and the Government of Djibouti. 2

(b) AUTHORITY.—In the case of a good or service to 3

be acquired in direct support of covered activities for 4

which the Secretary of Defense makes a determination de-5

scribed in subsection (c), the Secretary may conduct a pro-6

curement in which—7

(1) competition is limited to goods of Djibouti 8

or services of Djibouti; or 9

(2) a preference is provided for goods of 10

Djibouti or services of Djibouti. 11

(c) DETERMINATION.—12

(1) IN GENERAL.—A determination described in 13

this subsection is a determination by the Secretary 14

of either of the following: 15

(A) That the good or service concerned is 16

to be used only in support of covered activities. 17

(B) That it is vital to the national security 18

interests of the United States to limit competi-19

tion or provide a preference as described in sub-20

section (b) because such limitation or pref-21

erence is necessary—22

(i) to reduce—23

(I) United States transportation 24

costs; or 25

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(II) delivery times in support of 1

covered activities; or 2

(ii) to promote regional security, sta-3

bility, and economic prosperity in Africa. 4

(C) That the good or service is of equiva-5

lent quality of a good or service that would have 6

otherwise been acquired. 7

(2) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT.—A determina-8

tion under paragraph (1)(B) shall not be effective 9

for purposes of a limitation or preference under sub-10

section (b) unless the Secretary also determines that 11

the limitation or preference will not adversely af-12

fect—13

(A) United States military operations or 14

stability operations in the United States Africa 15

Command area of responsibility; or 16

(B) the United States industrial base. 17

(d) REPORTING AND OVERSIGHT.—In exercising the 18

authority under subsection (b) to procure goods or services 19

in support of covered activities, the Secretary of De-20

fense—21

(1) in the case of the procurement of services, 22

shall ensure that the procurement is conducted in 23

accordance with the management structure imple-24

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mented pursuant to section 2330(a) of title 10, 1

United States Code; 2

(2) shall ensure that such goods or services are 3

identified and reported under a single, joint Depart-4

ment of Defense-wide system for the management 5

and accountability of contractors accompanying 6

United States forces operating overseas or in contin-7

gency operations (such as the synchronized 8

predeployment and operational tracker (SPOT) sys-9

tem); and 10

(3) shall ensure that the United States Africa 11

Command has sufficiently trained staff and ade-12

quate resources to conduct oversight of procure-13

ments carried out pursuant to subsection (b), includ-14

ing oversight to detect and deter fraud, waste, and 15

abuse. 16

(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 17

(1) COVERED ACTIVITIES.—The term ‘‘covered 18

activities’’ means Department of Defense activities 19

in the United States Africa Command area of re-20

sponsibility. 21

(2) GOOD OF DJIBOUTI.—The term ‘‘good of 22

Djibouti’’ means a good wholly the growth, product, 23

or manufacture of Djibouti. 24

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(3) SERVICE OF DJIBOUTI.—The term ‘‘service 1

of Djibouti’’ means a service performed by a person 2

that—3

(A)(i) is operating primarily in Djibouti; or 4

(ii) is making a significant contribution to 5

the economy of Djibouti through payment of 6

taxes or use of products, materials, or labor of 7

Djibouti, as determined by the Secretary of 8

State; and 9

(B) is properly licensed or registered by 10

authorities of the Government of Djibouti, as 11

determined by the Secretary of State. 12

(f) TERMINATION.—The authority and requirements 13

of this section expire at the close of September 30, 2018.14

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SEC. 1238. øLOG 53986¿ REPORT ON GOALS AND OBJEC-1

TIVES GUIDING MILITARY ENGAGEMENT 2

WITH BURMA. 3

(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than December 4

1, 2014, the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with 5

the Secretary of State, shall submit to the appropriate 6

congressional committees a report on the goals and objec-7

tives guiding military-to-military engagement between the 8

United States and the Union of Burma. 9

(b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The report re-10

quired under subsection (a) shall include—11

(1) a description of the specific goals and objec-12

tives of the United States that military-to-military 13

engagement between the United States and Burma 14

would facilitate; 15

(2) a description of how the United States 16

measures progress toward such goals and objectives, 17

and the implications of failing to achieve such goals 18

and objectives; 19

(3) a description of the specific military-to-mili-20

tary engagement activities between the United 21

States and Burma conducted during the period be-22

ginning on March 1, 2011, and ending on the close 23

of the day before the date of the submission of the 24

report, and of any planned military-to-military en-25

gagement activities between the United States and 26

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Burma that will be conducted during the period be-1

ginning on the date of the submission of the report 2

and ending on the close of February 29, 2020, in-3

cluding descriptions of associated goals and objec-4

tives, estimated costs, timeframes, and United 5

States military organizations or personnel involved; 6

(4) a description and assessment of the polit-7

ical, military, economic, and civil society reforms 8

being undertaken by the Government of Burma, in-9

cluding protections for ethnic and religious minori-10

ties and internally displaced populations; and 11

(5) a description and assessment of relation-12

ships of the Government of Burma with unlawful or 13

sanctioned entities. 14

(c) FORM.—The report required under subsection (a) 15

shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include 16

a classified annex, if necessary. 17

(d) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES 18

DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate con-19

gressional committees’’ means—20

(1) the congressional defense committees; and 21

(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 22

Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 23

House of Representatives.24

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SEC. 1239. øLOG 53254¿ SENSE OF CONGRESS ON UNITED 1

STATES PRESENCE AND COOPERATION IN 2

THE ARABIAN GULF REGION TO DETER IRAN. 3

It is the sense of Congress that—4

(1) the United States should maintain a robust 5

forward presence and posture in order to support 6

United States allies and partners in the Arabian 7

Gulf region, including Gulf Cooperation Council 8

(GCC) countries and Israel, and to deter Iran; 9

(2) the United States should seek ways to sup-10

port the security posture of GCC countries in the 11

Arabian Gulf region to deter Iran; 12

(3) key strategic United States bases in the 13

Arabian Gulf region that are used to deter Iran and 14

would be used for any military operations in the 15

Arabian Gulf region are entirely financed by funds 16

for overseas contingency operations which is an 17

unsustainable approach; 18

(4) such key strategic United States bases in 19

the Arabian Gulf region should be funded through 20

the base budget of the Department of Defense; 21

(5) the United States does not have status of 22

forces agreements and defense agreements with key 23

GCC allies, which would support the defense of the 24

Arabian Gulf region and would deter Iran, and the 25

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United States should seek to complete these agree-1

ments immediately; 2

(6) the interim agreement with Iran relating to 3

Iran’s nuclear program does not address key aspects 4

of Iran’s nuclear program, including the possible 5

military dimensions of Iran’s nuclear program; 6

(7) a comprehensive agreement with Iran relat-7

ing to Iran’s nuclear program should address past 8

and present issues of concern of the United States, 9

the International Atomic Energy Agency, and the 10

United Nations, including the possible military di-11

mensions of Iran’s nuclear program; 12

(8) the United States should continue to put 13

significant pressure on Iran’s network of organiza-14

tions that conduct malign activities in the Arabian 15

Gulf region, and around the globe, even while the 16

United States engages in negotiations with Iran re-17

lating to Iran’s nuclear program; and 18

(9) the United States Government should not 19

enter into a contract with any person or entity that 20

is determined to have violated United States sanc-21

tions laws with respect to contracting with the Gov-22

ernment of Iran and should encourage United States 23

allies, partners, and other countries to maintain the 24

same contracting standard.25

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SEC. 1301. øLog 53227¿ SPECIFICATION OF COOPERATIVE 1

THREAT REDUCTION PROGRAMS AND FUNDS. 2

(a) SPECIFICATION OF COOPERATIVE THREAT RE-3

DUCTION PROGRAMS.—For purposes of section 301 and 4

other provisions of this Act, Cooperative Threat Reduction 5

programs are the programs specified in section 1501 of 6

the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 7

1997 (50 U.S.C. 2362 note). 8

(b) FISCAL YEAR 2015 COOPERATIVE THREAT RE-9

DUCTION FUNDS DEFINED.—As used in this title, the 10

term ‘‘fiscal year 2015 Cooperative Threat Reduction 11

funds’’ means the funds appropriated pursuant to the au-12

thorization of appropriations in section 301 and made 13

available by the funding table in section 4301 for Coopera-14

tive Threat Reduction programs. 15

(c) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Funds appropriated 16

pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in section 17

301 and made available by the funding table in section 18

4301 for Cooperative Threat Reduction programs shall be 19

available for obligation for fiscal years 2015, 2016, and 20

2017.21

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SEC. 1302. øLog 53228¿ FUNDING ALLOCATIONS. 1

(a) FUNDING FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES.—Of the 2

$365,108,000 authorized to be appropriated to the De-3

partment of Defense for fiscal year 2015 in section 301 4

and made available by the funding table in section 4301 5

for Cooperative Threat Reduction programs, the following 6

amounts may be obligated for the purposes specified: 7

(1) For strategic offensive arms elimination, 8

$1,000,000. 9

(2) For chemical weapons destruction, 10

$15,720,000. 11

(3) For global nuclear security, $17,703,000. 12

(4) For cooperative biological engagement, 13

$254,342,000. 14

(5) For proliferation prevention, $46,124,000. 15

(6) For threat reduction engagement, 16

$2,375,000. 17

(7) For activities designated as Other Assess-18

ments/Administrative Costs, $27,844,000. 19

(b) REPORT ON OBLIGATION OR EXPENDITURE OF 20

FUNDS FOR OTHER PURPOSES.—No fiscal year 2015 Co-21

operative Threat Reduction funds may be obligated or ex-22

pended for a purpose other than a purpose listed in para-23

graphs (1) through (7) of subsection (a) until 15 days 24

after the date that the Secretary of Defense submits to 25

Congress a report on the purpose for which the funds will 26

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be obligated or expended and the amount of funds to be 1

obligated or expended. Nothing in the preceding sentence 2

shall be construed as authorizing the obligation or expend-3

iture of fiscal year 2015 Cooperative Threat Reduction 4

funds for a purpose for which the obligation or expendi-5

ture of such funds is specifically prohibited under this title 6

or any other provision of law. 7

(c) LIMITED AUTHORITY TO VARY INDIVIDUAL 8

AMOUNTS.—9

(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), in 10

any case in which the Secretary of Defense deter-11

mines that it is necessary to do so in the national 12

interest, the Secretary may obligate amounts appro-13

priated for fiscal year 2015 for a purpose listed in 14

paragraphs (1) through (7) of subsection (a) in ex-15

cess of the specific amount authorized for that pur-16

pose. 17

(2) NOTICE-AND-WAIT REQUIRED.—An obliga-18

tion of funds for a purpose stated in paragraphs (1) 19

through (7) of subsection (a) in excess of the specific 20

amount authorized for such purpose may be made 21

using the authority provided in paragraph (1) only 22

after—23

(A) the Secretary submits to Congress no-24

tification of the intent to do so together with a 25

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complete discussion of the justification for 1

doing so; and 2

(B) 15 days have elapsed following the 3

date of the notification.4

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Subtitle A—Military Programs 1

SEC. 1401 [Log 53317]. WORKING CAPITAL FUNDS. 2

Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 3

fiscal year 2015 for the use of the Armed Forces and other 4

activities and agencies of the Department of Defense for 5

providing capital for working capital and revolving funds, 6

as specified in the funding table in section 4501.7

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SEC. 1402 [Log 53319]. CHEMICAL AGENTS AND MUNITIONS 1

DESTRUCTION, DEFENSE. 2

(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Funds 3

are hereby authorized to be appropriated for the Depart-4

ment of Defense for fiscal year 2015 for expenses, not oth-5

erwise provided for, for Chemical Agents and Munitions 6

Destruction, Defense, as specified in the funding table in 7

section 4501. 8

(b) USE.—Amounts authorized to be appropriated 9

under subsection (a) are authorized for—10

(1) the destruction of lethal chemical Agents 11

and munitions in accordance with section 1412 of 12

the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1986 13

(50 U.S.C. 1521); and 14

(2) the destruction of chemical warfare materiel 15

of the United States that is not covered by section 16

1412 of such Act.17

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SEC. 1403 [Log 53320]. DRUG INTERDICTION AND COUNTER-1

DRUG ACTIVITIES, DEFENSE-WIDE. 2

Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 3

the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2015 for ex-4

penses, not otherwise provided for, for Drug Interdiction 5

and Counter-Drug Activities, Defense-wide, as specified in 6

the funding table in section 4501.7

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SEC. 1404 [Log 53321]. DEFENSE INSPECTOR GENERAL. 1

Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 2

the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2015 for ex-3

penses, not otherwise provided for, for the Office of the 4

Inspector General of the Department of Defense, as speci-5

fied in the funding table in section 4501.6

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SEC. 1405 [Log 53323]. DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM. 1

Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 2

fiscal year 2015 for the Defense Health Program, as spec-3

ified in the funding table in section 4501, for use of the 4

Armed Forces and other activities and agencies of the De-5

partment of Defense in providing for the health of eligible 6

beneficiaries.7

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Subtitle B—National Defense 1

Stockpile 2

SEC. 1411 [Log 53871]. REVISIONS TO PREVIOUSLY AUTHOR-3

IZED DISPOSALS FROM THE NATIONAL DE-4

FENSE STOCKPILE. 5

(a) FISCAL YEAR 1999 DISPOSAL AUTHORITY.—Sec-6

tion 3303(a)(7) of the Strom Thurmond National Defense 7

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 (Public Law 105–8

261; 50 U.S.C. 98d note), as most recently amended by 9

section 1412(a) of the Duncan Hunter National Defense 10

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 110–11

417; 122 Stat. 4649), is further amended by striking 12

‘‘1,386,000,000 by the end of fiscal year 2016’’ and in-13

serting ‘‘$1,436,000,000 by the end of fiscal year 2019’’. 14

(b) FISCAL YEAR 2000 DISPOSAL AUTHORITY.—Sec-15

tion 3402(b)(5) of the National Defense Authorization Act 16

for Fiscal Year 2000 (Public Law 106–65; 50 U.S.C. 98d 17

note), as most recently amended by section 1412 of the 18

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 19

(Public Law 112–81;125 Stat. 1654), is further amended 20

by striking ‘‘$830,000,000 by the end of fiscal year 2016’’ 21

and inserting ‘‘$850,000,000 by the end of 2019’’.22

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Subtitle A—Authorization of 1

Appropriations 2

SEC. 1501 [Log 53324]. PURPOSE. 3

The purpose of this subtitle is to authorize appropria-4

tions for the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2015 5

to provide additional funds for overseas contingency oper-6

ations being carried out by the Armed Forces.7

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SEC. 1502 [Log 53832]. PROCUREMENT. 1

Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 2

fiscal year 2015 for procurement accounts for the Army, 3

the Navy and the Marine Corps, the Air Force, and De-4

fense-wide activities in the amount of $6,180,000,000.5

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SEC. 1503 [Log 53834]. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE. 1

Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 2

fiscal year 2015 for the use of the Armed Forces and other 3

activities and agencies of the Department of Defense for 4

expenses, not otherwise provided for, for operation and 5

maintenance in the amount of $64,675,000,000.6

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SEC. 1504 [Log 53835]. MILITARY PERSONNEL. 1

Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 2

fiscal year 2015 for the use of the Armed Forces and other 3

activities and agencies of the Department of Defense for 4

expenses, not otherwise provided for, for military per-5

sonnel in the amount of $7,140,000,000.6

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SEC. 1505 [Log 53836]. OTHER APPROPRIATIONS. 1

(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Funds 2

are hereby authorized to be appropriated for the Depart-3

ment of Defense for fiscal year 2015 for expenses, not oth-4

erwise provided for, for the Other Authorizations in the 5

amount of $1,450,000,000. 6

(b) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘Other 7

Authorizations’’ means the Defense Health Program, 8

Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, Defense-9

wide, and National Guard and Reserve Equipment.10

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Subtitle B—Financial Matters 1

SEC. 1511 [Log 53839]. TREATMENT AS ADDITIONAL AU-2

THORIZATIONS. 3

The amounts authorized to be appropriated by this 4

title are in addition to amounts otherwise authorized to 5

be appropriated by this Act.6

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SEC. 1512 [Log 53840]. SPECIAL TRANSFER AUTHORITY. 1

(a) AUTHORITY TO TRANSFER AUTHORIZATIONS.—2

(1) AUTHORITY.—Upon determination by the 3

Secretary of Defense that such action is necessary in 4

the national interest, the Secretary may transfer 5

amounts of authorizations made available to the De-6

partment of Defense in this title for fiscal year 2015 7

between any such authorizations for that fiscal year 8

(or any subdivisions thereof). Amounts of authoriza-9

tions so transferred shall be merged with and be 10

available for the same purposes as the authorization 11

to which transferred. 12

(2) LIMITATIONS.—The total amount of author-13

izations that the Secretary may transfer under the 14

authority of this subsection may not exceed 15

$3,000,000,000. 16

(b) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—Transfers under this 17

section shall be subject to the same terms and conditions 18

as transfers under section 1001. 19

(c) ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY.—The transfer author-20

ity provided by this section is in addition to the transfer 21

authority provided under section 1001.22

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Subtitle C—Limitations, Reports, 1

and Other Matters 2

SEC. 1521 [Log 53259]. CONTINUATION OF EXISTING LIMITA-3

TIONS ON THE USE OF FUNDS IN THE AF-4

GHANISTAN SECURITY FORCES FUND. 5

Funds available to the Department of Defense for the 6

Afghanistan Security Forces Fund for fiscal year 2015 7

shall be subject to the conditions contained in subsections 8

(b) through (g) of section 1513 of the National Defense 9

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Public Law 110–10

181; 122 Stat. 428), as amended by section 1531(b) of 11

the Ike Skelton National Defense Authorization Act for 12

Fiscal Year 2011 (Public Law 111–383; 124 Stat. 4424).13

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Strike section 1602 contained in the report of the

Subcommittee on Strategic Forces and insert the fol-

lowing new section 1602:

SEC. 1602 [Log 53430]. EVOLVED EXPENDABLE LAUNCH VE-1

HICLE NOTIFICATION. 2

(a) NOTIFICATION.—The Secretary of the Air Force 3

shall provide to the appropriate congressional committees 4

notice of each change to the evolved expendable launch 5

vehicle acquisition plan and schedule from the plan and 6

schedule included in the budget submitted by the Presi-7

dent under section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, 8

for fiscal year 2015. Such notification shall include—9

(1) an identification of the change; 10

(2) a national security rationale for the change; 11

(3) the impact of the change on the evolved ex-12

pendable launch vehicle block buy contract; 13

(4) the impact of the change on the opportuni-14

ties for competition for certified evolved expendable 15

launch vehicle launch providers; and 16

(5) the costs or savings of the change. 17

(b) APPLICABILITY.—The requirement under sub-18

section (a) shall apply to fiscal years 2015, 2016, and 19

2017. 20

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(c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.—1

In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-2

mittees’’ means—3

(1) the congressional defense committees; and 4

(2) with respect to a change to the evolved ex-5

pendable launch vehicle acquisition schedule for an 6

intelligence-related launch, the Permanent Select 7

Committee on Intelligence of the House of Rep-8

resentatives and the Select Committee on Intel-9

ligence of the Senate. 10

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SEC. 1603 [Log 53431]. SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS RE-1

SPONSIBILITIES OF EXECUTIVE AGENT FOR 2

SPACE. 3

The Secretary of Defense shall, not later than 180 4

days after the date of the enactment of this Act, revise 5

Department of Defense directives and guidance to require 6

the Department of Defense Executive Agent for Space to 7

ensure that in developing space strategies, architectures, 8

and programs for satellite communications, the Executive 9

Agent shall—10

(1) conduct strategic planning to ensure the 11

Department of Defense is effectively and efficiently 12

meeting the satellite communications requirements 13

of the military departments and commanders of the 14

combatant commands; 15

(2) coordinate with the secretaries of the mili-16

tary departments and the heads of Defense Agencies 17

to eliminate duplication of effort and to ensure that 18

resources are used to achieve the maximum effort in 19

related satellite communication science and tech-20

nology; research, development, test and evaluation; 21

production; and operations and sustainment; 22

(3) coordinate with the Under Secretary of De-23

fense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics and 24

the Chief Information Officer of the Department to 25

ensure that effective and efficient acquisition ap-26

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proaches are being used to acquire military and com-1

mercial satellite communications for the Depart-2

ment, including space, ground, and user terminal in-3

tegration; and 4

(4) coordinate with the chairman of the Joint 5

Requirements Oversight Council to develop a process 6

to identify the current and projected satellite com-7

munications requirements of the Department.8

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SEC. 1605.øLog 53287¿ PILOT PROGRAM FOR ACQUISITION 1

OF COMMERCIAL SATELLITE COMMUNICA-2

TION SERVICES. 3

(a) PILOT PROGRAM.—4

(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense 5

may develop and carry out a pilot program to deter-6

mine the feasibility and advisability of expanding the 7

use of working capital funds by the Secretary to ef-8

fectively and efficiently acquire commercial satellite 9

capabilities to meet the requirements of the military 10

departments, Defense Agencies, and combatant com-11

manders. 12

(2) FUNDING.—Of the funds authorized to be 13

appropriated for any of fiscal years 2015 through 14

2020 for the Department of Defense for the acquisi-15

tion of commercial satellite communications, not 16

more than $50,000,000 may be obligated or ex-17

pended for such pilot program during such a fiscal 18

year. 19

(3) CERTAIN AUTHORITIES.—In carrying out 20

the pilot program under paragraph (1), the Sec-21

retary may not use the authorities provided in sec-22

tions 2208(k) and 2210(b) of title 10, United States 23

Code. 24

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(b) GOALS.—In developing and carrying out the pilot 1

program under subsection (a)(1), the Secretary shall en-2

sure that the pilot program—3

(1) provides a cost effective and strategic meth-4

od to acquire commercial satellite services; 5

(2) incentives private-sector participation and 6

investment in technologies to meet future require-7

ments of the Department of Defense with respect to 8

commercial satellite services; 9

(3) takes into account the potential for a surge 10

or other change in the demand of the Department 11

for commercial satellite communications access in re-12

sponse to global or regional events; and 13

(4) ensures the ability of the Secretary to con-14

trol and account for the cost of programs and work 15

performed under the pilot program. 16

(c) DURATION.—If the Secretary commences the 17

pilot program under subsection (a)(1), the pilot program 18

shall terminate on October 1, 2020. 19

(d) REPORTS.—20

(1) INITIAL REPORT.—Not later than 150 days 21

after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-22

retary shall submit to the congressional defense com-23

mittees a report that includes a plan and schedule 24

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to carry out the pilot program under subsection 1

(a)(1). 2

(2) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than December 3

1, 2020, the Secretary shall submit to the congres-4

sional defense committees a report on the pilot pro-5

gram under subsection (a)(1). The report shall in-6

clude—7

(A) an assessment of expanding the use of 8

working capital funds to effectively and effi-9

ciently acquire commercial satellite capabilities 10

to meet the requirements of the military depart-11

ments, Defense Agencies, and combatant com-12

manders; and 13

(B) a description of—14

(i) any contract entered into under 15

the pilot program, the funding used under 16

such contract, and the efficiencies realized 17

under such contract; 18

(ii) the advantages and challenges of 19

using working capital funds as described in 20

subparagraph (A); 21

(iii) any additional authorities the 22

Secretary determines necessary to acquire 23

commercial satellite capabilities as de-24

scribed in subsection (a)(1); and 25

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(iv) any recommendations of the Sec-1

retary with respect to improving or extend-2

ing the pilot program.3

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SEC. 1615 øLog 53437¿. AIR FORCE INTELLIGENCE ORGANI-1

ZATION. 2

(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 3

(1) The Air Force National Air and Space In-4

telligence Center provides essential national exper-5

tise on foreign aerospace system capabilities, includ-6

ing cyber, space systems, missiles, and aircraft. 7

(2) The Air Force National Air and Space In-8

telligence Center is organizationally aligned to the 9

Headquarters Air Staff, through the Air Force Intel-10

ligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Agency 11

(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-12

gress that—13

(1) the Air Force National Air and Space Intel-14

ligence Center provides indispensable intelligence 15

support to a variety of customers, including the Air 16

Force, the Department of Defense, the intelligence 17

community, and national policymakers; and 18

(2) to maintain operational effectiveness, the 19

Air Force organizational reporting structure of the 20

Air Force National Air and Space Intelligence Cen-21

ter should remain organizationally aligned to the 22

Headquarters Air Staff with reporting through the 23

Vice Chief of Staff. 24

(c) PLAN.—Not later than 90 days after the date of 25

the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Air Force 26

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shall submit to the congressional defense committees, the 1

Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House 2

of Representatives, and the Select Committee on Intel-3

ligence of the Senate a strategic plan for the intelligence 4

organization of the Air Force, including maintaining the 5

National Air and Space Intelligence Center alignment to 6

the Headquarters Air Staff.7

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SEC. 1616 [Log 53552]. PROHIBITION ON NATIONAL INTEL-1

LIGENCE PROGRAM CONSOLIDATION. 2

(a) PROHIBITION.—No amounts authorized to be ap-3

propriated or otherwise made available to the Department 4

of Defense may be used during the period beginning on 5

the date of the enactment of this Act and ending on De-6

cember 31, 2015, to execute—7

(1) the separation of the National Intelligence 8

Program budget from the Department of Defense 9

budget; 10

(2) the consolidation of the National Intel-11

ligence Program budget within the Department of 12

Defense budget; or 13

(3) the establishment of a new appropriations 14

account or appropriations account structure for the 15

National Intelligence Program budget. 16

(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 17

(1) NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE PROGRAM.—The 18

term ‘‘National Intelligence Program’’ has the mean-19

ing given the term in section 3 of the National Secu-20

rity Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003). 21

(2) NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE PROGRAM BUDG-22

ET.—The term ‘‘National Intelligence Program 23

budget’’ means the portions of the Department of 24

Defense budget designated as part of the National 25

Intelligence Program.26

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In the table in subsection (b) of section 2101 of the

report of the Subcommittee on Readiness, relating to au-

thorized Army construction and land acquisition projects

outside the United States, in the item relating to Guanta-

namo Bay, Cuba, strike ‘‘$23,800,000’’ in the amount

column and insert ‘‘$92,300,000’’.

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Subtitle A—Military Construction 1

Program and Military Family 2

Housing Changes 3

SEC. 2801 [Log 53222]. PREVENTION OF CIRCUMVENTION OF 4

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION LAWS. 5

Subsection (a) of section 2802 of title 10, United 6

States Code, is amended to read as follows: 7

‘‘(a) Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, 8

the Secretary concerned may carry out only such military 9

construction projects, land acquisitions, and defense ac-10

cess road projects (as described under section 210 of title 11

23) as are specifically authorized in a Military Construc-12

tion Authorization Act.’’.13

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SEC. 2815 [Log 53979]. SPECIAL EASEMENT ACQUISITION AU-1

THORITY, PACIFIC MISSILE RANGE FACILITY, 2

BARKING SANDS, KAUAI, HAWAII. 3

(a) EASEMENT ACQUISITION AUTHORITY.—The Sec-4

retary of the Navy may use the authority provided by sec-5

tions 2664 and 2684a of title 10, United States Code, to 6

enter into agreements with or acquire from willing sellers 7

easements and other interests in real property in the vicin-8

ity of the Pacific Missile Range Facility, Barking Sands, 9

Kauai, Hawaii, for the purpose of—10

(1) limiting encroachments on military training, 11

testing, and operations at that installation; or 12

(2) facilitating such training, testing, and oper-13

ations. 14

(b) CONSIDERATION.—As consideration for the ac-15

quisition of an easement or other interest in real property 16

under subsection (a), the Secretary of the Navy may not 17

pay an amount in excess of the fair market value of the 18

interest to be acquired. 19

(c) CONDITIONS ON USE OF AUTHORITY.—20

(1) NO USE OF CONDEMNATION.—An easement 21

or other interest in real property may be acquired 22

under subsection (a) only from a willing seller. 23

(2) NO ACQUISITION OF COMPLETE TITLE.—24

Nothing in this section shall be construed to permit 25

the Secretary of the Navy to use this section as au-26

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thority to acquire all right, title, and interest in and 1

to real property in the vicinity of the Pacific Missile 2

Range Facility, Barking Sands. 3

(d) VICINITY DEFINED.—In this section, the term 4

‘‘vicinity’’ means the area within 30 miles of the bound-5

aries of the Pacific Missile Range Facility, Barking Sands.6

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Subtitle D—Land Conveyances 1

SEC. 2841 [Log 53309]. LAND CONVEYANCE, MT. SOLEDAD 2

VETERANS MEMORIAL, LA JOLLA, CALI-3

FORNIA. 4

(a) CONVEYANCE AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of 5

Defense may convey, without consideration, to the Mount 6

Soledad Memorial Association, Inc. (in this section re-7

ferred to as the ‘‘Association’’), all right, title, and interest 8

of the United States in and to the Mt. Soledad Veterans 9

Memorial in La Jolla, California, for the purpose of per-10

mitting the Association to maintain the property for public 11

purposes. Upon conveyance of all right, title, and interest 12

of the United States in and to the property under this 13

subsection, the United States severs all involvement with 14

the property and, notwithstanding the condition imposed 15

by subsection (c), does not retain a reversionary interest 16

for the enforcement of such condition. 17

(b) PAYMENT OF COSTS OF CONVEYANCE.—18

(1) PAYMENT REQUIRED.—The Secretary of 19

Defense shall require the Association to cover costs 20

(except costs for environmental remediation of the 21

property) to be incurred by the Secretary, or to re-22

imburse the Secretary for such costs incurred by the 23

Secretary, to carry out the conveyance under sub-24

section (a), including survey costs, costs for environ-25

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mental documentation, and any other administrative 1

costs related to the conveyance. If amounts are col-2

lected from the Association in advance of the Sec-3

retary incurring the actual costs, and the amount 4

collected exceeds the costs actually incurred by the 5

Secretary to carry out the conveyance, the Secretary 6

shall refund the excess amount to the Association. 7

(2) TREATMENT OF AMOUNTS RECEIVED.—8

Amounts received as reimbursement under para-9

graph (1) shall be credited to the fund or account 10

that was used to cover those costs incurred by the 11

Secretary in carrying out the conveyance. Amounts 12

so credited shall be merged with amounts in such 13

fund or account, and shall be available for the same 14

purposes, and subject to the same conditions and 15

limitations, as amounts in such fund or account. 16

(c) CONDITIONS ON CONVEYANCE.—The conveyance 17

of the Mt. Soledad Veterans Memorial under subsection 18

(a) shall be subject to the condition that a memorial shall 19

be maintained and used as a veterans memorial in per-20

petuity. 21

(d) DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY.—The legal descrip-22

tion of the Mt. Soledad Veterans Memorial is provided in 23

section 2(d) of Public Law 109–272 (120 Stat. 771; 16 24

U.S.C. 431 note). 25

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(e) ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The 1

Secretary of Defense may require such additional terms 2

and conditions in connection with the conveyance under 3

subsection (a) as the Secretary considers appropriate to 4

protect the interests of the United States.5

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SEC. 2847 [Log 53604]. LAND CONVEYANCE, HANFORD SITE, 1

WASHINGTON. 2

(a) CONVEYANCE REQUIRED.—3

(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than December 31, 4

2014, the Secretary of Energy shall convey to the 5

Community Reuse Organization of the Hanford Site 6

(in this section referred to as the ‘‘Organization’’) 7

all right, title, and interest of the United States in 8

and to two parcels of real property, including any 9

improvements thereon, consisting of approximately 10

1,341 acres and 300 acres, respectively, of the Han-11

ford Reservation, as requested by the Organization 12

on May 31, 2011, and October 13, 2011, and as de-13

picted within the proposed boundaries on the map ti-14

tled ‘‘Attachment 2–Revised Map’’ included in the 15

October 13, 2011, letter. 16

(2) MODIFICATION OF CONVEYANCE.—Upon 17

the agreement of the Secretary and the Organiza-18

tion, the Secretary may adjust the boundaries of one 19

or both of the parcels specified for conveyance under 20

paragraph (1). 21

(b) CONSIDERATION.—As consideration for the con-22

veyance under subsection (a), the Organization shall pay 23

to the United States an amount equal to the estimated 24

fair market value of the conveyed real property, as deter-25

mined by the Secretary of Energy, except that the Sec-26

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retary may convey the property without consideration or 1

for consideration below the estimated fair market value 2

of the property if the Organization—3

(1) agrees that the net proceeds from any sale 4

or lease of the property (or any portion thereof) re-5

ceived by the Organization during at least the seven-6

year period beginning on the date of such convey-7

ance will be used to support the economic redevelop-8

ment of, or related to, the Hanford Site; and 9

(2) executes the agreement for such conveyance 10

and accepts control of the real property within a rea-11

sonable time. 12

(c) EXPEDITED NOTIFICATION TO CONGRESS.—Ex-13

cept as provided in subsection (d)(2), the enactment of 14

this section shall be construed to satisfy any notice to Con-15

gress otherwise required for the land conveyance required 16

by this section. 17

(d) ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—18

(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Energy 19

may require such additional terms and conditions in 20

connection with the conveyance under subsection (a) 21

as the Secretary deems necessary to protect the in-22

terests of the United States. 23

(2) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION.—If the 24

Secretary uses the authority provided by paragraph 25

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(1) to impose a term or condition on the conveyance, 1

the Secretary shall submit to Congress written no-2

tice of the term or condition and the reason for im-3

posing the term or condition.4

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Subtitle A—National Security 1

Programs Authorizations 2

SEC. 3101. øLog 53237¿ NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY AD-3

MINISTRATION. 4

(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Funds 5

are hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Depart-6

ment of Energy for fiscal year 2015 for the activities of 7

the National Nuclear Security Administration in carrying 8

out programs as specified in the funding table in section 9

4701. 10

(b) AUTHORIZATION OF NEW PLANT PROJECTS.—11

From funds referred to in subsection (a) that are available 12

for carrying out plant projects, the Secretary of Energy 13

may carry out new plant projects for the National Nuclear 14

Security Administration as follows:15

Project 15-D-613, Emergency Operations Cen-16

ter, Y-12 National Security Complex, Oak Ridge, 17

Tennessee, $2,000,000. 18

Project 15-D-612, Emergency Operations Cen-19

ter, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Cali-20

fornia, $2,000,000. 21

Project 15-D-611, Emergency Operations Cen-22

ter, Sandia National Laboratories, New Mexico, 23

$4,000,000. 24

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Project 15-D-302, TA-55 Reinvestment Project 1

Phase III, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Al-2

amos, New Mexico, $16,062,000. 3

Project 15-D-301, High Explosive Science and 4

Engineering Facility, Pantex Plant, Amarillo, Texas, 5

$11,800,000. 6

Project 15-D-904, NRF Overpack Storage Ex-7

pansion 3, Naval Reactors Facility, Idaho, 8

$400,000. 9

Project 15-D-903, KL Fire System Upgrade, 10

Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory, Schenectady, New 11

York, $600,000. 12

Project 15-D-902, KS Engineroom Team 13

Trainer Facility, Kesselring Site, West Milton, New 14

York, $1,500,000. 15

Project 15-D-901, KS Central Office and Pro-16

totype Staff Building, Kesselring Site, West Milton, 17

New York, $24,000,000.18

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SEC. 3102.øLog 53325¿ DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEAN-1

UP. 2

(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Funds 3

are hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Depart-4

ment of Energy for fiscal year 2015 for defense environ-5

mental cleanup activities in carrying out programs as 6

specified in the funding table in section 4701. 7

(b) AUTHORIZATION OF NEW PLANT PROJECTS.—8

From funds referred to in subsection (a) that are available 9

for carrying out plant projects, the Secretary of Energy 10

may carry out, for defense environmental cleanup activi-11

ties, the following new plant projects:12

Project 15–D–401, KW Basin Sludge Removal 13

Project, Hanford, Washington, $26,290,000. 14

Project 15–D–402, Saltstone Disposal Unit #6, 15

Savannah River Site, Aiken, South Carolina, 16

$34,642,000. 17

Project 15–D–405, Sludge Processing Facility 18

Build Out, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, $4,200,000. 19

Project 15–D–406, Hexavalent Chromium 20

Pump and Treatment Remedy Project, Los Alamos 21

National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, 22

$28,600,000. 23

Project 15–D–409, Low Activity Waste 24

Pretreatment System, Hanford, Washington, 25

$23,000,000.26

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SEC. 3103.øLog 53327¿ OTHER DEFENSE ACTIVITIES. 1

Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated to 2

the Department of Energy for fiscal year 2015 for other 3

defense activities in carrying out programs as specified in 4

the funding table in section 4701.5

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SEC. 3104.øLog 53328¿ ENERGY SECURITY AND ASSURANCE. 1

Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated to 2

the Department of Energy for fiscal year 2015 for energy 3

security and assurance programs necessary for national 4

security as specified in the funding table in section 4701.5

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SEC. 3118.øLog 53921¿ DISPOSITION OF WEAPONS-USABLE 1

PLUTONIUM. 2

(a) MIXED OXIDE FUEL FABRICATION FACILITY.—3

(1) IN GENERAL.—Of the funds described in 4

paragraph (2), the Secretary of Energy shall carry 5

out construction and program support activities re-6

lating to the MOX facility. 7

(2) FUNDS DESCRIBED.—The funds described 8

in this paragraph are the following: 9

(A) Funds authorized to be appropriated 10

by this Act or otherwise made available for fis-11

cal year 2015 for the National Nuclear Security 12

Administration for the MOX facility for con-13

struction and program support activities. 14

(B) Funds authorized to be appropriated 15

for a fiscal year prior to fiscal year 2015 for 16

the National Nuclear Security Administration 17

for the MOX facility for construction and pro-18

gram support activities that are unobligated as 19

of the date of the enactment of this Act. 20

(b) STUDY.—21

(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after 22

the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 23

shall seek to enter into a contract with a federally 24

funded research and development center to conduct 25

a study to assess and validate the analysis of the 26

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Secretary of Energy with respect to surplus weapon-1

grade plutonium options. 2

(2) SUBMISSION.—Not later than 180 days 3

after the date of the enactment of this Act, the fed-4

erally funded research and development center con-5

ducting the study under paragraph (1) shall submit 6

to the Secretary the study, including any findings 7

and recommendations. 8

(c) REPORT.—9

(1) PLAN.—Not later than 270 days after the 10

date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 11

shall submit to the congressional defense committees 12

a report on the study conducted under subsection 13

(b)(1). 14

(2) ELEMENTS INCLUDED.—The report under 15

paragraph (1) shall include the following: 16

(A) The study conducted by the federally 17

funded research and development center under 18

subsection (b)(1), without change. 19

(B) Identification of the alternatives to the 20

MOX facility considered by the Secretary, in-21

cluding a life-cycle cost analysis for each such 22

alternative. 23

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(C) Identification of the portions of such 1

life cycle cost analyses that are common to all 2

such alternatives. 3

(D) Discussion on continuation of the 4

MOX facility, including a future funding profile 5

or a detailed discussion of selected alternatives 6

determined appropriate by the Secretary for 7

such discussion. 8

(E) Discussion of the issues regarding im-9

plementation of such selected alternatives, in-10

cluding all regulatory and public acceptance 11

issues, including interactions with affected 12

States. 13

(F) Explanation of how the alternatives to 14

the MOX facility conform with the Plutonium 15

Disposition Agreement, and if an alternative 16

does not so conform, what measures must be 17

taken to ensure conformance. 18

(G) Identification of steps the Secretary 19

would have to take to close out all MOX facility 20

related activities, as well as the associated cost. 21

(H) Any other matters the Secretary deter-22

mines appropriate. 23

(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 24

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(1) The term ‘‘MOX facility’’ means the mixed-1

oxide fuel fabrication facility at the Savannah River 2

Site, Aiken, South Carolina. 3

(2) The term ‘‘Plutonium Disposition Agree-4

ment’’ means the Agreement Between the Govern-5

ment of the United States of America and the Gov-6

ernment of the Russian Federation Concerning the 7

Management and Disposition of Plutonium Des-8

ignated As No Longer Required for Defense Pur-9

poses and Related Cooperation, as amended. 10

(3) The term ‘‘program support activities’’ 11

means activities that support the design, long-lead 12

equipment procurement, and site preparation of the 13

MOX facility.14

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SEC. 3121.øLog 53923¿ LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF 1

FUNDS FOR NON-PROLIFERATION ACTIVI-2

TIES BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND 3

THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION. 4

(a) LIMITATION.—None of the funds authorized to 5

be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available 6

for fiscal year 2015 for the National Nuclear Security Ad-7

ministration may be used for any contact, cooperation, or 8

transfer of technology between the United States and the 9

Russian Federation until the Secretary of Energy, in con-10

sultation with the Secretary of State and the Secretary 11

of Defense, certifies to the appropriate congressional com-12

mittees that—13

(1) the armed forces of the Russian Federation 14

are no longer illegally occupying Ukrainian territory; 15

(2) the Russian Federation is respecting the 16

sovereignty of all Ukrainian territory; 17

(3) the Russian Federation is no longer acting 18

inconsistently with the INF Treaty; and 19

(4) the Russian Federation is in compliance 20

with the CFE Treaty and has lifted its suspension 21

of Russian observance of its treaty obligations. 22

(b) WAIVER.—The Secretary of Energy may waive 23

the limitation in subsection (a) if—24

(1) the Secretary of Energy, in coordination 25

with the Secretary of State and the Secretary of De-26

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fense, submits to the appropriate congressional com-1

mittees—2

(A) a notification that such a waiver is in 3

the national security interests of the United 4

States and a description of the national security 5

interests covered by the waiver; and 6

(B) a report explaining why the Secretary 7

of Energy cannot make a certification for such 8

under subsection (a); and 9

(2) a period of 30 days has elapsed following 10

the date on which the Secretary submits the infor-11

mation in the report under subparagraph (B). 12

(c) EXCEPTION FOR CERTAIN MILITARY BASES.—13

The certification requirement specified in paragraph (1) 14

of subsection (a) shall not apply to military bases of the 15

Russian Federation in Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula oper-16

ating in accordance with its 1997 agreement on the Status 17

and Conditions of the Black Sea Fleet Stationing on the 18

Territory of Ukraine. 19

(d) APPLICATION.—The limitation in subsection (a) 20

applies with respect to funds described in such subsection 21

that are unobligated as of the date of the enactment of 22

this Act. 23

(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 24

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(1) The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-1

mittees’’ means the following: 2

(A) The congressional defense committees. 3

(B) The Committee on Foreign Relations 4

of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign 5

Affairs of the House of Representatives. 6

(2) The term ‘‘CFE Treaty’’ means the Treaty 7

on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe, signed at 8

Paris November 19, 1990, and entered into force 9

July 17, 1992. 10

(3) The term ‘‘INF Treaty’’ means the Treaty 11

Between the United States of America and the 12

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Elimi-13

nation of Their Intermediate-Range and Shorter-14

Range Missiles, commonly referred to as the Inter-15

mediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, signed 16

at Washington December 8, 1987, and entered into 17

force June 1, 1988.18

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SEC. 3502 [Log 53687]. SPECIAL RULE FOR DD-17. 1

(a) IN GENERAL.—A vessel of the Navy transported 2

in DD-17 (formerly known as USN-YFD-17) in the wa-3

ters of the State of Alabama shall not be treated as mer-4

chandise for purposes of section 55102 of title 46, United 5

States Code. 6

(b) LIMITATION.—If DD-17 (formerly known as 7

USN-YFD-17) is sold after the date of the enactment of 8

this Act, subsection (a) shall cease to have effect unless 9

the purchaser of DD-17 is an eligible owner described in 10

section 12103(b) of title 46, United States Code.11

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DIVISION D—FUNDING TABLES 1

SEC. 4001 [Log53332]. AUTHORIZATION OF AMOUNTS IN 2

FUNDING TABLES. 3

(a) IN GENERAL.—Whenever a funding table in this 4

division specifies a dollar amount authorized for a project, 5

program, or activity, the obligation and expenditure of the 6

specified dollar amount for the project, program, or activ-7

ity is hereby authorized, subject to the availability of ap-8

propriations. 9

(b) MERIT-BASED DECISIONS.—A decision to com-10

mit, obligate, or expend funds with or to a specific entity 11

on the basis of a dollar amount authorized pursuant to 12

subsection (a) shall—13

(1) be based on merit-based selection proce-14

dures in accordance with the requirements of sec-15

tions 2304(k) and 2374 of title 10, United States 16

Code, or on competitive procedures; and 17

(2) comply with other applicable provisions of 18

law. 19

(c) RELATIONSHIP TO TRANSFER AND PROGRAM-20

MING AUTHORITY.—An amount specified in the funding 21

tables in this division may be transferred or repro-22

grammed under a transfer or reprogramming authority 23

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provided by another provision of this Act or by other law. 1

The transfer or reprogramming of an amount specified in 2

such funding tables shall not count against a ceiling on 3

such transfers or reprogrammings under section 1001 or 4

section 1522 of this Act or any other provision of law, 5

unless such transfer or reprogramming would move funds 6

between appropriation accounts. 7

(d) APPLICABILITY TO CLASSIFIED ANNEX.—This 8

section applies to any classified annex that accompanies 9

this Act. 10

(e) ORAL AND WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS.—No 11

oral or written communication concerning any amount 12

specified in the funding tables in this division shall super-13

sede the requirements of this section.14

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è é ê ë ì í ë î ï ë ð ñ ë ò íó ô õ ö ÷ ø ù ñ í ú û ü é ý ë þÿ � � � � � ö ÷ � � � � ï ù � ì � � ù � ù ì � � � � ù � � �� ì ê � ú û ñ ò � ê þ ò û û � � � ü ò � � û ñ ò ë% 9 � : � � � � � ; ; ! � � � � � % � K K ' � � � E & � K K ' ( ) * + , - . / - / + . / , 1 3 + , 0 4 . 1 ! , < ( 1 � ( 1 2 - + ( 0 7 � � = � � 8 ( ) * + , - . / - / 0 ( 1 2 - + ( + . / , 1 3 + , 0 4 . 1 4 3 + - 5 - , - ( 0 6 3 - / , ( / 3 / + ( 7 = � = � � 8% E � � # � � � � � � � � � ! � = E � � ' % K = E & � ' % K ( ) * + , - . / - / + . / , 1 3 + , 0 4 . 1 ! , < ( 1 � ( 1 2 - + ( 0 7 = � � 8 ( ) * + , - . / - / 0 ( 1 2 - + ( + . / , 1 3 + , 0 4 . 1 4 3 + - 5 - , - ( 0 6 3 - / , ( / 3 / + ( 7 = � � 8K � � � � H � � � W � # � � ! � � � � � � � � � ! � � = � & � 9 K � = � & � 9 K �K � � ! � M � � � H � � � W � # � � � � � H � � � � � 9 E ' � ' = & 9 9 E � ' = & ( ) * + , - . / - / + . / , 1 3 + , 0 4 . 1 ! , < ( 1 � ( 1 2 - + ( 0 7 ' � � � � 8 ( ) * + , - . / - / 0 ( 1 2 - + ( + . / , 1 3 + , 0 4 . 1 4 3 + - 5 - , - ( 0 6 3 - / , ( / 3 / + ( 7 � � � � � 8K ' � � � H � � � � ; � � ! � ' K � E 9 � ' K � E 9 �K = � � � � � � � � � ! � � � � � ; ; ! � E ' � K � E E � � E � E ( ) * + , - . / - / + . / , 1 3 + , 0 4 . 1 ! , < ( 1 � ( 1 2 - + ( 0 7 = � � 8K = � � � � � � � � � � � # ; ! G � � � � � � & E � � % & � � � = E � ' % & ( ) * + , - . / - / + . / , 1 3 + , 0 4 . 1 ! , < ( 1 � ( 1 2 - + ( 0 7 E � = � � 8 ( ) * + , - . / - / 0 ( 1 2 - + ( + . / , 1 3 + , 0 4 . 1 4 3 + - 5 - , - ( 0 6 3 - / , ( / 3 / + ( 7 � � � � � 8X > ø ø B > X Q �ÿ ? @ � � � ù è > ù ì � R ÿ ï S T ù � � ì S ì � ì � ÿ X > ø Q õ > X Q �? � ì ÿ � ï ì @ ? � � K & � � � # � � � � : � � � # � ' K ' � E � �� - 2 - 5 - 3 / Y ( 1 0 . / / ( 5 * / ) ( 1 ( Z ( + * , - . / 7 9 � � � � � 8� . 1 ( - U / � * 1 1 ( / + [ 3 ) \ * 0 , 6 ( / , 0 7 = � � E � � 8 ( 3 ) - / ( 0 0 � * Y Y . 1 , 7 ' ' � � = � � 8� / . ] 5 - U 3 , ( ) ] 3 5 3 / + ( 0 7 % % ' � = � � 8öÿ ? @ � � � ù è > ? � ì ÿ � ï ì @ ? � � õ � õ > B ö ö� ø > � � ÷ > ÷ B �� � � ù è > � � � ï ù � ì � � R ù ì � � � � ù � � � > ù ì ï ó � ï � � � ø > ÷ � X > � B �� � � ï ù � ì � � R ù ì � � � � ù � � � > ù ó ï � ÿ � ï S �� � � ï ù � ì � D ó � ï � � ÿ� � � ; � � � O � ! � : � � � ! � � � � � � � E � K & � � � � � E � K & �� ' � � � � � � ! � � � ; ; ! � ! ; � � � � ! � � ' � � � � % ' ' � � � � % '� % � # � ; ! � � � � � � � � � � � � = % � � % � � = % � � % � �� K � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � ! � � � ! � " � ! # � � � $ � � � ! � 9 = � & � ' 9 K � & � ' ( ) * + , - . / - / 0 ( 1 2 - + ( + . / , 1 3 + , 0 4 . 1 4 3 + - 5 - , - ( 0 6 3 - / , ( / 3 / + ( 7 � � � � � 8� = � : � � � � � ; ; ! � % & � � E & & % & = � K & & ( ) * + , - . / - / 0 ( 1 2 - + ( + . / , 1 3 + , 0 4 . 1 4 3 + - 5 - , - ( 0 6 3 - / , ( / 3 / + ( 7 ' � = � � 8õ > B ÷ � > ø � Cÿ ? @ � � � ù è > � � � ï ù � ì � D ó � ï � � ÿ õ > B ÷ ÷ > ö � Cù ì � ì ÿ � ï ù � ì � � ù � ÿ � ï S ì � � T ì � ù � � ì S ì � ì � ÿ� & � � # � � � � � � � � � ! � = E � 9 E E = E � 9 E E� � � � � � � � � � G � � # � # H � � � � � � G � K � = � E � K � = � E� 9 � � � � � � � O � � � ; ! W � � � # ; � � � G � � I � ; � J ' � � % K = ' � � % K =� E � ! � M � ; � � � � ; ; ! � I # � � � : � � � � O � ! � ; J & � = = � & � = = �÷ ö ÷ > � ö �ÿ ? @ � � � ù è > ù ì � ì ÿ � ï ù � ì � � ù � ÿ � ï S ì � � T ì � ù � � ì S ì � ì � ÿ ÷ ö ÷ > � ö �? � ì ÿ � ï ì @ ? � � . 6 5 V -

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è é ê ë ì í ë î ï ë ð ñ ë ò íó ô õ ö ÷ ø ù ñ í ú û ü é ý ë þÿ � � � � � ö ÷ � � � � ï ù � ì � � ù � ù ì � � � � ù � � �� ì ê � ú û ñ ò � ê þ ò û û � � � ü ò � � û ñ ò ë� � � � � # � � � � : � � � # � � % � K � �� / . ] 5 - U 3 , ( ) ] 3 5 3 / + ( 0 7 � % � K � � 8öÿ ? @ � � � ù è > ? � ì ÿ � ï ì @ ? � � ÷ � > � ö ö� > ö ÷ ø > C � õ� � � ù è > � � � ï ù � ì � � R ù ì � � � � ù � � � > ù ó ï � ÿ � ï S � õ > B B C > B � õ� � � ï ù � ì � � R ù ì � � � � ù � � � > ù � D� � � ï ù � ì � D ó � ï � � ÿ� � � � � � � � � ! ; � � � � ! � � % � % & � � � ' E % � % & & � � ' E ( ) * + , - . / - / + . / , 1 3 + , 0 4 . 1 ! , < ( 1 � ( 1 2 - + ( 0 7 � � � � � 8� ' � � � � � � ! � � � ; ; ! � ! ; � � � � ! � � � � 9 � ' E = � � � � ' E = ( ) * + , - . / - / + . / , 1 3 + , 0 4 . 1 ! , < ( 1 � ( 1 2 - + ( 0 7 � � � � � 8� % � # � ; ! � � � � � � � � � � � � � � = ' 9 � & E = � � = ' 9 � & E =� K � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � ! � � � ! � " � ! # � � � $ � � � ! � � % � � & � K � % % � & � K ( ) * + , - . / - / 0 ( 1 2 - + ( + . / , 1 3 + , 0 4 . 1 4 3 + - 5 - , - ( 0 6 3 - / , ( / 3 / + ( 7 K � � � � 8� = � : � � � � � ; ; ! � = 9 � � = % & = & E � � % & ( ) * + , - . / - / 0 ( 1 2 - + ( + . / , 1 3 + , 0 4 . 1 4 3 + - 5 - , - ( 0 6 3 - / , ( / 3 / + ( 7 � ' � = � � 8X > � � � > C ø Bÿ ? @ � � � ù è > � � � ï ù � ì � D ó � ï � � ÿ X > � ÷ ø > � ø Bù ì � ì ÿ � ï ù � ì � � ù � ÿ � ï S ì � � T ì � ù � � ì S ì � ì � ÿ� & � � # � � � � � � � � � ! � ' � � 9 � ' ' � � 9 � '� � � � � � � � � � G � � # � # H � � � � � � G % � � � 9 9 % � � & 9 9 ( ) * + , - . / - / + . / , 1 3 + , 0 4 . 1 ! , < ( 1 � ( 1 2 - + ( 0 7 = � � 8ø B > ö ö öÿ ? @ � � � ù è > ù ì � ì ÿ � ï ù � ì � � ù � ÿ � ï S ì � � T ì � ù � � ì S ì � ì � ÿ ø C > ø ö ö? � ì ÿ � ï ì @ ? � � � 9 � � � # � � � � : � � � # � 9 � �� / . ] 5 - U 3 , ( ) ] 3 5 3 / + ( 0 7 9 � � 8öÿ ? @ � � � ù è > ? � ì ÿ � ï ì @ ? � � C ö öX > � B õ > C ø B� � � ù è > � � � ï ù � ì � � R ù ì � � � � ù � � � > ù � D X > � Q � > ö ø B� � � ï ù � ì � � R ù ì � � � � ù � � � > � ó � � ÿ � T ì �� � � ï ù � ì � D ó � ï � � ÿ� � � P ! � � � � M � � � � ! � � � � � � K & ' � � � � K & � � & � � ( ) * + , - . / - / + . / , 1 3 + , 0 4 . 1 ! , < ( 1 � ( 1 2 - + ( 0 7 � � = � � 8� ' � � ; � � � � � ! ; � � � � ! � � � ! � � � � # ^ ! ; � � � � � G � ! � � � K � � & ' � ' K = K � � � � � E K =� � H � � � ! � ! � � 3 1 - , - 6 ( � * Y Y . 1 , H ( 0 0 ( 5 7 ' � � % � � 8� � � � � ! � ! � � 3 , - . / 3 5 � 3 Y - , . 5 ( U - . / ! 4 4 - + ( 7 = � � � � 8; ! � � � M * 6 3 / ; ( 1 4 . 1 6 3 / + ( 7 ' % � % � � 8 ( ) * + , - . / - / + . / , 1 3 + , 0 4 . 1 ! , < ( 1 � ( 1 2 - + ( 0 7 ' & � � � � 8 ( ) * + , - . / - / 0 ( 1 2 - + ( + . / , 1 3 + , 0 4 . 1 4 3 + - 5 - , - ( 0 6 3 - / , ( / 3 / + ( 7 = � � � � 8 � � � ( U - . / 3 5 � Y ( + - 3 5 ! Y ( 1 3 , - . / 0 � . 1 + ( 0 � . . 1 ) - / 3 , - . / � ( / , ( 1 0 7 % � & � � 8� � � ! � ! � � 5 - U < , ! Y ( 1 3 , - . / 0 I � 5 - U < , M . * 1 0 J 7 % � � K & � 8� � � ! � ! � P . - / , � Y ( + - 3 5 ! Y ( 1 3 , - . / 0 � / - 2 ( 1 0 - , [ 7 ' � = & � 8ø > õ õ � > � ø õÿ ? @ � � � ù è > � � � ï ù � ì � D ó � ï � � ÿ ø > ÷ X C > ø ø õ� ï ù ì � ì � D ù � ï � � ï ? ì � ì � D� % � # � � � � � � � � F � � � � � � ! � � � � H � � � � O � % = � K % � � % = � K % �� K � � � � � ! � � � # � � � � � � � � � H � � � � O 9 � � � 9 ' 9 � � � 9 '. 6 5 V .

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è é ê ë ì í ë î ï ë ð ñ ë ò íó ô õ ö ÷ ø ù ñ í ú û ü é ý ë þÿ � � � � � ö ÷ � � � � ï ù � ì � � ù � ù ì � � � � ù � � �� ì ê � ú û ñ ò � ê þ ò û û � � � ü ò � � û ñ ò ë� = � � ; � � � � � ! ; � � � � ! � � � ! � � � � # ^ � � � � � � G � � # � � � � � � � G % � � � & ' � % � � � & ' �ø C Q > ÷ � Bÿ ? @ � � � ù è > � ï ù ì � ì � D ù � ï � � ï ? ì � ì � D ø C Q > ÷ � Bù ì � ì ÿ � ï ù � ì � � ù � ÿ � ï S ì � � T ì � ù � � ì S ì � ì � ÿ� & � � � H � � � � � � � � O ; ! G � � � � � E � 9 9 9 � K � � 9 9 9� � � : � � � 7 ' � � � � � 8� 9 � # � � � � � � � ! � � � � � � � # � � � G � � � O = = & � K E % = = & � K E %� E � # � � � � � � � ! � � � � � � � � � G � � � � � � G � � � O � � % K � � % � K � � % % E � 9 � K ( ) * + , - . / - / + . / , 1 3 + , 0 4 . 1 ! , < ( 1 � ( 1 2 - + ( 0 7 = � � 8� � � # � � � � � � M � � � � � � ! � � � � � � � � H � � O & % % � % � � & � % � % � � ( ) * + , - . / - / + . / , 1 3 + , 0 4 . 1 ! , < ( 1 � ( 1 2 - + ( 0 7 ' � � � � � 8� � � # � � � � � � � � � ! � � � � ! � � O � � � � � � G � � � O � � ' & % � & � 9 � � ' = 9 � & � 9 ( ) * + , - . / - / + . / , 1 3 + , 0 4 . 1 ! , < ( 1 � ( 1 2 - + ( 0 7 K � � � � 8 ( ) * + , - . / - / 0 ( 1 2 - + ( + . / , 1 3 + , 0 4 . 1 4 3 + - 5 - , - ( 0 6 3 - / , ( / 3 / + ( 7 � � � � � 8� % � # � � � � � � � � G � � � � H � � � � � G � � � O ' & � � � � ' & � � � �� K � # � � � � � � � ! G � � � � � � � G � � � O % 9 � � K � � % 9 � � K � � ( ) * + , - . / - / + . / , 1 3 + , 0 4 . 1 ! , < ( 1 � ( 1 2 - + ( 0 7 � � � � � 8� = � # � � � � � � � � # � � � � � � H � � O � E K � = ' � � E % � � ' � ( ) * + , - . / - / + . / , 1 3 + , 0 4 . 1 ! , < ( 1 � ( 1 2 - + ( 0 7 � � = � � 8� & � # � � � � � � ; ! W ^ � � � ! � � � � � ' � � K 9 = ' � � K 9 =� � � # � � � � � � � � � � � � O � ! ! ; � � � � ! � � G � � � O = K K � � 9 & = ' % � � 9 &G 5 . ] 3 5 � ( + * 1 - , [ � . / , - / U ( / + [ � * / ) 7 % � � � � � 8 ( ) * + , - . / - / + . / , 1 3 + , 0 4 . 1 ! , < ( 1 � ( 1 2 - + ( 0 7 � � � � � 8W 3 1 0 3 _ � / - , - 3 , - 2 ( � * / ) ^ ; 3 1 , / ( 1 0 < - Y � . 1 ; ( 3 + ( 7 � � � � � � 8� 9 � # � � � � � � � � � � � � O � � H � � � = ' � � 9 � ' = ' � � % � ' ( ) * + , - . / - / + . / , 1 3 + , 0 4 . 1 ! , < ( 1 � ( 1 2 - + ( 0 7 = � � 8' � � # � � � � � � � � � M � ! � ! G O � � � � � � O � # � � � � � � � � � ! � % ' � � 9 � % ' � � 9 �' % � # � ; � � � � � � ! � # � � � � � � � # � � � � � ! � � � � � H � � O ' � = & & � K ' K ' � = = � � E ' K ( ) * + , - . / - / + . / , 1 3 + , 0 4 . 1 ! , < ( 1 � ( 1 2 - + ( 0 7 & � � � � 8 ( ) * + , - . / - / 0 ( 1 2 - + ( + . / , 1 3 + , 0 4 . 1 4 3 + - 5 - , - ( 0 6 3 - / , ( / 3 / + ( 7 9 � = � � 8' K � � � � � � � � # � � � � � � � G � � � O K � & � & K K K � = � � K K ( ) * + , - . / - / + . / , 1 3 + , 0 4 . 1 ! , < ( 1 � ( 1 2 - + ( 0 7 � � � � � 8 ( ) * + , - . / - / 0 ( 1 2 - + ( + . / , 1 3 + , 0 4 . 1 4 3 + - 5 - , - ( 0 6 3 - / , ( / 3 / + ( 7 = � � 8' & � ! � � � � � ! � � � ! � ! � � � � # P � � � � � � � � 9 & � E 9 � � � & � % E �! 4 4 - + ( . 4 � + . / . 6 - + � ) \ * 0 , 6 ( / , 7 9 � � = E & 8' & = ! � � � � � ! � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 9 � E K K; 1 . U 1 3 6 � / + 1 ( 3 0 ( 7 � � � � � � 8� 1 3 / 0 4 ( 1 4 1 . 6 5 - / ( ' � � 7 9 � E K K 8. 6 5 V 0

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è é ê ë ì í ë î ï ë ð ñ ë ò íó ô õ ö ÷ ø ù ñ í ú û ü é ý ë þÿ � � � � � ö ÷ � � � � ï ù � ì � � ù � ù ì � � � � ù � � �� ì ê � ú û ñ ò � ê þ ò û û � � � ü ò � � û ñ ò ë' � � ! � � � � � ! � � M � � � � � � � O ! � # � � � � � � � � 9 E � � � & % � � � E � � K � E: � � ' � � = . * / ) ; 5 3 / / - / U 3 / ) � / 3 5 [ 0 ( 0 7 K � 9 � � 8� . 1 1 . 0 - . / ; 1 ( 2 ( / , - . / ; 1 . U 1 3 6 ! 4 4 - + ( 7 = � � � � 8# ! # ( _ 3 1 ) 0 ; 1 . U 1 3 6 � / ) ( 1 ( Z ( + * , - . / 7 K � � � � 8 ( ) * + , - . / - / + . / , 1 3 + , 0 4 . 1 ! , < ( 1 � ( 1 2 - + ( 0 7 K E � = � � 8 ( ) * + , - . / - / + . / , 1 3 + , 0 4 . 1 ! , < ( 1 � ( 1 2 - + ( 0 7 ' � � � � 8 ( ) * + , - . / - / 0 ( 1 2 - + ( + . / , 1 3 + , 0 4 . 1 4 3 + - 5 - , - ( 0 6 3 - / , ( / 3 / + ( 7 % & � = � � 8� 1 3 / 0 4 ( 1 4 * / ) - / U 4 . 1 ! 4 4 - + ( . 4 � ( , � 0 0 ( 0 0 6 ( / , , . / ( _ 5 - / ( ' & = 7 9 � E K K 8' 9 � � ; � � � � � ! ; � � � � ! � � � ! � � � � # ^ � # � � � " � H � W � # � � � � � H � � � � � 9 � � E � = 9 � � E � =' E � W � � M � � G � ! � M � � # F � � � � � � � H � � � � & � � � E 9 ' & � E � E 9 ' ( ) * + , - . / - / + . / , 1 3 + , 0 4 . 1 ! , < ( 1 � ( 1 2 - + ( 0 7 � � � � � 8' E � � � � � � � � � � � # ; ! G � � � � % � E 9 % � % ' % � % � E 9 � � % ' %� 5 3 0 0 - 4 - ( ) 3 ) \ * 0 , 6 ( / , 7 � � � � � � 8 ( ) * + , - . / - / + . / , 1 3 + , 0 4 . 1 ! , < ( 1 � ( 1 2 - + ( 0 7 & � � � � 8õ ø > � C X > Q � ÷ÿ ? @ � � � ù è > ù ì � ì ÿ � ï ù � ì � � ù � ÿ � ï S ì � � T ì � ù � � ì S ì � ì � ÿ õ ø > ÷ C õ > C � ø? � ì ÿ � ï ì @ ? � � % � � � � # � � � � : � � � # � ' 9 � � K � �� - 2 - 5 - 3 / Y ( 1 0 . / / ( 5 * / ) ( 1 ( Z ( + * , - . / 7 � = � � � � 8� . 1 ( - U / � * 1 1 ( / + [ 3 ) \ * 0 , 6 ( / , 0 7 � � � = � � 8� 6 Y 3 + , � - ) 7 ' = � � � � 8� / . ] 5 - U 3 , ( ) ] 3 5 3 / + ( 0 7 ' � ' � E � � 8öÿ ? @ � � � ù è > ? � ì ÿ � ï ì @ ? � � õ C ö > � ö ö� ÷ > ÷ B C > õ � õ� � � ù è > � � � ï ù � ì � � R ù ì � � � � ù � � � > � ó � � ÿ � T ì � � ö > X ø C > ÷ � X ì ÿ � � è è ù � � � ? ÿ ù � � ï � � ï ì ù � ì � � ÿ ì ÿ � � è è ù � � � ? ÿ ù � � ï � � ï ì ù � ì � � ÿ� � � � � � ! � � ! � � ; ; � � � � � ! � M � � � � # � ! � � � � # � � � � � � � % � � ' % � % � � ' %� ' � ! H � � � � � M � � � � � � � � � � � # � � � � � � � � # � � H � � � � # � � � � � � � � � K � = � �M * 6 3 / - , 3 1 - 3 / � - / ( � + , - . / 7 = � � � � 8 ( ) * + , - . / - / + . / , 1 3 + , 0 4 . 1 ! , < ( 1 � ( 1 2 - + ( 0 7 = � � 8� % � � ! ! ; � � � � H � � M � � � � # � � � � ! � % & = � � � 9 % = K � & � 9 ( ) * + , - . / - / + . / , 1 3 + , 0 4 . 1 ! , < ( 1 � ( 1 2 - + ( 0 7 � � � = � � 8� K � � � F W ! L � ! � � # � H � # ' � ' � 9 � = ' � E � % � = ( ) * + , - . / - / + . / , 1 3 + , 0 4 . 1 ! , < ( 1 � ( 1 2 - + ( 0 7 % � = � � 8� = � � � H � ! � � � � � � � � � � ! � � � ! � � � � O ' � � � = & � ' � � � = & �� & � � � H � ! � � � � � � � � � � ! � � � ! � � � � H O ' � � � ' E K ' � � � ' E K� � � � � H � ! � � � � � � � � � � ! � � � ! � � � � � ! � � K � 9 � � � & K � 9 � � � &� 9 � � � H � ! � � � � � � � � � � ! � � � ! � � # � � � � � � 9 � = K � 9 � = K �� E � � � H � ! � � � � � � � � � � ! � � � ! � � ! � � � O � � � # � � � � � ' � 9 � % = % ' � 9 � % = %� � � ! H � � � � � � ! � � � � G � � � O ! ; � � � � ! � � � � � � � � � � � # = � � � � �; 1 . U 1 3 6 ) ( + 1 ( 3 0 ( 7 = � � � � 8� � � � � ; ; ! � ! � � � � � � � � � ! � � � � ; ! � � � G � ! � ; � � � � � ! � � � # � � � � � � � � � � � � = � ' � � ( ) * + , - . / - / + . / , 1 3 + , 0 4 . 1 ! , < ( 1 � ( 1 2 - + ( 0 7 = � � 8� / \ * 0 , - 4 - ( ) Y 1 . U 1 3 6 - / + 1 ( 3 0 ( 7 K � % � � 8. 6 5 V 1

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Table Of Contents

DIVISION A—DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATIONS

TITLE I—PROCUREMENT AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, ARMY

Items of Special Interest

Army Signals Intelligence modernization

Divestiture of rotorcraft through Army’s Aviation Restructure Initiative

AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE

Items of Special Interest

C-130H Avionics Modernization Program and propulsion system upgrades

High-altitude intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance

KC-10 Aerial Refueling Aircraft Force Structure

PROCUREMENT, DEFENSE-WIDE

Items of Special Interest

Iron Dome short-range rocket defense system and U.S.-based coproduction

TITLE II—RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND

EVALUATION RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION, NAVY

Items of Special Interest

Amphibious Combat Vehicle increment 1.1 program

Next Generation Land Attack and Offensive Anti-Surface Warfare weapon

development

RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION, AIR FORCE

Items of Special Interest

Air Force tactical exploitation of national capabilities talon hate program

Ejection seat safety and reliability improvement program

Moving target indicator way ahead

TITLE III—OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST

BUDGET REQUEST ADJUSTMENTS

Corrosion Prevention

OTHER MATTERS

Office of Net Assessment

United States Special Operations Command Proposed Sponsorship of U.S.

Naval Ship Sumner

TITLE VIII—ACQUISITION POLICY, ACQUISITION

MANAGEMENT, AND RELATED MATTERS ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST

Acquisitions Involving Reverse Auctions

Comptroller General Assessment of Department of Defense Processes for the

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Comptroller General Review of Compliance with Limitations on Contract

Services Spending

Comptroller General Review of Rulemaking Practices of the Department of

Defense

Rare Earth Elements Supply Chain Review

Use of National Security Waiver to Specialty Metals Clause

TITLE IX—DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ORGANIZATION AND

MANAGEMENT ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST

Comptroller General Review of Department of Defense Headquarters

Reductions

Comptroller General Review of Operational Test and Evaluation Processes and

Activities

TITLE X—GENERAL PROVISIONS ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST

COUNTER-DRUG ACTIVITIES

U.S. Southern Command Asset Resourcing

OTHER MATTERS

Inspector General's Report on Over-Classification of National Security

Information

Phased Modernization of Certain Navy Ships

Report on National Commission on the Structure of the Air Force

Recommendations

Security Risks Related to Foreign Investment in the United States

TITLE XII—MATTERS RELATING TO FOREIGN NATIONS ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST

Monitoring of Ongoing Construction Activities in Afghanistan

Report on Financial Management Capacity of Afghan Ministry of Defense and

Ministry of Interior

Report on Operational Contract Support in U.S. Africa Command

Report on U.S. Army Regionally Aligned Brigade in Africa

Report on U.S. Government Comprehensive Approach to Strength its Strategic

Partnership with Djibouti

TITLE XIV—OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST

Upgrading Beryllium within the National Defense Stockpile

DIVISION B—MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATIONS

TITLE XXVIII—MILITARY CONSTRUCTION GENERAL

PROVISIONS ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST

Report on Circumvention of Military Construction Laws

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DIVISION A—DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATIONS

TITLE I—PROCUREMENT

AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, ARMY

Items of Special Interest

Army Signals Intelligence modernization

The committee understands that there are at least six Army Signal

Intelligence (SIGINT) programs in use or planned for near-term fielding, including:

Guard Rail Common Sensor; Enhanced Medium Altitude Reconnaissance and

Surveillance System; Tactical SIGINT Program; Quick Reaction Capability C-12s;

Airborne Reconnaissance Low; and the Prophet ground SIGINT collection platform.

The committee is concerned that maintaining six different SIGINT collection

systems for these platforms is costly and inefficient, as well as potentially

unsustainable given the current fiscal environment.

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Army to provide a

report to the congressional defense committees and the congressional intelligence

committees by February 16, 2015, that would present a SIGINT modernization

plan, including a detailed plan of action and milestones with anticipated costs and

schedules. The report should also consider the advisability and feasibility of

potentially converging all six Army SIGINT programs to a common hardware

baseline that is contractor independent, with open architecture that could allow for

the use of software reprogrammable radios, as well as provide the capability for

insertion of emerging technologies and collection capabilities.

Divestiture of rotorcraft through Army’s Aviation Restructure Initiative

The committee is aware of the Army’s plan to divest certain rotorcraft, such

as the OH-58D Kiowa Warrior, OH-58 A/C, and TH-67 primary training helicopters,

as part of its Aviation Restructure Initiative. While the committee understands the

fiscal pressures facing the Army and supports its efforts to restructure the

rotorcraft force, the committee is concerned that the planned divestiture of more

than 750 aircraft between fiscal years 2015-19 could have a negative impact on the

rotorcraft industrial base which has already been impacted by declining defense

spending.

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Army to provide a

briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services by September 1, 2014, on the

criteria for transferring these helicopters as excess defense articles into the

domestic and international markets. As part of this briefing, the Army should

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include an assessment of how its criteria for divestiture meet all Federal laws and

regulations governing such equipment, including:

(1) A statement outlining the purposes for which the article is being

provided to any foreign country, including whether such article has been previously

provided to that country;

(2) An assessment of the impact of the transfer on the military readiness of

the United States;

(3) An assessment of the impact of the transfer on the national technology

and industrial base and, particularly, the impact on opportunities of entities in the

national technology and industrial base to sell new or used equipment to foreign

countries to which such articles might be transferred; and

(4) A statement describing the current value of such articles and the value

of such articles at acquisition.

AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE

Items of Special Interest

C-130H Avionics Modernization Program and propulsion system upgrades

The budget request contained $35.9 million for C-130H aircraft

modifications, but contained no funding for the Avionics Modernization Program

(AMP) or propulsion system upgrades.

The committee notes that the 2014 Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR)

states that the Air Force will maintain 300 combat-coded C-130H and C-130J

aircraft in the tactical airlift fleet inventory to support requirements and objectives

in support of the 2012 Defense Strategic Guidance. In the National Defense

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Public Law 113-66) and the Department of

Defense Appropriations Act, 2014 (division C of Public Law 113-76), Congress

authorized and appropriated $47.7 million for AMP and $41.7 million for propulsion

system upgrades.

The committee is disappointed that the Secretary of the Air Force invested

nearly $1.5 billion of taxpayer dollars for engineering, manufacturing, development,

and testing of the C-130H AMP program, but has no plans to continue procurement

and installation of C-130H AMP onto C-130H aircraft. In addition, the committee

notes that the Secretary has no plans to modernize or upgrade the C-130H

propulsion system in order to increase reliability, capability, fuel efficiency and on-

wing time of the engine, as well as decrease the overall cost and maintenance

burden of the current propulsion system. The Secretary has not provided the

committee with a coherent plan for fleet-wide recapitalization of the C-130H fleet or

explained how the Air Force plans to maintain medium-sized intra-theater airlift

capacity and capability within both the Active and Reserve Components. The

committee understands that the cost to continue the C-130 AMP program, as

compared to the costs to individually complete modernization and upgrade

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same. However, the committee believes that by failing to take actions to modernize

the C-130H fleet in the very near term with C-130 AMP and propulsion systems

upgrades, recapitalization costs, mitigation of obsolescence and diminishing

manufacturing sources costs, or operating and sustainment costs will become so cost

prohibitive in the future that the only course of action available to the Secretary

will result in the divestiture of the C-130H aircraft from the Air Force inventory.

Knowing that the majority of the C-130H fleet resides within the Reserve

Components of the Air Force and that the C-130H should remain reliable, capable,

and relevant to meeting current and future warfighter needs, the committee is

concerned with the approach that the Secretary has taken with regard to the lack of

robust modernization and upgrade of C-130H aircraft, if the aircraft is to have a

service-life through 2040 as currently planned. Furthermore, C-130 AMP is

estimated to reduce total ownership costs of the C-130H fleet by over 25 percent as

compared to not modernizing the aircraft. The committee believes that if the

Secretary is willing to expend at least $3.2 billion for two new presidential aircraft

to achieve a benefit of a modernized and digital cockpit for the aircrew to execute an

important mission in a benign flight environment, the Secretary should apply

similar logic by spending significantly less than $3.2 billion for 179 C-130H aircraft

that would provide a modernized and digital cockpit for C-130 aircrews that are

required to tactically employ in more strenuous and dangerous flight conditions.

Elsewhere in this Act, the committee includes a provision that would

preserve the $1.5 billion taxpayer investment in the C-130 AMP program and would

prohibit the Secretary from canceling the C-130 AMP program. Further, the

committee directs the Secretary of the Air Force to notify the congressional defense

committees at any time the combat-coded fleet of C-130H and C-130J aircraft

decreases below the 300 combat-coded aircraft prescribed in the 2014 Quadrennial

Defense Review. Finally, the committee directs the Under Secretary of Defense

(Comptroller) and the Secretary of the Air Force to immediately obligate authorized

appropriations provided in fiscal year 2013 and fiscal year 2014 to continue C-130

AMP.

Therefore, the committee recommends $109.7 million, an increase of $73.8

million, for C-130H propulsion system propeller and engine control upgrades,

continued acquisition and installation of C-130 AMP kits, and no funding to begin

an alternative communications, navigation, surveillance and air traffic

management (CNS/ATM) system program.

High-altitude intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance

Over the past 2 years, the committee has supported the Global Hawk Block

30 high-altitude unmanned aerial system and supports the current Department of

the Air Force plan to retain the Global Hawk Block 30 for the high-altitude

intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) mission. The committee notes

that the Department of the Air Force has determined that Global Hawk operating

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number of hours compared to previous years in support of the combatant

commanders.

While the committee was pleased that the Air Force requested funding for

Global Hawk Block 30 in the budget request for fiscal year 2015, the committee is

concerned with the Department of the Air Force's plan to retire the U-2 fleet in

fiscal year 2016. While the committee realizes that the Department can never fully

meet the ISR demand of combatant commanders, reasonable and necessary ISR

requests appear very likely to go unfilled if the current high-altitude airborne ISR

collection capabilities of the U-2 are terminated. The committee notes that section

143 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Public Law

113-66) required the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Chairman of the

Joint Chiefs of Staff, to submit a report on all high-altitude ISR systems. The

committee has not yet received this report and believes that any action to retire, or

prepare to retire U-2 aircraft would be premature prior to the committee’s review of

the report. To ensure that no actions are taken to retire or prepare to retire the U-2

aircraft in fiscal year 2015, elsewhere in this Act, the committee includes a

provision that would prohibit the obligation or expenditure of funds authorized to be

appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2015 to make

significant changes to retire, prepare to retire, or place U-2 aircraft in storage.

The committee also notes that section 133 of the National Defense

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 112-81) limits the retirement of

U-2 aircraft until equal or greater ISR capability is available to commanders of the

combatant commands, and believes that the Department of the Air Force plan to

retire the entire fleet of U-2s in fiscal year 2016 is inconsistent with this provision.

The committee supports the Department of the Air Force efforts to upgrade

the Global Hawk Block 30 aircraft to meet the requirements of the combatant

commanders, but notes that this will take several years beyond the planned

retirement of the U-2. In light of the known gaps, the committee has concerns with

any plan that will leave the combatant commanders with less overall capacity and

capability than they have today.

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Air Force, in

coordination with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, to provide a report to

the congressional defense committees and the congressional intelligence committees

by February 16, 2015, that would establish a phased high-altitude airborne ISR

transition plan which fields capability at the same time or before the U–2 aircraft

retirement, and which would result in equal or greater capability available to the

commanders of the combatant commands. This plan should include the costs,

schedule, and identification of fielded high-altitude ISR capability and capacity. If

retirement of the U-2 would result in decreased capability or capacity for high-

altitude reconnaissance, the report should also include the Department of the Air

Force plans to mitigate the effects of the decreased capability or capacity.

KC-10 Aerial Refueling Aircraft Force Structure

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The committee notes that the President's request for the Future Years

Defense Program 2016-19 did not take into account Budget Control Act of 2011

(Public Law 112-25) sequestration level Department of Defense spending

limitations.

The committee understands that if the spending limitations in Public Law

112-25 are imposed on the Department of the Air Force beyond fiscal year 2015,

then additional reductions in critical capabilities and aircraft force structure will

likely be necessary in order for the Department of the Air Force to comply with its

share of spending authority. The committee understands from briefings and

discussions with Air Force officials that the KC-10 Stratotanker aircraft could

succumb to sequestration impacts. The committee is concerned that a divestment of

a high-demand, low-density aircraft such as the KC-10 could have detrimental

impacts for the Department of Defense in meeting its global reach and global power

objectives, as it relates to supporting the 2012 Defense Strategic Guidance. The

committee also notes that the Commander, U.S. Transportation Command

(CUSTC) has validated that the requirement for aerial refueling aircraft capability

is 567 aircraft. The Department of the Air Force currently has only 454 aerial

refueling aircraft, resulting in a deficit of 113 aircraft short of the CUSTC

requirement. The Air Force is not projected to have 567 aerial refueling tankers in

its inventory, assuming that no KC-10 or KC-135 are divested, prior to delivery of

the 112th KC-46 tanker aircraft in the next decade.

Therefore, elsewhere in this title, the committee includes a provision that

would prohibit the Secretary of the Air Force from using any funds or taking any

action during fiscal year 2015 to divest or transfer, or prepare to divest or transfer,

any KC-10 aerial refueling aircraft of the Air Force. In addition, if the President's

request for fiscal year 2016 proposes to divest the KC-10 aerial refueling aircraft

from the Department of the Air Force, the committee directs the Commander, U.S.

Transportation Command, in coordination with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of

Staff, to submit to the congressional defense committees at the time of the fiscal

year 2016 budget submission, an operational risk assessment and mitigation

strategy that evaluates the military's ability to meet the requirements and

objectives stipulated in the Department's Guidance for Employment of the Force,

the Joint Strategic Capabilities Plan, and all geographical combatant commander

steady-state rotational and warfighting surge contingency operational planning

documents.

PROCUREMENT, DEFENSE-WIDE

Items of Special Interest

Iron Dome short-range rocket defense system and U.S.-based coproduction

The budget request contained $176.0 million in PE 28866C for the Iron

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The committee has supported the Iron Dome Weapons System since the

State of Israel’s first request for U.S. funding in fiscal year 2011. Since the first

authorization of Missile Defense Agency (MDA) funding, U.S. taxpayers have

provided $720.0 million for the program. The committee is aware that the Israeli

requirement may necessitate up to $175.0 million in addition to the $176.0 million

contained in the President's request.

The committee has received "The Agreement Between the Department of

Defense of the United States of America and the Ministry of Defense of the State of

Israel Concerning Iron Dome Defense System Procurement," signed on March 5,

2014. The committee is pleased that this agreement resolves many details of U.S

coproduction of Iron Dome components and interceptors in the United States. The

committee is aware that MDA and the Israeli Missile Defense Organization (IMDO)

have entered into an international agreement to govern how the United States

funds up to $680 million between fiscal years 2012-15 for Iron Dome. The

committee is concerned that the agreement does not cover the full amount it

recommends for fiscal year 2015. Given the significant U.S. taxpayer investment in

this system, the committee believes that coproduction of parts and components

should be done in a manner that will maximize U.S. industry participation in

interceptor and battery deliveries for Israel’s defense needs. The committee

recommends $351.0 million, an increase of $175.0 million, in PE 28866C for the

Iron Dome short-range rocket defense system.

However, the committee expects that the Director, Missile Defense Agency

will not obligate or expend $175.0 million of that amount, and instead hold it in

reserve and disburse it incrementally until receipt and acceptance by the MDA of

sufficiently detailed cost and schedule justification from the Government of Israel.

Such detailed cost and schedule justification must include:

(1) A timeline for Iron Dome expenditure of funds above the President's

request for the fiscal year for which the funds were appropriated or made available;

(2) Copies of signed and ratified contracts, subcontracts, and teaming

arrangements between Israeli and U.S. industry for all Iron Dome coproduction

efforts;

(3) Delivery to MDA of all technical data packages as accepted by U.S.

industry suppliers for coproduction; and

(4) A common cost model of Iron Dome components, to be jointly developed

and agreed upon by MDA and IMDO that includes: recurring and non-recurring

engineering costs; estimates for future buys and actual costs beginning with fiscal

year 2013; the required quantities for all components through fiscal year 2019; and

component lead-times and delivery schedules.

Additionally, the committee expects the Director, Missile Defense Agency

will ensure that: Iron Dome operational data has been provided per previous

commitments; this additional funding be applied to the work share percentage for

fiscal year 2015 funding between U.S. and Israeli industry as proscribed under the

recently signed Iron Dome Procurement Agreement; and that the additional funds

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Israel’s justified and documented needs during fiscal year 2015 may be transferred

by the MDA to appropriations available for the procurement of weapons and

equipment according to priority needs.

The committee also believes that if there is a request for Iron Dome funding

for fiscal year 2016, the Director, Missile Defense must establish for the committee

how those funds will resolve details and agreements needed for U.S.-based

coproduction of all-up-rounds and cover the export of Iron Dome technology to U.S.

and Israeli allies, including coproduction of parts, components, and all-up-rounds of

those exports.

The committee directs the Director, Missile Defense Agency, in coordination

with the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics, to

provide a report to the congressional defense committees not later than October 1,

2014, on the information provided in the required detailed cost and schedule

justification, including the views of the Director and the Under Secretary on its

sufficiency.

Further, the committee directs the Director, Missile Defense Agency to

provide a briefing to the congressional defense committees not less than once each

quarter in fiscal year 2015, starting October 1, 2014, on the progress in achieving

the requirements established in "The Agreement Between the Department of

Defense of the United States of America and the Ministry of Defense of the State of

Israel Concerning Iron Dome Defense System Procurement."

TITLE II—RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION

RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION, NAVY

Items of Special Interest

Amphibious Combat Vehicle increment 1.1 program

The budget request contained $105.7 million in PE 63611M for the

Amphibious Combat Vehicle (ACV) program.

The committee understands that the Marine Corps has significantly

changed its acquisition strategy for the ACV program and will now use an

incremental approach to developing, procuring, and fielding a next generation

family of amphibious combat vehicles. The committee notes that in the near term,

the Marine Corps is planning to use the first vehicle increment, ACV increment 1.1,

as an armored personnel carrier that would deliver marines from ship-to-shore by

means of a connector craft, and be used for inland missions. The committee

recognizes this would address an immediate near-term, urgent capability gap for

improved tactical mobility and survivability for deployed Marine infantry units.

The committee notes that while the proposed schedule for ACV increment

1.1 is aggressive, the committee expects the Marine Corps to benefit from lessons

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suffered from requirements creep and immature technology readiness levels that

led to significant cost overruns and schedule delays. The committee understands

that results from previous developmental testing conducted on vehicles

participating in the former Marine Personnel Carrier (MPC) vehicle program, to

include limited user demonstrations, have informed the Marine Corps that the

technology for these potential vehicles is highly mature and is consistent with a

stable set of requirements for this vehicle. Accordingly, the committee understands

that the Marine Corps is recommending a streamlined procurement and fielding

strategy for the ACV increment 1.1 vehicle. The committee supports the intent to

streamline the procurement and fielding of the ACV increment 1.1 vehicle, and

believes this program could potentially serve as an example for future major

defense acquisition program reform. However, the committee notes that this

streamlined approach to ACV increment 1.1 is contingent on mature technology and

validated and stabilized requirements. The committee will continue to closely

monitor this program under the auspices of the committee’s ongoing comprehensive

acquisition reform effort.

Therefore, the committee directs the Assistant Secretary of the Navy

(Research, Development, and Acquisition), in coordination with Headquarters

Marine Corps, to brief the committee not later than September 1, 2014, on the

justification used to streamline the ACV increment 1.1 vehicle program, to include

the documented results from the Marine Requirements Oversight Council and the

Joint Requirements Oversight Council reviews, as well as the documented results

from the Materiel Development Decision. The committee also directs the Assistant

Secretary to brief the committee on any potential procedural and/or regulatory

barriers that may prevent the Marine Corps from streamlining the ACV increment

1.1 program. Based on information already provided to the committee by the

Marine Corps regarding the streamlined procurement strategy for the ACV

increment 1.1 program, the committee understands additional funds would also be

required in fiscal year 2015 to support a contract award in fiscal year 2015.

The committee recommends $190.8 million, an increase of $85.1 million, in

PE 63611M for the ACV Increment 1.1 vehicle program.

Next Generation Land Attack and Offensive Anti-Surface Warfare weapon

development

The budget request contained $32.4 million in PE 24229N for Tomahawk

and Next Generation Land Attack Weapon (NGLAW) development. The budget

request also contained $194.3 million in Weapons Procurement, Navy for

procurement of 100 Tomahawk missiles, which is a decrease of 96 missiles from

what had been planned for procurement in the fiscal year 2014 budget request. The

budget request also proposes to terminate Tomahawk Block IV procurement

beginning in fiscal year 2016. In addition, the budget request contained $203.0

million in PE 64786N for development of Increment I and Increment II of the

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The committee is concerned by the Secretary of the Navy's recommendation

to terminate procurement in 2016 of the Nation's only long-range, surface-launched

land-attack cruise missile production capability prior to finalizing concept

development of NGLAW, which is not planned to be operationally fielded until 2024

at the earliest. Furthermore, the committee is concerned that the capability to

recertify current inventory Block IV Tomahawk missiles could be put at risk if the

Secretary of the Navy decides to shutter the Tomahawk Block IV production line in

fiscal year 2016. The committee is also concerned that the Secretary has not clearly

articulated a medium- to long-range conventional cruise missile requirements and

capabilities strategy or roadmap that explains the bridge between production of

current missiles to the development, production, and fielding of OASUW and

NGLAW. The Secretary has also not clearly articulated how the missile

requirements and capabilities differ between OASUW and NGLAW in meeting

combatant commander requirements, or the reason that a separate missile is

needed for OASUW and NGLAW in order to meet offensive surface-attack mission

requirements. Further, the Secretary has not clearly articulated how the inventory

stock of long-range cruise missiles will be replenished if the current stock of

Tomahawk missiles is utilized to fulfill test, training, and warfighting requirements

between 2016-24. The committee is also concerned that the Navy is well below all

categories of inventory requirements and is discouraged that the Navy is only using

one category of inventory requirements in stating that there is no risk by

terminating Tomahawk Block IV production in fiscal year 2016.

The recommendation to shutter the Tomahawk Block IV production line is

further compounded by the fact that OASUW Increment I is just beginning to

transition to a program of record, and OASUW Increment II is still in the concept

definition and refinement phase. The committee supports current efforts to develop

an OASUW Increment I capability to fulfill the urgent operational need of the

Commander, U.S. Pacific Command, and encourages the Secretary to aggressively

pursue fielding this capability.

Therefore, the committee is skeptical of the Secretary of the Navy's decision

to cease production of Tomahawk Block IV in 2016. The committee directs the

Secretary of the Navy to provide a report to the congressional defense committees in

conjunction with the submission of the budget request for fiscal year 2016, that

articulates the following: (1) a 15-year medium to long-range land attack cruise

missile strategy and roadmap; (2) known or anticipated shortfalls and capability

gaps of current cruise missiles; (3) an explanation of requirement differences

between OASUW and NGLAW missile capabilities; (4) a transition strategy from

current production land-attack cruise missiles to recertification of current inventory

cruise missiles that discusses anticipated cost, schedule, and execution risks and

issues; and (5) the cost, schedule, and execution risk associated with replenishment

of current inventory cruise missiles that may be used for test, training, and

operational requirements in order to maintain a sufficient inventory of cruise

missiles until NGLAW is operationally fielded. The report may contain a classified

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annex or any other information that the Secretary desires to convey to the

congressional defense committees.

The committee recommends $32.4 million, the full amount requested, in PE

24229N for Tomahawk and Next Generation Land Attack Weapon (NGLAW)

development. The committee recommends $276.3 million, an increase of $82.0

million, in Weapons Procurement, Navy for procurement of 196 Tomahawk missiles

and to reduce risk to the Tomahawk missile industrial base. Elsewhere in this Act,

the committee includes a provision that would authorize multi-year procurement

authority for Tomahawk Block IV missiles if the Secretary of the Navy determines

during deliberations of the fiscal year 2016 budget request that it is not prudent to

shutter the production line at this time. The committee would support the

Secretary’s decision to procure the maximum amount of additional missiles to fully

satisfy inventory requirements and bridge transition to Tomahawk Block IV

recertification and modernization in the most cost-effective manner possible, and

especially during periods of constrained fiscal resources. Finally, the committee

recommends $203.0 million, the full amount requested, in PE 64786N for

development of Increment I and Increment II of the Offensive Anti-Surface Warfare

weapon.

RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION, AIR FORCE

Items of Special Interest

Air Force tactical exploitation of national capabilities talon hate program

The Department of the Air Force Tactical Exploitation of National

Capabilities (AFTENCAP) project pursues a wide range of technological and

operational objectives through transition of proven national capabilities to

warfighters for operational use and participation in design of future national

capabilities in order to leverage them for tactical users. The committee supports

the TENCAP program.

The Talon Hate program, developed under AFTENCAP, fields in fiscal year

2015 and should provide a unique multi-domain capability to counter threats in the

U.S. Pacific Command (USPACOM) area of responsibility (AOR). The committee

understands the importance of reliable, jam-proof communications between 4th and

5th generation fighters, the need to broadcast multi-source information in a Link 16

compatible format, and the need to integrate national strategic data into that

communication network. While the Talon Hate program will field four

developmental pods for F-15s in the USPACOM AOR, the committee is concerned

that a strategic plan to address this mission has not been developed, along with an

analysis of alternative technical approaches to meeting the associated warfighter

requirements.

Therefore, the committee directs that the Secretary of the Air Force, in

coordination with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Under

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on Armed Services and the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, by

February 16, 2015, on the enduring military requirements associated with the

Talon Hate program, a comprehensive cost and benefit analysis of the various

technical approaches to solving those requirements, and the associated strategic

plan to addressing the requirements including near and mid-term

recommendations.

Ejection seat safety and reliability improvement program

The budget request contained no funds for the procurement of modernized

and upgraded ejection seats for Department of the Air Force fighter and bomber

aircraft.

The committee understands that aircraft aging and heavy operations tempo

have produced fatigue and corrosion in legacy ejection seat designs which were

designed and procured by the Department of the Air Force in the mid-1970s. The

committee further understands that the incorporation of modern helmet mounted

displays creates significant risk to pilot survival during high-speed ejections

because aerodynamic forces at high speeds within the current ejection seat

operational envelope lift the modern helmet off the pilot, generating high-neck

tension loads. Data indicates that the Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing System and

helmet mounted displays in tactical fighter aircraft can structurally fail above 450

knots, which causes wind-stream aerodynamics on the pilot's helmet to generate

neck tension loads over 700 pounds, well above risk-of-injury thresholds to the pilot.

The committee notes that the Department of Defense Military Handbook 516B

(MIL-HDBK-516B) for Airworthiness Certification Criteria prescribes a

requirement for less than 5 percent risk of major injury resulting from an aircraft

ejection event, but that the requirement stipulated is not being met today for

ejection seats in legacy fighter aircraft or fifth generation tactical aircraft. The

committee understands that state-of-the art upgraded ejection seats can effectively

address these risks while at the same time providing significantly improved ease of

maintenance and increased aircraft availability, but the Department of the Air

Force has failed to take advantage of the new and improved ejection seat technology

that would greatly enhance protection of pilots in ejection seat aircraft during

emergency situations. The committee notes that the high-speed ejection of a

tactical fighter pilot in January 2014 resulted in a pilot fatality because of the

ejection’s high-neck tension load encountered during the ejection.

Subsequently, the committee encourages the Department of the Air Force

to develop a strategy to begin replacing the 1970s-designed ejection seats equipped

in most legacy fighter and bomber aircraft as soon as possible. The committee

believes that minimizing sustainment life-cycle costs through commonality with

currently-fielded components should also be included as a prime determinant in

selecting an upgraded ejection seat.

Accordingly, the committee directs the Inspector General of the Department

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submission of the President's fiscal year 2016 budget to Congress, that articulates

which Department of Defense type, model, series ejection seat equipped aircraft

meet the aircrew survivability and equipment airworthiness requirements

stipulated by current policy and regulation of the Department for pilots and aircrew

that wear advanced helmet display equipment, night vision goggles, or both, during

flying operations.

Therefore, elsewhere in this Act, the committee establishes two budget

lines in research, development, test, and evaluation, Air Force account, and the

Aircraft Procurement, Air Force account titled "Ejection Seat Reliability

Improvement Program". The committee recommends $10.5 million, an increase of

$10.5 million, of which $3.5 million is for initial qualification in the research,

development, test, and evaluation, Air Force account, and $7.0 million is for initial

installation of upgraded ejection seats in the Aircraft Procurement, Air Force

account.

Moving target indicator way ahead

Combat Operations in the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and the

Republic of Iraq have highlighted a growing demand for airborne moving target

indicator (MTI) sensing as well as significant phenomenologically-driven

performance limitations in counter-insurgency and counter-terrorism operating

environments. The committee understands that the Department of the Air Force

intends to recapitalize the E-8C joint surveillance and targeting radar attack

system (JSTARS) fleet on a more efficient airframe with modern radar, avionics,

and communications systems, and an on-board battle management and command

and control capability. Well ahead of the initial operating capability (IOC) of any

replacement platform, the Department of the Air Force intends to reduce the E-8C

fleet by nearly one third, by reducing the E-8C JSTARS fleet from 16 to 11 aircraft,

and to begin incrementally reducing associated E-8C JSTARS manpower.

At the same time, the committee notes that the Department of the Air

Force continues to test and field Global Hawk Block 40 aircraft with the multi-

platform radar technology insertion program (MP-RTIP) MTI radar, eventually

fielding 11 high-altitude, long endurance aircraft. In contrast, the committee also

notes that the Department of the Air Force development efforts relating to the

vehicle dismount and exploitation radar (VADER) transitioned to the Army with no

apparent plans to field a capability on Department of the Air Force remotely piloted

aircraft (RPA).

The committee is concerned that the volume and pace of change in MTI

development and fielding may be indicative of a lack of precision in the underlying

requirement set. While the JSTARS recapitalization platform is planned to achieve

far better performance in the areas of higher altitudes, superior sensing, increased

operational availability and speed, the number of platforms to be fielded is identical

to that of JSTARS. However, the requirement for the number of JSTARS was

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developed. Limitations in MTI performance against dismounts that led to the

development of the VADER have not been addressed in either JSTARS or MP-RTIP

and have yet to be defined for the JSTARS recapitalization aircraft.

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Air Force, in

coordination with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, to provide a report to

the congressional defense committees and the congressional intelligence committees

by February 16, 2015, that captures the aggregate requirement for MTI capability

and capacity for the Department of Defense. The report should detail the current

validated requirements for MTI capacity for Global Hawk Block 40, JSTARS, and

the JSTARS recapitalization aircraft. Requirements should be expressed in terms

of sensor fidelity using metrics such as ground radar coverage area, revisit rate,

minimum detection velocity, target locating error, hours on-station per mission per

month and per year, sorties per month and per year, and anticipated targets types

and density. The report should also highlight the degree to which the current Air

Force plan, including the near-term reductions in JSTARS capacity and the end-

state aggregate of 27 MTI aircraft compare to the underlying requirement.

TITLE III—OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE

ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST

BUDGET REQUEST ADJUSTMENTS

Corrosion Prevention

The committee commends the Department of Defense on the formulation of

policy and guidance to address corrosion, which costs the military departments

more than $20.0 billion annually and leads to decreased readiness, increased

manpower requirements, and significantly higher life-cycle sustainment costs.

However, despite addressing the issue in the committee report (H. Rept. 113-102)

accompanying the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Public

Law 113-66), the committee is concerned about the pace of acquisition of proven

anti-corrosion products and the resulting impacts on sustainment costs. The

committee is also concerned about the impact inadequate resourcing may have on

the pace of anti-corrosion technology development. Therefore, the committee directs

the Secretary of Defense to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed

Services by March 1, 2015, on the implementation of corrosion prevention measures

both within the military departments and the Corrosion Prevention Program Office.

Further, the budget request contained $4.8 million in operation and

maintenance funding for the Corrosion Prevention Program in addition to military

department and departmental research efforts to combat corrosion, which the

committee believes to be inadequate. The committee recommends an additional

$20.0 million to be divided equally among the military departments' corrosion

prevention efforts and the defense-wide Corrosion Prevention Program. � � ¶

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OTHER MATTERS

Office of Net Assessment

The budget request contained $8.9 million within Operation and

Maintenance, Defense-wide, for the Office of the Secretary of Defense for the Office

of Net Assessment (ONA).

The committee notes that the Department of Defense continues to

decrement the proposed funding for the office. The committee is concerned that this

decrement, in conjunction with the Secretary of Defense’s plan to realign the office

under the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, may limit the ability

and flexibility of ONA to conduct long-range comparative assessments. The office

has a long history of providing alternative analyses and strategies that challenge

the “group think” that can often pervade the Department of Defense. The committee

believes that the growing array of complex security challenges facing the United

States, as highlighted in the 2014 Quadrennial Defense Review, coupled with a

constrained budget environment, will only create greater demand for the

unconventional thinking and solutions that the Office is capable of providing.

One such challenge is in the area of space deterrence, and elsewhere in this

Act, the committee includes a provision that would require the office to conduct a

study of potential alternate defense and deterrent strategies in response to the

existing and projected counterspace capabilities of the People's Republic of China

and the Russian Federation.

The committee therefore recommends $18.9 million, an increase of $10.0

million, for fiscal year 2015 for the Office of Net Assessment. This recommended

authorization is reflected in a new funding line for the Office of Net Assessment

within Operation and Maintenance, Defense-wide, as shown in section 4301 of this

Act.

Also, elsewhere in this Act, the committee includes a provision that would

codify the Office within chapter 4 of title 10, United States Code, and establish a

dedicated program element for budgeting purposes. The committee believes the

office must remain an independent organization within the Department reporting

directly to the Secretary. However, the committee also recognizes that

improvements can be made within the Department to ensure the office’s

assessments better inform and influence its overall strategy and policy. Therefore,

the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to submit to the House Committee

on Armed Services, not later than September 5, 2014, a plan for how the

Department can better leverage the Office as well as a description of the activities,

deliverables, and allocation of funds planned for the Office of Net Assessment for

fiscal year 2015.

United States Special Operations Command Proposed Sponsorship of U.S. Naval

Ship Sumner

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The committee is aware that the United States Special Operations

Command (USSOCOM) recently requested transfer of sponsorship of the United

States Naval Ship (USNS) Sumner (T-AGS 61) from the Military Sealift Command

to USSOCOM to support near-term maritime requirements for United States

Southern Command. The committee is also aware that USSOCOM has initiated a

new-start procurement using current fiscal year 2014 funds to begin modifications

to USNS Sumner estimated at $8.9 million. The budget request for fiscal year 2015

included $20.3 million in Operation and Maintenance, Defense-wide, to further

modify and operate USNS Sumner within the United States Southern Command

area of operations.

The committee is concerned that the proposed transfer of sponsorship of

USNS Sumner to USSOCOM and proposed command and control relationships are

without precedent, and that projected costs for the current fiscal year and across the

Future Years Defense Program will far exceed current estimates. Further, the

committee has concerns that the requirement is being funded only by USSOCOM

Major Force Program -11 (MFP-11) funds which are limited by section 167 of title

10, United States Code, to provide only the incremental funding and acquisition of

special operations-peculiar material, supplies, and services. Since the committee

understands that this platform will be used to also support the geographic

combatant commander theater campaign plans such as counter-narcotics,

humanitarian assistance, and security force assistance, the committee believes that

MFP-11 funding is an inappropriate source for these costly modifications and

operations, and that MFP-11 is being used to supplant activities that should be

provided for by the services and the geographic combatant commander.

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a

briefing to the congressional defense committees by August 1, 2014, on the proposed

transfer of the USNS Sumner from Military Sealift Command to USSOCOM. The

briefing at a minimum should outline:

(1) The validated requirement as defined by the geographic combatant

commander;

(2) Anticipated costs across the Future Years Defense Program and funding

sources;

(3) Reason for the use of USNS Sumner, to include a business case analysis

discussing efficiencies and cost savings; and

(4) Any other matters the Secretary deems appropriate.

Furthermore, given these concerns, the committee denies the requested

amount of $20.3 million in Operation and Maintenance, Defense-wide, to further

modify and operate USNS Sumner and redirects this funding to more direct

operational readiness requirements within Operation and Maintenance, Defense-

wide, Flying Hours Program for USSOCOM.

TITLE VIII—ACQUISITION POLICY, ACQUISITION

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ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST

Acquisitions Involving Reverse Auctions

The committee notes that there may be substantial benefits to contracting

for goods and services through reverse auction procedures. However, the committee

is concerned that Department of Defense personnel, particularly those that are not

formally designated within the acquisition workforce, may lack sufficient training

and experience to fully realize these benefits. Without adequate training on the

benefits and risks of utilizing reverse auction procedures as a purchasing method,

acquisition personnel might miss opportunities to stipulate best-value

determinations, encourage small business participation, or raise other non-price

considerations.

Two studies by the Army Corps of Engineers have posited that reverse

auctions for construction services do not provide savings to the government and that

they increase risk associated with such projects. While the Corps has discontinued

the use of reverse auctions in this area, other agencies continue to use reverse

auctions for construction services. A third study by the Government Accountability

Office (GAO-14-408) found that there was inadequate competition in nearly 40

percent of governmental acquisitions conducted using reverse auctions. The report

recommended that the Director of the Office of Management and Budget take steps

to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulations regarding agencies' use of reverse

auctions and to issue government-wide guidance for maximizing competition and

savings when using reverse auctions.

The committee is also concerned that reverse auction procedures or other

procurement methodologies that are aimed solely at making a purchase at the

lowest price, may not be the best way to procure personal protective equipment such

as body armor components, combat helmets, protective eyewear, and fire resistant

clothing. Using price as the deciding factor in the procurement of such items may

lead to products of an inferior quality for the warfighter, and have long-term

deleterious effects on the industrial base and the willingness of private sector firms

to develop products and services for the Department. Therefore, the committee

directs the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics to

review the training and education provided to Department of Defense personnel

regarding the use of reverse auction procurement methodologies, and to revise such

training and education, as may be necessary, to ensure that Department personnel

understand the benefits, risks, and appropriate applications of reverse auction

procedures. The Under Secretary should report to the congressional defense

committees, not later than March 2, 2015, on the findings of this review.

Comptroller General Assessment of Department of Defense Processes for the

Acquisition of Services

To complement the committee’s effort to improve the processes by which the

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Comptroller General of the United States to undertake a body of work to identify

further opportunities to improve the Department's processes to acquire contracted

services.

Over the last decade, Congress has provided new tools and capabilities

intended to improve the Department’s processes and oversight of services

acquisitions. These include requiring the establishment of a management structure

and review process for high-dollar services; designation of senior managers

responsible for services contract approval and oversight within the Office of the

Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics and the

military departments; and the mandating of an annual inventory of contracted

services to assist in workforce planning and budgeting.

The committee notes that the Department has undertaken several actions

to improve its approach to acquiring services, most recently in the Department’s

Better Buying Power initiatives. Nevertheless, in a series of reports issued over the

past year, the Comptroller General found that the Department still did not know

the current status of services acquisitions in terms of the volume or type of services

being acquired, lacked reliable data on the projected spending for services, had not

fully embraced total workforce management approaches, and had not fully

leveraged its buying power through strategic sourcing. With services acquisition

accounting for more than half of the Department’s contracting efforts, the

committee believes that a holistic assessment of the myriad processes that play a

role in acquiring services is needed if the Department is to fundamentally improve

its efficiency and effectiveness.

Therefore, the committee directs the Comptroller General to continue

monitoring the Department's efforts in this area and to conduct a comprehensive

assessment of the processes and procedures of the Department of Defense for the

acquisition of services to identify opportunities to improve these processes and

procedures. An initial report on the assessment should be provided to the

congressional defense committees not later than March 1, 2016, with follow-up

efforts subsequently briefed to the committees as phases of the assessment are

completed. At a minimum, the assessment should examine:

(1) The requirements generation, budgeting, and contracting processes

associated with the acquisition of services;

(2) How such processes interface with the Department’s strategic human

capital planning processes;

(3) The Department’s efforts to identify and, as appropriate, enhance the

skills and capabilities needed by the workforce to acquire and oversee contracted

services;

(4) The extent to which the Department is acquiring contracted services

using strategic sourcing; and

(5) The extent to which the Department’s annual budget request and future

budget projections for contracted services are based on current, accurate, and

reliable data.

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Comptroller General Review of Compliance with Limitations on Contract Services

Spending

The committee notes that a Government Accountability Office review found

that the Department of Defense failed to adhere to the enacted limitations on

contracted services in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012

(Public Law 112-81), exceeding the limitations by more than $1.0 billion in fiscal

year 2012. Moreover, guidance for adherence to the extension of the limitations for

fiscal year 2014 has yet to be issued. The committee is concerned that the

Department does not have adequate policies, procedures, and controls in place to

enforce limitations on the annual amounts expended on contracted services.

The committee is also concerned that not all contracted services are being

subjected to the spending limitations because of the exclusion of contracted services

involving Economy Act transfers between and within Department of Defense

components. Also, because of the disparity between the levels of contracted services

captured in the Inventory of Contracts for Services, required under section 2330a of

title 10, United States Code, and what the Department budgets for contracted

services, the committee concludes that the Department does not deliberately plan

for most contracted services. At the same time the Department exceeded its

spending limitations on contracted services, the Department furloughed a majority

of its civilian workforce and, in the case of many Department of Defense

components, under-executed civilian spending.

The committee directs the Comptroller General of the United States to

report to the congressional defense committees on the Department’s compliance

with section 808 of Public Law 112-81, as amended by section 802 of the National

Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Public Law 113-66) for each of the

fiscal years the limitation has been in effect. The Comptroller General should

submit an initial report by October 30, 2014, that covers fiscal years 2012-13. The

final report should be submitted by September 30, 2015, and address the

Department's compliance during fiscal year 2014. The final report should include

an assessment of the efforts by the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) and

the Department's financial management and acquisition communities to implement

effective control mechanisms for contracted services spending. Additionally, the

Comptroller General's review should assess steps taken by defense components in

executing the reductions to contractor performance of inherently governmental

functions, closely associated with inherently governmental functions, and staff

augmentation workload in accordance with the provisions of section 808 of Public

Law 112-81.

Comptroller General Review of Rulemaking Practices of the Department of Defense

The committee is aware that the interim rulemaking process of the

Department of Defense allows for the expedited promulgations of rules in certain

cases, and that numerous factors lead the Department of Defense to issue interim

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issued for a variety of reasons when cause can be shown that a standard public

notice-and-comment period would be impracticable, unnecessary, or contrary to the

public interest. Such causes include responses to emergencies, expedient measures

to avert threats to public health or safety, and the need to make minor technical or

insubstantial changes to regulations. However, the committee is also aware that

overreliance on the interim rulemaking process may limit industry participation

because that process may not afford opportunities to consider industry comments

before, or even after, the final rule takes effect.

Therefore, the committee directs the Comptroller General of the United

States to evaluate the Department’s rulemaking practices for promulgating

acquisition regulations, and specifically the issuance of interim rules rather than

the issuance of proposed rules. The evaluation should include:

(1) A brief description of current rulemaking procedures, including relevant

provisions for notice-and-comment;

(2) An assessment of the frequency with which the interim rulemaking

process is used by the Department of Defense to promulgate acquisition regulations;

(3) Descriptions of the most prevalent good cause justifications given by the

Department for using rulemaking options other than the proposed rulemaking

process; and

(4) Any recommendations the Comptroller General may have for improving

constructive communications between the Department and industry during the

rulemaking process.

The committee directs the Comptroller General to brief the House

Committee on Armed Services not later than March 1, 2015, on the results of this

evaluation.

Rare Earth Elements Supply Chain Review

The committee remains concerned about the Department of Defense's

ability to mitigate the risks associated with its dependence on foreign-sourced rare

earth elements. A February 2014 Department of Defense report titled

"Diversification of Supply and Reclamation Activities Related to Rare Earth

Elements," received by the committee pursuant to the committee report (H. Rept.

113-102) accompanying the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year

2014, stated that the Department's mitigation strategy for foreign-sourced rare

earth elements used in Department of Defense weapon systems includes

"diversification of supply, pursuit of substitutes, and reclamation of waste."

However, a separate February 2014 report from the Assistant Secretary of the Navy

for Research, Development and Acquisition on the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF), also

required by H. Rept. 113-102, discussed the lack of feasibility of implementing such

a mitigation strategy for the JSF.

The committee is aware that the development of many modern systems,

including the JSF and the AN/TPS-80 Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar, rely on

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cases where these magnets are being supplied by foreign companies. The committee

finds the Department's use of national security waivers to enable continued reliance

on these foreign-origin magnets, to specifically include samarium-cobalt magnets,

troubling, and it notes such concern elsewhere in this report. The committee is

concerned that in relying on foreign companies for supply of these magnets, the

Department may unknowingly impart knowledge of design parameters,

performance requirements, and test procedures for parts or components in

advanced U.S. military equipment. The committee is also concerned that the recent

discovery of Chinese-origin rare earth magnets in the JSF supply chain occurred

only as a result of compliance requirements related to the prohibition on foreign

sourcing of other elements such as titanium, steel, and zirconium.

Therefore, the committee directs the Director of the Defense Contract

Management Agency to conduct an examination of the sourcing of rare earth

elements in Acquisition Category (ACAT) I programs not later than February 1,

2015. In doing so, the Director should determine whether an ACAT I program

contains rare earth elements that are necessary to the functionality of that

program. If so, the Director should determine the country of origin of the elements.

If the Director has reason to believe that rare earth elements in an ACAT I program

were manufactured by a foreign entity, then the Director should immediately

inform the program manager in writing, and provide a report of the findings to the

congressional defense committees, not later than March 1, 2015. The report may be

provided in classified form.

Use of National Security Waiver to Specialty Metals Clause

The committee is aware of recent cases where the Secretary of Defense has

waived the legal requirement to buy specialty metals from American sources,

pursuant to the national security waiver clause in subsection (k) of section 2533b,

title 10, United States Code. The committee believes that the national security

waiver should be used only to provide flexibility to the Department of Defense when

there is imminent threat of harm to U.S. service members or national security

interests, not in lieu of the other exceptions provided in the clause. The committee is

concerned that recent use of the waiver has not been aligned with this intent,

therefore the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to report to the

congressional defense committees, not later than December 1, 2014, on the

Department’s use of the national security waiver clause in section 2533b of title 10,

United States Code. The report should include:

(1) Documentation of all national security waivers issued by the

Department since 2008;

(2) The procedures used by the Department to determine whether a

national security waiver should be issued;

(3) The procedures used by the Department to determine whether a supply

deficiency is best addressed through the national security waiver or through the

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(4) The procedures used by the Department to monitor contractor

compliance;

(5) The procedures used by the Department to determine whether

noncompliance by contractors and subcontractors is “knowing or willful” (10 U.S.C.

2533b(k)(3)); and

(6) The procedures used by the Department to determine whether further

action by the Department is necessary to prevent the recurrence of the supply chain

issue that led to noncompliance and the subsequent issuance of a national security

waiver.

TITLE IX—DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ORGANIZATION AND

MANAGEMENT

ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST

Comptroller General Review of Department of Defense Headquarters Reductions

The committee is aware that in July 2013, the Secretary of Defense directed

a 20 percent reduction in the major headquarters budgets of the Department of

Defense, and announced plans to implement a series of management efficiencies

and overhead reductions within the Department. In December 2013, the Secretary

then announced several organizational changes and personnel reductions within the

Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), and stated that, "every dollar that we save

by reducing the size of our headquarters and back-office operations is a dollar that

can be invested in warfighting capabilities and readiness." However, the committee

notes that announcements on organizational changes and personnel reductions

across the Department's other major headquarters organizations have not yet been

made.

The committee has observed extensive growth in the Department's major

headquarters over the past decade. In a 2013 review, the Comptroller General of the

United States reported that the size of the headquarters staff of the geographic

combatant commands, excluding U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), had grown

by 50 percent over the past decade. In an ongoing review for the committee, the

Comptroller General has found even larger growth at CENTCOM, noting its

support to military operations in the Republic of Iraq and the Islamic Republic of

Afghanistan over the past decade, as well as the functional combatant commands,

the service secretariats and service staffs, the Joint Staff, and the Office of the

Secretary of Defense. The Comptroller General further observed a lack of discipline

in setting and validating requirements for individual headquarters, and a lack of

visibility into the total resources allocated across organizations for similar functions

and missions. The growth in bureaucracy at the Department is also being examined

by the Defense Business Board in the context of its review of best business practices

in human capital management.

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While the committee welcomes the Department's efforts to implement

management efficiencies and overhead reductions, it is concerned that the

Department may seek to implement such changes and across-the-board personnel

reductions without the benefit of a comprehensive assessment of mission and

functional requirements, critical capability and skillset requirements, and cost

drivers. Elsewhere in this Act, the committee includes a provision that would direct

the Secretary of Defense to develop a plan to combine combatant command back-

office functions in order to achieve greater efficiencies.

The committee appreciates the Comptroller General's reviews and believes

that further assessment of the data collected by the Comptroller General may better

inform the Department, as it continues efforts to generate cost savings through

organizational changes and personnel reductions, and the committee as it continues

to oversee such efforts. Therefore, the committee directs the Comptroller General to

perform an in-depth review in order to identify:

(1) Any trends in personnel and other resources being devoted to selected

functional areas within and across related organizations;

(2) To what extent the Department of Defense and the military services

have taken steps to eliminate or consolidate overlapping, fragmented, or duplicative

functions;

(3) Whether efforts to date constitute a systematic and comprehensive

approach; and

(4) Any additional steps the Department could take to realize additional

savings.

The organizations that should be considered in this cross-cutting review

should include, but not be limited to, the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the

Joint Chiefs of Staff, the service secretariats and staff, the geographic and

functional combatant commands and their service component commands, and the

defense agencies and field activities. The committee directs the Comptroller

General to submit one or more reports, as deemed appropriate by the Comptroller

General and agreed to with the committee, by April 30, 2015, to the Committee on

Armed Services of the House of Representatives.

Comptroller General Review of Operational Test and Evaluation Processes and

Activities

The committee remains concerned over the regularity at which an increase

in time and funding is required to develop and field new weapon systems. To help

inform the committee’s understanding of how operational test and evaluation

processes and activities may unnecessarily increase schedule and cost of major

defense acquisition programs, the committee directs the Comptroller General of the

United States to review the operational test and evaluation processes and activities

of the Department of Defense and to inform the congressional defense committees of

the results of that review not later than March 15, 2015. The review should, at a

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(1) The processes the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E)

uses to select programs for oversight and the number and types of programs covered

since October 1, 2009;

(2) The nature and extent of oversight DOT&E conducted or is conducting

on these programs;

(3) The extent to which the requirements of subsection 2339(b) of title 10,

United States Code, are applied in such a manner that imposes additional

operational requirements on programs overseen by DOT&E or necessitates testing

of operational requirements not previously validated by the Joint Requirements

Oversight Council or a military service;

(4) The benefits of DOT&E oversight on these programs, to include

enhancements of program performance, reliability, and capability;

(5) Cost or schedule delays in the operational test phases of these programs

and the resulting cost and schedule delays incurred by these programs as a result of

oversight processes and activities of DOT&E; and

(6) The specific DOT&E criteria, for example, measures of effectiveness and

analysis, and process to measure effectiveness, suitability, and survivability of

programs.

TITLE X—GENERAL PROVISIONS

ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST

COUNTER-DRUG ACTIVITIES

U.S. Southern Command Asset Resourcing

The committee continues to be discouraged by asset resourcing in U.S.

Southern Command (SOUTHCOM). In particular, the committee is concerned that

a shortfall in maritime, aerial, and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance

(ISR) assets in the region hampers SOUTHCOM's ability to combat the illicit

networking of drugs, weapons, humans, and money, and affects security and

stability along the southern border of the United States.

While the Office of National Drug Control Policy's whole-of-government

goal is to remove 40 percent of narcotics transiting to the United States through

SOUTHCOM's area of responsibility (AOR) by fiscal year 2015, the committee notes

that this goal is unlikely to be met, in large part because resources allocated to the

region to address this goal are continuing to diminish. In testimony before the

committee in February 2014, the commander of SOUTHCOM expressed his concern

about U.S. asset shortfalls in the region to meet the command's assigned missions

derived from this whole-of-government goal, among others. Specifically, the

commander testified that SOUTHCOM requires a 16.0 ship presence to support the

command's assigned missions. In contrast, the commander estimates that, in fiscal

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commander of SOUTHCOM, before the Senate Committee on Armed Services in

March 2014, estimated that in fiscal year 2015, the command will satisfy only 5

percent of its ISR requirements associated with combating transnational organized

crime.

The committee recognizes that the cost of combating illicit drug and other

networks is exponentially lower, and the associated violence levels minimal, outside

the United States as compared to inside the Nation. Therefore, in order to more

effectively interdict narcotics and combat other illicit networks and transnational

criminal organizations in the region, the Department of Defense must prioritize the

detection and monitoring mission in SOUTHCOM.

The committee directs the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, to submit a report to the congressional

defense committees by February 1, 2015, on the Department's updated strategy to

combat illicit drug networks, other illicit networks, and transnational criminal

organizations, in the SOUTHCOM AOR. The strategy should include an

identification of requirements, assessment of capability gaps and shortfalls,

assessment of assets and resources necessary to address the gaps and shortfalls,

and plan for allocating those assets and resources. Lastly, the strategy should

include an assessment of and cost estimate for alternative platforms, including

maritime and aerial platforms, that could also satisfy the command's detection and

monitoring requirements.

OTHER MATTERS

Inspector General's Report on Over-Classification of National Security Information

The committee directs the Secretary of Defense to submit a report to the

congressional defense committees not later than March 1, 2015, on the status and

implementation of the recommendations found in the Department of Defense Office

of the Inspector General’s report, "DOD Evaluation of Over-Classification of

National Security Information" (DODIG-2013-142). The Secretary's report should

include specific actions taken to implement the recommendations contained in the

report and timeframes for implementing the remaining recommendations.

Phased Modernization of Certain Navy Ships

In March 2014, the Navy proposed to reduce its operational force structure

of Ticonderoga-class cruisers and amphibious dock landing ships (LSD). The Navy

plans to take 14 ships out of their normal deployment rotations and place them in

long-term phased modernization and maintenance to extend the expected service

life of the ships. According to the Navy, this plan will allow it to retain the 11

cruisers and 3 amphibious ships through the 2030s and into the 2040s.

The committee is concerned about the Navy’s plan to reduce its battle force

structure by 14 ships, especially in light of shortfalls in the force structure

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Additionally, the committee notes that while the Navy places Military Sealift

Command ships in reduced operating status, or ROS, on a regular basis, surface

combatant and amphibious ships are more complex and their crews need more

training before they can be certified as being ready for deployment and major

combat operations. Further, the Navy states it has not reactivated any surface

combatant ships from long-term protective storage since the 1980s.

Therefore, the committee directs the Comptroller General of the United

States to report to the congressional defense committees by March 1, 2015, on the

extent to which the Navy has identified:

(1) The potential costs and cost savings associated with the Navy’s phased

modernization plan for the 11 cruisers and 3 LSDs;

(2) The operational benefits and risks associated with this long-term plan;

and

(3) The costs, savings, benefits, and risks of any alternate plans that were

considered before putting forth the Navy's current plan.

Report on National Commission on the Structure of the Air Force Recommendations

The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (Public Law

112-239) established the National Commission on the Structure of the Air Force to

evaluate the Total Force force structure of the Active, Guard, and Reserve

Components of the Department of the Air Force.

The committee is grateful for the time, effort, dedication, and expertise of

all the commissioners and their staff that was applied to the development of the

commission’s report, despite the burdensome and arcane interpretation and

application of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Public Law 92-463) to the

commission's deliberations. The committee thanks the commissioners and staff for

their many years of distinguished service in key leadership positions of the national

security apparatus.

The commission was charged with reviewing six distinct areas of the Air

Force Total Force: (1) current and anticipated requirements of combatant

commanders; (2) personnel and mission balance between all components of the

Total Force; (3) capacity and capability of the Total Force for addressing Homeland

Defense and Disaster Assistance requirements; (4) regular Air Force ability to

provide capability and capacity to the Reserve Components; (5) operational tempo of

Total Force components; and (6) the affordability, efficiency, effectiveness,

capability, and readiness of the Total Force enterprise to meet national security

requirements.

The commission derived 42 distinct recommendations for the President,

Congress, and the Department of Defense to consider. The committee notes that

during House-Senate conference deliberations on Public Law 112-239, it was

acknowledged that the commission’s report would not likely inform the President's

budget submission for fiscal year 2015 because of Department of Defense budget

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enactment of Public Law 112-239, which established the commission. The conferees

expected the report to be used to inform the Department’s fiscal year 2016 budget

submission to the Congress in calendar year 2015.

Air Force leadership testimony this year and recent discussions and

briefings with Air Force officials indicate that Department of Defense officials are

evaluating the commission's 42 recommendations to determine whether or not they

could be viably institutionalized into the Air Force’s Total Force enterprise.

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Air Force, in consultation with

the Chief of the National Guard Bureau, to submit a report to the congressional

defense committees not later than February 2, 2015, that includes the following:

(1) Assesses all 42 recommendations of the commission’s report;

(2) Establishes an official regular Air Force, Air Force Reserve, and

National Guard Bureau position on each recommendation;

(3) Articulates which of the 42 recommendations are incorporated into the

President’s fiscal year 2016 budget request and fiscal year 2016 Future Years

Defense Program for the Department of Defense;

(4) Describes the method, measures of effectiveness, and metrics

established for evaluating each recommendation incorporated into the budget

request;

(5) Articulates the interim or final disposition of each recommendation, and

associated rationale, that is not integrated into the fiscal year 2016 budget request;

(6) Includes dissenting views or opinions of any Air Force Total Force

component leadership associated with the evaluation and disposition of any

recommendation of the commission’s report; and

(7) Any additional information that the Secretary of the Air Force or the

Chief of the National Guard Bureau desire to include in the report.

Security Risks Related to Foreign Investment in the United States

The committee is concerned that gaps may exist within the current

legislative and regulatory authorities for assessing the potential security impact of

certain real property transactions involving the Federal Government and foreign-

controlled entities within the United States. As a result of some recent

transactions, entities controlled by foreign interests have acquired access to onshore

and offshore properties within proximity of Department of Defense facilities,

ranges, and sensitive operating areas.

The committee is concerned that such access and the proximities of

associated properties could combine to negatively affect military readiness and

national security. The committee notes that other government agencies are not

required to coordinate with the Department of Defense to assess the potential

effects of selling or leasing Federal property to foreign-controlled entities seeking to

operate in the vicinity of military operating areas or installations. The committee

also notes that the current processes that examine foreign investment in the United

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adversely affect Department of Defense capabilities and technologies, to include the

possible exposure of tactics, techniques, and procedures. Therefore, the committee

directs the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with other relevant Federal

departments and agencies as appropriate, to conduct an assessment of the current

statutory and regulatory framework governing real property transactions involving

the Federal Government and foreign-controlled entities within the United States as

they relate to military readiness and national security. The review should address:

(1) The processes by which the Department of Defense and the military

services assess national security risks posed by foreign investments in Federal

properties or facilities within proximity of Department of Defense operating areas

or installations;

(2) Actions that may be taken by the Department of Defense to mitigate

such risks;

(3) The manner in which the Department of Defense coordinates efforts

with other Federal agencies to monitor proposed real property transactions

involving the Federal Government and foreign-controlled entities within the United

States; and

(4) Procedures by which the Secretary of Defense could communicate

concerns to other Federal departments and agencies regarding a proposed real

property transaction with a foreign-controlled entity due to proximity to

Department of Defense facilities, ranges, or operating areas.

The committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a report to the

congressional defense committees not later than January 5, 2015, on the findings of

the review and on any recommendations that the Secretary may have for improving

the current statutory and regulatory framework for monitoring real property

transactions involving the Federal Government and foreign-controlled entities

within the United States for possible national security implications. Within 90 days

after the date of submission, the Comptroller General of the United States should

conduct a sufficiency review of the report submitted by the Secretary and report the

results of that review to the congressional defense committees.

TITLE XII—MATTERS RELATING TO FOREIGN NATIONS

ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST

Monitoring of Ongoing Construction Activities in Afghanistan

The committee is aware that there may be limitations in the ability of U.S.

forces to access all parts of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan to monitor ongoing

Department of Defense construction activities after December 31, 2014. Therefore,

the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a briefing to the

Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives, not later than

December 15, 2014, on plans to monitor such activities after December 31, 2014.

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Report on Financial Management Capacity of Afghan Ministry of Defense and

Ministry of Interior

In November 2013, the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan

Reconstruction (SIGAR) issued a report titled, "Comprehensive Risk Assessments of

MOD and MOI Financial Management Capacity Could Improve Oversight of Over

$4 Billion in Direct Assistance Funding" (SIGAR-14-12-SP). The report evaluated

whether Department of Defense funds provided to the Ministry of Defense (MOD)

and the Ministry of Interior (MOI) of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan are

properly managed and safeguarded to protect against fraud, waste, and abuse. The

Department of Defense reported to SIGAR that, as of September 2013, it committed

$4.2 billion and disbursed nearly $3.0 billion in direct assistance to the Afghan

MOD and MOI for the sustainment of the Afghanistan National Security Forces

(ANSF), including procurement of food, goods, and services; funding salaries; and

funding minor construction.

The committee believes that an assessment of the financial management

capacity of the Afghan MOD and MOI will improve the protection of U.S. direct

assistance to Afghanistan to fund and equip the ANSF and ensure the assistance is

used as intended. The committee also believes that an assessment of any associated

risks for U.S. funds will assist the Department of Defense in developing mitigation

measures to address any such risks.

Therefore, the committee directs the Inspector General of the Department

of Defense to conduct a comprehensive assessment of the financial management

capacity and risks within the Afghan MOD and the MOI. The Inspector General

should also assess the capacity and risks within the Afghan Ministry of Finance, to

the extent the Inspector General determines that such an assessment is required to

protect Department funds and would not duplicate efforts conducted by other

agencies of the U.S. Government. Such assessment should:

(1) Identify core financial management functions within the Afghan MOD

and MOI, including: financial management and accounting capacity; financial

accountability and control environment; procurement and asset management

capacity; contracting mechanisms and processes; and management of personnel

systems;

(2) Identify major risks and mitigation strategies deemed necessary for

ensuring that the MOD and MOI are able to manage U.S. direct assistance; and

(3) Assess how a post-2014 United States and North Atlantic Treaty

Organization residual military presence to train, advise, and assist the ANSF would

help mitigate any risk in the financial management capacity of the Afghan MOD

and MOI.

The committee further directs the Inspector General to provide a report on

the results of the assessment to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate

and the House of Representatives by December 31, 2014.

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assessment. The committee understands that the Inspector General would conduct

the assessment in phases to accommodate these challenges. If the Inspector

General cannot complete the assessment and deliver the required report by

December 31, 2014, the Inspector General should notify the committees of the

reasons the assessment cannot be completed by that date and include in such

notification the date the Inspector General expects that the assessment will be

completed and submitted.

Report on Operational Contract Support in U.S. Africa Command

While much attention has been paid to the use of contractors by the

Department of Defense to support the large-scale operations in the Republic of Iraq

and the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, the committee recognizes the Department

uses contractors to support myriad efforts in other locations around the globe.

Specifically, within U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM), the Department relies

heavily on contractors to provide logistical, linguistic, intelligence, and

transportation support to ongoing training, advising, and other assistance missions.

While the challenges and deficiencies regarding the planning, management, and

oversight of contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan have been well documented, and

the Department has taken several steps to address these challenges, the committee

notes that the challenges associated with contractor support for other types of

operations in other regions could be substantially different. In addition to broader

concerns regarding planning, management, and oversight of contracts of this

nature, the committee is concerned about the extent to which the Department may

face operational contract support challenges in AFRICOM.

Therefore, the committee directs the Comptroller General of the United

States to examine the processes AFRICOM uses to plan, manage, and oversee

contractors that support its military operations conducted in Africa. Specifically, the

review should include an assessment of the following:

(1) The extent to which AFRICOM uses contractors to support its programs

and operations and the appropriateness of how AFRICOM uses contractors to

support such programs and operations;

(2) The extent to which AFRICOM depends on the Department of State to

provide operational contract support to its activities in Africa and the potential

challenges associated with this support;

(3) The organizational structure in place at AFRICOM and its subordinate

commands to manage operational contract support, including planning for the use

of contractors and oversight of contractors during operations, as well as the systems

and processes for tracking contractors throughout operations;

(4) The processes used to vet non-United States contractors and contractor

employees; and

(5) Any other issues the Comptroller General determines appropriate with

respect to the Department of Defense’s operational contract support in AFRICOM.

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The committee directs the Comptroller General of the United States to

provide a briefing to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the

House of Representatives by March 1, 2015, on the above assessment, with a follow-

on report delivered to those committees not later than April 15, 2015.

Report on U.S. Army Regionally Aligned Brigade in Africa

In 2013, U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) became the first geographic

combatant command to receive a regionally aligned force (RAF). Under the

regionally aligned force concept, the Army will align designated units to specific

regions and deploy small groups of personnel from those units to conduct security

force assistance activities, leaving the rest of the units at their home stations. These

activities include exercises, training events, and other security cooperation and

security force assistance activities. The RAF units are expected to maintain

readiness for their core mission even as they support the geographic combatant

commander’s needs. The Army has designated one brigade to serve as the regionally

aligned force for AFRICOM.

The committee is concerned about potential overlaps in roles and

responsibilities, and notes that there are other Department of Defense security force

assistance activities underway in Africa, including Africa Contingency Operations

Training and Assistance efforts and the National Guard’s State Partnership

Program. Furthermore, the committee is concerned that these additional mission

requirements and the dispersion of the RAF may impact the ability of the force to

maintain readiness for its core mission. Elsewhere in this report, the committee

expresses support for the Army's RAF concept but also states various concerns. In

addition, elsewhere in this Act, the committee includes a provision that would

require the Secretary of the Army to submit an assessment of the RAF to the

congressional defense committees concurrent with the submission of the President's

budget for fiscal year 2016.

As a complement to this assessment, the committee directs the Comptroller

General of the United States to evaluate the employment of the RAF in Africa. The

Comptroller General's evaluation should be informed by the required Army

assessment and include the following:

(1) The extent to which AFRICOM has defined the intended roles,

responsibilities, goals, objectives, and required capabilities for the use of the

regionally aligned brigade to conduct security force assistance activities, to include

evaluating the impact of conducted activities;

(2) The extent to which AFRICOM has identified and mitigated potential

overlap between the requirements and capabilities of the regionally aligned brigade

and other Department of Defense security force assistance activities within

AFRICOM;

(3) The extent to which the regionally aligned brigade has been able to meet

AFRICOM requirements to conduct security force assistance activities, to include

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the training and equipping of brigade personnel and associated costs to meet

mission requirements;

(4) What impact, if any, the regionally aligned brigade's security force

assistance activities and requirements in AFRICOM have had on its ability to

maintain readiness, to include adhering to training schedules; and

(5) Any other issues the Comptroller General determines appropriate with

respect to the Army’s regionally aligned brigade in Africa.

The committee directs the Comptroller General to provide a preliminary

briefing to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of

Representatives by March 1, 2015, on the above evaluation, with a report to follow

not later than April 15, 2015.

Report on U.S. Government Comprehensive Approach to Strength its Strategic

Partnership with Djibouti

The committee believes that the strategic relationship between the U.S.

Government and the Government of the Republic of Djibouti remains one of the

most important strategic relationships that the United States has in the region. In

written testimony submitted to the committee on March 5, 2014, the Commander,

U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) stated that the Department of Defense's

presence at Camp Lemonnier in Djibouti, "provides a critical platform for our

activities, as well as those of Central Command, Special Operations Command, and

Transportation Command." The committee further notes the importance of the

Department's presence in Djibouti in the classified annex to this report.

The committee appreciates the Government of Djibouti's continued support

of this relationship and therefore, elsewhere in this Act, the committee includes a

provision that would provide an enhanced authority to the Secretary of Defense to

acquire products and services produced in Djibouti in support of Department of

Defense activities in AFRICOM.

However, the committee believes that a comprehensive, long-term,

interagency approach is necessary to support the strategic relationship between the

two countries, and to support ongoing Department of Defense efforts facilitated by

that relationship. The committee is aware that the Department of State and the

U.S. Agency for International Development are engaged in Djibouti, but believes

that these efforts could be better coordinated within the interagency and should be

robust enough to support such a comprehensive approach.

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense, in coordination

with the Secretary of State, to provide a report to the Committees on Armed

Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives, as well as the Committee

on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the

House of Representatives, not later than February 6, 2015, on the specific steps the

U.S. Government is taking to strengthen its strategic relationship with Djibouti,

including:

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(1) A summary of the strategic goals for the relationship between the

United States and the Government of Djibouti;

(2) An assessment of the current state of the relationship between the

United States and the Government of Djibouti; and

(3) A detailed description of the steps being taken, and additional steps that

could be taken, to support a long-term, strategic relationship between the United

States and the Government of Djibouti.

TITLE XIV—OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS

ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST

Upgrading Beryllium within the National Defense Stockpile

The committee notes that the existing National Defense Stockpile (NDS) for

beryllium, a strategic and critical defense material, is presently not in a form which

is usable within the defense supply chain. Viable sources of beryllium are only

found in the United States and the Russian Federation. The committee continues to

believe that military readiness requires continued quick access to beryllium. The

committee recognizes the concerted effort on the part of the Department of Defense

and the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), which administers the NDS, to upgrade

the beryllium stockpile. In its latest Annual Materials Plan, the DLA stated its

plan to upgrade more than 17 short tons of beryllium material. The committee

urges the DLA to upgrade this material quickly, thereby ensuring that the

beryllium held in the NDS is capable of quick insertion into the defense supply

chain, potentially mitigating supply chain risk.

In addition, the committee directs the Administrator of the National

Defense Stockpile to brief the House Committee on Armed Services not later than

September 1, 2014, on the progress of and future plans for the upgrade program for

beryllium.

DIVISION B—MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATIONS

TITLE XXVIII—MILITARY CONSTRUCTION GENERAL

PROVISIONS

ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST

Report on Circumvention of Military Construction Laws

The committee is aware of certain construction projects that were awarded

without a specific authorization from Congress and in apparent contravention to

section 2802 of title 10, Unites States Code. The committee is concerned by the

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construction authorization for these projects prior to award. The committee is

further concerned that similar construction projects may have been undertaken

within the past 5 years without a specific authorization by Congress. As such, the

committee directs the Secretary of Defense to submit a report to the congressional

defense committees by March 1, 2015, that assesses the entirety of all construction

projects carried out in the last 5 years by the Secretary concerned without a specific

authorization by Congress. This assessment should only review construction

projects that exceed the minor military construction thresholds established by

section 2805 of title 10, United States Code.

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