Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2019
Provides FY2019 appropriations to the Department of Defense (DOD) for military activities. Excludes military construction, military family housing, civil works projects of the Army Corps of Engineers, and nuclear warheads, which are all considered in other appropriations bills.
Provides appropriations to DOD for:
Provides appropriations for Other Department of Defense Programs, including:
Provides appropriations for Related Agencies, including the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System Fund and the Intelligence Community Management Account.
Provides appropriations for Overseas Contingency Operations/ Global War on Terrorism.
Sets forth requirements and restrictions for using funds provided by this and other appropriations Acts.
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[S. 3159 Placed on Calendar Senate (PCS)]
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Calendar No. 498
115th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 3159
[Report No. 115-290]
Making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
June 28, 2018
Mr. Shelby, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the
following original bill; which was read twice and placed on the
calendar
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A BILL
Making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums
are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise
appropriated, for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2019, and for other purposes, namely:
TITLE I
MILITARY PERSONNEL
Military Personnel, Army
For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, interest on
deposits, gratuities, permanent change of station travel (including all
expenses thereof for organizational movements), and expenses of
temporary duty travel between permanent duty stations, for members of
the Army on active duty (except members of reserve components provided
for elsewhere), cadets, and aviation cadets; for members of the Reserve
Officers' Training Corps; and for payments pursuant to section 156 of
Public Law 97-377, as amended (42 U.S.C. 402 note), and to the
Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund, $43,060,042,000.
Military Personnel, Navy
For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, interest on
deposits, gratuities, permanent change of station travel (including all
expenses thereof for organizational movements), and expenses of
temporary duty travel between permanent duty stations, for members of
the Navy on active duty (except members of the Reserve provided for
elsewhere), midshipmen, and aviation cadets; for members of the Reserve
Officers' Training Corps; and for payments pursuant to section 156 of
Public Law 97-377, as amended (42 U.S.C. 402 note), and to the
Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund, $30,305,481,000.
Military Personnel, Marine Corps
For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, interest on
deposits, gratuities, permanent change of station travel (including all
expenses thereof for organizational movements), and expenses of
temporary duty travel between permanent duty stations, for members of
the Marine Corps on active duty (except members of the Reserve provided
for elsewhere); and for payments pursuant to section 156 of Public Law
97-377, as amended (42 U.S.C. 402 note), and to the Department of
Defense Military Retirement Fund, $13,799,038,000.
Military Personnel, Air Force
For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, interest on
deposits, gratuities, permanent change of station travel (including all
expenses thereof for organizational movements), and expenses of
temporary duty travel between permanent duty stations, for members of
the Air Force on active duty (except members of reserve components
provided for elsewhere), cadets, and aviation cadets; for members of
the Reserve Officers' Training Corps; and for payments pursuant to
section 156 of Public Law 97-377, as amended (42 U.S.C. 402 note), and
to the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund, $30,173,691,000.
Reserve Personnel, Army
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, and
related expenses for personnel of the Army Reserve on active duty under
sections 10211, 10302, and 3038 of title 10, United States Code, or
while serving on active duty under section 12301(d) of title 10, United
States Code, in connection with performing duty specified in section
12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or while undergoing reserve
training, or while performing drills or equivalent duty or other duty,
and expenses authorized by section 16131 of title 10, United States
Code; and for payments to the Department of Defense Military Retirement
Fund, $4,870,947,000.
Reserve Personnel, Navy
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, and
related expenses for personnel of the Navy Reserve on active duty under
section 10211 of title 10, United States Code, or while serving on
active duty under section 12301(d) of title 10, United States Code, in
connection with performing duty specified in section 12310(a) of title
10, United States Code, or while undergoing reserve training, or while
performing drills or equivalent duty, and expenses authorized by
section 16131 of title 10, United States Code; and for payments to the
Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund, $2,059,521,000.
Reserve Personnel, Marine Corps
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, and
related expenses for personnel of the Marine Corps Reserve on active
duty under section 10211 of title 10, United States Code, or while
serving on active duty under section 12301(d) of title 10, United
States Code, in connection with performing duty specified in section
12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or while undergoing reserve
training, or while performing drills or equivalent duty, and for
members of the Marine Corps platoon leaders class, and expenses
authorized by section 16131 of title 10, United States Code; and for
payments to the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund,
$787,090,000.
Reserve Personnel, Air Force
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, and
related expenses for personnel of the Air Force Reserve on active duty
under sections 10211, 10305, and 8038 of title 10, United States Code,
or while serving on active duty under section 12301(d) of title 10,
United States Code, in connection with performing duty specified in
section 12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or while undergoing
reserve training, or while performing drills or equivalent duty or
other duty, and expenses authorized by section 16131 of title 10,
United States Code; and for payments to the Department of Defense
Military Retirement Fund, $1,871,286,000.
National Guard Personnel, Army
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, and
related expenses for personnel of the Army National Guard while on duty
under sections 10211, 10302, or 12402 of title 10 or section 708 of
title 32, United States Code, or while serving on duty under section
12301(d) of title 10 or section 502(f) of title 32, United States Code,
in connection with performing duty specified in section 12310(a) of
title 10, United States Code, or while undergoing training, or while
performing drills or equivalent duty or other duty, and expenses
authorized by section 16131 of title 10, United States Code; and for
payments to the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund,
$8,650,645,000.
National Guard Personnel, Air Force
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, and
related expenses for personnel of the Air National Guard on duty under
sections 10211, 10305, or 12402 of title 10 or section 708 of title 32,
United States Code, or while serving on duty under section 12301(d) of
title 10 or section 502(f) of title 32, United States Code, in
connection with performing duty specified in section 12310(a) of title
10, United States Code, or while undergoing training, or while
performing drills or equivalent duty or other duty, and expenses
authorized by section 16131 of title 10, United States Code; and for
payments to the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund,
$3,718,780,000.
TITLE II
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE
Operation and Maintenance, Army
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the
operation and maintenance of the Army, as authorized by law,
$40,634,715,000: Provided, That not to exceed $12,478,000 can be used
for emergencies and extraordinary expenses, to be expended on the
approval or authority of the Secretary of the Army, and payments may be
made on his certificate of necessity for confidential military
purposes.
Operation and Maintenance, Navy
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the
operation and maintenance of the Navy and the Marine Corps, as
authorized by law, $47,296,183,000: Provided, That not to exceed
$15,055,000 can be used for emergencies and extraordinary expenses, to
be expended on the approval or authority of the Secretary of the Navy,
and payments may be made on his certificate of necessity for
confidential military purposes.
Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the
operation and maintenance of the Marine Corps, as authorized by law,
$6,372,000,000.
Operation and Maintenance, Air Force
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the
operation and maintenance of the Air Force, as authorized by law,
$40,775,374,000: Provided, That not to exceed $7,699,000 can be used
for emergencies and extraordinary expenses, to be expended on the
approval or authority of the Secretary of the Air Force, and payments
may be made on his certificate of necessity for confidential military
purposes.
Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide
(including transfer of funds)
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the
operation and maintenance of activities and agencies of the Department
of Defense (other than the military departments), as authorized by law,
$35,662,783,000: Provided, That not more than $7,503,000 may be used
for the Combatant Commander Initiative Fund authorized under section
166a of title 10, United States Code: Provided further, That not to
exceed $36,000,000 can be used for emergencies and extraordinary
expenses, to be expended on the approval or authority of the Secretary
of Defense, and payments may be made on his certificate of necessity
for confidential military purposes: Provided further, That of the
funds provided under this heading, not less than $33,025,000 shall be
made available for the Procurement Technical Assistance Cooperative
Agreement Program, of which not less than $2,600,000 shall be available
for centers defined in 10 U.S.C. 2411(1)(D): Provided further, That
none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act
may be used to plan or implement the consolidation of a budget or
appropriations liaison office of the Office of the Secretary of
Defense, the office of the Secretary of a military department, or the
service headquarters of one of the Armed Forces into a legislative
affairs or legislative liaison office: Provided further, That
$19,160,000, to remain available until expended, is available only for
expenses relating to certain classified activities, and may be
transferred as necessary by the Secretary of Defense to operation and
maintenance appropriations or research, development, test and
evaluation appropriations, to be merged with and to be available for
the same time period as the appropriations to which transferred:
Provided further, That any ceiling on the investment item unit cost of
items that may be purchased with operation and maintenance funds shall
not apply to the funds described in the preceding proviso: Provided
further, That of the funds provided under this heading, $686,744,000,
of which $171,686,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020,
shall be available to provide support and assistance to foreign
security forces or other groups or individuals to conduct, support or
facilitate counterterrorism, crisis response, or other Department of
Defense security cooperation programs: Provided further, That the
transfer authority provided under this heading is in addition to any
other transfer authority provided elsewhere in this Act.
Operation and Maintenance, Army Reserve
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the
operation and maintenance, including training, organization, and
administration, of the Army Reserve; repair of facilities and
equipment; hire of passenger motor vehicles; travel and transportation;
care of the dead; recruiting; procurement of services, supplies, and
equipment; and communications, $2,854,909,000.
Operation and Maintenance, Navy Reserve
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the
operation and maintenance, including training, organization, and
administration, of the Navy Reserve; repair of facilities and
equipment; hire of passenger motor vehicles; travel and transportation;
care of the dead; recruiting; procurement of services, supplies, and
equipment; and communications, $1,018,006,000.
Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps Reserve
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the
operation and maintenance, including training, organization, and
administration, of the Marine Corps Reserve; repair of facilities and
equipment; hire of passenger motor vehicles; travel and transportation;
care of the dead; recruiting; procurement of services, supplies, and
equipment; and communications, $271,570,000.
Operation and Maintenance, Air Force Reserve
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the
operation and maintenance, including training, organization, and
administration, of the Air Force Reserve; repair of facilities and
equipment; hire of passenger motor vehicles; travel and transportation;
care of the dead; recruiting; procurement of services, supplies, and
equipment; and communications, $3,247,534,000.
Operation and Maintenance, Army National Guard
For expenses of training, organizing, and administering the Army
National Guard, including medical and hospital treatment and related
expenses in non-Federal hospitals; maintenance, operation, and repairs
to structures and facilities; hire of passenger motor vehicles;
personnel services in the National Guard Bureau; travel expenses (other
than mileage), as authorized by law for Army personnel on active duty,
for Army National Guard division, regimental, and battalion commanders
while inspecting units in compliance with National Guard Bureau
regulations when specifically authorized by the Chief, National Guard
Bureau; supplying and equipping the Army National Guard as authorized
by law; and expenses of repair, modification, maintenance, and issue of
supplies and equipment (including aircraft), $7,261,295,000.
Operation and Maintenance, Air National Guard
For expenses of training, organizing, and administering the Air
National Guard, including medical and hospital treatment and related
expenses in non-Federal hospitals; maintenance, operation, and repairs
to structures and facilities; transportation of things, hire of
passenger motor vehicles; supplying and equipping the Air National
Guard, as authorized by law; expenses for repair, modification,
maintenance, and issue of supplies and equipment, including those
furnished from stocks under the control of agencies of the Department
of Defense; travel expenses (other than mileage) on the same basis as
authorized by law for Air National Guard personnel on active Federal
duty, for Air National Guard commanders while inspecting units in
compliance with National Guard Bureau regulations when specifically
authorized by the Chief, National Guard Bureau, $6,433,697,000.
United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces
For salaries and expenses necessary for the United States Court of
Appeals for the Armed Forces, $14,662,000, of which not to exceed
$5,000 may be used for official representation purposes.
Environmental Restoration, Army
(including transfer of funds)
For the Department of the Army, $228,449,000, to remain available
until transferred: Provided, That the Secretary of the Army shall,
upon determining that such funds are required for environmental
restoration, reduction and recycling of hazardous waste, removal of
unsafe buildings and debris of the Department of the Army, or for
similar purposes, transfer the funds made available by this
appropriation to other appropriations made available to the Department
of the Army, to be merged with and to be available for the same
purposes and for the same time period as the appropriations to which
transferred: Provided further, That upon a determination that all or
part of the funds transferred from this appropriation are not necessary
for the purposes provided herein, such amounts may be transferred back
to this appropriation: Provided further, That the transfer authority
provided under this heading is in addition to any other transfer
authority provided elsewhere in this Act.
Environmental Restoration, Navy
(including transfer of funds)
For the Department of the Navy, $329,253,000, to remain available
until transferred: Provided, That the Secretary of the Navy shall,
upon determining that such funds are required for environmental
restoration, reduction and recycling of hazardous waste, removal of
unsafe buildings and debris of the Department of the Navy, or for
similar purposes, transfer the funds made available by this
appropriation to other appropriations made available to the Department
of the Navy, to be merged with and to be available for the same
purposes and for the same time period as the appropriations to which
transferred: Provided further, That upon a determination that all or
part of the funds transferred from this appropriation are not necessary
for the purposes provided herein, such amounts may be transferred back
to this appropriation: Provided further, That the transfer authority
provided under this heading is in addition to any other transfer
authority provided elsewhere in this Act.
Environmental Restoration, Air Force
(including transfer of funds)
For the Department of the Air Force, $365,808,000, to remain
available until transferred: Provided, That the Secretary of the Air
Force shall, upon determining that such funds are required for
environmental restoration, reduction and recycling of hazardous waste,
removal of unsafe buildings and debris of the Department of the Air
Force, or for similar purposes, transfer the funds made available by
this appropriation to other appropriations made available to the
Department of the Air Force, to be merged with and to be available for
the same purposes and for the same time period as the appropriations to
which transferred: Provided further, That upon a determination that
all or part of the funds transferred from this appropriation are not
necessary for the purposes provided herein, such amounts may be
transferred back to this appropriation: Provided further, That the
transfer authority provided under this heading is in addition to any
other transfer authority provided elsewhere in this Act.
Environmental Restoration, Defense-Wide
(including transfer of funds)
For the Department of Defense, $8,926,000, to remain available
until transferred: Provided, That the Secretary of Defense shall, upon
determining that such funds are required for environmental restoration,
reduction and recycling of hazardous waste, removal of unsafe buildings
and debris of the Department of Defense, or for similar purposes,
transfer the funds made available by this appropriation to other
appropriations made available to the Department of Defense, to be
merged with and to be available for the same purposes and for the same
time period as the appropriations to which transferred: Provided
further, That upon a determination that all or part of the funds
transferred from this appropriation are not necessary for the purposes
provided herein, such amounts may be transferred back to this
appropriation: Provided further, That the transfer authority provided
under this heading is in addition to any other transfer authority
provided elsewhere in this Act.
Environmental Restoration, Formerly Used Defense Sites
(including transfer of funds)
For the Department of the Army, $212,346,000, to remain available
until transferred: Provided, That the Secretary of the Army shall,
upon determining that such funds are required for environmental
restoration, reduction and recycling of hazardous waste, removal of
unsafe buildings and debris at sites formerly used by the Department of
Defense, transfer the funds made available by this appropriation to
other appropriations made available to the Department of the Army, to
be merged with and to be available for the same purposes and for the
same time period as the appropriations to which transferred: Provided
further, That upon a determination that all or part of the funds
transferred from this appropriation are not necessary for the purposes
provided herein, such amounts may be transferred back to this
appropriation: Provided further, That the transfer authority provided
under this heading is in addition to any other transfer authority
provided elsewhere in this Act.
Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster, and Civic Aid
For expenses relating to the Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster, and
Civic Aid programs of the Department of Defense (consisting of the
programs provided under sections 401, 402, 404, 407, 2557, and 2561 of
title 10, United States Code), $107,663,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2020.
Cooperative Threat Reduction Account
For assistance, including assistance provided by contract or by
grants, under programs and activities of the Department of Defense
Cooperative Threat Reduction Program authorized under the Department of
Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction Act, $335,240,000, to remain
available until September 30, 2021.
Department of Defense Acquisition Workforce Development Fund
For the Department of Defense Acquisition Workforce Development
Fund, $552,000,000, to remain available for obligation until September
30, 2020: Provided, That no other amounts may be otherwise credited or
transferred to the Fund, or deposited into the Fund, in fiscal year
2019 pursuant to section 1705(d) of title 10, United States Code.
TITLE III
PROCUREMENT
Aircraft Procurement, Army
For construction, procurement, production, modification, and
modernization of aircraft, equipment, including ordnance, ground
handling equipment, spare parts, and accessories therefor; specialized
equipment and training devices; expansion of public and private plants,
including the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes, and
such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and construction
prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and procurement and
installation of equipment, appliances, and machine tools in public and
private plants; reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned
equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary for the foregoing
purposes, $4,890,658,000, to remain available for obligation until
September 30, 2021.
Missile Procurement, Army
For construction, procurement, production, modification, and
modernization of missiles, equipment, including ordnance, ground
handling equipment, spare parts, and accessories therefor; specialized
equipment and training devices; expansion of public and private plants,
including the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes, and
such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and construction
prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and procurement and
installation of equipment, appliances, and machine tools in public and
private plants; reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned
equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary for the foregoing
purposes, $3,160,597,000, to remain available for obligation until
September 30, 2021.
Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles, Army
For construction, procurement, production, and modification of
weapons and tracked combat vehicles, equipment, including ordnance,
spare parts, and accessories therefor; specialized equipment and
training devices; expansion of public and private plants, including the
land necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes, and such lands and
interests therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon
prior to approval of title; and procurement and installation of
equipment, appliances, and machine tools in public and private plants;
reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway;
and other expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes,
$4,515,290,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30,
2021.
Procurement of Ammunition, Army
For construction, procurement, production, and modification of
ammunition, and accessories therefor; specialized equipment and
training devices; expansion of public and private plants, including
ammunition facilities, authorized by section 2854 of title 10, United
States Code, and the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing
purposes, and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and
construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and
procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, and machine
tools in public and private plants; reserve plant and Government and
contractor-owned equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary for
the foregoing purposes, $2,283,369,000, to remain available for
obligation until September 30, 2021.
Other Procurement, Army
For construction, procurement, production, and modification of
vehicles, including tactical, support, and non-tracked combat vehicles;
the purchase of passenger motor vehicles for replacement only;
communications and electronic equipment; other support equipment; spare
parts, ordnance, and accessories therefor; specialized equipment and
training devices; expansion of public and private plants, including the
land necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes, and such lands and
interests therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon
prior to approval of title; and procurement and installation of
equipment, appliances, and machine tools in public and private plants;
reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway;
and other expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes,
$7,709,078,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30,
2021.
Aircraft Procurement, Navy
For construction, procurement, production, modification, and
modernization of aircraft, equipment, including ordnance, spare parts,
and accessories therefor; specialized equipment; expansion of public
and private plants, including the land necessary therefor, and such
lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and construction
prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and procurement and
installation of equipment, appliances, and machine tools in public and
private plants; reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned
equipment layaway, $20,083,169,000, to remain available for obligation
until September 30, 2021.
Weapons Procurement, Navy
For construction, procurement, production, modification, and
modernization of missiles, torpedoes, other weapons, and related
support equipment including spare parts, and accessories therefor;
expansion of public and private plants, including the land necessary
therefor, and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and
construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and
procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, and machine
tools in public and private plants; reserve plant and Government and
contractor-owned equipment layaway, $3,780,572,000, to remain available
for obligation until September 30, 2021.
Procurement of Ammunition, Navy and Marine Corps
For construction, procurement, production, and modification of
ammunition, and accessories therefor; specialized equipment and
training devices; expansion of public and private plants, including
ammunition facilities, authorized by section 2854 of title 10, United
States Code, and the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing
purposes, and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and
construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and
procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, and machine
tools in public and private plants; reserve plant and Government and
contractor-owned equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary for
the foregoing purposes, $970,454,000, to remain available for
obligation until September 30, 2021.
Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy
For expenses necessary for the construction, acquisition, or
conversion of vessels as authorized by law, including armor and
armament thereof, plant equipment, appliances, and machine tools and
installation thereof in public and private plants; reserve plant and
Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; procurement of
critical, long lead time components and designs for vessels to be
constructed or converted in the future; and expansion of public and
private plants, including land necessary therefor, and such lands and
interests therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon
prior to approval of title, as follows:
Ohio Replacement Submarine (AP), $3,242,330,000;
Carrier Replacement Program (CVN 80), $1,573,181,000;
Virginia Class Submarine, $4,373,382,000;
Virginia Class Submarine (AP), $2,796,401,000;
CVN Refueling Overhauls (AP), $449,597,000;
DDG-1000 Program, $270,965,000;
DDG-51 Destroyer, $5,171,827,000;
DDG-51 Destroyer (AP), $641,928,000;
Littoral Combat Ship, $1,121,244,000;
LPD-17, $500,000,000;
Expeditionary Sea Base, $650,000,000;
LHA Replacement (AP), $350,000,000;
Expeditionary Fast Transport, $225,000,000;
TAO Fleet Oiler, $977,104,000;
TAO Fleet Oiler (AP), $75,046,000;
Towing Salvage and Rescue Ship, $80,517,000;
LCU 1700, $41,520,000;
Ship to Shore Connector, $325,375,000;
Service Craft, $97,062,000;
LCAC SLEP, $23,321,000;
For outfitting, post delivery, conversions, and first
destination transportation, $550,038,000;
Completion of Prior Year Shipbuilding Programs,
$207,099,000; and
Cable Ship, $250,000,000.
In all: $23,992,937,000, to remain available for obligation until
September 30, 2023: Provided, That additional obligations may be
incurred after September 30, 2023, for engineering services, tests,
evaluations, and other such budgeted work that must be performed in the
final stage of ship construction: Provided further, That none of the
funds provided under this heading for the construction or conversion of
any naval vessel to be constructed in shipyards in the United States
shall be expended in foreign facilities for the construction of major
components of such vessel: Provided further, That none of the funds
provided under this heading shall be used for the construction of any
naval vessel in foreign shipyards: Provided further, That funds
appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act for production of
the common missile compartment of nuclear-powered vessels may be
available for multiyear procurement of critical components to support
continuous production of such compartments only in accordance with the
provisions of subsection (i) of section 2218a of title 10, United
States Code (as added by section 1023 of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114-328)).
Other Procurement, Navy
For procurement, production, and modernization of support equipment
and materials not otherwise provided for, Navy ordnance (except
ordnance for new aircraft, new ships, and ships authorized for
conversion); the purchase of passenger motor vehicles for replacement
only; expansion of public and private plants, including the land
necessary therefor, and such lands and interests therein, may be
acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of
title; and procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, and
machine tools in public and private plants; reserve plant and
Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway, $10,393,562,000, to
remain available for obligation until September 30, 2021.
Procurement, Marine Corps
For expenses necessary for the procurement, manufacture, and
modification of missiles, armament, military equipment, spare parts,
and accessories therefor; plant equipment, appliances, and machine
tools, and installation thereof in public and private plants; reserve
plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; vehicles
for the Marine Corps, including the purchase of passenger motor
vehicles for replacement only; and expansion of public and private
plants, including land necessary therefor, and such lands and interests
therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to
approval of title, $2,800,997,000, to remain available for obligation
until September 30, 2021.
Aircraft Procurement, Air Force
For construction, procurement, and modification of aircraft and
equipment, including armor and armament, specialized ground handling
equipment, and training devices, spare parts, and accessories therefor;
specialized equipment; expansion of public and private plants,
Government-owned equipment and installation thereof in such plants,
erection of structures, and acquisition of land, for the foregoing
purposes, and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and
construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; reserve
plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; and other
expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes including rents and
transportation of things, $15,772,473,000, to remain available for
obligation until September 30, 2021.
Missile Procurement, Air Force
For construction, procurement, and modification of missiles,
rockets, and related equipment, including spare parts and accessories
therefor; ground handling equipment, and training devices; expansion of
public and private plants, Government-owned equipment and installation
thereof in such plants, erection of structures, and acquisition of
land, for the foregoing purposes, and such lands and interests therein,
may be acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval
of title; reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment
layaway; and other expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes
including rents and transportation of things, $2,614,954,000, to remain
available for obligation until September 30, 2021.
Space Procurement, Air Force
For construction, procurement, and modification of spacecraft,
rockets, and related equipment, including spare parts and accessories
therefor; ground handling equipment, and training devices; expansion of
public and private plants, Government-owned equipment and installation
thereof in such plants, erection of structures, and acquisition of
land, for the foregoing purposes, and such lands and interests therein,
may be acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval
of title; reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment
layaway; and other expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes
including rents and transportation of things, $2,224,142,000, to remain
available for obligation until September 30, 2021.
Procurement of Ammunition, Air Force
For construction, procurement, production, and modification of
ammunition, and accessories therefor; specialized equipment and
training devices; expansion of public and private plants, including
ammunition facilities, authorized by section 2854 of title 10, United
States Code, and the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing
purposes, and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and
construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and
procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, and machine
tools in public and private plants; reserve plant and Government and
contractor-owned equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary for
the foregoing purposes, $1,564,880,000, to remain available for
obligation until September 30, 2021.
Other Procurement, Air Force
For procurement and modification of equipment (including ground
guidance and electronic control equipment, and ground electronic and
communication equipment), and supplies, materials, and spare parts
therefor, not otherwise provided for; the purchase of passenger motor
vehicles for replacement only; lease of passenger motor vehicles; and
expansion of public and private plants, Government-owned equipment and
installation thereof in such plants, erection of structures, and
acquisition of land, for the foregoing purposes, and such lands and
interests therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted
thereon, prior to approval of title; reserve plant and Government and
contractor-owned equipment layaway, $20,839,366,000, to remain
available for obligation until September 30, 2021.
Procurement, Defense-Wide
For expenses of activities and agencies of the Department of
Defense (other than the military departments) necessary for
procurement, production, and modification of equipment, supplies,
materials, and spare parts therefor, not otherwise provided for; the
purchase of passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; expansion of
public and private plants, equipment, and installation thereof in such
plants, erection of structures, and acquisition of land for the
foregoing purposes, and such lands and interests therein, may be
acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of
title; reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment
layaway, $6,663,821,000, to remain available for obligation until
September 30, 2021.
National Guard and Reserve Equipment Account
For procurement of rotary-wing aircraft; combat, tactical and
support vehicles; other weapons; and other procurement items for the
reserve components of the Armed Forces, $900,000,000, to remain
available for obligation until September 30, 2021: Provided, That the
Chiefs of National Guard and Reserve components shall, not later than
30 days after enactment of this Act, individually submit to the
congressional defense committees the modernization priority assessment
for their respective National Guard or Reserve component: Provided
further, That none of the funds made available by this paragraph may be
used to procure manned fixed wing aircraft, or procure or modify
missiles, munitions, or ammunition.
Defense Production Act Purchases
For activities by the Department of Defense pursuant to sections
108, 301, 302, and 303 of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C.
4518, 4531, 4532, and 4533), $38,578,000, to remain available until
expended.
TITLE IV
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army
For expenses necessary for basic and applied scientific research,
development, test and evaluation, including maintenance,
rehabilitation, lease, and operation of facilities and equipment,
$10,812,458,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30,
2020.
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy
For expenses necessary for basic and applied scientific research,
development, test and evaluation, including maintenance,
rehabilitation, lease, and operation of facilities and equipment,
$18,992,064,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30,
2020: Provided, That funds appropriated in this paragraph which are
available for the V-22 may be used to meet unique operational
requirements of the Special Operations Forces.
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force
For expenses necessary for basic and applied scientific research,
development, test and evaluation, including maintenance,
rehabilitation, lease, and operation of facilities and equipment,
$40,896,667,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30,
2020.
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide
For expenses of activities and agencies of the Department of
Defense (other than the military departments), necessary for basic and
applied scientific research, development, test and evaluation; advanced
research projects as may be designated and determined by the Secretary
of Defense, pursuant to law; maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, and
operation of facilities and equipment, $24,049,621,000, to remain
available for obligation until September 30, 2020.
Operational Test and Evaluation, Defense
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the
independent activities of the Director, Operational Test and
Evaluation, in the direction and supervision of operational test and
evaluation, including initial operational test and evaluation which is
conducted prior to, and in support of, production decisions; joint
operational testing and evaluation; and administrative expenses in
connection therewith, $381,009,000, to remain available for obligation
until September 30, 2020.
TITLE V
REVOLVING AND MANAGEMENT FUNDS
Defense Working Capital Funds
For the Defense Working Capital Funds, $1,641,115,000.
TITLE VI
OTHER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS
Defense Health Program
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, for medical and health
care programs of the Department of Defense as authorized by law,
$34,135,992,000; of which $31,588,995,000 shall be for operation and
maintenance, of which not to exceed one percent shall remain available
for obligation until September 30, 2020, and of which up to
$15,152,801,000 may be available for contracts entered into under the
TRICARE program; of which $873,160,000, to remain available for
obligation until September 30, 2021, shall be for procurement; and of
which $1,673,837,000, to remain available for obligation until
September 30, 2020, shall be for research, development, test and
evaluation: Provided, That of the funds provided under this heading
for research, development, test and evaluation, not less than
$761,500,000 shall be made available to the United States Army Medical
Research and Materiel Command to carry out the congressionally directed
medical research programs.
Chemical Agents and Munitions Destruction, Defense
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the
destruction of the United States stockpile of lethal chemical agents
and munitions in accordance with the provisions of section 1412 of the
Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1986 (50 U.S.C. 1521), and for
the destruction of other chemical warfare materials that are not in the
chemical weapon stockpile, $993,816,000, of which $105,997,000 shall be
for operation and maintenance, of which no less than $52,735,000 shall
be for the Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program,
consisting of $21,600,000 for activities on military installations and
$31,135,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020, to assist
State and local governments; $1,091,000 shall be for procurement, to
remain available until September 30, 2021, of which $1,091,000 shall be
for the Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program to assist
State and local governments; and $886,728,000, to remain available
until September 30, 2020, shall be for research, development, test and
evaluation, of which $880,283,000 shall only be for the Assembled
Chemical Weapons Alternatives program.
Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, Defense
(including transfer of funds)
For drug interdiction and counter-drug activities of the Department
of Defense, for transfer to appropriations available to the Department
of Defense for military personnel of the reserve components serving
under the provisions of title 10 and title 32, United States Code; for
operation and maintenance; for procurement; and for research,
development, test and evaluation, $872,525,000, of which $507,171,000
shall be for counter-narcotics support; $117,900,000 shall be for the
drug demand reduction program; $217,178,000 shall be for the National
Guard counter-drug program; and $30,276,000 shall be for the National
Guard counter-drug schools program: Provided, That the funds
appropriated under this heading shall be available for obligation for
the same time period and for the same purpose as the appropriation to
which transferred: Provided further, That upon a determination that
all or part of the funds transferred from this appropriation are not
necessary for the purposes provided herein, such amounts may be
transferred back to this appropriation: Provided further, That the
transfer authority provided under this heading is in addition to any
other transfer authority contained elsewhere in this Act.
Office of the Inspector General
For expenses and activities of the Office of the Inspector General
in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as
amended, $329,273,000, of which $325,236,000 shall be for operation and
maintenance, of which not to exceed $700,000 is available for
emergencies and extraordinary expenses to be expended on the approval
or authority of the Inspector General, and payments may be made on the
Inspector General's certificate of necessity for confidential military
purposes; of which $60,000, to remain available for obligation until
September 30, 2021, shall be for procurement; and of which $3,977,000,
to remain available until September 30, 2020, shall be for research,
development, test and evaluation.
TITLE VII
RELATED AGENCIES
Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System Fund
For payment to the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and
Disability System Fund, to maintain the proper funding level for
continuing the operation of the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement
and Disability System, $514,000,000.
Intelligence Community Management Account
For necessary expenses of the Intelligence Community Management
Account, $529,624,000.
TITLE VIII
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 8001. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act
shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes not authorized by
the Congress.
Sec. 8002. During the current fiscal year, provisions of law
prohibiting the payment of compensation to, or employment of, any
person not a citizen of the United States shall not apply to personnel
of the Department of Defense: Provided, That salary increases granted
to direct and indirect hire foreign national employees of the
Department of Defense funded by this Act shall not be at a rate in
excess of the percentage increase authorized by law for civilian
employees of the Department of Defense whose pay is computed under the
provisions of section 5332 of title 5, United States Code, or at a rate
in excess of the percentage increase provided by the appropriate host
nation to its own employees, whichever is higher: Provided further,
That this section shall not apply to Department of Defense foreign
service national employees serving at United States diplomatic missions
whose pay is set by the Department of State under the Foreign Service
Act of 1980: Provided further, That the limitations of this provision
shall not apply to foreign national employees of the Department of
Defense in the Republic of Turkey.
Sec. 8003. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act
shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year,
unless expressly so provided herein.
Sec. 8004. No more than 20 percent of the appropriations in this
Act which are limited for obligation during the current fiscal year
shall be obligated during the last 2 months of the fiscal year:
Provided, That this section shall not apply to obligations for support
of active duty training of reserve components or summer camp training
of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps.
(transfer of funds)
Sec. 8005. Upon determination by the Secretary of Defense that
such action is necessary in the national interest, he may, with the
approval of the Office of Management and Budget, transfer not to exceed
$4,000,000,000 of working capital funds of the Department of Defense or
funds made available in this Act to the Department of Defense for
military functions (except military construction) between such
appropriations or funds or any subdivision thereof, to be merged with
and to be available for the same purposes, and for the same time
period, as the appropriation or fund to which transferred: Provided,
That such authority to transfer may not be used unless for higher
priority items, based on unforeseen military requirements, than those
for which originally appropriated and in no case where the item for
which funds are requested has been denied by the Congress: Provided
further, That the Secretary of Defense shall notify the Congress
promptly of all transfers made pursuant to this authority or any other
authority in this Act: Provided further, That no part of the funds in
this Act shall be available to prepare or present a request to the
Committees on Appropriations for reprogramming of funds, unless for
higher priority items, based on unforeseen military requirements, than
those for which originally appropriated and in no case where the item
for which reprogramming is requested has been denied by the Congress:
Provided further, That a request for multiple reprogrammings of funds
using authority provided in this section shall be made prior to June
30, 2019: Provided further, That transfers among military personnel
appropriations shall not be taken into account for purposes of the
limitation on the amount of funds that may be transferred under this
section.
Sec. 8006. (a) With regard to the list of specific programs,
projects, and activities (and the dollar amounts and adjustments to
budget activities corresponding to such programs, projects, and
activities) contained in the tables titled ``Committee Recommended
Adjustments'' in the explanatory statement regarding this Act, the
obligation and expenditure of amounts appropriated or otherwise made
available in this Act for those programs, projects, and activities for
which the amounts appropriated exceed the amounts requested are hereby
required by law to be carried out in the manner provided by such tables
to the same extent as if the tables were included in the text of this
Act.
(b) Amounts specified in the referenced tables described in
subsection (a) shall not be treated as subdivisions of appropriations
for purposes of section 8005 of this Act: Provided, That section 8005
shall apply when transfers of the amounts described in subsection (a)
occur between appropriation accounts.
Sec. 8007. (a) Not later than 60 days after enactment of this Act,
the Department of Defense shall submit a report to the congressional
defense committees to establish the baseline for application of
reprogramming and transfer authorities for fiscal year 2019: Provided,
That the report shall include--
(1) a table for each appropriation with a separate column
to display the President's budget request, adjustments made by
Congress, adjustments due to enacted rescissions, if
appropriate, and the fiscal year enacted level;
(2) a delineation in the table for each appropriation both
by budget activity and program, project, and activity as
detailed in the Budget Appendix; and
(3) an identification of items of special congressional
interest.
(b) Notwithstanding section 8005 of this Act, none of the funds
provided in this Act shall be available for reprogramming or transfer
until the report identified in subsection (a) is submitted to the
congressional defense committees, unless the Secretary of Defense
certifies in writing to the congressional defense committees that such
reprogramming or transfer is necessary as an emergency requirement:
Provided, That this subsection shall not apply to transfers from the
following appropriations accounts:
(1) ``Environmental Restoration, Army'';
(2) ``Environmental Restoration, Navy'';
(3) ``Environmental Restoration, Air Force'';
(4) ``Environmental Restoration, Defense-Wide'';
(5) ``Environmental Restoration, Formerly Used Defense
Sites''; and
(6) ``Drug Interdiction and Counter-drug Activities,
Defense''.
(transfer of funds)
Sec. 8008. During the current fiscal year, cash balances in
working capital funds of the Department of Defense established pursuant
to section 2208 of title 10, United States Code, may be maintained in
only such amounts as are necessary at any time for cash disbursements
to be made from such funds: Provided, That transfers may be made
between such funds: Provided further, That transfers may be made
between working capital funds and the ``Foreign Currency Fluctuations,
Defense'' appropriation and the ``Operation and Maintenance''
appropriation accounts in such amounts as may be determined by the
Secretary of Defense, with the approval of the Office of Management and
Budget, except that such transfers may not be made unless the Secretary
of Defense has notified the Congress of the proposed transfer:
Provided further, That except in amounts equal to the amounts
appropriated to working capital funds in this Act, no obligations may
be made against a working capital fund to procure or increase the value
of war reserve material inventory, unless the Secretary of Defense has
notified the Congress prior to any such obligation.
Sec. 8009. Funds appropriated by this Act may not be used to
initiate a special access program without prior notification 30
calendar days in advance to the congressional defense committees.
Sec. 8010. None of the funds provided in this Act shall be
available to initiate: (1) a multiyear contract that employs economic
order quantity procurement in excess of $20,000,000 in any one year of
the contract or that includes an unfunded contingent liability in
excess of $20,000,000; or (2) a contract for advance procurement
leading to a multiyear contract that employs economic order quantity
procurement in excess of $20,000,000 in any one year, unless the
congressional defense committees have been notified at least 30 days in
advance of the proposed contract award: Provided, That no part of any
appropriation contained in this Act shall be available to initiate a
multiyear contract for which the economic order quantity advance
procurement is not funded at least to the limits of the Government's
liability: Provided further, That no part of any appropriation
contained in this Act shall be available to initiate multiyear
procurement contracts for any systems or component thereof if the value
of the multiyear contract would exceed $500,000,000 unless specifically
provided in this Act: Provided further, That no multiyear procurement
contract can be terminated without 30-day prior notification to the
congressional defense committees: Provided further, That the execution
of multiyear authority shall require the use of a present value
analysis to determine lowest cost compared to an annual procurement:
Provided further, That none of the funds provided in this Act may be
used for a multiyear contract executed after the date of the enactment
of this Act unless in the case of any such contract--
(1) the Secretary of Defense has submitted to Congress a
budget request for full funding of units to be procured through
the contract and, in the case of a contract for procurement of
aircraft, that includes, for any aircraft unit to be procured
through the contract for which procurement funds are requested
in that budget request for production beyond advance
procurement activities in the fiscal year covered by the
budget, full funding of procurement of such unit in that fiscal
year;
(2) cancellation provisions in the contract do not include
consideration of recurring manufacturing costs of the
contractor associated with the production of unfunded units to
be delivered under the contract;
(3) the contract provides that payments to the contractor
under the contract shall not be made in advance of incurred
costs on funded units; and
(4) the contract does not provide for a price adjustment
based on a failure to award a follow-on contract.
Funds appropriated in title III of this Act may be used for
multiyear procurement contracts for any or all of the following
projects:
(1) Standard Missile-3 IB;
(2) Standard Missile-6;
(3) F/A-18E/F Super Hornet and EA-18G Aircraft variants;
(4) E-2D Advanced Hawkeye (AHE) Aircraft; and
(5) C-130J, KC-130J, HC-130J; MC-130J, AC-130J Aircraft:
Provided, That the multiyear procurement authority for the E-2D
Advanced Hawkeye (AHE) and the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet programs provided
for by this section shall be subject to the certification requirement
in section 2306b(i) of title 10, United States Code, with the cost
analysis in connection with such certification to be current as of the
date of such certification and to be submitted to Congress prior to the
Secretary exercising the authority in accordance with section
2306b(i)(3) of title 10, United States Code: Provided further, That
the multiyear procurement authority for the Standard Missile--6 program
provided for by this section shall be subject to the certification
requirement in section 2306b(i) of title 10, United States Code, with
the cost analysis in connection with such certification to be current
as of the date of such certification and to be submitted to Congress
prior to the Secretary exercising the authority in accordance with
section 2306b(i)(3) of title 10, United States Code.
Sec. 8011. Within the funds appropriated for the operation and
maintenance of the Armed Forces, funds are hereby appropriated pursuant
to section 401 of title 10, United States Code, for humanitarian and
civic assistance costs under chapter 20 of title 10, United States
Code. Such funds may also be obligated for humanitarian and civic
assistance costs incidental to authorized operations and pursuant to
authority granted in section 401 of chapter 20 of title 10, United
States Code, and these obligations shall be reported as required by
section 401(d) of title 10, United States Code: Provided, That funds
available for operation and maintenance shall be available for
providing humanitarian and similar assistance by using Civic Action
Teams in the Trust Territories of the Pacific Islands and freely
associated states of Micronesia, pursuant to the Compact of Free
Association as authorized by Public Law 99-239: Provided further, That
upon a determination by the Secretary of the Army that such action is
beneficial for graduate medical education programs conducted at Army
medical facilities located in Hawaii, the Secretary of the Army may
authorize the provision of medical services at such facilities and
transportation to such facilities, on a nonreimbursable basis, for
civilian patients from American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern
Mariana Islands, the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of
Micronesia, Palau, and Guam.
Sec. 8012. (a) During the current fiscal year, the civilian
personnel of the Department of Defense may not be managed on the basis
of any end-strength, and the management of such personnel during that
fiscal year shall not be subject to any constraint or limitation (known
as an end-strength) on the number of such personnel who may be employed
on the last day of such fiscal year.
(b) The fiscal year 2020 budget request for the Department of
Defense as well as all justification material and other documentation
supporting the fiscal year 2020 Department of Defense budget request
shall be prepared and submitted to the Congress as if subsections (a)
and (b) of this provision were effective with regard to fiscal year
2020.
(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to apply to military
(civilian) technicians.
Sec. 8013. None of the funds made available by this Act shall be
used in any way, directly or indirectly, to influence congressional
action on any legislation or appropriation matters pending before the
Congress.
Sec. 8014. None of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be
available for the basic pay and allowances of any member of the Army
participating as a full-time student and receiving benefits paid by the
Secretary of Veterans Affairs from the Department of Defense Education
Benefits Fund when time spent as a full-time student is credited toward
completion of a service commitment: Provided, That this section shall
not apply to those members who have reenlisted with this option prior
to October 1, 1987: Provided further, That this section applies only
to active components of the Army.
(transfer of funds)
Sec. 8015. Funds appropriated in title III of this Act for the
Department of Defense Pilot Mentor-Protege Program may be transferred
to any other appropriation contained in this Act solely for the purpose
of implementing a Mentor-Protege Program developmental assistance
agreement pursuant to section 831 of the National Defense Authorization
Act for Fiscal Year 1991 (Public Law 101-510; 10 U.S.C. 2302 note), as
amended, under the authority of this provision or any other transfer
authority contained in this Act.
Sec. 8016. None of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be
used for the support of any nonappropriated funds activity of the
Department of Defense that procures malt beverages and wine with
nonappropriated funds for resale (including such alcoholic beverages
sold by the drink) on a military installation located in the United
States unless such malt beverages and wine are procured within that
State, or in the case of the District of Columbia, within the District
of Columbia, in which the military installation is located: Provided,
That, in a case in which the military installation is located in more
than one State, purchases may be made in any State in which the
installation is located: Provided further, That such local procurement
requirements for malt beverages and wine shall apply to all alcoholic
beverages only for military installations in States which are not
contiguous with another State: Provided further, That alcoholic
beverages other than wine and malt beverages, in contiguous States and
the District of Columbia shall be procured from the most competitive
source, price and other factors considered.
Sec. 8017. None of the funds available to the Department of
Defense may be used to demilitarize or dispose of M-1 Carbines, M-1
Garand rifles, M-14 rifles, .22 caliber rifles, .30 caliber rifles, or
M-1911 pistols, or to demilitarize or destroy small arms ammunition or
ammunition components that are not otherwise prohibited from commercial
sale under Federal law, unless the small arms ammunition or ammunition
components are certified by the Secretary of the Army or designee as
unserviceable or unsafe for further use.
Sec. 8018. No more than $500,000 of the funds appropriated or made
available in this Act shall be used during a single fiscal year for any
single relocation of an organization, unit, activity or function of the
Department of Defense into or within the National Capital Region:
Provided, That the Secretary of Defense may waive this restriction on a
case-by-case basis by certifying in writing to the congressional
defense committees that such a relocation is required in the best
interest of the Government.
Sec. 8019. Of the funds made available in this Act, up to
$15,000,000 may be available for incentive payments authorized by
section 504 of the Indian Financing Act of 1974 (25 U.S.C. 1544):
Provided, That a prime contractor or a subcontractor at any tier that
makes a subcontract award to any subcontractor or supplier as defined
in section 1544 of title 25, United States Code, or a small business
owned and controlled by an individual or individuals defined under
section 4221(9) of title 25, United States Code, shall be considered a
contractor for the purposes of being allowed additional compensation
under section 504 of the Indian Financing Act of 1974 (25 U.S.C. 1544)
whenever the prime contract or subcontract amount is over $500,000 and
involves the expenditure of funds appropriated by an Act making
appropriations for the Department of Defense with respect to any fiscal
year: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 1906 of title 41,
United States Code, this section shall be applicable to any Department
of Defense acquisition of supplies or services, including any contract
and any subcontract at any tier for acquisition of commercial items
produced or manufactured, in whole or in part, by any subcontractor or
supplier defined in section 1544 of title 25, United States Code, or a
small business owned and controlled by an individual or individuals
defined under section 4221(9) of title 25, United States Code.
Sec. 8020. Funds appropriated by this Act for the Defense Media
Activity shall not be used for any national or international political
or psychological activities.
Sec. 8021. During the current fiscal year, the Department of
Defense is authorized to incur obligations of not to exceed
$350,000,000 for purposes specified in section 2350j(c) of title 10,
United States Code, in anticipation of receipt of contributions, only
from the Government of Kuwait, under that section: Provided, That,
upon receipt, such contributions from the Government of Kuwait shall be
credited to the appropriations or fund which incurred such obligations.
Sec. 8022. (a) Of the funds made available in this Act, not less
than $46,100,000 shall be available for the Civil Air Patrol
Corporation, of which--
(1) $33,600,000 shall be available from ``Operation and
Maintenance, Air Force'' to support Civil Air Patrol
Corporation operation and maintenance, readiness, counter-drug
activities, and drug demand reduction activities involving
youth programs;
(2) $10,800,000 shall be available from ``Aircraft
Procurement, Air Force''; and
(3) $1,700,000 shall be available from ``Other Procurement,
Air Force'' for vehicle procurement.
(b) The Secretary of the Air Force should waive reimbursement for
any funds used by the Civil Air Patrol for counter-drug activities in
support of Federal, State, and local government agencies.
Sec. 8023. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this Act are
available to establish a new Department of Defense (department)
federally funded research and development center (FFRDC), either as a
new entity, or as a separate entity administrated by an organization
managing another FFRDC, or as a nonprofit membership corporation
consisting of a consortium of other FFRDCs and other nonprofit
entities.
(b) No member of a Board of Directors, Trustees, Overseers,
Advisory Group, Special Issues Panel, Visiting Committee, or any
similar entity of a defense FFRDC, and no paid consultant to any
defense FFRDC, except when acting in a technical advisory capacity, may
be compensated for his or her services as a member of such entity, or
as a paid consultant by more than one FFRDC in a fiscal year:
Provided, That a member of any such entity referred to previously in
this subsection shall be allowed travel expenses and per diem as
authorized under the Federal Joint Travel Regulations, when engaged in
the performance of membership duties.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the funds
available to the department from any source during the current fiscal
year may be used by a defense FFRDC, through a fee or other payment
mechanism, for construction of new buildings not located on a military
installation, for payment of cost sharing for projects funded by
Government grants, for absorption of contract overruns, or for certain
charitable contributions, not to include employee participation in
community service and/or development.
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the funds
available to the department during fiscal year 2019, not more than
6,030 staff years of technical effort (staff years) may be funded for
defense FFRDCs: Provided, That, of the specific amount referred to
previously in this subsection, not more than 1,125 staff years may be
funded for the defense studies and analysis FFRDCs: Provided further,
That this subsection shall not apply to staff years funded in the
National Intelligence Program (NIP) and the Military Intelligence
Program (MIP).
(e) The Secretary of Defense shall, with the submission of the
department's fiscal year 2020 budget request, submit a report
presenting the specific amounts of staff years of technical effort to
be allocated for each defense FFRDC during that fiscal year and the
associated budget estimates.
(f) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the total
amount appropriated in this Act for FFRDCs is hereby reduced by
$179,000,000: Provided, That this subsection shall not apply to
appropriations for the National Intelligence Program (NIP) and the
Military Intelligence Program (MIP).
Sec. 8024. None of the funds appropriated or made available in
this Act shall be used to procure carbon, alloy, or armor steel plate
for use in any Government-owned facility or property under the control
of the Department of Defense which were not melted and rolled in the
United States or Canada: Provided, That these procurement restrictions
shall apply to any and all Federal Supply Class 9515, American Society
of Testing and Materials (ASTM) or American Iron and Steel Institute
(AISI) specifications of carbon, alloy or armor steel plate: Provided
further, That the Secretary of the military department responsible for
the procurement may waive this restriction on a case-by-case basis by
certifying in writing to the Committees on Appropriations of the House
of Representatives and the Senate that adequate domestic supplies are
not available to meet Department of Defense requirements on a timely
basis and that such an acquisition must be made in order to acquire
capability for national security purposes: Provided further, That
these restrictions shall not apply to contracts which are in being as
of the date of the enactment of this Act.
Sec. 8025. For the purposes of this Act, the term ``congressional
defense committees'' means the Armed Services Committee of the House of
Representatives, the Armed Services Committee of the Senate, the
Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on Appropriations of the
Senate, and the Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives.
Sec. 8026. During the current fiscal year, the Department of
Defense may acquire the modification, depot maintenance and repair of
aircraft, vehicles and vessels as well as the production of components
and other Defense-related articles, through competition between
Department of Defense depot maintenance activities and private firms:
Provided, That the Senior Acquisition Executive of the military
department or Defense Agency concerned, with power of delegation, shall
certify that successful bids include comparable estimates of all direct
and indirect costs for both public and private bids: Provided further,
That Office of Management and Budget Circular A-76 shall not apply to
competitions conducted under this section.
Sec. 8027. (a)(1) If the Secretary of Defense, after consultation
with the United States Trade Representative, determines that a foreign
country which is party to an agreement described in paragraph (2) has
violated the terms of the agreement by discriminating against certain
types of products produced in the United States that are covered by the
agreement, the Secretary of Defense shall rescind the Secretary's
blanket waiver of the Buy American Act with respect to such types of
products produced in that foreign country.
(2) An agreement referred to in paragraph (1) is any reciprocal
defense procurement memorandum of understanding, between the United
States and a foreign country pursuant to which the Secretary of Defense
has prospectively waived the Buy American Act for certain products in
that country.
(b) The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Congress a report
on the amount of Department of Defense purchases from foreign entities
in fiscal year 2019. Such report shall separately indicate the dollar
value of items for which the Buy American Act was waived pursuant to
any agreement described in subsection (a)(2), the Trade Agreement Act
of 1979 (19 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.), or any international agreement to
which the United States is a party.
(c) For purposes of this section, the term ``Buy American Act''
means chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code.
Sec. 8028. During the current fiscal year, amounts contained in
the Department of Defense Overseas Military Facility Investment
Recovery Account established by section 2921(c)(1) of the National
Defense Authorization Act of 1991 (Public Law 101-510; 10 U.S.C. 2687
note) shall be available until expended for the payments specified by
section 2921(c)(2) of that Act.
Sec. 8029. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
Secretary of the Air Force may convey at no cost to the Air Force,
without consideration, to Indian tribes located in the States of
Nevada, Idaho, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Oregon, Minnesota,
and Washington relocatable military housing units located at Grand
Forks Air Force Base, Malmstrom Air Force Base, Mountain Home Air Force
Base, Ellsworth Air Force Base, and Minot Air Force Base that are
excess to the needs of the Air Force.
(b) The Secretary of the Air Force shall convey, at no cost to the
Air Force, military housing units under subsection (a) in accordance
with the request for such units that are submitted to the Secretary by
the Operation Walking Shield Program on behalf of Indian tribes located
in the States of Nevada, Idaho, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana,
Oregon, Minnesota, and Washington. Any such conveyance shall be subject
to the condition that the housing units shall be removed within a
reasonable period of time, as determined by the Secretary.
(c) The Operation Walking Shield Program shall resolve any
conflicts among requests of Indian tribes for housing units under
subsection (a) before submitting requests to the Secretary of the Air
Force under subsection (b).
(d) In this section, the term ``Indian tribe'' means any recognized
Indian tribe included on the current list published by the Secretary of
the Interior under section 104 of the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe
Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-454; 108 Stat. 4792; 25 U.S.C. 5131).
Sec. 8030. During the current fiscal year, appropriations which
are available to the Department of Defense for operation and
maintenance may be used to purchase items having an investment item
unit cost of not more than $250,000.
Sec. 8031. Up to $10,518,000 of the funds appropriated under the
heading ``Operation and Maintenance, Navy'' may be made available for
the Asia Pacific Regional Initiative Program for the purpose of
enabling the Pacific Command to execute Theater Security Cooperation
activities such as humanitarian assistance, and payment of incremental
and personnel costs of training and exercising with foreign security
forces: Provided, That funds made available for this purpose may be
used, notwithstanding any other funding authorities for humanitarian
assistance, security assistance or combined exercise expenses:
Provided further, That funds may not be obligated to provide assistance
to any foreign country that is otherwise prohibited from receiving such
type of assistance under any other provision of law.
Sec. 8032. The Secretary of Defense shall issue regulations to
prohibit the sale of any tobacco or tobacco-related products in
military resale outlets in the United States, its territories and
possessions at a price below the most competitive price in the local
community: Provided, That such regulations shall direct that the
prices of tobacco or tobacco-related products in overseas military
retail outlets shall be within the range of prices established for
military retail system stores located in the United States.
Sec. 8033. (a) During the current fiscal year, none of the
appropriations or funds available to the Department of Defense Working
Capital Funds shall be used for the purchase of an investment item for
the purpose of acquiring a new inventory item for sale or anticipated
sale during the current fiscal year or a subsequent fiscal year to
customers of the Department of Defense Working Capital Funds if such an
item would not have been chargeable to the Department of Defense
Business Operations Fund during fiscal year 1994 and if the purchase of
such an investment item would be chargeable during the current fiscal
year to appropriations made to the Department of Defense for
procurement.
(b) The fiscal year 2020 budget request for the Department of
Defense as well as all justification material and other documentation
supporting the fiscal year 2020 Department of Defense budget shall be
prepared and submitted to the Congress on the basis that any equipment
which was classified as an end item and funded in a procurement
appropriation contained in this Act shall be budgeted for in a proposed
fiscal year 2020 procurement appropriation and not in the supply
management business area or any other area or category of the
Department of Defense Working Capital Funds.
Sec. 8034. None of the funds appropriated by this Act for programs
of the Central Intelligence Agency shall remain available for
obligation beyond the current fiscal year, except for funds
appropriated for the Reserve for Contingencies, which shall remain
available until September 30, 2020: Provided, That funds appropriated,
transferred, or otherwise credited to the Central Intelligence Agency
Central Services Working Capital Fund during this or any prior or
subsequent fiscal year shall remain available until expended: Provided
further, That any funds appropriated or transferred to the Central
Intelligence Agency for advanced research and development acquisition,
for agent operations, and for covert action programs authorized by the
President under section 503 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50
U.S.C. 3093) shall remain available until September 30, 2020.
Sec. 8035. Of the funds appropriated to the Department of Defense
under the heading ``Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide'', not less
than $12,000,000 may be made available only for the mitigation of
environmental impacts, including training and technical assistance to
tribes, related administrative support, the gathering of information,
documenting of environmental damage, and developing a system for
prioritization of mitigation and cost to complete estimates for
mitigation, on Indian lands resulting from Department of Defense
activities.
Sec. 8036. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this Act may be
expended by an entity of the Department of Defense unless the entity,
in expending the funds, complies with the Buy American Act. For
purposes of this subsection, the term ``Buy American Act'' means
chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code.
(b) If the Secretary of Defense determines that a person has been
convicted of intentionally affixing a label bearing a ``Made in
America'' inscription to any product sold in or shipped to the United
States that is not made in America, the Secretary shall determine, in
accordance with section 2410f of title 10, United States Code, whether
the person should be debarred from contracting with the Department of
Defense.
(c) In the case of any equipment or products purchased with
appropriations provided under this Act, it is the sense of the Congress
that any entity of the Department of Defense, in expending the
appropriation, purchase only American-made equipment and products,
provided that American-made equipment and products are cost-
competitive, quality competitive, and available in a timely fashion.
Sec. 8037. (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c), none
of the funds made available by this Act may be used--
(1) to establish a field operating agency; or
(2) to pay the basic pay of a member of the Armed Forces or
civilian employee of the department who is transferred or
reassigned from a headquarters activity if the member or
employee's place of duty remains at the location of that
headquarters.
(b) The Secretary of Defense or Secretary of a military department
may waive the limitations in subsection (a), on a case-by-case basis,
if the Secretary determines, and certifies to the Committees on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate that the
granting of the waiver will reduce the personnel requirements or the
financial requirements of the department.
(c) This section does not apply to--
(1) field operating agencies funded within the National
Intelligence Program;
(2) an Army field operating agency established to
eliminate, mitigate, or counter the effects of improvised
explosive devices, and, as determined by the Secretary of the
Army, other similar threats;
(3) an Army field operating agency established to improve
the effectiveness and efficiencies of biometric activities and
to integrate common biometric technologies throughout the
Department of Defense; or
(4) an Air Force field operating agency established to
administer the Air Force Mortuary Affairs Program and Mortuary
Operations for the Department of Defense and authorized Federal
entities.
Sec. 8038. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be
available to convert to contractor performance an activity or function
of the Department of Defense that, on or after the date of the
enactment of this Act, is performed by Department of Defense civilian
employees unless--
(1) the conversion is based on the result of a public-
private competition that includes a most efficient and cost
effective organization plan developed by such activity or
function;
(2) the Competitive Sourcing Official determines that, over
all performance periods stated in the solicitation of offers
for performance of the activity or function, the cost of
performance of the activity or function by a contractor would
be less costly to the Department of Defense by an amount that
equals or exceeds the lesser of--
(A) 10 percent of the most efficient organization's
personnel-related costs for performance of that
activity or function by Federal employees; or
(B) $10,000,000; and
(3) the contractor does not receive an advantage for a
proposal that would reduce costs for the Department of Defense
by--
(A) not making an employer-sponsored health
insurance plan available to the workers who are to be
employed in the performance of that activity or
function under the contract; or
(B) offering to such workers an employer-sponsored
health benefits plan that requires the employer to
contribute less towards the premium or subscription
share than the amount that is paid by the Department of
Defense for health benefits for civilian employees
under chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code.
(b)(1) The Department of Defense, without regard to subsection (a)
of this section or subsection (a), (b), or (c) of section 2461 of title
10, United States Code, and notwithstanding any administrative
regulation, requirement, or policy to the contrary shall have full
authority to enter into a contract for the performance of any
commercial or industrial type function of the Department of Defense
that--
(A) is included on the procurement list established
pursuant to section 2 of the Javits-Wagner-O'Day Act (section
8503 of title 41, United States Code);
(B) is planned to be converted to performance by a
qualified nonprofit agency for the blind or by a qualified
nonprofit agency for other severely handicapped individuals in
accordance with that Act; or
(C) is planned to be converted to performance by a
qualified firm under at least 51 percent ownership by an Indian
tribe, as defined in section 4(e) of the Indian Self-
Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b(e)),
or a Native Hawaiian Organization, as defined in section
8(a)(15) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(a)(15)).
(2) This section shall not apply to depot contracts or contracts
for depot maintenance as provided in sections 2469 and 2474 of title
10, United States Code.
(c) The conversion of any activity or function of the Department of
Defense under the authority provided by this section shall be credited
toward any competitive or outsourcing goal, target, or measurement that
may be established by statute, regulation, or policy and is deemed to
be awarded under the authority of, and in compliance with, subsection
(h) of section 2304 of title 10, United States Code, for the
competition or outsourcing of commercial activities.
(rescissions)
Sec. 8039. Of the funds appropriated in Department of Defense
Appropriations Acts, the following funds are hereby rescinded from the
following accounts and programs in the specified amounts: Provided,
That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts that were designated by
the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on
Terrorism or as an emergency requirement pursuant to the Concurrent
Resolution on the Budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985, as amended:
``Aircraft Procurement, Army'', 2017/2019, $16,000,000;
``Missile Procurement, Army'', 2017/2019, $12,900,000;
``Other Procurement, Army'', 2017/2019, $7,465,000;
``Other Procurement, Navy'', 2017/2019, $32,344,000;
``Aircraft Procurement, Air Force'', 2017/2019,
$179,029,000;
``Space Procurement, Air Force'', 2017/2019, $15,000,000;
``Other Procurement, Air Force'', 2017/2019, $29,600,000;
``Defense Health Program: Procurement'', 2017/2019,
$2,413,000;
``Aircraft Procurement, Army'', 2018/2020, $4,939,000;
``Missile Procurement, Army'', 2018/2020, $149,400,000;
``Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles,
Army'', 2018/2020, $210,506,000;
``Other Procurement, Army'', 2018/2020, $115,389,000;
``Aircraft Procurement, Navy'', 2018/2020, $14,600,000;
``Other Procurement, Navy'', 2018/2020, $36,600,000;
``Aircraft Procurement, Air Force'', 2018/2020,
$254,166,000;
``Space Procurement, Air Force'', 2018/2020, $192,300,000;
``Procurement of Ammunition, Air Force'', 2018/2020,
$17,100,000;
``Other Procurement, Air Force'', 2018/2020, $128,500,000;
``Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army'', 2018/
2019, $237,384,000;
``Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force'',
2018/2019, $505,300,000;
``Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-
Wide'', 2018/2019, $25,000,000; and
``Defense Health Program: Procurement'', 2018/2020,
$215,000,000.
Sec. 8040. None of the funds available in this Act may be used to
reduce the authorized positions for military technicians (dual status)
of the Army National Guard, Air National Guard, Army Reserve and Air
Force Reserve for the purpose of applying any administratively imposed
civilian personnel ceiling, freeze, or reduction on military
technicians (dual status), unless such reductions are a direct result
of a reduction in military force structure.
Sec. 8041. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available in this Act may be obligated or expended for assistance to
the Democratic People's Republic of Korea unless specifically
appropriated for that purpose.
Sec. 8042. Funds appropriated in this Act for operation and
maintenance of the Military Departments, Combatant Commands and Defense
Agencies shall be available for reimbursement of pay, allowances and
other expenses which would otherwise be incurred against appropriations
for the National Guard and Reserve when members of the National Guard
and Reserve provide intelligence or counterintelligence support to
Combatant Commands, Defense Agencies and Joint Intelligence Activities,
including the activities and programs included within the National
Intelligence Program and the Military Intelligence Program: Provided,
That nothing in this section authorizes deviation from established
Reserve and National Guard personnel and training procedures.
Sec. 8043. (a) None of the funds available to the Department of
Defense for any fiscal year for drug interdiction or counter-drug
activities may be transferred to any other department or agency of the
United States except as specifically provided in an appropriations law.
(b) None of the funds available to the Central Intelligence Agency
for any fiscal year for drug interdiction or counter-drug activities
may be transferred to any other department or agency of the United
States except as specifically provided in an appropriations law.
Sec. 8044. Of the amounts appropriated for ``Working Capital Fund,
Army'', $99,000,000 shall be available to maintain competitive rates at
the arsenals.
Sec. 8045. In addition to the amounts appropriated or otherwise
made available elsewhere in this Act, $20,000,000 is hereby
appropriated to the Department of Defense: Provided, That upon the
determination of the Secretary of Defense that it shall serve the
national interest, the Secretary shall make grants in the amounts
specified as follows: $20,000,000 to the United Service Organizations.
Sec. 8046. None of the funds in this Act may be used to purchase
any supercomputer which is not manufactured in the United States,
unless the Secretary of Defense certifies to the congressional defense
committees that such an acquisition must be made in order to acquire
capability for national security purposes that is not available from
United States manufacturers.
Sec. 8047. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Act, the
Small Business Innovation Research program and the Small Business
Technology Transfer program set-asides shall be taken proportionally
from all programs, projects, or activities to the extent they
contribute to the extramural budget.
Sec. 8048. None of the funds available to the Department of
Defense under this Act shall be obligated or expended to pay a
contractor under a contract with the Department of Defense for costs of
any amount paid by the contractor to an employee when--
(1) such costs are for a bonus or otherwise in excess of
the normal salary paid by the contractor to the employee; and
(2) such bonus is part of restructuring costs associated
with a business combination.
(including transfer of funds)
Sec. 8049. During the current fiscal year, no more than
$30,000,000 of appropriations made in this Act under the heading
``Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide'' may be transferred to
appropriations available for the pay of military personnel, to be
merged with, and to be available for the same time period as the
appropriations to which transferred, to be used in support of such
personnel in connection with support and services for eligible
organizations and activities outside the Department of Defense pursuant
to section 2012 of title 10, United States Code.
Sec. 8050. During the current fiscal year, in the case of an
appropriation account of the Department of Defense for which the period
of availability for obligation has expired or which has closed under
the provisions of section 1552 of title 31, United States Code, and
which has a negative unliquidated or unexpended balance, an obligation
or an adjustment of an obligation may be charged to any current
appropriation account for the same purpose as the expired or closed
account if--
(1) the obligation would have been properly chargeable
(except as to amount) to the expired or closed account before
the end of the period of availability or closing of that
account;
(2) the obligation is not otherwise properly chargeable to
any current appropriation account of the Department of Defense;
and
(3) in the case of an expired account, the obligation is
not chargeable to a current appropriation of the Department of
Defense under the provisions of section 1405(b)(8) of the
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991, Public
Law 101-510, as amended (31 U.S.C. 1551 note): Provided, That
in the case of an expired account, if subsequent review or
investigation discloses that there was not in fact a negative
unliquidated or unexpended balance in the account, any charge
to a current account under the authority of this section shall
be reversed and recorded against the expired account: Provided
further, That the total amount charged to a current
appropriation under this section may not exceed an amount equal
to 1 percent of the total appropriation for that account.
Sec. 8051. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
Chief of the National Guard Bureau may permit the use of equipment of
the National Guard Distance Learning Project by any person or entity on
a space-available, reimbursable basis. The Chief of the National Guard
Bureau shall establish the amount of reimbursement for such use on a
case-by-case basis.
(b) Amounts collected under subsection (a) shall be credited to
funds available for the National Guard Distance Learning Project and be
available to defray the costs associated with the use of equipment of
the project under that subsection. Such funds shall be available for
such purposes without fiscal year limitation.
(including transfer of funds)
Sec. 8052. Of the funds appropriated in this Act under the heading
``Operation and Maintenance, Defense-wide'', $25,000,000 shall be for
continued implementation and expansion of the Sexual Assault Special
Victims' Counsel Program: Provided, That the funds are made available
for transfer to the Department of the Army, the Department of the Navy,
and the Department of the Air Force: Provided further, That funds
transferred shall be merged with and available for the same purposes
and for the same time period as the appropriations to which the funds
are transferred: Provided further, That this transfer authority is in
addition to any other transfer authority provided in this Act.
Sec. 8053. None of the funds appropriated in title IV of this Act
may be used to procure end-items for delivery to military forces for
operational training, operational use or inventory requirements:
Provided, That this restriction does not apply to end-items used in
development, prototyping, and test activities preceding and leading to
acceptance for operational use: Provided further, That the Secretary
of Defense shall, with submission of the department's fiscal year 2020
budget request, submit a report detailing the use of funds requested in
research, development, test and evaluation accounts for end-items used
in development, prototyping and test activities preceding and leading
to acceptance for operational use: Provided further, That this
restriction does not apply to programs funded within the National
Intelligence Program: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense
may waive this restriction on a case-by-case basis by certifying in
writing to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and the Senate that it is in the national security
interest to do so.
Sec. 8054. (a) The Secretary of Defense may, on a case-by-case
basis, waive with respect to a foreign country each limitation on the
procurement of defense items from foreign sources provided in law if
the Secretary determines that the application of the limitation with
respect to that country would invalidate cooperative programs entered
into between the Department of Defense and the foreign country, or
would invalidate reciprocal trade agreements for the procurement of
defense items entered into under section 2531 of title 10, United
States Code, and the country does not discriminate against the same or
similar defense items produced in the United States for that country.
(b) Subsection (a) applies with respect to--
(1) contracts and subcontracts entered into on or after the
date of the enactment of this Act; and
(2) options for the procurement of items that are exercised
after such date under contracts that are entered into before
such date if the option prices are adjusted for any reason
other than the application of a waiver granted under subsection
(a).
(c) Subsection (a) does not apply to a limitation regarding
construction of public vessels, ball and roller bearings, food, and
clothing or textile materials as defined by section XI (chapters 50-65)
of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States and products
classified under headings 4010, 4202, 4203, 6401 through 6406, 6505,
7019, 7218 through 7229, 7304.41 through 7304.49, 7306.40, 7502 through
7508, 8105, 8108, 8109, 8211, 8215, and 9404.
(including transfer of funds)
Sec. 8055. Of the amounts appropriated for ``Operation and
Maintenance, Navy'', up to $1,000,000 shall be available for transfer
to the John C. Stennis Center for Public Service Development Trust Fund
established under section 116 of the John C. Stennis Center for Public
Service Training and Development Act (2 U.S.C. 1105).
Sec. 8056. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds
appropriated in this Act under the heading ``Research, Development,
Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide'' for any new start advanced concept
technology demonstration project or joint capability demonstration
project may only be obligated 45 days after a report, including a
description of the project, the planned acquisition and transition
strategy and its estimated annual and total cost, has been provided in
writing to the congressional defense committees: Provided, That the
Secretary of Defense may waive this restriction on a case-by-case basis
by certifying to the congressional defense committees that it is in the
national interest to do so.
Sec. 8057. The Secretary of Defense shall continue to provide a
classified quarterly report to the House and Senate Appropriations
Committees, Subcommittees on Defense on certain matters as directed in
the classified annex accompanying this Act.
Sec. 8058. Notwithstanding section 12310(b) of title 10, United
States Code, a Reserve who is a member of the National Guard serving on
full-time National Guard duty under section 502(f) of title 32, United
States Code, may perform duties in support of the ground-based elements
of the National Ballistic Missile Defense System.
Sec. 8059. None of the funds provided in this Act may be used to
transfer to any nongovernmental entity ammunition held by the
Department of Defense that has a center-fire cartridge and a United
States military nomenclature designation of ``armor penetrator'',
``armor piercing (AP)'', ``armor piercing incendiary (API)'', or
``armor-piercing incendiary tracer (API-T)'', except to an entity
performing demilitarization services for the Department of Defense
under a contract that requires the entity to demonstrate to the
satisfaction of the Department of Defense that armor piercing
projectiles are either: (1) rendered incapable of reuse by the
demilitarization process; or (2) used to manufacture ammunition
pursuant to a contract with the Department of Defense or the
manufacture of ammunition for export pursuant to a License for
Permanent Export of Unclassified Military Articles issued by the
Department of State.
Sec. 8060. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Chief
of the National Guard Bureau, or his designee, may waive payment of all
or part of the consideration that otherwise would be required under
section 2667 of title 10, United States Code, in the case of a lease of
personal property for a period not in excess of 1 year to any
organization specified in section 508(d) of title 32, United States
Code, or any other youth, social, or fraternal nonprofit organization
as may be approved by the Chief of the National Guard Bureau, or his
designee, on a case-by-case basis.
(including transfer of funds)
Sec. 8061. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act under the
heading ``Operation and Maintenance, Army'', $62,483,700 shall remain
available until expended: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other
provision of law, the Secretary of Defense is authorized to transfer
such funds to other activities of the Federal Government: Provided
further, That the Secretary of Defense is authorized to enter into and
carry out contracts for the acquisition of real property, construction,
personal services, and operations related to projects carrying out the
purposes of this section: Provided further, That contracts entered
into under the authority of this section may provide for such
indemnification as the Secretary determines to be necessary: Provided
further, That projects authorized by this section shall comply with
applicable Federal, State, and local law to the maximum extent
consistent with the national security, as determined by the Secretary
of Defense.
Sec. 8062. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this or any other
Act may be used to take any action to modify--
(1) the appropriations account structure for the National
Intelligence Program budget, including through the creation of
a new appropriation or new appropriation account;
(2) how the National Intelligence Program budget request is
presented in the unclassified P-1, R-1, and O-1 documents
supporting the Department of Defense budget request;
(3) the process by which the National Intelligence Program
appropriations are apportioned to the executing agencies; or
(4) the process by which the National Intelligence Program
appropriations are allotted, obligated and disbursed.
(b) Nothing in section (a) shall be construed to prohibit the
merger of programs or changes to the National Intelligence Program
budget at or below the Expenditure Center level, provided such change
is otherwise in accordance with paragraphs (a)(1)-(3).
(c) The Director of National Intelligence and the Secretary of
Defense may jointly, only for the purposes of achieving auditable
financial statements and improving fiscal reporting, study and develop
detailed proposals for alternative financial management processes. Such
study shall include a comprehensive counterintelligence risk assessment
to ensure that none of the alternative processes will adversely affect
counterintelligence.
(d) Upon development of the detailed proposals defined under
subsection (c), the Director of National Intelligence and the Secretary
of Defense shall--
(1) provide the proposed alternatives to all affected
agencies;
(2) receive certification from all affected agencies
attesting that the proposed alternatives will help achieve
auditability, improve fiscal reporting, and will not adversely
affect counterintelligence; and
(3) not later than 30 days after receiving all necessary
certifications under paragraph (2), present the proposed
alternatives and certifications to the congressional defense
and intelligence committees.
Sec. 8063. None of the funds available to the Department of
Defense may be obligated to modify command and control relationships to
give Fleet Forces Command operational and administrative control of
United States Navy forces assigned to the Pacific fleet: Provided,
That the command and control relationships which existed on October 1,
2004, shall remain in force until a written modification has been
proposed to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees: Provided
further, That the proposed modification may be implemented 30 days
after the notification unless an objection is received from either the
House or Senate Appropriations Committees: Provided further, That any
proposed modification shall not preclude the ability of the commander
of United States Pacific Command to meet operational requirements.
Sec. 8064. Any notice that is required to be submitted to the
Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of
Representatives under section 806(c)(4) of the Bob Stump National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 (10 U.S.C. 2302 note)
after the date of the enactment of this Act shall be submitted pursuant
to that requirement concurrently to the Subcommittees on Defense of the
Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of
Representatives.
(including transfer of funds)
Sec. 8065. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act under the
headings ``Procurement, Defense-Wide'' and ``Research, Development,
Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide'', $500,000,000 shall be for the
Israeli Cooperative Programs: Provided, That of this amount,
$70,000,000 shall be for the Secretary of Defense to provide to the
Government of Israel for the procurement of the Iron Dome defense
system to counter short-range rocket threats, subject to the U.S.-
Israel Iron Dome Procurement Agreement, as amended; $187,000,000 shall
be for the Short Range Ballistic Missile Defense (SRBMD) program,
including cruise missile defense research and development under the
SRBMD program, of which $50,000,000 shall be for co-production
activities of SRBMD systems in the United States and in Israel to meet
Israel's defense requirements consistent with each nation's laws,
regulations, and procedures, subject to the U.S.-Israeli co-production
agreement for SRBMD, as amended; $80,000,000 shall be for an upper-tier
component to the Israeli Missile Defense Architecture, of which
$80,000,000 shall be for co-production activities of Arrow 3 Upper Tier
systems in the United States and in Israel to meet Israel's defense
requirements consistent with each nation's laws, regulations, and
procedures, subject to the U.S.-Israeli co-production agreement for
Arrow 3 Upper Tier, as amended; and $163,000,000 shall be for the Arrow
System Improvement Program including development of a long range,
ground and airborne, detection suite: Provided further, That the
transfer authority provided under this provision is in addition to any
other transfer authority contained in this Act.
(including transfer of funds)
Sec. 8066. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act under the
heading ``Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy'', $207,099,000 shall be
available until September 30, 2019, to fund prior year shipbuilding
cost increases: Provided, That upon enactment of this Act, the
Secretary of the Navy shall transfer funds to the following
appropriations in the amounts specified: Provided further, That the
amounts transferred shall be merged with and be available for the same
purposes as the appropriations to which transferred to:
(1) Under the heading ``Shipbuilding and Conversion,
Navy'', 2011/2019: LHA Replacement $25,100,000;
(2) Under the heading ``Shipbuilding and Conversion,
Navy'', 2013/2019: DDG-51 Destroyer $53,966,000;
(3) Under the heading ``Shipbuilding and Conversion,
Navy'', 2014/2019: Littoral Combat Ship $19,498,000;
(4) Under the heading ``Shipbuilding and Conversion,
Navy'', 2015/2019: Littoral Combat Ship $83,686,000;
(5) Under the heading ``Shipbuilding and Conversion,
Navy'', 2015/2019: LCAC $9,400,000; and
(6) Under the heading ``Shipbuilding and Conversion,
Navy'', 2016/2019: TAO Fleet Oiler $15,449,000.
Sec. 8067. Funds appropriated by this Act, or made available by
the transfer of funds in this Act, for intelligence activities are
deemed to be specifically authorized by the Congress for purposes of
section 504 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3094)
during fiscal year 2019 until the enactment of the Intelligence
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019.
Sec. 8068. None of the funds provided in this Act shall be
available for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming of
funds that creates or initiates a new program, project, or activity
unless such program, project, or activity must be undertaken
immediately in the interest of national security and only after written
prior notification to the congressional defense committees.
Sec. 8069. The budget of the President for fiscal year 2020
submitted to the Congress pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, United
States Code, shall include separate budget justification documents for
costs of United States Armed Forces' participation in contingency
operations for the Military Personnel accounts, the Operation and
Maintenance accounts, the Procurement accounts, and the Research,
Development, Test and Evaluation accounts: Provided, That these
documents shall include a description of the funding requested for each
contingency operation, for each military service, to include all Active
and Reserve components, and for each appropriations account: Provided
further, That these documents shall include estimated costs for each
element of expense or object class, a reconciliation of increases and
decreases for each contingency operation, and programmatic data
including, but not limited to, troop strength for each Active and
Reserve component, and estimates of the major weapons systems deployed
in support of each contingency: Provided further, That these documents
shall include budget exhibits OP-5 and OP-32 (as defined in the
Department of Defense Financial Management Regulation) for all
contingency operations for the budget year and the two preceding fiscal
years.
Sec. 8070. None of the funds in this Act may be used for research,
development, test, evaluation, procurement or deployment of nuclear
armed interceptors of a missile defense system.
Sec. 8071. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act may be
used to maintain or establish a computer network unless such network is
designed to block access to pornography websites.
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of funds
necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law enforcement
agency or any other entity carrying out criminal investigations,
prosecution, or adjudication activities, or for any activity necessary
for the national defense, including intelligence activities.
(transfer of funds)
Sec. 8072. The Secretary of Defense may transfer up to
$800,000,000 of the amounts appropriated or otherwise made available in
this Act to the Department of Defense for the rapid acquisition and
deployment of supplies and associated support pursuant to section 806
of the Bob Stump National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
2003 (Public Law 107-314; 10 U.S.C. 2302 note): Provided, That the
Secretary of Defense shall notify the congressional defense committees
promptly of all transfers made pursuant to this authority or any other
authority in this Act: Provided further, That the transfer authority
provided in this section is in addition to any other transfer authority
provided elsewhere in this Act.
Sec. 8073. None of the funds appropriated or made available in
this Act shall be used to reduce or disestablish the operation of the
53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron of the Air Force Reserve, if such
action would reduce the WC-130 Weather Reconnaissance mission below the
levels funded in this Act: Provided, That the Air Force shall allow
the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron to perform other missions in
support of national defense requirements during the non-hurricane
season.
Sec. 8074. None of the funds provided in this Act shall be
available for integration of foreign intelligence information unless
the information has been lawfully collected and processed during the
conduct of authorized foreign intelligence activities: Provided, That
information pertaining to United States persons shall only be handled
in accordance with protections provided in the Fourth Amendment of the
United States Constitution as implemented through Executive Order No.
12333.
Sec. 8075. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be
used to transfer research and development, acquisition, or other
program authority relating to current tactical unmanned aerial vehicles
(TUAVs) from the Army.
(b) The Army shall retain responsibility for and operational
control of the MQ-1C Gray Eagle Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) in order
to support the Secretary of Defense in matters relating to the
employment of unmanned aerial vehicles.
Sec. 8076. None of the funds appropriated by this Act for programs
of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence shall remain
available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year, except for
funds appropriated for research and technology, which shall remain
available until September 30, 2020.
Sec. 8077. For purposes of section 1553(b) of title 31, United
States Code, any subdivision of appropriations made in this Act under
the heading ``Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy'' shall be considered
to be for the same purpose as any subdivision under the heading
``Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy'' appropriations in any prior
fiscal year, and the 1 percent limitation shall apply to the total
amount of the appropriation.
Sec. 8078. (a) Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment
of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence shall submit a
report to the congressional intelligence committees to establish the
baseline for application of reprogramming and transfer authorities for
fiscal year 2019: Provided, That the report shall include--
(1) a table for each appropriation with a separate column
to display the President's budget request, adjustments made by
Congress, adjustments due to enacted rescissions, if
appropriate, and the fiscal year enacted level;
(2) a delineation in the table for each appropriation by
Expenditure Center and project; and
(3) an identification of items of special congressional
interest.
(b) None of the funds provided for the National Intelligence
Program in this Act shall be available for reprogramming or transfer
until the report identified in subsection (a) is submitted to the
congressional intelligence committees, unless the Director of National
Intelligence certifies in writing to the congressional intelligence
committees that such reprogramming or transfer is necessary as an
emergency requirement.
Sec. 8079. None of the funds provided in this Act for the TAO-205
program shall be used to award a new contract that provides for the
acquisition of the following components unless those components are
manufactured in the United States: Auxiliary equipment (including
pumps) for shipboard services; propulsion equipment (including engines,
reduction gears, and propellers); shipboard cranes; and spreaders for
shipboard cranes.
Sec. 8080. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any
transfer of funds, appropriated or otherwise made available by this
Act, for support to friendly foreign countries in connection with the
conduct of operations in which the United States is not participating,
pursuant to section 331(d) of title 10, United States Code, shall be
made in accordance with sections 8005 or 9002 of this Act, as
applicable.
Sec. 8081. Any transfer of amounts appropriated to, credited to,
or deposited in the Department of Defense Acquisition Workforce
Development Fund in or for fiscal year 2019 to a military department or
Defense Agency pursuant to section 1705(e)(1) of title 10, United
States Code, shall be covered by and subject to sections 8005 or 9002
of this Act, as applicable.
Sec. 8082. None of the funds made available by this Act for excess
defense articles, assistance under section 333 of title 10, United
States Code, or peacekeeping operations for the countries designated
annually to be in violation of the standards of the Child Soldiers
Prevention Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-457; 22 U.S.C. 2370c-1) may be
used to support any military training or operation that includes child
soldiers, as defined by the Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008,
unless such assistance is otherwise permitted under section 404 of the
Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008.
Sec. 8083. (a) None of the funds provided for the National
Intelligence Program in this or any prior appropriations Act shall be
available for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming or
transfer of funds in accordance with section 102A(d) of the National
Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3024(d)) that--
(1) creates a new start effort;
(2) terminates a program with appropriated funding of
$10,000,000 or more;
(3) transfers funding into or out of the National
Intelligence Program; or
(4) transfers funding between appropriations,
unless the congressional intelligence committees are notified 30 days
in advance of such reprogramming of funds; this notification period may
be reduced for urgent national security requirements.
(b) None of the funds provided for the National Intelligence
Program in this or any prior appropriations Act shall be available for
obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming or transfer of funds
in accordance with section 102A(d) of the National Security Act of 1947
(50 U.S.C. 3024(d)) that results in a cumulative increase or decrease
of the levels specified in the classified annex accompanying the Act
unless the congressional intelligence committees are notified 30 days
in advance of such reprogramming of funds; this notification period may
be reduced for urgent national security requirements.
Sec. 8084. The Director of National Intelligence shall submit to
Congress each year, at or about the time that the President's budget is
submitted to Congress that year under section 1105(a) of title 31,
United States Code, a future-years intelligence program (including
associated annexes) reflecting the estimated expenditures and proposed
appropriations included in that budget. Any such future-years
intelligence program shall cover the fiscal year with respect to which
the budget is submitted and at least the four succeeding fiscal years.
Sec. 8085. For the purposes of this Act, the term ``congressional
intelligence committees'' means the Permanent Select Committee on
Intelligence of the House of Representatives, the Select Committee on
Intelligence of the Senate, the Subcommittee on Defense of the
Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives, and the
Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on Appropriations of the
Senate.
(including transfer of funds)
Sec. 8086. During the current fiscal year, not to exceed
$11,000,000 from each of the appropriations made in title II of this
Act for ``Operation and Maintenance, Army'', ``Operation and
Maintenance, Navy'', and ``Operation and Maintenance, Air Force'' may
be transferred by the military department concerned to its central fund
established for Fisher Houses and Suites pursuant to section 2493(d) of
title 10, United States Code.
Sec. 8087. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be
available for the purpose of making remittances to the Department of
Defense Acquisition Workforce Development Fund in accordance with
section 1705 of title 10, United States Code.
Sec. 8088. (a) Any agency receiving funds made available in this
Act, shall, subject to subsections (b) and (c), post on the public Web
site of that agency any report required to be submitted by the Congress
in this or any other Act, upon the determination by the head of the
agency that it shall serve the national interest.
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if--
(1) the public posting of the report compromises national
security; or
(2) the report contains proprietary information.
(c) The head of the agency posting such report shall do so only
after such report has been made available to the requesting Committee
or Committees of Congress for no less than 45 days.
Sec. 8089. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available by this Act may be expended for any Federal contract for an
amount in excess of $1,000,000, unless the contractor agrees not to--
(1) enter into any agreement with any of its employees or
independent contractors that requires, as a condition of
employment, that the employee or independent contractor agree
to resolve through arbitration any claim under title VII of the
Civil Rights Act of 1964 or any tort related to or arising out
of sexual assault or harassment, including assault and battery,
intentional infliction of emotional distress, false
imprisonment, or negligent hiring, supervision, or retention;
or
(2) take any action to enforce any provision of an existing
agreement with an employee or independent contractor that
mandates that the employee or independent contractor resolve
through arbitration any claim under title VII of the Civil
Rights Act of 1964 or any tort related to or arising out of
sexual assault or harassment, including assault and battery,
intentional infliction of emotional distress, false
imprisonment, or negligent hiring, supervision, or retention.
(b) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by
this Act may be expended for any Federal contract unless the contractor
certifies that it requires each covered subcontractor to agree not to
enter into, and not to take any action to enforce any provision of, any
agreement as described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a),
with respect to any employee or independent contractor performing work
related to such subcontract. For purposes of this subsection, a
``covered subcontractor'' is an entity that has a subcontract in excess
of $1,000,000 on a contract subject to subsection (a).
(c) The prohibitions in this section do not apply with respect to a
contractor's or subcontractor's agreements with employees or
independent contractors that may not be enforced in a court of the
United States.
(d) The Secretary of Defense may waive the application of
subsection (a) or (b) to a particular contractor or subcontractor for
the purposes of a particular contract or subcontract if the Secretary
or the Deputy Secretary personally determines that the waiver is
necessary to avoid harm to national security interests of the United
States, and that the term of the contract or subcontract is not longer
than necessary to avoid such harm. The determination shall set forth
with specificity the grounds for the waiver and for the contract or
subcontract term selected, and shall state any alternatives considered
in lieu of a waiver and the reasons each such alternative would not
avoid harm to national security interests of the United States. The
Secretary of Defense shall transmit to Congress, and simultaneously
make public, any determination under this subsection not less than 15
business days before the contract or subcontract addressed in the
determination may be awarded.
(including transfer of funds)
Sec. 8090. From within the funds appropriated for operation and
maintenance for the Defense Health Program in this Act, up to
$113,000,000, shall be available for transfer to the Joint Department
of Defense-Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility
Demonstration Fund in accordance with the provisions of section 1704 of
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010, Public Law
111-84: Provided, That for purposes of section 1704(b), the facility
operations funded are operations of the integrated Captain James A.
Lovell Federal Health Care Center, consisting of the North Chicago
Veterans Affairs Medical Center, the Navy Ambulatory Care Center, and
supporting facilities designated as a combined Federal medical facility
as described by section 706 of Public Law 110-417: Provided further,
That additional funds may be transferred from funds appropriated for
operation and maintenance for the Defense Health Program to the Joint
Department of Defense-Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility
Demonstration Fund upon written notification by the Secretary of
Defense to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and the Senate.
Sec. 8091. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available by this Act may be used by the Department of Defense or a
component thereof in contravention of the provisions of section 130h of
title 10, United States Code.
Sec. 8092. Appropriations available to the Department of Defense
may be used for the purchase of heavy and light armored vehicles for
the physical security of personnel or for force protection purposes up
to a limit of $450,000 per vehicle, notwithstanding price or other
limitations applicable to the purchase of passenger carrying vehicles.
(including transfer of funds)
Sec. 8093. Upon a determination by the Director of National
Intelligence that such action is necessary and in the national
interest, the Director may, with the approval of the Office of
Management and Budget, transfer not to exceed $1,500,000,000 of the
funds made available in this Act for the National Intelligence Program:
Provided, That such authority to transfer may not be used unless for
higher priority items, based on unforeseen intelligence requirements,
than those for which originally appropriated and in no case where the
item for which funds are requested has been denied by the Congress:
Provided further, That a request for multiple reprogrammings of funds
using authority provided in this section shall be made prior to June
30, 2019.
Sec. 8094. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available in this or any other Act may be used to transfer, release, or
assist in the transfer or release to or within the United States, its
territories, or possessions Khalid Sheikh Mohammed or any other
detainee who--
(1) is not a United States citizen or a member of the Armed
Forces of the United States; and
(2) is or was held on or after June 24, 2009, at United
States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, by the Department
of Defense.
Sec. 8095. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available in this or any other Act may be used to construct, acquire,
or modify any facility in the United States, its territories, or
possessions to house any individual described in subsection (c) for the
purposes of detention or imprisonment in the custody or under the
effective control of the Department of Defense.
(b) The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply to any
modification of facilities at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo
Bay, Cuba.
(c) An individual described in this subsection is any individual
who, as of June 24, 2009, is located at United States Naval Station,
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and who--
(1) is not a citizen of the United States or a member of
the Armed Forces of the United States; and
(2) is--
(A) in the custody or under the effective control
of the Department of Defense; or
(B) otherwise under detention at United States
Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Sec. 8096. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available in this Act may be used to transfer any individual detained
at United States Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to the custody or
control of the individual's country of origin, any other foreign
country, or any other foreign entity except in accordance with section
1034 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016
(Public Law 114-92) and section 1034 of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114-328).
Sec. 8097. None of the funds made available by this Act may be
used in contravention of the War Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1541 et
seq.).
Sec. 8098. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available by this or any other Act may be used by the Secretary of
Defense, or any other official or officer of the Department of Defense,
to enter into a contract, memorandum of understanding, or cooperative
agreement with, or make a grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee
to Rosoboronexport or any subsidiary of Rosoboronexport.
(b) The Secretary of Defense may waive the limitation in subsection
(a) if the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of State and
the Director of National Intelligence, determines that it is in the
vital national security interest of the United States to do so, and
certifies in writing to the congressional defense committees that, to
the best of the Secretary's knowledge:
(1) Rosoboronexport has ceased the transfer of lethal
military equipment to, and the maintenance of existing lethal
military equipment for, the Government of the Syrian Arab
Republic;
(2) The armed forces of the Russian Federation have
withdrawn from Crimea, other than armed forces present on
military bases subject to agreements in force between the
Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of
Ukraine; and
(3) Agents of the Russian Federation have ceased taking
active measures to destabilize the control of the Government of
Ukraine over eastern Ukraine.
(c) The Inspector General of the Department of Defense shall
conduct a review of any action involving Rosoboronexport with respect
to a waiver issued by the Secretary of Defense pursuant to subsection
(b), and not later than 90 days after the date on which such a waiver
is issued by the Secretary of Defense, the Inspector General shall
submit to the congressional defense committees a report containing the
results of the review conducted with respect to such waiver.
Sec. 8099. The Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the
Service Secretaries, shall submit two reports to the congressional
defense committees, not later than March 1, 2019, and not later than
September 1, 2019, detailing the submission of records during the
previous 6 months to databases accessible to the National Instant
Criminal Background Check System (NICS), including the Interstate
Identification Index (III), the National Crime Information Center
(NCIC), and the NICS Index, as required by Public Law 110-180:
Provided, That such reports shall provide the number and category of
records submitted by month to each such database, by Service or
Component: Provided further, That such reports shall identify the
number and category of records submitted by month to those databases
for which the Identification for Firearm Sales (IFFS) flag or other
database flags were used to pre-validate the records and indicate that
such persons are prohibited from receiving or possessing a firearm:
Provided further, That such reports shall describe the steps taken
during the previous 6 months, by Service or Component, to ensure
complete and accurate submission and appropriate flagging of records of
individuals prohibited from gun possession or receipt pursuant to 18
U.S.C. 922(g) or (n) including applicable records involving proceedings
under the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
Sec. 8100. (a) Of the funds appropriated in this Act for the
Department of Defense, amounts should be made available, under such
regulations as the Secretary of Defense may prescribe, to local
military commanders appointed by the Secretary, or by an officer or
employee designated by the Secretary, to provide at their discretion ex
gratia payments in amounts consistent with subsection (d) of this
section for damage, personal injury, or death that is incident to
combat operations of the Armed Forces in a foreign country.
(b) An ex gratia payment under this section may be provided only
if--
(1) the prospective foreign civilian recipient is
determined by the local military commander to be friendly to
the United States;
(2) a claim for damages would not be compensable under
chapter 163 of title 10, United States Code (commonly known as
the ``Foreign Claims Act''); and
(3) the property damage, personal injury, or death was not
caused by action by an enemy.
(c) Nature of Payments.--Any payments provided under a program
under subsection (a) shall not be considered an admission or
acknowledgement of any legal obligation to compensate for any damage,
personal injury, or death.
(d) Amount of Payments.--If the Secretary of Defense determines a
program under subsection (a) to be appropriate in a particular setting,
the amounts of payments, if any, to be provided to civilians determined
to have suffered harm incident to combat operations of the Armed Forces
under the program should be determined pursuant to regulations
prescribed by the Secretary and based on an assessment, which should
include such factors as cultural appropriateness and prevailing
economic conditions.
(e) Legal Advice.--Local military commanders shall receive legal
advice before making ex gratia payments under this subsection. The
legal advisor, under regulations of the Department of Defense, shall
advise on whether an ex gratia payment is proper under this section and
applicable Department of Defense regulations.
(f) Written Record.--A written record of any ex gratia payment
offered or denied shall be kept by the local commander and on a timely
basis submitted to the appropriate office in the Department of Defense
as determined by the Secretary of Defense.
(g) Report.--The Secretary of Defense shall report to the
congressional defense committees on an annual basis the efficacy of the
ex gratia payment program including the number of types of cases
considered, amounts offered, the response from ex gratia payment
recipients, and any recommended modifications to the program.
Sec. 8101. None of the funds available in this Act to the
Department of Defense, other than appropriations made for necessary or
routine refurbishments, upgrades or maintenance activities, shall be
used to reduce or to prepare to reduce the number of deployed and non-
deployed strategic delivery vehicles and launchers below the levels set
forth in the report submitted to Congress in accordance with section
1042 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012.
Sec. 8102. Amounts in working capital funds of the Department of
Defense established pursuant to section 2208 of title 10, United States
Code, may be obligated and expended in fiscal year 2020 for the payment
of death gratuities authorized by subchapter II of chapter 75 of title
10, United States Code, that are payable during the period in which the
appropriations bill for fiscal year 2020 for the Department has not
become law and an Act or joint resolution making continuing
appropriations for fiscal year 2020 for the Department is not in effect
(a ``lapse in appropriations''): Provided, That, upon enactment of the
appropriations Act for fiscal year 2020 for the Department, such
obligations and expenditures shall be recorded against the
appropriations made available by such Act for the payment of such death
gratuities.
Sec. 8103. The Secretary of each military department, in reducing
each research, development, test and evaluation and procurement account
of the military department as required under paragraph (1) of section
828(d) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016
(Public Law 114-92; 10 U.S.C. 2430 note), as amended by section
825(a)(3) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
2018, shall allocate the percentage reduction determined under
paragraph (2) of such section 828(d) proportionally from all programs,
projects, or activities under such account: Provided, That the
authority under section 804(d)(2) of the National Defense Authorization
Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 114-92; 10 U.S.C. 2302 note) to
transfer amounts available in the Rapid Prototyping Fund shall be
subject to section 8005 or 9002 of this Act, as applicable.
Sec. 8104. None of the funds made available by this Act may be
used by the National Security Agency to--
(1) conduct an acquisition pursuant to section 702 of the
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 for the purpose
of targeting a United States person; or
(2) acquire, monitor, or store the contents (as such term
is defined in section 2510(8) of title 18, United States Code)
of any electronic communication of a United States person from
a provider of electronic communication services to the public
pursuant to section 501 of the Foreign Intelligence
Surveillance Act of 1978.
Sec. 8105. None of the funds made available in this or any other
Act may be used to pay the salary of any officer or employee of any
agency funded by this Act who approves or implements the transfer of
administrative responsibilities or budgetary resources of any program,
project, or activity financed by this Act to the jurisdiction of
another Federal agency not financed by this Act without the express
authorization of Congress: Provided, That this limitation shall not
apply to transfers of funds expressly provided for in Defense
Appropriations Acts, or provisions of Acts providing supplemental
appropriations for the Department of Defense.
Sec. 8106. None of the funds made available in this Act may be
obligated for activities authorized under section 1208 of the Ronald W.
Reagan National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005 (Public
Law 112-81; 125 Stat. 1621) to initiate support for, or expand support
to, foreign forces, irregular forces, groups, or individuals unless the
congressional defense committees are notified in accordance with the
direction contained in the classified annex accompanying this Act, not
less than 15 days before initiating such support: Provided, That none
of the funds made available in this Act may be used under section 1208
for any activity that is not in support of an ongoing military
operation being conducted by United States Special Operations Forces to
combat terrorism: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense may
waive the prohibitions in this section if the Secretary determines that
such waiver is required by extraordinary circumstances and, by not
later than 72 hours after making such waiver, notifies the
congressional defense committees of such waiver.
Sec. 8107. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act for ``Operation
and Maintenance, Navy'', $310,805,000, to remain available until
expended, may be used for any purposes related to the National Defense
Reserve Fleet established under section 11 of the Merchant Ship Sales
Act of 1946 (50 U.S.C. 4405): Provided, That such amounts are
available for reimbursements to the Ready Reserve Force, Maritime
Administration account of the United States Department of
Transportation for programs, projects, activities, and expenses related
to the National Defense Reserve Fleet.
(including transfer of funds)
Sec. 8108. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act, the Secretary
of Defense may use up to $52,657,000 under the heading ``Operation and
Maintenance, Defense-Wide'', and up to $39,400,000 under the heading
``Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide'' to
develop, replace, and sustain Federal Government security and
suitability background investigation information technology systems of
the Office of Personnel Management or other Federal agency responsible
for conducting such investigations: Provided, That the Secretary may
transfer additional amounts into these headings or into ``Procurement,
Defense-Wide'' using established reprogramming procedures prescribed in
the Department of Defense Financial Management Regulation 7000.14,
Volume 3, Chapter 6, dated September 2015: Provided further, That such
funds shall supplement, not supplant any other amounts made available
to other Federal agencies for such purposes.
Sec. 8109. None of the funds made available by this Act may be
used to carry out the closure or realignment of the United States Naval
Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Sec. 8110. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any
transfer of funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act
to the Global Engagement Center established by section 1287 of the
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law
114-328; 130 Stat. 22 U.S.C. 2656 note) shall be made in accordance
with section 8005 or 9002 of this Act, as applicable.
Sec. 8111. No amounts credited or otherwise made available in this
or any other Act to the Department of Defense Acquisition Workforce
Development Fund may be transferred to:
(1) the Rapid Prototyping Fund established under section
804(d) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 2016 (10 U.S.C. 2302 note); or
(2) credited to a military-department specific fund
established under section 804(d)(2) of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (as amended by section
897 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
2017).
Sec. 8112. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, from funds
made available to the Department of Defense in title II of this Act
under the heading ``Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide'',
$15,000,000 shall be available for a project in a country designated by
the Secretary of Defense: Provided, That in furtherance of the
project, the Department of Defense is authorized to acquire services,
including services performed pursuant to a grant agreement, from
another Federal agency, on an advance of funds or reimbursable basis:
Provided further, That an order for services placed under this section
is deemed to be an obligation in the same manner that a similar order
placed under a contract with a private contractor is an obligation.
Sec. 8113. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be made
available to transfer, or to facilitate the transfer of, F-35 aircraft
to Turkey, including any defense articles or services related to such
aircraft, until the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the
Secretary of State, certifies to the appropriate congressional
committees that the Government of Turkey is not purchasing the S-400
missile defense system from Russia and will not accept the delivery of
such system.
TITLE IX
OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS
MILITARY PERSONNEL
Military Personnel, Army
For an additional amount for ``Military Personnel, Army'',
$2,929,154,000: Provided, That such amount is designated by the
Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
Military Personnel, Navy
For an additional amount for ``Military Personnel, Navy'',
$385,461,000: Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress
for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to
section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985.
Military Personnel, Marine Corps
For an additional amount for ``Military Personnel, Marine Corps'',
$109,232,000: Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress
for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to
section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985.
Military Personnel, Air Force
For an additional amount for ``Military Personnel, Air Force'',
$964,508,000: Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress
for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to
section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985.
Reserve Personnel, Army
For an additional amount for ``Reserve Personnel, Army'',
$37,007,000: Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress
for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to
section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985.
Reserve Personnel, Navy
For an additional amount for ``Reserve Personnel, Navy'',
$11,100,000: Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress
for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to
section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985.
Reserve Personnel, Marine Corps
For an additional amount for ``Reserve Personnel, Marine Corps'',
$2,380,000: Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress
for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to
section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985.
Reserve Personnel, Air Force
For an additional amount for ``Reserve Personnel, Air Force'',
$21,076,000: Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress
for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to
section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985.
National Guard Personnel, Army
For an additional amount for ``National Guard Personnel, Army'',
$195,283,000: Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress
for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to
section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985.
National Guard Personnel, Air Force
For an additional amount for ``National Guard Personnel, Air
Force'', $5,460,000: Provided, That such amount is designated by the
Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE
Operation and Maintenance, Army
For an additional amount for ``Operation and Maintenance, Army'',
$19,028,500,000: Provided, That such amount is designated by the
Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
Operation and Maintenance, Navy
For an additional amount for ``Operation and Maintenance, Navy'',
$5,572,155,000: Provided, That such amount is designated by the
Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps
For an additional amount for ``Operation and Maintenance, Marine
Corps'', $1,475,800,000: Provided, That such amount is designated by
the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on
Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
Operation and Maintenance, Air Force
For an additional amount for ``Operation and Maintenance, Air
Force'', $10,055,789,000: Provided, That such amount is designated by
the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on
Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide
For an additional amount for ``Operation and Maintenance, Defense-
Wide'', $8,354,905,000: Provided, That of the funds provided under
this heading, not to exceed $900,000,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2020, shall be for payments to reimburse key cooperating
nations for logistical, military, and other support, including access,
provided to United States military and stability operations in
Afghanistan and to counter the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria:
Provided further, That such reimbursement payments may be made in such
amounts as the Secretary of Defense, with the concurrence of the
Secretary of State, and in consultation with the Director of the Office
of Management and Budget, may determine, based on documentation
determined by the Secretary of Defense to adequately account for the
support provided, and such determination is final and conclusive upon
the accounting officers of the United States, and 15 days following
notification to the appropriate congressional committees: Provided
further, That these funds may be used for the purpose of providing
specialized training and procuring supplies and specialized equipment
and providing such supplies and loaning such equipment on a non-
reimbursable basis to coalition forces supporting United States
military and stability operations in Afghanistan and to counter the
Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, and 15 days following notification to
the appropriate congressional committees: Provided further, That these
funds may be used in accordance with section 1226 of the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 114-92),
upon 15 days prior written notification to the congressional defense
committees outlining the amounts intended to be provided and the nature
of the expenses incurred: Provided further, That of the funds provided
under this heading, not to exceed $793,000,000, to remain available
until September 30, 2020, shall be available to provide support and
assistance to foreign security forces or other groups or individuals to
conduct, support or facilitate counterterrorism, crisis response, or
other Department of Defense security cooperation programs: Provided
further, That the Secretary of Defense shall provide quarterly reports
to the congressional defense committees on the use of funds provided in
this paragraph: Provided further, That such amount is designated by
the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on
Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
Operation and Maintenance, Army Reserve
For an additional amount for ``Operation and Maintenance, Army
Reserve'', $41,887,000: Provided, That such amount is designated by
the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on
Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
Operation and Maintenance, Navy Reserve
For an additional amount for ``Operation and Maintenance, Navy
Reserve'', $25,637,000: Provided, That such amount is designated by
the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on
Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps Reserve
For an additional amount for ``Operation and Maintenance, Marine
Corps Reserve'', $3,345,000: Provided, That such amount is designated
by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on
Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
Operation and Maintenance, Air Force Reserve
For an additional amount for ``Operation and Maintenance, Air Force
Reserve'', $60,500,000: Provided, That such amount is designated by
the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on
Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
Operation and Maintenance, Army National Guard
For an additional amount for ``Operation and Maintenance, Army
National Guard'', $110,729,000: Provided, That such amount is
designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global
War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
Operation and Maintenance, Air National Guard
For an additional amount for ``Operation and Maintenance, Air
National Guard'', $15,870,000: Provided, That such amount is
designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global
War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
Afghanistan Security Forces Fund
For the ``Afghanistan Security Forces Fund'', $4,666,815,000, to
remain available until September 30, 2020: Provided, That such funds
shall be available to the Secretary of Defense for the purpose of
allowing the Commander, Combined Security Transition Command--
Afghanistan, or the Secretary's designee, to provide assistance, with
the concurrence of the Secretary of State, to the security forces of
Afghanistan, including the provision of equipment, supplies, services,
training, facility and infrastructure repair, renovation, construction,
and funding: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense may
obligate and expend funds made available to the Department of Defense
in this title for additional costs associated with existing projects
previously funded with amounts provided under the heading ``Afghanistan
Infrastructure Fund'' in prior Acts: Provided further, That such costs
shall be limited to contract changes resulting from inflation, market
fluctuation, rate adjustments, and other necessary contract actions to
complete existing projects, and associated supervision and
administration costs and costs for design during construction:
Provided further, That the Secretary may not use more than $50,000,000
under the authority provided in this section: Provided further, That
the Secretary shall notify in advance such contract changes and
adjustments in annual reports to the congressional defense committees:
Provided further, That the authority to provide assistance under this
heading is in addition to any other authority to provide assistance to
foreign nations: Provided further, That contributions of funds for the
purposes provided herein from any person, foreign government, or
international organization may be credited to this Fund, to remain
available until expended, and used for such purposes: Provided
further, That the Secretary of Defense shall notify the congressional
defense committees in writing upon the receipt and upon the obligation
of any contribution, delineating the sources and amounts of the funds
received and the specific use of such contributions: Provided further,
That the Secretary of Defense shall, not fewer than 15 days prior to
obligating from this appropriation account, notify the congressional
defense committees in writing of the details of any such obligation:
Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall notify the
congressional defense committees of any proposed new projects or
transfer of funds between budget sub-activity groups in excess of
$20,000,000: Provided further, That the United States may accept
equipment procured using funds provided under this heading in this or
prior Acts that was transferred to the security forces of Afghanistan
and returned by such forces to the United States: Provided further,
That equipment procured using funds provided under this heading in this
or prior Acts, and not yet transferred to the security forces of
Afghanistan or transferred to the security forces of Afghanistan and
returned by such forces to the United States, may be treated as stocks
of the Department of Defense upon written notification to the
congressional defense committees: Provided further, That of the funds
provided under this heading, not less than $10,000,000 shall be for
recruitment and retention of women in the Afghanistan National Security
Forces, and the recruitment and training of female security personnel:
Provided further, That such amount is designated by the Congress for
Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to
section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985.
Counter-ISIS Train and Equip Fund
For the ``Counter-Islamic State of Iraq and Syria Train and Equip
Fund'', $994,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020:
Provided, That such funds shall be available to the Secretary of
Defense in coordination with the Secretary of State, to provide
assistance, including training; equipment; logistics support, supplies,
and services; stipends; infrastructure repair and renovation; and
sustainment, to foreign security forces, irregular forces, groups, or
individuals participating, or preparing to participate in activities to
counter the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, and their affiliated or
associated groups: Provided further, That amounts made available under
this heading shall be available to provide assistance only for
activities in a country designated by the Secretary of Defense, in
coordination with the Secretary of State, as having a security mission
to counter the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, and following written
notification to the congressional defense committees of such
designation: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall
ensure that prior to providing assistance to elements of any forces or
individuals, such elements or individuals are appropriately vetted,
including at a minimum, assessing such elements for associations with
terrorist groups or groups associated with the Government of Iran; and
receiving commitments from such elements to promote respect for human
rights and the rule of law: Provided further, That the Secretary of
Defense shall, not fewer than 15 days prior to obligating from this
appropriation account, notify the congressional defense committees in
writing of the details of any such obligation: Provided further, That
the Secretary of Defense may accept and retain contributions, including
assistance in-kind, from foreign governments, including the Government
of Iraq and other entities, to carry out assistance authorized under
this heading: Provided further, That contributions of funds for the
purposes provided herein from any foreign government or other entity
may be credited to this Fund, to remain available until expended, and
used for such purposes: Provided further, That the Secretary of
Defense may waive a provision of law relating to the acquisition of
items and support services or sections 40 and 40A of the Arms Export
Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2780 and 2785) if the Secretary determines that
such provision of law would prohibit, restrict, delay or otherwise
limit the provision of such assistance and a notice of and
justification for such waiver is submitted to the congressional defense
committees, the Committees on Appropriations and Foreign Relations of
the Senate and the Committees on Appropriations and Foreign Affairs of
the House of Representatives: Provided further, That the United States
may accept equipment procured using funds provided under this heading,
or under the heading, ``Iraq Train and Equip Fund'' in prior Acts, that
was transferred to security forces, irregular forces, or groups
participating, or preparing to participate in activities to counter the
Islamic State of Iraq and Syria and returned by such forces or groups
to the United States, may be treated as stocks of the Department of
Defense upon written notification to the congressional defense
committees: Provided further, That equipment procured using funds
provided under this heading, or under the heading, ``Iraq Train and
Equip Fund'' in prior Acts, and not yet transferred to security forces,
irregular forces, or groups participating, or preparing to participate
in activities to counter the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria may be
treated as stocks of the Department of Defense when determined by the
Secretary to no longer be required for transfer to such forces or
groups and upon written notification to the congressional defense
committees: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall
provide quarterly reports to the congressional defense committees on
the use of funds provided under this heading, including, but not
limited to, the number of individuals trained, the nature and scope of
support and sustainment provided to each group or individual, the area
of operations for each group, and the contributions of other countries,
groups, or individuals: Provided further, That such amount is
designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global
War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
PROCUREMENT
Aircraft Procurement, Army
For an additional amount for ``Aircraft Procurement, Army'',
$363,363,000, to remain available until September 30, 2021: Provided,
That such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency
Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii)
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
Missile Procurement, Army
For an additional amount for ``Missile Procurement, Army'',
$1,740,985,000, to remain available until September 30, 2021:
Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas
Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control
Act of 1985.
Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles, Army
For an additional amount for ``Procurement of Weapons and Tracked
Combat Vehicles, Army'', $1,107,183,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2021: Provided, That such amount is designated by the
Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
Procurement of Ammunition, Army
For an additional amount for ``Procurement of Ammunition, Army'',
$299,075,000, to remain available until September 30, 2021: Provided,
That such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency
Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii)
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
Other Procurement, Army
For an additional amount for ``Other Procurement, Army'',
$1,372,487,000, to remain available until September 30, 2021:
Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas
Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control
Act of 1985.
Aircraft Procurement, Navy
For an additional amount for ``Aircraft Procurement, Navy'',
$80,119,000, to remain available until September 30, 2021: Provided,
That such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency
Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii)
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
Weapons Procurement, Navy
For an additional amount for ``Weapons Procurement, Navy'',
$14,134,000, to remain available until September 30, 2021: Provided,
That such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency
Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii)
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
Procurement of Ammunition, Navy and Marine Corps
For an additional amount for ``Procurement of Ammunition, Navy and
Marine Corps'', $223,312,000, to remain available until September 30,
2021: Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress for
Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to
section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985.
Other Procurement, Navy
For an additional amount for ``Other Procurement, Navy'',
$181,173,000, to remain available until September 30, 2021: Provided,
That such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency
Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii)
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
Procurement, Marine Corps
For an additional amount for ``Procurement, Marine Corps'',
$58,023,000, to remain available until September 30, 2021: Provided,
That such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency
Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii)
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
Aircraft Procurement, Air Force
For an additional amount for ``Aircraft Procurement, Air Force'',
$1,007,888,000, to remain available until September 30, 2021:
Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas
Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control
Act of 1985.
Missile Procurement, Air Force
For an additional amount for ``Missile Procurement, Air Force'',
$493,526,000, to remain available until September 30, 2021: Provided,
That such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency
Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii)
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
Procurement of Ammunition, Air Force
For an additional amount for ``Procurement of Ammunition, Air
Force'', $1,371,516,000, to remain available until September 30, 2021:
Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas
Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control
Act of 1985.
Other Procurement, Air Force
For an additional amount for ``Other Procurement, Air Force'',
$3,705,044,000, to remain available until September 30, 2021:
Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas
Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control
Act of 1985.
Procurement, Defense-Wide
For an additional amount for ``Procurement, Defense-Wide'',
$557,135,000, to remain available until September 30, 2021: Provided,
That such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency
Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii)
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army
For an additional amount for ``Research, Development, Test and
Evaluation, Army'', $325,104,000, to remain available until September
30, 2020: Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress for
Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to
section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985.
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy
For an additional amount for ``Research, Development, Test and
Evaluation, Navy'', $167,812,000, to remain available until September
30, 2020: Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress for
Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to
section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985.
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force
For an additional amount for ``Research, Development, Test and
Evaluation, Air Force'', $287,971,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2020: Provided, That such amount is designated by the
Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide
For an additional amount for ``Research, Development, Test and
Evaluation, Defense-Wide'', $394,883,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2020: Provided, That such amount is designated by the
Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
REVOLVING AND MANAGEMENT FUNDS
Defense Working Capital Funds
For an additional amount for ``Defense Working Capital Funds'',
$15,190,000: Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress
for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to
section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985.
OTHER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS
Defense Health Program
For an additional amount for ``Defense Health Program'',
$352,068,000, which shall be for operation and maintenance: Provided,
That such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency
Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii)
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, Defense
For an additional amount for ``Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug
Activities, Defense'', $143,100,000: Provided, That such amount is
designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global
War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
Office of the Inspector General
For an additional amount for the ``Office of the Inspector
General'', $24,692,000: Provided, That such amount is designated by
the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on
Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
GENERAL PROVISIONS--THIS TITLE
Sec. 9001. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds made
available in this title are in addition to amounts appropriated or
otherwise made available for the Department of Defense for fiscal year
2019.
(including transfer of funds)
Sec. 9002. Upon the determination of the Secretary of Defense that
such action is necessary in the national interest, the Secretary may,
with the approval of the Office of Management and Budget, transfer up
to $2,000,000,000 between the appropriations or funds made available to
the Department of Defense in this title: Provided, That the Secretary
shall notify the Congress promptly of each transfer made pursuant to
the authority in this section: Provided further, That the authority
provided in this section is in addition to any other transfer authority
available to the Department of Defense and is subject to the same terms
and conditions as the authority provided in section 8005 of this Act.
Sec. 9003. Supervision and administration costs and costs for
design during construction associated with a construction project
funded with appropriations available for operation and maintenance or
the ``Afghanistan Security Forces Fund'' provided in this Act and
executed in direct support of overseas contingency operations in
Afghanistan, may be obligated at the time a construction contract is
awarded: Provided, That, for the purpose of this section, supervision
and administration costs and costs for design during construction
include all in-house Government costs.
Sec. 9004. From funds made available in this title, the Secretary
of Defense may purchase for use by military and civilian employees of
the Department of Defense in the United States Central Command area of
responsibility: (1) passenger motor vehicles up to a limit of $75,000
per vehicle; and (2) heavy and light armored vehicles for the physical
security of personnel or for force protection purposes up to a limit of
$450,000 per vehicle, notwithstanding price or other limitations
applicable to the purchase of passenger carrying vehicles.
Sec. 9005. Not to exceed $5,000,000 of the amounts appropriated by
this title under the heading ``Operation and Maintenance, Army'' may be
used, notwithstanding any other provision of law, to fund the
Commanders' Emergency Response Program (CERP), for the purpose of
enabling military commanders in Afghanistan to respond to urgent,
small-scale, humanitarian relief and reconstruction requirements within
their areas of responsibility: Provided, That each project (including
any ancillary or related elements in connection with such project)
executed under this authority shall not exceed $2,000,000: Provided
further, That not later than 45 days after the end of each 6 months of
the fiscal year, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the
congressional defense committees a report regarding the source of funds
and the allocation and use of funds during that 6-month period that
were made available pursuant to the authority provided in this section
or under any other provision of law for the purposes described herein:
Provided further, That, not later than 30 days after the end of each
fiscal year quarter, the Army shall submit to the congressional defense
committees quarterly commitment, obligation, and expenditure data for
the CERP in Afghanistan: Provided further, That, not less than 15 days
before making funds available pursuant to the authority provided in
this section or under any other provision of law for the purposes
described herein for a project with a total anticipated cost for
completion of $500,000 or more, the Secretary shall submit to the
congressional defense committees a written notice containing each of
the following:
(1) The location, nature and purpose of the proposed
project, including how the project is intended to advance the
military campaign plan for the country in which it is to be
carried out.
(2) The budget, implementation timeline with milestones,
and completion date for the proposed project, including any
other CERP funding that has been or is anticipated to be
contributed to the completion of the project.
(3) A plan for the sustainment of the proposed project,
including the agreement with either the host nation, a non-
Department of Defense agency of the United States Government or
a third-party contributor to finance the sustainment of the
activities and maintenance of any equipment or facilities to be
provided through the proposed project.
Sec. 9006. Funds available to the Department of Defense for
operation and maintenance may be used, notwithstanding any other
provision of law, to provide supplies, services, transportation,
including airlift and sealift, and other logistical support to allied
forces participating in a combined operation with the armed forces of
the United States and coalition forces supporting military and
stability operations in Afghanistan and to counter the Islamic State of
Iraq and Syria: Provided, That the Secretary of Defense shall provide
quarterly reports to the congressional defense committees regarding
support provided under this section.
Sec. 9007. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available by this or any other Act shall be obligated or expended by
the United States Government for a purpose as follows:
(1) To establish any military installation or base for the
purpose of providing for the permanent stationing of United
States Armed Forces in Iraq.
(2) To exercise United States control over any oil resource
of Iraq.
(3) To establish any military installation or base for the
purpose of providing for the permanent stationing of United
States Armed Forces in Afghanistan.
Sec. 9008. None of the funds made available in this Act may be
used in contravention of the following laws enacted or regulations
promulgated to implement the United Nations Convention Against Torture
and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (done at
New York on December 10, 1984):
(1) Section 2340A of title 18, United States Code.
(2) Section 2242 of the Foreign Affairs Reform and
Restructuring Act of 1998 (division G of Public Law 105-277;
112 Stat. 2681-822; 8 U.S.C. 1231 note) and regulations
prescribed thereto, including regulations under part 208 of
title 8, Code of Federal Regulations, and part 95 of title 22,
Code of Federal Regulations.
(3) Sections 1002 and 1003 of the Department of Defense,
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations to Address Hurricanes in
the Gulf of Mexico, and Pandemic Influenza Act, 2006 (Public
Law 109-148).
Sec. 9009. None of the funds provided for the ``Afghanistan
Security Forces Fund'' (ASFF) may be obligated prior to the approval of
a financial and activity plan by the Afghanistan Resources Oversight
Council (AROC) of the Department of Defense: Provided, That the AROC
must approve the requirement and acquisition plan for any service
requirements in excess of $50,000,000 annually and any non-standard
equipment requirements in excess of $100,000,000 using ASFF: Provided
further, That the Department of Defense must certify to the
congressional defense committees that the AROC has convened and
approved a process for ensuring compliance with the requirements in the
preceding proviso and accompanying report language for the ASFF.
Sec. 9010. Funds made available in this title to the Department of
Defense for operation and maintenance may be used to purchase items
having an investment unit cost of not more than $250,000: Provided,
That, upon determination by the Secretary of Defense that such action
is necessary to meet the operational requirements of a Commander of a
Combatant Command engaged in contingency operations overseas, such
funds may be used to purchase items having an investment item unit cost
of not more than $500,000.
Sec. 9011. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available by this Act under the heading ``Operation and Maintenance,
Defense-Wide'' for payments under section 1233 of Public Law 110-181
for reimbursement to the Government of Pakistan may be made available
unless the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of
State, certifies to the congressional defense committees that the
Government of Pakistan is--
(1) cooperating with the United States in counterterrorism
efforts against the Haqqani Network, the Quetta Shura Taliban,
Lashkar e-Tayyiba, Jaish-e-Mohammed, Al Qaeda, and other
domestic and foreign terrorist organizations, including taking
steps to end support for such groups and prevent them from
basing and operating in Pakistan and carrying out cross border
attacks into neighboring countries;
(2) not supporting terrorist activities against United
States or coalition forces in Afghanistan, and Pakistan's
military and intelligence agencies are not intervening extra-
judicially into political and judicial processes in Pakistan;
(3) dismantling improvised explosive device (IED) networks
and interdicting precursor chemicals used in the manufacture of
IEDs;
(4) preventing the proliferation of nuclear-related
material and expertise;
(5) implementing policies to protect judicial independence
and due process of law;
(6) issuing visas in a timely manner for United States
visitors engaged in counterterrorism efforts and assistance
programs in Pakistan; and
(7) providing humanitarian organizations access to
detainees, internally displaced persons, and other Pakistani
civilians affected by the conflict.
(b) The Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of
State, may waive the restriction in subsection (a) on a case-by-case
basis by certifying in writing to the congressional defense committees
that it is in the national security interest to do so: Provided, That
if the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of
State, exercises such waiver authority, the Secretaries shall report to
the congressional defense committees on both the justification for the
waiver and on the requirements of this section that the Government of
Pakistan was not able to meet: Provided further, That such report may
be submitted in classified form if necessary.
Sec. 9012. None of the funds in this Act may be made available for
the transfer of additional C-130 cargo aircraft to the Afghanistan
National Security Forces or the Afghanistan Air Force until the
Department of Defense provides a report to the congressional defense
committees of the Afghanistan Air Force's medium airlift requirements.
The report should identify Afghanistan's ability to utilize and
maintain existing medium lift aircraft in the inventory and the best
alternative platform, if necessary, to provide additional support to
the Afghanistan Air Force's current medium airlift capacity.
(rescissions)
Sec. 9013. Of the funds appropriated in Department of Defense
Appropriations Acts, the following funds are hereby rescinded from the
following accounts and programs in the specified amounts: Provided,
That such amounts are designated by the Congress for Overseas
Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control
Act of 1985:
``Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide: Coalition
Support Funds'', 2018/2019, $800,000,000;
``Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide: DSCA Security
Cooperation'', 2018/2019, $150,000,000;
``Counter-ISIS Train and Equip Fund'', 2018/2019,
$400,000,000; and
``Aircraft Procurement, Air Force'', 2018/2020,
$88,400,000.
Sec. 9014. Funds available for the Afghanistan Security Forces
Fund may be used to provide limited training, equipment, and other
assistance that would otherwise be prohibited by 10 U.S.C. 362 to a
unit of the security forces of Afghanistan only if the Secretary
certifies to the congressional defense committees, within 30 days of a
decision to provide such assistance, that (1) a denial of such
assistance would present significant risk to U.S. or coalition forces
or significantly undermine United States national security objectives
in Afghanistan; and (2) the Secretary has sought a commitment by the
Government of Afghanistan to take all necessary corrective steps:
Provided, That such certification shall be accompanied by a report
describing: (1) the information relating to the gross violation of
human rights; (2) the circumstances that necessitated the provision of
such assistance; (3) the Afghan security force unit involved; (4) the
assistance provided and the assistance withheld; and (5) the corrective
steps to be taken by the Government of Afghanistan: Provided further,
That every 120 days after the initial report an additional report shall
be submitted detailing the status of any corrective steps taken by the
Government of Afghanistan: Provided further, That if the Government of
Afghanistan has not initiated necessary corrective steps within one
year of the certification, the authority under this section to provide
assistance to such unit shall no longer apply: Provided further, That
the Secretary shall submit a report to such committees detailing the
final disposition of the case by the Government of Afghanistan.
Sec. 9015. Equipment procured using funds provided in prior Acts
under the heading ``Counterterrorism Partnerships Fund'' for the
program authorized by section 1209 of the Carl Levin and Howard P.
``Buck'' McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015
(Public Law 113-291), and not yet transferred to authorized recipients
may be transferred to foreign security forces, irregular forces,
groups, or individuals, authorized to receive assistance using amounts
provided under the heading ``Counter-ISIS Train and Equip Fund'' in
this Act: Provided, That such equipment may be transferred 15 days
following written notification to the congressional defense committees.
Sec. 9016. Each amount designated in this Act by the Congress for
Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to
section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985 shall be available (or rescinded, if applicable)
only if the President subsequently so designates all such amounts and
transmits such designations to the Congress.
This Act may be cited as the ``Department of Defense Appropriations
Act, 2019''.
Calendar No. 498
115th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 3159
[Report No. 115-290]
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A BILL
Making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes.
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June 28, 2018
Read twice and placed on the calendar
Committee on Appropriations Senate Subcommittee on Department of Defense. Hearings held prior to introduction and/or referral. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 115-713.
Committee on Appropriations Senate Subcommittee on Department of Defense. Hearings held prior to introduction and/or referral. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 115-713.
Committee on Appropriations Senate Subcommittee on Department of Defense. Hearings held prior to introduction and/or referral. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 115-713.
Committee on Appropriations Senate Subcommittee on Department of Defense. Hearings held prior to introduction and/or referral. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 115-713.
Committee on Appropriations Senate Subcommittee on Department of Defense. Hearings held prior to introduction and/or referral. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 115-713.
Committee on Appropriations Senate Subcommittee on Department of Defense. Hearings held prior to introduction and/or referral. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 115-713.
Committee on Appropriations Senate Subcommittee on Department of Defense. Hearings held prior to introduction and/or referral. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 115-713.
Introduced in Senate
Committee on Appropriations. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Shelby. With written report No. 115-290.
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Committee on Appropriations. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Shelby. With written report No. 115-290.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 498.