114 HR 1735 EAS: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 U.S. House of Representatives 2015-06-04 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. 114th CONGRESS1st SessionH.R. 1735In the Senate of the United States,June 18, 2015.Amendment:

That the bill from the House of Representatives (H.R. 1735) entitled An Act to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes., do pass with the following

Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following:

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016.

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Organization of Act into divisions; table of contents

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Divisions

This Act is organized into four divisions as follows:(1)Division A—Department of Defense Authorizations.(2)Division B—Military Construction Authorizations.(3)Division C—Department of Energy National Security Authorizations.(4)Division D—Funding tables.(b)

Table of contents

The table of contents for this Act is as follows:Sec. 1. Short title.Sec. 2. Organization of Act into divisions; table of contents.Sec. 3. Congressional defense committees.Sec. 4. Budgetary effects of this Act.DIVISION A—Department of Defense AuthorizationsTITLE I—ProcurementSubtitle A—Authorization of appropriationsSec. 101. Authorization of appropriations.Subtitle B—Navy programsSec. 111. Amendment to cost limitation baseline for CVN–78 class aircraft carrier program.Sec. 112. Limitation on availability of funds for USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CVN–79).Sec. 113. Limitation on availability of funds for USS ENTERPRISE (CVN–80).Sec. 114. Modification of CVN–78 class aircraft carrier program.Sec. 115. Limitation on availability of funds for Littoral Combat Ship.Sec. 116. Extension and modification of limitation on availability of funds for Littoral Combat Ship.Sec. 117. Construction of additional Arleigh Burke destroyer.Sec. 118. Fleet Replenishment Oiler Program.Sec. 119. Reporting requirement for Ohio-class replacement submarine program.Sec. 120. Stationing of C–130 H aircraft avionics previously modified by the Avionics Modernization Program (AMP) in support of daily training and contingency requirements for Airborne and Special Operations Forces.Subtitle C—Air Force programsSec. 131. Limitations on retirement of B–1, B–2, and B–52 bomber aircraft.Sec. 132. Limitation on retirement of Air Force fighter aircraft.Sec. 133. Limitation on availability of funds for F–35A aircraft procurement.Sec. 134. Prohibition on retirement of A–10 aircraft.Sec. 135. Prohibition on availability of funds for retirement of EC–130H Compass Call aircraft.Sec. 136. Limitation on transfer of C–130 aircraft.Sec. 137. Limitation on use of funds for T–1A Jayhawk aircraft.Sec. 138. Restriction on retirement of the Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (JSTARS), EC–130H Compass Call, and Airborne Early Warning and Control (AWACS) Aircraft.Sec. 139. Sense of Congress regarding the OCONUS basing of the F–35A aircraft.Sec. 140. Sense of Congress on F–16 Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar upgrade.Subtitle D—Defense-wide, Joint, and Multiservice MattersSec. 151. Report on Army and Marine Corps modernization plan for small arms.Subtitle E—Army ProgramsSec. 161. Stryker Lethality Upgrades.TITLE II—Research, Development, Test, and EvaluationSubtitle A—Authorization of appropriationsSec. 201. Authorization of appropriations.Subtitle B—Program Requirements, Restrictions, and LimitationsSec. 211. Centers for Science, Technology, and Engineering Partnership.Sec. 212. Department of Defense technology offset program to build and maintain the military technological superiority of the United States.Sec. 213. Reauthorization of defense research and development rapid innovation program.Sec. 214. Reauthorization of Global Research Watch program.Sec. 215. Science and technology activities to support business systems information technology acquisition programs.Sec. 216. Expansion of eligibility for financial assistance under Department of Defense Science, Mathematics, and Research for Transformation program to include citizens of countries participating in The Technical Cooperation Program.Sec. 217. Streamlining the Joint Federated Assurance Center.Sec. 218. Limitation on availability of funds for development of the Shallow Water Combat Submersible.Sec. 219. Limitation on availability of funds for distributed common ground system of the Army.Sec. 220. Limitation on availability of funds for distributed common ground system of the United States Special Operations Command.Subtitle C—Other mattersSec. 231. Assessment of air-land mobile tactical communications and data network requirements and capabilities.Sec. 232. Study of field failures involving counterfeit electronic parts.Sec. 233. Demonstration of Persistent Close Air Support capabilities.Sec. 234. Airborne data link plan.Sec. 235. Report on Technology Readiness Levels of the technologies and capabilities critical to the Long Range Strike Bomber aircraft.TITLE III—Operation and MaintenanceSubtitle A—Authorization of AppropriationsSec. 301. Authorization of appropriations.Subtitle B—Energy and EnvironmentSec. 311. Modification of energy management reporting requirements.Sec. 312. Report on efforts to reduce high energy costs at military installations.Sec. 313. Southern Sea Otter Military Readiness Areas.Subtitle C—Logistics and SustainmentSec. 321. Repeal of limitation on authority to enter into a contract for the sustainment, maintenance, repair, or overhaul of the F117 engine.Subtitle D—ReportsSec. 331. Modification of annual report on prepositioned materiel and equipment.Subtitle E—Limitations and Extensions of AuthoritySec. 341. Modification of requirements for transferring aircraft within the Air Force inventory.Sec. 342. Limitation on use of funds for Department of Defense sponsorships, advertising, or marketing associated with sports-related organizations or sporting events.Sec. 342A. Prohibition on contracts to facilitate payments for honoring members of the Armed Forces at sporting events.Sec. 343. Temporary authority to extend contracts and leases under ARMS initiative.Subtitle F—Other MattersSec. 351. Streamlining of Department of Defense management and operational headquarters.Sec. 352. Adoption of retired military working dogs.Sec. 353. Modification of required review of projects relating to potential obstructions to aviation.Sec. 354. Pilot program on intensive instruction in certain Asian languages.TITLE IV—Military Personnel AuthorizationsSubtitle A—Active ForcesSec. 401. End strengths for active forces.Sec. 402. Enhancement of authority for management of end strengths for military personnel.Subtitle B—Reserve ForcesSec. 411. End strengths for Selected Reserve.Sec. 412. End strengths for Reserves on active duty in support of the reserves.Sec. 413. End strengths for military technicians (dual status).Sec. 414. Fiscal year 2016 limitation on number of non-dual status technicians.Sec. 415. Maximum number of reserve personnel authorized to be on active duty for operational support.Sec. 416. Chief of the National Guard Bureau authority to increase certain end strengths applicable to the Army National Guard.Subtitle C—Authorization of AppropriationsSec. 421. Military personnel.TITLE V—Military Personnel PolicySubtitle A—Officer Personnel PolicySec. 501. Authority of promotion boards to recommend officers of particular merit be placed at the top of the promotion list.Sec. 502. Minimum grades for certain corps and related positions in the Army, Navy, and Air Force.Sec. 503. Enhancement of military personnel authorities in connection with the defense acquisition workforce.Sec. 504. Enhanced flexibility for determination of officers to continue on active duty and for selective early retirement and early discharge.Sec. 505. Authority to defer until age 68 mandatory retirement for age of a general or flag officer serving as Chief or Deputy Chief of Chaplains of the Army, Navy, or Air Force.Sec. 506. Reinstatement of enhanced authority for selective early discharge of warrant officers.Sec. 507. Authority to conduct warrant officer retired grade determinations.Subtitle B—Reserve Component ManagementSec. 511. Authority to designate certain reserve officers as not to be considered for selection for promotion.Sec. 512. Clarification of purpose of reserve component special selection boards as limited to correction of error at a mandatory promotion board.Sec. 513. Reconciliation of contradictory provisions relating to citizenship qualifications for enlistment in the reserve components of the Armed Forces.Sec. 514. Authority for certain Air Force reserve component personnel to provide training and instruction regarding pilot instructor training.Subtitle C—General Service AuthoritiesSec. 521. Duty required for eligibility for preseparation counseling for members being discharged or released from active duty.Sec. 522. Expansion of pilot programs on career flexibility to enhance retention of members of the Armed Forces.Sec. 523. Sense of Senate on development of gender-neutral occupational standards for occupational assignments in the Armed Forces.Sec. 524. Sense of Congress recognizing the diversity of the members of the Armed Forces.Subtitle D—Member Education and TrainingPART I—Educational Assistance ReformSec. 531. Limitation on tuition assistance for off-duty training or education.Sec. 532. Termination of program of educational assistance for reserve component members supporting contingency operations and other operations.Sec. 533. Reports on educational levels attained by certain members of the Armed Forces at time of separation from the Armed Forces.Sec. 534. Sense of Congress on transferability of unused education benefits to family members.Sec. 535. No entitlement to unemployment insurance while receiving Post-9/11 Education Assistance.PART II—Other MattersSec. 536. Repeal of statutory specification of minimum duration of in-resident instruction for courses of instruction offered as part of Phase II joint professional military education.Sec. 537. Quality assurance of certification programs and standards for professional credentials obtained by members of the Armed Forces.Sec. 538. Support for athletic programs of the United States Military Academy.Sec. 539. Online access to the higher education component of the Transition Assistance Program.Subtitle E—Military JusticeSec. 546. Modification of Rule 304 of the Military Rules of Evidence relating to the corroboration of a confession or admission.Sec. 547. Modification of Rule 104 of the Rules for Courts-Martial to establish certain prohibitions concerning evaluations of Special Victims' Counsel.Sec. 548. Right of victims of offenses under the Uniform Code of Military Justice to timely disclosure of certain materials and information in connection with prosecution of offenses.Sec. 549. Enforcement of certain crime victims' rights by the Court of Criminal Appeals.Sec. 550. Release to victims upon request of complete record of proceedings and testimony of courts-martial in cases in which sentences adjudged could include punitive discharge.Sec. 551. Representation and assistance of victims by Special Victims' Counsel in questioning by military criminal investigators.Sec. 552. Authority of Special Victims' Counsel to provide legal consultation and assistance in connection with various Government proceedings.Sec. 553. Enhancement of confidentiality of restricted reporting of sexual assault in the military.Sec. 554. Establishment of Office of Complex Investigations within the National Guard Bureau.Sec. 555. Modification of deadline for establishment of Defense Advisory Committee on Investigation, Prosecution, and Defense of Sexual Assault in the Armed Forces.Sec. 556. Comptroller General of the United States reports on prevention and response to sexual assault by the Army National Guard and the Army Reserve.Sec. 557. Sense of Congress on the service of military families and on sentencing retirement-eligible members of the Armed Forces.Subtitle F—Defense Dependents Education and Military Family ReadinessSec. 561. Continuation of authority to assist local educational agencies that benefit dependents of members of the Armed Forces and Department of Defense civilian employees.Sec. 562. Impact aid for children with severe disabilities.Sec. 563. Authority to use appropriated funds to support Department of Defense student meal programs in domestic dependent elementary and secondary schools located outside the United States.Sec. 564. Biennial surveys of military dependents on military family readiness matters.Subtitle G—Miscellaneous Reporting RequirementsSec. 571. Extension of semiannual reports on the involuntary separation of members of the Armed Forces.Sec. 572. Remotely piloted aircraft career field manning shortfalls.Subtitle H—Other MattersPART I—Financial Literacy and Preparedness of Members of the Armed ForcesSec. 581. Improvement of financial literacy and preparedness of members of the Armed Forces.Sec. 582. Financial literacy training with respect to certain financial services for members of the uniformed services.Sec. 583. Sense of Congress on financial literacy and preparedness of members of the Armed Forces.PART II—Other MattersSec. 586. Authority for applications for correction of military records to be initiated by the Secretary concerned.Sec. 587. Recordation of obligations for installment payments of incentive pays, allowances, and similar benefits when payment is due.Sec. 588. Enhancements to Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program.Sec. 589. Priority processing of applications for Transportation Worker Identification Credentials for members undergoing discharge or release from the Armed Forces.Sec. 590. Issuance of Recognition of Service ID Cards to certain members separating from the Armed Forces.Sec. 591. Revised policy on network services for military services.Sec. 592. Increase in number of days of active duty required to be performed by reserve component members for duty to be considered Federal service for purposes of unemployment compensation for ex-servicemembers.Sec. 593. Improved enumeration of members of the Armed Forces in any tabulation of total population by Secretary of Commerce.TITLE VI—Compensation and Other Personnel BenefitsSubtitle A—Pay and AllowancesSec. 601. Fiscal year 2016 increase in military basic pay.Sec. 602. Modification of percentage of national average monthly cost of housing usable in computation of basic allowance for housing inside the United States.Sec. 603. Extension of authority to provide temporary increase in rates of basic allowance for housing.Sec. 604. Basic allowance for housing for married members of the uniformed services assigned for duty within normal commuting distance and for other members living together.Sec. 605. Repeal of inapplicability of modification of basic allowance for housing to benefits under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.Sec. 606. Limitation on eligibility for supplemental subsistence allowances to members serving outside the United States and associated territory.Sec. 607. Availability of information.Subtitle B—Bonuses and Special and Incentive PaysSec. 611. One-year extension of certain bonus and special pay authorities for reserve forces.Sec. 612. One-year extension of certain bonus and special pay authorities for health care professionals.Sec. 613. One-year extension of special pay and bonus authorities for nuclear officers.Sec. 614. One-year extension of authorities relating to title 37 consolidated special pay, incentive pay, and bonus authorities.Sec. 615. One-year extension of authorities relating to payment of other title 37 bonuses and special pays.Sec. 616. Increase in maximum annual amount of nuclear officer bonus pay.Sec. 617. Repeal of obsolete authority to pay bonus to encourage Army personnel to refer persons for enlistment in the Army.Subtitle C—Travel and Transportation AllowancesSec. 621. Repeal of obsolete special travel and transportation allowance for survivors of deceased members from the Vietnam conflict.Sec. 622. Study and report on policy changes to the Joint Travel Regulations.Sec. 623. Transportation to transfer ceremonies for family and next of kin of members of the Armed Forces who die overseas during humanitarian operations.Sec. 624. Policies of the Department of Defense on travel of next of kin to participate in the dignified transfer of remains of members of the Armed Forces and civilian employees of the Department of Defense who die overseas.Subtitle D—Disability Pay, Retired Pay, and Survivor BenefitsPART I—Retired Pay ReformSec. 631. Thrift Savings Plan participation for members of the uniformed services.Sec. 632. Modernized retirement system for members of the uniformed services.Sec. 633. Lump sum payments of certain retired pay.Sec. 634. Continuation pay after 12 years of service for members of the uniformed services participating in the modernized retirement systems.Sec. 635. Authority for retirement flexibility for members of the uniformed services.PART II—Other Matters Sec. 641. Death of former spouse beneficiaries and subsequent remarriages under Survivor Benefit Plan.Sec. 642. Transitional compensation and other benefits for dependents of members of the Armed Forces ineligible to receive retired pay as a result of court-martial sentence.Subtitle E—Commissary and Non-Appropriated Fund Instrumentality Benefits and OperationsSec. 651. Commissary system matters.Sec. 652. Plan on privatization of the defense commissary system.Sec. 653. Comptroller General of the United States report on the Commissary Surcharge, Non-appropriated Fund, and Privately-Financed Major Construction Program.TITLE VII—Health Care ProvisionsSubtitle A—TRICARE and Other Health Care BenefitsSec. 701. Urgent care authorization under the TRICARE program.Sec. 702. Modifications of cost-sharing requirements for the TRICARE Pharmacy Benefits Program.Sec. 703. Expansion of continued health benefits coverage to include discharged and released members of the Selected Reserve.Sec. 704. Expansion of reimbursement for smoking cessation services for certain TRICARE beneficiaries.Sec. 705. Pilot program on treatment of members of the Armed Forces for post-traumatic stress disorder related to military sexual trauma.Subtitle B—Health Care AdministrationSec. 711. Access to health care under the TRICARE program.Sec. 712. Portability of health plans under the TRICARE program.Sec. 713. Improvement of mental health care provided by health care providers of the Department of Defense.Sec. 714. Comprehensive standards and access to contraception counseling for members of the Armed Forces.Sec. 715. Waiver of recoupment of erroneous payments due to administrative error under the TRICARE program.Sec. 716. Designation of certain non-Department mental health care providers with knowledge relating to treatment of members of the Armed Forces.Sec. 717. Limitation on conversion of military medical and dental positions to civilian medical and dental positions.Sec. 718. Extension of authority for joint Department of Defense-Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund.Sec. 719. Extension of authority for DOD–VA Health Care Sharing Incentive Fund.Sec. 720. Pilot program on incentive programs to improve health care provided under the TRICARE program.Subtitle C—Reports and Other MattersSec. 731. Publication of certain information on health care provided by the Department of Defense through the Hospital compare website of the Department of Health and Human Services.Sec. 732. Publication of data on patient safety, quality of care, satisfaction, and health outcome measures under the TRICARE program.Sec. 733. Annual report on patient safety, quality of care, and access to care at military medical treatment facilities.Sec. 734. Report on plans to improve experience with and eliminate performance variability of health care provided by the Department of Defense.Sec. 735. Report on plan to improve pediatric care and related services for children of members of the Armed Forces.Sec. 736. Report on preliminary mental health screenings for individuals becoming members of the Armed Forces.Sec. 737. Comptroller General report on use of quality of care metrics at military treatment facilities.Sec. 738. Report on interoperability between electronic health records systems of Department of Defense and Department of Veterans Affairs.Sec. 739. Submittal of information to Secretary of Veterans Affairs relating to exposure to airborne hazards and open burn pits.Sec. 740. Comptroller General study on gambling and problem gambling behavior among members of the Armed Forces.Sec. 741. Report on implementation of data security and transmission standards for electronic health records.TITLE VIII—Acquisition Policy, Acquisition Management, and Related MattersSubtitle A—Acquisition Policy and ManagementSec. 801. Role of service chiefs in the acquisition process.Sec. 802. Expansion of rapid acquisition authority.Sec. 803. Middle tier of acquisition for rapid prototyping and rapid fielding.Sec. 804. Amendments to other transaction authority.Sec. 805. Use of alternative acquisition paths to acquire critical national security capabilities.Sec. 806. Secretary of Defense waiver of acquisition laws to acquire vital national security capabilities.Sec. 807. Acquisition authority of the Commander of United States Cyber Command.Sec. 808. Advisory panel on streamlining and codifying acquisition regulations.Sec. 809. Review of time-based requirements process and budgeting and acquisition systems.Sec. 810. Improvement of program and project management by the Department of Defense.Subtitle B—Amendments to General Contracting Authorities, Procedures, and LimitationsSec. 821. Preference for fixed-price contracts in determining contract type for development programs.Sec. 822. Applicability of cost and pricing data and certification requirements.Sec. 823. Risk-based contracting for smaller contract actions under the Truth in Negotiations Act.Sec. 824. Limitation on use of reverse auction and lowest price technically acceptable contracting methods.Sec. 825. Rights in technical data.Sec. 826. Procurement of supplies for experimental purposes.Sec. 827. Extension of authority to acquire products and services produced in countries along a major route of supply to Afghanistan.Sec. 828. Reporting related to failure of contractors to meet goals under negotiated comprehensive small business subcontracting plans.Sec. 829. Competition for religious services contracts.Sec. 830. Treatment of interagency and State and local purchases when the Department of Defense acts as contract intermediary for the General Services Administration.Sec. 831. Pilot program for streamlining awards for innovative technology projects.Subtitle C—Provisions Relating to Major Defense Acquisition ProgramsSec. 841. Acquisition strategy required for each major defense acquisition program.Sec. 842. Risk reduction in major defense acquisition programs.Sec. 843. Designation of milestone decision authority.Sec. 844. Revision of Milestone A decision authority responsibilities for major defense acquisition programs.Sec. 845. Revision of Milestone B decision authority responsibilities for major defense acquisition programs.Sec. 846. Tenure and accountability of program managers for program development periods.Sec. 847. Tenure and accountability of program managers for program execution periods.Sec. 848. Repeal of requirement for stand-alone manpower estimates for major defense acquisition programs.Sec. 849. Penalty for cost overruns.Sec. 850. Streamlining of reporting requirements applicable to Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering regarding major defense acquisition programs.Sec. 851. Configuration Steering Boards for cost control under major defense acquisition programs.Sec. 852. Sustainment enhancement.Subtitle D—Provisions Relating to Commercial ItemsSec. 861. Inapplicability of certain laws and regulations to the acquisition of commercial items and commercially available off-the-shelf items.Sec. 862. Market research and preference for commercial items.Sec. 863. Continuing validity of commercial item determinations.Sec. 864. Treatment of commercial items purchased as major weapon systems.Sec. 865. Limitation on conversion of procurements from commercial acquisition procedures.Sec. 866. Treatment of goods and services provided by nontraditional contractors as commercial items.Subtitle E—Other MattersSec. 871. Streamlining of requirements relating to defense business systems.Sec. 872. Acquisition workforce.Sec. 873. Unified information technology services.Sec. 874. Cloud strategy for Department of Defense.Sec. 875. Development period for Department of Defense information technology systems.Sec. 876. Revisions to pilot program on acquisition of military purpose non-developmental items.Sec. 877. Extension of the Department of Defense Mentor-Protégé pilot program.Sec. 878. Improved auditing of contracts.Sec. 879. Survey on the costs of regulatory compliance.Sec. 880. Government Accountability Office report on bid protests.Sec. 881. Steps to identify and address potential unfair competitive advantage of technical advisors to acquisition officials.Sec. 882. HUBZone qualified disaster areas.Sec. 883. Base closure HUBZones.Sec. 884. Exception for AbilityOne goods from authority to acquire goods and services manufactured in Afghanistan, and central Asian states.Sec. 885. Small business procurement ombudsman.Sec. 886. Annual report on foreign procurements.TITLE IX—Department of Defense Organization and ManagementSec. 901. Update of statutory specification of functions of Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff relating to advice on requirements, programs, and budget.Sec. 902. Reorganization and redesignation of Office of Family Policy and Office of Community Support for Military Families with Special Needs.Sec. 903. Repeal of requirement for annual Department of Defense funding for Ocean Research Advisory Panel.TITLE X—General ProvisionsSubtitle A—Financial MattersSec. 1001. General transfer authority.Sec. 1002. Annual audit of financial statements of Department of Defense components by independent external auditors.Sec. 1003. Treatment as part of the base budget of certain amounts authorized for overseas contingency operations upon enactment of an Act revising the Budget Control Act discretionary spending limits for fiscal year 2016.Sec. 1004. Sense of Senate on sequestration.Sec. 1005. Sense of Senate on finding efficiencies within the working capital fund activities of the Department of Defense.Subtitle B—Counter-Drug ActivitiesSec. 1011. Extension of authority to support unified counterdrug and counterterrorism campaign in Colombia.Sec. 1012. Extension and expansion of authority to provide additional support for counter-drug activities of certain foreign governments.Subtitle C—Naval Vessels and ShipyardsSec. 1021. Studies of fleet platform architectures for the Navy.Sec. 1022. Amendment to National Sea-Based Deterrence Fund.Sec. 1023. Extension of authority for reimbursement of expenses for certain Navy mess operations afloat.Sec. 1024. Additional information supporting long-range plans for construction of naval vessels.Sec. 1025. Report and assessment of potential costs and benefits of privatizing Department of Defense commissaries.Sec. 1026. Report on Department of Defense definition of and policy regarding software sustainment.Subtitle D—CounterterrorismSec. 1031. Prohibition on use of funds to construct or modify facilities in the United States to house detainees transferred from United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.Sec. 1032. Limitation on the transfer or release of individuals detained at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.Sec. 1033. Reenactment and modification of certain prior requirements for certifications relating to transfer of detainees at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to foreign countries and other foreign entities.Sec. 1034. Authority to temporarily transfer individuals detained at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to the United States for emergency or critical medical treatment.Sec. 1035. Prohibition on use of funds for transfer or release to Yemen of individuals detained at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.Sec. 1036. Report on current detainees at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, determined or assessed to be high risk or medium risk.Sec. 1037. Report to Congress on memoranda of understanding with foreign countries regarding transfer of detainees at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.Sec. 1038. Semiannual reports on use of United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and any other Department of Defense or Bureau of Prisons prison or other detention or disciplinary facility in recruitment and other propaganda of terrorist organizations.Sec. 1039. Extension and modification of authority to make rewards for combating terrorism.Sec. 1040. Reaffirmation of the prohibition on torture.Subtitle E—Miscellaneous Authorities and LimitationsSec. 1041. Assistance to secure the southern land border of the United States.Sec. 1042. Protection of Department of Defense installations.Sec. 1043. Strategy to protect United States national security interests in the Arctic region.Sec. 1044. Extension of limitations on the transfer to the regular Army of AH–64 Apache helicopters assigned to the Army National Guard.Sec. 1045. Treatment of certain previously transferred Army National Guard helicopters as counting against number transferrable under exception to limitation on transfer of Army National Guard helicopters.Sec. 1046. Management of military technicians.Sec. 1047. Sense of Congress on consideration of the full range of Department of Defense manpower worldwide in decisions on the proper mix of military, civilian, and contractor personnel to accomplish the National Defense Strategy.Sec. 1048. Sense of Senate on the United States Marine Corps.Subtitle F—Studies and ReportsSec. 1061. Repeal of reporting requirements.Sec. 1062. Termination of requirement for submittal to Congress of reports required of the Department of Defense by statute.Sec. 1063. Annual submittal to Congress of munitions assessments.Sec. 1064. Potential role for United States ground forces in the Pacific theater.Sec. 1065. Report on plans for the use of domestic airfields for homeland defense and disaster response.Sec. 1066. Annual reports of the Chief of the National Guard Bureau on the ability of the National Guard to meet its missions.Subtitle G—Other MattersSec. 1081. Technical and clerical amendments.Sec. 1082. Authority to provide training and support to personnel of foreign ministries of defense.Sec. 1083. Expansion of outreach for veterans transitioning from serving on active duty.Sec. 1084. Modification of certain requirements applicable to major medical facility lease for a Department of Veterans Affairs outpatient clinic in Tulsa, Oklahoma.Sec. 1085. Comptroller General briefing and report on major medical facility projects of Department of Veterans Affairs.Sec. 1086. Sense of Senate.Sec. 1087. Melville Hall of the United States Merchant Marine Academy.Sec. 1088. Conflict of interest certification for investigations relating to whistleblower retaliation.Sec. 1089. Authorization of certain major medical facility projects of the Department of Veterans Affairs for which amounts have been appropriated.Sec. 1090. Reform and improvement of personnel security, insider threat detection and prevention, and physical security.Sec. 1091. Designation of construction agent for certain construction projects by Department of Veterans Affairs.TITLE XI—Civilian Personnel MattersSec. 1101. Required probationary period for new employees of the Department of Defense.Sec. 1102. Delay of periodic step increase for civilian employees of the Department of Defense based upon unacceptable performance.Sec. 1103. Procedures for reduction in force of Department of Defense civilian personnel.Sec. 1104. United States Cyber Command workforce.Sec. 1105. One-year extension of authority to waive annual limitation on premium pay and aggregate limitation on pay for Federal civilian employees working overseas.Sec. 1106. Five-year extension of expedited hiring authority for designated defense acquisition workforce positions.Sec. 1107. One-year extension of discretionary authority to grant allowances, benefits, and gratuities to civilian personnel on official duty in a combat zone.Sec. 1108. Extension of rate of overtime pay for Department of the Navy employees performing work aboard or dockside in support of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier forward deployed in Japan.Sec. 1109. Expansion of temporary authority to make direct appointments of candidates possessing bachelor's degrees to scientific and engineering positions at science and technology reinvention laboratories.Sec. 1110. Extension of authority for the civilian acquisition workforce personnel demonstration project.Sec. 1111. Pilot program on dynamic shaping of the workforce to improve the technical skills and expertise at certain Department of Defense laboratories.Sec. 1112. Pilot program on temporary exchange of financial management and acquisition personnel.Sec. 1113. Pilot program on enhanced pay authority for certain acquisition and technology positions in the Department of Defense.Sec. 1114. Pilot program on direct hire authority for veteran technical experts into the defense acquisition workforce.Sec. 1115. Direct hire authority for technical experts into the defense acquisition workforce.TITLE XII—Matters Relating to Foreign NationsSubtitle A—Training and AssistanceSec. 1201. One-year extension of funding limitations for authority to build the capacity of foreign security forces.Sec. 1202. Extension and expansion of authority for reimbursement to the Government of Jordan for border security operations.Sec. 1203. Extension of authority to conduct activities to enhance the capability of foreign countries to respond to incidents involving weapons of mass destruction.Sec. 1204. Permanence and modification of authorities relating to National Guard State Partnership Program.Sec. 1205. Authority to provide support to national military forces of allied countries for counterterrorism operations in Africa.Sec. 1206. Authority to build the capacity of foreign military intelligence forces.Sec. 1207. Prohibition on assistance to entities in Yemen controlled by the Houthi movement.Sec. 1208. Report on potential support for the vetted Syrian opposition.Sec. 1209. Support for security of afghan women and girls.Subtitle B—Matters Relating to Afghanistan, Pakistan, and IraqSec. 1221. Drawdown of United States forces in Afghanistan.Sec. 1222. Extension and modification of Commanders' Emergency Response Program.Sec. 1223. Extension of authority to transfer defense articles and provide defense services to the military and security forces of Afghanistan.Sec. 1224. Extension and modification of authority for reimbursement of certain coalition nations for support provided to United States military operations.Sec. 1225. Prohibition on transfer to violent extremist organizations of equipment or supplies provided by the United States to the Government of Iraq.Sec. 1226. Report on lines of communication of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant and other foreign terrorist organizations.Sec. 1227. Modification of protection for Afghan allies.Sec. 1228. Extension of authority to support operations and activities of the Office of Security Cooperation in Iraq.Sec. 1229. Sense of Senate on support for the Kurdistan Regional Government.Sec. 1230. Sense of Congress on the security and protection of Iranian dissidents living in Camp Liberty, Iraq.Subtitle C—Matters Relating to IranSec. 1241. Modification and extension of annual report on the military power of Iran.Subtitle D—Matters Relating to the Russian FederationSec. 1251. Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative.Sec. 1252. Eastern European Training Initiative.Sec. 1253. Increased presence of United States ground forces in Eastern Europe to deter aggression on the border of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.Sec. 1254. Sense of Congress on European defense and North Atlantic Treaty Organization spending.Sec. 1255. Additional matters in annual report on military and security developments involving the Russian Federation.Sec. 1256. Report on alternative capabilities to procure and sustain nonstandard rotary wing aircraft historically procured through Rosoboronexport.Subtitle E—Matters Relating to the Asia-Pacific RegionSec. 1261. South China Sea Initiative.Sec. 1262. Sense of Congress reaffirming the importance of implementing the rebalance to the Asia-Pacific region.Sec. 1263. Sense of Senate on Taiwan asymmetric military capabilities and bilateral training activities.Sec. 1264. Military exchanges between senior officers and officials of the United States and Taiwan.Sec. 1265. Strategy to promote United States interests in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region.Subtitle F—Reports and Related MattersSec. 1271. Item in quarterly reports on assistance to counter the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant on forces ineligible to receive assistance due to a gross violation of human rights.Sec. 1272. United States-Israel anti-tunnel cooperation.Sec. 1273. Sense of Senate and report on Qatar fighter aircraft capability contribution to regional security.Sec. 1274. Report on the security relationship between the United States and the Republic of Cyprus.Subtitle G—Other MattersSec. 1281. NATO Special Operations Headquarters.Sec. 1282. Two-year extension and modification of authorization for non-conventional assisted recovery capabilities.TITLE XIII—COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTIONSec. 1301. Specification of Cooperative Threat Reduction funds.Sec. 1302. Funding allocations.TITLE XIV—Other AuthorizationsSubtitle A—Military ProgramsSec. 1401. Working capital funds.Sec. 1402. National Defense Sealift Fund.Sec. 1403. Chemical Agents and Munitions Destruction, Defense.Sec. 1404. Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, Defense-wide.Sec. 1405. Defense Inspector General.Sec. 1406. Defense Health Program.Subtitle B—Other MattersSec. 1411. Authority for transfer of funds to joint Department of Defense-Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund for Captain James A. Lovell Health Care Center, Illinois.Sec. 1412. Authorization of appropriations for Armed Forces Retirement Home.Sec. 1413. Inspections of the Armed Forces Retirement Home by the Inspector General of the Department of Defense.TITLE XV—Authorization of Additional Appropriations for Overseas Contingency OperationsSubtitle A—Authorization of AppropriationsSec. 1501. Purpose.Sec. 1502. Overseas contingency operations.Sec. 1503. Procurement.Sec. 1504. Research, development, test, and evaluation.Sec. 1505. Operation and maintenance.Sec. 1506. Military personnel.Sec. 1507. Working capital funds.Sec. 1508. Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, Defense-wide.Sec. 1509. Defense Inspector General.Sec. 1510. Defense Health Program.Sec. 1511. Counterterrorism Partnerships Fund.Subtitle B—Financial MattersSec. 1521. Treatment as additional authorizations.Sec. 1522. Special transfer authority.Subtitle C—Limitations, Reports, and Other MattersSec. 1531. Afghanistan Security Forces Fund.Sec. 1532. Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Fund.Sec. 1533. Availability of Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Fund funds for training of foreign security forces to defeat improvised explosive devices.TITLE XVI—Strategic Programs, Cyber, and Intelligence MattersSubtitle A—Space ActivitiesSec. 1601. Integrated policy to deter adversaries in space.Sec. 1602. Principal advisor on space control.Sec. 1603. Exception to the prohibition on contracting with Russian suppliers of rocket engines for the evolved expendable launch vehicle program.Sec. 1604. Elimination of launch capabilities contracts under evolved expendable launch vehicle program.Sec. 1605. Allocation of funding for evolved expendable launch vehicle program.Sec. 1606. Inclusion of plan for development and fielding of a full-up engine in rocket propulsion system development program.Sec. 1607. Limitations on availability of funds for the Defense Meteorological Satellite program.Sec. 1608. Quarterly reports on Global Positioning System III space segment, Global Positioning System operational control segment, and Military Global Positioning System user equipment acquisition programs.Sec. 1609. Plan for consolidation of acquisition of commercial satellite communications services.Sec. 1610. Council on Oversight of the Department of Defense Positioning, Navigation, and Timing Enterprise.Sec. 1611. Analysis of alternatives for wide-band communications.Sec. 1612. Expansion of goals for pilot program for acquisition of commercial satellite communication services.Sec. 1613. Streamline commercial space launch activities.Subtitle B—Defense intelligence and intelligence-related activitiesSec. 1621. Report on Air National Guard contributions to the RQ–4 Global Hawk mission.Subtitle C—Cyber warfare, cyber security, and related mattersSec. 1631. Authorization of military cyber operations.Sec. 1632. Designation of Department of Defense entity responsible for acquisition of critical cyber capabilities.Sec. 1633. Incentive for submittal to Congress by President of integrated policy to deter adversaries in cyberspace.Sec. 1634. Authorization for procurement of relocatable Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility.Sec. 1635. Evaluation of cyber vulnerabilities of major weapon systems of the Department of Defense.Sec. 1636. Assessment of capabilities of United States Cyber Command to defend the United States from cyber attacks.Sec. 1637. Biennial exercises on responding to cyber attacks against critical infrastructure.Sec. 1638. Comprehensive plan of Department of Defense to support civil authorities in response to cyber attacks by foreign powers.Sec. 1639. Sense of Congress on reviewing and considering findings and recommendations of Council of Governors on cyber capabilities of the Armed Forces.Subtitle D—Nuclear ForcesSec. 1641. Designation of Air Force officials to be responsible for policy on and procurement of nuclear command, control, and communications systems.Sec. 1642. Comptroller General of the United States review of recommendations relating to the nuclear security enterprise.Sec. 1643. Assessment of global nuclear environment.Sec. 1644. Deadline for Milestone A decision on long-range standoff weapon.Sec. 1645. Availability of Air Force procurement funds for certain commercial off-the-shelf parts for intercontinental ballistic missile fuzes.Sec. 1646. Sense of Congress on policy on the nuclear triad.Sec. 1647. Sense of Senate on the nuclear force improvement program of the Air Force.Subtitle E—Missile Defense ProgramsSec. 1651. Plan for expediting deployment time of continental United States interceptor site.Sec. 1652. Additional missile defense sensor coverage for the protection of the United States homeland.Sec. 1653. Air defense capability at North Atlantic Treaty Organization missile defense sites.Sec. 1654. Availability of funds for Iron Dome short-range rocket defense system.Sec. 1655. Israeli cooperative missile defense program codevelopment and potential coproduction.Sec. 1656. Development and deployment of multiple-object kill vehicle for missile defense of the United States homeland.Sec. 1657. Requirement to replace capability enhancement I exoatmospheric kill vehicles.Sec. 1658. Airborne boost phase defense system.Sec. 1659. Extension of limitation on providing certain sensitive missile defense information to the Russian Federation.Sec. 1660. Extension of requirement for Comptroller General of the United States review and assessment of missile defense acquisition programs.Subtitle F—Other mattersSec. 1671. Measures in response to violations of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty by the Russian Federation.Sec. 1672. Modification of notification and assessment of proposal to modify or introduce new aircraft or sensors for flight by the Russian Federation under the Open Skies Treaty.Sec. 1673. Milestone A decision for the Conventional Prompt Global Strike Weapons System.Sec. 1674. Sense of Congress on maintaining and enhancing military intelligence support to force protection for installations, facilities, and personnel of the Department of Defense.DIVISION B—Military Construction AuthorizationsSec. 2001. Short title.Sec. 2002. Expiration of authorizations and amounts required to be specified by law.TITLE XXI—Army military constructionSec. 2101. Authorized army construction and land acquisition projects.Sec. 2102. Family housing.Sec. 2103. Improvements to military family housing units.Sec. 2104. Authorization of appropriations, Army.Sec. 2105. Modification of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2013 project.Sec. 2106. Extension of authorizations of certain fiscal year 2012 projects.Sec. 2107. Extension of authorizations of certain fiscal year 2013 projects.Sec. 2108. Additional authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2016 project.Sec. 2109. Limitation on construction of new facilities at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.TITLE XXII—Navy military constructionSec. 2201. Authorized Navy construction and land acquisition projects.Sec. 2202. Family housing.Sec. 2203. Improvements to military family housing units.Sec. 2204. Authorization of appropriations, Navy.Sec. 2205. Extension of authorizations of certain fiscal year 2012 projects.Sec. 2206. Extension of authorizations of certain fiscal year 2013 projects.TITLE XXIII—Air Force military constructionSec. 2301. Authorized Air Force construction and land acquisition projects.Sec. 2302. Family housing.Sec. 2303. Improvements to military family housing units.Sec. 2304. Authorization of appropriations, Air Force.Sec. 2305. Modification of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2010 project.Sec. 2306. Modification of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2014 project.Sec. 2307. Modification of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2015 project.Sec. 2308. Extension of authorization of certain fiscal year 2012 project.Sec. 2309. Extension of authorization of certain fiscal year 2013 project.TITLE XXIV—Defense agencies military constructionSec. 2401. Authorized Defense Agencies construction and land acquisition projects.Sec. 2402. Authorized energy conservation projects.Sec. 2403. Authorization of appropriations, Defense Agencies.Sec. 2404. Modification of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2012 project.Sec. 2405. Extension of authorizations of certain fiscal year 2012 projects.Sec. 2406. Extension of authorizations of certain fiscal year 2013 projects.Sec. 2407. Modification and extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2014 project.TITLE XXV—North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment ProgramSec. 2501. Authorized NATO construction and land acquisition projects.Sec. 2502. Authorization of appropriations, NATO.TITLE XXVI—Guard and reserve forces facilitiesSubtitle A—Project authorizations and authorization of appropriationsSec. 2601. Authorized Army National Guard construction and land acquisition projects.Sec. 2602. Authorized Army Reserve construction and land acquisition projects.Sec. 2603. Authorized Navy Reserve and Marine Corps Reserve construction and land acquisition projects.Sec. 2604. Authorized Air National Guard construction and land acquisition projects.Sec. 2605. Authorized Air Force Reserve construction and land acquisition projects.Sec. 2606. Authorization of appropriations, National Guard and Reserve.Subtitle B—Others mattersSec. 2611. Modification and extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2013 project.Sec. 2612. Modification of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2015 projects.Sec. 2613. Extension of authorizations of certain fiscal year 2012 projects.Sec. 2614. Extension of authorizations of certain fiscal year 2013 projects.TITLE XXVII—Base realignment and closure activitiesSec. 2701. Authorization of appropriations for base realignment and closure activities funded through Department of Defense base closure account.Sec. 2702. Prohibition on conducting additional base realignment and closure (BRAC) round.TITLE XXVIII—Military Construction General ProvisionsSubtitle A—Military Construction Program and military family housing changesSec. 2801. Authority for acceptance and use of contributions for certain mutually beneficial projects.Sec. 2802. Change in authorities relating to scope of work variations for military construction projects.Sec. 2803. Extension of temporary, limited authority to use operation and maintenance funds for construction projects outside the United States.Sec. 2804. Modification of reporting requirement on in-kind construction and renovation payments.Sec. 2805. Lab modernization pilot program.Sec. 2806. Conveyance to Indian tribes of certain housing units.Subtitle B—Real Property and Facilities AdministrationSec. 2811. Utility system conveyance authority.Sec. 2812. Leasing of non-excess property of military departments and Defense Agencies; treatment of value provided by local education agencies and elementary and secondary schools.Sec. 2813. Modification of facility repair notification requirement.Sec. 2814. Increase of threshold of notice and wait requirement for certain facilities for reserve components and parity with authority for unspecified minor military construction and repair projects.Sec. 2815. Sense of Congress on coordination of hunting, fishing, and other recreational activities on military land.Sec. 2816. Exemption of Army off-site use and off-site removal only non-mobile properties from certain excess property disposal requirements.Subtitle C—Land ConveyancesSec. 2821. Release of reversionary interest retained as part of conveyance to the Economic Development Alliance of Jefferson County, Arkansas.Sec. 2822. Land exchange, Navy Outlying Landing Field, Naval Air Station, Whiting Field, Florida.DIVISION C—DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY AUTHORIZATIONS AND OTHER AUTHORIZATIONSTITLE XXXI—DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY PROGRAMSSubtitle A—National Security Programs AuthorizationsSec. 3101. National Nuclear Security Administration.Sec. 3102. Defense environmental cleanup.Sec. 3103. Other defense activities.Subtitle B—Program Authorizations, Restrictions, and LimitationsSec. 3111. Responsive capabilities program.Sec. 3112. Long-term plan for meeting national security requirements for unencumbered uranium.Sec. 3113. Defense nuclear nonproliferation management plan.Sec. 3114. Plan for deactivation and decommissioning of nonoperational defense nuclear facilities.Sec. 3115. Hanford Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant contract oversight.Sec. 3116. Assessment of emergency preparedness of defense nuclear facilities.Sec. 3117. Laboratory- and facility-directed research and development programs.Sec. 3118. Limitation on bonuses for employees of the National Nuclear Security Administration who engage in improper program management.Sec. 3119. Modification of authorized personnel levels of the Office of the Administrator for Nuclear Security.Sec. 3120. Modification of submission of assessments of certain budget requests relating to the nuclear weapons stockpile.Sec. 3121. Repeal of phase three review of certain defense environmental cleanup projects.Sec. 3122. Modifications to cost-benefit analyses for competition of management and operating contracts.Sec. 3123. Review of implementation of recommendations of the Congressional Advisory Panel on the Governance of the Nuclear Security Enterprise.TITLE XXXII—DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES SAFETY BOARDSec. 3201. Authorization.TITLE XXXV—Maritime AdministrationSec. 3501. Cadet commitment agreements.Sec. 3502. Student incentive payment agreements.Sec. 3503. Federal Unemployment Tax Act.Sec. 3504. Short sea transportation defined.Sec. 3505. Authorization of appropriations for national security aspects of the Merchant Marine for fiscal years 2016 and 2017.DIVISION D—Funding TablesSec. 4001. Authorization of amounts in funding tables.Sec. 4002. Clarification of applicability of undistributed reductions of certain operation and maintenance funding among all operation and maintenance funding.TITLE XLI—ProcurementSec. 4101. Procurement.Sec. 4102. Procurement for overseas contingency operations.TITLE XLII—Research, Development, Test, and EvaluationSec. 4201. Research, development, test, and evaluation.Sec. 4202. Research, development, test, and evaluation for overseas contingency operations.TITLE XLIII—Operation and MaintenanceSec. 4301. Operation and maintenance.Sec. 4302. Operation and maintenance for overseas contingency operations.TITLE XLIV—Military PersonnelSec. 4401. Military personnel.Sec. 4402. Military personnel for overseas contingency operations.TITLE XLV—Other AuthorizationsSec. 4501. Other authorizations.Sec. 4502. Other authorizations for overseas contingency operations.TITLE XLVI—Military ConstructionSec. 4601. Military construction.TITLE XLVII—Department of Energy National Security ProgramsSec. 4701. Department of Energy national security programs.

3.

Congressional defense committees

In this Act, the term congressional defense committees has the meaning given that term in section 101(a)(16) of title 10, United States Code.

4.

Budgetary effects of this Act

The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purposes of complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, shall be determined by reference to the latest statement titled Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation for this Act, jointly submitted for printing in the Congressional Record by the Chairmen of the House and Senate Budget Committees, provided that such statement has been submitted prior to the vote on passage in the House acting first on the conference report or amendment between the Houses.

A

Department of Defense Authorizations

B

Military construction authorizations

2001.

Short title

This division may be cited as the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016.

2002.

Expiration of authorizations and amounts required to be specified by law

(a)

Expiration of authorizations after three years

Except as provided in subsection (b), all authorizations contained in titles XXI through XXVII for military construction projects, land acquisition, family housing projects and facilities, and contributions to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Program (and authorizations of appropriations therefor) shall expire on the later of—(1)October 1, 2018; or(2)the date of the enactment of an Act authorizing funds for military construction for fiscal year 2019.(b)

Exception

Subsection (a) shall not apply to authorizations for military construction projects, land acquisition, family housing projects and facilities, and contributions to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Program (and authorizations of appropriations therefor), for which appropriated funds have been obligated before the later of—(1)October 1, 2018; or(2)the date of the enactment of an Act authorizing funds for fiscal year 2019 for military construction projects, land acquisition, family housing projects and facilities, or contributions to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Program.

C

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY AUTHORIZATIONS AND OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS

D

Funding Tables

4001.

Authorization of amounts in funding tables

(a)

In general

Whenever a funding table in this division specifies a dollar amount authorized for a project, program, or activity, the obligation and expenditure of the specified dollar amount for the project, program, or activity is hereby authorized, subject to the availability of appropriations.(b)

Merit-based decisions

A decision to commit, obligate, or expend funds with or to a specific entity on the basis of a dollar amount authorized pursuant to subsection (a) shall—(1)be based on merit-based selection procedures in accordance with the requirements of sections 2304(k) and 2374 of title 10, United States Code, or on competitive procedures; and(2)comply with other applicable provisions of law.(c)

Relationship to transfer and programming authority

An amount specified in the funding tables in this division may be transferred or reprogrammed under a transfer or reprogramming authority provided by another provision of this Act or by other law. The transfer or reprogramming of an amount specified in such funding tables shall not count against a ceiling on such transfers or reprogrammings under section 1001 or section 1522 of this Act or any other provision of law, unless such transfer or reprogramming would move funds between appropriation accounts.(d)

Applicability to classified annex

This section applies to any classified annex that accompanies this Act.(e)

Oral and written communications

No oral or written communication concerning any amount specified in the funding tables in this division shall supersede the requirements of this section.

4002.

Clarification of applicability of undistributed reductions of certain operation and maintenance funding among all operation and maintenance funding

Any undistributed reduction in funding available for fiscal year 2016 for the Department of Defense for operation and maintenance, as specified in the funding table in section 4301, that is attributable to savings in connection with foreign currency fluctuations or bulk fuel purchases, may be applied against any funds available for that fiscal year for the Department for operation and maintenance, regardless of whether available as specified in the funding table in section 4301 or available as specified in the funding table in section 4302.

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