114 HR 1735 IH: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016
U.S. House of Representatives
2015-04-13
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1.This Act may be cited as the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016
. 2.Organization of Act into divisions; table of contents (a)This Act is organized into two divisions as follows:
(1)Division A—Department of Defense Authorizations. (2)Division B—Military Construction Authorizations.
(b)The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title. Sec. 2. Organization of Act into divisions; table of contents. Title I—Procurement Sec. 101. Army. Sec. 102. Navy and Marine Corps. Sec. 103. Air Force. Sec. 104. Defense-wide activities. Sec. 105. Multiyear procurement authority for Standard Missile-3 Block IB guided missiles. Sec. 106. Availability of Air Force procurement funds for certain commercial-off-the-shelf parts for intercontinental ballistic missile fuzes. Title II—Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation Sec. 201. Authorization of appropriations. Sec. 202. Repeal of requirement for initial operating capability of a conventional long-range standoff weapon before retirement of the conventionally Armed AGM–86 Missile. Title III—Operation and Maintenance Sec. 301. Operation and maintenance funding. Title IV—Military Personnel Authorizations Subtitle A—Active Forces Sec. 401. End strengths for active forces. Subtitle B—Reserve Forces Sec. 411. End strengths for Selected Reserve. Sec. 412. End strengths for reserves on active duty in support of the reserves. Sec. 413. End strengths for military technicians (dual status). Sec. 414. 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. Title V—Military Personnel Policy Subtitle E—Other Matters Sec. 545. Required provision of preseparation counseling. Title VI—Compensation and Other Personnel Benefits Subtitle B—Bonuses and Special and Incentive Pays Sec. 611. One-year extension of certain expiring bonus and special pay authorities. Title VIII—Acquisition Policy, Acquisition Management, and Related Matters Subtitle A—Acquisition Policy and Management Sec. 801. Program fraud civil remedies statute for the Department of Defense and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Sec. 802. Improvements to the operation of the Defense Acquisition Workforce Development Fund. Subtitle B—Amendments to General Contract Authorities, Procedures, and Limitations Sec. 811. Revision to method of rounding of acquisition-related dollar thresholds when adjusting for inflation. Sec. 812. Extension of authority to acquire products and services produced in countries along a major route of supply to Afghanistan. Sec. 813. Exception to requirement to include cost or price to the Government as a factor in the evaluation of proposals for certain task or delivery order contracts. Subtitle C—Acquisition Reform Proposals Sec. 821. Modification to requirements relating to determination of contract type for major development programs. Sec. 822. Repeal of requirement for stand-alone manpower estimates for major defense acquisition programs. Sec. 823. Revision of Milestone Decision Authority responsibilities for major defense acquisition programs. Sec. 824. Streamlining of requirements relating to defense business systems. Sec. 825. Revision to life-cycle management and product support requirements. Sec. 826. Acquisition strategy required for each major defense acquisition program. Sec. 827. Revision to requirements relating to risk reduction in development of major defense acquisition programs. Subtitle D—Other Matters Sec. 831. Extension of the Department of Defense mentor-protégée pilot program. Sec. 832. Streamlining of reporting requirements applicable to Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering regarding major defense acquisition programs. Sec. 833. Revision to required distribution of assistance under Procurement Technical Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program. Title IX—Department of Defense Organization and Management Sec. 901. Change of period for Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff review of the unified command plan to not less than every four years. Sec. 902. Update of statutory specification of functions of the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff relating to advice on requirements, programs, and budget. Title X—General Provisions Subtitle A—Financial Matters Sec. 1001. Enhancement of interagency support during contingency operations and transition periods. Subtitle C—Naval Vessels and Shipyards Sec. 1021. Extension of authority for reimbursement of expenses for certain Navy mess operations afloat. Sec. 1022. Refueling and complex overhaul of Nimitz-class aircraft carriers. Subtitle D—Other Matters Sec. 1041. Transfer of functions of the Veterans’ Advisory Board on Dose Reconstruction to the Secretaries of Veterans Affairs and Defense. Title XI—Civilian Personnel Matters Sec. 1101. One-year extension of temporary authority to grant allowances, benefits, and gratuities to civilian personnel on official duty in a combat zone. Sec. 1102. Authority to provide additional allowances and benefits for defense clandestine service employees. Sec. 1103. 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. Title XII—Matters Relating to Foreign Nations Sec. 1201. Extension of authority to support operations and activities of the Office of Security Cooperation-Iraq. Sec. 1202. Extension of authority for reimbursement of certain coalition nations for support provided to United States military operations. Sec. 1203. Extension of authority to transfer defense articles and provide defense services to the military and security forces of Afghanistan. Sec. 1204. Authority for acceptance and use of contributions from Kuwait for certain mutually beneficial projects. Sec. 1205. Extension of commanders’ emergency response program in Afghanistan. Sec. 1206. Increase in thresholds for definition of major defense equipment for purposes of Arms Export Control Act. Sec. 1207. Maintenance of prohibition on procurement by Department of Defense of communist Chinese-origin items that meet the definition of goods and services controlled as munitions items when moved to the 600 series
of the commerce control list. Sec. 1208. Modification of global lift and sustain to support partners and allies. Sec. 1209. Reimbursements for certain counterinsurgency, counterterrorism and stabilization operations carried out by Pakistan. Sec. 1210. NATO Special Operations Headquarters. Sec. 1211. Afghanistan Security Forces Fund. Title XIV—Other Authorizations Subtitle A—Military Programs Sec. 1401. Working capital funds. Sec. 1402. Joint urgent operational needs 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 Matters Sec. 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. Title XV—Authorization of Additional Appropriations for Overseas Contingency Operations Sec. 1501. Purpose. Sec. 1502. Army procurement. Sec. 1503. Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Fund. Sec. 1504. Navy and Marine Corps procurement. Sec. 1505. Air Force procurement. Sec. 1506. Defense-wide activities procurement. Sec. 1507. Research, development, test, and evaluation. Sec. 1508. Operation and maintenance. Sec. 1509. Military personnel. Sec. 1510. Working capital funds. Sec. 1511. Defense health program. Sec. 1512. Drug interdiction and counter-drug activities, Defense-wide. Sec. 1513. Defense Inspector General. Division B—Military Construction Authorizations Title XXVIII—Military Construction General Provisions Sec. 2801. Change in authorities relating to scope of work variations for military construction projects. Sec. 2802. Enhanced authority to carry out emergency military construction projects when necessary to support requirements of combatant commanders. Sec. 2803. Annual locality adjustment of dollar thresholds applicable to unspecified minor military construction authorities. <enum>I</enum><header>Procurement</header> <section id="HCDB1072754ED411D89D8F9DCD32E40A2"><enum>101.</enum><header>Army</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2016 for procurement for the Army as follows:</text>
<paragraph id="H1D99742D76024970A68BBA8C288C1020"><enum>(1)</enum><text>For aircraft, $5,689,357,000.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H2B4B038A2D7A4A84B1B002C29BF3B439"><enum>(2)</enum><text>For missiles, $1,419,957,000.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6F98372190B04BE38A55611653CDC54B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>For weapons and tracked combat vehicles, $1,887,073,000.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H282EAA5D75874ACC93458020902B002F"><enum>(4)</enum><text>For ammunition, $1,233,378,000.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H64143175344745808E25D78CEABA8A06"><enum>(5)</enum><text>For other procurement, $5,899,028,000.</text> </paragraph></section><section id="H719AE76085994573A25C1DD98C324C94"><enum>102.</enum><header>Navy and Marine Corps</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2016 for procurement for the Navy and Marine Corps as follows:</text>
<paragraph id="HB00E95026BDD45309F975A745E5A70D5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>For aircraft, $16,126,405,000.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H9FB8D27A88C4493683336A381CB9CF0D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>For weapons, including missiles and torpedoes, $3,154,154,000.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H79ECA4F6F9294B39833EC80AB3E7654E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>For ammunition procurement, Navy and Marine Corps, $723,741,000.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H462886FDAC264DC29115C0B3C386EBB7"><enum>(4)</enum><text>For shipbuilding and conversion, $16,597,457,000.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB6F675B93B83499FABC08E003843C9AE"><enum>(5)</enum><text>For other procurement, $6,614,715,000.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HF810208C2FC643E99CE4D61FD8F27729"><enum>(6)</enum><text>For procurement, Marine Corps, $1,131,418,000.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H347006AFCACB424CB31AAB153FC1373C"><enum>103.</enum><header>Air Force</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2016 for procurement for the Air Force as follows:</text>
<paragraph id="HB313DED8FE66407BB8A367878470598E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>For aircraft, $15,657,769,000.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HA776A042D97E47F6B9DEF2ED1DD18D7E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>For missiles, $2,987,045,000.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB0091F132DF3421286557E11D0204348"><enum>(3)</enum><text>For space procurement, $2,584,061,000.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HD594FF535A9B48929E80E4EE9F107BEB"><enum>(4)</enum><text>For ammunition, $1,758,843,000.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HECDA791B3A93422CA93AD91690BACFA6"><enum>(5)</enum><text>For other procurement, $18,272,438,000.</text> </paragraph></section><section id="H4DA144784BD94EDCBE31848719D23221"><enum>104.</enum><header>Defense-wide activities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2016 for Defense-wide procurement in the amount of $5,130,853,000.</text>
</section><section id="H2E56908E73554EDBA4E1FC782AE0AACD"><enum>105.</enum><header>Multiyear procurement authority for Standard Missile-3 Block IB guided missiles</header>
<subsection id="H1A658AAC8CEC4936A12F74198BFBEF19"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authority for multiyear procurement</header><text>Subject to section 2306b of title 10, United States Code, the Secretary of Defense may enter into one or more multiyear contracts, beginning with the fiscal year 2016 program year, for the procurement of Standard Missile-3 Block IB guided missiles.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H758C47B2B77343009AF8BDFD59E50D1D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authority for advance procurement</header><text>The Secretary may enter into one or more contracts for advance procurement associated with the SM–3 Block IB missiles for which authorization to enter into a multiyear procurement contract is provided under subsection (a).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H861D5EE41D2D4672BFDD6FC963E85419"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Condition for out-Year contract payments</header><text>A contract entered into under subsection (a) shall provide that any obligation of the United States to make a payment under the contract for a fiscal year after fiscal year 2016 is subject to the availability of appropriations for that purpose for such later fiscal year.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H86A175153F7C4EC6836C3BC64FB0DCA6"><enum>106.</enum><header>Availability of Air Force procurement funds for certain commercial-off-the-shelf parts for
intercontinental ballistic missile fuzes</header>
<subsection id="HF17F6AA85CAA4D9187E3B0790E7872B6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Availability of procurement funds</header><text>Notwithstanding section 1502(a) of title 31, United States Code, of the amount authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2016 by section 103 for Missile Procurement, Air Force, $13,700,000 shall be available for the procurement of covered parts pursuant to contracts entered into under section 1645 of the Carl Levin and Howard P. <quote>Buck</quote> McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/113/291">Public Law 113–291</external-xref>; 128 Stat. YYY).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H33D4D8D2EB354626A5F1C0A568A47D49"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Covered parts defined</header><text>In this section, the term <quote>covered parts</quote> has the meaning given that term in section 1645(c) of such Act.</text> </subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header>Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation</header> <section id="HFB9B72D721B5491A8EA6E1E16FFD9B2F"><enum>201.</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2016 for the use of the Department of Defense for research, development, test, and evaluation as follows:</text>
<paragraph id="H2B892BA18310425A84063AFBCDE5CD49"><enum>(1)</enum><text>For the Army, $6,924,959,000.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HE611D197D215413EA30D9AA27300F4E8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>For the Navy, $17,885,916,000.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFC95ADFA90A7464CA444B67C22EFC0DF"><enum>(3)</enum><text>For the Air Force, $26,473,669,000.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HD6940DECFF4B47F09EF6163667A9B616"><enum>(4)</enum><text>For Defense-wide activities, $18,329,861,000.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB4F753A9301349B4B6335612E9193BAE"><enum>(5)</enum><text>For the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation, $170,558,000.</text> </paragraph></section><section id="HB873BD22C44444099B482BD87E4645A6"><enum>202.</enum><header>Repeal of requirement for initial operating capability of a conventional long-range standoff weapon before retirement of the conventionally Armed AGM–86 Missile</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 217(a)(1) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/113/66">Public Law 113–66</external-xref>; 127 Stat. 706) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HFE3D0F953F5E4A14828D651F2A6034CD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph (A);</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HB9675B6BE4344121801E7760A03ED439"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>and</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9CAFE1D7B57F4BF5AC0C491E742D31D1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraph (B) as subparagraph (A); and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HD75B2DD36E894A7EB91E0F413C608F9D"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by inserting after subparagraph (A), as so redesignated, the following new subparagraph (B):</text>
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<subparagraph id="H23F6F151A49E4DAD8D2D105AEEA12C7C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is capable of being modified to carry a conventional warhead; and</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></section><enum>III</enum><header>Operation and Maintenance</header> <section id="HDB404D3308D84869BDCB7BD2D07418CD"><enum>301.</enum><header>Operation and maintenance funding</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2016 for the use of the Armed Forces and other activities and agencies of the Department of Defense for expenses, not otherwise provided for, for operation and maintenance, in amounts as follows:</text>
<paragraph id="H6E34EE316C324731BBB3708698B25F8D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>For the Army, $35,107,546,000.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H632E61AA6B79457F82CF1BB3E1574800"><enum>(2)</enum><text>For the Navy, $42,200,756,000.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H44FBE7AD144F4EAFA5F0F6CFD5222949"><enum>(3)</enum><text>For the Marine Corps, $6,228,782,000.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HEF2E6403563E4B0AA27D1070E13464F8"><enum>(4)</enum><text>For the Air Force, $38,191,929,000.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6445A5B497B940CEB8FE3751DEA18CCD"><enum>(5)</enum><text>For Defense-wide activities, $32,440,843,000.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HB9DD196BA8034EAE9EDA09DE86632370"><enum>(6)</enum><text>For the Army Reserve, $2,665,792,000.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H596476B5701A4C968822759168D38412"><enum>(7)</enum><text>For the Navy Reserve, $1,001,758,000.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HDB30C57761BB4345AE86894F4790038C"><enum>(8)</enum><text>For the Marine Corps Reserve, $277,036,000.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3B4286E0111E43B18AAC9FB2D1C7C994"><enum>(9)</enum><text>For the Air Force Reserve, $3,064,257,000.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HAB01560FFD3B4073AE0B1FF1F312805C"><enum>(10)</enum><text>For the Army National Guard, $6,717,977,000.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3D3C10363DA6430085A332EE72966D1A"><enum>(11)</enum><text>For the Air National Guard, $6,956,210,000.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H81FE47FFEBBC4B0D9769BFA5606A5E0D"><enum>(12)</enum><text>For the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, $14,078,000.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA8C11297D22C4222BEC85A6322451274"><enum>(13)</enum><text>For the Department of Defense Acquisition Workforce Development Fund, $84,140,000.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HCF934A27FE3F4357B6ED24D940FF54B7"><enum>(14)</enum><text>For Environmental Restoration, Army, $234,829,000.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5EF30800D45E4E5BBCFACCB07D9DC736"><enum>(15)</enum><text>For Environmental Restoration, Navy, $292,453,000.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H757C035CCA814A518BCB6F5FFE3C33AE"><enum>(16)</enum><text>For Environmental Restoration, Air Force, $368,131,000.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H24C3B78B4F804596B0B46CDDEEFE5F29"><enum>(17)</enum><text>For Environmental Restoration, Defense-wide, $8,232,000.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HF0027FD9F05449E7A2430A6877E71EA2"><enum>(18)</enum><text>For Environmental Restoration, Formerly Used Defense Sites, $203,717,000.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE257DCC1DA8A401CACD17C060F64DFD9"><enum>(19)</enum><text>For Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster, and Civic Aid programs, $100,266,000.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HDDAF1EB57E624941BAE44981A8473EFC"><enum>(20)</enum><text>For Cooperative Threat Reduction programs, $358,496,000.</text>
</paragraph></section><enum>IV</enum><header>Military Personnel Authorizations</header>
<subtitle id="H77ECEBC025B4449E9C0313B6BCA6DB7D"><enum>A</enum><header>Active Forces</header>
<section id="H58BEBF3790F4410EBE0F5C2988E3A3C4"><enum>401.</enum><header>End strengths for active forces</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Armed Forces are authorized strengths for active duty personnel as of September 30, 2016, as follows:</text>
<paragraph id="H526FE5924A164439898662B49D7B735A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Army, 475,000.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H3AFB9BE1E2D24A758E2AE4EA697E4A6D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The Navy, 329,200.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5DF8EC35E67D48CA8D5D5A1F5ABD3A1D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The Marine Corps, 184,000.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H378ED82B8E4442928848A51139CB6233"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The Air Force, 317,000.</text>
</paragraph></section></subtitle><subtitle id="H26D0055E3F224DC3AC82E7FA60596716"><enum>B</enum><header>Reserve Forces</header>
<section id="HF24DA316D284426A958D71EFEEC92DB4"><enum>411.</enum><header>End strengths for Selected Reserve</header>
<subsection id="HCB513E8824C74E8CBC258473823D0332"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Armed Forces are authorized strengths for Selected Reserve personnel of the reserve components as of September 30, 2016, as follows:</text>
<paragraph id="HC31AA052097045B581163243D0ABCE03"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Army National Guard of the United States, 342,000.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HDEBA15F90A5C440CB76FC79AC7A0ACBC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The Army Reserve, 198,000.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H45AB59F8A3A94C38972FBCD428EE96B1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The Navy Reserve, 57,400.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HA77DADDFFD424130B717674F2156987F"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The Marine Corps Reserve, 38,900.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA5CAC12B0FC44CD89843DDA82950B0A0"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The Air National Guard of the United States, 105,500.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HFB4FAEC45DFD4DAFAB8A40A5AA0C78A8"><enum>(6)</enum><text>The Air Force Reserve, 69,200.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3E3528EB5BAB4D4494AECE68C97026AD"><enum>(7)</enum><text>The Coast Guard Reserve, 7,000.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H5B7696462C29416AA39635A199A59641"><enum>(b)</enum><header>End strength reductions</header><text>The end strengths prescribed by subsection (a) for the Selected Reserve of any reserve component shall be proportionately reduced by—</text>
<paragraph id="H65873EFC1FAE4D748C938BAD9EA05B75"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the total authorized strength of units organized to serve as units of the Selected Reserve of such component which are on active duty (other than for training) at the end of the fiscal year; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H122AE285EC35459491788F3A460F7CDF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the total number of individual members not in units organized to serve as units of the Selected Reserve of such component who are on active duty (other than for training or for unsatisfactory participation in training) without their consent at the end of the fiscal year.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF6BEAA7F0B114FC0AFD69AC603202BA1"><enum>(c)</enum><header>End strength increases</header><text>Whenever units or individual members of the Selected Reserve for any reserve component are released from active duty during any fiscal year, the end strength prescribed for such fiscal year for the Selected Reserve of such reserve component shall be increased proportionately by the total authorized strengths of such units and by the total number of such individual members.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H2BD0E059F96D48BE94AC5AFFD761CE6B"><enum>412.</enum><header>End strengths for reserves on active duty in support of the reserves</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Within the end strengths prescribed in section 411(a), the reserve components of the Armed Forces are authorized, as of September 30, 2016, the following number of Reserves to be serving on full-time active duty or full-time duty, in the case of members of the National Guard, for the purpose of organizing, administering, recruiting, instructing, or training the reserve components:</text>
<paragraph id="H08D211E569AE4704A779487CB42BF02D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Army National Guard of the United States, 30,770.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H39D23ED4937D4E9AA9EFB05B1BAD2CC8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The Army Reserve, 16,261.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9CA79E6780B74B89BC4B5C1316B310C2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The Navy Reserve, 9,934.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H053F2E9D27F24DCEB9B82D17509DE7A7"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The Marine Corps Reserve, 2,260.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0BED7164F34148088D89DEA0492E8186"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The Air National Guard of the United States, 14,748.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HB550C41CF9C84E31AED4E8E207E95823"><enum>(6)</enum><text>The Air Force Reserve, 3,032.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="HF819E01772594444B01F77BB8FF42976"><enum>413.</enum><header>End strengths for military technicians (dual status)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The minimum number of military technicians (dual status) as of the last day of fiscal year 2016 for the reserve components of the Army and the Air Force (notwithstanding section 129 of title 10, United States Code) shall be the following:</text>
<paragraph id="HD470F7E5E00341648BC910750C51604A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>For the Army National Guard of the United States, 26,099.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HEE3BE50308C34F10B9FAC4DCF1E3F1C6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>For the Army Reserve, 7,395.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H96DE5A02681546C5AD50CEE2F60165B5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>For the Air National Guard of the United States, 22,104.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H8BB47AC9DE2B4DF2917690FB1ACF0929"><enum>(4)</enum><text>For the Air Force Reserve, 9,814.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H717E7AA0949F484FBBF08A8A7634BED0"><enum>414.</enum><header>Fiscal year 2016 limitation on number of non-dual status technicians</header>
<subsection id="HD6766407A11745C698DDA6AF59BCAEB5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Limitations</header>
<paragraph id="HB9AFE1B72E0D40DB8B5BB4E48FF9CE04"><enum>(1)</enum><header>National guard</header><text>Within the limitation provided in section 10217(c)(2) of title 10, United States Code, the number of non-dual status technicians employed by the National Guard as of September 30, 2016, may not exceed the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="HF3DCC71288E2433C9DE1C594512BA416"><enum>(A)</enum><text>For the Army National Guard of the United States, 1,600.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDBBA94A1924C4402A8E5D6912EFA88D3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>For the Air National Guard of the United States, 350.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H86994536B2504C93961FA8CFC19F3C0D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Army reserve</header><text>The number of non-dual status technicians employed by the Army Reserve as of September 30, 2016, may not exceed 595.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6CB32809178247418DD182E9780D0D27"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Air force reserve</header><text>The number of non-dual status technicians employed by the Air Force Reserve as of September 30, 2016, may not exceed 90.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H30110A443BFD42FE95F19B490924FB11"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Non-Dual status technicians defined</header><text>In this section, the term <quote>non-dual status technician</quote> has the meaning given that term in section 10217(a) of title 10, United States Code.</text> </subsection></section><section id="HBE494890689F4AA5AFBCAAE2E186915F"><enum>415.</enum><header>Maximum number of reserve personnel authorized to be on active duty for operational support</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">During fiscal year 2016, the maximum number of members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces who may be serving at any time on full-time operational support duty under section 115(b) of title 10, United States Code, is the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H237AD2BF7953404AAAF3946EF8C16FA5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Army National Guard of the United States, 17,000.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HE11E485DA31D4C0CBEC428F0AA744E0B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The Army Reserve, 13,000.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF2CED73F222C45FAB18585C894D23714"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The Navy Reserve, 6,200.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H754A9BCBCC6344A6BD6BE7D041051EF9"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The Marine Corps Reserve, 3,000.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9B36B90DAB4F4431A333CE62591C6DA8"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The Air National Guard of the United States, 16,000.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H1CF1641B1A2C4C2E934158567810CF94"><enum>(6)</enum><text>The Air Force Reserve, 14,000.</text>
</paragraph></section></subtitle><enum>V</enum><header>Military Personnel Policy</header>
<subtitle id="HB8310218DBAD49539A1512B3F5E76F1C"><enum>E</enum><header>Other Matters</header>
<section id="HE3EDACADE9C44C8D897A8409E3644D06"><enum>545.</enum><header>Required provision of preseparation counseling</header>
<subsection id="H9790720F9B044C7B97567B698EFFB7ED"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Clarification of requirement for 180 continuous days of active duty service</header><text>Subparagraph (A) of section 1142(a)(4) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting <quote>continuous</quote> after <quote>first 180</quote>.</text> </subsection><subsection id="HDA1D3C4280E84D1A8235CC13D7253CD2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Exclusion of training from periods of active duty</header><text>Such section is further amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:</text>
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<subparagraph id="H4AF72DFAB300432EA6CE9CC2E16FFC5A"><enum>(C)</enum><text>For purposes of subparagraph (A), the term <quote>active duty</quote> does not include full-time training duty, annual training duty, and attendance, while in the active military service, at a school designated as a service school by law or by the Secretary of the military department concerned.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section></subtitle><enum>VI</enum><header>Compensation and Other Personnel Benefits</header>
<subtitle id="HF71481FE38264DD5BBDF2561D3982605"><enum>B</enum><header>Bonuses and Special and Incentive Pays</header>
<section id="HE4CDEF243EEC4CCEBBC6F0A4E4EAC645"><enum>611.</enum><header>One-year extension of certain expiring bonus and special pay authorities</header>
<subsection id="H7C4ED805D5AB4138ACED1AFDB8AA371E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authorities relating to reserve forces</header><text>The following sections of title 37, United States Code, are amended by striking <quote>December 31, 2015</quote> and inserting <quote>December 31, 2016</quote>:</text> <paragraph id="H2A4AA2625B974EFABFB5F8B1729F0CDE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Section 308b(g), relating to Selected Reserve reenlistment bonus.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H92671FF63EB84855B7466C9336C12091"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section 308c(i), relating to Selected Reserve affiliation or enlistment bonus.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H22EDABF73B6544928C7D4E9BE874C8C2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Section 308d(c), relating to special pay for enlisted members assigned to certain high-priority units.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7F72C49A697248E8B0E87BA3EA7B621D"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Section 308g(f)(2), relating to Ready Reserve enlistment bonus for persons without prior service.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H0C996BF437AD47EDA0C36D7C7A0DAC6D"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Section 308h(e), relating to Ready Reserve enlistment and reenlistment bonus for persons with prior service.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC10EEA7FBBC34F04B358AA665ADCF426"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Section 308i(f), relating to Selected Reserve enlistment and reenlistment bonus for persons with prior service.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1C8D79F569804DBCA77684FFE7796FD1"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Section 910(g), relating to income replacement payments for reserve component members experiencing extended and frequent mobilization for active duty service.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H54530BBBEA734C7887F909EEB744E98C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Title 10 authorities relating to health care professionals</header><text>The following sections of title 10, United States Code, are amended by striking <quote>December 31, 2015</quote> and inserting <quote>December 31, 2016</quote>:</text> <paragraph id="HC3643AE3446A46B2B0023FD30A745636"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Section 2130a(a)(1), relating to nurse officer candidate accession program.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0E97B5B67EFE4140ADEA39236D5D57C3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section 16302(d), relating to repayment of education loans for certain health professionals who serve in the Selected Reserve.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H171C2921CC7A4D7AA97339EDEE9267FE"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Title 37 authorities relating to health care professionals</header><text>The following sections of title 37, United States Code, are amended by striking <quote>December 31, 2015</quote> and inserting <quote>December 31, 2016</quote>:</text> <paragraph id="HA488B297D8B745F9999237825CD03380"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Section 302c–1(f), relating to accession and retention bonuses for psychologists.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H35BB75810B3C4F8C9C749DCB48FE59EA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section 302d(a)(1), relating to accession bonus for registered nurses.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H0190EAF015DE47D983CB83FFBE9F3004"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Section 302e(a)(1), relating to incentive special pay for nurse anesthetists.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4A31F2882E224A9F891786D9E60DC79E"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Section 302g(e), relating to special pay for Selected Reserve health professionals in critically short wartime specialties.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H44500025ED4E468E8FCA1F41D7EAB699"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Section 302h(a)(1), relating to accession bonus for dental officers.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H518726C139B547D187ECE8B373B81E86"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Section 302j(a), relating to accession bonus for pharmacy officers.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H61FEE6FC215140658787DC6827F0F31C"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Section 302k(f), relating to accession bonus for medical officers in critically short wartime specialties.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE5B99E77A1B74533AE0C236E7DB81A2A"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Section 302l(g), relating to accession bonus for dental specialist officers in critically short wartime specialties.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HADDBF6F84ABA47B9AC50FBB50C387B6E"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Authorities relating to nuclear officers</header><text>The following sections of title 37, United States Code, are amended by striking <quote>December 31, 2015</quote> and inserting <quote>December 31, 2016</quote>:</text> <paragraph id="H1EF065CE794F4A7B8FC9DFBC314B188A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Section 312(f), relating to special pay for nuclear-qualified officers extending period of active service.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H28839CBCAD6A4E98BCF89317DE9DC15D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section 312b(c), relating to nuclear career accession bonus.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H80A2DC473E414B2BA2E7B794FC3A92B2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Section 312c(d), relating to nuclear career annual incentive bonus.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H1A99461B53314754B012E86071A9146B"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Authorities relating to title 37 consolidated special pay, incentive pay, and bonus authorities</header><text>The following sections of title 37, United States Code, are amended by striking <quote>December 31, 2015</quote> and inserting <quote>December 31, 2016</quote>:</text> <paragraph id="H6AF1A74CBD3B4D83A62D73F44202E2FB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Section 331(h), relating to general bonus authority for enlisted members.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H899279090DBF4CA68B773D4817DE7FEA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section 332(g), relating to general bonus authority for officers.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H7A02C7CD58DB4358AEA55728A22581C9"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Section 333(i), relating to special bonus and incentive pay authorities for nuclear officers.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H04BF4EB9A7C1455EA7006E891858CA13"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Section 334(i), relating to special aviation incentive pay and bonus authorities for officers.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HC7941852665F4069BF5A45EEC444EAC0"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Section 335(k), relating to bonus and incentive pay authorities for officers in health professions.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5E7845EBAFAB415BB5D07E3DF6E9B542"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Section 336(g), relating to contracting bonus for cadets and midshipmen enrolled in the Senior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H96387735D49A4AF6A09270DE64B7F665"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Section 351(h), relating to hazardous duty pay.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H3D486E572C4648F095AA9A769CFB3CE3"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Section 352(g), relating to assignment pay or special duty pay.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDD29AB6DAB8D4EA7A6778ADB408BE11E"><enum>(9)</enum><text>Section 353(i), relating to skill incentive pay or proficiency bonus.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HFCE63BEA325F49DCBA3DB0097DC2255F"><enum>(10)</enum><text>Section 355(h), relating to retention incentives for members qualified in critical military skills or assigned to high priority units.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H754C8D6827D84607A0AACF823AB38E2F"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Other title 37 bonus and special pay authorities</header><text>The following sections of title 37, United States Code, are amended by striking <quote>December 31, 2015</quote> and inserting <quote>December 31, 2016</quote>:</text> <paragraph id="H0E09D1CEC75E4A0C9A5964943895592F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Section 301b(a), relating to aviation officer retention bonus.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDBE54DAEB8F04BAC82C1E07D86A7AF1F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section 307a(g), relating to assignment incentive pay.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HA304443FE90049B5A80EB978B90522D0"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Section 308(g), relating to reenlistment bonus for active members.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDD1F3210D9D848FE8D350D52E543C467"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Section 309(e), relating to enlistment bonus.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H08B7C0D2352942BA82783A6796F9E597"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Section 324(g), relating to accession bonus for new officers in critical skills.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H52BBE2DC82F943499BEFB4F133AF389D"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Section 326(g), relating to incentive bonus for conversion to military occupational specialty to ease personnel shortage.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H275B6ABD464046CC981CE29BDAC822BD"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Section 327(h), relating to incentive bonus for transfer between the Armed Forces.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HA9522F2B76E74C908521A42FC6375913"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Section 330(f), relating to accession bonus for officer candidates.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H587B6C2A8EC54E28BCB9342C72819AE6"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Authority To provide temporary increase in rates of basic allowance for housing</header><text>Section 403(b)(7)(E) of title 37, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>December 31, 2015</quote> and inserting <quote>December 31, 2016</quote>.</text> </subsection></section></subtitle><enum>VIII</enum><header>Acquisition Policy, Acquisition Management, and Related Matters</header> <subtitle id="H74D5B08258044FE18707B6014AD1E5DF"><enum>A</enum><header>Acquisition Policy and Management</header> <section id="HB999B48301DD4B78907DEF6A5353CEF1"><enum>801.</enum><header>Program fraud civil remedies statute for the Department of Defense and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration</header> <subsection id="HAE9B10A7869C4AFCAEE3E04BA38F40DC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>The purpose of this section is to provide the Secretary of Defense and the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration with an effective administrative remedy to obtain recompense for the Department of Defense and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for losses resulting from the submission to the Department or the Administration, respectively, of false, fictitious, or fraudulent claims and statements.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HFA4416800533467FAF91E956F7723FD8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Program fraud civil remedies</header>
<paragraph id="HF2280CEBBCEE463EAD43F535AD14B3EF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Chapter IV of subtitle A of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after chapter 163 the following new chapter:</text>
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<chapter id="H97D42991527D4FB3BA7334561512F692"><enum>164</enum><header>Administrative Remedies for False Claims and Statements</header>
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<toc-entry level="section">2751. Applicability of chapter; definitions.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="H8C290863ECC34B468EEB65E44C337A71" level="section">2752. False claims and statements; liability.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="H77F3B78B65424440B2823C96FA3F49A3" level="section">2753. Hearing and determinations.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="HE40210C45F864D8EA21B1DC2579971A3" level="section">2754. Payment; interest on late payments.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="H725D4CF361434BF28B1322899699601A" level="section">2755. Judicial review.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="HE1EB67BCE7F7493AB0AD744B9328C6F4" level="section">2756. Collection of civil penalties and assessments.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="H6CBB5749FCC142EE9CDF3FF6BAE05AD7" level="section">2757. Right to administrative offset.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="HF33F8E5DC1D84753A06A2A375A2232AA" level="section">2758. Limitations.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="H845936A91B71479BAD735DD683FC1A42" level="section">2759. Effect on other laws.</toc-entry>
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<section id="H90F6EBB6661048D18B21A7FFBFDB70CA"><enum>2751.</enum><header>Applicability of chapter; definitions</header>
<subsection id="H5CF39D0AB8F743ED8CA321701F2A6656"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Applicability of chapter</header><text>This chapter applies to the following agencies:</text> <paragraph id="HDE8E93F8B1A8489E86CE4C1906A14E30"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Department of Defense.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCA1C613CC8A84CA58CA85027F92BF60D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The National Aeronautics and Space Administration.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7AD48C1E767643448215CB4E30136B00"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this chapter:</text>
<paragraph id="HC096FABAFE3E4D8FB681F7F92CCE1348"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Head of an agency</header><text>The term <quote>head of an agency</quote> means the Secretary of Defense and the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC0196110C1584DA3BE33C8B8E9C13BA7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Claim</header><text>The term <quote>claim</quote> means any request, demand, or submission—</text> <subparagraph id="HA8CFCACFBCD945118FDFB93639DDFB18"><enum>(A)</enum><text>made to the head of an agency for property, services, or money (including money representing grants, loans, insurance, or benefits);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEC84621133F345E1A409E43793EE6701"><enum>(B)</enum><text>made to a recipient of property, services, or money received directly or indirectly from the head of an agency or to a party to a contract with the head of an agency—</text>
<clause id="HA9A8A1A66F4842D09EEAEB18744FFB86"><enum>(i)</enum><text>for property or services if the United States—</text> <subclause id="H2107B81A15C94CB782702030F215A88E"><enum>(I)</enum><text>provided such property or services;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H4E803E65DB4D4FD8A6002D71A32C10A2"><enum>(II)</enum><text>provided any portion of the funds for the purchase of such property or services; or</text> </subclause><subclause id="H9EC173A6EA87432A9C83050767A949AD"><enum>(III)</enum><text>will reimburse such recipient or party for the purchase of such property or services; or</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H9857C869769D487BA114623D3E9437B1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>for the payment of money (including money representing grants, loans, insurance, or benefits) if the United States—</text>
<subclause id="H515C245DED6B48879486341C3B8A8C5F"><enum>(I)</enum><text>provided any portion of the money requested or demanded; or</text> </subclause><subclause id="HCB5F41B20C9A436899E7C20714D1233E"><enum>(II)</enum><text>will reimburse such recipient or party for any portion of the money paid on such request or demand; or</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF7DF9F15EED74EF8866113D2ECB7447A"><enum>(C)</enum><text>made to the head of an agency which has the effect of decreasing an obligation to pay or account for property, services, or money.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HDDAB1187826446D2AB133153685DE9E3"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Knows or has reason to know</header><text>The term <quote>knows or has reason to know</quote>, for purposes of establishing liability under section 2752 of this title, means that a person, with respect to a claim or statement—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF2E316B697F94FB4B4B3806D1F847664"><enum>(A)</enum><text>has actual knowledge that the claim or statement is false, fictitious, or fraudulent;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF00517FF3B814B70A024215730BB765A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>acts in deliberate ignorance of the truth or falsity of the claim or statement; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H820FDF5C30444164846F3456A064ACA9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>acts in reckless disregard of the truth or falsity of the claim or statement, and no proof of specific intent to defraud is required.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H9F99CC5F87BB44569A8A03E613F09879"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Responsible official</header><text>The term <quote>responsible official</quote> means a designated debarring and suspending official of the agency named in subsection (a).</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HF43C64459CCF48F09C3F0D43E69FBD8D"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Respondent</header><text>The term <quote>respondent</quote> means a person who has received notice from a responsible official asserting liability under section 2752 of this title.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2145A4962F334A649E3B594170476FAB"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Statement</header><text>The term <quote>statement</quote> means any representation, certification, affirmation, document, record, or an accounting or bookkeeping entry made—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF1739CDDD0C540DEA3EB19B5D54724DE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>with respect to a claim or to obtain the approval or payment of a claim (including relating to eligibility to make a claim); or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC98F1D4EC4F34FC9939892D1DF487A4B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>with respect to (including relating to eligibility for)—</text> <clause id="H747AE2E4279C4E77B5E340D85E290FD9"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a contract with, or a bid or proposal for a contract with the head of an agency; or</text>
</clause><clause id="H79EE0D4BB2C34FD38225A23BCE6B48C5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a grant, loan, or benefit from the head of an agency.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H3992C5EC153344D8AFF7E58712B9A4C8"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Claims</header><text>For purposes of paragraph (2) of subsection (b)—</text>
<paragraph id="H3D22FBA48C794E839BBE6215C189485B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>each voucher, invoice, claim form, or other individual request or demand for property, services, or money constitutes a separate claim;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3CEDF45613C84288905535EAFB78849E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>each claim for property, services, or money is subject to this chapter regardless of whether such property, services, or money is actually delivered or paid; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD3BB5648FC724FB59F5DE15441F4C323"><enum>(3)</enum><text>a claim shall be considered made, presented, or submitted to the head of an agency, recipient, or party when such claim is actually made to an agent, fiscal intermediary, or other entity acting for or on behalf of such authority, recipient, or party.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC7FB44903EB34CA19A50F44A25A590D7"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Statements</header><text>For purposes of paragraph (6) of subsection (b)—</text> <paragraph id="H2AAD607761D940A1801ECAB5DBE2CBAF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>each written representation, certification, or affirmation constitutes a separate statement; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF1AAAB586C484AB89E7E0F29C6A8C11F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a statement shall be considered made, presented, or submitted to the head of an agency when such statement is actually made to an agent, fiscal intermediary, or other entity acting for or on behalf of such authority.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H8C290863ECC34B468EEB65E44C337A71"><enum>2752.</enum><header>False claims and statements; liability</header>
<subsection id="H4D7B3445EFA844E4A99E8A3ACEE5D96D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>False claims</header><text>Any person who makes, presents, or submits, or causes to be made, presented, or submitted, to the head of an agency a claim that the person knows or has reason to know—</text>
<paragraph id="HF5D476A23CE9412480940478658ED56C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>is false, fictitious, or fraudulent;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H1E142AC6DB484788B22906FC75E2E925"><enum>(2)</enum><text>includes or is supported by any written statement which asserts a material fact this is false, fictitious, or fraudulent;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD1E0FFB7385D4348A1C9770A0B9CE25B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>includes or is supported by any written statement that—</text> <subparagraph id="H72CF5C173B2A481D915EEBF6501B7643"><enum>(A)</enum><text>omits a material fact;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9BC81468E874484D8663050CACFC7043"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is false, fictitious, or fraudulent as a result of such omission; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFD48461390FE44D28E733009A2B4F597"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the person making, presenting, or submitting such statement has a duty to include such material fact; or</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H3197C8A1EA6C4ECD937F61146A907383"><enum>(4)</enum><text>is for payment for the provision of property or services which the person has not provided as claimed, shall, in addition to any other remedy that may be prescribed by law, be subject to a civil penalty of not more than $5,000 for each such claim. Such person shall also be subject to an assessment of not more than twice the amount of such claim, or the portion of such claim which is determined by the responsible official to be in violation of the preceding sentence.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HDE8711BF6AF849D5A247DC0E8C57EE83"><enum>(b)</enum><header>False statements</header><text>Any person who makes, presents, submits, or causes to be made, presented, or submitted, a written statement in conjunction with a procurement program or acquisition of the an agency named in section 2751(a) of this title that—</text>
<paragraph id="H204A0355DF3C4EF0B8F7435A843E006A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the person knows or has reason to know—</text> <subparagraph id="HF26C445A7CE3474BACAB9495F2B0FAF5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>asserts a material fact that is false, fictitious, or fraudulent; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA835F7D365A64C60BF0FF55107DC138E"><enum>(B)</enum>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H9AC391B6D75F4C3881345031DA6988E8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>omits a material fact; and</text> </clause><clause id="H41E0D491B910482BADB29E79DA56F1A1" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>is false, fictitious, or fraudulent as a result of such omission;</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H0FDC9A0ECA394FDAB48C84699756C067"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in the case of a statement described in subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1), is a statement in which the person making, presenting, or submitting such statement has a duty to include such material fact; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE7B761915BA04313B5021E933C474675"><enum>(3)</enum><text>contains or is accompanied by an express certification or affirmation of the truthfulness and accuracy of the contents of the statement, shall be subject to, in addition to any other remedy that may be prescribed by law, a civil penalty of not more than $5,000 for each such statement.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H77F3B78B65424440B2823C96FA3F49A3"><enum>2753.</enum><header>Hearing and determinations</header>
<subsection id="HC18C11D0C6CB4D91B73CC528579934F1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Transmittal of notice to attorney general</header><text>If a responsible official determines that there is adequate evidence to believe that a person is liable under section 2752 of this title, the responsible official shall transmit to the Attorney General, or any other officer or employee of the Department of Justice designated by the Attorney General, a written notice of the intention of such official to initiate an action under this section. The notice shall include the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H894E4924DB014ED094224E00D5EF2E67"><enum>(1)</enum><text>A statement of the reasons for initiating an action under this section.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HE2DFD55769F946F0ABD8B5793400588A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>A statement specifying the evidence which supports liability under section 2752 of this title.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H88B1890B35FD437FA28667FC5BA71EC0"><enum>(3)</enum><text>A description of the claims or statements for which liability under section 2752 of this title is alleged.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB2445116F44C4E45962B2D29A5262A1D"><enum>(4)</enum><text>An estimate of the penalties and assessments that will be demanded under section 2752 of this title.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H39BDEC0006B9464A91C2E6B07610FA5A"><enum>(5)</enum><text>A statement of any exculpatory or mitigating circumstances which may relate to such claims or statements.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HCD7FFAB375C941A8B54EFD667A1DD46B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Statement from attorney general</header>
<paragraph id="H51D597F1C541429B82CDBCAF49898DD2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Within 90 days after receipt of a notice from a responsible official under subsection (a), the Attorney General, or any other officer or employee of the Department of Justice designated by the Attorney General, shall transmit a written statement to the responsible official which specifies—</text>
<subparagraph id="H7FD60470E2C94F8E854D9F6E62F54947"><enum>(A)</enum><text>that the Attorney General, or any other officer or employee of the Department of Justice designated by the Attorney General, approves or disapproves initiating an action under this section based on the allegations of liability stated in such notice; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H10AD87B4FD0243DC8841234A48E47FBE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in any case in which the initiation of an action under this section is disapproved, the reasons for such disapproval.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HED76687D9FD0452DAF033624CD5F557B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>If at any time after the initiation of an action under this section the Attorney General, or any other officer or employee of the Department of Justice designated by the Attorney General, transmits to a responsible official a written determination that the continuation of any action under this section may adversely affect any pending or potential criminal or civil action, such action shall be immediately stayed and may be resumed only upon written authorization from the Attorney General, or any other officer or employee of the Department of Justice designated by the Attorney General.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HBFAD060402394383A46596709AF3C6C3"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Limitation on amount of claim that may be pursued under this section</header><text>No action shall be initiated under this section, nor shall any assessment be imposed under this section, if the total amount of the claim determined by the responsible official to violate section 2752(a) of this title exceeds $500,000. The $500,000 threshold does not include penalties or any assessment permitted under 2752(a) of this title greater than the amount of the claim determined by the responsible official to violate such section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H701AE15846C1462E96102806CA052B3A"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Procedures for resolving claims</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H53317FF3255C4A24845D2650C43DBA4E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Upon receiving approval under subsection (b) to initiate an action under this section, the responsible official shall mail, by registered or certified mail, or other similar commercial means, or shall deliver, a notice to the person alleged to be liable under section 2752 of this title. Such notice shall specify the allegations of liability against such person, specify the total amount of penalties and assessments sought by the United States, advise the person of the opportunity to submit facts and arguments in opposition to the allegations set forth in the notice, advise the person of the opportunity to submit offers of settlement or proposals of adjustment, and advise the person of the procedures of the agency named in section 2751(a) of this title governing the resolution of actions initiated under this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF7E6A9FD47434EDD93A653E30095DD85" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Within 30 days after receiving a notice under paragraph (1), or any additional period of time granted by the responsible official, the respondent may submit in person, in writing, or through a representative, facts and arguments in opposition to the allegations set forth in the notice, including any additional information that raises a genuine dispute of material fact.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBFD6BE70460A4F30882FA5C5629AF7D0" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>If the respondent fails to respond within 30 days, or any additional time granted by the responsible official, the responsible official may issue a written decision disposing of the matters raised in the notice. Such decision shall be based on the record before the responsible official. If the responsible official concludes that the respondent is liable under section 2752 of this title, the decision shall include the findings of fact and conclusions of law which the responsible official relied upon in determining that the respondent is liable, and the amount of any penalty and/or assessment to be imposed on the respondent. Any such determination shall be based on a preponderance of the evidence. The responsible official shall promptly send to the respondent a copy of the decision by registered or certified mail, or other similar commercial means, or shall hand deliver a copy of the decision.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8493FE2F6FDE437299105BE5937D8267" indent="up1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>If the respondent makes a timely submission, and the responsible official determines that the respondent has not raised any genuine dispute of material fact, the responsible official may issue a written decision disposing of the matters raised in the notice. Such decision shall be based on the record before the responsible official. If the responsible official concludes that the respondent is liable under section 2752 of this title, the decision shall include the findings of fact and conclusions of law which the responsible official relied upon in determining that the respondent is liable, and the amount of any penalty or assessment to be imposed on the respondent. Any such determination shall be based on a preponderance of the evidence. The responsible official shall promptly send to the respondent a copy of the decision by registered or certified mail, or other similar commercial means, or shall hand deliver a copy of the decision.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCDBD5C986B864CE2954E10C7DA97F536" indent="up1"><enum>(5)</enum><text>If the respondent makes a timely submission, and the responsible official determines that the respondent has raised a genuine dispute of material fact, the responsible official shall commence a hearing to resolve the genuinely disputed material facts by mailing by registered or certified mail, or other similar commercial means, or by hand delivery of, a notice informing the respondent of—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC3943D90CCB340ADA1BBE9F84B29EA8A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the time, place, and nature of the hearing;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0C154ACED343409E854C2499758F60F1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the legal authority under which the hearing is to be held;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6442AFD8C6C44D9EB6D77E2804A54D7F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the material facts determined by the responsible official to be genuinely in dispute that will be the subject of the hearing; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEBDB694256FA48CC9EF926E65443684A"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a description of the procedures for the conduct of the hearing.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC7ABDD7D59E746F68FB7A192F029D2A7" indent="up1"><enum>(6)</enum><text>The responsible official and any person against whom liability is asserted under this chapter may agree to a compromise or settle an action at any time. Any compromise or settlement must be in writing.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H0A211EBCB90449F48D8EBE82F0E790BC"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Respondent entitled to copy of the record</header><text>At any time after receiving a notice under paragraph (1) of subsection (d), the respondent shall be entitled to a copy of the entire record before the responsible official.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H7907743E65CD40838229A223D832B63B"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Hearings</header><text>Any hearing commenced under this section shall be conducted by the responsible official, or a fact-finder designated by the responsible official, solely to resolve genuinely disputed material facts identified by the responsible official and set forth in the notice to the respondent.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HB81CFEFABD3B421CA6897891AE9CF3B4"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Procedures for hearings</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H741F1C864DF84F608E49B066CF822037"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Each hearing shall be conducted under procedures prescribed by the head of the agency. Such procedures shall include the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="H20B01833E02746EA9B6201706B59884E" indent="up1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The provision of written notice of the hearing to the respondent, including written notice of—</text> <clause id="HF041A05574C24288A38CE51170238B98"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the time, place, and nature of the hearing;</text>
</clause><clause id="H3FD3588A704B478F90BA300A1941A949"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the legal authority under which the hearing is to be held;</text> </clause><clause id="H6E6D7668D38D4FD9B48F42C7BD707243"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the material facts determined by the responsible official to be genuinely in dispute that will be the subject of the hearing; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HCF30A667C97C4A3FAB4C60C944705583"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>a description of the procedures for the conduct of the hearing.</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4E446A888B924EEDABDD00C9077608C4" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The opportunity for the respondent to present facts and arguments through oral or documentary evidence, to submit rebuttal evidence, and to conduct such cross-examination as may be required to resolve any genuinely disputed material facts identified by the responsible official.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H69EDAD37233A4FF1ACC7CCD3BE183ED7" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The opportunity for the respondent to be accompanied, represented, and advised by counsel or such other qualified representative as the Secretary may specify in such regulations.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H9586859CACF34A8C9AB3FBEE2638677C" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>For the purpose of conducting hearings under this section, the responsible official is authorized to administer oaths or affirmations.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB2B2EC50A1B74CFAA2A108593E51C47B" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Hearings shall be held at the responsible official’s office, or at such other place as may be agreed upon by the respondent and the responsible official.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE4FFE5DF09B142B4941367E587A0CA86"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Decision following hearing</header><text>The responsible official shall issue a written decision within 60 days after the conclusion of the hearing. That decision shall set forth specific findings of fact resolving the genuinely disputed material facts that were the subject of the hearing. The written decision shall also dispose of the matters raised in the notice required under paragraph (1) of subsection (d). If the responsible official concludes that the respondent is liable under section 2752 of this title, the decision shall include the findings of fact and conclusions of law which the responsible official relied upon in determining that the respondent is liable, and the amount of any penalty or assessment to be imposed on the respondent. Any decisions issued under this subparagraph shall be based on the record before the responsible official and shall be supported by a preponderance of the evidence. The responsible official shall promptly send to the respondent a copy of the decision by registered or certified mail, or other similar commercial means, or shall hand deliver a copy of the decision.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HE40210C45F864D8EA21B1DC2579971A3"><enum>2754.</enum><header>Payment; interest on late payments</header>
<subsection id="H53B73A2A3E054DCAAAE6E8260FDD85D8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Payment of assessments and penalties</header><text>A respondent shall render payment of any assessment and penalty imposed by a responsible official, or any amount otherwise agreed to as part of a settlement or adjustment, not later than the date—</text>
<paragraph id="H9015B9B6D2D948A4B1A5E4FF1933056D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>that is 30 days after the date of the receipt by the respondent of the responsible official’s decision; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H912B58C539C24376A8C7DC63BDBC3580"><enum>(2)</enum><text>as otherwise agreed to by the respondent and the responsible official.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H5B23ED77B76346789D6607ECB595BCC8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Interest</header><text>If there is an unpaid balance as of the date determined under paragraph (1), interest shall accrue from that date on any unpaid balance. The rate of interest charged shall be the rate in effect as of that date that is published by the Secretary of the Treasury under section 3717 of title 31.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H52DA97300A104D7697DB403605F8E3B7"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Treatment of receipts</header><text>All penalties, assessments, or interest paid, collected, or otherwise recovered under this chapter shall be deposited into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts as provided in section 3302 of title 31.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H725D4CF361434BF28B1322899699601A"><enum>2755.</enum><header>Judicial review</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">A decision by a responsible official under section 2753(d) or 2753(h) of this title shall be final. Any such final decision is subject to judicial review only under <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/5/7">chapter 7</external-xref> of title 5.</text>
</section><section id="HE1EB67BCE7F7493AB0AD744B9328C6F4"><enum>2756.</enum><header>Collection of civil penalties and assessments</header>
<subsection id="H93C7335E49E841F8B11136BF23D33211"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Judicial enforcement of civil penalties and assessments</header><text>The Attorney General shall be responsible for judicial enforcement of any civil penalty or assessment imposed under this chapter.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H02EA75D1074F49AD96E83F56F83D39F8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Civil actions for recovery</header><text>Any penalty or assessment imposed in a decision by a responsible official, or amounts otherwise agreed to as part of a settlement or adjustment, along with any accrued interest, may be recovered in a civil action brought by the Attorney General. In any such action, no matter that was raised or that could have been raised in a proceeding under this chapter or pursuant to judicial review under section 2755 of this title may be raised as a defense, and the determination of liability and the determination of amounts of penalties and assessments shall not be subject to review.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H873477A794FE405F8DE0C49F18277EF5"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Jurisdiction of United States district courts</header><text>The district courts of the United States shall have jurisdiction of any action commenced by the United States under subsection (b).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HDFE420A6A1854203904A267AB2F652DC"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Joining and consolidating actions</header><text>Any action under subsection (b) may, without regard to venue requirements, be joined and consolidated with or asserted as a counterclaim, cross-claim, or setoff by the United States in any other civil action which includes as parties the United States, and the person against whom such action may be brought.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H713626E53523406E9069096C9374A45F"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Jurisdiction of united states court of federal claims</header><text>The United States Court of Federal Claims shall have jurisdiction of any action under subsection (b) to recover any penalty or assessment, or amounts otherwise agreed to as part of a settlement or adjustment, along with any accrued interest, if the cause of action is asserted by the United States as a counterclaim in a matter pending in such court. The counterclaim need not relate to the subject matter of the underlying claim.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H6CBB5749FCC142EE9CDF3FF6BAE05AD7"><enum>2757.</enum><header>Right to administrative offset</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The amount of any penalty or assessment that has been imposed by a responsible official, or any amount agreed upon in a settlement or compromise, along with any accrued interest, may be collected by administrative offset.</text>
</section><section id="HF33F8E5DC1D84753A06A2A375A2232AA"><enum>2758.</enum><header>Limitations</header>
<subsection id="HBE56F92B31A44902BD9841AC478F7A8B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Limitation on period for initiation of administrative action</header><text>An action under section 2752 of this title with respect to a claim or statement shall be commenced within six years after the date on which such claim or statement is made, presented, or submitted.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HCFF90D86BF3F4F8B95BC93A71F40AEE3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Limitation period for initiation of civil action for recovery of administrative penalty or
assessment</header><text>A civil action to recover a penalty or assessment under section 2756 of this title shall be commenced within three years after the date of the decision of the responsible official imposing the penalty or assessment.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H845936A91B71479BAD735DD683FC1A42"><enum>2759.</enum><header>Effect on other laws</header>
<subsection id="HE3C2ABD78C16457B95DABDE3CAC86566"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Relationship to title 44 authorities</header><text>This chapter does not diminish the responsibility of the head of an agency to comply with the provisions of <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/44/35">chapter 35</external-xref> of title 44, relating to coordination of Federal information policy.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HF300580F501F442793AD35B05B1C755D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Relationship to title 31 authorities</header><text>The procedures set forth in this chapter apply to the agencies named in section 2751(a) of this title in lieu of the procedures under <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/31/38">chapter 38</external-xref> of title 31, relating to administrative remedies for false claims and statements.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HC461EDC0B5F241ADA222659643862BA8"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Relationship to other authorities</header><text>Any action, inaction, or decision under this chapter shall be based solely upon the information before the responsible official and shall not limit or restrict any agency of the Government from instituting any other action arising outside this chapter, including suspension or debarment, based upon the same information. Any action, inaction or decision under this chapter shall not restrict the ability of the Attorney General to bring judicial action, based upon the same information as long as such action is not otherwise prohibited by law.</text></subsection></section></chapter><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H91811C1AA90E43FEB273876E2973A11C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The tables of chapters at the beginning of subtitle A, and at the beginning of part IV of subtitle A, of such title are each amended by inserting after the item relating to chapter 163 the following new item:</text>
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</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HCF9AEF36D553439CBD5E52125674B9A2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header><text>Section 3801(a)(1) of title 31, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HD61388BE8099487C86401DEC6D7112E9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>(other than the Department of Defense)</quote> in subparagraph (A) after <quote>executive department</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5D07C3DC24E24C0284E07FF531236896"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph (B);</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HB86FF910EFB44A76AA8E99822B2AB1E3"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (B) and by inserting <quote>(other than the National Aeronautics and Space Administration)</quote> in that subparagraph after <quote>not an executive department</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5C5F9D7FF1B0485EB41FEDC822AD840C"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraphs (D), (E), and (F) as subparagraphs (C), (D), and (E), respectively.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HA21B3116A3AC49CC906910901D3DB064"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/10/164">Chapter 164</external-xref> of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (b), and the amendments made by subsection (c), shall apply to any claim or statement made, presented, or submitted on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H313E7E295793430691E541100C66B6AB"><enum>802.</enum><header>Improvements to the operation of the Defense Acquisition Workforce Development Fund</header>
<subsection id="HF00604431B84415B95371430317BBEB9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Elements of the fund</header><text>Subsection (d) of section 1705 of title 10, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H188667F6A9FB4C21B9A30B1A3EAF3A99"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2B8F2E0E093443CBB244C9ADE5D17D5D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>credited to the Fund under paragraph (2)</quote> and inserting <quote>appropriated to the Fund</quote>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEA3B50F84A3640E8B776025BB80E5CCF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>paragraph (3)</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraph (2)</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE92FB0F478AE4D74895B7E3DA0C9291F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph (C);</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HEC5E3FDCE14147C3A6EC9699635C95DC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking paragraphs (2) and (4);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB371B65554AD4AFC8A71CF03811E55F5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2);</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HD98BF56A9AEA4CCA9C18CFF5660ECFBF"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), as so redesignated—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE65463106737405EA662982A2A09DACD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the first sentence, by striking <quote>24-month period</quote> and inserting <quote>36-month period</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB4E41072F4EF4CA69548B6F84D010281"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the second sentence, by striking <quote>credited to the Fund</quote> and inserting <quote>credited to amounts appropriated to the Fund for the fiscal year in which such funds are transferred</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HDB61A2B394C548DBB0CA341E1A6F9E17"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (2), as so redesignated, the following new paragraph (3):</text> <quoted-block id="HA1150193C79C496E8B9D97EE2706FDD1" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H048C119E29954062B08E9CC3592E5E70"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Prior notice to congressional committees of certain transfers</header><text>The Secretary of Defense may make a transfer to the Fund pursuant to paragraph (2) that increases to an amount greater than $500,000,000 the total amount made available to the Fund for a fiscal year only after the Secretary submits to the congressional defense committees notice of the Secretary’s intent to make such transfer and a period of 10 days has elapsed following the date of the notification.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H0964ABEDAFA24BEFB6B8FF329711292E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Availability of funds</header><text>Subsection (e) of such section is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H45F92DEB4E5B4D64BDE62FB47DB10017"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by inserting <quote>appropriations available to</quote> after <quote>for transfer to</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H88B08992F41D422FB73EEE9B2AE367AF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (6)—</text> <subparagraph id="H2BEE8EE28BFD4A358A6D78FDAC0FE248"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>credited to the Fund in accordance with subsection (d)(2),</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC9120FBF6262456AA1D125F3895513A0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>subsection (d)(3),</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection (d)(2) or</quote>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H065305F3A8EF4AF882B85D1C7FD4E72C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking <quote>, or deposited to the Fund</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3C732869576C4EDAAA5920ED86E4448C"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by striking <quote>for which credited</quote> and all that follows and inserting <quote>in which transferred, or for which appropriated, and the succeeding fiscal year.</quote>.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HFCA129D172C3455BA71485DC9423C1E0"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Annual report</header><text>Subsection (f)(1) of such section is amended by striking <quote>remitted</quote> and all that follows through <quote>credited</quote> and inserting <quote>transferred to the Fund in such fiscal year or appropriated</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="HEF721F5B567743DE96CDDE51DC3EB142"><enum>B</enum><header>Amendments to General Contract Authorities, Procedures, and Limitations</header>
<section id="HC671DA7E60554D8B8EC7FD8DCCCA42C7"><enum>811.</enum><header>Revision to method of rounding of acquisition-related dollar thresholds when adjusting for
inflation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1908(e)(2) of title 41, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H298D4EE5FB0445BE815B1402625B597E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>on the day before the adjustment</quote> and inserting <quote>as calculated under paragraph (1)</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB7135B6189054C50BD739F9E1FDC7833"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end of subparagraph (C); and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HD6D563B44EF442F5997CEADDDA69A490"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph (D) and inserting the following:</text>
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<subparagraph id="H74D6E423736E4F05BC876FD03C54CABA"><enum>(D)</enum><text>not less than $1,000,000, but less than $10,000,000, to the nearest $500,000;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H04593B25594E4299B6B7B0A745B29FBA"><enum>(E)</enum><text>not less than $10,000,000, but less than $100,000,000, to the nearest $5,000,000;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5A97247A2A994B13BA4D2F9F7251EDFF"><enum>(F)</enum><text>not less than $100,000,000, but less than $1,000,000,000, to the nearest $50,000,000; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9CA69A0DAAA349C3BC9D4A41F942060A"><enum>(G)</enum><text>$1,000,000,000 or more, to the nearest $500,000,000.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="H4693370B3DD84B0F9991E44FBBCAF74F"><enum>812.</enum><header>Extension of authority to acquire products and services produced in countries along a major route
of supply to Afghanistan</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 801(f) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/111/84">Public Law 111–84</external-xref>; 123 Stat. 2399), as most recently amended by section 832 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/113/66">Public Law 113–66</external-xref>; 127 Stat. 814), is further amended by striking <quote>December 31, 2015</quote> and inserting <quote>December 31, 2018</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="HCD9254D4772745329756EF84E62148B6"><enum>813.</enum><header>Exception to requirement to include cost or price to the Government as a factor in the evaluation
of proposals for certain task or delivery order contracts</header>
<subsection id="HC87CB584A966441C9A63CDB30FB53601"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Contracting under title 41, United States Code</header><text>Section 3306(c) of title 41, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H3201142E44FC45AD9EE8D7FE5E5E949B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by inserting <quote>except as provided in paragraph (3),</quote> in subparagraphs (B) and (C) after the subparagraph designation; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4BB747B134AF4BE1980553BDA7E3F4ED"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:</text> <quoted-block id="HE5B1B8F3175943F8B6AA840B736A78BF" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H6DEBBD8D007B40EB8C00EEB1DD477E1A"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Exceptions for certain indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contracts</header><text>If the head of an agency issues a solicitation for multiple task or delivery order contracts under section 4103(d) of this title for the same or similar services and intends to make a contract award to each qualifying offeror—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4F2AD904E8F44731B3C917477D9CFFF6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>cost or price to the Federal Government need not, at the Government’s discretion, be considered under subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1) as an evaluation factor for the contract award; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB5AA488D04B0423DAF05A93B341A6598"><enum>(B)</enum><text>if, pursuant to subparagraph (A), cost or price to the Federal Government is not considered as an evaluation factor for the contract award—</text>
<clause id="H9FFE84A309664034B304396F128229A8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the disclosure requirement of subparagraph (C) of paragraph (1) shall not apply; and</text> </clause><clause id="H39B2955CB7AF446A989C23989D98B74E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>cost or price to the Federal Government shall be considered in conjunction with the issuance pursuant to section 4106(c) of this title of a task or delivery order under any contract resulting from the solicitation.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H075F128D91FD464097BC9F2444B4D060"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Qualifying offeror defined</header><text>In paragraph (3), the term <quote>qualifying offeror</quote> means an offeror that—</text> <subparagraph id="H3C33466010364F92A8C1512EE7163B16"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is determined to be a responsible source;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H92E681C65B754C5A85A34121585BE478"><enum>(B)</enum><text>submits a proposal that conforms to the requirements of the solicitation; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H65A5319CAE8E4873B96999F428C1F091"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the contracting officer has no reason to believe would likely offer other than fair and reasonable pricing.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H1929B908864D4337A1A6A12A962AEAED"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contracting under title 10, united states code</header><text>Section 2305(a)(3) of title 10, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HBFF575317C2D4604B633323B16014D82"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by inserting <quote>(except as provided in subparagraph (C))</quote> in clauses (ii) and (iii) after <quote>shall</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4A0131B1EA5E43C3A637A4E44CD9507A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new subparagraphs:</text> <quoted-block id="H34C1627271044A7A9847B0971A6EE89E" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="HAFECE5FD98584D3ABE07DA8F9D39648D" indent="up2"><enum>(C)</enum><text>If the head of an agency issues a solicitation for multiple task or delivery order contracts under section 2304a(d)(1)(B) of this title for the same or similar services and intends to make a contract award to each qualifying offeror—</text>
<clause id="H99146A1C3B2A4BA19F7E66AF27528C8C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>cost or price to the Federal Government need not, at the Government’s discretion, be considered under clause (ii) of subparagraph (A) as an evaluation factor for the contract award; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H0E663A7791BC45F69735E49A2D8F7BED"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>if, pursuant to clause (i), cost or price to the Federal Government is not considered as an evaluation factor for the contract award—</text>
<subclause id="HBFE11A158AD448698DEA4DB8F7E1683A"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the disclosure requirement of clause (iii) of subparagraph (A) shall not apply; and</text> </subclause><subclause id="H70F69CC3A4EA488287461D782DE249C2"><enum>(II)</enum><text>cost or price to the Federal Government shall be considered in conjunction with the issuance pursuant to section 2304c(b) of this title of a task or delivery order under any contract resulting from the solicitation.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF95CE5E7F78A4C9C869A8B65AA23CA1E" indent="up2"><enum>(D)</enum><text>In subparagraph (C), the term <quote>qualifying offeror</quote> means an offeror that—</text> <clause id="H98AE7C73F60D4FCF8D89699084E2AA73"><enum>(i)</enum><text>is determined to be a responsible source;</text>
</clause><clause id="H8C51F1D63EF6407E96C93BD649BBEE95"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>submits a proposal that conforms to the requirements of the solicitation; and</text> </clause><clause id="HCE340B3C00644901BAB78BC7F2352F75"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the contracting officer has no reason to believe would likely offer other than fair and reasonable pricing.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="H3E87DE06E3824EC28708C3FE2D17ECB6"><enum>C</enum><header>Acquisition Reform Proposals</header>
<section id="H920D4F6324EA4283B9A0781B82025F2E"><enum>821.</enum><header>Modification to requirements relating to determination of contract type for major development
programs</header>
<subsection id="H77F69F5661444FB3A94D84E38024E88F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Determination of contract type</header><text>Section 2306 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text>
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<subsection id="H193138FE03FD4A938351FEF7009CC425"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Required elements of guidance relating to contract type</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HD1F3B8F356FE4932B57110D4F6E1E6A1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that the guidance of the Department of Defense relating to major defense acquisition programs and major automated information systems includes—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6AA8484599154C4D8FFDC398F95224A9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a requirement that the acquisition strategy for such a program or system include identification of the contract type for development of the program or system; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB51BA89734EB4544A9F2A64B0E08EFF6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a justification of the contract type identified.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H32BAAF3E0B274CBC9B83DB10F078EC0C" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The contract type identified in accordance with paragraph (1)(A) may be—</text>
<subparagraph id="H798CD3DFB6414B65B76D7ABCEC608CB0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a fixed-price type contract (including a fixed-price incentive contract); or</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H513E3BA27FE347D5AE1AB03DAB68BBDF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a cost-type contract (including a cost-plus-incentive-fee contract).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HFEBCD2280B404757A9CD72EF4C103787" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The guidance referred to in paragraph (1) shall require that the justification for the contract type selected explain—</text>
<subparagraph id="H35CEA7094F864734AAEB2A614D1E0181"><enum>(A)</enum><text>how the level of program risk relates to the contract type selected; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDB4C206D2CBB4B5E99AF24F04770FF13"><enum>(B)</enum><text>how the use of incentives (especially cost incentives) in the contract, if any, supports the objectives of the development program.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF6DF13A5C0B54860A3CF5D81217C3E0E" indent="up1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The guidance shall also specify that the use of contracts with target costs, target profits or fees, and profit or fee adjustment formulas, during development, where applicable, is ordinarily in the interest of the Government.</text>
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</subsection><subsection id="HC3C4B62DE49D4FD783CC6D13DCB81CDD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Repeal</header><text>Section 818 of the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/109/364">Public Law 109–364</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/10/2306">10 U.S.C. 2306</external-xref> note) is amended by striking subsections (b), (c), (d), and (e).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H14285893D21C411DA4318E93C64EC0C9"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Modification of regulations</header><text>Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall modify the regulations of the Department of Defense regarding the determination of contract type for development programs to be consistent with the amendments made by this section.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H8417C0BE695244FAA627AB73E7E4EB3E"><enum>822.</enum><header>Repeal of requirement for stand-alone manpower estimates for major defense acquisition programs</header>
<subsection id="H410D4F6FED86435E8509FE3FE436EE08"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Repeal of requirement</header><text>Subsection (a)(1) of section 2434 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>and a manpower estimate for the program have</quote> and inserting <quote>has</quote>.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H009C3622A00E4481BCEBAEE4E01F4D94"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendments relating to regulations</header><text>Subsection (b) of such section is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H9C32BC9AB9984ADB9FA4996539A457DE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (2);</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HA9123BEB5B8B47AEA500CEE3630B5BA0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>shall require—</quote> and all that follows through <quote>that the independent</quote> and inserting <quote>shall require that the independent</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H932409C13FFE49F693ED6982ED655528"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively, and realigning those paragraphs so as to be two ems from the left margin; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB58C0EC69B6A4AB892192D63CF9A4F15"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), as so redesignated—</text> <subparagraph id="HC6B5435F5AAA468684DDB63ACCF4DF66"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and operations and support,</quote> and inserting <quote>operations and support, and manpower to operate, maintain, and support the program upon full operational deployment,</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5D04868738F142A082912F1EF46EA70D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>; and</quote> at the end and inserting a period.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H3B8B9FA10C394841A15619CCC2C3EE95"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Clerical amendments</header> <paragraph id="HFE76F3BE94F2436E8B9E58542DF1A12D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Section heading</header><text>The heading of such section is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<section id="HC24B8241E01B4C488465555E26D315FA"><enum>2434.</enum><header>Independent cost estimates</header></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3D652EF4059143169FB064627B36C0E9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Table of sections</header><text>The item relating to such section in the table of sections at the beginning of chapter 144 of such title is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<toc-entry level="section">2434. Independent cost estimates.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H62F55B6FBB7647C1B004607CCB63840A"><enum>823.</enum><header>Revision of Milestone Decision Authority responsibilities for major defense acquisition programs</header>
<subsection id="H7E58D1F08F9E429EB9BA1C1F2EE70C3A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Revision</header>
<paragraph id="HEF06FEA7F06E4881B57E90F3CF29F6CD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Sections 2366a and 2366b of title 10, United States Code, are amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block id="HA702BDE8B7DD41ECA06FC71DC088B6D3" style="USC"> <section id="H8B2E81A012EA4E2FB9DDA159E24B27F8"><enum>2366a.</enum><header>Major defense acquisition programs: responsibilities at Milestone A approval</header> <subsection id="H7858FBAA85E14007A9BF3FA2ABC4021D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Responsibilities</header><text>Before granting Milestone A approval for a major defense acquisition program or a major subprogram, the Milestone Decision Authority for the program or subprogram shall ensure—</text>
<paragraph id="H7950FCA685B34838BA642A222E6CE6B1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>that information about the program or subprogram is sufficient to warrant entry of the program or subprogram into the risk reduction phase; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFB09290370B248B799F5A231E69A2511"><enum>(2)</enum><text>that there are sound plans for progression of the program or subprogram to the development phase.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF098433DCBAC4DDAB167472FEA76302A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Considerations</header><text>In carrying out subsection (a), the Milestone Decision Authority shall consider to what extent the program or subprogram—</text>
<paragraph id="H5E0E39565C99468EBF436D7EFF32C98A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>meets a joint military requirement;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HD77338A1B4FF439DAC456200AF5FF919"><enum>(2)</enum><text>responds to an anticipated or likely threat;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5CF1A682519C4B8195A1571B2A7F0CCB"><enum>(3)</enum><text>has been developed in light of a review of alternative approaches;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HF0E4D0E57B324D899074164A0B6AE841"><enum>(4)</enum><text>is affordable;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H202E9D2DD1EE4876A0FC4026E72F8695"><enum>(5)</enum><text>has (A) identified areas of risk and, (B) for each such identified area of risk, has a plan to reduce the risk that is documented in the acquisition strategy for the program or subprogram;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF39027B9EA744C8CB081B54819879275"><enum>(6)</enum><text>addresses planning for sustainment; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H76444B36887441DB8D082F7D5230E689"><enum>(7)</enum><text>meets any other considerations the Milestone Decision Authority considers relevant.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H9447E786E3D94C38AA0C0786673B28E2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Relationship to other statutes</header><text>In assessing the considerations in subsection (b), the Milestone Decision Authority shall include consideration of the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H6E2E09C1FB494662B49AC393CAEEE4AD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>With respect to joint military requirements, the requirements of section 181 of this title.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H495F3E97547A48F08D002E0F6AD716B4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>With respect to alternative approaches, the requirements of section 201 of the Weapon Systems Acquisition Reform Act of 2009 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/111/23">Public Law 111–23</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/10/2302">10 U.S.C. 2302</external-xref> note).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF6E643EE6EE74AC6A59B793D73578C59"><enum>(3)</enum><text>With respect to affordability and cost estimates and analyses, the requirements of section 2334 of this title.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8CBB4C60C1D04F2C8702B6536048F2F9"><enum>(4)</enum><text>With respect to risk, the requirements of—</text> <subparagraph id="H2D1FABAD63A04FFBBF003C899DDC024B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>section 138b of this title; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8BD5044644CD47569A7C29AAB48B5B21"><enum>(B)</enum><text>section 203 of the Weapon Systems Acquisition Reform Act of 2009 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/111/23">Public Law 111–23</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/10/2430">10 U.S.C. 2430</external-xref> note).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H8D322D9EB1FE465E9F720F7956EA7DEA"><enum>(5)</enum><text>With respect to sustainment, the requirements of section 2337 and section 2464 of this title.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H795069BFFA5344E3ABAAD53D6C79FFD2"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Notification</header><text>Not later than 30 days after granting Milestone A approval for a major defense acquisition program or major subprogram, the Milestone Decision Authority for that program or subprogram shall submit to the congressional defense committees notice of such approval in writing. The Milestone Decision Authority’s decision memorandum with respect to such approval shall be available to the congressional defense committees upon request, consistent with any relevant classification requirements.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H70CBA12DD3174A0285C1B05332316983"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text> <paragraph id="H491A906CF92E4918ACF41072AB3B42D4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The term <quote>major defense acquisition program</quote> means a Department of Defense acquisition program that is a major defense acquisition program for purposes of section 2430 of this title.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9A653065F78E4E69B892DF3631A71C3B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The term <quote>major subprogram</quote> means a major subprogram of a major defense acquisition program designated under section 2430a(a)(1) of this title.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H291BD2640C8A4E87B6CBD9F1C4330CF1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The term <quote>Milestone Decision Authority</quote>, with respect to a major defense acquisition program or a major subprogram, means the official within the Department of Defense designated with the overall responsibility and authority for acquisitions decisions for the program or subprogram, including authority to approve entry of the program or subprogram into the next phase of the acquisition process.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3FEC1E37CE2C4C5B880F1B1DA86D082E"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The term <quote>Milestone A approval</quote> means a decision to enter into a risk reduction phase pursuant to guidance prescribed by the Secretary of Defense for the management of Department of Defense acquisition programs.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H69FD6B07571A43FF9497EE82454D4674"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The term <quote>joint military requirement</quote> has the meaning given that term in section 181(g)(1) of this title.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HE4C27BCEB2E44D13951E95287383AD0A"><enum>2366b.</enum><header>Major defense acquisition programs: responsibilities at Milestone B approval</header> <subsection id="HB97E4C86E5CD45929A6D835181463718"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Responsibilities</header><text>Before granting Milestone B approval for a major defense acquisition program or a major subprogram, the Milestone Decision Authority for the program or subprogram shall ensure—</text>
<paragraph id="H49756B29783C428DA25B910BB0F244FE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>that information about the program or subprogram is sufficient to warrant entry of the program or subprogram into the development phase; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3465F3D7EEDD411697A9AB84ED6F6921"><enum>(2)</enum><text>that there are sound plans in place for the program or subprogram to deliver the required capability.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H21224BFFDAE74656970E6CB4E439002A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Considerations</header><text>In carrying out subsection (a), the Milestone Decision Authority shall consider to what extent the program or subprogram will do each of the following:</text>
<paragraph id="HD773A74F29A142D2935B1E04F198E0FB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Provide a capability that is affordable.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H97B47E4BC96C468D8BCB7420B81764E1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Identify and mitigate programmatic risks.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA8D8225727324C789CA1759B172A3F75"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Deliver a capability with acceptable performance to fulfill a joint military requirement.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H422CCF466517438E80A52C5553CEC2CA"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Utilize technologies assessed to be mature.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEA777C8656354860BA80706A02C14AD6"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Effectively utilize competition.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H170608A6C0F74EA69763897675E39E68"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Enable sustainment of the capability that is provided by the program or subprogram.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H900C5B4A9F4B483EB0970128750BC39D"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Continue to address, as necessary, the considerations for Milestone A approval (or in the case that the program has not previously been granted Milestone A approval, address such considerations).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H42CDDCE40CA741F396C57B6529FCA69F"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Respond to anticipated or likely threats.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H529A11D0FB3040EA86489D4373368D3A"><enum>(9)</enum><text>Meet any other considerations the Milestone Decision Authority considers relevant.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H77E392A39B324DCCB82CC845A4DE1F51"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Relationship to other statutes</header><text>In addressing the considerations in subsection (b), the Milestone Decision Authority shall include consideration of the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H2C4B3D1C3F5A4E8BB3B04CDCE6719CD3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>With respect to affordability, the requirements of section 2334 of this title.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HBC9640DA5A434BA6B2D7110FBAEA98F1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>With respect to risk, the requirements of—</text>
<subparagraph id="HBC8F686EF2A941FEA492AFDE8E2EDA7C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>section 203 of the Weapon Systems Acquisition Reform Act of 2009 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/111/23">Public Law 111–23</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/10/2430">10 U.S.C. 2430</external-xref> note); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6B1CDFFB551347D1A8731EEB9220F041"><enum>(B)</enum><text>section 138b of this title.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HDC68DDE652C849028225878CCD567274"><enum>(3)</enum><text>With respect to fulfilling a joint military requirement, the requirements of section 181 of this title.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2C415FEFDE1B4DBEB58B80FB93292847"><enum>(4)</enum><text>With respect to competition, the requirements of—</text> <subparagraph id="HBD72F09225024EC096CE6BF5BBA21A64"><enum>(A)</enum><text>section 202 of the Weapon Systems Acquisition Reform Act of 2009 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/111/23">Public Law 111–23</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/10/2430">10 U.S.C. 2430</external-xref> note); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5BCA059AE6814210A9884477DF9020E4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>section 2304 of this title.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7B143CC0099C41399575A6AC083E7B4F"><enum>(5)</enum><text>With respect to sustainment, the requirements of section 2337 and section 2464 of this title.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H70E7EE46AC3F4128BADFF90AC5B2439D"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Notification</header><text>Not later than 30 days after granting Milestone B approval for a major defense acquisition program or major subprogram, the Milestone Decision Authority for the program or subprogram shall submit to the congressional defense committees notice of such approval in writing. The Milestone Decision Authority’s decision memorandum with respect to such approval shall be available to the congressional defense committees upon request, consistent with any relevant classification requirements.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H79EFEB9AEEB2469297688C1286FC66A8"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text> <paragraph id="H6C21FD77BDFC48BABC13953468E28416"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The term <quote>major defense acquisition program</quote> means a Department of Defense acquisition program that is a major defense acquisition program for purposes of section 2430 of this title.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5322BB5222504E6795677A114F102F93"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The term <quote>major subprogram</quote> means a major subprogram of a major defense acquisition program designated under section 2430a(a)(1) of this title.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBFA2C51DEE4645589B98C7F04AE7A7C8"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The term <quote>Milestone Decision Authority</quote>, with respect to a major defense acquisition program or a major subprogram, means the official within the Department of Defense designated with the overall responsibility and authority for acquisition decisions for the program or subprogram, including authority to approve entry of the program or subprogram into the next phase of the acquisition process.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9E149BB45BAD4BEE9401CE179A6801EF"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The term <quote>Milestone A approval</quote> means a decision to enter into a risk reduction phase pursuant to guidance prescribed by the Secretary of Defense for the management of Department of Defense acquisition programs.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1F9266586A24439AB7A8C0A4895F2FDF"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The term <quote>Milestone B approval</quote> means a decision to enter into a development phase pursuant to guidance prescribed by the Secretary of Defense for the management of Department of Defense acquisition programs.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC68C5B0B58F2444887FE0F2B18811E65"><enum>(6)</enum><text>The term <quote>joint military requirement</quote> has the meaning given that term in section 181(g)(1) of this title.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph><paragraph id="H53F21144C1E94944A763195B17F0ADF5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The items relating to such sections in the table of sections at the beginning of chapter 139 of such title are amended to read as follows:</text>
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<toc-entry level="section">2366a. Major defense acquisition programs: responsibilities at Milestone A approval.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">2366b. Major defense acquisition programs: responsibilities at Milestone B approval.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H21086E7CEC5B4BB0ABEA142A15C254B5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header>
<paragraph id="HE1DF5432D03B4D60A13FE10114C61A12"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Section 139b of this title is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="H3BDE0E39FE554742A4E9E05E32999F72"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (a)(5)—</text>
<clause id="HC1FF87FD161047E984F8D38E459D0251"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>review and approve or disapprove</quote> and inserting <quote>advise the milestone decision authority regarding review and approval of</quote>; and</text> </clause><clause id="H0F1A3D12CE2D46C38CF8FEBE46CE64F5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C), by inserting <quote>in order to advise relevant technical authorities for such programs on the incorporation of best practices for developmental test from across the Department</quote> after <quote>programs</quote>; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCDAE31C72ECD4478BD891B1348F911B4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(5)—</text> <clause id="HBA54B6854E2D4702BCDD871858ED1049"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>review and approve</quote> and inserting <quote>advise the milestone decision authority regarding review and approval of</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HEE0915C1111842548CFF3EB3E10EE03C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C), by inserting <quote>in order to advise relevant technical authorities for such programs on the incorporation of best practices for systems engineering from across the Department</quote> after <quote>programs</quote>.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HCEF99456C5A44D0087E133CA911AF433"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section 2334(a)(6)(A)(i) of such title is amended by striking <quote>any certification under</quote> and inserting <quote>any decision to grant milestone approval pursuant to</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H3AE3A6369D074785A8A26D5FB2BB04E5"><enum>824.</enum><header>Streamlining of requirements relating to defense business systems</header> <subsection id="H9D0A3AA7130C4C8FA2451B3B74EA2EBC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header> <paragraph id="HEF3F5F2BB3784E94A8B8E4F198E4E162"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Revision</header><text>Section 2222 of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<section id="H93D0E68967AD49E09B1A5433F04BCFFB"><enum>2222.</enum><header>Defense business systems: business process reengineering; enterprise architecture; management</header>
<subsection id="H00DE17F090A44B63A8035CCDD3DAA59F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Defense business systems generally</header><text>The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that each covered defense business system developed, deployed, and operated by the Department of Defense—</text>
<paragraph id="HD77353A0E8C2401EAFBA6D5A3E78BA9A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>supports efficient business processes that have been reviewed, and as appropriate revised, through business process reengineering;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H76FB17BE84B14963A123185AC0464CCA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>is integrated into a comprehensive defense business enterprise architecture; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HC9B4ABD5063B451897E049C9A12ECC76"><enum>(3)</enum><text>is managed in a manner that provides visibility into, and traceability of, expenditures for the system.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H5BDA5AAA29D848758F19FDB2ED88D9B0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Issuance of guidance</header>
<paragraph id="H057BDB13B25440A5AB4DE08D2C48E8C0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Secretary of defense guidance</header><text>The Secretary shall issue guidance to provide for the coordination of, and decision making for, the planning, programming, and control of investments in covered defense business systems.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H55DE6FEF28104E1F8BADA039B9521477"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Supporting guidance</header><text>The Secretary shall direct the Deputy Chief Management Officer of the Department of Defense, the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics, the Chief Information Officer, and the Chief Management Officer of each of the military departments to issue and maintain supporting guidance, as appropriate, for the guidance of the Secretary issued under paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HAEAE15A1351B4EE6B6CBEA89DD223F17"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Guidance elements</header><text>The guidance issued pursuant to subsection (b)(1) shall include the following elements:</text> <paragraph id="H35BBF376742F468B82F0716A1CF8CC03"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Policy to ensure that the business processes of the Department of Defense are continuously evolved to—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8405245E824041C493ED22B56C726E65"><enum>(A)</enum><text>implement the most streamlined and efficient business process practicable; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDD40E75A8A944F0088A898ED584FF5BB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>enable the use of commercial off-the-shelf business systems with the fewest changes necessary to accommodate requirements and interfaces that are unique to the Department of Defense.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC089BF98FC64471A83C5C2AEDBE4B567"><enum>(2)</enum><text>A process to establish requirements for covered defense business systems.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HB7F43C75A42C441A9A71A9E2D17E2510"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Mechanisms for the planning and control of investments in covered defense business systems, including a process for the collection and review of programming and budgeting information for covered defense business systems.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H36D5BC678203497AAB0C92BFBACA968F"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Policy requiring the periodic review of covered defense business systems that have been fully deployed, by portfolio, to ensure that investments in such portfolios are appropriate.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HEF4C6B828A3244DEA7BBFE4162898661"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Defense business enterprise architecture</header>
<paragraph id="HC9FC33506F804056B1D1712DC7A7427A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Blueprint</header><text>The Secretary, working through the Deputy Chief Management Officer of the Department of Defense, shall develop and maintain a blueprint to guide the development of integrated business processes within the Department of Defense Such blueprint shall be known as the <quote>defense business enterprise architecture</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3D3717E9749142189D3C3C5BA984BF40"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>The defense business enterprise architecture shall be sufficiently defined to effectively guide implementation of interoperable defense business system solutions and shall be consistent with the policies and procedures established by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC0E24A0B7E9C47848CFDF49B7C5AC27E"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>The defense business enterprise architecture shall—</text> <subparagraph id="HE3521B0C66EF4865ADA4CDD56AED4565"><enum>(A)</enum><text>include policies, procedures, business data standards, business performance measures, and business information requirements that apply uniformly throughout the Department of Defense; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H66D73B99990846E9849F1907D37A07BC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>enable the Department of Defense to—</text> <clause id="H337463B0DFB74EA28A609B0B86548FF4"><enum>(i)</enum><text>comply with all applicable law, including Federal accounting, financial management, and reporting requirements;</text>
</clause><clause id="H8697509FC08E45E1926722BB9358D1B9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>routinely produce verifiable, timely, accurate, and reliable business and financial information for management purposes; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H81C2CB9A0F6C43EBBAAFEC2E808A0EBC"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>integrate budget, accounting, and program information and systems.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H092B45E1AE634213B75418A1E3632044"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Integration into information technology architecture</header><text>The defense business enterprise architecture shall integrate into an information technology enterprise architecture, developed by the Chief Information Officer of the Department of Defense, which describes a target business systems computing environment for each of the major business processes conducted by the Department of Defense.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7F3171F911574655A8EAB86958914591"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Defense business council</header>
<paragraph id="H499ECBA463CB460F93B6445207E2E134"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Requirement for council</header><text>The Secretary shall establish a Defense Business Council to provide advice to the Secretary on developing the defense business enterprise architecture, reengineering the Department’s business processes, and requirements for defense business systems. The Council shall be chaired by the Deputy Chief Management Officer and the Chief Information Officer of the Department of Defense.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEA211E5436654665B3511115C5C737C9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Membership</header><text>The membership of the Council shall include the following:</text> <subparagraph id="H7DB110C881674C5CBFFBCFDD421DE8C1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The Chief Management Officers of the military departments, or their designees.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2E7E147919B840F2B6E123A49BBFDDFB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The following officials of the Department of Defense, or their designees:</text> <clause id="H668E5D359CEB46808F6773C25AB833FA"><enum>(i)</enum><text>The Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics with respect to acquisition, logistics, and installations management processes.</text>
</clause><clause id="H9B25F6A952954EC59F08BCB5C123107D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>The Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) with respect to financial management and planning and budgeting processes.</text>
</clause><clause id="HDC14B7417CE84DDAB465063E4005581D"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>The Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness with respect to human resources management processes.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H0577A653FE8D445D8FAEE3DF94EBCEB8"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Approvals required for development</header>
<paragraph id="HF4B7191D9FD742DB972DFA302015E859"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Initial approval required</header><text>The Secretary shall ensure that a covered defense business system program cannot proceed into development (or, if no development is required, into production or fielding) unless the appropriate approval official (as specified in paragraph (2)) has determined that the covered defense business system concerned—</text>
<subparagraph id="H863D9358C9B443778627F6F12D3BD79A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>supports a business process that has been, or is being as a result of the acquisition program, reengineered to be as streamlined and efficient as practicable consistent with the guidance issued pursuant to subsection (b), including business process mapping;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDCBB4961D7E04574B8A3627B0AB1737C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is in compliance with the defense business enterprise architecture developed pursuant to subsection (d) or will be in compliance as a result of modifications planned;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBE03202AE7904577AC6E8D8B6DB7401F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>has valid, achievable requirements; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H81CC6CB22E4A4589865164A6E95D99E8"><enum>(D)</enum><text>is in compliance with the Department’s auditability requirements.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HBACB6A16A99242BAA82863FE317C76F6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Appropriate official</header><text>For purposes of paragraph (1), the appropriate approval official with respect to a covered defense business system is the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="HBF98D1C164B04FAD9080015B2EFF4D44"><enum>(A)</enum><text>In the case of a system of a military department, the Chief Management Officer of that military department.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE95360074DFE4CE99B084217E7657E0D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>In the case of a system of a Defense Agency or Defense Field Activity or a system that will support the business process of more than one military department or Defense Agency or Defense Field Activity, the Deputy Chief Management Officer of the Department of Defense.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF2CE32859B3840AEB91EAFD59076C284"><enum>(C)</enum><text>In the case of any system, such official other than the applicable official under subparagraph (A) or (B) as the Secretary designates for such purpose.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HEF4BD7124DBB4883A897A05D644246A7"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Annual certification</header><text>For any fiscal year in which funds are expended for development pursuant to a covered defense business system program, the Defense Business Council shall review the system and certify (or decline to certify as the case may be) that it continues to satisfy the requirements of paragraph (1). If the Council determines that certification cannot be granted, the chairman of the Council shall notify the Appropriate Approving Official and the acquisition Milestone Decision Authority for the program and provide a recommendation for corrective action.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2AC5F316EA044D5CAE770500992EBD63"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Obligation of funds in violation of requirements</header><text>The obligation of Department of Defense funds for a covered defense business system program that has not been certified in accordance with paragraph (3) is a violation of section 1341(a)(1)(A) of title 31.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H683B5397633240D6B6D817A809F074A5"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Responsibility of milestone decision authority</header><text>The Secretary shall ensure that, as part of the defense acquisition system, the requirements of this section are fully addressed by the Milestone Decision Authority for a covered defense business system program as acquisition process approvals are considered for such system.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HF14F377DB4AB43D88A068631482A4065"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Annual report</header><text>Not later than March 15 of each year from 2016 through 2020, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on activities of the Department of Defense pursuant to this section. Each report shall include the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H86EE48694A0B442384B67C632A53A287"><enum>(1)</enum><text>A description of actions taken and planned with respect to the guidance required by subsection (b) and the defense business enterprise architecture developed pursuant to subsection (d).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB2141876EC234771A106DD87C895A7A8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>A description of actions taken and planned for the reengineering of business processes by the Defense Business Council established pursuant to subsection (e).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2C5098632BBE4B9CB0381AB9D26749E0"><enum>(3)</enum><text>A summary of covered defense business system funding and covered defense business systems approved pursuant to subsection (f).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7B34137DC69E4789A8460BF6286F5A96"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Identification of any covered defense business system program that during the preceding fiscal year was reviewed and not approved pursuant to subsection (f) and the reasons for the lack of approval.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4B356BB8CD2C40249D3C1C7F35A9584A"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Identification of any covered defense business system program that during the preceding fiscal year failed to achieve initial operational capability within five years of when the program received Milestone B approval.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDE867410C0784DA48979B5F329834102"><enum>(6)</enum><text>For any program identified under paragraph (5), a description of the plan to address the issues which caused the failure.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6B06A9D333A04527BE69363C53812E94"><enum>(7)</enum><text>A discussion of specific improvements in business operations and cost savings resulting from successful covered defense business systems programs.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H162D673B725B4D248EED8AB8C4F327BC"><enum>(8)</enum><text>A copy of the most recent report of the Chief Management Officer of each military department on implementation of business transformation initiatives by such military department in accordance with section 908 of the Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/110/417">Public Law 110–417</external-xref>; 122 Stat. 4569; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/10/2222">10 U.S.C. 2222</external-xref> note).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H6518FDE445964FF49A37006AB837FD41"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text> <paragraph id="H04B749B835064088A19260114E7452BE"><enum>(1)</enum> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H5C829F4C0EDB4E0BB3EBE6D489C46CA7"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Defense business system</header><text>The term <quote>defense business system</quote> means an information system that is operated by, for, or on behalf of the Department of Defense, including any of the following:</text>
<clause id="HEA9BC10334ED4B2380DF7CF2ED6210EB" indent="up1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>A financial system.</text> </clause><clause id="HDA7052288F9D488ABFFF5F859C957215" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>A financial data feeder system.</text>
</clause><clause id="HB236D328C8144D3887D007740B0FB19C" indent="up1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>A contracting system.</text> </clause><clause id="H947CED85C53A4A13B6CD1D0B4DC9EA7C" indent="up1"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>A logistics system.</text>
</clause><clause id="HC670203D455B4C9498055FA119F188B8" indent="up1"><enum>(v)</enum><text>A planning and budgeting system.</text> </clause><clause id="H0E6141F47AF842279434EF40D7C6803B" indent="up1"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>An installations management system.</text>
</clause><clause id="H68375C5DA1664D568FBB4ECA2ED06821" indent="up1"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>A human resources management system.</text> </clause><clause id="H96276696738646CE8B72A88DA1D2D27B" indent="up1"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>A training and readiness system.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3D38BFD0E4BD452A913E49FE54BDB3C9" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The term does not include—</text> <clause id="H2FE5743929CD4784BF01CA4085A0190D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a national security system; or</text>
</clause><clause id="HAE3A3C3F16B6456C92C58F8AD5F81B7A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>an information system used exclusively by and within the defense commissary system or the exchange system or other instrumentality of the Department of Defense conducted for the morale, welfare, and recreation of members of the armed forces using nonappropriated funds.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H3E1D8DF0F53B425CBDA0E8E0F90E9142"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Covered defense business system</header><text>The term <quote>covered defense business system</quote> means a defense business system that is expected to have a total amount of budget authority over the period of the current future-years defense program submitted to Congress under section 221 of this title, in excess of the threshold established for the use of special simplified acquisition procedures pursuant to section 2304(g)(1)(B) of this title.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5E0801F1044B46529ABE23806D988E5D"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Covered defense business system program</header><text>The term <quote>covered defense business system program</quote> means a defense acquisition program to develop and field a covered defense business system or an increment of a covered defense business system.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC49AF40ECE144FEA80FACBE995BA4198"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Enterprise architecture</header><text>The term <quote>enterprise architecture</quote> has the meaning given that term in section 3601(4) of title 44.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HE30D355E80DC4C1B8E1FF44143CB42AD"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Information system</header><text>The term <quote>information system</quote> has the meaning given that term in section 11101 of title 40.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1066542C23FC47368C49710A4E1E4424"><enum>(6)</enum><header>National security system</header><text>The term <quote>national security system</quote> has the meaning given that term in section 3542(b)(2) of title 44.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H6E3B4FA1977C4477A2BC4A7B9A5CEDEE"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Milestone decision authority</header><text>The term <quote>Milestone Decision Authority</quote>, with respect to a defense acquisition program, means the individual within the Department of Defense designated with the responsibility to grant milestone approvals for that program.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE1CC8956646C4E0F9FE1CFF221D524AE"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Business process mapping</header><text>The term <quote>business process mapping</quote> means a procedure in which the steps in a business process are clarified and documented in both written form and in a flow chart.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9588AC926AAA4DCFA6C49D3D782CD8A8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Table of sections</header><text>The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 131 of such title is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block id="HBE362148C3064973B19B856B70542553" style="USC"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">2222. Defense business systems: business process reengineering; enterprise architecture; management.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H3BF0993052624D0BA87429FF809D3EBF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Deadline for guidance</header><text>The guidance required by subsection (b)(1) of section 2222 of title 10, United States Code, as amended by subsection (a)(1), shall be issued not later than December 31, 2016.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H207B2CA37D8741A7B4D3EE401E16AD2C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Repeal</header><text>Section 811 of the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/109/364">Public Law 109–364</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/10/2222">10 U.S.C. 2222</external-xref> note) is repealed.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H16D825BB811B479FAC4B0800CF070D5B"><enum> 825.</enum><header>Revision to life-cycle management and product support requirements</header>
<subsection id="H00BE39ECF8F74E889FE47514B698417F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Consolidation of certain logistics and sustainment-Related provisions</header><text>Section 2337(b)(2) of title 10, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H27519CDAB35F47FABE5FC9CEA9FEFFC6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by inserting before the semicolon the following: <quote>in order to sustain the system until either (i) a replacement system is fielded and assumes the majority of responsibility for the mission of the existing system, or (ii) the mission of the system is eliminated and the system is disposed of</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9C4B4CC315404A86810223C6A8D1D15B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (D), by inserting <quote>sustainment of core logistics capabilities specified in section 2464 of this title and</quote> after <quote>ensure</quote>;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H78FE0357AAB545D3AA3FBAEAA4211DC4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end of subparagraph (H);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB884D161424D47E1A92D2392232B59D1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (I) and inserting a semicolon; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HBE8CC3E5CBE848C4B53AC954EF4398E9"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new subparagraphs:</text>
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<subparagraph id="HF5AD404611824FE68339CD1AFAFA28B6"><enum>(J)</enum><text>make a determination regarding the applicability of preservation and storage of unique tooling associated with the production of program-specific hardware, if relevant, including a plan for the preservation, storage, or disposal of all production tooling; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H063C879E227F4E7C961EAF7DA3F3658E"><enum>(K)</enum><text>identify obsolete electronic parts that are included in the specifications of the system being acquired and determine suitable replacements for such parts.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H655CB4513F174224BE295A41BE26D2D7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Core logistics capabilities</header><text>Section 2464 of such title is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H2F9867E299D141398F39DD17CDD9DC1A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as subsections (e) and (f), respectively; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB9E08B64F2B940579CD6ABCC2E193CB1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (c) the following new subsection (d):</text> <quoted-block id="HF885BE4FD44A4978AA6E5ACF9CDD9BDE" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H5FD10E1BE7924469BD87A469EED9E0A5"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Acquisition management information requirements</header><text>The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that, when milestone approval for a major defense acquisition program is under consideration, matters relating to core logistics capabilities are considered as follows:</text>
<paragraph id="H4D1F223E56F042AB960293165C757C01"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Before Milestone A approval for the program is granted, an analysis of the applicability of core logistics capabilities requirements to the program shall be considered.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8BCB2BB6D82B4E4098F76601D2EB53A5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Before Milestone B approval for the program is granted, an estimate of the requirements for core logistics capabilities for the program, and the associated sustaining workloads required to support such requirements, shall be considered.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H29B85E33491C49C9A9E0CFDBC64B58A1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Before approval is granted for the program to enter low-rate initial production, a description of requirements for core depot-level maintenance and repair capabilities, as well as the associated logistics capabilities and the associated sustaining workloads required to support such requirements, shall be considered.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF73D6A3930F344CF98DA9ADA17810DA5"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Conforming repeals and amendments</header>
<paragraph id="H84C355E13D834BA18074BB7C539F3A8B"><enum>(1)</enum>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HE91C4E876F3649A28AC09412347F317A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Section 2437 of title 10, United States Code, is repealed.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBAF24F4336464FBC8C7DB8C2BED0F0CF" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 144 is amended by striking the item relating to section 2437.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HDEB985D7DFFC487E906B44EFB713D293"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section 815 of the Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/110/417">Public Law 110–417</external-xref>; 122 Stat. 4530) is repealed.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF188E183C3D449AE929C5A91AF847FEC"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Section 803(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/113/66">Public Law 113–66</external-xref>; 10 U.S.C. prec. 2571 note) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H772C604535424F9681FD8D6A9FF169A5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>and</quote> at the end of paragraph (3);</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF2238F8ADF8D4B24BBA3BB51FF9E6145"><enum>(B)</enum><text>striking <quote>; and</quote> at the end of paragraph (4) and inserting a period; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2E7BB73D4722443EB06C8E258EC0CC02"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (5).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HC9E4889632534D2988B16774BD3ED019"><enum>826.</enum><header>Acquisition strategy required for each major defense acquisition program</header> <subsection id="H4B7AFE82A5AE44C2BD0F12152185DB0E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Consolidation of requirements relating to acquisition strategy</header> <paragraph id="H20746DE6FE934C22BB73B8E54F7D1395"><enum>(1)</enum><header>New title 10 section</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/10/144">Chapter 144</external-xref> of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/10/2431">section 2431</external-xref> the following new section:</text>
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<section id="H33F335B00EF344A2A74BB6A3BB58DE2F"><enum>2431a.</enum><header>Acquisition strategy</header>
<subsection id="H8BF5159F9CB64E83BADE52AACA73666C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Requirement</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HCA548F221E174DD88F33B8AAB2D7AE5E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>There shall be an acquisition strategy for each major defense acquisition program. The acquisition strategy for a major defense acquisition program shall be reviewed by the Milestone Decision Authority for the program at each time specified in paragraph (2). The Milestone Decision Authority may approve, disapprove, or revise the acquisition strategy at any such time.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE90E19D5E6E3405C8BDFA1042E8C7130" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The times at which the acquisition strategy for a major defense acquisition program shall be reviewed by the Milestone Decision Authority for the program under paragraph (1) are the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="HFAB1CC198A5D4002A1CF4B72B3B2C204"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Program initiation.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA93F16DB12294C9097A34EC4A8940F16"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Each subsequent milestone.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD685AC235E5E43B8840116325FDCC858"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Full-Rate Production Decision Review.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5122AD85250E43AF95FA2093E9626270"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Any other time considered relevant by the Milestone Decision Authority.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H1BB786C5AD114DCCB271FFB3F4708555"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Considerations</header><text>The acquisition strategy for a major defense acquisition program shall present a top-level description of the business and technical management approach designed to achieve the objectives of the program within the resource constraints imposed. The strategy shall clearly express the program manager’s approach to the program in sufficient detail to allow the Milestone Decision Authority to assess the viability of approach, implementation of laws and policies, and program objectives. The content and review and approval process for the acquisition strategy for a major defense acquisition program shall be issued and maintained by the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics; however, the acquisition strategy should consider the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H057F46FBF01340508C4385C16A87B6E3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Tailoring.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H84FAB624F0E44F5F92A65A0EEB4F1BBE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Acquisition approach, including industrial base considerations in accordance with section 2440 of this title and, if applicable, plans for increments or evolutionary acquisition.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7887A4FA694B4E5AA414A3BF60DF9F44"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Risk management, in accordance with section 203 of the Weapon Systems Acquisition Reform Act of 2009 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/111/23">Public Law 111–23</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/10/2430">10 U.S.C. 2430</external-xref> note).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H16F77C5A8D3B4F0AA497CF3EEE6E0939"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Business strategy, including measures to ensure competition in accordance with section 202 of the Weapon Systems Acquisition Reform Act of 2009 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/111/23">Public Law 111–23</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/10/2430">10 U.S.C. 2430</external-xref> note).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3DDF9A22F72444C1A525439CBA1000B6"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Contracting strategy, including sources, contract bundling, if applicable, and small business participation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCD2CD16E52D54C1CB4500E840B7C6880"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Intellectual property strategy, in accordance with section 2320 of this title.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H4DD8E106BF5046FBB106A14B32ECBEAE"><enum>(7)</enum><text>International involvement, including Foreign Military Sales and Cooperative Opportunities, in accordance with section 2350a of this title.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H28D1AB8B6AFD4A17943E5E393FB4146E"><enum>(c)</enum><text>In this section, the term <quote>Milestone Decision Authority</quote>, with respect to a major defense acquisition program, means the official within the Department of Defense designated with the overall responsibility and authority for acquisition decisions for the program, including authority to approve entry of the program into the next phase of the acquisition process.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD2F1D730E99F4789A4028464F0BADF7D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 2431 the following new item:</text>
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<toc-entry level="section">2431a. Acquisition strategy.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HDE7FBB4055534BEE8AC83BE8BB4FC7D3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header>
<paragraph id="HBACE579B042F44D19E847A2B54990CDA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Section 2350a(e) of such title is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="H6D41152C042D4149B1297D8481F8EADF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the subsection heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Document</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HED83D681C8D040F7B174F275227F4602"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>the Under Secretary of Defense for</quote> and all that follows through <quote>of the Board</quote> and inserting <quote>opportunities for such cooperative research and development shall be addressed in the acquisition strategy for the project</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7983D2619D9547ACB9E53723810AA774"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text> <clause id="H641E68D82019442AB3B94FAB3A23E9D4"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the matter preceding subparagraph (A)—</text>
<subclause id="H29252E77687A4BB7B974643FDED10F01"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking <quote>document</quote> and inserting <quote>discussion</quote>; and</text> </subclause><subclause id="H2FC3248C8D054CACB8155EEB9B333B90"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking <quote>include</quote> and inserting <quote>consider</quote>;</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H40435CEC7F8C4782B913AE9D73020852"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>A statement indicating</quote>;</text> </clause><clause id="HB1321867D6C84617B4D20518DD9CBDA7"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)—</text>
<subclause id="H48B4A5DCD1D04DD98424D0AE63139298"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking <quote>by the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics</quote>; and</text> </subclause><subclause id="H948AC183D4F94627A6E963AF121591F2"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking <quote>of the United States under consideration by the Department of Defense</quote>; and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H81EA22B9041B4B789BDECB6D4150FD37"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>in subparagraph (D)—</text> <subclause id="H95BF7745D2EE4876A2DE92270CDD5C7A"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking <quote>The</quote> and inserting <quote>A</quote>;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HAF6D7EA4FFDA4ABE83939E2031AF4D20"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking <quote>of</quote> and inserting <quote>to</quote>; and</text> </subclause><subclause id="H7EE3552046754E2AB53BEB9528E657BC"><enum>(III)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Under Secretary</quote> and inserting <quote>Milestone Decision Authority</quote>.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H8728FF5CA4E7475B8B806A19866E0587"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section 803 of the Bob Stump National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/107/314">Public Law 107–314</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/10/2430">10 U.S.C. 2430</external-xref> note) is repealed.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H5EB69116BEA24A9EBF74EB86127E6D7A"><enum>827.</enum><header>Revision to requirements relating to risk reduction in development of major defense acquisition
programs</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 203 of the Weapon Systems Acquisition Reform Act of 2009 is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block id="H5679E81044A64726A381A44431EFA7DF" style="OLC"> <section id="HF7E9F492C68D41B0A0C85A8BE0941FBB"><enum>203.</enum><header>Risk reduction in major defense acquisition programs</header> <subsection id="H16B7A751B32E4D4E97021754BF8179F2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Guidance on risk reduction in major defense acquisition programs</header><text>The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that the acquisition strategy for each major defense acquisition program for which development activities are required includes the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H2926D20DA83E44E5A89DC08F5CE2F208"><enum>(1)</enum><text>A comprehensive approach to identifying and addressing risk (including technical, cost and schedule risk) during the period preceding full rate production as a means to improve programmatic decision making and appropriately manage program concurrency.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6CDCDBFEE12F44BC815A1512661A2890"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Documentation of the major sources of risk identified and the approach to retiring that risk.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HD92EC6B4AF5A47C6968D3E8502451DC3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Elements of comprehensive approach to risk reduction</header><text>The elements of a comprehensive approach to identifying and addressing risk for purposes of subsection (a)(1) shall include some combination of the following as appropriate for the item or system being acquired:</text>
<paragraph id="H9E95B3D2E5294DC4B5B2A096D943A81C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Development planning.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H0A3D2F01FF4B4882B0EB953ADDB32711"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Systems engineering.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H28FB4AC60D9E4916A3F502C6DAE009AC"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Integrated developmental and operational test.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H7CC70A816FEF416DBB780E72EAB3AA04"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Preliminary and critical design reviews and technical reviews.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H28AEA9864B4D49D0853B2D9F4B4085CF"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Prototyping (including prototyping at the system or subsystem level and competitive prototyping, where appropriate).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5263A7C1FD614A419A88247DFEA6132A"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Modeling and simulation.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H5A1FFCC2D4974926BFE74797F29A74F9"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Technology demonstrations and technology off ramps.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2F7B4960E86B4D4C89364FEF0674314E"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Multiple design approaches.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H86BE73A1E4C64B06B5320B6FEEAEE467"><enum>(9)</enum><text>Alternative, lower risk reduced performance designs.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5A868E02557E43D1B6307778764D7CD0"><enum>(10)</enum><text>Independent risk element assessments by outside subject matter experts.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HDBC0744ADC2E46EF88C1468AAC6571F0"><enum>(11)</enum><text>Program phasing to address high risk areas as early as possible.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section></subtitle><subtitle id="HDF40BA5D93B4482AA5AEAE2A9DEFF2BF"><enum>D</enum><header>Other Matters</header>
<section id="H89AAE98BB23F4479ABA6C56CF98B10E2"><enum>831.</enum><header>Extension of the Department of Defense mentor-protégée pilot program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 831(j) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/10/2302">10 U.S.C. 2302</external-xref> note) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H3CA1DFA8230E4F8488B9D168C1EC53DB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>September 30, 2015</quote> and inserting <quote>September 30, 2020</quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HC6EFBF541DD742E8A830275B55B15093"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>September 30, 2018</quote> and inserting <quote>September 30, 2023</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H292771C2A1C44571AEBC438DBC280553"><enum>832.</enum><header>Streamlining of reporting requirements applicable to Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research
and Engineering regarding major defense acquisition programs</header>
<subsection id="H0204E1E9BA5444ECB1B497785B666101"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Reporting to Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics Before Milestone
B Approval</header><text>Subparagraph (A) of paragraph (8) of section 138(b) of title 10, United States Code, as amended by section 901(h)(2) of the Carl Levin and Howard P. <quote>Buck</quote> McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/113/291">Public Law 113–291</external-xref>; 128 Stat. YYYY), is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HA0E5C14931A34C488D41E7034288F045"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>periodically</quote>;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H30CD64872A794CD79A9500A804ED0D60"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>the major defense acquisition programs</quote> and inserting <quote>each major defense acquisition program</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC56559010A1E480DBAF14DFEECA23578"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>before the Milestone B approval for that program</quote> after <quote>Department of Defense</quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H550784768CB449B1891223911D103EA8"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by striking <quote>such reviews and assessments</quote> and inserting <quote>such review and assessment</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H5F5CAA7BF42D4B19B1AD2C950EC12EE1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Annual report to secretary of defense and congressional defense committees</header><text>Subparagraph (B) of such paragraph is amended by inserting <quote>for which a Milestone B approval occurred during the preceding fiscal year</quote> after <quote>Department of Defense</quote>.</text> </subsection></section><section id="H386C8D79DE7A4B29BC03249DD01DE112"><enum>833.</enum><header>Revision to required distribution of assistance under Procurement Technical Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program</header> <subsection id="H619C0CC7FD364649B674770CDF72ABCC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Minimum geographic distribution</header><text>Section 2413(c) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>Department of Defense contract administration services district</quote> and inserting <quote>State</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H8EAD4B099CB54E37A56629501E4D39C5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Distribution</header><text>Section 2415 of such title is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HB0351644EEAD416A961C7BA4A4A16FFF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the first sentence—</text>
<subparagraph id="H16B6C7C736E74608A4F86B49ABBD9404"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>The Secretary</quote> and inserting <quote>After apportioning funds available for assistance under this chapter for any fiscal year for efficient coverage of distressed areas referred to in section 2411(2)(B) of this title by programs operated by eligible entities referred to in section 2411(1)(D) of this title, the Secretary</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H90AD21E45E33440883AEAC658BC63A3C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>the remaining</quote> before <quote>funds available</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H87DDCDD381AB45F884829BDFBDCF74BE"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Department of Defense contract administration services district</quote> and inserting <quote>State</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF4C2648A98654954B12ED095C3C5BA03"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in the second sentence—</text> <subparagraph id="HD95243908CF442CEB563C8C508300376"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>district</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>State</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA8322DDAF112437A92D8F2196F603034"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>districts</quote> and inserting <quote>States</quote>.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle><enum>IX</enum><header>Department of Defense Organization and Management</header> <section id="H36B53F3526CB4AEB8A78D36E955FB615"><enum>901.</enum><header>Change of period for Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff review of the unified command plan to not less than every four years</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 161(b)(1) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>two years</quote> and inserting <quote>four years</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H3E838B7C8FB4471D8F9F05B6E3318232"><enum>902.</enum><header>Update of statutory specification of functions of the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
relating to advice on requirements, programs, and budget</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 153(a)(4) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block id="HDB68B4BC10BA4E298F187F18E9025FF9" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H7D1B96D59B7445409C1CD719E9CB5AA2" indent="up1"><enum>(H)</enum><text>Advising the Secretary on development of joint command, control, communications, and cyber capability, including integration and interoperability of such capability, through requirements, integrated architectures, data standards, and assessments.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><enum>X</enum><header>General Provisions</header>
<subtitle id="H824C8834342A4D79ADC296DCDA259A4A"><enum>A</enum><header>Financial Matters</header>
<section id="H7AE84094D35F47A989CAD09415EBAFF6"><enum>1001.</enum><header>Enhancement of interagency support during contingency operations and transition periods</header>
<subsection id="HA0BA15DD62EB457B9E76601741497F64"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authority</header><text>The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State may enter into an agreement under which each Secretary may provide covered support, supplies, and services on a reimbursement basis, or by exchange of covered support, supplies, and services, to the other Secretary during a contingency operation and related transition period for up to two years following the end of such contingency operation.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H52494525224F4C3D9C8F71866CE1E433"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Agreement</header><text>An agreement entered into under this section shall be in writing and shall include the following terms:</text>
<paragraph id="HF74320966107470DA3A4AAAF60BB3DF4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The price charged by a supplying agency shall be the direct costs that such agency incurred by providing the covered support, supplies, or services to the requesting agency under this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H76E87B2B30994DD88F3ECF97840E334F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Credits and liabilities of the agencies accrued as a result of acquisitions and transfers of covered support, supplies, and services under this section shall be liquidated not less often than once every 3 months by direct payment to the agency supplying such support, supplies, or services by the agency receiving such support, supplies, or services.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF5FB036EBBBC486EA7DD0F628D72EFA5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Exchange entitlements accrued as a result of acquisitions and transfers of covered support, supplies, and services under this section shall be satisfied within 12 months after the date of the delivery of the covered support, supplies, or services. Exchange entitlements not so satisfied shall be immediately liquidated by direct payment to the agency supplying such covered support, supplies, or services.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE8770010435941C0B9E4313EBBA5C4EB"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effect of obligation and availability of funds</header><text>An order placed by an agency pursuant to an agreement under this section is deemed to be an obligation in the same manner that a similar order or contract placed with a private contractor is an obligation. Appropriations remain available to pay an obligation to the servicing agency in the same manner as appropriations remain available to pay an obligation to a private contractor.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H46B720F8B64E4D81A000FE0038560A55"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text> <paragraph id="HD016224C642B441D951C3F1FF07E6F1A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The term <quote>covered support, supplies, and services</quote> means food, billeting, transportation (including airlift), petroleum, oils, lubricants, communications services, medical services, ammunition, base operations support (and construction incident to base operations support), use of facilities, spare parts and components, repair and maintenance services, and calibration services.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H63A1121328C04B908DA0055B1006C7F4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The term <quote>contingency operation</quote> has the meaning given that term in section 101(a)(13) of title 10, United States Code.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H4296B39056C740738A69AE062D21F1EB"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Crediting of receipts</header><text>Any receipt as a result of an agreement entered into under this section shall be credited, at the option of the Secretary of Defense with respect to the Department of Defense and the Secretary of State with respect to the Department of State, to—</text>
<paragraph id="H3F8A4134EB6F4D4D9C40BACDB0F967DA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the appropriation, fund, or account used in incurring the obligation; or</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H23569E6EB5874A2BA2CCF59D5A9506EF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>an appropriate appropriation, fund, or account currently available for the purposes for which the expenditures were made.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="HB390F00521D4447CAC8D7BF8B32E2859"><enum>C</enum><header>Naval Vessels and Shipyards</header>
<section id="H50B431D2E38D4FB6AD0111CC3BAE0C88"><enum>1021.</enum><header>Extension of authority for reimbursement of expenses for certain Navy mess operations afloat</header>
<subsection id="HED373B7B7A264010B8A7275E880825EA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Extension</header><text>Subsection (b) of section 1014 of the Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/110/417">Public Law 110–417</external-xref>; 122 Stat. 4585), as amended by section 1021 of the Ike Skelton National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/111/383">Public Law 111–383</external-xref>, 124 Stat. 4348), is amended by striking <quote>September 30, 2015</quote> and inserting <quote>September 30, 2020</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H32515CF4858E4BD3AC8075F80349DA30"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Technical and clarifying amendments</header><text>Subsection (a) of such section is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H30484509ABC4409AB95428B682D73BC7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>not more that</quote> and inserting <quote>not more than</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6244C2D509E246779A52219E0B09DE88"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>Naval vessels</quote> and inserting <quote>such vessels</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H3F580D1C702348CD99E70C4D7CC8B75C"><enum>1022.</enum><header>Refueling and complex overhaul of Nimitz-class aircraft carriers</header> <subsection id="H0F53E1E79D0441F19DBD2838C332521B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Overhaul execution authority</header><text>The Secretary of the Navy is authorized to carry out a nuclear refueling and complex overhaul on each of the following Nimitz-class aircraft carriers:</text>
<paragraph id="HDFE889E581534CA3A2FF7DC1A7C97709"><enum>(1)</enum><text>U.S.S. George Washington (CVN–73).</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HDCC0B4A6F0BF4BD69C6A54C763154466"><enum>(2)</enum><text>U.S.S. John C. Stennis (CVN–74).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE4E369F294D4496EB8545429FEBCE74B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>U.S.S. Harry S. Truman (CVN–75).</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H1FFC1F38F8CA4B1FA49C20342D2D2D2A"><enum>(4)</enum><text>U.S.S. Ronald Reagan (CVN–76).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H98B50FDC854241F0B6DB5407E0803349"><enum>(5)</enum><text>U.S.S. George H.W. Bush (CVN–77).</text> </paragraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subsection">Each such refueling and overhaul shall be carried out from amounts appropriated or otherwise made available within Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy, for refueling the Nimitz-class aircraft carriers.</continuation-text></subsection><subsection id="H7BAA9170CE3E4BB090770120C117BEB7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Special funding authority when a continuing resolution is in effect</header><text>Unless expressly prohibited in a continuing resolution enacted after this date, if advance procurement funds are appropriated for a fiscal year to begin a refueling and complex overhaul on a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier identified in subsection (a), then Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy, appropriations in the amounts contained in the President’s Budget for that refueling and complex overhaul for the following Fiscal Year shall be available for obligation under a continuing resolution enacted for the following fiscal year to continue the refueling and complex overhaul on that aircraft carrier.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H2C3B1F1855BD431C9DF4B988840D5640"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Incremental funding authority</header><text>The Secretary of the Navy is authorized to incrementally fund contracts entered into for a nuclear refueling and complex overhaul authorized in subsection (a), for a period not to exceed six years after advance procurement funds for the nuclear refueling and complex overhaul effort are first obligated, from amounts appropriated or otherwise made available within Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy for refueling the Nimitz-class aircraft carriers.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H2BCD755700C64AD9A6F382A0ABBBC01C"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Condition for out-Year contract payments</header><text>A contract entered into under subsection (c) shall provide that any obligation of the United States to make a payment under a contract for carrier refueling in a fiscal year subsequent to the initial year of contract execution is subject to the availability of appropriations.</text>
</subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="H823695856FC04EFA987A8DB5DCC1831B"><enum>D</enum><header>Other Matters</header>
<section id="H49A048BBF00A42548CCB8997097244D8"><enum>1041.</enum><header>Transfer of functions of the Veterans’ Advisory Board on Dose Reconstruction to the Secretaries of
Veterans Affairs and Defense</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 601 of the Veterans Benefits Act of 2003 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/108/183">Public Law 108–183</external-xref>; 117 Stat. 2667; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/38/1154">38 U.S.C. 1154</external-xref> note) is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<section id="HF8F5B9733AC3480EA0FD45A218F5BD5B"><enum>601.</enum><header>Radiation Dose Reconstruction Program of the Department of Defense</header>
<subsection id="H4B37250CA14640328816A4C09F8529CA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Review and oversight</header><text>The Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the Secretary of Defense shall jointly take appropriate actions to ensure the on-going independent review and oversight of the Radiation Dose Reconstruction Program of the Department of Defense.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HF14A5527042F436C9437A1D525666675"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>In carrying out subsection (a), the Secretaries shall—</text> <paragraph id="HC1D8866AB8EE4B929790E849123F1CC2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>conduct periodic, random audits of dose reconstructions under the Radiation Dose Reconstruction Program and of decisions by the Department of Veterans Affairs on claims for service connection of radiogenic diseases;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H26C1AC0EA26642D3A9601F6D55B4E357"><enum>(2)</enum><text>communicate to veterans information on the mission, procedures, and evidentiary requirements of the Program; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1CCDA74D342049AC89236E8169F73FEB"><enum>(3)</enum><text>carry out such other activities with respect to the review and oversight of the Program as the Secretaries shall jointly specify.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H9CB98946D2C645939EED4504A0B78E2D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Recommendations</header><text>The Secretaries may make such recommendations on modifications in the mission or procedures of the Program as they consider appropriate as a result of the audits conducted under subsection (b)(1).</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section></subtitle><enum>XI</enum><header>Civilian Personnel Matters</header>
<section id="H8FB3CB73338D4CB09DE23F32E8274EA4"><enum>1101.</enum><header>One-year extension of temporary authority to grant allowances, benefits, and gratuities to civilian
personnel on official duty in a combat zone</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Paragraph (2) of section 1603(a) of the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Hurricane Recovery, 2006 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/109/234">Public Law 109–234</external-xref>; 120 Stat. 443), as added by section 1102 of the Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/110/417">Public Law 110–417</external-xref>; 122 Stat. 4616) and as most recently amended by section 1102 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/113/291">Public Law 113–291</external-xref>; 128 Stat. zzz), is further amended by striking <quote>2016</quote> and inserting <quote>2017</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H0AAB703ECBE4457C824053BDFEDEE39B"><enum>1102.</enum><header>Authority to provide additional allowances and benefits for defense clandestine service employees</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1603 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text>
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<subsection id="HA6E6290B28DE49C78641D6613213CCEF"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Additional allowances and benefits for employees of the defense clandestine service</header><text>In addition to the authority to provide compensation under subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense may provide an employee in a defense intelligence position who is assigned to the Defense Clandestine Service allowances and benefits under paragraph (1) of section 9904 of title 5 without regard to the limitations in that section—</text>
<paragraph id="H97D0291190F449168A091B342DB008BF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>that the employee be assigned to activities outside the United States; or</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H124E321BEC0149E081CAFDB09F0D6C7D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>that the activities to which the employee is assigned be in support of Department of Defense activities abroad.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="HF9528A95DA6C404A864E069271BE08C3"><enum>1103.</enum><header>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</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subparagraph (B) of section 5542(a)(6) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>September 30, 2015</quote> and inserting <quote>September 30, 2017</quote>.</text> </section><enum>XII</enum><header>Matters Relating to Foreign Nations</header> <section id="HD9FB3C3B8B274D2189334A5D390B7EEB"><enum>1201.</enum><header>Extension of authority to support operations and activities of the Office of Security Cooperation-Iraq</header> <subsection id="HA075DB7CBD7A4D92BA933598CA6AE4BD"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Extension of authority</header><text>Subsection (f)(1) of section 1215 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/112/81">Public Law 112–81</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/10/113">10 U.S.C. 113</external-xref> note) is amended by striking <quote>fiscal year 2015</quote> and inserting <quote>fiscal year 2016</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H9F81354A8EA34AD894CF32AAE1FF2091"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Amount available</header><text>Such section is further amended—</text> <paragraph id="H66E3A765778B4E81925BFD9B70FE3B88"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (c), by striking <quote>fiscal year 2015</quote> and all that follows and inserting <quote>fiscal year 2016 may not exceed $143,000,000.</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4A8A62FC73E74C7C896771729616B10C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (d), by striking <quote>fiscal year 2015</quote> and inserting <quote>fiscal year 2016</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HA683C4E688C94D768787FF6F92A9C3F8"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Repeal of expired reporting requirement</header><text>Subsection (g) of such section is repealed.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H4EF8D53FB4644A218F1267745941F293"><enum>1202.</enum><header>Extension of authority for reimbursement of certain coalition nations for support provided to
United States military operations</header>
<subsection id="H0EBB7DBC42B94DEDB153A547BD1FAB85"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Extension of authority</header><text>Subsection (a) of section 1233 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/110/181">Public Law 110–181</external-xref>; 122 Stat. 393), as most recently amended by section 1222 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/113/291">Public Law 113–291</external-xref>; 128 Stat. yyy), is further amended by striking <quote>fiscal year 2015</quote> and inserting <quote>fiscal year 2016</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H97AC0B1985524CC98338565854558ED6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Amounts available</header><text>Subsection (d)(1) of such section is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H63BE4095F6204C03B9AEF5A3D67C46B7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>during fiscal year 2015 may not exceed $1,200,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>during fiscal year 2016 may not exceed $1,260,000,000</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H950F5A75ACBA4CF4B7B2EF57D58660DE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking the third sentence.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HE9EF262116824BC883EE3F5234F9E1AB"><enum>1203.</enum><header>Extension of authority to transfer defense articles and provide defense services to the military and security forces of Afghanistan</header> <subsection id="H673BCA67DDBB418DB4710088159CE007"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Extension</header><text>Subsection (h) of section 1222 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/112/239">Public Law 112–239</external-xref>; 126 Stat. 1992), as amended by section 1231 of the Carl Levin and Howard P. <quote>Buck</quote> McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/113/291">Public Law 113–291</external-xref>; 128 Stat. XXX), is further amended by striking <quote>December 31, 2015</quote> and inserting <quote>December 31, 2016</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H4FFCA72ACA2F49C8AC57219A4F1D4B60"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Excess defense articles</header><text>Subsection (i)(2) of such section is amended by striking <quote>During fiscal years 2013, 2014, and 2015</quote> in subparagraphs (A) and (B) and inserting <quote>Through December 31, 2016</quote>.</text> </subsection></section><section id="HFFB35D0434524A0B9D14C1555B7095D9"><enum>1204.</enum><header>Authority for acceptance and use of contributions from Kuwait for certain mutually beneficial projects</header> <subsection id="H0C35632DDBF44F55A3DF7E7630199F91"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authority</header><text>Subchapter II of <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/10/138">chapter 138</external-xref> of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:</text>
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<section id="HB6BEFECFD76C4012B6106951A75AD073"><enum>2350n.</enum><header>Construction, maintenance, and repair projects mutually beneficial to the Department of Defense and
Kuwait Armed Forces</header>
<subsection id="H9034CC1CC2594DD2879D2E5DB0152546"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authority To accept contributions</header><text>The Secretary of Defense, after consultation with the Secretary of State, may accept cash contributions from the State of Kuwait, for the purposes specified in subsection (c).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H53ABA591C3C24C2BB3EB0B27FDCF5C97"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Accounting</header><text>Contributions accepted under subsection (a) shall be placed in an account established by the Secretary of Defense and shall remain available until expended for the purposes specified in subsection (c).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H7A1C524572ED462F928436E2A3DDC992"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Availability of contributions</header><text>Contributions accepted under subsection (a) shall be available only for payment of costs in connection with mutually beneficial construction (including military construction not otherwise authorized by law), maintenance, and repair projects in Kuwait.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HF9C153B5266F4EB8BDBA2AD23F14F9BF"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Mutually beneficial defined</header><text>A project shall be considered to be <quote>mutually beneficial</quote> for purposes of this section if—</text> <paragraph id="H2B15BD9282DF48C1B4B7008F279541FA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the project is in support of a bilateral United States and Kuwait defense cooperation agreement; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1361172DD696472591B31E3A8F2FD8B1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Secretary of Defense determines that the United States may derive a benefit from the project, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="HDF7D96B309C44270B2D2834E226B7B94"><enum>(A)</enum><text>access to and use of facilities of the Kuwait Armed Forces;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3EA1FA85FF48477D95A4243F5A0FE420"><enum>(B)</enum><text>ability or capacity for future posture; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H48B847DA44454CD4ADCC52FEB3687A17"><enum>(C)</enum><text>increased interoperability between the Department of Defense and Kuwait Armed Forces.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection><subsection id="HBF3339ABCAF24A229CDF78598A43BD95"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The table of sections at the beginning of such subchapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item:</text>
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<toc-entry level="section">2350n. Construction, maintenance, and repair projects mutually beneficial to the Department of
Defense and Kuwait Armed Forces.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="HB828D06329574ED8916BA57B6D1535B2"><enum>1205.</enum><header>Extension of commanders’ emergency response program in Afghanistan</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1201 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/112/81">Public Law 112–81</external-xref>; 125 Stat. 1619), as most recently amended by section 1221 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/113/291">Public Law 113–291</external-xref>; 128 Stat. yyy), is further amended by striking <quote>fiscal year 2015</quote> in subsections (a), (b), and (f) and inserting <quote>fiscal year 2016</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H2C45A96C1E524FAD9F2E110D9B7C7884"><enum>1206.</enum><header>Increase in thresholds for definition of major defense equipment for purposes of Arms Export
Control Act</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 47(6) of the Arms Export Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2794">22 U.S.C. 2794(6)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HBF884335C5384916962977B8A6DD73FC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>$50,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$200,000,000</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAB06110CC6694F06AC03F52F9FA0811B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>$200,000,000</quote>and inserting <quote>$800,000,000</quote>.</text> </paragraph></section><section id="H6A36F88A2DFD40FD84C401CA8EA30C4C"><enum>1207.</enum><header>Maintenance of prohibition on procurement by Department of Defense of communist Chinese-origin items that meet the definition of goods and services controlled as munitions items when moved to the <quote>600 series</quote> of the commerce control list</header> <subsection id="H8F223A4F9039490E863C57EF0ABC3306"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 1211 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/109/163">Public Law 109–163</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/10/2302">10 U.S.C. 2302</external-xref> note) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H71E5104962A44630AB9DEB647A88B595"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (b), by inserting <quote>or in the 600 series of the control list of the Export Administration Regulations</quote> after <quote>in Arms Regulations,</quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HB4E5B02987DC4D7596AF94A5FF4133E3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (e), by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
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<paragraph id="H280E51B991EE4FA6B29C3C7071D34E4C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The term <quote>600 series of the control list of the Export Administration Regulations</quote> means the 600 series of the Commerce Control List contained in Supplement No. 1 to part 774 of subtitle B of title 15 of the Code of Federal Regulations.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF218B08B736341EAA18AD0A8DBF9DD82"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Technical corrections to ITAR references</header><text>Subsections (b) and (e)(2) of such section are amended by striking <quote>Trafficking</quote> and inserting <quote>Traffic</quote>.</text> </subsection></section><section id="HF02C210B97F34B728F206ECBC4BEEBBB"><enum>1208.</enum><header>Modification of global lift and sustain to support partners and allies</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subsection (b) of section 127d of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
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<paragraph id="HAD24B257A9EC423F81F94F92DDCFD4A3"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Clause (ii) of paragraph (2)(B) does not apply in a case in which the Secretary determines that the provision of assistance is critical to the timely and effective participation of the allied forces in the combined operation.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="HA2BC593028264B7D8E1EBD673B4484E5"><enum>1209.</enum><header>Reimbursements for certain counterinsurgency, counterterrorism and stabilization operations carried
out by Pakistan</header>
<subsection id="HC39C4BE162E945ABB4F643CA0AF30BBE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authority</header><text>From funds made available for the Department of Defense for operation and maintenance, 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 provide reimbursements for counterinsurgency, counterterrorism, and stabilization operations carried out by the Government of Pakistan in its campaign against al-Qaeda, the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, and associated militants.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H1495F3F77C1E4B84B1D109094FBD2EE1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Types of reimbursements</header><text>Reimbursements made under the authority in subsection (a) may be made, in such amounts as the Secretary of Defense considers appropriate, for logistical, military, and other expenditures associated with the operations specified in subsection (a).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HDFD5A9A07C1F465C9D1D421518F0F96F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Limitations</header>
<paragraph id="H92D99B328F4848DD806A391673E1DE59"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Prohibition on contractual obligations to make payments</header><text>The Secretary of Defense may not enter into any contractual obligation to make a reimbursement under the authority in subsection (a).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H762A5AE447CC490C8B0E6E3D3E591D76"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Prohibition on reimbursement of pakistan for support during periods closed to transshipment</header><text>The Secretary of Defense may not provide a reimbursement under the authority in subsection (a) for claims of support provided during any period when the ground lines of supply through Pakistan were closed to the transshipment of equipment and supplies in support of United States military operations in Afghanistan.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H1B9175D253D7438BBC410C29EB428796"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Notice to congressional committees</header><text>The Secretary of Defense shall notify the appropriate congressional committees not later than 15 days before making any reimbursement under the authority in subsection (a).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HF566C4F488CF427EA7887C3B70771F78"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Termination</header><text>The Secretary of Defense may not use the authority in subsection (a) to provide reimbursement for any costs that are incurred after September 30, 2018.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H9434EE9243334BC288679F0B86C809A6"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Limitation on reimbursements to the Government of Pakistan under section 1233 of the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008</header><text>No reimbursement may be provided to the Government of Pakistan under section 1233 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/110/181">Public Law 110–181</external-xref>, 122 Stat. 393), as most recently amended by section 1222 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/113/291">Public Law 113–291</external-xref>, 128 Stat. yyy), for any period during which this section is also in effect.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HFE1A6B3A799740CD9D1BE0B4169F46F8"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section, the term <quote>appropriate congressional committees</quote> means—</text> <paragraph id="H6233D751FFAE4440A6F7F1D3E9602381"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H88F2D1CD8CD64565B8A9E7502DDE8E60"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H7DE7267C657446A480086E6A7A4CDBF0"><enum>1210.</enum><header>NATO Special Operations Headquarters</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1244(a) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/111/84">Public Law 111–84</external-xref>; 123 Stat. 2541), as most recently amended by section 1272 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/112/239">Public Law 112–239</external-xref>; 126 Stat. 2023), is further amended by striking <quote>for each of fiscal years 2013, 2014, and 2015 pursuant to section 301</quote> and inserting <quote>for any fiscal year</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H6BE0B0BBC6D2441B9A8E0FA096809C63"><enum>1211.</enum><header>Afghanistan Security Forces Fund</header>
<subsection id="H350AB4AE128D4362890D5E4452EA8FCC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Continuation of prior authorities and notice and reporting requirements</header><text>Funds available to the Department of Defense for the Afghanistan Security Forces Fund for fiscal year 2016 shall be subject to the conditions contained in subsections (b) through (g) of section 1513 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/110/181">Public Law 110–181</external-xref>; 122 Stat. 428), as amended by section 1531(b) of the Ike Skelton National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/111/383">Public Law 111–383</external-xref>; 124 Stat. 4424).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H1EB454F74AD941058ABF5B27EAB00B71"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Extension of authority To accept certain equipment</header><text>Subsection (d)(1) of section 1531 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/113/66">Public Law 113–66</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/10/2302">10 U.S.C. 2302</external-xref> note) is amended by striking <quote>prior Acts</quote> and inserting <quote>Acts enacted before the date of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016.</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>XIV</enum><header>Other Authorizations</header>
<subtitle id="H756915E90155403BAB2314A5A7605F51"><enum>A</enum><header>Military Programs</header>
<section id="H7B968EC39623454F9F74EB8FBA09BE0C"><enum>1401.</enum><header>Working capital funds</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2016 for the use of the Armed Forces and other activities and agencies of the Department of Defense for providing capital for working capital and revolving funds in the amount of $1,786,732,000.</text>
</section><section id="H7D1C3D65A3F44C98A7440FC44CFDABCC"><enum>1402.</enum><header>Joint urgent operational needs fund</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2016 for the Joint Urgent Operational Needs Fund in the amount of $99,701,000.</text>
</section><section id="HEB4D982A3D774AD9B357D3FF65D47059"><enum>1403.</enum><header>Chemical agents and munitions destruction, Defense</header>
<subsection id="HEDB7AA68C06A461CAF5CC85AE76D45E7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2016 for expenses, not otherwise provided for, for Chemical Agents and Munitions Destruction, Defense, in the amount of $720,721,000, of which—</text>
<paragraph id="H27E22257F418452982DF32BF0E3022C8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>$139,098,000 is for Operation and Maintenance;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HDF18DE6E2FB34617A39DFB781A1FC9DE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>$579,342,000 is for Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7924A652939044329617E2A0944F8DD9"><enum>(3)</enum><text>$2,281,000 is for Procurement.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE795561D3303468686E171B581C5D5EB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Use</header><text>Amounts authorized to be appropriated under subsection (a) are authorized for—</text>
<paragraph id="HFA4ED0D6B43E4EEDB9418C61F2FE7EF9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the destruction of lethal chemical agents and munitions in accordance with section 1412 of the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1986 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/1521">50 U.S.C. 1521</external-xref>); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB43DE1308166418A8DB4338055698FD5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the destruction of chemical warfare materiel of the United States that is not covered by section 1412 of such Act.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H7972A3D713EF4E63A05B613809853C7D"><enum>1404.</enum><header>Drug interdiction and counter-drug activities, Defense-wide</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2016 for expenses, not otherwise provided for, for Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, Defense-wide, in the amount of $850,598,000.</text>
</section><section id="HFB174F9E233F4DE3A8C3978D2A34C7C9"><enum>1405.</enum><header>Defense Inspector General</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2016 for expenses, not otherwise provided for, for the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Defense, in the amount of $316,159,000, of which—</text>
<paragraph id="H3767F1A32660477DA1C1C67ED1583B68"><enum>(1)</enum><text>$310,459,000 is for Operation and Maintenance;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H6181DCDD21EB473BB1DB587BD422BBDC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>$4,700,000 is for Research, Development, Test and Evaluation; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H996C816BE2F94D3BA91ACE18E67AAB65"><enum>(3)</enum><text>$1,000,000 is for Procurement.</text> </paragraph></section><section id="H3D959FE816A94E43B1D74DD440356C37"><enum>1406.</enum><header>Defense health program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2016 for expenses, not otherwise provided for, for the Defense Health Program, in the amount of $32,243,328,000, of which—</text>
<paragraph id="H612FA04F68024399996C5A56AF018C81"><enum>(1)</enum><text>$30,889,940,000 is for Operation and Maintenance;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HE9890269841E469AB3F481D478BB62B3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>$980,101,000 is for Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H91DB250EF4444D0E8B09FC45CCC01AB6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>$373,287,000 is for Procurement.</text> </paragraph></section></subtitle><subtitle id="H385D1B7162954E82946AAA79FD46C5F3"><enum>B</enum><header>Other Matters</header> <section id="H2F0EA4CAEDCC4C7FAFF616EBE5B7E3B3"><enum>1411.</enum><header>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</header> <subsection id="HCD359AA7D3C540F48816CBD1157CC89F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authority for transfer of funds</header><text>Of the funds authorized to be appropriated for section 506 and available for the Defense Health Program for operation and maintenance, $120,387,000 may be transferred by the Secretary of Defense to the Joint Department of Defense–Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund established by subsection (a)(1) of section 1704 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/111/84">Public Law 111–84</external-xref>; 123 Stat. 2571). For purposes of subsection (a)(2) of such section 1704, any funds so transferred shall be treated as amounts authorized and appropriated specifically for the purpose of such a transfer.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HBAE11A9536F4476780DE244C2A2B55CE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Use of transferred funds</header><text>For the purposes of subsection (b) of such section 1704, facility operations for which funds transferred under subsection (a) may be used are operations of the 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 under an operational agreement covered by section 706 of the Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/110/417">Public Law 110–417</external-xref>; 122 Stat. 4500).</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H7DEA8EFB1C1B4EF5A2C9F2A8230D3395"><enum>1412.</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations for Armed Forces Retirement Home</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There is hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2016 from the Armed Forces Retirement Home Trust Fund the sum of $64,300,000 for the operation of the Armed Forces Retirement Home.</text>
</section></subtitle><enum>XV</enum><header>Authorization of Additional Appropriations for Overseas Contingency Operations</header>
<section id="HA84B2026F8A341DFB0C3B3DF9E3D08D1"><enum>1501.</enum><header>Purpose</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The purpose of this title is to authorize appropriations for the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2016 to provide additional funds for overseas contingency operations being carried out by the Armed Forces.</text>
</section><section id="H77356DF8773E489C995EFD9D90ECBB67"><enum>1502.</enum><header>Army procurement</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2016 for procurement for the Army in amounts as follows:</text>
<paragraph id="HB415602777C04FF1B0CD3D07AA021B44"><enum>(1)</enum><text>For aircraft procurement, $164,987,000.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H15F93762DEAE4109A3405AEE4A9418B8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>For missile procurement, $37,260,000.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1884CE3A49D04494A18A7211594D689C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>For weapons and tracked combat vehicles, $26,030,000.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HB31477D0F421460889035C52E7FEFF76"><enum>(4)</enum><text>For ammunition procurement, $192,040,000.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H04528000168B4E559F931888F8BE923E"><enum>(5)</enum><text>For other procurement, $1,205,596,000.</text> </paragraph></section><section id="HC3941B8B8FAD4A9DAFDC86F36B02E5FB"><enum>1503.</enum><header>Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Fund</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2016 for the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Fund in the amount of $493,271,000.</text>
</section><section id="H8C7E71551222411DAFE1F7696BCB5CCB"><enum>1504.</enum><header>Navy and Marine Corps procurement</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2016 for procurement for the Navy and Marine Corps in amounts as follows:</text>
<paragraph id="HBF12640B2CDF4756A687420BF9DACE26"><enum>(1)</enum><text>For aircraft procurement, Navy, $217,394,000.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HA6416FF2D0934E9CA472AB3B6C40B434"><enum>(2)</enum><text>For weapons procurement, Navy, $3,344,000.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H91B69C19BBE444EB895634627C2FB07C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>For ammunition procurement, Navy and Marine Corps, $136,930,000.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H2308C8EC7F274D578264FDC146478AAE"><enum>(4)</enum><text>For other procurement, Navy, $12,186,000.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4CA2C9032FE34127AD36B97A98A02FA8"><enum>(5)</enum><text>For procurement, Marine Corps, $48,934,000.</text> </paragraph></section><section id="H801BFD6A20FF45E7908E4093934B3523"><enum>1505.</enum><header>Air Force procurement</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2016 for procurement for the Air Force in amounts as follows:</text>
<paragraph id="H61669F6F13DC4C829D3E51E1BE055A64"><enum>(1)</enum><text>For aircraft procurement, $128,900,000.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H02BBBF6682A04D20AE676916E4865C62"><enum>(2)</enum><text>For missile procurement, $289,142,000.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H740FAFF42FC14BE091D38A057B20F5A7"><enum>(3)</enum><text>For ammunition procurement, $228,874,000.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H840A7BB093F54F23AD9604B5BDC33D12"><enum>(4)</enum><text>For other procurement, $3,859,964,000.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="HCC3EB2619CB8439694CA42BAAD10EB15"><enum>1506.</enum><header>Defense-wide activities procurement</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2016 for the procurement account for Defense-wide activities in the amount of $212,418,000.</text>
</section><section id="HF70A49328F6C40A793B0E50584BA28DE"><enum>1507.</enum><header>Research, development, test, and evaluation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2016 for the use of the Department of Defense for research, development, test, and evaluation as follows:</text>
<paragraph id="H88988265A2924CE1AF9B820EA10D5AE0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>For the Army, $1,500,000.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H326152A372604475898A46AF4BD4E6F9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>For the Navy, $35,747,000.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H27CBFC52D88744258818A1739B29F0DB"><enum>(3)</enum><text>For the Air Force, $17,100,000.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H2115FA7BCD6242F2935148A1FD6B6A04"><enum>(4)</enum><text>For Defense-wide activities, $137,087,000.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="HFA7DA4E4E2EE43EFB789824C89313B94"><enum>1508.</enum><header>Operation and maintenance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2016 for the use of the Armed Forces for expenses, not otherwise provided for, for operation and maintenance, in amounts as follows:</text>
<paragraph id="HD506CE9DEFD14F318A282B1CE01DBA26"><enum>(1)</enum><text>For the Army, $11,382,750,000.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H2C0702FF020F4E0E9AC609B51078F00A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>For the Navy, $5,131,588,000.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H23B2ACA5135A4900AB36CC2821BB878F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>For the Marine Corps, $952,534,000.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HD2D6C05A5D604EAF95C723A19AEA2A89"><enum>(4)</enum><text>For the Air Force, $9,090,013,000.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H16816FCD29524206A9BDACE3710474DD"><enum>(5)</enum><text>For Defense-wide activities, $5,805,633,000.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HC2BA684F8B68416C92794EF9DF59D0BE"><enum>(6)</enum><text>For the Army Reserve, $24,559,000.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H40C7894B0F5941A1993710FE3C916B5C"><enum>(7)</enum><text>For the Navy Reserve, $31,643,000.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H807CEBD6F51D453E83A70FA89C0C0C10"><enum>(8)</enum><text>For the Marine Corps Reserve, $3,455,000.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H929881DDFE184BF6A9D252AFB82303E9"><enum>(9)</enum><text>For the Air Force Reserve, $58,106,000.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H0E0775C169594D91BD89C760B24910BE"><enum>(10)</enum><text>For the Army National Guard, $60,845,000.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H727C2A703349411FACA0B91B9639217B"><enum>(11)</enum><text>For the Air National Guard, $19,900,000.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HC4DFA69CFCC44AD69E19F82D27C0DF97"><enum>(12)</enum><text>For the Afghanistan Security Forces Fund, $3,762,257,000.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8A75576A377F49E7866F0AE45E5AFDE1"><enum>(13)</enum><text>For the Counterterrorism Partnerships Fund, $2,100,000,000.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H48A310D42ADA4CF2AA06B489353B92EF"><enum>(14)</enum><text>For the Iraq Train and Equip Fund, $715,000,000.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5FA356EEF6E1479FA86851386616F065"><enum>(15)</enum><text>For the Syria Train and Equip Fund, $600,000,000.</text> </paragraph></section><section id="H754CEAFB5DAA491CA6DAC1A3FC29E48D"><enum>1509.</enum><header>Military personnel</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2016 to the Department of Defense for military personnel accounts in the total amount of $3,204,758,000.</text>
</section><section id="H4C904C26BA6F4316966B9DB5588777D9"><enum>1510.</enum><header>Working capital funds</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2016 for the use of the Armed Forces and other activities and agencies of the Department of Defense for providing capital for Defense Working Capital Funds in the amount of $88,850,000.</text>
</section><section id="HCAE74E0CAA704969AA087E8DD1E06892"><enum>1511.</enum><header>Defense health program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2016 for expenses, not otherwise provided for, for the Defense Health Program in the amount of $272,704,000 for operation and maintenance.</text>
</section><section id="H2A3D651D8BC24AAA8C6D9E9DF076A397"><enum>1512.</enum><header>Drug interdiction and counter-drug activities, Defense-wide</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2016 for expenses, not otherwise provided for, for Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, Defense-wide in the amount of $186,000,000.</text>
</section><section id="H7F7BB9A8C0A74EF2B04BB6AD5FDBF1E8"><enum>1513.</enum><header>Defense Inspector General</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2016 for expenses, not otherwise provided for, for the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Defense in the amount of $10,262,000.</text>
</section>BMilitary Construction Authorizations
<enum>XXVIII</enum><header>Military Construction General Provisions </header>
<section id="H32CAE1F59FE74A23A2096B546FCD63AC"><enum>2801.</enum><header>Change in authorities relating to scope of work variations for military construction projects</header>
<subsection id="HA987DCBDE2744F63979BFB64D6C432F0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Limited authority for scope of work increase</header><text>Section 2853 of title 10, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HF3536152396B46798DFD995AACEA47F6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(2), by striking <quote>The scope of work</quote> and inserting <quote>Except as provided in subsection (d), the scope of work</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9AA2697E4AA948F5A2618F968378F8DE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as subsections (e) and (f), respectively; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HB539419CDE284D9EAAC29DD5A50D55CC"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (c) the following new subsection (d):</text>
<quoted-block id="H7C6508507CEC493CB34440BE9CA47F83" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H6A7126595EF34495B5F133E3B05512B1"><enum>(d)</enum><text>The limitation in subsection (b)(2) on an increase in the scope of work does not apply if—</text> <paragraph id="H2BC861A240D346A7943A1B4C6D46CEAB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the increase in the scope of work is not more than 10 percent of the amount specified for that project, construction, improvement, or acquisition in the justification data provided to Congress as part of the request for authorization of the project, construction, improvement, or acquisition;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H98F4AA7509E24E0E86F06EF091088C82"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the increase is approved by the Secretary concerned;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H51EBD4F02CA4404A8E3F39CCA0F1B33E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the Secretary concerned notifies the appropriate committees of Congress in writing of the increase in scope and the reasons therefor; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCB6F78942B154CDC9DA93A05798630AE"><enum>(4)</enum><text>a period of 21 days has elapsed after the date on which the notification is received by the committees or, if over sooner, a period of 14 days has elapsed after the date on which a copy of the notification is provided in an electronic medium pursuant to section 480 of this title.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H3B090BA288EC40B2AC4E425B5DE01844"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Cross-Reference amendments</header>
<paragraph id="H90DC6100A55B4058A08F4B08107C4EF1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Subsection (a) of such section is amended by striking <quote>subsection (c) or (d)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection (c), (d), or (e)</quote>.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H4E6012A876C64BF68843C5AD53EEF900"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Subsection (f) of such section, as redesignated by subsection (a)(2), is amended by striking <quote>through (d)</quote> and inserting <quote>through (e)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HD4C328B49B37426FA8D300E40D79A65C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Additional technical amendments</header>
<paragraph id="H911781B5584B49E99B5C5313289C8D7A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Conformity with general title 10 style</header><text>Subsection (a) of such section is further amended by inserting <quote>of this title</quote> after <quote>section 2805(a)</quote>.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HDF3D07970BA6451783013052120672E1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Deletion of surplus word</header><text>Subsection (c)(1)(A) of such section is amended by striking <quote>be</quote> after <quote>Congress can</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HB822F571C42749EEAC433CD8729D37AA"><enum>2802.</enum><header>Enhanced authority to carry out emergency military construction projects when necessary to support
requirements of combatant commanders</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2803 of title 10, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H6489D39AC0914F51B3EAE9F349D3CC33"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (2) of subsection (c) as subsection (d); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0ABDA75D69A3486CACD0EBDEC873EBF6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text> <subparagraph id="H63F9F7493EEB45A596D2F7CF56FBF7A2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>The maximum amount</quote> and inserting <quote>Except as provided in paragraph (2), the maximum amount</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H077C86B3D5674A559D079EDE376E7729"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new paragraph (2):</text> <quoted-block id="HD98044AAA5DB4EE7A821CF716553007B" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H750A2EC90CD94E25B77DDD4F2FAA7D44" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>In applying the limitation under paragraph (1) for any fiscal year, the Secretary concerned may exclude any amount obligated by the Secretary under this section in that fiscal year for a military construction project that is carried out to support the requirements of the commander of a combatant command, except that the maximum amount that may be so excluded by the Secretary concerned in any fiscal year is $25,000,000.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="H1A72EE6625674D1D938CE554389D0EAC"><enum>2803.</enum><header>Annual locality adjustment of dollar thresholds applicable to unspecified minor military
construction authorities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2805 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text>
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<subsection id="H20C5E46F494B4FEDB1BB08D37D97846E"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Adjustment of dollar limitations for location</header><text>Each fiscal year, the Secretary concerned shall adjust the dollar limitations specified in this section applicable to an unspecified minor military construction project to reflect the area construction cost index for military construction projects published by the Department of Defense during the prior fiscal year for the location of the project.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
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